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Chapter 131 Smokeless Gunpowder
In the heart furnace space, Su Daoshan was observing with full concentration.

With sulfuric acid, nitric acid is easy.

As Su Daoshan was contemplating, the spiritual energy in the space began to gather and swirl again. Gradually, the spiritual energy began to condense, and dots of powder appeared in the void as if by magic.

The advantage of the Heart Furnace Refining Tool is that as long as the material exists in reality, whether it is charcoal powder, saltpeter or something else, it can be materialized through visualization. Moreover, no specific equipment or actual operation is required during refining.

Whether it is mixing, filtering, distilling, purifying, freezing, screening or controlling humidity and temperature, it can be done with just a thought. There is no need to use a large number of bottles and jars like in a laboratory, and there are no risks.

However, refining the heart furnace is not without difficulty.

First of all, visualization requires a lot of mental energy. During the entire visualization process, the mind must remain highly focused and cannot be distracted. If other distracting thoughts suddenly arise during the visualization process, causing the visualization to stagnate, then the visualization will easily fail.

This causes warriors to consume a lot of energy during the refining process.

Secondly, in the refining process, although the actual operation can be omitted, no steps can be omitted. Just like doing a math problem, each proof must be linked together.

And these steps take time.

Take Ma San's bow and arrow for example. Logically speaking, it would be much easier for him to refine a bow with his heart furnace than for a bow master in the real world to actually make a bow, so he should be able to refine it quickly.

But in fact, the most troublesome part of bow making is the material processing. In order to make the bow strong enough and give it greater combat power after being endowed with war spirits, it needs to go through dozens of processes such as baking, softening, soaking, drying, shaping, bonding, and curing. And each process requires a lot of waiting time.

Since the Heart Furnace Refiner can directly control the purity, humidity, temperature, etc. of the materials through visualization, the time for these processes can be omitted. But the price of omission is the consumption of a large amount of spiritual essence!

This is also the reason why Ma San’s bow and arrow has not yet been completed.

Because even so, his total investment reached 200 spiritual essences. If these processes were omitted, the total consumption would exceed spiritual essences. For him, this was unbearable.

boom!
Su Daoshan was meditating, and when he was distracted for a moment, the powder suspended in the air exploded and turned into spiritual energy again.

"Failed." Su Daoshan frowned.

He was now visualizing nitrates. This was a necessary step in preparing nitric acid. He had thought it was simple, but he hadn't expected that he would fail if he was distracted for a moment.

However, Su Daoshan was not discouraged. The education he received in his previous life made him understand that failure without knowing the reason is terrible. And knowing the reason for failure only requires patience, concentration, and continuous attempts and improvements.

"This is my first time refining a weapon with a heart furnace, and I am not familiar with the use of visualization. From previous experience, I know that this is a process of practice makes perfect. And if you want to reduce the probability of failure, you must have a prior understanding of every step of the entire process."

"Pre-cognition is a key point to do anything well."

"When you are in school, if you have prepared for new content, it will be easier to learn. Even if this preparation only forms a superficial understanding in your mind, it is much better than knowing nothing at all."

"The same is true when doing things. For example, driving a car. The difference between an experienced driver and a novice driver is that the experienced driver has a pre-judgment of the speed, distance, and even the possible situation ahead. Even if this judgment is only one second longer than that of a novice, it is enough for him to be more calm."

“Even when playing games, it’s like this.”

Su Daoshan recalled the game he played on his tablet in his previous life where he had to click on the falling lines to the rhythm of the music.

When I first saw other people playing, I felt like there was no way I could do it.

But when I really got started, I found that once I got familiar with it, I would have a prejudgment in my mind. And this was only a moment of prejudgment, which was enough for me to react accordingly.

Su Daoshan didn’t know what other people’s performance would be like when they were refining weapons in their heart furnaces.

But with this understanding, visualization is not difficult for him.

Su Daoshan remained calm and carefully recalled the steps of extracting nitrates. Then he slowly allowed himself to enter a flow state of complete concentration and began to visualize again.

This time, the spiritual energy in the air quickly gathered and condensed into powder.

As these powders were fully materialized, nitrate was successfully refined. However, Su Daoshan did not stop, but continued to move forward towards nitric acid.

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In the open space outside the village, Gao Jiao and others sat together, drinking tea absentmindedly and glancing towards the school from time to time.

Occasionally, Gao Jiao, Lang Yan and Zi Yu would look at each other. However, because of the fog, no one could see each other's expressions, and could only judge each other's thoughts from some small details of their body postures.

Before, outside the village, the three families had already talked to Niu Er.

It was no problem for them to unite and fight against the Huangzhulin tribe. After all, apart from the practical factors, they had fought against the Huangzhulin tribe together. Even if they wanted to get themselves out of it, it was impossible.

Given Huang Zhulin’s strength, the best strategy is for the four parties to unite.

However, when it comes to further attacking Huangzhulin, Gao Jiao and others are somewhat hesitant.

Even though most of the troops of the Huangzhulin tribe have been trapped at the entrance of the Gurong tribe, it would be naive to think that they can take down the entire Huangzhulin tribe. Not to mention that the Huangzhulin tribe still has more than a dozen guards, the python monster Fusheng alone is not easy to deal with. As long as Fusheng doesn't nod, even if the Huangzhulin tribe is reduced to ruins, these four families will not be able to stand.

Moreover, even if Fu Sheng nodded, Huang Zhu and his gang were not dead. As long as they still had a certain amount of spiritual resources in their hands, they could continue to enter the spiritual realm and launch attacks.

Just like the ancient banyan tribe before.

Even when Niu Er and his companions lost the Five Chariots, didn't they still rely on the spiritual energy they had accumulated to hold off Huang Zhu Jushi and Bao Hu for such a long time?

Even the three of us were here to take advantage of the situation.

If the people of the Huangzhulin tribe were determined to cause trouble, and attacked in groups of three or five, it would be much more uncomfortable than Niu Er and his men guarding one place. The four families were each in different places, and they might not even be able to coordinate and unify themselves on weekdays. How could they deal with the attack of so many people?
It’s not like they were killed and can never come in again.

Because of this, the three of them actually had no intention of swallowing up the Huangzhulin tribe in one gulp.

In their opinion, the most reliable idea is to take this opportunity to force the Huangzhulin tribe to negotiate and reach a non-aggression agreement. At most, they can get a ransom and bite off a piece of meat from the other side.

However, this was obviously not what Niu Er thought. Gao Jiao and others found that the chief of the Gurong tribe's caretakers had now completely followed the "If we can't reach an agreement, we'll kill him" strategy. Since he wanted to attack the Huangzhulin tribe, he would only talk in this direction.

Because of this, everyone decided to go into the village with Niu Er, and if they couldn't reach an agreement through negotiation, they would just talk and see what this vicious man, who whipped Huang Zhu before he could even say a word, was planning.

He said he wanted to attack the Huangzhulin tribe. Does he really have support, or is he just ignorant of the immensity of the world?
Originally, in Gao Jiao and Zi Yu's minds, the latter possibility was more likely. Even Lang Yan, who thought more highly of Su Daoshan, was half-believing and half-doubting.

What the three never expected was that when they entered the village, they saw the spirits of the Gurong tribe collectively saluting this man. It was as if Mr. Qi, the leader, was asking them to chop off the promises if they couldn't reach an agreement.

This shocked the three of them.

This is true for Niu Er and others, and even the spiritual monsters of the Gurong tribe are the same... Are they fools?
Putting aside Niu Er and the others, let's just talk about Mr. Qi, everyone knows him. The spirit monsters in Xianlai Town, including the big monsters in the five orchards, who is not respectful and polite when seeing this old spirit monster?

Would he salute a human warrior for no reason?
Almost at that moment, the balance in the hearts of the three people suddenly began to tilt towards the Ancient Banyan Tribe. In addition, the strength of the newcomer who had fought one against three before, even a fool would know that it would be a good idea to wait and see.

However, I didn't expect that I would wait until now. I heard that if we couldn't reach an agreement, we would chop him down. He actually opened a heart furnace to refine weapons in the academy!
This made people somewhat dissatisfied. It would take time to refine a heart furnace. If one wanted to refine an item that could significantly improve the strength of a fighting spirit, it would be a longer process than improving the fighting power of a Dao Seed. Why couldn't he refine it at any other time? Why did he have to leave himself here to refine it?
Gao Jiao was getting impatient waiting, so he put down his teacup and said to Niu Er, "Niu Er, you should go and ask. We should just wait like this..."

As he was talking, he suddenly felt something was wrong and turned his head to look in the direction of the school. Niu Er, Zi Yu, Lang Yan and others who had been paying attention to the school stood up immediately.

In the field of vision, a white light suddenly rose above the school.

The white light was like a flower stem, rooted in the room where Su Daoshan was. On the roof, a flower bud suddenly blossomed, and the petals unfolded layer by layer, blooming into a snow-white lotus.

Soon, a group of children appeared on the lotus. There were boys and girls, jumping around, playing music, and there was a chorus of heavenly music.

Amidst this heavenly music that made people feel refreshed just by listening to it, the phantom of a middle-aged strong man carrying a sledgehammer came from the distant sky. His figure came closer and closer, from small to large, and finally stopped on the lotus, lowered his head, and looked at the school attentively.

"The sage of craftsmanship has arrived, and the heavens have created something!" Zi Yu exclaimed in surprise, "What did he create?"

For a moment, everyone felt as if something was crawling over their bodies, and suddenly goose bumps appeared on their skin.

As we all know, the so-called creation of nature is a rare phenomenon in the spiritual realm. This phenomenon will only occur when a warrior refines an item that does not exist in the real world and is extremely valuable, recognized by the will of the spiritual realm, and attracts the attention of saints and sages in the heart furnace.

This is not something that can be triggered by simply visualizing a few oddly shaped bowls, plates, or strange cars with hundreds of wheels.

In the decades since the Spirit Realm was opened, there have been only a handful of such phenomena. Once such a phenomenon appears, it not only means that the refiner has created history, but also means that he will gain endless benefits!
The greatest benefits are [Favor of Saints] and [Blessing of Heaven].

The favor of the saint means that this person has received the attention and love of the saint. When entering Tiandao Mountain in the future, not only will the pressure be reduced, but also in every level of the school, you will be treated with courtesy by the master.

This alone is enough to make people go crazy with jealousy.

You have to know that those teachers are not good people. They are picky and nitpicky. If you can't get past them, you can't even think of climbing up another step!
The blessing of heaven directly improves the luck of warriors in the spiritual world.

When you fight with others, you always have better luck than your opponent. You either accidentally avoid a fatal blow or your opponent suddenly misses a step and falls. When you search for Lingyun Fruit with others, Lingyun Fruit always appears in the place closest to you. And so on.

From this we can see how people felt when they saw the vision of nature's creation.

This kind of vision had only been heard of before, but never seen. Unexpectedly, it was seen on a new person.

The vision was fleeting.

Soon, the Gurong tribe returned to peace.

After a long while, everyone calmed down and sat down to drink tea. No one spoke, and everyone was digesting the shock brought by this scene. Especially Gao Jiao, Lang Yan and Zi Yu, they felt mixed emotions.

Although they still didn't know whether Su Daoshan had the confidence to deal with the Huangzhulin tribe, the three of them had subconsciously raised the other party's value in their minds. Not only did they not dare to regard the other party as a newcomer, they didn't even dare to regard the other party as an ordinary strong man.

"Then let's wait a little longer." Gao Jiao picked up the teacup and said awkwardly. Thinking that he was just about to ask Niu Er to chop him out if the negotiation failed, he felt a little hot on his face.

However, just as he finished speaking, suddenly, another white light rose from the school.

The same blooming lotus, the same little children playing music, the same arrival and attention of the craftsman saint...the vision of heaven's creation has appeared again!
And not just once.

In just over ten minutes, the lotus blossomed once, and then again...

As soon as the strange phenomenon appeared, everyone jumped up in shock. Everyone's expression was as if they had seen a ghost. But this time, perhaps because the strange phenomenon happened so frequently, everyone's expression was more confused. Gao Jiao even rubbed his eyes subconsciously, wondering if he was dreaming.

"What's going on?" Gao Jiao looked around at everyone in confusion. "Hasn't the vision of heaven's creation appeared before? Why did it appear again?"

Zi Yu also turned her head and asked: "Will this phenomenon occur repeatedly?"

Langyan shook his head and said, "No one has ever seen this thing, and there is little information available. Perhaps it will be repeated several times, who knows..."

At this moment in the school, Su Daoshan was sitting cross-legged.

In the heart furnace space, objects were suspended in midair. Sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phenol, aniline...

As the visualization continued, Su Daoshan could no longer remember how much spiritual essence he had invested. He only felt that the spiritual energy in the heart furnace space was constantly being consumed. After investing hundreds of spiritual essences, he saw a little spiritual energy, which quickly became thin and finally disappeared.

However, what made Su Daoshan feel strange was that his mental strength was originally severely depleted, but for some reason, after refining nitric acid, it was as if he was nourished by some kind of force, and his spirit returned to normal.

Not only did it recover, it even grew to a certain extent, making my visualization more focused and more efficient.

Finally, as a ball of spiritual energy rolled together like a whirlpool, a granular object emerged in the void.

Smokeless gunpowder!

Born!!

(End of this chapter)