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Chapter 425 Qi Circulation, Refined Through Thousands of Trials
Next, Chen Xu followed Master Mao to learn the basic methods of forging and to learn about some basic minerals.

Only then did he realize that although the Divine Mechanism Sect was a weapon-refining sect, its focus was usually only on armor and puppets.

The six arts of cultivating immortality are all profound and extensive, with a vast system.

For a sixth-rank sect like the Divine Machine Sect to have two major focuses is already quite remarkable.

In fact, let alone the Divine Mechanism Sect.

Even some fifth- or fourth-rank sects, even those specializing in weapon crafting, are often only skilled at crafting a particular type of magical artifact or treasure.

To be proficient in everything, one must be at least a third-rank master.

However, the basic methods are generally applicable to all schools.

Master Mao first taught Chen Xu about one hundred kinds of common minerals, and then selected two of the most basic ones to have him personally forge a heart-protecting mirror.

This is the simplest way to craft magical artifacts, without even needing to inscribe array patterns.

Any spiritual material of grade nine or above can naturally develop a slight spiritual quality after being refined a hundred times, thus becoming a low-grade magical artifact.

However, the hundred-fold tempering was not easy. Master Mao chanted in a long, melodious voice, instructing Chen Xu:

"Open the furnace to take out the fire, and forge the metal to draw out the metal."

A thousand hammer blows preserve the essence, three temperings reveal the instrument's resonant sound.

My apprentice, when forging blacksmiths, one must pay attention to the timing, the strength, and the angle.

Listen to the sound of each hammer blow; does the Xuan Yang Refined Iron in your hand resonate with you?
Look at it, is it stretching or breaking?
Is it a gradual process of weeding out the dross and retaining the essence, or is it a fundamentally wrong path that will ultimately lead to a bad end...?

Come on, knock here, use a little force.

Hey, use nine-tenths of your strength here! That's it, disciple, hurry up.

Strike, strike the iron like a swift rain, the hammer falling like sparks.

My disciple, do you have enough true energy? Will you run out of strength? You must be careful. When you first start forging iron, you cannot pour in your true energy all at once.

Use your own strength; this will also strengthen your physique and prepare you for learning the Hundred Refinements Divine Forging Technique later!

Master Mao guided Chen Xu step by step.

Inside the refining room, the furnace fire gradually rose, and the intense heat made the entire room steam like a furnace.

Chen Xu had always been a refined gentleman. Even when he was a chef, he was always composed and neatly dressed, like the most elegant chef.

But right now, in this weapon-refining room, he had taken off his outer garment, rolled up his sleeves, and even left his collar slightly open.

This image was something Chen Xu had never seen before.

He swung the iron hammer and began hammering the piece of Xuan Yang refined iron on the chopping board, which had been heated to a bright red.

At first, he couldn't find the right method, but later he gradually found the rhythm, and Chen Xu suddenly discovered the joy of blacksmithing.

He also discovered that Master Mao taught him to hammer refined iron from different angles and with different force, which was actually a way to train his physique.

Chen Xu himself possessed extremely high three-elemental attributes, naturally had abundant blood and energy, and possessed divine power.

However, he rarely uses his divine power in daily life. Sometimes, even when his attributes are repeatedly increased, he finds it difficult to have a clear sense of them.

After all, once the attribute values ​​are high enough, small improvements are like raindrops merging into a lake, hardly causing any significant ripples.

Recently, this attribute seems to have been reduced to only one function: converting true essence.

But today Chen Xu discovered that the truth was not like that.

Ultimately, it was because he didn't make good use of his physical body. He focused on cultivating his true essence, but he almost never tempered his physique.

The wood-chopping knife technique doesn't train the body, but the stove fire protection technique does train the body, though that kind of training only helps him build up and increase his physical strength.

This serves as a form of protection.

Ultimately, this method tends to be passive.

This resulted in Chen Xu consistently lacking autonomous control over his own body. In other words, while he was proficient in using true essence magic, his control over his physical body was almost entirely based on instinct.

He's not even a beginner.

And at this moment, as the training in front of him continued, Chen Xu suddenly found that his strength was constantly increasing!

This wasn't actually because his strength was increasing, but rather because the amount of power he could control at the same time was increasing.

Gradually, his blood and energy surged throughout his body.

The three-elemental attributes, which initially seemed to be just numerical stacking, began to be released. At a certain moment when the hammer fell, Chen Xu even felt that he could smash the refined iron in front of him into iron slag with one blow!

That is his power.

But power must not only be able to be released, but also to be able to be contained.

If fine iron is hammered into slag, what's the point of forging it?

Chen Xu gripped the iron hammer, veins bulging on his wrist.

Boom boom boom!
He pounded on the refined iron in front of him and found that controlling his strength was more difficult than exerting it.

However, the control effect brought about by withdrawing force is also stronger.

Chen Xu discovered that his eyesight had also improved, and as his blood and qi surged, his eyes became as sharp as a hawk's.

He could even see with his naked eye, in a daze, which part of the refined iron in front of him was impurity that needed to be removed by tempering, and which part was the essence that needed to be retained.

Master Mao's instructions still echoed in my ears.

However, Chen Xu's attention was completely focused on the refined iron in front of him.

He not only heard Mao Zhenren's voice, but also seemed to hear the breathing of the iron block in front of him.

With a single breath, impurities are removed.

With a single breath, the spiritual elements within the refined iron, under the guidance of the hammer, lined up, combined, and rushed towards their destination in an orderly fashion!
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xu struck the final blow with the hammer.

All that could be heard was Master Mao's loud shout: "Quench it quickly! Now is the time, don't delay."

"Quickly, immerse it seven-tenths of the way into the cold pool!"

Chen Xu picked up the iron tongs, clamped the smooth, mirror-like iron sheet in front of him, and then immersed it in the cold pool water beside him.

The iron sheet was submerged to a depth of seven-tenths of the pool water, not a fraction more or less.

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The water in the pool was steaming, and the iron sheet immersed in the pool actually emitted a buzzing vibration.

For a moment, Chen Xu even felt that what he was holding in the pliers was not a piece of iron, but a living thing!
He even needed to apply a little force to keep the metal piece in the pliers from slipping out of their grip.

But then Master Mao exclaimed with delight, "Alright, take it out quickly!"

"A magical artifact with spiritual patterns! Excellent! Although this is only the simplest ninth-grade magical artifact, the presence of spiritual patterns has transformed this Heart-Protecting Mirror into a mid-grade ninth-grade magical artifact."

Chen Xu took the iron sheet out of the pool, released the iron tongs, and held the round, mirror-like iron sheet in his hand.

At this moment, the feeling of his blood boiling had not yet subsided.

He was radiating heat, and his hands were also very hot and powerful.

He held the round, mirror-like iron sheet in his palm. At first glance, the mirror was as bright as water, and its light could reflect people.

Upon closer inspection, one can see a flame-like, intertwined pattern naturally growing along the edge of the heart-protecting mirror.

These are definitely not patterns that Chen Xu carved manually.

He felt a little excited and couldn't help but ask Master Mao, "Master, what is the middle grade of the ninth rank?"

"It has spirit patterns, but it's only at the middle level of the ninth rank?"

(End of this chapter)