Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 192 Crafting Magical Artifacts
The old man was sincere. When the He family heard that Pei Xia was going to start refining weapons, they immediately took out the weapon refining room shared by the three major families and piled in all kinds of spiritual materials that they could find, as if they were free.

Although only a small portion of them can reach the first tier of rare items, they are sufficient as auxiliary materials.

Looking at the weapon-refining furnace beside him, Pei Xia circled around a few times, feeling a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing feelings, thoughts, and reflections).

Aside from a brief period when he first practiced the Way of the Plain Master in Weishan, he hadn't seen this square stove for a long time.

"Where's the pedal?" He looked down, searching.

Pear lifted her foot and placed it on the ground next to her: "Here it is."

A refining furnace usually has a foot pedal on the ground, which allows the cultivator to step on it and conveniently control the furnace fire by manipulating spiritual energy.

On the stone platform beside the hearth were the carapace of a spider demon beast, as well as two pieces of golden amber with flowing spiritual energy, which Pei Xia had selected over a long period of time.

“There’s no time to lose,” Pei Xia glanced at Lu Li beside her, “You keep an eye on the unused items for me.”

Pear nodded and sat down on the edge of the stone platform.

Pei Xia let out a soft breath and gently stepped onto the pedal of the refining furnace.

He once forged a long sword for Xu Shangxin at Jiangchao Academy. The method was convenient and only took a little effort.

However, the material used was Han Youzhi's long nail, which was already in a suitable shape and contained Huanhai Silver Sand, a spiritual material that was easy to refine.

Secondly, what he refined at the time was strictly speaking a rough prototype. It was only through repeated use that the dross was finally removed when he clashed with Xie Zu.

However, the carapace of that Heavenly Realm Beast is not so easy to refine right now.

The spiritual energy entered the furnace, and with a "boom," a blue flame more than three meters high shot out.

Pei Xia was startled and quickly withdrew her firepower.

Lu Li, sitting on the stone platform next to him, calmly wiped away the bangs that had been burned off her forehead: "Are you alright?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, the foundation is right here."

Although a Su Master can reach the third realm by being able to refine weapons, craftsmanship is still about practice makes perfect. Therefore, some Su Masters, even though they are at a higher level, will not easily call themselves weapon refiners.

Alchemy aside, let's just talk about basic pills. Herbal spiritual energy is easy to extract, and it's not difficult to handle them in the furnace. As long as the spiritual energy is properly controlled, it's basically a matter of how much of a certain amount of external injury pills can be produced.

This is why alchemy is the second realm, while weapon crafting is the third realm.

The types of spiritual materials are wide-ranging, including wood, earth, metal, water... Any tangible object can be used to refine weapons, and the control of the furnace fire must be varied and precise.

Especially when solidified materials are combined into a magical artifact while ensuring the smooth flow of spiritual energy to maximize its effectiveness, the effort required is extraordinary.

Pei Xia calmed his mind and slowly adjusted the heat. At this moment, his exquisite control of spiritual power came in handy. With a little restorative practice, he was soon able to manipulate the flames in the furnace at will.

Only then did he raise his hand and place the spider monster's carapace into the furnace.

This thing could withstand Han Youzhi's magical artifact attack, leaving only a shallow white mark. Its exaggerated hardness far surpasses that of many spiritual magical artifacts.

Although it becomes inanimate after being peeled off, and its efficacy is greatly reduced, refining it is still not an easy task.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, only the edge of the carapace showed slight signs of reddening and softening.

Pear peeked over for a closer look: "At this rate, you probably won't be able to finish in less than ten days or half a month."

By then, Han Youzhi might have already turned into a poop.

Pei Xia didn't speak. He pushed off with his feet to further ignite the furnace fire while slowly extending his right hand.

A wisp of crimson flame, as red as blood, flowed from his palm. This was the Earth Vein Heart Fire.

Although Pei Xia often viewed this power as a mental constraint against the Calamity Pig, in reality, the reason why Ru Tao's power manifested as flames, as another Calamity Pig, was because it was tainted by the underground fire veins.

With the help of the inner fire, the spider's carapace quickly softened and turned red.

Pei Xia reached down to his waist with his free hand, a flash of emerald light, and tossed the Two Life Plate magic artifact over as well.

Under the conscious control of the master, the magical artifacts that were originally connected and could be used to exert supernatural powers were quickly disconnected from their internal structure.

Pei Xia carefully manipulated the two jade pieces to separate them, and then attached them to one side of the red and soft carapace.

"Hold on tight!" Pei Xia shouted.

Lu Li immediately understood and channeled her spiritual energy into the furnace, steadily supporting the magical artifact that was being refined.

Pei Xia was able to withdraw her hands.

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he raised his bare hand and made a chop motion, then suddenly slashed down!
An invisible sword aura swept past, smoothly splitting the softened carapace in two.

The two halves of the shell floated in the furnace fire, each with a jade piece of the two-life plate attached to its inner side.

Pei Xia picked up the two pieces of golden amber from the stone platform and put them into the furnace.

He did not regain control of both magical artifacts, but only took one of them from Lu Li.

"Approaching the three and connecting the five, nourishing the body like a gentle rain..."

He was muttering the same incantations that his master's wife had taught him when he was a child.

Different masters have different methods of refining weapons, but it is certain that because of the wide variety of spiritual materials, the techniques required for refining weapons must also vary depending on the material. Without a thorough understanding of the principles of weapon crafting, one cannot become a master of the third realm.

Amber melts instantly when exposed to fire. Under Pei Xia's meticulous control, the amber gradually seeped into and adhered to the jade pieces inside the shell.

Then, Pei Xia slowly wrapped the softened shell around the two jade pieces and the golden amber, turning it inwards from all sides.

Under his deliberate control, these spiritual materials slowly gathered and merged, forming a black cube two feet long, nearly three inches wide, and as thick as a fist. A deep golden line could be faintly seen along the edge of this cube.

“It’s mostly formed,” Pei Xia breathed a sigh of relief. “It will take another four or five hours to fully refine it.”

Lu Li was also amazed.

Pei Xia's refining method originally required at least ten days to show initial results, but with the help of the Heart Fire, it only took half a day to complete.

Indeed, a weapon refiner cannot do without a good furnace.

She turned the other half of the carapace in the furnace, which was still in her control: "There's another one here."

Pei Xia sighed: "Come on, let's change."

He handed over the half of the completed magical artifact to Lu Li, and then took the other half himself, carefully refining it in the same way.

Two simple, unadorned black blocks floated quietly in the furnace fire.

"We also need to carefully control the inner fire, and then combine the two together when they are about to be finished..."

Shells are excellent materials, and amber is the most suitable auxiliary material, but the core of this ritual object is that seemingly ordinary two-life plate.

The Two Life Plates are essentially a magical artifact. Pei Xia disassembled them to refine them, but if they cannot be reassembled and connected into one in the end, then all his previous efforts will be in vain, and he will only have refined two hard long plates.

(End of this chapter)