After the explanation, Li Zhen walked on the tree-lined path next to the Neidongyuan waterside pavilion to stretch his muscles.

Not long after, the front suddenly opened up, and a lotus pond more than a hundred meters long and wide appeared, wrinkled by the morning breeze and sparkling in the microwave.

It is not midsummer now, so there is no lotus fragrance to smell in the pond, but early in the morning, there are carps of various colors floating in the water below the flower tower to take a breath and look for food, and they have their own dedicated servants to feed them.

There is a bamboo bridge leading to the deep water area, which is an artificial lake connected to a lotus pond. There is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and you can see a two-story flower building standing on the opposite shore, with the columns and walls covered with roses.

After a while, several servants brought what Li Zhen wanted, and Li Zhen walked onto the bamboo bridge and came to the pavilion.

The stone benches in the pavilion are separated on the left and right, and in the middle is a round stone table about two feet wide, with natural patterns on it like pieces of petals.

A famous craftsman skillfully carved it into a decorative picture of blooming crabapples, which is luxurious and elegant.

Li Zhen sat down and said to the servant: "Just put the things here."

After the servants left, Li Zhen took a stick of incense, slowly scraped up the incense powder with an incense scraper, and collected it all into the small clay pot in front of him.

Then, he placed the carving tools in the incense burner with a shallow belly like a white pottery bowl, took a silver long-handled incense spoon, scooped it on top and poured it evenly.

This kind of engraving tool is a Dayan seal incense pattern made from a hollow silver plate. It is fine, light and has clear lines. After it is lightly pressed with ash and flattened, a two-inch square pattern is immediately printed on the incense ash in the furnace.

Its shape is similar to the Dayan Tian compass, with a square inside and a round outside. It is quite Taoist and can generally burn for about two quarters, which is half an hour.

This is a specially designed specification that is suitable for practitioners to meditate and move around the sky.

After these preparations were completed, Li Zhen took the fire bud branch, a fire ignition tool made from exotic wood from overseas, and used the sparks in it to gently ignite the incense powder in the corner of the seal.

As the smoke curls up, the thoughts converge, and the soul seems to enter the underworld, gradually reaching a mysterious and secluded realm.

In the familiar scent of Xinling Incense, Li Zhen felt that his consciousness was clear and his strength was extremely strong. Even the sensing range that had not been loosened for a long time seemed to have expanded a bit, and he felt like he could see the openness in all directions.

Things around you seem to be illuminated by an invisible light, projected into the sea of ​​consciousness at the spiritual level.

These things are presented as if they were seen with the naked eye, but they are a bit brighter and more delicate than what is seen with the naked eye. You can even freely adjust the angle of observation and analyze them from different directions and angles at the same time.

Li Zhen had never had such a detailed observation experience before, and he suddenly realized that the mortal body was indeed very limited, and what he saw and heard might not be the truth of the world.

After quietly experiencing it, he made full use of his talent for smelling scents and identifying people, allowing him to visualize smells and bring out the characteristics of scent to the fullest extent.

This is another kind of perception ability that is completely different from spiritual consciousness, and it has the wonderful ability to penetrate into the deep and subtle.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to feel new hairsprings emerging one after another.

If the hairspring I saw before was just a trickle, now it can almost be said to be a real river. It spreads out as the incense ingot is lit, and in a short time it reaches thousands.

"That's really it!"

Li Zhen was shocked, and immediately, an uncontrollable ecstasy surged into his heart.

God has not failed me, I will never forget you, and there will be a response!

"Finally, there is no perfect way out!"

"I know that it is impossible to be as spiritually deficient and immortal as the immortal master said. The great road of heaven and earth should never be like that!"

So many years of hardship and unwillingness.

Just like this, it was all released in one day, and the feeling of lifting up the clouds and seeing the sun emerged spontaneously.

Li Zhen thought about it: "Now it has been confirmed that this kind of hairspring does come from incense. It condenses normally and activates it when ignited."

"Others use incense to remember and benefit their souls. In essence, they use their full spiritual abilities to refine their qi."

"But without my innate ability, I can't actively capture it, I can only passively accept it. This is the essential difference."

"The ancients said that those who eat meat are brave and brave, those who eat grain are wise and skillful, those who eat breath are gods and live long, and those who do not eat are immortal and god. What am I like? Food of fragrance?"

"Those who eat incense were originally supposed to be the likes of gods and Buddhas. The incense and gods are all based on the faith of all living beings. Now I eat incense directly. I don't need to pray to gods or worship Buddha, and I don't need to rely on the wishes of all living beings. On the contrary, it is more pure."

"This is really... worshiping God is not as good as worshiping yourself!"

Li Zhen then thought of a few more questions: "Fragrance can produce this kind of thing... Let's call it aroma or fragrance. What is the content in different spices and fragrances, and how can they be used to maximize efficiency?"

"These issues must be clarified. I don't have all the spiritual qualifications, so my future in cultivation depends on it."

Fortunately, this problem is not difficult to verify, just do some comparative experiments.

Although the Xinlingxiang that Li Zhen now masters is a secret recipe, craftsmen have begun to study it, assist in production, and even participate in experimental assembly line production.

He is a master of incense making, not a hard worker. There is no need to do everything by himself.

To maintain the mystery of the formula, you only need to master the key processes. Many basic tasks require people to do it.

Soon after, Li Zhen took out another imitation made by his craftsmen and looked at it.

The color of this incense is brownish-yellow. Just to see it with the naked eye is inferior to the finished product made by myself. However, it has been proven that it still has the effect of assisting soul refining.

The ancestors would also take away such things and use them to reward disciples or for other purposes.

Li Zhen prepared the piece of incense in the same way, closed his eyes and meditated again in the pavilion, and saw that there were many hairsprings in the void again, like gurgling clear springs.

"As expected, it's a little less than before, but it's still far more emitted than before it was ignited!"

Seeing the threads in the smoke like mayflies, and soon there were thousands of them, Li Zhen became determined.

At this point, the previous speculations can be completely confirmed.

Next, Li Zhe was extravagant and directly took a new incense stick and burned it in its entirety. He waited quietly for it to burn out, and then calculated the total amount of incense after it was fully released.

As a result, the Xinling Incense made by oneself can cost millions, while the ones made by ordinary craftsmen are much inferior, ranging from hundreds of thousands.

Moreover, when it is summoned at once, there is a problem that it cannot be melted enough.

You can visualize the smell, manifest the fragrance, and use your thoughts to actively capture those fragrances and blend them, which is extremely efficient.

But if you take too much at once, you will be overwhelmed and unable to take care of everything.

Maybe things will change in the future when the spiritual consciousness becomes stronger, but now we can only take it slow and follow the normal burning method.

Li Zhen continued to conduct comparative experiments with various spices and found that they indeed contained varying amounts of fragrance.

It's just that the number of fragrances that usually appear, ranging from single digits to hundreds, and even if ignited, accelerating the dispersion will not help, can be called completely inert, and cannot be used as an auxiliary practice.

Various natural spices and the raw materials used to make incense contain slightly more fragrance, but if they are directly ignited, they will only accumulate thousands of them, which is far less than the synthesized Xinling Incense.

The properties of the fragrances are also different. Li Zhen feels that they should have their own effects, but for the time being, they have a common benefit in helping the soul grow.

Finally, he had a sudden idea and tried chewing and swallowing it directly. Unfortunately, this was of no avail and it could not be used like pills.

Li Zha sighed and took the time to refine a few pieces of incense used in the experiment. In one day, he swallowed millions of incense, which increased the power of his thoughts by more than three grams. After the soul left the body, the power and speed of the spirit body also increased.

Finally started to show subtle growth.

…

After half a month of continuous rest and exploration, it was the end of March.

The Ninth Princess said: "Husband, do you feel better? Otherwise, why don't you just lie down a little longer today instead of getting up so early?"

Li Zhen said: "That won't work. I have been recuperating for so long, and my bones are almost rusty. What's more, I have succeeded in smelting the flying sword today. I have to see for myself."

The Ninth Princess had no choice but to stand up and call the maid to come over and dress Li Zhen. However, she couldn't help but sigh: "You, you are so energetic when you talk about this."

Li Zhen had a smile on his face, full of joy, but it was not because of secretly obtaining the law, but because on this day, his own flying sword was forged.

The flying sword is not an idle thing, it is his fairy dream.

Previously, the sloppy Taoist rescued Li Zhen and took away the unfashionable bag magic weapon, but he kept the flying sword.

Just because other people's swords are mostly poured with essence and blood and refined with spiritual thoughts, without the advantage of one's own weapons, the materials are melted at best.

The sloppy Taoist didn't have that kind of free time, but Li Zhen didn't mind the trouble. After all, there were skilled craftsmen in the city who could forge inferior magic weapons, especially the most common low-level flying swords.

A flying sword cost at least a hundred taels of gold. He had always wanted to get one for fun, but he couldn't care about it because of his career. Now that he had made an unexpected fortune for nothing, he could finally take the opportunity to be satisfied.

Li Zhen said to the Ninth Princess: "My husband yearns for the immortal family. I want to find the immortal but I can't find it. Why can't I still play with a low-level flying sword for fun?"

"The cost is only a few hundred taels of gold, which is not as valuable as a beautiful princess or a famous horse."

The Ninth Princess said: "Mei Ji bought it to entertain people and ride famous horses. Why do you want this flying sword?"

When Li Zhen mentioned this, he suddenly became interested and asked: "Speaking of which, your monks' ability to drive flying swords is mostly related to spiritual thoughts or magic power? The purpose of sacrificial refining is to maintain contact and not be taken away by the enemy in actual combat.

Bar?"

The Ninth Princess said: "Yes, pouring blood essence and sacrificing spiritual thoughts can make one's own Qi linger on it, and others cannot move it with spiritual thoughts. Otherwise, when low-level monks meet high-level monks, their weapons will be taken away when they meet.

The blade is completely useless, even high-level monks need to pay attention to it all the time, wouldn't that become a weakness?"

Li Zhen said: "I see, since I don't have all the spiritual qualifications, it shouldn't hinder me from refining magic weapons and binding myself, right?"

The Ninth Princess said: "Sacrificial and refining magic weapons are mostly related to life energy. The ancestor sent you a magic talisman before to facilitate contact at critical moments. This is also the reason, so it will not hinder you."

Li Zhen said: "Then I'll be relieved."

During the chat, the two of them washed and ate, then went out with a group of servants and maids, and rushed to the sword house of Master Hong, a famous craftsman in the east of the city.

When he arrived at his destination, Li Zhen jumped out of the carriage and what he saw was a several-foot-high platform that looked like a mountain of flames.

It is actually made of a huge mountain rock hollowed out, and its shape is like a furnace. The iron water flows from the ditches on both sides, like a waterfall.

This has already gained the momentum of a small-scale steelmaking plant, which is considered advanced among manual workshops that rely on manpower. The structure of the furnace body, the fuel used, and the alloy formula are all real secrets, and the manpower and material resources consumed are by no means ordinary.

The craftsman can imagine.
To be continued...