Volume 1: A Sword Comes from the West Chapter 34: Forging Swords and Alchemy
As soon as these words came out, both Li Xiuping and the elders all looked at the great elder.
Is this to drive Li Xiuping out of the Huayang Sect?
The Great Elder continued: "However, although you have no spiritual roots and do not forge swords, you are not useless. At least the killing of the foundation-building monks was witnessed by me and all the elders. In addition, you were brought back by the leader himself.
There's no problem if you want to stay. It's just..."
The great elder also seemed a little embarrassed.
Li Xiuping said at this time: "Everything will be subject to the arrangements of the Great Elder."
The First Elder looked at Li Xiuping and asked, "Do you have any objections to letting you go to the outer gate?"
Li Xiuping naturally preferred to stay in the inner sect, but at this point, he could only shake his head and said: "Disciple has no objection."
The great elder nodded and said: "Although there are differences between inside and outside, you are all disciples of my Huayang Sect. If you are bullied by others, the sect will be your biggest supporter. In addition, as long as you perform well in the outer sect, you will
The resources available are no worse than those at the inner gate. Some kids from the outer gate don’t want to enter the inner gate just because of this, and they say they would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.”
Having said this, the great elder smiled bitterly.
This is not just nonsense on his part, but there are indeed a few guys in the outer sect who are clearly qualified to enter the inner sect, but will not enter the inner sect even if they are beaten to death. They even have their future plans clearly stated.
The Great Elder continued: "But I still hope that you can forge swords, so that you can not only stay in the inner sect, but also enjoy all the resources of the entire Huayang Sect, and even my position can be given to you."
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "Thank you, Great Elder, for your kindness, but I really don't dare to disobey my master's orders."
The Great Elder should also know that he could not persuade the young man in front of him, and sighed: "In this case, you go down first. Since you were a swordsmith before, after arriving at the outer gate, you will report to the alchemy office. If you can make some achievements in alchemy,
, it would also be good to become an alchemist."
Li Xiuping nodded, then looked up at the great elder on the main seat and asked: "Without spiritual roots, is it really impossible to build a foundation?"
The great elder was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "At least in the history of the practice world, this has never happened before."
Li Xiuping nodded, bowed in turn, turned around and walked out.
"It didn't happen before, but that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. I, Li Xiuping, will not walk the path that my predecessors have walked. I will walk a path that belongs only to me, Li Xiuping."
Li Xiuping didn't say this.
Outside Zhengyang Hall, as soon as Li Xiuping came out, Xu Bansheng ran up and asked hurriedly: "How is it? What did the elders say?"
Li Xiuping replied directly: "Let me report to the alchemy office at the outer gate."
Xu Bansheng couldn't help but frown tightly and said: "Outer door?"
Li Xiuping nodded.
Xu Bansheng immediately said angrily: "This is unfair. Although you have no spiritual roots, your strength is clearly not inferior to any Foundation Establishment disciple. A fourteen-year-old Foundation Establishment monk has no problem staying in the inner sect. I will go find the big disciple."
The elder said."
Li Xiuping held him back. He had no objection to this arrangement.
Li Xiuping asked: "Do you believe that I can build a foundation in the future?"
Xu Bansheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "I believe it."
As if he was afraid that Li Xiuping would think that he was comforting him, he continued to nod and said: "Really, I believe that you can build a foundation and embark on a path of cultivation of your own."
Li Xiuping smiled and said, "Isn't that enough?"
Xu Bansheng was stunned, and then said with a smile: "That's right, wait until you successfully build the foundation, let's see what else they can say. Hehe, I am looking forward to what kind of expressions the Great Elder and the others will have then?"
Li Xiuping said: "Take him to the outer sect. I'm not very familiar with Huayang Sect now, and I don't know where the alchemy is."
Xu Bansheng nodded, left Zhengyang Palace with Li Xiuping, and reported to the outer alchemy office.
The outer sect is actually much larger than the inner sect, and the outer sect naturally has many more disciples than the inner sect. However, compared to the inner sect, the outer sect has a mixed bag of good and bad disciples, including foundation building, Qi training, and even body training.
The person in charge of the alchemy department is an old man with a pale face and a sallow complexion. He is thin and hunched. He is carefully sorting the medicinal materials at this moment.
Xu Bansheng pulled Li Mingyue into the alchemy place and said loudly: "Elder Wan, I have brought someone here for you."
The old man raised his eyes and looked at the two young men in front of him, one fat and one thin. Then, his expression was obviously not good, and he quickly pulled the medicinal materials on the table into the drawer under the table.
Xu Bansheng looked at his move, curled his lips and said, "I'm not here to steal your medicinal materials this time, I'm here to give them to you."
The old man snorted coldly: "Who is it? I have enough people in the alchemy department, so there is no shortage of people."
"Hey, Old Man Wan, are you trying to get your nose in trouble? Let me tell you, my junior brother Li is very valuable. If you are bullied in your alchemy place, I will not fire you up to make the alchemy."
The place is burned." Xu Bansheng took a step forward and said, "The great elder asked me to bring it. He said that he would put it in your alchemy place for a period of time and then call it back to the inner sect."
Of course Xu Bansheng said these words to help Li Xiuping, that is, to prevent Li Xiuping from being bullied in the alchemy place.
The old man continued to look at Li Xiuping, then nodded and said: "Okay, you can stay here, I will arrange it later. If there is nothing else, get out of here, I am busy."
Xu Bansheng curled his lips and continued: "Remember, arrange a better position for Junior Brother Li."
The old man said directly: "If you are not at ease, take the person back. I am here to refine elixirs, not to enjoy happiness."
Xu Bansheng wanted to say goodbye to the old man, but he was stopped by Li Xiuping, who signaled that he had no problem and asked Xu Bansheng to leave first.
Xu Bansheng snorted coldly, deliberately shook the old man with his sleeve, then turned and left.
He wasn't worried that Li Xiuping would be bullied. With Li Xiuping's abilities, it would be good if he didn't bully others. Although there were a few foundation-building monks in the entire outer sect, they really had to fight hard. Some of them belonged to Li Xiuping.
opponent?
Li Xiuping seemed to remember something and suddenly shouted: "Senior Brother Xu, wait a moment."
Xu Bansheng stopped and asked puzzledly: "What's wrong?"
Li Xiuping asked awkwardly: "Where is my hatchet?"
Only then did Xu Bansheng remember something, with a look of enlightenment on his face, and said with a smile: "When I brought you back, the great elder said that the hatchet was a little different. He said he wanted to take it to study, but he probably forgot it. I'll go back and look for it.
The great elder helps you to get it."
Li Xiuping said gratefully: "Thank you, Senior Brother Xu."
That hatchet may not be very important to others, but to him, it is indispensable.
Only that hatchet can resonate with the sword intention in his body, and can suppress the sword intention in his body from being overly activated... It was forged by Mr. Ou Ye through special means, and he told Li Xiuping to continue to temper it.
Something to refine.
After Xu Bansheng left, Li Xiuping returned to his original position and watched the old man busy without making any noise or making any unnecessary movements. He just waited quietly...
Zhengyang Hall.
The great elder seemed to suddenly remember something at this moment. He took out a hatchet and put it on the table, then asked outside: "Li Xiuping has gone to the outer door?"
A disciple walked into the hall and replied: "Junior Brother Xu took him there. He should have arrived by now."
The great elder handed the hatchet to the disciple and said, "Send this thing over and give it to Li Xiuping."
The disciple took the hatchet with a puzzled look on his face, but didn't say much and retreated.
An elder asked at this time: "Brother, what is the meaning of that hatchet?"
The great elder shook his head and said: "It is indeed a bit strange, but I can't tell what is strange specifically. Apart from being extremely sharp, I have tried various methods, but can't make it have any effect. It is obviously not a magic weapon."
An elder asked: "Is that a spiritual treasure?"
The great elder shook his head and said: "No, it's just an ordinary hatchet, but the forging technique is exquisite, and it seems to have been forged more than once."
"Did he forge it himself?"
"Mr. Ouye has only made swords in his life, and they are all famous swords. How could he forge such a nondescript thing?" The speaker this time was a slightly fat elder.
The Great Elder nodded and said: "Pay more attention to Li Xiuping. After all, he is a disciple of Mr. Ou Ye. No matter what, he cannot bring trouble to our Huayang Sect. When our Huayang Sect is in danger of survival in the future,
It’s hard to say that we still need his help.”
One of the elders said: "In that case, why don't the great elders let him stay in the inner sect? Anyway, he is just raising one more person. Aren't the outer sect and the inner sect the same?"
The great elder asked: "If he stays in the inner sect, who can teach him? You or me? Or the head disciple?"
Everyone was stunned.
The Great Elder continued: "Although Junior Brother Wan's cultivation was greatly damaged in that battle and he voluntarily requested to go to the outer sect, he is very accomplished in the alchemy cauldron. Although making swords is different from refining alchemy, it still has many advantages.
Similarities.”
An elder nodded and said: "I understand. Since Li Xiuping can't make swords and can't practice, if he can achieve something in the way of elixirs, he won't be reduced to a useless useless person in the future."
The Great Elder nodded and said: "Now that you have joined our Huayang Sect and become our Huayang Sect's disciples, we elders, in addition to teaching each other with all our resources, we also need to teach according to our aptitude."
All the elders stood up at the same time and saluted: "Thank you, senior brother, for your teaching!"
In the outer alchemy office, Li Xiuping had been standing motionless for almost an hour, while the old man named Wan was still busy with his own affairs, as if he had completely forgotten about Li Xiuping.
At this time, the disciple who sent the hatchet arrived and returned the hatchet to Li Xiuping. The old man then raised his eyes and looked at Li Xiuping, or more precisely, at the hatchet in Li Xiuping's hand.
"Did you build it?" the old man asked.
Li Xiuping nodded.
The old man nodded and said: "It's not bad, but the heat is a bit off."
Li Xiuping quickly asked: "Elder Wan also knows about forging?"
The old man shook his head and said, "I only know how to make alchemy."