The mental power was outputted steadily, and the outline of the formation pattern soon came to an end.
As the last turn was completed, the starting point and end point of the formation pattern were perfectly connected, and a "cold" meaning appeared in his spiritual sea.
Finally succeeded!
While Wei Ci was overjoyed, he immediately used the special technique in the rubbing method to solidify the pattern and move it to a corner of the spiritual sea to isolate it.
At this point, his first formation seal was successfully condensed.
It turns out that condensing the formation is not just about concentrating on it. In addition to maintaining a peaceful state of mind when controlling mental power, you also need to maintain an absolute familiarity with the formation. Failure to grasp one point may cause the condensation to fail.
From start to finish, it took a total of 3 attempts before success was declared.
It seems...not as difficult as imagined?
However, after feeling the drain on his mental energy, Wei Ci discovered that condensing a frost formation consumed nearly one-third of his mental energy.
He couldn't help but sigh, no wonder the rubbing method requires very high mental power, and this consumption is not something ordinary people can bear. This is just a simple primary formation pattern!
If any other weapon-refining beginners knew about his idea, they might have the urge to beat him to death on the spot. After all, not everyone can have his strong mental power and understanding.
The formation seals are successfully condensed, and the next step is the inscriptions.
Wei Ci took out the inscription engraving knife and inscription ink from the Xumi space, poured the ink into the ink bladder on the top of the engraving knife, and then took out a long sword, ready to start the actual operation.
Before taking action, he went through all the steps of refining the weapon in his mind again.
The complete refining process is not simple, especially for beginners.
Before refining a weapon, you need to make sufficient preparations, which include conceptual design, material preparation, attribute analysis, and determination of the refining plan. The theory alone is enough to dissuade most people.
In actual practice, it is difficult to succeed without a deep foundation and experience in weapon refining.
The refining process can be described very aptly by the words he read in the "Introduction to Refining Weapons" in the Island Lord's Mansion: The refiner first refines to remove impurities, then refines it into a fetus, then refines it into a solid form, and finally refines it into a fetus.
Refining spirit.
In general, weapon refining can be roughly divided into two stages: forging and shaping and spiritual attachment.
At this time, Wei Ci was practicing with an ordinary long sword that had been forged by others. He omitted the steps of the forging and shaping stage and directly carried out the inscriptions to complete the spiritual addition.
All beginnings are hard!
As long as you succeed once, you will have experience later.
Wei Ci thought as he held the inscription carving knife.
The long sword is relatively simple compared to other weapons. The entire sword body is an area that can be inscribed. He locked the frost seal with his mental power, and then used the rubbing method to inherit the secret technique.
A shadow of a formation that was exactly the same as the frost formation gradually appeared on the long sword.
Immediately afterwards, Wei Ci relied on the connection between the spiritual sea and the two formation seals on the long sword, and his mental power controlled the heart of the carving knife to follow the seals, engraving along the shadow of the formation pattern, and evenly inscribing the marks on his hand.
The carving knife exerts force to push.
The inscription ink flows quietly in the ink groove of the carving knife, and a formation pattern that is exactly the same as the formation seal soon appears on the long sword.
If someone were here at this time, they would definitely find that Wei Ci's operation is very similar to that of the previous weapon refiner named Zhang, but the difference is that the carving knife in his hand is much smoother and more stable than that of the weapon refiner.
, the engraving speed is not even a little bit faster than it is.
The inscription pattern weapon refining method pays attention to finishing in one go.
During the process of the craftsman carving the inscription, if there are any breakpoints or there are flaws in the connection of the formation patterns, it may lead to the failure of the inscription.
But the "rubbing method", an inscription weapon refining method, does not have this problem.
As long as the formation seal is condensed successfully, you no longer need to spend too much effort to control the carving knife without making mistakes when inscribing. You only need to press the formation seal to execute the knife and complete the engraving. Moreover, the formation seal only needs to be condensed once, and it can be used indefinitely in the future.
This is probably also the origin of the name "rubbing method".