Wei Ci looked at the short knife without a handle in his hand with some satisfaction and sent it to Kuang Xun aside.
"Oh? So fast!" Kuang Xun's eyes flashed with surprise.
Taking the dagger, he turned it over and examined it.
At first, his eyes were a little casual, but after a few breaths passed, he finally couldn't help but praise: "You boy, you really have a strong talent for refining weapons, but you can forge it in just ten days."
Magic weapon level weapon!"
Yes, after five days of non-stop forging, Wei Ci finally raised his weapon refining level to the magical weapon level.
The short knife in Kuang Xun's hand has completely exceeded the standard of Yuanqi, and has the potential of inscriptions. It only needs to be engraved with inscriptions, and it can directly become a magical weapon!
If Wei Ci now completes the certification at the Weapon Refiner Guild, he will be a veritable mid-level weapon master.
Kuang Xun handed the dagger back to him and was filled with emotion.
He had some selfish motives of his own when he accepted Wei Ci as his apprentice, but seeing his apprentice's talent for weapon refining shine under his guidance with his own eyes made him feel more gratified and joyful.
Wei Ci was in a good mood after receiving Kuang Xun's approval.
He immediately took out the inscription ink and carving knife and started to engrave.
While he was inscribing the inscriptions, Kuang Xun was still explaining to him various common sense of weapon refining, as well as some experiences that would help Wei Ci avoid making detours.
"Inscription ink is usually purified and refined from some purified special animal blood or spiritual liquid from heaven and earth as the main material.
"Among them, animal blood type inscription ink is best for cold-blooded exotic animals such as snake lizards. Their blood has few impurities and their breath is gentle but not violent. The heaven and earth spirit liquid is mainly made of spiritual milk, wood pulp liquid and other materials that are more than a hundred years old.
It’s been prepared.”
Wei Ci picked up an arrow and suddenly thought: "Can human blood be used as the material for inscription ink?"
"It's not that no one has tried it, but unfortunately the effect is mediocre." Kuang Xun explained to him.
He was not curious about his disciple's questions, after all, everyone would be curious.
He added: "The composition of human blood is very different and mixed, with too many impurities. If you want to use it as the main material, it is impossible unless you use the blood of the top powerhouses in the world.
"Using human blood as ink for inscriptions really violates human ethics and destroys human nature. It is an evil practice and must not be done."
Seeing that Wei Ci had prepared the materials and the carving knife and was about to cut it, Kuang Xun glanced at the faint blue ink in Wei Ci's inscription carving knife and said: "The quality of the ink in your hand is too low to be able to refine the magic weapon.
is the limit.
"Boy Wei, the weapon refiner is one of the most resource-rich professions on this continent. If you want to improve the weapon refinement level in the future, just use some good inscription ink.
"In addition, when refining high-level inscribed weapons, in addition to inscribed ink, stabilizers are also very important."
When Wei Ci heard this, his hand that was about to use the knife paused.
Stabilizer...this is a new concept!
Kuang Xun went on to explain: "High-level inscriptions have extremely complex patterns, and the difficulty and stability of their characteristics are much lower.
"The presence of stabilizers, added to the inscription ink, can make the inscription process smoother and the durability of the weapon in the later stage can also be improved.
"Black crystal powder, flower stem powder of Ningshen flower, and mucus from the body surface of Dazujin catfish are all good stabilizer raw materials. They only need to be crushed or diluted and added to the inscription ink. You can try these in the future.
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Wei Ci nodded and wrote it down carefully.
He knew that this knowledge was not mentioned either in the island master's mansion or in the jade slip, so it was most likely that it was some precious experience of the Kuang Xun family's weapon refining.
He did not continue his movements until he made sure that he had memorized it firmly.
Short sword weapons with huge power, penetrating and sharp inscriptions are more suitable. Wei Ci casually engraved the huge power inscription on it.
Soon, a primary inscribed magic weapon appeared in his hand.
It's the short sword engraved with the inscription of great strength.
He was so eager to complete the inscription, not because he was waiting for urgent use, but to complete the inscription, which meant that he truly had the weapon-refining ability of an intermediate magician.
Facts have proved that he has succeeded!
Kuang Xun didn't give him much time to be complacent, he then asked Wei Ci to continue forging.
Magical weapons are not the end, but when it comes to weapon refining, there are still many things that are lacking in the latter.
Time flies.
Unknowingly, more than a month had passed since Wei Ci came to this secret underground cage.
In these more than a month, he thoroughly learned the basics of forging, material properties, the nature of inscriptions, and a series of other things that Kuang Xun believed a weapon refiner must be proficient in.
It was also during this period of study that he learned many truths that he had never known before and gained a lot of experience.
For example, the reason why inscription patterns are effective is because the pattern patterns resonate with the rules of heaven and earth. For example, some weapon refining materials will lose their own attributes after fusion due to conflicting attributes, etc.
Kuang Xun almost taught in a cram-like manner, pouring a huge amount of knowledge into his mind.
Fortunately, both his memory and mental strength are far superior to ordinary people. Otherwise, whether he could remember it or not is a matter of debate.
On this day, Wei Ci began to refine the thing he wanted to refine most - arrows.
He had a plan to customize arrows for himself a long time ago, and now he finally had the chance to realize it.
Arrowheads, arrow shafts, and arrow fletchings are three components that make up a complete arrow. Among them, arrowhead materials are the easiest to find. Fine iron mixed with some rare metals with high hardness can meet the requirements.
He chose the lighter weight red paulownia wood for the arrow shaft, which has excellent hardness and toughness.
As for the arrow feathers, it can only be said that he was lucky. The bird wing feathers that Kuang Xun had originally used to refine fan weapons were used by him.
As Kuang Xun said, this is indeed an excellent place to practice weapon refining.
Split and thinned red paulownia wood is calcined at low temperature, straightened, and polished, and can be used directly as an arrow shaft. Special slots are opened at both ends to install arrowheads and tail feathers.
He processed a small pile of wing feathers into leaves and stacked them neatly aside.
Finally, there is the arrow. Because the arrow is small, the process of melting metal is actually very short.
However, the smaller the object, the more inconvenient it is to hammer it, and the more difficult it is to shape it into a solid form.
Wei Ci failed several times in a row. Either the forging hammer used too much force and the shape of the arrow was slightly deviated, or the tail end did not match the arrow shaft slot.
In the end, he had to disassemble an arrow in the Xumi space and follow the instructions.
When the first arrow was finally successfully refined, Wei Ci breathed a long sigh of relief. As long as there is one successful experience, there can be a second, third, and nth time.
Accessories made by yourself cannot be more familiar than they are familiar with.
He easily assembled the arrow, shaft and tail feathers.
Kuang Xun looked at the arrows made by his apprentice, criticizing him for all kinds of faults, but he secretly admired them in his heart.
In terms of appearance, there is almost no difference between the arrows refined by Wei Ci and those sold outside.
One, two, three... ten, fifty, 100! Time seemed to be forgotten in this basement. After making a total of 100 arrows, Wei Ci stopped tiredly.
After refining weapons for so long in one breath, his spirit became much weaker.
The activity of refining weapons consumes more physical energy than mental energy.
As a teacher who taught and imparted knowledge, Kuang Xun was deeply aware of this. He no longer forced Wei Ci to practice forging hard, but instead let him alternate between practicing and forging.
This was exactly what Wei Ci wanted. After practicing almost every day, he would take the initiative to find Kuang Xun to learn about weapon refining.
The two get along day and night, and they have become both teachers and friends.
"Teacher, what is your current level of cultivation?" On this day, Wei Ci asked a question he had been holding back for a long time.
In the past two months, he had hardly seen Kuang Xun practicing, but from his aura, he could sense that Kuang Xun's aura was definitely far superior to his own.
In fact, he still has many questions.
It's just that the teacher doesn't take the initiative to talk, so he's always a little hesitant to speak.
When Kuang Xun heard his question, he happened to be holding the inscription carving knife to complete the final outline.
He stopped what he was doing, scanned the mess around him, and then looked down at the chains on his feet.
After sitting down on the side, he said with some regret: "When I first entered here 4 years ago, I was only at the early stage of the third level. Now, I should have a seat among the title-level powerhouses."
Title level!
Wei Ci's eyes widened. He originally thought that Kuang Xun was focused on refining weapons and his cultivation level was average.
What I didn't expect was that my teacher's cultivation was not bad at all.
"Then your weapon refining level..."
"You can barely be considered a quasi-sacred weapon master. I thought you could hold it in and not ask any questions!" A slight smile appeared on Kuang Xun's vicissitudes of life.
After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face darkened.
"It's a pity that I don't have my own title at this title level. As for the weapon refining, I'm afraid no one will know that there is such a number one person like me. It's really ironic, haha."
Kuang Xun sighed with self-deprecation.
Wei Ci was stunned when he heard the words "quasi-sacred weapon master".
Quasi-sacred weapon master, that is the existence that can refine quasi-sacred weapons!
In this world, those who can bear the word "holy" are not simple. Quasi-sacred weapons are one level higher than treasure weapons. The powerful ones at the fourth level usually only use treasure weapons.
However, Kuang Xun's self-deprecation made him somewhat unflattering.
What is a title level?
Practitioners at the fourth level and above are considered to be at the title level.
However, a long time ago, only those with astonishing strength or reputation would be officially recognized by the Martial Arts Alliance, recorded in the books, and given a special title, which is a veritable title level.
This is the case for Wei Tianxing, for example. His title of "Thunder Emperor" was praised by the outside world and eventually recognized by the alliance.
As for now, as long as your strength is at the fourth level or above, you can get a title in the alliance, such as "Yang Zunzhao".
Every once in a while, the Martial Arts Alliance will publish a list of newly promoted strong men.
The same is true for weapon refiners. Just as a practitioner will not have a title corresponding to the level if he is not registered with the Martial Arts Alliance, a weapon refiner cannot be rated as a weapon refiner if he does not complete certification in the weapon refiner union.