Jiang Fengxian doesn't know how long it will take for her to retreat into elixirs, so Zhou Yang naturally won't wait and do nothing.
Although he promised Jiang Fengxian to protect him and not leave Qingyun Garden before he formed the elixir, this did not mean that he had to guard him outside his retreat at all times.
Guarded by two fifth-level formations, both internal and external, even if the Golden Core Stage monks attack, they will not be able to break into the cave in a short time.
So Zhou Yang entered the weapon refining hall in Qingyun Garden with great confidence and began to attack the fourth-level middle-grade weapon refiners.
In the past seven years, while he has devoted himself to practicing and improving his cultivation, his weapon refining skills have not fallen behind.
During his lifetime, Xu Song was not only a rare fifth-level formation mage, but also a fifth-level weapon refiner. Over the years, Zhou Yang's weapon refinement skills had been taught by him personally, and he had made rapid progress.
The many refining materials obtained from the storage rings of Duanmu Yong, Lin Ruihua and others also provided a solid foundation for Zhou Yang's practice.
He even used the materials in his hands to rebuild and repair his severed "Dayan Divine Light Sword".
Up to now, his success rate in refining fourth-level low-grade magic weapons has reached 30 to 40%, and he is fully qualified to become a fourth-level mid-grade weapon refiner.
In order to make the refining of the weapon foolproof, Zhou Yang asked Xu Song to fly out from the "Yunshen Tablet" and protect and supervise him from the side.
After Xu Song became a ghost cultivator, his cultivation level suddenly dropped to the Zifu stage. As a ghost cultivator at the Zifu stage, the ghost body has not yet been formed, so he can only use the dark Yin energy to form a body to appear in the world.
However, with Xu Song's original eighth-level golden elixir foundation, as long as he is given a certain amount of time, it will be almost no problem to become a golden elixir-level ghost cultivator in the future.
Moreover, when he first traveled to the Immortal Realm of Liuyun Continent, he also knew the location of several Yin evil places with strong Yin energy. As long as Zhou Yang takes him to those Yin evil places when the time comes, he can absorb the Yin evil there.
Qi cultivation, condensing ghost elixir is just around the corner.
After everything was ready, Zhou Yang officially started refining the furnace.
This time he planned to refine two magic weapons in a row. The materials for the refinement were also the "Netherworld Cat" eyes and the "Canglan Cloud Tiger" horn that he had obtained by killing the monsters himself.
The eyes of the "Netherworld Cat" are the carriers of its innate soul-stirring magical power. If this object is successfully refined into a magic weapon, it is very likely to retain its soul-stirring magical power.
In order to increase the success rate of refining the weapon, Zhou Yang followed Xu Song's suggestion and did not use the "Qianyang True Fire" of Zhigang Zhiyang to refine the magic weapon. Instead, he used the earth fire in the refining hall.
However, what disappointed him was that even though he had tried his best to be careful during the process of refining the weapon and had prepared various remedial measures for failure in advance, the refining failed unsatisfactorily this time.
The cat's eyes that were originally supposed to be a pair of magic weapons were finally refined into a magic weapon, and the grade of the magic weapon was also reduced to the third level.
Although this cat's eye, which was refined into a "soul-capturing bead", inherited the soul-capturing magical power of the "Netherworld Cat", its effect was greatly weakened and could only have a soul-capturing effect on monks in the foundation-building stage.
If a Foundation Establishment Stage monk has refined this magic weapon, in a battle with another Foundation Establishment Stage monk, as long as the other party has not prepared talismans and treasures such as "Soul Calming Talisman" in advance, he will basically lose.
However, for the Zifu period monks who established the Zifu Taoist Palace, this magical weapon has no effect.
The unlucky start made Zhou Yang a little depressed. After all, rare materials like "Netherworld Cat" eyes are something that can only be found but cannot be obtained. Even with his rich net worth, wasting such rare materials is enough to make him feel painful for a while.
It's just that I'm just depressed, and I still have to continue refining weapons.
So he took a short rest for a day or two, summed up the experience of the last failure, and then started refining the weapon for the second time.
This time, using the horn of "Canglan Cloud Tiger" as the material to refine the weapon, he could finally use the "Qianyang True Fire" that he was most familiar with to refine the weapon.
In order to succeed in refining this weapon, he even added a piece of rare "Sky Thunder Stone" as an auxiliary material to the magical weapon to enhance the power of thunder and lightning that comes with the magical weapon itself.
After three days of careful refining, Zhou Yang finally succeeded in refining the first fourth-level medium-grade magic weapon in his life, the "Heavenly Thunder Horn".
This "Heavenly Thunder Horn" is definitely a fine product among the fourth-order mid-grade magic weapons. It can not only release thunder and lightning comparable to the fourth-order mid-grade thunder spells to attack the enemy, but also absorb the power of thunder and lightning spells released by the enemy, and It also possesses a large-scale group attack spell "Soul-Captivating Thunder Sound".
The fourth-level middle-grade magic weapon was refined, which meant that Zhou Yang officially became a fourth-level middle-grade weapon refiner.
But he was not only satisfied with this.
He has even greater ambitions.
He waved his hand, and a black jade bottle appeared in his hand.
What is contained in this black jade bottle is the soul of the "Canglan Cloud Tiger" that he killed in "Yunwu Ze".
If a magical weapon of level 4 or above incorporates the soul of a monster of level 4 or above into it, it is possible for the magic weapon to produce an "instrument soul".
After a magical weapon possesses a "weapon soul", not only will the power of the magical weapon itself be enhanced, but it will also have the magical power of "the soul of the weapon transforming into shape", making the magical weapon a truly independent combat unit.
The "Lihuo Suzaku Furnace" in Zhou Yang's hand has an "instrument soul", but the "Lihuo Suzaku Furnace" is a weapon refining cauldron after all. Even if it has an "instrument soul", it is not very helpful in combat.
The "Heavenly Thunder Horn" magical weapon he has newly mastered is actually a pure offensive magical weapon. If this magical weapon can also have an "instrument soul", then this magical weapon will be very useful in the battle of magic. The power exerted in it is probably more powerful than some fourth-level high-grade magic weapons.
roar!
Although it has been dead for more than ten years, nourished by the jade bottle made of "Soul-nurturing Jade", the beast soul of "Canglan Cloud Tiger" is still the same as when it was first extracted.
As soon as Zhou Yang opened the seal of the jade bottle, it roared and roared out of the jade bottle.
However, more than ten years have passed, and although the ferocious nature of this beast soul is still there, its wisdom has long since disappeared.
"How reckless. Zhou could kill you in life, let alone a beast soul after death? Give it to me!"
Zhou Yang shouted coldly, pinched the magic formula with both hands, and used a "soul-binding technique" to restrain the beast's soul in mid-air.
Then he threw the "Heavenly Thunder Horn" towards the beast soul, and the foot-long horn penetrated the beast soul at once.
At the same time, he quickly made seals with his hands, and shot out a series of magic spells that fell on the beast soul and the magic weapon, forcing the unconscious beast soul to merge into the magic weapon and become the "weapon soul" of the magic weapon.
Hoo~ho!
Although the beast soul no longer has the wisdom and spirituality it had during life, its instincts are still there. The instinct of a living thing makes it resist the "instrument soul" of a magical weapon, and it will never be free.
Why is it so difficult for a magic weapon to have an "instrument soul"?
The reason is here.
Zhou Yang didn't have any good solution for this. He could only follow the spirit-enchanting techniques recorded in the weapon-refining classics and continuously use the techniques to force the soul of the beast to merge into the magic weapon.
Under the force of his magic technique, the beast soul did begin to merge with the magic weapon, but the fusion speed was very slow.
Once the fourth-level beast soul leaves the jade bottle made of "Soul-nurturing Jade", its soul power will continue to dissipate. Coupled with the soul power consumed by its instinct to resist Zhou Yang's magic, in the end it is very likely that it has not completed the battle with Zhou Yang.
After the fusion of the magic weapon, the soul power is exhausted and dissipated.
If nothing unexpected happened, Zhou Yang's attempt to "enchant" the magic weapon this time would definitely fail.
But at this moment, Xu Song, who had been watching him refining the weapon, took action.
As a pure ghost cultivator, what he is best at is of course manipulating ghosts.
Although the beast soul of a monster beast does not belong to the ghost category, it is still a kind of soul body and can be affected by the ghostly ghost arts practiced by ghosts.
Under the interference of Xu Song's pure ghostly ghost technique "Soul Confusion Technique", the resistance of the beast soul of "Canglan Cloud Tiger" to the integration of "Heavenly Thunder Horn" was greatly weakened. Zhou Yang also seized the opportunity at this time,
The intensity of coercion was intensified.
With the cooperation of this master and servant, the beast soul was finally completely integrated into the "Thunder Horn" before dissipating, forming a tiger pattern on the horn body.
"Huh, it's really thanks to you, Senior Xu, for your help, otherwise I would have definitely failed this time!"
Zhou Yang took back the horn, gently stretched out his hand to touch the tiger pattern on it, smiled and thanked Xu Song with a look of relief.
The difficulty of enchanting a magic weapon is indeed beyond imagination. You must know that the "Tian Lei Horn" is made from the horn of "Canglan Yunhu".
It is not difficult to imagine how difficult it would be to put the animal soul into a magical weapon made from other materials to form a "weapon soul".
He said it politely, but Xu Song did not dare to take the credit and be arrogant. He quickly said modestly: "You are so polite, fellow Daoist Zhou. The main reason is that this beast soul is only a fourth-level beast soul. If it were replaced by the beast soul of a fifth-level monster, it would be nothing like this [
The Soul Confusion Technique will have no effect."
Seeing this, Zhou Yang smiled slightly and said nothing more.
He was very satisfied with Xu Song's attitude.
With an actual master-servant relationship, he could be polite to Xu Song and give him a certain amount of respect.
But if Xu Song, as a ghost servant, was really shameless and thought that after helping him, he would be able to bully his master, he would not tolerate him.
Fortunately, it now seems that Xu Song is indeed a fine person who has lived for more than 700 years. He is still very good at handling these aspects of the world, which makes him very satisfied.
"Go out and test the power of this magic weapon."
Immediately, he activated the "Yun Shen Pai" to let Xu Song return to it to recuperate, and then took the "Tian Lei Horn" outside to test the power of this magical weapon.
Zhou Yang was very satisfied with the test results.
After displaying the magical power of "Weapon Soul Transformation", without his active command, the combat power of the transformed "Canglan Cloud Tiger" is comparable to that of a sixth-level monk in the Zifu.
However, the "transformation of the weapon soul" lasts for a quarter of an hour at most. Once the time is up, it will be returned to its original shape, and it will take at least half a year to recuperate before using this magical power again.
A quarter of an hour is sometimes enough to decide a lot of things, so Zhou Yang doesn't think this is a flaw.
And just when he was testing the power of the magic weapon, a loud eagle cry suddenly sounded from outside the valley basin, and then he only saw a flash of golden light, and a golden giant eagle with a wingspan of more than ten feet roared and landed.
Arriving in front of Zhou Yang.
This golden giant eagle with a wingspan of more than ten feet is Zhou Yang's domesticated pet "Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle".
But at this time, after seven years of growth, the golden-winged thunder eagle has grown into a third-level high-grade monster, and has begun to truly possess a hint of the majesty of the king of eagles.
And over the years, Zhou Yang also based on Jiang Fengxian's original suggestion, slowly taught this smart spiritual pet how to identify spiritual grass and other monsters and beasts, and gave it the right to enter and exit the formation freely, allowing it to go outside on its own.
Search for monsters and fight with wild beasts in the wild jungle to hone your strength.
No, now the golden-winged thunder eagle is holding the corpse of a third-level high-grade snake monster in its talons.
Eagles and snakes are natural enemies. Whenever the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle goes out, three or four times out of ten, the prey carcasses it brings back are various snakes, demonic beasts and savage beasts. Zhou Yang is not surprised by this.