Seeing that the caravan has reached its destination, Hanzhou City, and is about to enter the city to complete its business trip, it is meaningless to continue with it.
After leaving the Datong caravan, continue to stay with another caravan in the future?
Or should we simply wander along the Deer Hunting Road and maybe encounter a Sandstorm Beast?
Song Minghui knew that this would take too much time.
Moreover, it would be too difficult for just four people to travel along the Hulu Trade Road. There are not many supplies and water resources, so it would be difficult to follow a caravan.
"I saw this method from the collection of classics of a Ji-building family when I was doing business in Qi. According to the classics, there is a spiritual weapon called Gathering Quicksand that can deal with sandstorm beasts."
"This Gathering Quicksand is a first-order low-grade spiritual weapon. The main refining material is the animal bones from the Sandstorm Beast."
"As long as the Gathering Quicksand is refined, the aura of similar monsters and beasts emitted by the Gathering Quicksand can attract nearby sandstorm beasts to gather together."
"Once the sandstorm beast obtains the quicksand, it will bring the quicksand back to its lair. The quicksand has a catalytic effect on the cubs of the sandstorm beast. It can catalyze the cubs to grow vigorously and advance to a first-level monster as soon as possible."
Everyone knows that the reason why Sandstorm Beasts are so troublesome and have yet to be completely eliminated is not because they are powerful.
Before Lu Ping explored this extraterrestrial affairs, there were many monks and caravans in this area on the eastern border of the Yanhuang Desert who specifically cleaned up the sandstorm beasts, and achieved considerable results.
The fundamental reason why the Sandstorm Beast is so inexhaustible and keeps reappearing is because the Sandstorm Beast has a very strong reproductive ability and its lair is also very secretive.
This is just like cockroaches. If you kill dozens alone, it will be useless if you kill hundreds. You must eliminate them from the source of the nest.
This is the principle of cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots, and the spring breeze will bring new growth.
"It sounds like a good way to find the sandstorm beast's lair by gathering quicksand. I wonder how to refine the quicksand. Would Brother Zhang be willing to tell me?"
Since Zhang Sihong mentioned gathering quicksand, Zhang Nianchuan guessed that the other party might know the refining method of such spiritual weapons, otherwise he would not mention it.
Sure enough, Zhang Sihong's next words confirmed Zhang Nianchuan's conjecture.
"Of course I know the refining method of gathering quicksand. After so many years, I still remember it very clearly."
Zhang Sihong smiled slightly: "Although, this gathering of quicksand is the valuable experience summed up by the foundation-building family in order to fight against the sandstorm beast. According to the rules of the immortal world, it will not be spread easily."
"But since they are willing to show me this method to observe, they probably want to use me to spread the quicksand during my business, so that my colleagues can more effectively clean up the sandstorm beasts and protect the peace."
After saying a few words in succession, Zhang Sihong took out a pen and paper and immediately wrote down the refining method of quicksand from memory.
"I rely on friends when I am away from home. I have a lot of fun chatting with you, so I will give you this refining formula. I also learned it myself."
"Do any of you know how to refine weapons? To refine Gathering Quicksand, you need a first-level mid-level weapon refiner."
Zhang Sihong generously handed over the quicksand recipe.
"Thank you so much, Brother Zhang."
Seeing Zhang Sihong like this, Song Minghui no longer speculated.
She reached out and took the quicksand gathering formula, and then looked at each other with Lin Han, Zhang Nianchuan, and Chu Qin.
Obviously, none of them know how to refine weapons.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Sihong also guessed the result, so he could only shake his head and said: "To be honest, there is no weapon refiner in our team."
"Fellow Taoists, if you want to ask someone to refine this quicksand, you can try to ask the sect for help."
"There are no permanent weapon refiners within a thousand miles, so it is quite troublesome to find them. Moreover, due to the shortage of resources here and the high prices, the price quoted for the weapon refiners will be far higher than the ordinary price. It is not as practical as asking your sect for help."
Zhang Sihong's words directly gave a good suggestion.
This is indeed the case. Due to the influence of the desert environment, the number of people living nearby is far less than other places with abundant water and soil.
The monks stationed here are even rarer.
What's more, weapon refiners are considered rare talents among monks and are even more difficult to find. Even if you find a candidate, paying for the refinement is essential.
Things are rare and expensive, so you have to pay more.
Song Minghui also felt uneasy about letting outsiders refine weapons.
As for the person in the Qingshan Sect who can refine this quicksand, it is naturally Elder Lu Zhiwei.
With her skill in refining weapons, refining Gathering Quicksand is no problem at all.
It's a good idea to ask Lu Zhiwei for help in refining it. Song Minghui also wants to take the refining formula of Gathering Quicksand back and store it in the sect's collection.
After agreeing to Zhang Sihong's suggestion, Zhang Sihong also sent another favor.
"The main material for refining quicksand is the bones of sandstorm beasts. There just happen to be a few sandstorm beasts on the car. You can take the bones yourself and consider them as a favor from your previous rescue."
Knowing how to make choices and advance and retreat, Zhang Sihong's conduct as a person is very well received.
Song Minghui was not polite and cleared out three sets of animal bones. After saying that they would meet again later, she took Zhang Nianchuan and the others and parted ways with the caravan.
Watching the caravan enter the city and gradually disappearing, hoping to meet again in the future, the four of them glanced at the darkening sky and discussed setting off tomorrow morning.
They were going back to the sect with the quicksand gathering formula and begged Lu Zhiwei to refine it.
The Qingshan Sect is nearly six thousand miles away from here. The mountains are high and the rivers are far away. It would be nice to have someone to take care of you along the way. Otherwise, if only one person is sent back to the sect, the other three will be somewhat uneasy.
Early the next morning, the four of them set off.
It took nearly a month for the four of them to return the same way and finally arrived at the Qingshan Sect, not wanting to rest.
Song Minghui immediately asked to see Lu Zhiwei and reported the matter of the Sandstorm Beast and the quicksand.
After listening to Song Minghui's report, knowing the whole story, and asking him to refine quicksand to eradicate the Sandstorm Beast, Lu Zhiwei couldn't help but smile.
"Be consistent in your work, know how to destroy the sandstorm beast's lair, and completely eradicate the evil. Your intentions are worthy of my action."
"Leave the refining of quicksand to me."
After agreeing to refine Gathering Quicksand, Lu Zhiwei went into seclusion that day.
As a first-level high-level weapon refiner, it is definitely not difficult to refine the first-level low-level quicksand.
After getting the quicksand gathering formula and refining raw materials, Lu Zhiwei was not in a hurry to get started. Instead, she pondered for a long time, and then started refining after she understood the refining theory.
The reason why quicksand can attract sandstorm beasts is its beast bones.
This thing can attract sandstorm beasts to gather, and the effect is that it can exude the aura of the same kind.
Sandstorm beasts are very sensitive to this kind of scent, and can feel it within a hundred miles.
However, the aura of the same kind in the beast's bones cannot usually be spread out at all. It is hidden very deep and cannot attract the sandstorm beast at all.
Therefore, the most critical point in refining the quicksand is to refine the aura of the same species hidden in the animal bones and mix it with other materials to make a spiritual weapon.
When this spiritual weapon is used, the aura of the same kind will last for a long time.
The theory is just that, and I don’t know which expert discovered it. It can be seen that there is no shortage of smart and talented people in the world of immortality.
After Lu Zhiwei understood this theory, she couldn't help but admire it.
You must know that once a monk kills monsters such as Sandstorm Beast, the value of the monster itself is not high, and they cannot condense the inner elixir, so they can usually only be sold as food.
Who would fiddle with their animal bones and discover this method of attracting sandstorm beasts to create quicksand.
If you use quicksand as bait to attract sandstorm beasts to attack a caravan, a cultivating family, a sect, or even a county or a city...
Stop it, stop it, this is not what a righteous monk should think at all.
Unless, unless it was used to deal with enemies, Lu Zhiwei could barely accept it.
Shaking her head and no longer thinking about these things, Lu Zhiwei spent the next two days completely immersed in the process of refining the weapon.
Not only did she control the real fire in her body, she also tempered, extracted, and combined various raw materials. The whole process went smoothly without any mistakes.
On the morning of the third day, she left the customs with the successfully refined quicksand. This chapter has been completed!