Compared with Zhang Yan's rapid advancement in cultivation, his minor skills are actually not up to par.
It's not that Zhang Yan doesn't pay attention to it, but that he simply doesn't have time to spend on these aspects.
The means of minor training are different from the level of cultivation. Zhang Yan really has no shortcuts to take. He can only slowly accumulate experience through craftsmanship, and then complete difficult problems that are representative of each stage, so as to slowly improve.
For example, weapon refining and elixir refining.
It's not that Zhang Yan's cultivation level means that weapon refining and elixir refining are useless. He uses them sparingly, simply because his two skills can no longer keep up with his cultivation level. Even some of them are inappropriate or inappropriate.
The useless elixirs, magic weapons, and immortal weapons he is using now are of little significance.
And with the Wanxiang Pearl in hand, Zhang Yan can still master at least one of the most basic offenses and defenses, but the trouble is that he can't take care of both. As for the elixir, his cultivation level has soared, so he won't be able to use it for the time being.
However, to become powerful, minor skills are essential.
Benefits? Look at how Zhang Yan was able to cross two small realms of Earth Immortals and kill two late Earth Immortals with the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, and even the other party couldn't resist or escape. This is the power of auxiliary skills.
: When resources are good enough, you can greatly improve your own strength and achieve the result of the weak defeating the strong.
Zhang Yan has always had this idea. Otherwise, he would not have spread the basic methods of alchemy and weapon refining to the outside of Duoya Mountain early on, against all objections, just to lay a foundation for the monks in the Wild Sky Territory. Everything is difficult at the beginning.
, as long as there is a solid foundation, time will gradually allow monks to develop more and more powerful methods. It is even very likely that they will start from scratch and form a secondary training path that is different from the great world.
As for Duoyashan itself, Wang Nian, who currently has the highest level of cultivation and the most solid method of refining alchemy and weaponry, has been taking care of it, and has never slacked off in the slightest.
It can be said that aside from the convenience brought by his cultivation and the difference in the properties of elixir and fire, Zhang Yan cannot compare to Wang Nian in terms of his craftsmanship in weapon refining and elixir refining.
So when he was refining the mountain-suppressing thing, Zhang Yan found three of his disciples without thinking, asking them to participate and serve as the main refiners.
The chosen refining site is not on land, but in the sea. There is no land or human habitation for thousands of miles around. It is the most suitable and least worrying refining site chosen by Zhang Yan. After all, this Zhoushan mountain stone is not just exposed to the sea.
It's several hundred feet in size, but the bulk of it is hidden under the surface of the sea.
After that, I saw stone pillars rising from the bottom of the sea. Each one was covered with fine formation patterns. The characteristics of the patterns were carved under Wang Nian's leadership. There were ninety-one such stone pillars in total. Although
The stone pillars were raised from the seabed rock formations using the five elements of earth magic, but there were still a lot of spiritual stones and auxiliary materials added to the formation inside them. They were finally completed.
Most of the ninety-one stone pillars are about thirty feet out of the sea, with a thickness of more than nine feet in diameter. Four of them are more than ten feet thick and a hundred feet high as formation nodes for casting spells and regulating the remaining stone pillars. Later, these nodes will be
Zhang Yan and his three apprentices will be in charge.
Of course, the combination of this large formation did not originate from Wang Nian's ideas, but Zhang Yan moved it directly from Wan Xiangzhu's library hall, and then gave it to Wang Nian to get familiar with it before taking shape.
"Master, there are too many mysteries in this "Nine-Star Compound Refining Formation". It also involves many things about the power of rules. The lower limit and upper limit are extremely high. My current level of refining can only be used to this extent.
The power of this large formation is 30%, and including the immortal energy boost and elixir fire replacement you gave me, it can only push the power of the formation to 40% at most.
Therefore, the limit of what is refined is still within the category of immortal weapons, and cannot reach the level of spiritual treasures that Master mentioned."
Wang Nian was both excited and nervous. He was so excited that he had the opportunity to preside over such a large battle to refine an immortal weapon for a long time. And his master had to cooperate with him. This was for him who had always been keen on refining weapons and alchemy.
Naturally, it is an extremely rare opportunity to hone and improve your skills.
"However, I can leave a suitable path for improvement of this magical weapon. In the future, as long as my ability improves and I can continue to refine it, I can refine it again. By then, I may be able to achieve what Master you mentioned.
It’s reached the Lingbao level.”
Wang Nian's plan is to divide the refining of Zhoushan Mountain Stone into two or even three steps. First, refine Zhoushan Mountain into an immortal weapon, and then wait for the auxiliary skills and other skills to be improved before trying to further refine it into a spiritual treasure.
Zhang Yan had no objection to Wang Nian's plan. He had also been debating before whether to take the risk and try the spiritual treasure, or to seek stability in refining the fairy weapon. Now Wang Nian has come up with a stable and scalable solution, which is better than what he had before.
The plan is much better. After all, his weapon refining methods have not yet come into contact with the exquisite weapon refining methods that will be used for secondary refining after the "Leave a Way" is released.
After the plan was finalized, Wang Nian and his junior brothers and sisters worked hard and took half a year to erect the ninety-one stone pillars and let the formation begin to take shape.
During this period, Zhang Yan also had the rare opportunity to calm down and get familiar with the weapon refining methods that he had left behind little by little. After Wang Nian was ready, he needed to play the main force on the Danhuo side, and Wang Nian was responsible for the command.
, Yang Rui and Liu Xin were responsible for stabilizing the formation and tightening some corners.
The four masters and apprentices worked hard, and it took more than half a year before they were officially ready to start refining weapons.
"Let's start the formation."
"Yes, Master!"
There are ninety-one stone pillars, and Zhang Yan, Yang Rui, and Liu Xin each manage thirty. Wang Nian sits in the middle and regulates them. Zhang Yan sits in the "refining" position, and Yang Rui and Liu Xin sit in the "formation" position.
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At the command, the sea surface with a radius of more than a thousand miles suddenly sank, as if some kind of force was emptying the sea water in this radius. In less than half a day, a huge "smelting furnace" as large as several cities and hundreds of feet deep appeared.
It was built under the influence of the large formation. The lines of the formation built a solid barrier, placing the huge Zhoushan Mountain rocks in the middle of the "smelting furnace".
"Fire up!"
Wang Nian immediately entered the state. Under his command, Zhang Yan and the three of them each stabilized the magic circle and began to sacrifice the elixir fire in their own Dao Dan. They gathered together along the channel of the magic circle to form a "refining furnace fire".
"Unify and obey Wang Nian's instructions.
"This is" Wang Nian's first time seeing Master's elixir fire. It's black and white, weird and unusual, and it doesn't seem to have any "fire" properties at all.
Master's elixir fire is very strange. I wonder if it can raise the temperature of the furnace? Wang Nian was curious in his heart while holding the seals in his hands. No matter what, the first thing he did when refining the furnace was to raise the temperature of the furnace.
Test whether the material in the middle can be quenched directly with temperature.