Qin Tiexin went to Tangfang City again.
This time he bought five hundred catties of Demon Beast meat - two hundred catties of Rockskin Pig meat, two hundred catties of Grass-Horned Deer meat, and one hundred catties of the cheapest Gray-Furred Rabbit meat. It cost a full one hundred and twenty yuan Lower-Grade Spirit Stone at checkout. The Spirit Stone reserve in Storage Bag has shrunk visibly to the naked eye.
According to the current consumption rate, refining it with all your strength, five hundred kilograms of meat can last for about forty days, and as my Body Tempering cultivation level increases, the consumption rate becomes faster and faster.
Eating meat for a month and a half would cost nearly two hundred Spirit Stone. This does not include other Cultivation Resources - elixirs, spiritual materials, weapon refining consumables...
He brought back more than two thousand Spirit Stone from the Primordial Unity Secret Realm, which looks like a lot. According to this method, it can last for up to half a year.
"It's time to take on some tasks." Qin Tiexin thought to himself, "The task of hunting Demon Beast can not only earn Spirit Stone but also meat. It kills two birds with one stone."
But now is not the time, we have to do the things in front of us first.
He put away his distracting thoughts and continued practicing.
The effect of "Cauldron Eating Art" is becoming more and more obvious.
Eat twenty to thirty pounds of meat every day and follow the Cultivation Method to fully absorb it. Qi and Blood will grow at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Qin Tiexin can feel that the blood is becoming more and more viscous and heavy. When running Qi and Blood, it no longer feels like a rushing river, but like mercury rolling in a tube, slowly but powerfully, and every drop contains huge energy.
Sometimes in the dead of night, he could clearly hear the sound of his blood flowing - swishing, slapping, steady and long.
Until this night.
He was practicing "Vajra Hammer Fist" in cave abode. The wind was roaring and every punch carried heavy force.
On the third stroke, my whole body Qi and Blood suddenly stagnated, and then started to boil like crazy.
The speed of blood rushing through the blood vessels suddenly accelerated, making a clear "swishing" sound, which was really like the flow of mercury. An abnormal flush appeared on the surface of the skin, the body temperature rose sharply, and the sweat was evaporated into white steam as soon as it seeped out.
Qin Tiexin immediately stopped punching, sat down cross-legged, and looked inside.
In the sea of Qi and Blood below Dantian, the originally light red Qi and Blood turned into a deep dark red, as thick as pulp, and slowly rotated. With every rotation, pure Qi and Blood energy seeped out and merged into the limbs and bones.
He guided this boiling Qi and Blood to run a Greater Celestial Circuit in his body.
Wherever the blood flows, the blood vessels expand slightly, and the flesh and bones feel numb and tingling. This is Qi and Blood strengthening and transforming.
After an hour, the boiling feeling gradually subsided.
Qin Tiexin opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
The breath he exhaled carried a faint smell of blood, and it condensed into a small red mist in the air that lingered for a long time.
He raised his right hand and scratched his left arm with his index finger - without much force, the skin split into a thin slit.
Blood seeps out.
It was not the usual bright red, but dark red, almost black, as thick as pulp, and flowing slowly. A drop of blood fell on the stone slab on the ground, making a soft "pop" sound, like mercury dripping, condensing but not dispersing, and glowing with a dull luster.
Body Tempering Eighth Layer--Minor Accomplishment in Blood Strengthening.
Qi and Blood is like mercury.
Qin Tiexin stood up and stretched his muscles.
You can clearly feel the difference. Every drop of blood is heavy and contains huge energy. The muscles are firmer, the bones are harder, and the vitality of the internal organs has been upgraded to a new level.
The most intuitive thing is the ability to continue fighting. In the past, it would be exhausted in half an hour at most when it was full force, but now it can last for at least an hour. And the recovery speed is also faster - Qi and Blood is like mercury, which means that Qi and Blood is more concentrated, the loss is slower, and the replenishment is faster.
He walked to the force measuring stone in the courtyard and punched it down.
The stone surface is sunken deeper and the cracks spread wider.
Nine thousand catties.
It has increased by 1,000 kilograms from a month ago. Among them, "Cauldron Eating Art" contributed at least 500 kilograms.
Qin Tiexin retracted his fist and looked at his palms. The surface of his skin was glowing with a healthy rosy luster, which was a sign that Qi and Blood was filled to the extreme.
Regarding Qi Refining, progress is steady.
With the assistance of Five Phases Conversion Pearl, the cultivation speed is still four times. Although there is still some distance from the seventh level, the foundation is very solid. The six Primordial Qi Vortex are stably rotating in Dantian, with strong spiritual power and smooth operation.
"Falling Star Spear" finally has a breakthrough on the second level.
After countless failures, Qin Tiexin found the trick.
Instead of using Divine Sense to forcibly "pull" the tail of the gun, at the moment when the javelin is released, use Divine Sense to "click" on the side of the gun body. Just like gently turning a rotating top with your fingers, only a small amount of force is needed to change its trajectory.
He stood on the back hill, with three ancient trees standing side by side as obstacles in front of him.
Hold the gun and throw it.
The javelin fell out of hand and shot out in the form of a green shadow.
The moment he was about to hit the first tree, Qin Tiexin Divine Sense tapped the right side of the gun body.
The gun body trembled slightly, its trajectory deviated, and it brushed against the edge of the tree trunk.
Then click a second time to bypass the second tree.
The third time, bypass the third tree.
The javelin drew a smooth "S" shaped arc, and finally plunged into a bluestone fifty steps away.
Bang.
The bluestone exploded.
Qin Tiexin walked over and pulled out the javelin. The gun body was intact and Spirit Rune was stable.
It's done.
Although the arc is not big enough, the turn is not sharp enough, and it is still far from the "Returning Horse Spear" recorded by Jade Slip (the javelin flies out and makes a big circle to attack from behind), but at least it can avoid obstacles.
He struck while the iron was hot, returned to the forge, and began to build javelins in batches.
According to Jade Slip records, he prepared five types:
Armor-Piercing Spear 10 pieces - specially designed to break the body protective aura and Law Artifact defense. The tip of the gun is mixed with Gang-Breaking Stone powder and engraved with "Gang-Breaking Rune".
Parent-Child Spear 5 pieces - covering attack. The gun body is mixed with Metal-Splitting Stone powder and engraved with "Splitting Rune".
Frost Spear 5 pieces - controlled deceleration. The gun body is engraved with ice type Spirit Rune, and Cold Qi is released after hitting.
Bursting Spear 5 pieces - range killing. There is a miniature Fire Element array inside the gun head, which will detonate on impact.
Spirit-Locking Spear 5 pieces - interfere with spiritual power. "Spirit-Locking Rune" is engraved on the gun body. After hitting, it will temporarily disrupt the opponent's spiritual power.
He strictly followed the Jade Slip records for the forging method, material ratio, and Spirit Rune description of each javelin.
Thirty javelins took him a full ten days. The materials cost nearly one hundred Spirit Stone, which he smelted and forged himself from the scraps he bought from the steward from the Discarded Artifact Pavilion. If someone had to make them, the price would at least double, but the investment was worth it, as they were all real combat power.
Spirit Rune Array has made the greatest progress.
After three months of hard training, coupled with the Divine Sense enhancement and spiritual control improvement brought about by the breakthrough in cultivation, the success rate of three Spirit Rune with the same attribute finally exceeded 90%.
Ten carvings were made, and nine were successful. The failure was due to slight cracks in the practice metal itself, causing the Spirit Rune channel to be interrupted.
More importantly, he is no longer limited to simple combinations of the same attributes such as "Sturdiness-Heaviness-Thousand Jun". He has begun to try nesting Spirit Rune with different attributes, such as "Sharpness" + "Scorching Heat" + "Swiftness" - although the attributes are different, as long as a balance point is found, the formation can still be formed.
The success rate is about 70%, but it is already very rare.
Wu Zhen not only met the standard of "being able to take jobs", but also exceeded it.
There has also been progress in the bone and teeth tools.
The success rate of carving "Gathering Spirit Rune" on abandoned wolf bones has increased from less than 10% at the beginning to 30%. After ten attempts, it can be successful three times.
Although it is still low, at least it can successfully depict a complete Spirit Rune. The effect of Spirit Gathering is weak - carving Gathering Spirit Rune and Nourishment on a wolf bone for one month can probably increase the spiritual power transmission efficiency by 10% of Lower-Grade Law Artifact - but this is a beginning.
With this foundation, the subsequent drawing on the real Demon Beast Spirit Bone will have a much better effect.
Three months expires.
In the early morning of this day, Qin Tiexin finished his last morning repair and opened the cave abode stone door.
The sun is dazzling.
He stood at the door for a moment, letting his eyes adjust to the light. Then he took a deep breath - the early morning air in the mountains was crisp, with the smell of vegetation and earth.
Time to go to the Heart-Forging Hall.
He put on a clean gray outfit - this was given by Nangong Yao last time. She said it was made by her own hands. It was made of ordinary materials but well-cut and easy to move. It also had the effects of Lower-Grade Law Artifact, with cleaning and defense functions Spirit Rune.
He inserted the short knife back into his waist and checked the contents of Storage Bag: thirty javelins were placed in categories, and Spirit Stone, elixirs, and materials were all neatly placed.
Then he went out and walked towards the Heart-Forging Hall.
Heart-Forging Hall's door is open.
Luo Ling and Wu Zhen are both there. Luo Ling is sitting at the stone table, flipping through an animal skin book, and Wu Zhen is standing by the window, holding a piece of metal blank in his hand and looking at the light.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, they both looked up at the same time.
Luo Ling looked Qin Tiexin up and down, and nodded slightly. "Here he is? His breath is much calmer than three months ago."
Wu Zhen also turned his head and glanced at him, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Body Tempering Eighth Layer?"
"Xiao Cheng." Qin Tiexin said.
"Not bad." Wu Zhen nodded, said nothing more, and continued to look at the blank in his hand.
Luo Ling closed the animal skin book, stood up, and walked to Qin Tiexin.
"I called you here today to assess your achievements in the past three months. I heard from you Martial Uncle Wu that you can already portray Spirit Rune Array." She paused and looked into Qin Tiexin's eyes. "The assessment content is very simple: forge a Middle-Grade Law Artifact."
Qin Tiexin nodded. "Disciple is ready."
"But there is a request." Luo Ling took a fist-sized piece of crimson metal from the material rack and placed it on the stone table.
The metal surface is flowing with Flame-like textures, it is hot to the touch, and it contains pure Fire Element spiritual power inside.
"Fire Flame Iron." She looked at Qin Tiexin: "Today you use this Fire Flame Iron to forge a sword."
"Requirement: Middle-Grade Law Artifact, at least three Spirit Rune in formation."
She paused and added:
"It can't be the epee style you're good at."
Sure enough.