Chapter 233 Time flies

Holding the Spirit-Gathering Sword as thin as a cicada's wings and with a light and erratic blade in his hand, Zhou Yiqiao summed up the merits of this forging in his mind and put away his smile.

It is gratifying to officially become a weapon refiner, but after all, it is just the first step in forging one's own magic weapon.

You know, when he first came into contact with the art of alchemy, he figured out the refining method of Shengyuan Dan in half a month and officially became a first-level alchemist.

But now, it took him three months to become a first-level weapon refiner, which showed that his level in the weapon refinement was not satisfactory.

Since talent is lacking, it can only be made up for by hard work and financial resources.

Zhou Yiqiao put the Spirit Gathering Sword in his hand into a storage bag specially prepared for the forged magic weapon, and planned to hand it over to He Yunxi to make up for the loss of practice after leaving Fengxi Cliff.

Then he took out a piece of first-level spiritual material, black fine gold, and started hammering it with ease.

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Three years later.

Zhou Yiqiao had just walked out of the refining room, and his whole body was soaked with sweat.

In three years, Zhou Yiqiao had transformed the Jiachen weapon refining room in Fengxiya into his private domain.

Zhou Yiqiao had already arranged a second-level shielding formation in the ten-foot-wide area outside the weapon refining room, preventing the other weapon refiners in Fengxi Cliff from prying into the secrets here.

Every weapon refiner has his own secret method that is more or less unknown to the public. As long as it does not endanger the interests of the sect, Phoenix Pavilion will not come forward to prevent everyone from setting up formations to protect their privacy.

Zhou Yiqiao took out a bottle of cold marrow dew from the storage bag, walked quickly to the tub, and poured out the cold marrow dew from the jade bottle.

Then his body was soaked in the medicinal liquid, and he suddenly felt a coolness spread throughout his body, and he sighed comfortably.

Having stayed in Fengxi Cliff for three years, his body was constantly eroded by the energy of earth fire. Even Zhou Yiqiao felt unbearably hot.

The cold air of Hanmui Dew happened to help Zhou Yiqiao slow down the heat in his body.

After washing up and changing into clean clothes, Zhou Yiqiao for the first time did not return to the weapon refining room to continue today's weapon refining practice. Instead, he galloped all the way towards the entrance of Fengxi Cliff.

There is no other reason than that after three years of hard training, Zhou Yiqiao's weapon refining skills finally reached the peak of the first level.

Second-level spiritual weapons are beginning to gain intelligence, which is naturally different from the forging method of first-level magical weapons. If you want to forge higher-level second-level magical weapons, you must acquire a large number of remnant souls of low-level monsters.

Fortunately, the Chu State has been at war with the Huizhou Monster Clan for many years. The corpses of monster beasts have piled up like mountains, and there are countless remaining souls.

It is said that if there is demand, there will be business opportunities. Although collecting the remnant souls of dead monsters or monsters is cumbersome, as long as there is interest, there will be a large number of low-level monks to do it.

As early as half a year ago, Zhou Yiqiao asked He Yunxi to pay attention to the remnant souls of low-level monsters sold in nearby markets.

He Yunxi did not make large purchases because he was concerned about other people's prying eyes, but even so, the amount harvested in half a year was enough for Zhou Yiqiao to practice for a long time.

After walking as fast as a stick of incense, Zhou Yiqiao bypassed the waiting restrictions set up by several fellow weapon refiners and arrived at the entrance of Fengxi Cliff.

Outside the light curtain at this time, a beautiful figure was waiting there quietly.

"Senior Brother Zhou!"

Seeing Zhou Yiqiao appear, He Yunxi quickly stepped forward and saluted him.

Then he handed him the jade slips and several storage bags in his arms.

Zhou Yiqiao took the jade slip, looked at it several times with his consciousness, and then nodded to express satisfaction.

"Junior sister Yunxi is really very efficient in her work."

He gave a few words of encouragement, then handed He Yunxi the storage bag containing the Spirit Gathering Sword, and then gave instructions.

"Don't stop collecting the remnant souls of low-level monsters. Once my needs are met, senior brother will notify you."

He Yunxi nodded in agreement.

"In addition, I have a list here, which records the freshest first-order monster blood and their scales."

After saying that, Zhou Yiqiao took out a few folded papers from his storage bag and handed them to He Yun.

"These are the things in the list. They are the materials that I, senior brother, will need to refine spiritual weapons in the future. I'd like to trouble my sister to make a trip."

"Junior sister will raise money as soon as possible after returning and send it to senior brother."

He Yunxi held the folded paper in both hands and answered seriously.

Zhou Yiqiao waved his hand, turned around and flew towards the depths of Fengxi Cliff. In an instant, he disappeared at the entrance of Fengxi Cliff.

He Yunxi held the list and looked at Zhou Yiqiao's leaving figure. It wasn't until Zhou Yiqiao disappeared from sight that she turned around and fled in the direction of Suo Longze.

On the other hand, Zhou Yiqiao returned to the Jiachen weapon refining room with a large amount of spiritual materials sent by He Yunxi, and once again embarked on a compact and boring journey of refining weapons.

This time, Zhou Yiqiao's retreat lasted for three full years.

In the past three years, except for occasionally leaving the seclusion once to have a brief exchange with He Yunxi, he basically never left the Jiachen Artifact Refining Room.

It wasn't until one day three years later that Zhou Yiqiao finally broke away from the state of hard training all day long.

In three years, Zhou Yiqiao broke through the shackles of the weapon refining skills and successfully entered the second level. At the same time, he also mastered a large number of spiritual weapon forging methods in the early stage of the second level.

Although it took three years, Zhou Yiqiao was able to advance from the peak of the first level to the second level, but the hardships involved were not easy to understand for outsiders.

Although the soul of the low-level monster is completely broken, it still retains its powerful and bestial nature.

If it is an ordinary weapon refiner, even if his strength allows, he will be limited by financial resources, and he can practice a maximum number of times in a month, so it will naturally not be affected.

But Zhou Yiqiao is different. With the massive supply of spiritual materials, his number of exercises in one day has already reached the monthly treatment of many small and medium-sized power-exclusive weapon refiners.

Under the tower of accumulated sand, Zhou Yiqiao had to bear the erosion of the beastly thoughts in his residual soul every month.

Fortunately, Zhou Yiqiao had practiced techniques such as the Soul Splitting Technique, which tempered his spiritual consciousness and increased its intensity, otherwise there would be no guarantee that accidents would not occur.

"At present, it seems that it is difficult to make further progress in the art of weapon refining by working behind closed doors. It is time to gather the He family's weapon refining inheritance."

Zhou Yiqiao murmured while playing with the newly forged Lihuo Shield in his hand.

After saying this, he took out the He family's inherited jade stone, his spiritual consciousness invaded it, and began to look up the inheritance information left by the successive heads of the He family.

This information is all-encompassing and records many deeds done by the He family in its history to improve this inheritance.

Of course, what attracted Zhou Yiqiao the most was the special techniques summed up by the ancestor of the He family in forging defensive magic weapons.

Although this method specializes in defensive magic weapons, it can still improve Zhou Yiqiao's weapon refining skills as long as it is simplified.