Chapter 192: Refining Grade

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Mo Hua nodded proudly.

Master Chen was endlessly shocked, "How long has it been, and you can already draw a first-grade array method?"

"These are all small matters." Mo Hua waved his small hand and continued,

"With a first-grade refining furnace, plus a first-grade melting fire array method, it should attract quite a few refining masters."

Drawing a first-grade array method is also a small matter...

Master Chen's heart was filled with mixed feelings. He sighed and said, "Rest assured, a first-grade refining furnace plus a first-grade array method is something no refining master can refuse."

The skill level of refining masters depends largely on their refining furnaces. The entire Tongxian City doesn't have many first-grade refining furnaces, not to mention drawing a first-grade array method on the furnace.

If they refuse this, aren't they fools?

"That's good." Mo Hua felt relieved.

Immediately, he thought of another question, "Master Chen, how is the grade of refining determined?"

"Grade?"

"Yes," Mo Hua nodded and said, "Just like an array master, nine array patterns make a first-grade array method. What kind of standard spiritual tool can be called a first-grade spiritual tool?"

Refining furnaces are actually a type of spiritual tool, only they are spiritual tools used for cultivation and production, different from the spiritual tools used by cultivators for attack or defense.

The loose cultivators in Tongxian City cannot forge first-grade refining furnaces. Elder Yu promised that first-grade refining furnace must also be bought from outside.

But there should be first-grade refining masters among the loose cultivators, so why can't they forge first-grade spiritual tools?

"This is a long story..." Master Chen said.

Mo Hua sat on a small stool, looking like he was waiting to hear a story.

Master Chen took a sip of wine, organized his thoughts, and then began to speak:

"First, the grade of an array master is the most difficult to determine. Only cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining can become first-grade array masters..."

Master Chen said this and glanced at Mo Hua, coughing. "Generally, generally only at the ninth level of Qi Refining can one become a first-grade array master."

Then he continued, "Compared to array masters, the standards for determining the grade of refining masters, alchemy masters, and talisman masters are much more relaxed. As long as you reach the later stage of Qi Refining, and after tempering and accumulating experience, your refining skills reach a certain level and you can refine first-grade spiritual tools, you can basically become a first-grade refining master."

"Then why do very few loose cultivators refine first-grade spiritual tools?" Mo Hua asked.

"There are many reasons, for example, first-grade spiritual tools are expensive, the materials are rare, ordinary loose cultivators can't afford them, or they lack inheritance. Many refining recipes for spiritual tools are simply not in the hands of loose cultivators, and some refining methods cannot be learned..."

Master Chen sighed. "Of course, the most important thing is that we don't have good refining furnaces."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "Refining furnaces are very important?"

"Naturally," Master Chen sighed, "This refining furnace is a refining master's weapon, just like the sword in the hand of a sword cultivator. Without a sword, what sword arts can you learn? Without a refining furnace, what spiritual tools can you refine?"

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, feeling it was very reasonable.

Master Chen pointed to his refining furnace and said, "Don't look at my refining furnace, it's old and small, but among the refining shops opened by loose cultivators in Tongxian City, it's already quite good."

Master Chen was a bit proud. "Many people envy my refining furnace and want to borrow it to refine spiritual tools, but I haven't agreed. How can you casually lend out the tool that makes a living?"

"So, many loose cultivators cannot act as first-grade refining masters, actually because they don't have good refining furnaces and cannot refine first-grade spiritual tools?"

"That's right," Master Chen said, "Without a refining furnace, there is simply no opportunity to refine first-grade spiritual tools. How can one become a first-grade refining master?"

Mo Hua was a little curious, "Is a refining furnace really that crucial?"

Master Chen said, "The refined iron ore and even demon beast bones in the cultivation world are extremely tough. They must first be refined with furnace fire before they can be forged. At the Qi Refining stage, there is no elixir fire, only furnace fire can be used. If the furnace grade is low and the fire power is weak, the materials cannot be refined, and naturally, they cannot be forged either..."

Mo Hua understood, and then asked again, "Then suppose you have a good refining furnace and the furnace fire is strong, how can you forge a first-grade spiritual tool?"

Master Chen sighed and said, "This is a bit troublesome to explain."

Mo Hua poured him a cup of wine. "You drink a sip of wine and speak slowly."

Master Chen looked at Mo Hua's curious eyes, feeling a bit helpless. "Since you want to listen, I'll just briefly explain."

"The rank of a spiritual tool is determined by the standards formulated by the Dao Court. How much refined iron or equivalent materials a first-grade spiritual tool contains, how many processes it goes through, and how many times it is forged are all standards of measurement."

"The most important among them is the number of times forged. Generally, a first-grade spiritual tool is forged a hundred times as a benchmark, and then according to whether the spiritual tool materials are hard, whether the spiritual tool form is special, and whether the spiritual tool methods are complicated, appropriate increases or decreases are made. After being recognized by the majority of refining masters, it becomes customary, and then stipulated in writing by the Dao Court and recorded into the grade norms."

"It sounds quite troublesome..."

"That's because you are not a refining master, so it sounds cumbersome. If you become a refining master and swing a big hammer for a few days according to the refining recipe, and forge refined iron for a few days, you will naturally understand everything."

Mo Hua looked at his small arms and legs and thought about it. He decided to forget about it.

Master Chen laughed, "Simply put, it's just about how many times you can hit the iron. The more times a spiritual tool is hit, the higher its rank. The saying 'A thousand hammers and a hundred refinements make a tool' refers to this reason."

"That's almost the same as drawing array methods. The more array methods you draw, the more array patterns it contains, and the higher the rank. It seems the reasons in this world are all interconnected." Mo Hua nodded and said.

Master Chen also laughed, "I don't understand array methods, but according to what you said, it does seem to be the case."

Mo Hua asked again, "Then alchemy and talisman making, are they also similar?"

"Alchemy and talisman making... I estimate they are similar, but I haven't learned them, and I'm not clear about the intricacies. After all, they are different professions, so it's not good to arbitrarily assert."

Mo Hua nodded, this was indeed the truth.

Although he was still quite proficient in array methods, when it came to refining and alchemy, he only knew a little bit of the surface. Many of the details within them, he had never personally learned or refined, so he was completely confused when he thought about them.

Not only alchemy and refining, just take array methods as an example. The difference between complex arrays and single arrays is quite large. He is quite familiar with the Five Elements Array Method, but if it involves array hubs with other structures or attribute types, he is not particularly clear.

For example, the Three Talents Array, and other arrays mentioned by Mister Zhuang, such as the Two Instruments Array, Four Symbols Array, Seven Stars Array, Eight Trigrams Array, etc.

It is estimated that truly learning and using them would be greatly different from the Five Elements Array Method.

Not to mention that Mo Hua had also heard of some cruel and heterodox arrays such as demon arrays, monster arrays, evil arrays, ghost arrays, and corpse arrays, as well as evil path array methods explicitly prohibited by the Dao Court.

Immediately, Mo Hua had another doubt and asked, "Master Chen, are you familiar with talisman making?"

"Not too familiar." Master Chen said truthfully.

"I know a little bit."

Master Chen asked doubtfully, "What do you want to know?"

"What's the difference between talisman making and array methods?"

When Mo Hua cultivated at Tongxian Gate, he also learned some simple introductory courses on talismans, but those courses were too shallow and biased, with some discrepancies from the actual situation of cultivation.

When learning array methods, Mo Hua always felt that the array methods he drew on paper were extremely similar to the "talismans" he had seen in another world.

Mo Hua had always not fully understood the exact difference between the two.

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