Chapter 201: Cultivation Industry

Master Chen and a group of refining masters gathered around, flipping through the refining diagrams, discussing how to refine the refining furnace.

The refining furnace is a first-grade spirit tool, and a large one at that. For these refining masters, it was both a test and an opportunity.

These refining masters, who came from the ranks of rogue cultivators, had accumulated abundant experience from years of refining tools. However, because they lacked a first-grade refining furnace, they were unable to refine first-grade spirit tools.

Naturally, they were also unable to become first-grade refining masters.

If they could refine this first-grade refining furnace, and everyone could seize the opportunity to practice more, perhaps their refining skills could truly have a breakthrough and they could become first-grade refining masters.

Some of these refining masters had white hair, with one foot in the grave. They had refined spirit tools their whole lives and had originally resigned themselves.

Now, suddenly having an opportunity, allowing them the possibility of being promoted to first-grade refining masters, these old refining masters were more spirited than the last, their eyes flashing with vigorous light.

The ambition that had originally been completely ground down by life was now reignited.

Mo Hua also stretched out his small head to join in the fun from the side.

The refining masters discussed what materials to use, what methods, how to control the fire, how to forge, and then how to shape.

Although he didn't understand what they were saying, he had a rough idea in his heart.

This was to avoid being completely clueless and unknowingly cheated if he encountered this in the future.

The refining masters discussed heatedly for two days and then formulated a basic refining plan.

Most of them were not first-grade refining masters, so refining a first-grade refining furnace by hand was still too difficult.

Therefore, the first step was to refine some ordinary first-grade spirit tools.

After familiarizing themselves with the forging techniques for first-grade spirit tools, they would then select some refining masters with good refining skills from among them and formally attempt to refine the first-grade refining furnace.

As for the specific refining process, Mo Hua didn't spend too much time watching.

Anyway, it was impossible for him to personally refine anything in this lifetime. It was enough to know some theoretical knowledge and have a general impression of some refining methods. There was no need to spend so much thought.

Moreover, most of the refining time was spent swinging a big hammer repeatedly, quenching with fire, swinging the big hammer again, quenching with fire again, and then swinging the big hammer.

It was okay if he was swinging the hammer himself, but watching from the side felt somewhat boring, and the clang, clang, clang sound could be a bit painful to listen to for a long time.

Mo Hua spent most of his time every day studying array methods.

He still had a pair of one-grade melting fire control spirit complex arrays with different effects to learn.

When he got tired of drawing array methods, he would go to the refining workshop to see the progress of Master Chen and the others.

Just like this, half a month passed. Master Chen gathered the strength of all the refining masters and finally managed to refine a first-grade refining furnace, albeit a bit clumsily.

After refining it, Master Chen asked Da Zhu to invite Mo Hua over.

"See if you can draw an array method," Master Chen said to Mo Hua with some anticipation.

Mo Hua then examined this refining furnace.

The refining furnace was obviously much smaller, and the material was not particularly good. The luster was relatively dull, there was relatively little space on the furnace wall for drawing array methods, and there were not many other reserved positions for array methods.

It was estimated that this refining furnace was designed from the beginning as a small refining furnace, capable of only drawing some small array methods and not reserving positions for complex arrays like complex array methods.

It seemed that even if one wanted to draw a one-grade melting fire control spirit complex array, not all refining furnaces were capable of it.

Mo Hua felt a little regretful.

A refining furnace could be considered an array medium, used to carry array methods.

Array methods needed to adapt to the array medium, and the array medium also needed to adapt to the array method.

In other words, to draw complex and profound array methods, one must also forge excellent and high-quality spirit tools. The two could mutually adapt and complement each other.

The current refining furnace was clearly not sufficient as an array medium for the one-grade melting fire complex array.

Mo Hua then regretfully said, "I can only draw a one-grade melting fire array. I just can't draw the complex array."

A crowd of refining masters listened and felt a little regretful.

Master Chen sighed and then, upon reflection, was suddenly stunned.

What did he have to regret?

This was a genuine first-grade refining furnace, plus a genuine first-grade array method. He had always dreamed of owning such a refining furnace.

Master Chen glanced at the large refining furnace in the center of the courtyard and had to sigh, "Once you've tasted the sea, it's hard to drink from a river."

Mo Hua had raised their expectations too high.

Once the refining furnace was refined, Mo Hua could draw the array method on it.

Drawing just a one-grade melting fire array was not difficult at all.

Mo Hua quickly finished drawing.

Afterward, Master Chen and everyone else refined two more first-grade refining furnaces.

The first time was raw, the second time was familiar.

With the experience of the first refining furnace, the materials and craftsmanship of the subsequent two were both better than the first one.

But no matter how well they were refined, they could still only draw a one-grade melting fire array.

This was determined by the form of the refining furnace.

After the three refining furnaces were refined, Elder Yu stopped Master Chen and the others from refining more, because there wasn't enough fine iron and materials.

He still had to save some for refining spirit tools. Otherwise, having only furnaces but no refining materials was like having only a pot but no rice – it would lead to starvation.

Mo Hua also drew two pairs of one-grade melting fire arrays.

After everything was ready, the refining workshop had four refining furnaces: three ordinary first-grade melting fire refining furnaces, and one large refining furnace with the one-grade melting fire control spirit complex array drawn on it.

Elder Yu breathed a long sigh of relief.

All the necessary things were prepared, just waiting for the favorable wind.

He had worked tirelessly for one or two hundred years, unable to strive for a better life for the bottom-level rogue cultivators in Tongxian City, but now, in a short time, they had already taken a giant step forward.

Next, it was up to them to see how far they could go.

The refining workshop was built, the refining furnaces were complete, and the refining masters were gathered.

Elder Yu chose a good time and auspicious day to formally begin work.

The name of the refining workshop was simple and direct. Because it was located in the south of the city, it was called "South City Refining Workshop".

In Tongxian City, the rich lived in the north of the city, and the poor lived in the south of the city.

So, the name "South City" meant that this refining workshop was not just anyone's refining workshop, but the refining workshop of all demon hunters, and at the same time, it would be the refining workshop of all rogue cultivators in the south of the city.

When the refining workshop started work, all the demon hunters and the rogue cultivators who had participated in the construction gathered together, ate meat, drank alcohol, and celebrated for an evening.

Benefiting from the unified planning of Elder Yu and Master Chen, the refining masters in the refining workshop then followed the steps and refined spirit tools in an orderly manner.

Initially, there were three types of spirit tools refined: vine armor, plain knives, and clear heart hairpins.

Vine armor and plain knives were spirit tools commonly used by demon hunters.

Clear heart hairpins were general spirit tools, which could clear the mind and focus attention. They could be used for cultivation, for dispelling miasma, or even for decoration. Their functions were not outstanding, but they were the most generally useful.

After the refining workshop started work, Mo Hua also went to the refining workshop to take a look.

That large refining workshop, with numerous refining masters and apprentices, classified refining materials, specialized refining techniques, an orderly forging process, and a surging refining furnace fire.

And piece after piece of exquisitely crafted, uniform-sized, standardized spirit tools, after being quenched by the refining furnace, forged by the refining masters, and cooled and shaped by soaking in water or ash, were arranged one by one...

All of this greatly shocked Mo Hua.

For the first time, Mo Hua had a relatively clear understanding of the dao cultivation industry.