Chapter 8: Refining Equipment and Alchemy

  The second day back in the village, Long Ge started getting busy from early morning on.

  First, Long Ge wants to create a weapon for himself. What kind of weapon is good? Long Ge thinks that a knife is domineering enough, but a three-year-old child wielding a big knife doesn't seem quite suitable; a red-tasseled spear? A three-year-old child's hands are so short, how can they wield a spear? A bow and arrow? Long-range troops are good, but once in close combat, they become awkward! So Long Ge decides to create a close-quarters weapon. A sword is pretty good, but it's a bit straight, so he'll make a curved sword instead.

  He said and did, Long Song put the wind box's refining platform in the large courtyard of his home, added fire to the refining platform, and prepared to start refining.

  Long Wu and Xiao Yue have gone to work in the fields, so they didn't get to see Long Ge refining his equipment. Even if they had seen it, they wouldn't have found it strange because Long Wu had already asked Long Ge about it before.

  "Haha, why are you buying these alchemy equipment?" Long Wu asked when Long Ge was purchasing the alchemy tools.

  "Because I need to refine weapons for myself and refine elixirs for the villagers!" Long Ge said seriously.

  "Then where did you learn your refining method from?" Long Wu asked curiously.

  "It's all learned from books!" Long Ge pointed at that big pile of books "You don't know I bought so many books?"

  "I thought you bought books to learn characters?" Long Wu suddenly looked surprised "You can recognize all the words in the book?"

  "Is it!" Long Ge said proudly. "Who do you think I am? I'm a genius, I've already learned from my mother."

  "Oh! But refining equipment is very difficult, without great willpower and talent, it can't be refined." Long Wu said seriously.

  "Alright, I'll give it a try first," Long Ge said with a dismissive face. Refining equipment and elixirs was still child's play for him. Of course, he couldn't tell his father that "I was an expert in refining equipment and elixirs in my past life." So he could only say "let me give it a try". If he succeeded, it would only prove that Long Ge was not only a genius in cultivation but also a genius in refining equipment and elixirs. Haha!

  Just as Long Wu and Xiao Yue went to farm, Long Ge started refining. First, he made the fire in the refining platform vigorous, reaching a very high temperature to melt the cold iron. Of course, such high temperatures are also very harmful to human skin. Now, Long Ge's skills are still shallow, and he can't ignore such high heat, so before refining, he first gave himself a wooden attribute wood cotton treatment to prevent his delicate baby skin from being damaged.

  As long as the temperature is high enough, the melting grade of cold iron that is not too high will be very fast. In just a short ten minutes, the cold iron has melted into molten iron. After melting, it is necessary to remove impurities. If there are too many impurities in the weapon when inputting aura, the effect produced will not be very good. Therefore, removing impurities is the most important thing. As a result, it is necessary to continuously heat up and make the impurities removed as much as possible. This process takes about half an hour.

  After removing the impurities, it's time for tempering. Iron needs to be tempered a hundred times to become steel. Although Long Song is still young, he has strength, after all, he's an eighth-level Qi cultivator, and his bare-handed tiger strike is powerful. What's this small tempering compared to that?

  Long Song wielded the hammer, striking the cold iron with varying speeds, his movements practiced and agile. He knew exactly when to use force and when to be gentle, showcasing the demeanor of a top-notch human artifact refiner. Although he couldn't reach the level of his past life due to limitations in his abilities and materials, he was still an expert.

  Only to see the small hand dancing with a hammer, flying up and down, if someone sees it, they must think it's unbelievable, how can such a small child be so skilled in using the forging technique, this is also why Long Ge chose to forge when his parents went out.

  After Long Song had been hammering for an hour, the energy on his body began to run low, but now he was almost at the end. Long Song had already hammered the weapon into a beautiful hundred-battle pattern, and all that was left was to give it some properties. Long Song thought for a moment, then threw in a wind-attribute magic core and hammered it onto the hilt with force, thus creating a curved hundred-battle short sword.

  Although it consumed fifty kilograms of Cold Iron, due to the high density of Cold Iron, the resulting sword was not large. The curved body of the sword had a streamlined shape that not only looked beautiful but also gave off a natural aura; Moreover, the Hundred-Forging Method made the sword extremely sharp and durable, suitable for chopping and slashing, as well as blocking and parrying. Normally, it could be used to cut fruit, while hunting, it could be used to disembowel monsters, and when not in use, it could be hung at the waist as an ornament, truly a multi-purpose tool! Furthermore, with the addition of the Wind Attribute Magic Core, during rapid slashing, air resistance could be minimized, and with its streamlined shape, it could cut through the air without making any sound, making it the best choice for stealthy assassinations. (What? Assassination? Dragon Song was a heroic warrior who would never stoop to such things!) Overall, this weapon was considered a top-grade Bronze Equipment.

  "What should I name this weapon?" Long Ge thought while playing with it "It's so fast and yet so resilient, let's call it Wind Blade." And thus, a copper-tiered weapon had its name - "Wind Blade".

  Long Song was very satisfied with this refining, so he played with it in his hand, playing alone by himself. Long Song would not play with the village children, after all, he was a reincarnated person and found it unbearable to play with those kids, so every time he used cultivation as an excuse to refuse playing with them.

  After dancing a few rounds of swordsmanship with the Dragon Song and Water Drop Steps, it was also noon.

  At this time, Long Wu came back and saw the weapon in Long Ge's hand, and was immediately stunned.

  "Haha, did you forge this yourself?" Long Wu asked, bringing his weapon over.

  "What's wrong?" Long Ge asked.

  "It's really great, you're a genius! Our Longjia Village can also produce a master of refining equipment! From now on, our life in Longjia Village will be even better!" Long Wu excitedly said, constantly fiddling with the weapon, "Look at the beautiful patterns, it must be very durable... Hmm? Why is there also a faint blue color?"

  "This is because I put a wind attribute magic core in it, which reduces air resistance." Long Ge said.

  "Wow!" Long Wu fondled the sword, if it weren't for seeing that this weapon was too small and didn't suit his nearly two-meter stature, he would have taken it for himself.

  "Has this sword been named?" Long Wu asked, thinking to himself that even if he couldn't obtain the sword, at least he had the honor of naming it.

  "It's done, I'll call it 'Wind Blade'!" Long Ge didn't sense any disappointment in Long Wu's eyes, but after all, he was his own father, so he said "Next time if there are any good materials, I'll help you forge a bigger one too!"

  "Great!" Long Wu exclaimed, he had nothing but a copper-grade bow, if he could get a copper-grade great sword, he estimated that not only could he hunt more prey, but also show off in front of the village chief! He thought to himself, and smiled on his face.

  "What's so funny? Your mouth can't even close!" At this time, Xiaoyue also came back.

  "Look at this, it's a weapon that our family's Xiaoxiao has refined, called Wind Blade." Long Wu handed the weapon to Little Moon.

  "Let me see!" Xiaoyue took the weapon to take a look "Not bad, probably about 40 catties." As a mother, although she couldn't understand the weapon, it was necessary to give her child some encouragement.

  "Thanks, mom!" Long Ge smiled awkwardly and reached out to take back the light blue copper-tiered weapon - Wind Blade. "Forty kilograms isn't heavy for me."

  "Alright, let's cook and eat first. Let's have a good lunch to liven up our little family's atmosphere!" Long Wu said excitedly.

  "Okay." After saying that, Xiaoyue went to cook.

  At noon, I ate pickled tiger meat. Although the taste was a bit salty, when paired with fresh mushroom soup picked from the mountain, it still tasted quite delicious.

  After lunch, Long Wu went to the village to teach young people martial arts. During non-farming seasons, it was generally enough to work in the fields for only half a day, and the rest of the time was spent socializing among villagers. Such a life was truly peaceful!

  In the afternoon, Xiaoyue chatted with the village's elderly women while sewing clothes, and they had a great time.

  Unfortunately, there is one person who will never be lazy, that is Long Ge. He is now making a scabbard for his weapon "Wind Blade", otherwise it would be easy to hurt himself at the waist again.

  After making a holster out of cowhide, Long Song was ready to start refining his elixir.

  First, put the stove in place, then put the purchased medicinal materials one by one on the chair (why not on the table? Because Long Ge is only three years old and too short). After placing them, the first step is to add fire to the stove. Currently, Long Ge's flame is the lowest level of red flame, so the consumption of Dou Qi is not too much. Plus, after eating lunch, the energy consumed in the morning has basically recovered, so it only took a while to fill the inside of the stove with red flames.

  Then, Long Song carefully threw the medicinal materials into the furnace. Now that Long Song no longer had the strong spiritual power of his past life, he could only rely on feeling to control the fire timing, so he couldn't be careless.

  "First, I should refine the Small Rejuvenation Pill to restore my strength, and then refine the Great Recovery Pill to help with the treatment." Long Song thought.

  It seems that Long Ge got the order wrong, Xiao Fudan is indeed a second-grade elixir of the first level, but after all, it's still a second-grade elixir, and Dahuidan is big, but after all, it's just a first-grade elixir. Maybe Long Ge has enough confidence in his own alchemy skills.

  First, the medicinal materials should be purified, which is the same principle as refining equipment. Only high-purity medicinal materials can achieve a higher success rate in refining. Unlike refining equipment, there is no concept of success rate in refining equipment. Either a successful weapon is refined or a failed weapon is refined, both are considered successful refinement. However, when it comes to refining elixirs, either the refinement is successful and the elixir is formed, or it fails and the medicinal materials turn into powder. Therefore, refining elixirs emphasizes the importance of concentration and control over one's spiritual energy.

  Now the dragon song is about to start refining, and the second-level small return pill needs to be refined four times. The first-level big return pill needs to be refined three times. When refining, one must be extremely careful, as if the fire is too strong, the materials will turn to ash, and if it's not enough, it won't achieve the desired effect. That's why there are so few alchemists, because the requirements are too high!

  Long Song is indeed an old hand, and with his experience and a bit of spiritual power, he was able to purify the medicinal materials four times, and the medicinal materials for the Great Return Pill were purified three times without failure.

  Next, Long Song prepared to condense the dan, pouring all the refined medicinal materials into the furnace. He then placed his hand on the scorching hot furnace (which had already been treated with wood cotton for protection), relying on the sensations transmitted through his hand to use the fire to compress the medicinal materials into a single pellet-shaped dan. If the prescription was suitable and the firing time was appropriate, it would synthesize into a round and smooth dan medicine.

  Just as Long Ge was about to make a crucial move in his game of Go, someone burst in excitedly.

  Who is so out of place? Is Longge's Tan a success or a failure?

  Next chapter back up the mountain