Chapter Nineteenth: Farewell to the Village

  Long Ge is preparing to go to school, and the village is still not very rich, so Long Ge plans to refine equipment and alchemy to help the villagers.

  First went to Double Horse Town to sell two bottles of Da Huai Dan and two bottles of Xiao Fu Dan, then used the four million gold coins earned to buy materials for refining equipment and elixirs.

  He bought two thousand catties of tin for refining equipment and several sacks of elixir materials, and then started refining equipment and elixir.

  As Long Song was already at the Nascent Soul stage, the color of the flames within his body had turned orange. With the assistance of white energy, Long Song could also raise the color of the flames by one level, turning them yellow. However, with his current mastery of alchemy, he could still refine a Silver-grade weapon even without raising the color of the flames.

  What level of equipment can be forged? Yes, before the dragon's flame turns orange, it is possible to forge top-quality copper equipment. Now, without any additional effects, the flame is light yellow, so forging low-quality silver equipment is still feasible. If white energy is added, the dragon song can even forge low-quality gold equipment, but the dragon song does not want to forge gold equipment because of the crime of being overly proud. Without sufficient strength and good equipment, one will be robbed by others. Therefore, the dragon song can only forge silver equipment, which allows the villagers of Longjia Village to sell their weapons for money and also exempts them from life-threatening dangers.

  As for alchemy, Long Ge plans to help the villagers refine first-class superior-grade Dans, Da Hui Dan and second-class superior-grade Dans, Da Fu Dan. The reason for refining Da Hui Dan is that it is not only easy to refine but also has great practical significance for the villagers. After all, the villagers need to hunt, and in the process of hunting, they are prone to injury, so Da Hui Dan can play a crucial role in hunting by quickly restoring blood and physical strength.

  The refined second-grade elixir, the Great Recovery Elixir, is left for the villagers to sell or use in times of crisis. The Great Recovery Elixir can restore 90% of one's Qi in a short period of time, and if used by two high-level cultivators of the same rank during battle, it would be enough to decide the outcome. Therefore, the price of one Great Recovery Elixir is 2000 gold coins.

  Why is it only sold for 2000 gold coins? It's because eating two Mid-Recovery Elixirs has a similar effect to one Great Recovery Elixir, so people prefer to spend 500 gold coins on Mid-Recovery Elixirs rather than 2000 gold coins on the Great Recovery Elixir. Although the Mid-Recovery Elixir restores Qi slightly slower, it is cheaper!

  Of course, people can also buy Small Recovery Elixirs for only 10 gold coins, but they restore very little Qi and are generally not used by cultivators above the Infant Level.

  In the next six months, Long Song spent his time in alchemy and refining elixirs, occasionally going to the back mountain for a hunt.

  The place where Long Song refines his equipment is in the large courtyard of his own home. First, he melts the Xing Gang iron into iron water (Xing Gang iron, which is higher than Han Tie in grade and also more expensive), then uses the Hundred Refinements method to continuously hammer and refine it. Long Song thinks "In the future I won't be able to participate in hunting expeditions, the defensive capabilities of the hunting squad may weaken greatly, so I'll make fifteen shields."

  As the dragon song's hammering continued, one by one, shields began to take shape. It took a total of fifteen days to finally forge fifteen silver-grade shields. Each shield weighed fifty kilograms, and due to the high density of the metal, they looked like thin sheets, but their defensive capabilities were enormous. The shields forged with the Hundred Refinements method had an impressive exterior, with concentric stripes surrounding the center of the shield, giving off a metallic luster with a faint silver glow on its surface. On the back of the shield, Long Song also inlaid a strengthening defense earth-elemental array (Why did he use magic cores before? Because at that time, there wasn't enough fighting energy to carve arrays). After completing the shields, Long Song called over the members of the Hunting Squad to test them.

  The members of the hunting party saw the inferior silver shield and all wanted to have it for themselves, even the archer wanted to change his profession to become a shield bearer. Finally, when Long Song promised that everyone would get one, they were willing to hand over the shield to the shield bearer. When Long Song said he wanted to test the hardness of the shield, the shield bearer was unwilling and said they could test it later during hunting. Isn't testing during hunting risking their own lives? So under Long Song's strong request, they finally agreed to take out one for testing, and the shield bearer who had his shield taken away had red eyes, looking like he wanted to cry. Was it that serious? It was just a test after all.

  Although it was a bit tortuous, the test finally began. First, let the second-level Qi Dan team members attack with all their might, and the result was that there was no damage at all! Then, let the third-level Qi Dan team members attack with all their might, and still, there was no damage at all! ... Until the eighth-level Qi Dan team members attacked, it was still undamaged! At this time, the village chief heard the news and rushed over, "I'll try too!" As a result, the village chief attacked with all his might, but still, there was no damage! You should know that the village chief is a high-ranking expert at Qi Yin level 7, and it's also the most destructive fire attribute Dou Qi. This result left the hunting team members staring in amazement, and while they were stunned, the village chief quickly snatched a shield and said "I'll take this shield, you guys ask Long Ge to refine another one for you!" Before the team members could react, the village chief had already taken the shield and walked away.

  "Alright, making another one is no problem!" Long Ge was very satisfied with the shield he had forged for himself, so he happily agreed. In fact, he wanted to make one for each team member, because in hunting, defense was really too important. Having a good shield could keep you alive in the dangerous hunt.

  Then, Long Ge spent the next forty days forging forty pieces of silver equipment with a lower grade shield, making every member of each hunting team smile. However, Long Ge's small hands holding the hammer were exhausted, but thinking that he would leave the village after the new year, he accepted the hard work.

  Refined 55 shields, a total of 1050 pounds of tin iron was used, and the remaining 950 pounds of Long Song were prepared to refine offensive weapons. First, ten bows were refined, bows are very important in long-range battles, which has been reflected in previous hunting processes, so Long Song started refining. First, the bow body was refined using the Hundred Refining Method, making the bow more elastic, and the string used the magic beast tendon, which may not be satisfactory, so Long Song used the Hundred Winding Method to refine the string.

  The method of wrapping a hundred times is to melt the steel into iron water first, then hammer the iron water into silk, and after getting the silk, wrap it around like a rope, with a total of one hundred wraps. Although the toughness of one strip is not enough, the toughness of one hundred strips is sufficient.

  After refining, the magic array must be inlaid. First, the earth attribute array method is inlaid in the middle of the bow body to strengthen defense; The water attribute array method is added on top of the bow body to speed up the arrow's shooting speed; On the bottom of the bow body, add a fire attribute array method to enhance attack power. With these three arrays, the silver equipment level lower grade bow has approached the middle grade level. Moreover, the appearance of this bow is also very cool, with yellow earth-type Dou Qi, blue water-type Dou Qi, and red fire-type Dou Qi flowing on the bow body, which is a bit dreamy in color. The team members who got these bows all loved them to death! If they carry this bow and walk in front of their heartthrob beauties, it would be so cool! However, weapons are not just about looking good or bad, but also about their power, so Long Song tested again.

  This time, Long Song called the shield bearer of the hunting squad again because there were already fifty-five shields and some of them hadn't been used by anyone yet, so none of them felt heartbroken this time. So they just stood beside me watching as I forged a lower-grade silver bow and a lower-grade silver shield to see which one was more powerful.

  The dragon song lightly drew the bowstring, and with a single movement, it was drawn to its fullest extent. Then, he released his hand, and the arrow shot forth, carrying with it a yellow, blue, and red glow, flying straight towards the shield 100 meters away. With a loud "ding" sound, the arrow shattered in an instant, while the shield bearer hastily rushed over to check on the condition of the shield. The result of the inspection was that he discovered, to his dismay, that the shield had already been left with a slight mark. This signified that the bow and arrow's pinpoint attack was even more formidable than the village chief's level 7 infantile attack!

  This discovery made the archers excited, and later when they hunted, even if they saw a gas dan level demon beast, it wasn't an instant kill! If in the future they could use specially crafted arrows and infuse them with fighting energy, then even gas form level demon beasts could be hunted!

  After seeing such good results, the village chief and father unanimously decided to use all the remaining iron to make bows and arrows for future hunting. With the protection of shields, monsters can basically not get close to the hunting team during hunting.

  Long Song agreed to their request, but still refined a silver-level large knife for his father and the village chief, just in case.

  Long Song practiced his equipment in the morning and refined his elixir in the afternoon. When all of his weapons were fully refined, so was his elixir. As a result, with still two months to go before Chinese New Year, Long Song finally felt at ease.

  These two months were a happy and leisurely time for Long Song. After practicing, he would play with his younger brother Long Tian and sister Xiao Mian. Occasionally, he would go hunting in the mountains with the hunting teams and sell the high-level magical beasts they caught to the arena in town. This period of time made Long Song rich, and he used this money to buy a 10-square-meter spatial ring (a spatial ring that can hold objects, can be worn on the hand, but can only hold dead objects, not living ones). Then, he bought a Qianli horse, which was carefully selected by Ah Shou from the arena. After all, they were old customers and had made a lot of money together. Since getting to know Long Song, Ah Shou had become rich and now owned a luxurious mansion in Double Horse Town.

  Good times are fleeting, and before you know it, the New Year has arrived. The New Year is a lively affair, but this year's celebration was tinged with a sense of melancholy as Long Song prepared to leave Longjia Village.

  Everyone spent several days eating and drinking during the New Year, and during these few days, the villagers expressed their gratitude to Longge and hoped that everything would go smoothly for Longge in the future!

  The day of farewell finally arrived, and the villagers sent Long Ge to the village entrance. Originally, Long Wu wanted to send Long Ge to the Imperial Capital, but Long Ge was afraid that Long Wu's identity would be exposed, so he firmly disagreed. Therefore, Long Ge set out on his journey alone.

  The next chapter sets out on a journey