Chapter 66: First Attempt at Crafting a Spiritual Tool

  Yang Tong had learned all the theoretical knowledge from first grade to third grade, and basically all the theoretical knowledge of spiritual tool manufacturing was learned. What's left is a deeper understanding of the "Law of Secret Patterns", which can't be taught by school, only relying on the spiritual tool master to understand it in their future career.

  The manufacturing assessment of spiritual tools from Earth 4th level to Earth 9th level mainly focuses on the refinement of physical objects.

  Here is where the introduction of the ranking of Onmyodo practitioners comes in.

  What is a spiritual tool master? It refers to someone who can design and refine spiritual tools on their own. Many divine thought masters learn the art of spiritual tool manufacturing, but not many become true spiritual tool masters. Those divine thought masters without talent in this area, even if they have learned a lot of theoretical knowledge, can only become spiritual tool manufacturing workers, rather than true spiritual tool masters.

  Spirit Tool Masters are divided into: Spirit Tool Apprentices, Spirit Tool Masters, Great Spirit Tool Masters, Orthodox Spirit Tool Masters, Great Orthodox Spirit Tool Masters, and Divine Spirit Tool Masters.

  Those who can design and refine first- and second-grade spiritual tools on their own can be called spiritual tool apprentices. The spiritual tool manufacturing workers mentioned above are also at this level, and the number of spiritual tool apprentices is the largest.

  Those who can independently design and refine third- and fourth-grade spiritual tools are considered true Spiritual Tool Masters, and they must pass the formal assessment of a Spiritual Tool Manufacturing Company to obtain their professional qualification certificate, also known as the "Master-level Qualification Certificate".

  Those who can independently design and refine the five spiritual instruments can become a spiritual instrument master. The biggest feature of this level is that the spiritual instrument itself must produce an instrument spirit. As mentioned earlier, living beings are composed of genes, and genes are actually one manifestation of the law secret pattern. The instrument spirit itself is a kind of intelligent life, although it is simple intelligence, but also needs to comprehend the law secret pattern to grasp a thread of the source mystery in order to achieve this. Therefore, spiritual instrument masters are actually existences that have already embarked on the path of law. This existence, regardless of their cultivation level, is an elite among human civilization elites because they stand at the threshold of becoming a god. Stepping into this threshold does not mean that this person will definitely complete this path, but it's still more advantageous than those who haven't even stepped into the threshold, right?

  Those who can design and refine sixth- and seventh-grade spiritual artifacts can become Spiritual Artifact Masters. The difference between spiritual artifacts above grade six and those below grade six, apart from the artifact spirit being more agile, is that the spiritual artifact itself can seal mystical techniques and martial skills from the Xuan level to the Earth level.

  Three or more spiritual tools can possess secret techniques, but these secret techniques are some of the secret techniques recorded in the "Sealing Academy" that have been engraved. However, the secret techniques in the "Sealing Academy" are not a secret in human civilization, and even Wu Ling Shi is very familiar with the level, power, and pros and cons of the secret techniques in the "Sealing Academy".

  The sixth and seventh grade spiritual instruments are different, they require the refiner to leave a seal position, allowing the user to seal their own unique secret technique or martial skill. This difficulty is much higher than the refiner recording the seal technique during refinement. The difference in grade between the sixth and seventh grade spiritual instruments lies in the level of power that the seal can withstand.

  The secret techniques and patterns recorded in the "Seal of Learning" are all below the yellow level. For example, the Feather Bright Knife: a three-product mental force weapon at the golden level, with a built-in secret technique, Fragmented Feathers Fluttering. This Fragmented Feathers Fluttering technique is mid-level yellow. And Yang Tong's Qingfeng Sword has two built-in techniques, Sharpness and Speed, which are both primary yellow levels.

  The division of the Grandmaster of Spiritual Tools requires the ability to refine spiritual tools from 8th grade to 9th grade. As for the Spiritual Tool Master, there is no specific introduction, only one sentence: "A Spiritual Tool Master can turn the impossible into possible!"

  Of course, this is just a rough division, because everyone has their own strengths and interests. Some are more proficient in the "Energy Loop Study", and the spiritual tools they refine will be more excellent in reducing mental or spiritual consumption. Others have a deeper understanding of the "Talisman Pattern Study", and the spiritual tools they refine will be more agile, and can withstand higher-level secret techniques when combined with Sealing Studies. Some are more skilled in Sealing Studies, and can even leave blank sealing positions on third- or fourth-grade spiritual tools, allowing buyers to seal their own unique secret techniques that are not higher than Xuan-grade.

  When this happens, the refined spiritual tool has the benefits that only a higher-grade spiritual tool can have. These spiritual tools are all called extreme-grade spiritual tools, surpassing the four levels of black iron, bronze, white silver, and gold of the same grade.

  The division of the four levels of black iron, bronze, silver and gold is fundamentally based on the level of "Material Science" and "Synthesis". In simpler terms, it's divided by the quality and durability of the spiritual tool. The higher the quality and durability, the stronger the defense, and the more powerful the sealed and carried secret techniques will be.

  So spiritual tool manufacturing is a very profound profession. Each category of discipline is extremely important, and only by mastering each subject can good spiritual tools be refined.

  Yang Tong began to really get his hands on refining spiritual tools. At first, Yang Tong did not use too difficult spiritual tools, but chose one or two products of spiritual tools to try his hand.

  A few points can be exchanged for a large amount of materials. Refining first and second grade spiritual tools does not require very precious materials, one point can buy a lot of materials to refine by hand.

  Inside the spiritual tool manufacturing room, Yang Tong used these materials to test his understanding of material science and synthesis. This is very basic and absolutely essential. A spiritual tool that doesn't have a good enough quality can never reach a high level.

  After three months of trial and error, Yang Tong had refined several hundred pieces of second-grade spiritual artifacts before he finally stopped to catch his breath.

  These hundreds of second-rate spiritual artifacts were sold to the school's recycling center by Yang Tong for a few academic points, but overall, he still lost some.

  "My god, it's really too dark. I won't sell to the school's recycling center anymore." Yang Tong returned from outside with an extremely gloomy expression. Only now did Yang Tong understand why there were so many student booths in the school's online store - because selling to the recycling center was a loss-making business. However, Yang Tong could understand this, after all, many of the resources provided by the school were things that people outside couldn't even buy if they wanted to. The school had put in so much effort, naturally it would want some returns, and the recycling center was just one place where it sought those returns. Of course, the school wouldn't force you to sell - this was a mutually beneficial arrangement, with both parties willing participants.

  "3170, may I apply for a student counter?" asked Yang Tong.

  "Of course, but school regulations state that only spiritual tool users who have obtained their professional qualifications can apply for their own student lockers." No. 3170 replied.

  Yang Tong listened and nodded. Applying for a professional qualification certificate exam wasn't difficult, but Yang Tong felt that he was barely qualified. First-rate and second-rate spiritual artifact refinement were simply impossible to get certified in.

  "Hmm, let's see what kind of spiritual tool refinement commissions are available?" Yang Tong said.

  "Yes, master." As soon as the voice fell, a virtual screen appeared in front of Yang Tong, and a large number of commission orders appeared on it.

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  The first update is here, and next week will be a strong push, with updates every day for three chapters.

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