Chapter 147: Forging Arms

  "Hiss!" Guo Fei's palm flipped, and the Golden Flame Technique was activated. A golden flame suddenly floated out from his palm, jumping restlessly in mid-air. The flame had no heat at all, only waves of golden energy surging forth, even overwhelming the light emitted by the surrounding Golden Spirit Stones.

  Jinyan, finally came out. After nearly three months of practice, Guo Fei finally practiced the "Jinyan Jue" and made some progress. From now on, he can use Jinyan to smelt metal.

  "Master!" Hu Xiaoyue saw that Guo Fei had finished his cultivation and walked into the cave, carrying a tray of food.

  "Xiao Yue, have you found a way?" Guo Fei had been quietly cultivating for several months and hadn't asked about this matter, but now that he thought of it, he casually asked.

  "Not yet! We've searched all the caves and paths here, but we haven't found a way out. I'm at a loss, just thinking of reporting back to Master. These past few months, I've had the Ghost Soldier Squad train on their own, and they've gotten quite proficient in the Six Ding Six Jia Formation. Tianhunzi also broke through recently, looks like his cultivation has improved significantly." Hu Xiaoyue said with a hint of desolation.

  "Heh." Guo Fei smiled slightly and said, "There's no rush to find a way out. If all else fails, we can just dig through the mountain and slowly create a path. Taking this opportunity, I plan to use the equipment materials I obtained earlier to craft armor and weapons for you all."

  "Thank you, Master!" Hu Xiaoyue curtsied with a delighted expression, her face revealing surprise and joy. The weapons and armor were a great help to the cultivator's combat power, who wouldn't like them?

  When looting the Ling Temple, Guo Fei obtained a lot of equipment materials. After killing his enemies, he also seized a large number of weapons, which can be considered as having a rich storage. Guo Fei has been practicing "Equipment Dao Cultivation Technique" for many days and has now entered the Yuan realm. Many methods that could not be implemented in the past to forge weapons can now be used in equipment forging.

  For example, engraving patterns on weapons. In the past, if you used a hammer to engrave, it was simply impossible. The pattern implies the way of heaven and must be harmonized together, not even a single thread or grain can be wrong.

  In "The Art of Equipment Refining", it is explained that the symbolic inscriptions on equipment have an effect. Three simple symbols are also cited, which can increase the attack power, defense power and illusion ability of equipment. According to "The Art of Equipment Refining", this kind of symbol is only a simple first-level spell, to achieve great success, one must carefully study the technique of spells, summarize useful symbols from it, and print them on magical instruments to increase their power.

  The Great Way returns to one, and the talisman is a summary of the laws of heaven and earth, the five elements, the natural law, and the rules of the operation of Qian and Kun, which are used to describe the activation of the original energy and the inspiration of the talisman script, and can evolve into infinite combat power. Just like an ultimate skill, it is a summary of the development of the mysteries of the human body, and is performed in the body according to the meridians and hand seals. Although the methods of performance are different, they are all manifestations of the "Way".

  The author of "Qidao Lian Shu" is not a Taoist, and the evidence is only a brick to attract jade, without too much description on this, mainly elaborating on the method of forging and refining weapons.

  "Why not use a ready-made teacher?" Guo Fei was taken aback, and suddenly thought of Miao Yu. This person is a master of the Tao, with a deep understanding of Taoist techniques. If he were to ask for guidance, under his instruction, the appropriate talismans would be engraved on the weapon, which would be much better than the superficial talismans in the "Equipment Refining Technique".

  At this point, Guo Fei personally went to Miao Yu's cave to ask for advice, which made Miao Yu very surprised.

  "To be honest with you, I've also studied the runes engraved on the weapon. On the mainland, there are many fire-based mages who are also rune masters. As a refiner, I can create powerful artifacts that are highly valued by various forces. You possess the Golden Flame Technique, which is even better than using flames to smelt metal. This gives you a solid foundation to become one of the top refiners on the mainland. As for your magic, you can take your time to study and learn it. For now, I can help you complete the rune engraving on your weapon." Miao Yu said with enthusiasm.

  "With your esteemed assistance, I am even more confident in forging this weapon." Guo Fei bowed and said.

  Guo Fei found a large cave, moved out the refining equipment materials, and also laid out the captured weapons, starting to prepare for forging arms. In order to save his yuanqi, Guo Fei did not lightly use the Golden Furnace Technique, after all, this would consume the yuanqi within him, and once consumed, he would have to meditate to recover. So Guo Fei moved out the ironworking tools, and the molten lava in the ironworking furnace was still stored, surprisingly it had not gone out, its temperature was still extremely high, and could be used for smelting metal.

  Guo Fei first forged the Ghost Soldier's weapon, a long spear. Although the previous spear was of the yin attribute and suitable for the Ghost Soldier to use, its quality was too poor and its hardness was insufficient. This time, Guo Fei put in twelve times more effort, not only refining the original spear but also adding in thousand-year-old cold iron from the Spirit Temple and the underground fire lake. Guo Fei personally hammered it repeatedly, hammering a hundred kilograms of cold iron into shape, spending three days just to forge the rough draft of the spear body. The spear body was indeed extremely sturdy, with an overall dark black color that emitted a faintly discernible aura of coldness.

  Miao Yu looked at Guo Fei's finished long gun, nodding repeatedly. He was full of admiration and surprise for Guo Fei's extremely pure craftsmanship at such a young age!

  "Guo Fei, the death energy of the ghost soldier is yin in nature and very similar to my water attribute. I have a spell here called 'Ice Soul Curse', which is a 4th level spell. It was originally used in battle to stimulate one's vital energy, transforming it into extremely cold air that silently freezes the enemy. Because it is invisible and formless, it is called 'Ice Soul Curse'. The death energy is highly corrosive, so if we engrave it onto the ghost soldier's spear, once the dark energy is infused, it can emit formless death energy through the spell, which will be quite powerful in battle." Miao Yu said quietly as he watched Guo Fei finish crafting the rough spear.

  Guo Fei knew that not all talismans could be used for engraving on weapons. The talisman had to match the attributes of the weapon, and some required a specific attribute of yuanqi to activate them. Some, however, could be used universally. Third- and fourth-grade talismans were extremely precious, and ordinary people didn't have the opportunity to practice them unless they were like Miao Yu, who had the chance to study many techniques and choose from among them. This "Ice Soul Talisman" was clearly one that could be used universally.

  However, to successfully engrave it is not an easy task, requiring a strong and solid foundation on the weapon, unless there are special techniques. But Guo Fei has Jinyun, engraving on the weapon as quickly as writing with a brush.

  To successfully engrave, Guo Fei and Miao Yu discussed and decided that Miao Yu would first describe the talisman in mid-air using water attribute yuanqi. Guo Fei "compared a gourd to a ladle", after practicing successfully, Guo Fei then used golden flames to engrave it onto the weapon.

  Under Miao Yu's guidance, Guo Fei quickly became familiar with the method of engraving talismans and the key points to note. However, it took him three days to practice this talisman alone, and he only had a rough idea, without fully understanding its meaning.

  What struck Guo Fei deeply was that practicing talismans indeed consumed a great deal of time and energy.