Chapter 282 Refining
Although it's late autumn and we're about to enter winter, the weather in Taklamakan is still scorching hot, and strong winds often rampage through the desert. At this season, it's almost impossible to see any human beings in the desert where Zhongyuan is now, which is why Zhongyuan chose to come here!
The scorching heat outside had no impact on Zhongyuan in the oasis. After a good sleep in the bone plate, Zhongyuan began the formal refining of the magic weapon. If the previous refining of the materials was just preparation work, the next refining work would be the highlight. Zhongyuan could still rest according to normal sitting and resting time, but once the refining work officially began, rest would probably be a luxury before the refining work was completely completed!
The refined materials were taken out like Zhongyuan, with ten different sizes of materials. The most prominent one was not gold, silver, or any other material, but the mustard stone refined by Zhongyuan. Originally, the grayish mustard stone should have been the most inconspicuous, but now the outside of the mustard stone seemed to be wrapped in a faint mist, making people unable to resist looking at the mustard stone at first glance!
Because it was his first time refining a magic weapon, Zhong Yuan carefully counted all the necessary materials several times and also took out all the spiritual power crystals he carried and put them aside to prevent excessive depletion of spiritual power and replenish them in a timely manner!
The long-term refinement of materials has greatly improved Zhongyuan's control over the golden flames. With a gentle wave, several flames of different sizes were released by Zhongyuan, and several materials on the ground almost immediately flew into the flames. The melting time of each material varies, so Zhongyuan naturally cannot wait until it is needed to take out and melt the materials. The materials that fly into the flames can be used quickly!
The shaping of materials is the simplest part of the entire magic weapon refining work. With the assistance of Zhongyuan's refining power, the shaping work of several materials is basically completed in just a few minutes. The next step is also the most important array layout of the entire magic weapon. Zhongyuan describes the refining of this magic weapon as building the Great Wall of China precisely because the tens of thousands of arrays required for the entire magic weapon are clearly recorded in the Jade Slips. Zhongyuan only needs to copy them down, but with the tens of thousands of arrays and the huge spiritual power required, the refining time of Zhongyuan's magic weapon may be longer!
As one formation after another was drawn by Zhongyuan, his speed of drawing formations gradually increased. One day, two days, three days... as time passed day by day, the materials placed in front of Zhongyuan were also thrown into the flames in the same way. Although most of the materials had already been shaped and formed into formations by Zhongyuan, they were placed in the flames to maintain their state, but it was impossible to see what Zhongyuan was about to refine!
Until the last remaining material, refined gold, was melted by Zhongyuan, and the previously refined components were also combined in a certain order, wrapped in refined gold. Only then did the appearance of the treasure slowly reveal itself, and it turned out to be a tower?
That's right, it's really a pure golden octagonal nine story small tower. The entire tower is only about one foot tall, shining with golden light and looking extremely slutty. There are even golden bells hanging from the corners of each tower.
The appearance of the magic weapon is quite similar, but if you look closely, you will find that although the shape of the tower has basically taken shape, there are some complex and mysterious patterns extending downwards at a very slow speed from the top of the tower!
The appearance of these patterns was not intentional by Zhongyuan, but a natural result of Zhongyuan drawing formations on the tower body according to the requirements of the magic weapon's production. The irregular patterns for the time being give people a strange beauty, making them involuntarily addicted. However, at this time, no one can appreciate these. Even Zhongyuan doesn't know what the magic weapon looks like now, only knowing to follow the method of making the magic weapon step by step!
Half a month has passed, and it has been half a month since Zhongyuan entered Taklamakan. Apart from refining materials in the first few days, Zhongyuan has not rested for more than a week since officially starting refining. Fortunately, Zhongyuan's treasure refining work has also begun to officially come to an end. I saw that the small tower in front of Zhongyuan, wrapped in golden flames, was already covered with mysterious patterns. These patterns, which were originally formed naturally under the action of formations, now look incredibly symmetrical and regular, as if they were deliberately painted!
The tower has 9 floors, but from the top of the tower, you can only see a portal at the bottom level. You can't even see a window above the other rooms, but it probably won't be noticed by people because this small tower looks like a decoration no matter how it looks. As long as the overall effect is good or not, it will be considered a decoration?
After working tirelessly for a long time, Zhong Yuan looked very tired, but now he was very excited. The Long March had finally been completed halfway, and now the most important task in the entire magic weapon refining was to activate the formation in the magic weapon and stabilize its final form!
No matter how similar the appearance of the magic weapon is, it is useless. The most important thing is the actual function of the magic weapon. If there is a problem with one of them, or if the function is lost due to insufficient ability, then Zhong Yuan's efforts for such a long time will really be in vain. Then the small tower is probably destined to only become a decoration!
Taking a deep breath, Zhong Yuan looked at the spiritual power crystals around him that had hardly been touched before. He used his psychic power to suck up a few and replenish his energy. Then, with a hint of frustration, he probed his psychic power from the entrance of the small tower into the tower. In just an instant, Zhong Yuan's psychic power reached the ninth level of the tower and found the position of the spatial formation made of mustard stones in the tower. Without any hesitation, the formation was activated by Zhong Yuan!
The entire process of activating the formation went smoothly, giving Zhongyuan a very familiar feeling. At the moment the formation was activated, a gray mist suddenly appeared in the ninth room of the small tower, and Zhongyuan's psychic power instantly appeared in the mist. However, for some reason, the mist seemed to strongly reject Zhongyuan's psychic power, and there was no trace of fog around Zhongyuan's psychic power!
Zhongyuan naturally knows the reason for this. Zhongyuan's psychic power lies in the space without fog, which is the final size of the space after the magic weapon is refined. What Zhongyuan needs now is to expand the space area by a large margin. In the future, the size of this space in this magic weapon will depend on this! Of course, the previously arranged array and the amount of materials used also have a direct impact on the size of this space!
In the end, this space was only expanded by Zhongyuan to an ordinary room, and stopped there. It was so large that it could be expanded even further, but Zhongyuan thought it was unnecessary. This magic weapon has nine floors, which means there will always be such a space every time, and these spaces are connected to each other. It can be considered as a layered abnormal space, so each space must be very stable, blindly seeking size. If any one of them goes wrong, the others will be finished!
Zhongyuan expanded the space layer by layer from top to bottom, and as he reached the lower level, the accumulation of space began to increase. The ninth floor was only the size of one room, and the eighth room was two rooms. By the time he reached the ninth floor, the size of the space was almost the size of a football field, but Zhongyuan felt that the expansion of the space had not yet reached its limit!
One after another, spiritual power crystals melted around Zhongyuan like ice blocks, and the space on the ninth floor of the small tower was slowly expanding. Zhongyuan, who was focused on refining treasures and had entered the state of observing me, did not notice any abnormalities around him. As the space slowly expanded, some ripples like things appeared in the space around Zhongyuan, which felt like someone was throwing stones at the water. The only difference was that the ripples in the space around Zhongyuan appeared abruptly and disappeared abruptly. If it were just this, it would be fine!
When a slender ripple appeared on the edge of the small house not far from Zhongyuan, something shocking happened. As the ripple moved to the wall of the small house, there was no sound coming out. The wall was cut open by the ripple, but it was not stopped in any way. Soon, it appeared diagonally on the other side of the wall again. Shortly after the ripple appeared, the upper part of the small house made of fresh grape vines also fell towards the ripple along the mark drawn by the ripple, and the small house that fell on the ripple was instantly broken by the ripple, as if using an extremely sharp divine weapon to cut it. Tofu is silent like nothing!
Not long after the cottage was destroyed, the appearance of ripples within a hundred meters of the surrounding space of Zhongyuan began to become more and more frequent. From time to time, branches around the pond could be seen falling abruptly from the trees, and even a poplar trunk was scratched diagonally, causing the entire poplar tree to fall diagonally into the yellow sand next to * * *!
The only thing that is quite exciting is that for some unknown reason, the nearest ripple that appeared was also one or two meters away from the original bell, as if there was some force around the bell that was repelling those ripples. Otherwise, even if the bell encountered these ripples, the final result would be hard to say. Just look at the bone plate under the bell, which was cut by a ripple near the edge without any sound, and the bone plate was broken without any movement. Water also began to enter the bone plate through the gap!
This has to be said about Zhong Yuan's concerns when refining this treasure. The reminder in the jade slips is one aspect, and Zhong Yuan's caution is also another aspect. If such a situation occurs in a small valley and someone happens to be around him!