Shen Luo shifted his gaze to Elder Manbo, but saw that he was staring at his furnace intently, with his body and mind completely immersed in it, not at all disturbed by Hou Shan beside him.
At this moment, he had already sent the Sky-High Copper and the Radiant Stone into the furnace, and was controlling the flames to form three rings, surrounding the two materials in the center, trying to melt them together.
The three flame rings have different temperatures and circulate around each other, constantly rotating around the two spiritual materials. Through the alternating flames, they fuse the two materials at different levels.
Shen Luo had seen this kind of fusion method in the Tianji Book. It was called bite smelting. It was a very difficult smelting method. It was more complicated than simple smelting and kneading, but it could better retain the advantages of the two spiritual materials. The refined Yanjia would also have more high-quality characteristics.
For example, this Lingxiao Copper has excellent ductility but insufficient toughness. If it is simply fused, the resulting spiritual material can indeed enhance toughness while ensuring ductility, but the synthetic effect is only equivalent to another more advanced spiritual material, the vast sea gold.
But if it is forged using the method of biting and smelting, the two spiritual materials will be in a state of biting, stacking and fusion, and their ductility and toughness will be better than the gold in the vast sea.
Hou Shan, who was standing by, saw that Elder Manbo had actually mastered the method of biting and smelting. A hint of jealousy unconsciously emerged in his eyes, and his eyebrows drooped slightly.
In this respect alone, he is no longer as good as Elder Manbo.
At this time, he also put away his contempt for Elder Manbo and began to focus on refining the Yanjia.
As time passed, the main metal in the melting furnace had been completely refined and turned into a liquid state, controlled by magic power and suspended in the furnace room.
After a while, wisps of smoke began to emerge from the molten **, which was a sign that the impurities contained inside were being separated, indicating that the purity of the spiritual material was constantly improving.
Shen Luo watched his movements, and suddenly Huo Lingzi's voice rang out in his sea of consciousness: "At this rate, that Barbarian Elder is likely to lose."
In the hand hidden in his sleeve, he was holding the Xiaoyao Mirror.
There were clouds and mists swirling on the mirror surface, and the Netherfire Refining Furnace was reflected inside, with the Fire Spirit also residing inside.
"It's only the smelting stage, and you can already see the results?" Shen Luo's expression did not change at all, he asked only through telepathy.
"Although Elder Manbo's method of biting and smelting is good, the furnace he uses is really ordinary, which causes the furnace fire to not heat up fast enough, making it impossible to bit and smelt the spiritual materials to a flawless state. On the other hand, Hou Shan is different. The spiritual materials he smelts can basically reach the flawless level, which is better than Manbo's." Huo Lingzi said.
"The difference in the purity of the spiritual materials alone is not enough to determine the winner, right? Besides, the bite and smelting method is obviously better." Shen Luo said hesitantly.
"No. Although Hou Shan's smelting method is ordinary, because he is refining offensive objects, the ductility requirement is not high, and the solidity requirement is more, so there is no need to ensure more ductility. It is also for this reason that I dare to conclude that the weapon he refined must be a Yanjia such as a short dagger and a short cone, which requires lower ductility. Do you believe it?" Huo Lingzi said confidently.