The long sword was knocked away, and the middle-aged man was stunned. He turned around and saw the young man walking towards him.
"An ant can still survive, why do you want to commit suicide?"
Zhang Xuan spoke.
When he arrived, he saw clearly that the middle-aged man's strength had already reached the early stage of the ninth level of mortal transformation, and he was definitely considered a master in Fire Source City.
"Senior I am worried about you, I just want to die..."
Knowing that he was so far away and could fly his long sword with one finger, he must be much stronger than him. The middle-aged man did not look down on him because of his youth. He bowed to the end, his eyes full of loneliness.
"You have cultivated to your level around the age of thirty, so you are considered a pretty good genius. Why are you so desperate? Are you willing to die?"
Zhang Xuan was surprised.
Even if Fire Source City is rich in resources, someone who can reach this level in his thirties is still very talented.
If you have strength and talent, what can't you do? Can't you just think about it
"Excuse me, senior, I really have no motivation to live anymore..."
The middle-aged man shook his head: "Huoyuan City is a place where the earth's fire is powerful. The most famous profession is the weapon refiner. I started studying when I was seven years old and served as an apprentice to Sun Jin, the great master of weapon refinement, for twenty-four years. I thought I would be able to master it. I entered the sect, but who would have thought... I have failed the exam for ten consecutive years! With such poor talent and stupidity, what's the point of living? I am so ashamed of my family and this profession, I might as well just die... "
"You have been an apprentice for twenty-four years?" Zhang Xuan was stunned: "Now... you are not even a one-star weapon refiner?"
According to the level of the ninth-level mortal transformation expert, he is at least a five-star peak weapon refiner, or just an apprentice... Is it true or false
Are there any such stupid people in the world
"Well! Every time I refine a weapon, I can't control the temperature of the earth fire, and eventually the weapon is useless... During this assessment, the weapon refiner Sun Jin couldn't bear it anymore and kicked me out of the master. Now I'm not even an apprentice. My family all hoped that I could become a weapon refiner and make a name for myself, but in the end I was expelled. How can I show my face to others..."
The more I talk about it, the more uncomfortable I feel, and the middle-aged man feels sad about it.
Zhang Xuan blinked.
A ninth-level mortal master who has been learning to refine weapons since he was seven years old, but now he has not even succeeded in passing the test as a one-star weapon refiner. Even if he has no talent, he will not have no talent at all!
If it is true, it is indeed a hard blow to accept.
"What went wrong? You can't even pass the test for a one-star weapon refiner?"
Zhang Xuan was surprised.
A one-star weapon refiner has a simple foundation, and a warrior in the Tongxuan Realm can do it. The person in front of me is at the ninth level of mortal transformation. His soul has also been cultivated and his control is exquisite. How can it be impossible to refine something so simple
"I don't know either. I just know that every time I take the test, I can't successfully refine the weapon." The middle-aged man shook his head, with no confidence in his eyes. It seemed that he had lost all confidence after many consecutive tests.
"Can't you refine it successfully?" After a pause, Zhang Xuan looked over: "Can you refine the lowest level weapon and show it to me?"
A powerful ninth-level mortal could not even pass the test of a one-star weapon refiner. This was something I had never dared to think of before. It was simply a fantasy and unbelievable.
"Thank you, senior, for saving my life, but I have decided to seek death. Even if I continue to refine it, it won't help. It's better to let a useless person like me commit suicide, so as not to continue to be embarrassed!" The middle-aged man bowed and said .
"You have plenty of time to commit suicide. I also have a lot of research on weapon refining. I may be able to identify your problems and help you pass the exam smoothly."
Zhang Xuan said.
If the other party really wanted to commit suicide, he couldn't care less. He just thought it was a bit unbelievable that a powerful person at the ninth level of mortal transformation could not even pass the test of a one-star weapon refiner.
"This..." The middle-aged man's face was uncertain.
"You are going to commit suicide anyway. If I can't solve it, it's not too late to commit suicide!" Zhang Xuan smiled.
"Okay!" The middle-aged man nodded and gritted his teeth.
That's right, he is a person who wants to commit suicide. He has nothing to lose anymore. Even if the other party can't see anything, it doesn't matter. At most, he will die.
"There is a quiet room over there that I use specifically for refining weapons. All the items are there. Go there!"
After saying that, he led the way. After a short time, the two of them arrived at a small room.
There are all kinds of earth fires and refining furnaces here. The shelves not far away are also filled with a lot of ores, many of which are not seen on the market. It seems that although this middle-aged man's refining level is not high, However, a lot of rare metals were collected.
After looking around, he suddenly landed on an ore, and his eyelids twitched.
"Is this... violet gold?"
Purple gold is a very rare ore that can be melted into unique artifacts to greatly increase their power.
"Using this thing, coupled with the corresponding refining techniques, can completely make Jinyuan Cauldron break through its current strength!"
His eyes were shining, and Zhang Xuan was filled with excitement.
I had been thinking about helping Jinyuan Ding improve its strength before, but the required ore was never found, so the matter was put on hold.
Unexpectedly, I accidentally saved a man who was about to commit suicide and found this kind of ore in his quiet room.
"I'm starting!"
Without seeing the change in his expression, the middle-aged man gave a low shout and came to the weapon refining furnace.
He grabbed his palm forward, and the true energy in his body burned brightly, immediately drawing out the earthly fire.
The scorching flame roared, reflecting the walls of the quiet room red. When he grabbed his hand, a huge iron hammer appeared in his palm, and then a piece of fine iron was put into it. After a moment, it softened after being burned.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
Hitting it, the iron block soon took shape and turned into a sharp long sword.
It has to be said that this middle-aged man has reached a level of proficiency in the refinement of weapon embryos, and is much more powerful than him, a six-star peak weapon refiner.
Not long after, the weapon was formed. I grabbed it again and planned to quench it. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the ground fire surged in. In the blink of an eye, the newly tempered long sword was burned into molten iron. All the previous efforts were made. , destroyed in one fell swoop.
"It failed again, so I said it was impossible for me to refine it successfully..." His face was full of frustration, and there was loss in the middle-aged man's eyes.
I thought I could change the ending this time, but the result was exactly the same as before, without any change.
"This..." Different from his frustration, Zhang Xuan frowned as he watched the entire process of refining the weapon.
With his current eyesight, even without using the Tiandao Library, he can still see the crux and problems in the opponent's weapon refining.
There were no mistakes in the opponent's steps for tempering the device tire. However, during the tempering, the true energy in the body and the earth fire recoiled, causing the successfully refined device tire to melt completely in the blink of an eye...
In other words, the quenching step is not wrong, but the properties of the true energy in his body are completely opposite to those of the earth fire. Once quenched, it will cause the earth fire to agitate, turning the previous device into waste, thus causing the power One step short.
"Infuriating Qi and Earth Fire clash... Should a six-star peak weapon refiner be able to see this?" Zhang Xuan frowned.
If it's a big flaw, it's okay if you can't see it. The most basic part of this kind of practice, as long as you reach the peak of six stars, you can't not know it!
In this case, why didn't the Sun Jin six-star grandmaster mentioned by the other party say it? No pointers
It's understandable that this middle-aged man couldn't find out. After all, even though his strength is high, he is not qualified to read higher-level books because he has not succeeded in the assessment of a one-star weapon refiner.
And this conflicting power can only be known by reaching the peak six-star level.
"That's not right..." Thinking about it in his mind, Zhang Xuan's brows suddenly jumped. The conflicting Qi refers to the contradiction between the cultivation method and the weapon refining. Since this guy has been learning weapon refining since he was seven years old, how could such a low-level situation happen? mistake
"Unless someone did it on purpose..." His eyes immediately narrowed.
A mediocre doctor harms a person, and a mediocre teacher misleads a person. Unless someone deliberately asked him to practice the wrong technique from the beginning, this is the situation at hand.
Just practicing the wrong technique... What good will it do to the other party
Full of confusion, Zhang Xuan's eyes fell on the shelves containing ores around him, and his heart suddenly moved.
"You collected all these ores?"
"Yes!" I don't know why he asked this, the middle-aged man nodded: "There are underground fires everywhere in Fire Source City, and the places with thick flames contain a lot of ore... With the attraction of the true energy in the body, I can find a lot every time. "
"Attraction with true energy?"
"Yes! Our cultivation techniques are all taught by Master Sun Jin. If you practice hard, you will naturally become sensitive to these ores, and it is easy to find many..."
The middle-aged man nodded.
"You? Are there many people who practice the same technique as you?" Zhang Xuan looked over.
"There are a lot of them. There were more than 30 apprentices who studied with us back then. However, most of them were swallowed up by the fire while looking for ores and burned to ashes. The only ones left are me and one other person!"
After thinking for a moment, the middle-aged humanity said.
"Is that person also unable to become a true weapon refiner?"
As if he had figured something out, Zhang Xuan looked over.
"Yes! He is one year older than me. He also failed to pass the exam. He couldn't bear the pressure last year and committed suicide..." Thinking of the partner who was with him, the middle-aged man shook his head.
After studying weapon refining for so many years, but in the end he could not become a true weapon refining master, one can imagine the disappointment in his heart. He could hold on for one more year, which was considered to be a relatively strong mind.
"Suicide?" Zhang Xuan was stunned, looked around, and continued to ask: "Then...where did the ore you found go? There should be more than these!"
Since he has the ability to find ores, he should have found a lot of them over the years. It can't be just the ones in the room.
"I found a lot of ore, but most of it was handed over to the weapon refiner Sun Jin as tuition! I have studied with him since I was a child and passed on a lot of knowledge, which made me what I am today. Of course, I have to pay the tuition."
The middle-aged man nodded.
"Pay tuition? That's it, I understand!"
Suddenly enlightened, Zhang Xuan's eyes flashed, his expression terrifyingly cold.