"Then what you have to do is to connect the nine fire rings to each other to form a nine-link chain. After the stringing is completed, there must be no connection at all. Each fire ring must be completely separated. It is difficult to be connected to each other but separated at the same time.

, even though I haven’t done it many times, and the failure rate is very high, but if you can do this well, it means that the fire control has reached a very advanced stage.”

Zhou Shu stared at the nine fire rings in the stove, thinking about what Mr. Xin had said in his mind.

The nine rings are connected, but each fire ring cannot touch each other and are connected hollowly. This is indeed difficult.

But Zhou Shu had to do his best. He had decided long ago to learn how to control fire first and then refine weapons.

He has always regarded the basics as very important. He will only consider the next step after reaching the goal he has set. For example, this is how to open the meridians at the beginning of cultivation, and the same is true for weapon refining. He must make basic fire control as good as he can.

It's best to really start again.

Although this will be slower, sharpening the knife will not delay the work of chopping wood. Once the fire is controlled well, the weapon making will be much simpler in the future, and you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Zhou Shu's mind was entirely focused on the nine fire rings in front of him.

The ring of fire hung in the air, flowing slowly. Although the flame was small, in Zhou Shu's eyes, it was like nine scorching suns.

Time passed little by little, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, which were quickly evaporated by his own heat.

It seems very ordinary to connect two two, just put them together and it's over, but in fact it is obviously not the case. Each fire ring is composed of many streams of spiritual power plus uncontrollable heavenly flames. To connect them together,

The fire ring must completely disconnect one of the cracks to allow the other fire ring to pass through, and then connect the broken cracks to restore the original shape, thereby connecting the two fire rings. This process must not affect the flow of the flames, nor can it interact with other spiritual powers.

Flow and confusion.

Moreover, the entire connection process must be completed within half a breath.

After thinking about it for a long time, the whole process was repeated countless times in the sea of ​​consciousness. Zhou Shu finally took action.

The two fire rings slowly approached, then suddenly touched and suddenly came together.

Bang, an almost inaudible sound came.

The two fire rings collided. The flames suddenly scattered, burned together, and then dispersed and disappeared.

"It's just a problem with the flow of spiritual power, and the spiritual power is a little slow in distribution. Everything is in chaos."

Zhou Shu was very calm. The first time, he failed as expected.

"continue."

But the second time, it still failed. The reason for this failure was different. The ring of fire had passed through the break, but when the break was closed, an error occurred when the two streams of spiritual power connected. The spiritual power was immediately disordered, and the flames exploded. The ring of fire

extinguished again.

"Is the break too small?"

It was really rare for Zhou Shu to fail twice in a row. He couldn't help but shake his head and secretly made up his mind, "I can't fail three times."

The third time he almost achieved the ultimate, controlling, disconnecting, and connecting, everything was finally perfect.

In the sea of ​​​​consciousness, the sizzling sound made when the spiritual energy flow connected was like the most beautiful music, which made people intoxicated. Looking at the two fire rings connected together, Zhou Shu breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile.

The first step was completed. The rest went much more smoothly. It didn't take long before all nine fire rings were connected together and floating quietly in the furnace, like garlands.

After looking at his results for a while, Zhou Shu nodded with satisfaction. Then his spiritual power disappeared, and the nine fire rings turned into sparks all over the sky, fluttering back into the fire pool.

Nine fire rings took ten hours. Zhou Shu looked sleepy and wanted to lie down.

I haven't been this tired for a long time.

In fact, the consumption of spiritual power is very small, almost negligible, but the consumption of spiritual consciousness and soul is astonishingly large. In addition to constant deduction and calculation, every step of controlling the flow of spiritual power also requires spiritual consciousness, and making this extremely cumbersome

It is the soul that is involved in the process. If there is not a powerful enough soul tree in the sea of ​​consciousness, Zhou Shu's spirit would not be able to persist in such a long and complicated operation.

"No wonder it is said in the classics that refining weapons can best train the soul. I didn't believe it before, but now I understand it."

Zhou Shu sighed softly and calmed down to recover.

A few hours later, he opened his eyes and looked at the blazing fire in front of him. Before he knew it, another sentence from Mr. Xin came to his mind.

"If you are lucky enough to achieve the Nine Rings of Fire, of course you can start refining weapons as freely as I did. But if you feel that it is not enough and want to challenge a higher level of fire control, then try to combine the nine rings into one.

Right. The nine fire rings are perfectly combined into one fire ring. The shape and size must be similar to the original fire ring, and it can only be small, not big. I haven't done this yet, maybe you can."

Mr. Xin is right, it is difficult just to think about it. The nine rings are integrated into one, which involves more things and has higher requirements on all aspects, especially spiritual power control.

"The ways of refining weapons are really endless. There are so many ways to control fire alone, but it cannot be achieved overnight, and I cannot rush for success..."

Zhou Shu sighed slightly and stood up.

He will try, but not now. Calculating the time, it is almost time to face the next golden elixir cultivator.

As expected, not long after returning to Xixiang Valley, Hao Ruoyan came.

Wearing a blue shirt, she smiled as elegantly as a chrysanthemum, "Master Shu, this time we are our own cultivators from the Liuxia Sect, so there is no need to go to the competition venue."

Zhou Shu smiled and nodded, "Okay, this is more convenient. Which elder is it?"

"It's Elder Ouyang, has Master Shu heard of it?"

Zhou Shu pondered for a moment, "She must be an alchemy cultivator. I remember that he refined several fourth-level elixirs in the sect, and only she can refine them."

"Yes," Hao Ruoyan nodded and looked at Zhou Shu with raised eyebrows, "But Master Shu, don't underestimate him. Although Elder Ouyang is an alchemy cultivator, he is very powerful in manipulating magic techniques. Few people in the sect can match him."

Zhou Shu was somewhat interested, "How does it compare with you, Ruoyan?"

Zhou Shu wanted to meet a golden elixir cultivator who was good at magic spells. Speaking of the opponents he had encountered before, there were very few masters in this field.

"Not counting the ancient techniques taught by Master Shu, Ruoyan is not as good as her," Hao Ruoyan replied without thinking, "I lost to her several times before, and she laughed at Ruoyan every time. Later I saw Ruoyan learn the ancient techniques.

She refuses to compete with Ruoyan in terms of magic skills, it’s really annoying.”

As she said this, she pursed her lips and felt a little annoyed.

"So you came to me. She will never reject a pulse condensing realm cultivator, right?" Zhou Shu understood as soon as he heard this, "That's fine, then I'll help you get revenge."

"No way, Ruoyan didn't say that, and Ruoyan wouldn't do that." Hao Ruoyan defended in a low voice, with a sly smile in his eyes.

"Let's go."

Zhou Shu saw this and smiled slightly.
Chapter completed!