Chapter 186: Ninety Thousand Years of Treasure Refining

The power of a treasure generally depends on two aspects.

One is the materials used to refine this treasure. The higher the quality of the materials, the stronger the explosive force the treasure can withstand, and the less likely it is to be damaged.

The second is the strength of the secret patterns imprinted in the treasure. The stronger the combination of the secret patterns, the more it fits with the user's attributes, and the more powerful the power that can be unleashed will naturally be.

According to Zuo Shanke's point of view, the power of the laws of the universe is almost infinite, but the body of life itself has its limit. Therefore, sometimes one's own understanding of the laws has become powerful to a certain extent, but due to the limitations of the body, one is unable to unleash the full power of the laws that one has understood.

The so-called treasure refining technique is to take a different approach. It uses powerful metals, rare objects, spiritual materials, etc. to forge "perfect carriers" with a carrying capacity far stronger than that of a living body, and then imprints one's own understanding on them. With the help of this "perfect carrier", one can unleash all the power of one's own understanding!
The forging of the 'perfect carrier' and the imprint of 'comprehension of the laws' are the two most important steps in refining the treasure!
Half of the treasure refining inheritance that Zuo Shanke passed on to Zhou Yang was about how to forge a "perfect carrier", and it also introduced in detail how to select materials, and listed the characteristics of various materials in this world and the changes that could be produced by their combination and fusion.

Zuo Shan Ke has existed for a very long time, and the contents he recorded basically cover more than 99% of the material types in the entire universe, which can be said to be very detailed!

Of the remaining half, more than 90% are describing the adaptability, conductivity, and matching methods of different kinds of materials to the ten major laws. Only the remaining very small part actually describes the specific refining techniques and the method of "law imprinting".

This is also easy to understand. Only by thoroughly mastering the characteristics of each material and its compatibility with various laws, can we calmly choose the right materials when refining the treasure and create the most suitable "perfect carrier".

As for the final step of 'law imprinting', it depends on the strength of the refiner's own perception. Once he has achieved his own perception, he will naturally be able to imprint a sufficiently powerful secret pattern!

New universe, new earth, there is a beautiful island with pleasant scenery in the endless East China Sea.

At this moment, Zhou Yang, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone cliff facing the sea of ​​the island, slowly opened his eyes.

"No wonder they say that a true weapon refining master must also be a peak expert."

Zhou Yang sighed inwardly, "If the perception is not enough, it is naturally impossible to imprint a strong enough and suitable secret pattern, and the power of the treasure refined will be limited. This step is the simplest, but also the most difficult."

Simple, simple in procedure.

The difficulty lies in the control of the laws and secret patterns!

"When I comprehend the law of chaos fusion, I am constantly familiarizing myself with and deducing the combination and transformation methods of various laws and secret patterns. This happens to be mutually reinforcing and promoting with this treasure refining technique."

Zhou Yang smiled faintly.

I have the Chaos Secret Pattern and the New Universe Evolution as references, and I have an innate advantage in the combination and evolution of laws. What I lack now is the control of the step of refining the 'perfect carrier'.
"Let's start by becoming familiar with the material properties!"

As Zhou Yang's mind moved, the speed of time around the seaside cliff began to accelerate continuously, and in the blink of an eye it accelerated to nearly 2700 times.

Now that the new universe is not yet perfect, the time power that can be mobilized is still relatively limited. 2700 times is almost the limit that can be maintained at present.

Afterwards, he sat down cross-legged in the time acceleration area and began to quickly browse the description of material selection in the treasure refining inheritance of Zuo Shanke.

Time passed slowly. Apart from Luo Feng still undergoing the trial of recognizing his master in the Star Tower, nothing worth noting happened in the original universe.

After more than a thousand years of primitive universe time had passed, Zhou Yang, who was sitting cross-legged, finally stood up.

As the new universe grows, the effect of time acceleration is gradually increasing.

More than a thousand years have passed in the primitive universe, but Zhou Yang has been sitting cross-legged on this stone cliff by the sea for more than three million years, which can be regarded as the longest period of cultivation since he was born!
It took him more than three million years to finally master all the vast contents of the refining of the "perfect carrier" in the treasure refining inheritance of Zuo Shanke.

Of course, this 'all' only refers to the theoretical part.

The specific proportions of various materials, the degree of compatibility of each material with different laws, the specific standards for the conductivity of the power of the laws, what types of treasures are suitable for refining, what kind of secret patterns should be given, etc., all need to be verified through actual operations.

There is no shortcut for this step. You can only start from scratch and gradually accumulate experience through repeated experiments.

Zhou Yang raised his hand and waved, and suddenly a large amount of ores, metals, precious materials, etc. appeared on the island.

Most of these were obtained from killing the immortal kings in the outer battlefield before, and a small part was obtained from exploring the cave of 'Gunato', the absolute prison of time and space, and later killing the clone of the Lord of Annihilation.

Except for the part obtained from killing the Lord of Rotation, the others are not too precious. They are basically the basic materials for refining immortal and Venerable-level weapons and armor. Only a very small number can reach the standard of refining precious treasures.

But it is enough for Zhou Yang to practice.

The step of refining the 'perfect carrier' is divided into three steps: material selection, material melting and forging.

Material selection naturally means choosing suitable materials.

For example, if you want to refine a metallic weapon, you naturally have to choose something that has strong metallic conductivity and is hard enough and extremely strong.

To refine a water-attributed armor, in addition to the law conductivity and hardness, one must also consider suitability for deformation defense, force unloading, etc. The selected material must take into account properties such as toughness and impact reduction.

The weapon refiner must choose the most suitable material based on the requirements of the weapon being refined.

As for melting materials and forging, they can actually be seen as one step.

Melting materials means finding ways to melt the required materials, or directly casting them into "implant embryos", or melting several materials and fusing them into a new material, and then casting them into "implant embryos". Forging means further forging, hammering, quenching, etc. after the embryo is formed, to enhance its toughness, "sharpen" it, and carve and beautify it.

When all this is done, the 'perfect carrier' is formed.

At this point, you only need to imprint the required secret patterns into it, and a "treasure" will be formed.

It sounds simple, but whether it is material selection, melting temperature or forging technique, it all requires a lot of experience to support.

For example, the step of melting materials, in simple terms, is to melt the materials, but what specific method should be used to melt them, whether to use flame calcination or spiritual liquid dissolution, to what extent should they be melted, and how to control the temperature. If you have not tried it yourself, no matter how much others say, it can only be regarded as "high-minded but low-skilled" and a person who can only talk big.

If you are not careful and fail to control the temperature well, a piece of material may be completely ruined.

"There are a lot of immortal-level and venerable-level weapon refining methods in the virtual universe. I can imitate them first, and then gradually try to refine heavy treasures and supreme treasures after I gain experience."

Zhou Yang's mind turned and he quickly made up his mind.

"Let's start with this 'Xuanyuan Divine Armor', a wood-attribute armor made with these materials."

He raised his hand and six or seven kinds of materials among the large amount of materials piled on the island immediately flew in front of him.

“The next step is ‘melting materials’.”

Then balls of red flames emerged from the void and engulfed the materials one by one.

As the flames grew hotter, various materials began to melt.

In the new universe, Zhou Yang is the master of all things, and the endless power of time and space is the extension of his tentacles, allowing him to finely control the subtle changes of each material.

We have a huge advantage in the step of integrating materials.

Gradually, all the materials melted, some "impurities" were removed, and finally reached the limit state described in the treasure refining tradition.

Then Zhou Yang began to guide various metal 'liquids' to fuse in proportion and gradually form 'organ embryos'. With the help of the power of the new universe and time and space, everything went very smoothly.
Finally, a piece of armor that looked a bit "crude" was finally formed.

In fact, at this point, the refining of this 'Xuanyuan Divine Armor' has been completed for the most part, and it already has a basic framework.

The remaining 'Forging' and 'Mystic Brand' are further refined and empowered on this 'framework'.

Zhou Yang repeatedly heated up, calcined, hammered, and struck the embryo of the Xuanyuan Divine Armor, and quenched it with a kind of spiritual water called 'Xuan Yi Spiritual Water' which was extremely suitable for refining equipment, to increase the toughness of the embryo.

Finally, when he carved a secret pattern derived from the wood law that tended to "absorb" and "unload force" on it, an immortal-level battle armor 'Xuanyuan Divine Armor' was refined!
Zhou Yang injected a trace of divine power into it and sensed it silently, and soon a smile appeared on his face.

"It can reduce all attacks by about 35%, which is very close to the power of the authentic Xuanyuan Divine Armor."

He nodded involuntarily. "It seems that with the control of the power of space and time in the new universe, it is now very easy for me to copy some immortal-level equipment. Let's keep trying."

In the following days, Zhou Yang devoted himself to the study of the art of refining weapons.

He first imitated some common immortal-level equipment in the universe to familiarize himself with the properties of various materials and the temperature of "melting materials" and "forging".

Gradually, as he became more familiar with it, he became more and more adept at mastering the properties of different materials, the temperature of refining, etc., and gradually began to "design" various equipment by himself, selecting different materials, engraving different secret patterns, and giving them different characteristics.

Zhou Yang kept experimenting with various materials and new combinations of secret patterns. These methods gave him different experiences and insights, which made his understanding of refining equipment progress by leaps and bounds.

Zhou Yang devoted himself to it and gradually began to try out the 'Venerable' equipment.
However, soon, a realistic problem appeared before him.

After numerous attempts, except for a small amount of precious materials that could be used to refine heavy and precious treasures, the ordinary materials he had harvested before had been completely used up!
In desperation, he could only deliver the 'Immortal-level' and 'Venerable-level' equipment he had refined during the experiments over the years in batches to the business department of the Virtual Universe Company, and withdraw a large amount of ordinary materials from the Virtual Universe Company, which ensured that his experiments could continue.

As the Lord of the Universe of the Virtual Universe Company, it is naturally not a problem for him to withdraw some Venerable-level materials.

On the stone cliff of the East China Sea.

Zhou Yang started again. With sufficient materials, he could continue experimenting without any scruples.

Through these massive experiments, Zhou Yang quickly accumulated experience in refining artifacts by combining the methods and experiences of Zuo Shanke's inheritance and many artifact refining masters of the Virtual Universe Company.

Moreover, as he continued to try out various combinations of laws and secret patterns, his understanding of the fusion law continued to deepen.

Time passed, Zhou Yang was immersed in the comprehension of the art of face weapon, while in the primitive universe, a surge of genius rose once again.

More than four thousand years later, Luo Feng finally succeeded in passing the "Trial of Life and Death" of the Star Tower and became another disciple of Zuo Shanke.

And what follows is his brilliant rise!
Fight the Black Shaved King, break into the Wuhua Secret Realm, create the Peak Secret Skill, become famous in the Zushen Sect, breed the third clone, break through immortality, kill the Insect Chaser King, fight the universe overlord
One glorious deed after another continues to shake the starry sky, making billions of races in the universe marvel at the prosperity of the human race!
Under the shadow of these countless feats, ninety thousand years have passed in the original universe.
(End of this chapter)