Half a month ago, Qi Ming had just come into contact with the process of condensing runes. The common rune condensation methods Mu Yun taught him all required a considerable amount of time for him to learn and practice.
But for some reason, seeing the two runes Mu Yun had carved today, he immediately felt a sense of ease and couldn't help but draw them.
"Tell me quickly, what were you thinking?"
Mu Yun couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Why couldn't you learn the runes I taught you before, but you drew them on the first try this time!"
"This…"
Qi Ming stammered, "I don't know either. The previous runes felt very difficult to carve, but this time, I feel they're very simple!"
Simple? Damn it!
Mu Yun almost wanted to curse!
These were two runes that he had spent a thousand years comprehending when he was the Supreme Immortal King of the Myriad Worlds.
They seemed simple, but they embodied a thousand years of his hard work.
Moreover, with these two runes, the divine artifacts he forged in the Myriad Worlds were superior to all other weapon refiners.
Yet today, on his first attempt, Qi Ming had memorized them at a glance.
After careful consideration, Mu Yun inscribed another rune.
"Phoenix Frost Rune!"
This rune was one Mu Yun had created himself, used to forge a cold-attribute divine weapon, possessing immense power.
"Try it!"
Without another word, Mu Yun pulled Qi Ming along, full of anticipation.
"Hmm!"
Qi Ming frowned, looking at the spirit board, and began carving.
Soon, an identical rune appeared again.
Several times in a row, Mu Yun condensed his own runes, which Qi Ming could almost instantly imitate.
Genius!
No!
Mu Yun suddenly understood.
Qi Ming's genius lay in his ability to perfectly inscribe his own crafted runes, but he couldn't quickly grasp the common runes.
Prodigy!
It had to be said, Qi Ming was a prodigy.
Mu Yun deeply understood that his self-created runes, in terms of both power and inscription techniques, were superior to those on the Heavenly Fortune Continent.
However, while Qi Ming could accept his inscriptions and learn them quickly, he couldn't learn the inscriptions from the Heavenly Fortune Continent.
Mu Yun suddenly felt that he had discovered a rough gem.
Qi Ming was currently that rough gem; he could perfectly accept more advanced inscriptions, and given time, he would surely become a top-tier weapon refiner who would astound countless worlds.
"Qi Ming, would you be willing to become my disciple, Mu Yun's disciple in weapon refining?"
"Wh...what?"
Hearing Mu Yun's words, Qi Ming was stunned.
"You don't want to? Never mind, I don't like forcing people!"
"I'm willing,
I'm willing !"
Before Mu Yun could finish speaking, Qi Ming immediately said impatiently.
"Master, please accept my bow!"
With a thud, Qi Ming knelt on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably.
He couldn't contain his excitement.
That day in the blacksmith shop, after Mu Yun left, his father, Qi Yufeng, kept sighing, lamenting Mu Yun's unfathomable prowess.
And these days, he had taken the inscriptions that Mu Yun had taught him to ask his father for guidance, but some inscriptions were so difficult that even his father couldn't understand them and could only sigh in admiration.
Adding to the instruction he received from Mu Yun over the past ten days,
Qi Ming felt that there was probably no other weapon refiner in the entire Beiyun City who could compare to Mu Yun.
The difference between a disciple and a student was obvious to him.
"Very good. From today onwards, you don't need to learn any of the inscriptions from the Nanyun Empire. What your master has taught you is enough to make you a top weapon refiner on the Tianyun Continent!"
Mu Yun laughed heartily. "Today, I will refine a high-grade mortal weapon. You will assist me from the side and watch carefully, understand?"
"Yes, Master!"
Hearing that Mu Yun would personally refine the weapon, Qi Ming was extremely excited.
He had been listening to Mu Yun's instruction these past few days and was very much looking forward to seeing just how superb Mu Yun's weapon refining skills were!
"The Qingque Sword uses three main materials: green jade, iron sand, and alum jade. This is my first time refining a high-grade mortal weapon, and the chances of success are very small, so you must watch carefully!"
Very small chances of success?
Qi Ming immediately realized that the Azure Sword Mu Yun was forging was no easy feat.
"Open the furnace!"
Mu Yun commanded. Qi Ming didn't dare delay and immediately ignited the furnace. The flames roared, crackling incessantly.
"Azure jade!"
"Iron sand!"
"Alum jade!"
Mu Yun called out continuously. Standing to the side, Qi Ming busied himself, tending to the furnace fire while observing Mu Yun's every move, secretly memorizing his instructions.
"Forging a weapon involves three steps: first, the weapon is forged; second, the inscriptions are fused; third, the inscriptions are activated. Each of these three steps is extremely important!"
Mu Yun explained as he added jade stones.
"The forging of tools requires masterful control of the furnace fire, to the point of near perfection. Furthermore, the addition of various metal materials must be done at the exact right moment—all of this relies on accumulated experience!"
"Powerful weapon refiners don't use furnace fires; instead, they directly use great supernatural powers to fuse metals together, shaping them into the form of the tool, then infuse it with runes, directly activating the weapon's spirit!"
Fusing metals directly with great supernatural powers?
Hearing this, Qi Ming was shocked.
He had always thought that weapon refiners had to use furnaces to melt metals and fuse them together.
But how did his master know all this?
These things couldn't be learned from books alone!
"Continue!"
Inside the vast weapon-refining room, the temperature gradually rose, and two figures moved intermittently.
At the same time, at the entrance of the weapon-refining room, a graceful figure stood quietly, carefully observing everything.
"Runes… self-created runes…"
Silently muttering to herself, Qin Mengyao's beautiful eyes shone
even brighter as she looked at Mu Yun. "This guy's been hiding
his true abilities quite well!" Before, she had always thought Mu Yun was just all talk and no action, but now it seemed that wasn't the case at all!
"I want to see what kind of divine weapon you can forge!"
With that, Qin Mengyao stared intently into the forging room, motionless.
"Increase the temperature!"
"Decrease the temperature!"
At this moment, the forging of the weapon was nearing completion!
However, Mu Yun wasn't sure if the Qingque Sword could be successfully forged.
Azure jade, iron sand, and alum jade were the main materials for the Qingque Sword, but these three types of jade were too pliable; the forged Qingque Sword might not be hard enough.
But Mu Yun wanted to see even more what was so powerful about this mortal weapon passed down from the Immortal Execution Diagram!
He had already witnessed the wonders of the Heaven-Mending Sword Dao.
Now, he wanted to verify it, to verify the power of the Qingque Sword, and to verify whether the Immortal Execution Diagram was truly divine.
"Open the furnace!"
With a command, the furnace fire gradually died down, and a weapon was slowly taken out from the furnace.
The scorching heat of the flames assaulted Mu Yun and his companion's faces.
But at this moment, the two men, who were utterly passionate about weapon crafting, paid no heed, focusing only on the appearance of the weapon inside the furnace.
Success or failure?
At this moment, the flames inside the furnace gradually died down, and the model of a longsword slowly appeared.
Weapon crafting is not like blacksmithing.
Blacksmithing requires melting the iron and then recasting it.
But weapon crafting is done inside the furnace, and the shape of the weapon is entirely controlled by the weapon crafter!
After all, the most important aspect of a divine weapon lies in the fusion of the inscription.
"It's done!"
Suddenly, a cry of surprise nearly scared Mu Yun half to death.
Qi Ming couldn't help but jump up, laughing loudly at Mu Yun.
"Look at you, you rascal!"
Mu Yun cursed, "The weapon is just finished, and the inscription still needs to be fused into it,
why !"
"Yes, yes..."
Qi Ming nodded tremblingly and said nothing more.
Finally, the temperature inside the furnace decreased, and the master and apprentice took out the model of the Qingque Sword.
Without inscriptions or the integration of runes, the Qingque Sword was merely a piece of ordinary iron.
"I will now begin integrating the runes. This step is very important; I don't need to elaborate!"
"Mm!"
Qi Ming took a slight step back, not daring to disturb them.
According to the method revealed in the Zhuxian Diagram, the Qingque Sword should be infused with wind and steel runes, increasing both its speed and rigidity!
Two spirit plates appeared before Mu Yun. With full concentration, Mu Yun suddenly raised his hands slowly.
A
soft buzzing sound rang out, and Mu Yun actually opened both hands simultaneously. Complex patterns began to move across the two spirit plates. He
was inscribing runes with both hands!
Seeing this, Qi Ming was stunned.
Inscribing runes with both hands was far more than just multitasking. He had heard his father say that currently, there was no one in the entire Nanyun Empire who could inscribe runes with both hands.
Even the most recent one was Fang Yazi, the legendary weapon master from a thousand years ago!
Mu Yun could actually inscribe with both hands.
Outside the door, Qin Mengyao almost gasped in astonishment.
She had never heard of such a method—inscribing runes with both hands.
At this moment, Mu Yun showed no worry whatsoever.
Inscribing runes was as simple as eating and drinking for him.
His concern was whether the weapon-refining method within the Immortal Execution Diagram was correct.
If it was wrong, his first attempt at weapon refining would be incredibly embarrassing, especially in front of his newly accepted disciple.
"Hoo..."
After a short while, Mu Yun slowly let out a sigh of relief. "Done!" " Done
...?" Qi Ming, who had just caught his breath, was once again shocked. It was done so quickly? He vaguely remembered watching his father inscribe runes when he was a child; it usually took at least a day, and often ten days to half a month. But Mu Yun had finished so quickly! "The most important thing in inscribing the inscriptions is to be focused, multitasking, and even multitasking. You'll naturally be able to do these things in the future, so don't be too surprised!" Hearing Mu Yun's teachings, Qi Ming nodded. However, despite these words, Qi Ming's heart was beating faster and faster. If before he felt respect for Mu Yun, now he was truly shocked! "Hey you peeking outside, come in. It's getting dark outside, be careful not to catch a cold!" Just as Qi Ming was in shock, Mu Yun suddenly spoke.