Later, Chongshan successfully established his foundation through his own talent and hard work. Then he took advantage of the opportunity of being a disciple of a noble family and went to a sect to cultivate immortality.

At that time, the immortal cultivation sects did not go to various places to select apprentices like they do now. Instead, the disciples who wanted to learn from the master had to travel a long distance to the mountain gate to be tested. The son of the noble family that Chongshan followed was not selected, but Chongshan himself was accepted into the sect because he was tested to have a superior spiritual root.

As Chongshan was a little old and had already established his foundation and could not change his training method, he just became an outer disciple. Later, as an outer disciple, Chongshan was not content with being ordinary, so he found a way to work as a handyman for a weapon refiner in the sect.

Eventually, Chongshan learned how to refine equipment by observing and imitating, and eventually achieved success in the Golden Core Stage. He then formally became the refiner's disciple.

When Chen Xiao first read Chongshan's biographical records, he was completely attracted by his experiences that were more exciting than those on TV. After he became his apprentice, Chongshan's biography began to be more research-oriented, recording his experiences bit by bit.

——This section was too academic, so Chen Xiao wasn’t interested and just skipped it to the next section.

Although Chongshan started late, he quickly became famous. After he became a weapon refiner, he made rapid progress. Not only did he become a famous weapon refiner, but because of his special experience of stealing and imitating, he accumulated a lot of unique insights and successfully created a new weapon refinement method. Later, he even had his own school.

In the last book, Chongshan wrote that the reason he left this secret was because he was worried that the school and skills he created would become lost and disappear in the world of immortal cultivation. But Chen Xiao knew that Chongshan's worry was unnecessary. His school not only did not disappear, but also flourished and became one of the mainstream.

This can be guessed from the fact that from time to time there are weapon refiners who appear in Su Xuan's small heaven without maps in their hands to explore his secret treasures.

The proportion of Chongshan's biographies describing his personal experiences was less than one-fifth of his insights into weapon refining. Therefore, Chen Xiao quickly finished reading the parts that interested him.

As for the rest of the weapon refining content, Chen Xiao felt that it was a pity to eat it and throw it away. You know, the most basic thing in weapon refining is to have true essence, but Chen Xiao didn't have it at all.

In addition to books, the study also has the most valuable treasure among the secret collections, which is the jade slip that records the content of high-end refining compiled by Grand Master Chongshan in the later period. This can be said to be a masterpiece, and it can be said to be a priceless treasure for the refiner.

Chen Xiao just took a look at it and threw it directly into the storage box. This jade slip was not as useful to him as Chongshan's personal biographies.

There was no other entertainment to kill time in the courtyard, so Chen Xiao was bored and had to read Chongshan's biography again. This time he did not skip the weapon refining part which was boring to him.

Chen Xiao flipped through half of the book and gradually became fascinated. When Chongshan first started to learn about refining weapons, no one taught him, so he relied on his own understanding. This part of the understanding seemed very superficial at first, but it was the best introductory textbook for someone with no basic knowledge.

I saw Chongshan write about how he stumbled and groped his way through, how he secretly accumulated materials and tried things in private, and how he exchanged repeated failures for hard-earned success, and also summed up his own understanding.

Chen Xiao was originally leaning sideways to read a book, but he sat up straight involuntarily. He suddenly thought of something. A weapon refiner must rely on true essence to refine weapons, which means that true essence plays the most important role in refining weapons. Although he did not have true essence, he had another kind of energy in his body - Yuan Qi!

Chen Xiao suddenly felt his mouth dry and his heart was beating rapidly.

He forced himself to calm down and think further. Holding his chin, Chen Xiao thought that the magic weapon refined by the true essence can be driven by the practitioners with the true essence, or activated by the vital energy.

Yuan Qi and Zhen Yuan are both energy in nature, but they are two completely different forces in nature. He may not be unable to use Yuan Qi to refine weapons.

The dizziness in his head and the excitement in his chest calmed down as Chen Xiao regained his composure. He shook his head. He felt that he was a little too idealistic.

Although he could activate the magic weapon, after the magic weapon was activated, it relied on the true essence to compress the spiritual energy in the world. If he used the vital energy to refine the weapon, but could not do this, it would only be a decoration for the cultivator.

Chen Xiao sat there, tilted his head and stared at the Yuanqi Divine Fire Talisman on the desk. An idea suddenly came to his mind, and he slapped his forehead in surprise and annoyance.

He is a Feng Shui master, so what if he can't make normal magic tools! The magic tools made by Yuan Qi are more useful to him than the real ones. They are Feng Shui magic tools!

Isn't it the case that he has trouble finding Feng Shui instruments when doing Feng Shui for others? He is not always lucky enough to find the right Feng Shui items. Once or twice is good luck, but he can't always count on illusory good luck.

In his previous life, because his master was in a hurry, he learned Feng Shui and divination. When he needed Feng Shui talismans, he would go to his master's friends to ask for them. He could also go to special Feng Shui item stores to find Feng Shui instruments. Even if he couldn't find the right one, he could go to a special Feng Shui instrument maker to customize it if he was not in a hurry.

He didn't know how to make it before, but he could learn! There was an opportunity right in front of him, and Chongshan's initial experience was just right for him to refer to.

Chen Xiao jumped up and rubbed his palms excitedly. After making sure they were dry, he ran to the desk and collected the talisman paper, paper talismans and other items.

He went to the bookshelf again, and this time he specifically picked out the books that Chongshan recorded his experience in refining equipment. Chen Xiao took out the energy of studying the Feng Shui tome, and carefully read through these books from easy to difficult, from simple to complex.

He even took out a stack of ordinary paper for practice and made a thick pile of reading notes.

Chen Xiao was very hardworking in his studies. He spent ten days studying the initial contents before he dared to start. Refining equipment was like an experiment. It not only required rote memorization, but also hands-on practice.

So Chen Xiao went straight to the workshop. It was the only place in the entire courtyard that had the furnace and other tools needed for refining equipment.

He knocked on the door of the workshop, and Tong Nuonuo yawned listlessly: "Xiaoxiao, just put the porridge at the door." No matter how picky he was about food, drinking rice porridge for a month was too much for Tong Nuonuo, but he didn't have the heart to dampen his little friend's enthusiasm.

Chen Xiao said apologetically: "Sorry to bother you?"

Tong Nuonuo rubbed his eyes and said, "No, I just need to take a break."

Chen Xiao nodded: "That's great, can I use the equipment in the workshop?"

Tong Nuonuo looked at Chen Xiao in confusion: "Of course you can, but what are you going to do? Do you want my help?"

Chen Xiao said: "Not for now, I just want to try making a Feng Shui tool myself."

Tong Nuonuo was surprised when he heard this: "You want to refine a weapon?"

Chen Xiao patiently explained to him the difference between Feng Shui instruments and real instruments. Then he said, "This way, I can make Feng Shui instruments myself, and I don't have to look for a needle in a haystack when I need one."

Although Tong Nuonuo naturally repelled weapon refiners, he did not have any negative emotions because Chen Xiao was his companion. He thought for a while and said, "Then let's do this. The weapon refiners will use their equipment in a corner, and we can each take half of the space."

Chen Xiao was a little surprised. He had only wanted to try it out temporarily and didn't want to waste time. But he didn't expect Tong Nuonuo to be so straightforward in giving him half of the workshop.

He said a little sheepishly: "Is this appropriate? Will it disturb you?"

Tong Nuonuo smiled and said, "It's okay. The workshop is quite big. Besides, once I get into the mood, I won't notice anything else."

Chen Xiao walked into the workshop and took a look. The room was filled with mechanical parts and unprocessed ores and metals, with almost no place to step.

Tong Nuonuo and Chen Xiao moved his things to the left, and the right side was allocated to Chen Xiao. Tong Nuonuo helped Chen Xiao move the furnace and other things to a corner, and he went back to the other side and lay on the blanket to sleep.

The furnace that Chongshan left here was driven by spirit beads. Chen Xiao selected a piece of ore from the low-grade materials he had obtained and put it into the furnace. Soon the high temperature in the furnace melted the ore.

Chen Xiao carefully removed the impurities, leaving behind pure metal solution. He had only seen the operation technique in Chongshan's biography, but this was his first time actually operating it.

After getting the solution, Chen Xiao carefully followed the steps to purify it bit by bit, and then used his vital energy to shape it. His vital energy was not like his true energy, which could be restored through cultivation after consumption, so he had to use every bit carefully. However, even though he was so careful, he still failed twice before he succeeded.

Chen Xiao was so focused on refining the weapon that he didn't even notice Tong Nuonuo waking up and eating while walking near him.

Tong Nuonuo looked at his serious look. This workaholic attitude was no different from his own. He did not disturb Chen Xiao and returned to his area to continue making the mechanism.

There were clanging noises coming from the middle of the workshop, sometimes made by Chen Xiao, sometimes by Tong Nuonuo.

Five days later, Chen Xiao finally completed his first work, a palm-sized copper-yellow hollow bell.

This bell is a rattle with a handle for holding. The bell has a very stable aura and has the effect of breaking the evil spirit and suppressing evil spirits.

It's just a magical instrument, but it's a bit shabby. It has neither gorgeous patterns nor a shiny appearance, and it's not made of any precious materials. Chen Xiao is very satisfied with the finished product.

He was very satisfied that he hadn't failed the first time, but he had enough energy left to make a second one.

"What kind of magic weapon is this? What's its name?" Tong Nuonuo saw that he had finished his work and put down his work, so he walked over and asked curiously.

Chen Xiao held up the hollow bell without a hammer and shook it in the air, saying with a smile, "Soul-calming bell."