In Shushan Sect, Li Shiming refines the elixir once a day. Compared with the previous five times a day, it only takes him about three or four hours to refine a third-grade elixir, which gives him relatively extra time.

He began to look for the weapon refining inheritance he had obtained before. Of course, the weapon refining inheritance in his hands were of very low grade, but it was enough for getting started.

In fact, using the Red Sun Spirit Fire, which has almost reached the Golden Elixir level, to learn how to refine equipment is an extremely wasteful behavior.

Especially since he was still practicing with first-grade materials, and all the products he made were magical instruments.

It was not difficult to make a magical weapon, but he soon discovered the flaws in the weapon-refining inheritance in his hands.

In his hands was the inheritance of refining materials summarized by casual cultivators. No matter whether it was first-grade or second-grade refining materials, only a relatively small amount of refining materials were recorded, and there was no relevant information on most of the refining materials.

This cannot be blamed on the refining heritage of the independent cultivators, but is due to the independent cultivators themselves.

There are not many refining materials that independent cultivators can access. Most of the better resources are owned by large sects and major forces. Those that fall into the hands of independent cultivators are not valued by large sects and major forces.

Of course, it’s not that there are no good materials, but that independent cultivators do not have a heritage system like the big sects, and can only rely on their own experience. Even if they are lucky enough to come across good materials, they dare not refine them on their own.

If an independent cultivator fails to use good materials, or if the materials do not achieve the desired quality, the loss will be too great, so great that the independent cultivator cannot afford it.

Therefore, the weapon refining inheritance in Li Shiming's hands was of little use soon after he started to learn weapon refining.

Just when he was thinking about whether to use his contribution points to exchange for a weapon refining inheritance from the sect, the sect's Elder Zhang sent a message of visiting incantation from outside the Chijian Peak.

Li Shiming was slightly stunned after seeing the magic formula. He naturally knew Elder Zhang, who was a Jindan elder in the lineage of his master Elder Su, but the relationship between him and Elder Zhang could only be described as average.

Who said he was the junior? Elder Zhang had only praised him verbally before, but that was out of respect for his master, Elder Su.

Afterwards, he became a master alchemist. Elder Zhang's enthusiasm was not particularly eye-catching among the many Jindan cultivators, so they could not leave much of a deep impression on him.

However, although he didn't know why Elder Zhang came, he had to see him just because of the friendship between Elder Zhang and Elder Su.

Li Shiming activated the mountain protection formation and invited Elder Zhang in.

"Shiming, I came here so abruptly. Am I disturbing you?" Elder Zhang said with a smile as soon as he saw Li Shiming.

This is a reflection of Li Shiming's status, and now the elders of the sect treat him as an equal.

Elder Zhang also came according to the time. Li Shiming had a fixed time for refining the elixir every day, and no cultivators would disturb him during this time.

He said this intentionally in order to bring the two closer together in a humble manner.

"Uncle Zhang, you are too polite. I am sorry to bother you!" Li Shiming smiled and invited him to the pavilion on the top of the mountain which was specially built for entertaining guests.

Li Shiming took out the second-grade spiritual tea and the spiritual spring water that had been enhanced by the Pure Spirit Koi, brewed a cup of spiritual tea and handed it to Elder Zhang.

"The tea is good, and the water is also good! I have been thinking about the spiritual tea you have here since the celebration!" Elder Zhang did not rush to explain his purpose. He took a sip of the second-grade spiritual tea and his eyes lit up.

"Since Uncle Zhang likes it, please take a portion of spiritual tea and some spiritual spring water with you when you leave!" Li Shiming waved his hand and said with a smile.

The second-grade spiritual tea was made by him personally, so the taste was naturally excellent, not to mention that it was paired with a spiritual spring that had been upgraded by one level. It was estimated that the quality of this spiritual spring was the best in the sect, except for the one from the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

This is also the best gift he can give at the moment, and he doesn't need to think too much about the quantity.

"Then I won't be polite!" Elder Zhang said happily. With the atmosphere at this point, he got down to business: "I heard that you are learning to refine weapons recently?"

Anyone who is interested will discover that Li Shiming is learning how to refine weapons.

Li Shiming is different now. Many monks in the sect are watching his every move.

He had recently used his contribution points to exchange for a batch of first-grade refining materials. How could such a thing be hidden from the cultivators in the sect?

He had no intention of hiding it, mainly because learning how to refine equipment was not something shameful.

"Yes, just to kill time!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.

"You are already in the late stage of foundation building, so you should indeed learn how to refine weapons. Just after I heard that you were learning how to refine weapons, I volunteered to teach you. Although I am not a master of refining weapons, I am only one step away from becoming one. This is because my talent for refining weapons is too poor. However, the refining weapon inheritance in my hands is top-notch!" Elder Zhang nodded and said.

Elder Zhang understood that Li Shiming wanted to learn how to refine weapons.

Learning to refine equipment in the later stage of foundation building is a secondary job that most cultivators who have confidence in themselves and can be promoted to the Golden Core stage must learn.

Because when a cultivator reaches the Jindan stage, he needs to prepare magic weapons for himself.

Magical weapons can be purchased or made by oneself. Generally, there will be methods of refining magic weapons in one’s own inheritance, which are magic weapons that match one’s own skills.

One can refine a magic weapon that is compatible with one's main cultivation method. In addition, the magic weapon one refines oneself is more closely connected with one's own soul and is easier to control. These characteristics allow Jindan cultivators who have the conditions to do so to refine their own magic weapon.

Elder Zhang believed that Li Shiming was just like that. As a master alchemist, Li Shiming's chance of making a successful elixir was much higher than that of other cultivators in the late foundation building stage.

At this point, considering the success of the elixir, learning how to refine equipment is a normal thing.

"Thank you Uncle Zhang, I was just looking for someone to guide me!" Li Shiming said happily.

There are weapon refining inheritances that can be exchanged in the sect, but the really good weapon refining inheritances are all passed down in the hands of the sect's professional weapon refiners. There are few that are passed down to outsiders, let alone exchanged with contribution points.

This is just like the alchemy inheritance. In the sect, you can also use contribution points to exchange for the alchemy inheritance, but if you want to learn the "Shushan Alchemy Classic", the only chance is to get it from Elder Ma.

"Can you let me see the magic weapon you refined?" Elder Zhang asked with a smile when he heard Li Shiming say this.

Li Shiming took out several first-grade magic weapons he had refined, looked at Elder Zhang somewhat embarrassedly, and waited for Elder Zhang's comments.

What he learned was the weapon-refining tradition of independent cultivators, so it was estimated that the first-grade magic weapon he produced would hardly catch the eye of Elder Zhang.

"Your purification technique is extremely crude, but your control over the flame is extremely fine, allowing you to purify the material to the extreme. This is related to your alchemy. However, this is only a first-grade refining material. If it were a second or third-grade material, the fire control technique used in alchemy would not be enough!" Elder Zhang commented as he inspected a first-grade magic weapon.

Li Shiming knew his own abilities. With the help of IBM z15, he could do his best in all kinds of processing techniques.

But as Elder Zhang said, he also felt his weakness in controlling fire.

The Spiritual Flame Controlling Fire Technique in the 'Shushan Dan Dian' mainly improves the ability to finely control the spiritual fire, and can achieve precise control and changes in temperature when refining the elixir.

When using the Spirit Flame Control Fire Technique to refine materials, the flame temperature does not require as precise as when refining pills.

This is because when refining the elixir, even a temperature difference of one tenth of a degree may cause problems with the elixir in the furnace. However, when refining equipment, as long as the temperature is controlled within an error of one or two degrees, it is within a reasonable range.

However, when refining equipment, the temperature needs to be instantly increased by thousands of times, which is something that the Spiritual Flame Fire Control Technique cannot take into account.

"Of course, my requirements are too high. If you consider it as a beginner, your first-grade magic weapons are already perfect!" Elder Zhang continued.

The first-grade magic weapon in his hand fully unleashed the potential of the material. It was estimated that even if he used his own skill, the best he could do would be just this.

His previous comments were on the one hand to promote the weapon refining inheritance in his hands, and on the other hand to prevent Li Shiming from underestimating the weapon refining method.

At this moment, he already had the feeling when Elder Ma taught Li Shiming to make elixirs. Before he even started, he discovered that Li Shiming had an amazing talent in refining.

It was obvious that he used extremely low-level refining techniques to refine such a perfect first-grade magic weapon.

From Elder Zhang's weapon-refining techniques, one can see traces of a casual cultivator.

But if a casual cultivator could refine a magical weapon to this level, even if it was just a first-grade magical weapon, it would be enough to make him famous in the Northern Shu Continent. However, he had never heard of any casual cultivator who was a master in refining magic weapons using such a crude refining technique and could refine a magic weapon as perfectly as Li Shiming.

This is talent, Li Shiming’s talent for refining equipment.

"Uncle Zhang, what should I do?" Li Shiming was not satisfied with Elder Zhang's praise, but wanted to solve the problems encountered in refining the equipment.

He had heard too many praises, and ever since he started refining pills, he had been hearing all kinds of praises in his ears.

He is almost immune to words like praise and is more focused on self-improvement.

"My weapon refining inheritance is called the Zhang family weapon refining inheritance. There have been three weapon refining masters and nine senior weapon refiners in my family. In my generation, I am the only senior weapon refiner left. With your talent for weapon refining, it is only a matter of time before you inherit the Zhang family weapon refining inheritance and become a weapon refining master!" Elder Zhang was waiting for Li Shiming to ask the question, and he answered in a deep voice.

"Uncle Zhang, this is your family inheritance!" Li Shiming did not expect that the weapon refining inheritance mentioned by Elder Zhang was a family inheritance, so he could not help but remind him.

Although he really wanted to learn the Zhang family's weapon refining tradition, family inheritance, especially family inheritance that was still being passed on, was rarely passed on to outsiders.

This is the foundation of a family's survival and the crystallization of the wisdom of many generations of the family.

"Shi Ming, the Zhang family has been passed down to this day, and there are only three people with spiritual roots. Apart from me, the other two have four and five spiritual roots respectively. There hasn't been a child with spiritual roots in the family for fifty years. Instead of keeping this inheritance in my hands, it would be better to hand it over to you. You just need to help me protect the Zhang family within your ability. Maybe after many generations, there will be younger generations with excellent spiritual roots, and you will be able to help them!" Elder Zhang explained helplessly.

Li Shiming knew what Elder Zhang was thinking, which was also the situation that the immortal cultivation families were most worried about.

Normally speaking, since the bloodline of immortal cultivation families contains the blood inheritance of cultivators, the proportion of spiritual roots in immortal cultivation families is very high.

However, bloodlines will change. In a marriage with a mortal, the cultivator's bloodline may be greatly diluted, causing the probability of the emergence of spiritual roots to decrease.

There are very few female cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, and even fewer who are willing to form a Taoist couple.

Therefore, many cultivators who want to leave their bloodline have to intermarry with mortals, and the lower the level of the bloodline the cultivator wants to leave, the better.

A Jindan cultivator like Elder Zhang can leave offspring through secret methods when he first enters the Jindan stage. However, after a long time in the Jindan stage, his body will have been completely transformed by the Jindan, and the probability of leaving offspring will be extremely low, even if he uses secret methods.

Not to mention that if a Jindan cultivator is forced to leave offspring during the Jindan stage, it will cause damage to the body and may even affect the future path of cultivation.

In addition, if the Yuan Yang and Yuan Yin are broken before the Jin Dan stage, the probability of advancing to the Jin Dan stage will be reduced, so truly talented cultivators will not easily leave offspring.

Therefore, a family of immortal cultivators will inevitably encounter a situation where there is a lack of spiritual roots among the younger generations in the family. This period may be decades or even hundreds of years, but as long as there are cultivators to protect them, there will always be younger generations with spiritual roots and talents that return to their ancestors.

Elder Zhang didn't know how many years it would take for the Zhang family to have another younger generation with good spiritual roots and talent. He needed a young and potential cultivator to provide protection for the family.

In exchange for the family's heritage of refining equipment, Elder Zhang could get a young master of alchemy to provide protection for the family. He was very willing to do this.

Li Shiming thought for a moment and realized that it was easy to protect a family of immortal cultivators. After all, Elder Zhang was still the elder of the sect. At least while Elder Zhang was still alive, they did not need his protection.

And after Elder Zhang left, Li Shiming must have reached the Golden Core stage, and he would just protect the Zhang family of immortal cultivation.

"Uncle Zhang, I accept the Zhang family's weapon refining inheritance!" Li Shiming said with a smile.

Elder Zhang was also very happy. He took out a jade slip and handed it to Li Shiming.

Li Shiming took the jade slip and placed it between his eyebrows to examine it.

There is a lot of content in the jade slip, and the massive amount of content shows the Zhang family's accumulation of knowledge in refining equipment.

There are a large number of various refining materials, some of which Li Shiming has seen before, and many more that he has never seen or even heard of. There are detailed descriptions of each.

These descriptions include the characteristics of refining materials, the melting point during refining, what effects will be produced when combined with other refining materials, etc. It can be said to be an encyclopedia on refining.

Compared with Li Shiming's previous weapon refining inheritance, that scattered weapon refining inheritance was like kindergarten graffiti, while the weapon refining inheritance in his hand was a teaching book from a prestigious university.

In addition, this Zhang family refining inheritance also records several secret methods specifically for refining, including the "Dragon Breath Explosive Fire Art" and the "Hundred Turns Purification Art" and other refining techniques.