Chapter 74 Homecoming
The moment Ning Daoran stepped into the refinery, he clearly felt a figure flash by from the second floor, as if deliberately avoiding him.
“Knock knock knock~~~”
Upstairs, a very gentle woman came down.
Wen Ru is the daughter of the abbot Wen Zichen.
"Senior Ning..."
Wen Ru pursed her red lips and smiled, "I didn't expect that after seven years, Senior Ning has already successfully established his foundation..."
“It was just a fluke.”
"My father has caught a cold and cannot see guests. May I ask why Senior Ning came to the refinery..."
Wen Ru showed a hint of apology and explained why Wen Zichen was not there.
Ning Daoran naturally knew this very well. Seven years ago, with the introduction and guarantee of Wen Zichen, he went with Master Zi Guang, Ning Jiaojiao, Zhu Ya and others to explore the ancient cultivators' cave.
As a result, the group was wiped out before they even entered the cave. Master Zi Guang himself was a calamity cultivator, and Wen Zichen must have known about this later.
Therefore, now that Ning Daoran, who had successfully built his foundation, stepped into the refinery, Wen Zichen naturally felt ashamed to meet him.
"Not for anything else."
Ning Daoran took out the phoenix feather and said, "This feather comes from a second-stage late-stage phoenix. I plan to refine it into a feather fan, so I would like to ask the refinery for help. Now that the master is not here..."
"I also know a little bit about the art of refining weapons."
Wen Ru pursed her red lips and smiled, "Excuse me, Senior Ning, what grade of feather fan do you plan to refine this feather into?"
"At least second-grade upper grade, preferably second-grade extreme grade. Can Brother Wen refine it?"
"You can give it a try."
Wen Ru said: "Regarding the art of refining weapons, I have inherited about 80% of my father's true teachings. Since the senior has taken out this grade of true feather, there will be no problem in refining it into a second-level upper-grade spiritual weapon.
If you are lucky, maybe it will be a second-level top-grade spiritual weapon, but this will consume more materials."
“The cost is not a problem.”
Ning Daoran said, "Fellow Daoist, just list your items and give me a price. I will then decide whether to refine this real feather fan."
"Yes, please wait a moment, senior. I will make a list right away."
Not long after, Wen Ru came back and gave a list.
The handwriting on the list was elegant, just like Wen Ru herself, extremely gentle.
In fact, after entering the world of immortal cultivation, Wen Ru was one of the few girls that Ning Daoran felt a little fond of, and this fondness mostly came from her conversation and temperament.
"Senior, if you want to upgrade to a second-level ultimate spiritual weapon, you will need to add some relatively rare materials, and the price of these materials will be higher."
Wen Ru smiled and said, "Of course, even with these materials, I am only 40% sure that I can refine this real feather fan into a second-grade top-grade one. Please consider it yourself, senior."
"How much did it cost in total?"
"Including my refining fee, it's about 1,800 spirit stones."
"good."
Ning Daoran took out 1,800 spirit stones from his storage bag and presented them to him, saying, "Please prepare the materials first. I will watch you refine this real feather fan with my own eyes. Is that ok?"
"Of course there is no problem."
Wen Ru accepted the spirit stone and said, "If that's the case... please come to my shop tomorrow morning. I will personally make a real feather fan for you."
"Okay, it's a deal!"
…
The next day, early morning.
Ning Daoran brought the big stupid deer down the mountain. When they arrived at the Wen family refinery, Wen Ru was already waiting. He immediately took the man and the deer to a secret refining room in the backyard.
There was actually an underground fire stored in the secret room.
"Senior, I am about to begin."
"Um."
Ning Daoran stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Daoyou, please help yourself."
So, Wen Ru began to extract earth fire and refine various materials.
The first thing to be refined was the late second-stage natal true feather. Under the swallowing of the earth fire, the true feather became even more fiery red.
After that came some other materials, and even a little precious materials like gold essence and silver essence were added. These were used to refine the handle of the real feather fan. Only the handle refined with this special material could withstand the high temperature flame generated after the real feather fan was formed.
Ning Daoran stood aside, his eyes never leaving Wen Ru's slender little hands.
He is stealing skills.
The top four of the 100 arts of cultivating immortals are alchemy, formations, talismans and weapons. Although refining weapons is ranked last, it is something that must be learned.
Now you can still buy magic tools and spiritual tools for your own use. But if you enter the Jindan stage or Yuanying stage in the future and need third-tier magic tools or fourth-tier spiritual tools, you will probably have to refine the magic tools that suit you yourself.
Ning Daoran's previous method of refining weapons came from the first-grade superior formation passed down by his mother-in-law. Refining formation flags and formation plates is itself a kind of weapon refining.
Therefore, although he possessed the precious fire of Samadhi True Fire, Ning Daoran's weapon refining skills were only at the highest level of the first-grade upper grade. Naturally, he was not confident in refining this kind of second-grade spiritual weapon.
That's why he would steal the skills.
Even more blatantly, when he saw the exciting part, he actually took out a small notebook and carefully recorded the details and process of refining.
Seeing this, Wen Ru couldn't help but burst out laughing.
For a moment, I didn't know what to say to this senior who had established the foundation.
…
Inside the secret room, the temperature kept rising as the real feather fan was being refined.
Ning Daoran and Dabenlu were already sweating profusely.
Wen Ru was not much better off. Her green dress was soaked through and stuck to her body, outlining her graceful figure.
Fortunately, Ning Daoran's full attention was on the real feather fan.
As for women, do you need women on the road to becoming an immortal?
Just having old deer is enough.
The refining process lasted a whole day and night.
“Huh~~~”
Wen Ru suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand to disperse the earth fire. Suddenly, the fiery red feather fan hanging in the air kept making crackling sounds, and countless flames and spiritual energy surged in the fan.
"It's done."
Wen Ruxiang was sweating profusely, and seemed to be quite satisfied with her work. She smiled and said, "It has fulfilled its mission. This real feather fan is a second-grade top-grade spiritual weapon. Senior Ning's spiritual stones were not wasted!"
“Excellent, excellent!”
Ning Daoran took the real feather fan and couldn't let it go. He said, "Friend Wen, your weapon refining skills are really amazing. I think they are not inferior to your father's. The Wen family's refinery can be said to have a real inheritance."
"Senior, you are so kind."
Wen Ru's pretty face turned red.
Ning Daoran didn't say much and said goodbye to Wen Ru.
He stood at the entrance of the refinery, asked the big stupid deer to return to the Lingpu Cave, then stomped his feet and rose from the ground, turning into a dazzling beam of light, heading straight towards the direction of the Chaos Sect at an extremely fast speed.
“…”
Wen Ru walked out of the refinery, her beautiful eyes looking in the direction where Ning Daoran disappeared. Is this the foundation-building cultivator? Suddenly, her eyes looked a little lonely.
…
Early morning, Qiongbi Peak.
Ning Daoran walked out of the weapon refining room and refined the True Feather Fan and Beast Bone Shield in one go. In this way, he now had three spiritual weapons for his own use. The True Feather Fan and Green Dragon Spear were mainly for attack, and the Beast Bone Shield was mainly for defense. This was basically enough.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
What's more, his cultivation foundation has always been based on "skills", and the importance of "treasures" can only rank second.
"Old deer."
He looked into the distance and suddenly smiled: "How long has it been since we went home?"
“Ahhhh~~~”
The big stupid deer shouted excitedly. It had long wanted to go back to the village to take a look.
Look at the small iron pillar, look at the small lotus, meet the old patriarch, Aunt Bai and others.
"Bring more stuff!"
Ning Daoran raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go and prepare some more green bamboo rice. We also need to let Xiao Tiezhu, Xiao Hehua and the others taste what cultivators eat. There are also other things... I'll prepare them, and you go move the rice."
“Ah~~~”
The big stupid deer rushed into the underground storage room, and in a blink of an eye, his body was loaded with bags full of magical rice.
Afterwards, after instructing Chen Weimo to look after the house, Ning Daoran took the big stupid deer to the outer gate hall. After recording the fact that he had returned to his hometown to visit, he took out the green bamboo leaves and left the Chaos Sect with the big stupid deer.
…
At the beginning, I followed Senior Brother Zhao Lichen's ox cart and several children with spiritual roots from the surrounding villages to the Chaos Sect. It took us three days and three nights.
At this time, Ning Daoran was riding the Green Bamboo Leaf back home, flying slowly in the clouds all the way, and his speed was not fast at all.
About an hour later.
"Old deer, look!"
Ning Daoran pointed downwards and said with a smile, "We had dinner on that big stone slab on the way to Chaos Sect. That was the first time I tasted roast goose. Thank you, Senior Brother Zhao!"
“Ahhhh~~~”
The big stupid deer's tail was dancing, and it also remembered this place.
Soon after, the green bamboo leaves broke through the clouds and flew into a huge valley.
This valley is called Dragon Valley on the map of Qingzhou. It is said that someone saw a dragon flying through the sky, hence the name.
Longxiang Village is located deep in Longgu.
As the sun approached noon, a familiar village appeared before our eyes.
Twenty years.
Ning Daoran's nose suddenly felt sore. The place where he had lived for twenty years had changed a lot.
Many of the houses in my memory have collapsed and disappeared, and some are overgrown with weeds, as if no one has taken care of them for many years.
Looking at the village in front of him, he suddenly felt a little scared and inexplicably timid.
"Old Deer, let's enter the village from the ground."
He lowered the green bamboo leaves and took the big stupid deer, and the man and the deer slowly walked into the village along a path outside the village.
…
"Dad! Mom! There's a stranger coming!"
At the entrance of the village, a child with a bun on his head shouted and left.
Ning Daoran smiled slightly and walked into the village with the big stupid deer.
He looked and found that there were many more graves behind the village, which were not there originally.
"Old deer..."
Suddenly, Ning Daoran stopped in front of an old house.
That old house was exactly the Ning family's old house. It was robbed by relatives after his parents died. But at this time, the iron gate of the old house was rusty and had many holes rusted through. One could see at a glance that it was full of weeds and had been abandoned for many years with no one living there.
Deep in his memory, the two figures slowly emerged.
The figures of his father and mother in his previous life were becoming increasingly blurred. Sooner or later, there would be a day when Ning Daoran would no longer be able to remember what they looked like when he looked back on his journey to becoming an immortal.
“Ah~~~”
The big stupid deer nudged Ning Daoran's arm, telling him not to be sad.
"Um."
Ning Daoran touched the big stupid deer's head and continued walking forward. There was no one at Xiao Hehua's house. Soon he saw a group of children playing.
"Where are the guests from?"
A boy wearing open-crotch pants was bolder and took the initiative to say hello.
"Excuse me, do you know where Chen Hehua is?" Ning Daoran.
"ah?"
The boy was surprised: "Are you looking for my Aunt Lotus?"
“…”
Ning Daoran was stunned. When did Little Lotus have such a nephew? "Auntie Lotus!"
The boy ran out and shouted in front of a martial arts hall: "Auntie, someone is looking for you!"
"Yeah?"
In the courtyard, a female warrior in a green short shirt walked out. She had a pretty face. The moment she walked out of the martial arts hall and looked at Ning Daoran and Dabenlu standing in the distance, she was suddenly stunned.
Today, I will release three updates at once, and in the evening, I will make a long-awaited announcement of the release...
(End of this chapter)