Chapter 64 Magic Weapon
Benjamin couldn't wait to take out the prototype of the "Eye of Reconnaissance" from the storage box, as well as some rare materials that he had prepared earlier for improving the talismanic magic weapon.
With the support of his new mental strength and true essence, Jieming's grasp of the characteristics and details of runes and materials became more precise.
He modified the structure of the runes, adjusted the flow of energy, and incorporated some more sophisticated runes into them.
After some refining and reshaping, the originally rough transparent crystal became even more dazzling, and the runes inside it seemed to come alive, emitting a faint and restrained light.
The appearance has not changed much, it still looks like a crystal eyeball, but it looks more perfect.
"It should be fine." Jemin suspended the new "Eye of Reconnaissance" prototype in the air.
After closing the laboratory's protective barrier, Jemin activated the talisman and connected his mind to it.
He walked to the door of the laboratory, quietly placed the Eye of Investigation on the top of the door frame, and then returned to his seat.
This time, the perceived information was no longer vague and scattered fluctuations.
The Eye of Reconnaissance seemed to have really turned into an eye, "projecting" the scenes within a radius of hundreds of meters into Jemin's consciousness in a peculiar way.
He could clearly "see" the figures of the apprentices in the corridor, sense the fluctuations of vitality in their bodies, and even distinguish the weak energy emitted by the magical weapons they wore.
Moreover, this perception is continuous, just like being connected to a surveillance probe. As long as the Eye of Reconnaissance is not destroyed, it can continuously transmit information, and the mental energy he consumes himself is negligible, which is only the extremely low consumption required to maintain the soul connection.
Of course, the prototype still has some shortcomings.
Its perception range is still limited and it cannot penetrate thick walls or powerful barriers.
In complex environments, such as the battlefield full of energy interference like the one in the Limestone Realm, its perception effect may be greatly reduced.
Moreover, it can only sense passively and does not have the ability to actively scan or track.
"There is still a lot of room for improvement." Benjamin looked at the reconnaissance eye floating in the air, his eyes full of enthusiasm.
In terms of effectiveness, the current Eye of Reconnaissance is not even as good as the range of his active alchemy and analysis.
However, now that the initial prototype has been completed, the next step is to continue optimizing along this line of thought.
Benjamin did not continue the experiment. He put the Eye of Investigation back on the experimental table and focused his attention on the depths of his consciousness with an excited look.
Now, the research on reconnaissance-type talisman magic tools has a clear direction, and his cultivation has reached the late stage of Qi training.
This meant that he could start working on his next and most important plan.
That is - refining weapons!
It's time to start refining his first magic weapon!
The late stage of Qi training.
According to the records of the exercises, at this stage, the cultivators' true essence has accumulated to a certain level, and their spiritual awareness is sufficient to carry out more complex tasks. They can begin to learn some auxiliary skills that require higher cultivation levels.
The most important thing is refining equipment.
Although ordinary cultivators can also refine some small artifacts through various means, there is only one result that can be seriously called artifact refining, and that is "magic weapon".
Magical weapon is a unique concept in the cultivation system.
It is not only a powerful artifact, but also the embodiment of the "Tao" of the cultivator. It is a life-long object connected to the mind and spirit. It can grow with the cultivator and even possess incredible power.
This is fundamentally different from wizards' magical weapons or even small objects refined by other cultivators - magical weapons and talismans rely more on external energy and precise structure. Their strength mainly depends on the materials, runes, structure and energy level of infusion, and the connection with the user himself is relatively indirect.
To create a magic weapon, the cultivator needs to integrate his own true essence, spiritual consciousness, and even a trace of the origin of his soul into it, use his own true fire to temper the spirituality of the material, and use his spiritual consciousness to carve out a formation containing the corresponding "Tao". Finally, he will refine a life-originated weapon that is in harmony with his own aura, can be controlled at will, and can even grow with the improvement of his cultivation.
To put it bluntly, refining equipment is not just a skill, but also a process of materializing one's understanding of the Tao and the laws of the universe into powerful equipment.
This concept of engraving one's own "brand" into an object, giving it "spirituality" and "growth potential", is something that ordinary objects do not have.
For Jieming, refining magic weapons can not only improve combat effectiveness, but more importantly, it can make up for the shortcomings of his existing combat system.
With talismans and magical weapons, he actually has no shortage of means of attack.
The reason why he planned to refine the weapon was that he valued the "spirituality" of the magic weapon itself the most.
The reason why Benjamin skipped the manufacturing of the intelligent auxiliary machine and gave priority to the production of reconnaissance-type talisman magic tools was because of this idea - he planned to use the magic weapon with preliminary spiritual power as an intelligent terminal to help him process information.
Spirituality is not a special attribute unique to magic weapons. After all, those high-level magical weapons or rune artificial intelligence not only possess spirituality, but can even give birth to "wisdom" under the right conditions.
However, at this stage, the only option that can make an object spiritual is magic weapon.
His mind sank deep into consciousness, and Benjamin began to choose from the various methods of refining magic weapons provided by the Dadao Book Pavilion.
Taking into account the differences between the wizarding world and the world of immortal cultivation, Jieming has very strict requirements for magic weapons.
First, the cultivation level required for manufacturing cannot be too high, and then there are restrictions on the production tools - after all, some furnaces specially used for refining equipment require at least the Jindan stage to manufacture.
Therefore, you can only choose the magic weapon that can be refined using the most primitive refining method.
Considering that there is no spiritual energy in the wizarding world, it is best to reduce the dependence of magic weapons on spiritual energy to a minimum.
In this way, those magic weapons that are good at frontal attacks are almost completely ruled out. Fortunately, Benjamin is not short of means of attack.
Taking into account the differences in materials, magic weapons that require precious materials or special substances to make are also directly ignored.
Fortunately, because the immortal cultivation civilization has evolved the ability to extract concepts, the material restrictions are not too great.
Because this magic weapon is mainly used as an intelligent terminal to assist oneself in processing information, the spirituality born after refining must be strong enough.
On the other hand, it would be best if this magic weapon could make up for the shortcomings of one's existing combat system, and it would be best if it could save one's life.
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After screening through all the requirements, even Jemin felt that he was asking too much, but Dadao Book Pavilion still gave him a vast number of choices.
After spending several days picking and choosing in the depths of his consciousness, Benjamin finally found his desired target among the vast sea of magic weapon manufacturing drawings.
Magical weapon - the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror!
(End of this chapter)
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