Chapter 68 Refining Treasures
After collecting all five types of light concept materials, Benjamin returned to his private laboratory at Nolen College.
After so much time studying, he had a clear idea of the next steps.
To sum up the subsequent process, it is to refine these spiritual dew and crystal sand containing pure concepts into the embryo of the magic weapon.
But before that, he needed to condense the foundation of this magic weapon - the embryo.
The organ embryo is not an entity that exists from the beginning.
It is an illusory light and shadow condensed in the cultivator's own spiritual sea using his own pure true essence and a trace of the origin of his soul.
It is the prototype of magic weapon, the carrier of concept, closely connected with the mind of cultivators, and the key to the transformation from "invisible and intangible" to "visible and substantial".
According to the records on refining instruments in the Dao Book Pavilion, under normal circumstances, it is quite difficult for a cultivator in the late stage of Qi training to condense this illusory spiritual body into a semi-solid instrument embryo that is stable enough to carry concepts in the upper Dantian... which is what wizards call the spiritual sea.
If a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining wants to condense an instrument embryo on his own, he usually needs to use a special formation to gather his mental power, or take expensive secret medicine to help concentrate his mind.
Otherwise, it would take several years or even more than ten years to visualize specific exercises day and night, so that the vague thoughts in the spiritual sea can be transformed from virtual to real and from false to true through long-term tempering.
This is a long process that tests talent, patience and resources.
Jieming was also prepared for a protracted war. His initial goal was to complete this magic weapon before going to the front line.
...That was originally the plan.
He sat cross-legged in the training room, withdrew his consciousness and looked inward, entering the sea of spiritual energy.
A vast and familiar chaotic space came into view, with his soul sitting in it, as if anchoring the existence of this world, and nine huge runes of truth surrounding his soul.
These truth runes continuously absorb elemental power from the outside world like a whale. The excessively high energy concentration even forms colorful energy vortexes around the runes.
Ignoring these magnificent images that he was already accustomed to seeing, Benjamin projected his own will into his soul.
Following the method described in the Dao Book Pavilion, he began to guide the power in his spiritual sea, trying to condense an illusory projection of a "heart mirror".
This process involves the precise control and shaping of one's own spiritual power, and requires extremely high mental concentration.
However, when he started trying, he unexpectedly discovered that the process... was not as difficult as he had imagined.
...a little too familiar, even.
The soul in the center of the spiritual sea opened its eyes, revealing a look of confusion.
After pondering for a moment, Benjamin waved his hand, and the two balls of golden light that had been floating "above" the sea of spiritual energy quickly fell in front of him.
He discovered that the principle of condensing the embryo in the sea of spirituality was surprisingly similar to the process of constructing the "rune of truth" or "witchcraft model" in his wizard system.
Whether it is the rune of truth or the witchcraft model, in essence, it is to construct a stable spiritual structure with specific functions in the spiritual sea based on abstract theories, concepts, and rules.
The Rune of Truth is the most exquisite of them all. It requires the wizard to use a strong mental force as a basis to condense his understanding of the rules of the world into a powerful rune structure. This coincides with the "conceptual bearing" required by cultivators to condense the embryo of magic weapons.
Although the truth runes in the wizarding world have their own unique rules, making it easier to condense under the wizarding system, Jeming has had countless experiences in constructing and analyzing complex spiritual structures.
His understanding of how to manipulate, shape, and stabilize abstract concepts in the spiritual sea far exceeds that of cultivators of the same level.
With this valuable experience as a foundation, Benjamin's speed in refining the embryo of the mind-detecting device was extremely fast.
The stability and body shaping problems that troubled ordinary monks were easily solved by him.
Most importantly, he can "cheat."
Without any hesitation, Benjamin immediately began to practice the wizard meditation method.
As he meditated, part of the structure of the Rune of Truth slowly emerged in his spiritual sea.
Under normal circumstances, wizards can indeed carve more runes of truth during the apprenticeship stage, but more than nine runes of truth will not only have no effect, but will also hinder their promotion to first-level wizards, so normal wizard apprentices should not do such stupid things.
However, Jemin didn't want to create a complete rune of truth.
What he wanted were the "parts" produced in the process of constructing the Rune of Truth.
Each truth rune is composed of multiple different structures, and these structures are composed of various complex geometric patterns.
What Jieming has to do is very simple, which is to find the parts he needs from these geometric patterns, and then filter them out separately for combination.
It took less than a month for Benjamin to successfully condense a palm-sized, translucent mirror in his spiritual sea.
This is the embryo of the Five Elements Transforming into a Rainbow Mirror. It is condensed from pure spiritual power, emitting a faint light. It is closely connected to himself and is an extension of his soul.
After the embryo is successfully condensed, the next step is the most critical and riskiest step in the refining process - integrating the five kinds of "light-containing spiritual dew" or "light-condensed crystal sand" into the embryo to carry out conceptual fusion and calcination.
Benjamin took out the five precious conceptual materials from the storage ring: morning glow, rainbow, moonlight, stars, and lightning, each of which exuded a unique light and breath.
After adjusting his state, Benjamin sat cross-legged again, immersed his mind, and led the heart-detecting device embryo in his spiritual sea to the position where his consciousness was most concentrated.
Then, he carefully sent the first material - the light-condensed crystal sand containing the concept of morning glow - slowly into the sea of consciousness with his spiritual consciousness, and introduced it into the heart-detecting device embryo.
Buzz...
As soon as the morning glow crystal sand touched the illusory embryo, it immediately emitted a dazzling golden-red light, trying to break free from the restraints with almost uncontrollable power.
The organ embryo also vibrated violently, and tiny cracks appeared on the surface, as if it could not withstand the impact of this concept.
Benjamin looked calm, as he had already known the process of making magic weapons.
Seeing this, he was not at all panicked. He knew very well that this meant that the organ embryo and the concept were merging with each other. Only through continuous fragmentation and reshaping could the two be completely combined into one.
Of course, during this period, the monks will also be needed to provide a little help.
Benjamin activated the true fire in his body.
A faint golden flame rose from the Dantian, guided by the divine consciousness, carefully explored the spiritual sea, and lingered around the heart-detecting device embryo.
The function of true fire is not simply heating, but it plays the role of refining and fusion.
When condensing concepts, the cultivator himself also expends his true essence and mental strength, so in a sense, these concepts are of the same origin as the cultivator himself and the organ embryo.
The role of the true fire is to activate the two and serve as a bridge to connect them.
At the same time, Benjamin's powerful mental power was like an invisible pair of hands. With the help of the true fire, he carefully guided the concept of morning glow to wander, blend in, and settle in his mind.
This process consumes an extremely huge amount of true energy and mental power.
True fire requires a huge amount of true energy to maintain, and the precise guidance of concept fusion is the ultimate test of mental strength and control.
(One more chapter to come)
(End of this chapter)
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