Chapter 261: Soulmate (×) Cheap Master (√) (Two-in-one)
Gu Fangchen did have some experience in both weapon arts and alchemy, but he only reached the second level.
Among all the achievements in "Mirror in the Dust", the achievements for these main side jobs are only collection-related, such as collecting the 72 kinds of elixirs and elixir recipes that appear in the game. As for refining equipment, you only need to brush the level to the maximum and refine a first-grade magic weapon.
But players actually have a fixed route, and there is only one magic weapon blueprint available. In the end, they can only follow the instructions and refine a magic weapon called "Reincarnation Pearl".
It is precisely because of this magic weapon that in the original ending of [Six Dusts Return to Truth], the player can return from reincarnation and reunite with Sunaga, one of the heroines, at the end of the underworld.
And only by completing this ending can you unlock the final achievement of refining the weapon.
In terms of actual level, in the art of weapons, Gu Fangchen is only at the second level, which is incomparable to the art of formations which he is truly good at.
After all, in the game, the art of formation is really popular and is much more useful than the art of weapon and the art of alchemy.
What's more, it's a specialized branch of swordsmith...
What he said to the Grandmother was pure bragging. If he really forged a high-quality sword, his true intentions would be exposed.
Therefore, Gu Fangchen deliberately chose to refine only a fourth-grade "Bi Yue Sword".
Firstly, his current identity and background is that of a wandering passerby who came to take a look after hearing that a "Tao Seed" had descended. He did not have any good materials on him, so naturally he could not make any high-level sword.
Furthermore, as a swordsmith, he had to be a little arrogant. It was normal for him to hide a little when Shi Qingguang pointed his sword at him.
The fourth-grade sword is within the range of Gu Fangchen's proficiency, so he naturally feels like lifting a feather with ease, which can indirectly reflect his strength.
It can even make the ancestor's mother overestimate it a little.
As expected, Shi Qingguang looked at the sword in his hand and became more and more fascinated, from the excitement of seeing a prey to being unable to let it go.
In her opinion, the method and idea of sword-making actually coincided with her own!
Moreover, some of the bottlenecks that had been bothering her recently were perfectly matched one by one on this sword and were solved!
——This is certainly not a coincidence, but something Gu Fangchen did on purpose.
When he walked in just now and saw the broken swords all over the ground as rumored, he knew that the Grandmother must have encountered some difficulties at this moment.
When he came in, he took a quick look with his spiritual sense and roughly observed the problems on these broken swords, and then he understood everything.
Therefore, this was also taken into consideration when choosing the type of sword.
Although the grade of this "Bi Yue Sword" is not high, its refining technique is just right and can cover most of the problems encountered on these broken swords and solve them perfectly.
It is not known whether it is the result of thousands of years of refinement and transformation in Jiange, or whether the founder figured it out on his own and passed it on to later generations.
In short, now Gu Fangchen is using her to serve as an apology.
Shi Qingguang didn't know that he came from the future, and took the things of her own disciples and gave them to herself.
At this moment, she looked at the sword in her hand, as if she heard the sound of flowing water in the mountains. She turned her head to look at Gu Fangchen, her eyes shining, just like Boya looking at Ziqi.
As a swordsmith, she can tell at a glance whether her techniques are systematic and whether she is forging swords according to a set idea.
And Gu Fangchen had just carried out the whole process step by step right under her nose.
His movements were very skillful, showing that he even did this frequently.
However, his sword-making technique seemed to be inherited from her. If Shi Qingguang had not seen Gu Fangchen before, she would have thought that this guy was her master whom she had never met.
Although Shi Qingguang didn't have a master at all...
But Gu Fangchen has obviously gone further than her on this path.
Shi Qingguang's slender fingers gently stroked the sword in his hand, and he felt an indescribable shock in his heart. How could there be such a coincidence in this world?
To have the same aspirations and goals, and therefore to walk the same path, there must first be a spiritual resonance.
Shi Qingguang turned the sword and saw his own reflection on the smooth blade, and also saw the amazement in his own eyes.
This sword seemed to reflect another self.
Could the swordsmith also be my soulmate?
Gu Fangchen looked at Shi Qingguang's expression, chuckled secretly, and knew that it was safe, and said:
"What do you think, Auntie?"
Shi Qingguang came back to his senses and turned around to meet Gu Fangchen's smiling expression. With his handsome face, he looked like a frivolous person. Looking down, he saw a fan with the words "People have their own control" written on it.
The words were nice, but the handwriting was crooked and ugly.
He had no self-control and no dignity at all, calling her "Auntie" and "Auntie"...
The girl's face fell in an instant.
How could her soulmate be such a guy?
Shi Qingguang is like a phoenix in nature. He will not roost unless he finds a phoenix tree and will not drink unless he finds a sweet spring. He needs to be sincere when forging a sword and pursue perfection in every minute and every inch.
In other words, he is an extreme perfectionist.
Ever since he started practicing Taoism, he has been determined to become the best in the world and has been sincere and true in his heart.
What I hate most in life are people who are sloppy, frivolous, lazy and have no desire to make progress.
Therefore, she is going to make a splash as soon as she comes out.
In this place where sword cultivators from the southwest gather, she erected a plaque with the words "Number One in the World" as a arena to attract all the sword cultivators to challenge her.
But I didn't expect that they were all people who were seeking fame and reputation but doing nothing!
In the past three months, no sword cultivator who came to challenge her could withstand a single blow from her!
Later on, no one even dared to come over, but they would say things like, "I'm a senior, how can I bully a junior? Let her play with the younger generation." And so on...
Shi Qingguang was very upset because of this.
The reason why she spoke rudely to Gu Fangchen when she saw him was because of this.
But unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, Gu Fangchen, who was not a sword practitioner, became the only person who could borrow a move from her in the past three months.
This is enough to prove Gu Fangchen's strength.
Otherwise, she would not easily let anyone in to use her sword furnace to forge swords.
I just didn't expect that this guy could actually give me a surprise...
But, but my soulmate should be more like me, right? At least in terms of personality, he should be more serious.
How come he's just like a dandy boy who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun...
The girl felt depressed and aggrieved.
She handed the sword in her hand to Gu Fangchen angrily and said:
"Very good, very good. Your sword has solved the problems I have encountered in the past three months. I am not as good as you."
Gu Fangchen: “?”
She was clearly praising him, why did she act so angry...
Gu Fangchen blinked. Even though he was considered an expert in the love field, he still couldn't figure out what the Grandmother was thinking.
But he could see that the grandmother was indeed a person who treated others with sincerity. Although she was angry, she would not vent her anger on others.
I'll just sulk by myself.
He thought for a moment and said:
"In fact, I can only perform so perfectly with a sword of this grade. If it were any higher, I would be lacking in the right technique."
When Shi Qingguang heard him say this, he felt that he was trying to fool him, so he said with a stern face:
"Do you think I can't handle the blow because I'm young? That's not why I'm angry."
"Why is that?"
Shi Qingguang turned his head:
"It has nothing to do with you anyway."
That has a lot to do with me!
Gu Fangchen blinked and walked around. The Grandmother Zushi had a stern face and did not move. He said:
"What I said is true, otherwise why would I seek advice from someone, Auntie..."
Shi Qingguang frowned slightly and said angrily:
"Don't call me aunt! I'm only fourteen!"
hiss……
A fourteen-year-old "enlightened person" is only of the first rank!
Gu Fangchen was so angry that his eyes almost popped out of his head.
I know that "Honglu Dashi" is an exaggeration, but it shouldn't be that exaggerated, right?
But after thinking about it, it seems that there are no prerequisites to become a first-grade cultivator at this moment. In fact, one only needs to obtain the "Tao Seed" and gain recognition.
If someone is born with the "Tao Seed", he is born with the first-class talent.
It doesn’t seem too exaggerated.
Gu Fangchen naturally went along with it and followed suit:
"Then what should I call you?"
After being asked this question, Shi Qingguang fell into deep thought, and then asked in return:
"I asked you what your name was before, but you haven't answered me yet."
"My name is Gu Fangchen, just an unknown casual cultivator."
Upon hearing this, Shi Qingguang blinked his eyes and asked again:
"How old are you?"
Gu Fangchen was a little confused. Why did the Grandmother ask this? But it wasn't a very strange question, so he answered truthfully:
"Nineteen."
Since the so-called past life in modern times may be an illusion, his actual age should also be calculated based on this physical body.
Nineteen, of course.
"Oh, that seems to make sense..."
Shi Qingguang lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head with a burning gaze, as if he had come up with a good idea.
Gu Fangchen's eyebrows twitched, and a sudden ominous premonition flashed through his mind.
Shi Qingguang said crisply and authentically:
"Then you will be my master!"
Gu Fangchen: "...Huh?"
He opened his eyes wide, never expecting that the Grandmother was such a great figure when she was a child.
We've just met and I'm already asking him to be my teacher!
Gu Fangchen was ashamed.
Although Ning Songjun was not able to truly accept him as his disciple, in order to enter the forbidden area, he pretended to be a true disciple and had also been a disciple of Jiange.
In fact, he is also one of the disciples under the master's command.
If the grandmother worships him as her master, wouldn’t the generation structure be messed up?
What should my cheap uncle call him then? Grand Master?
Gu Fangchen quickly half-knelt down, held the small master's shoulders, and said:
"Auntie, this is not a joke..."
Shi Qingguang's eyebrows stood up:
"I already told you not to call me aunt!"
"Okay, okay, what should I call you then?"
The girl puffed out her chest, feeling as if she had solved a major life problem, and was very happy:
"I call you Master, so naturally you call me Disciple."
This guy is really too frivolous. He is definitely not suitable to be her soulmate or fellow Taoist. It is too embarrassing. But he seems to be okay to be her master.
As the ancients said, there is a sequence in the pursuit of truth... A disciple need not be inferior to his teacher...
Anyway, even if the master is bad, it doesn’t hinder the disciple’s excellence.
"You will be my swordsmith master, and I will take you as my disciple."
"In this way, you and I, as master and disciple, can naturally learn from each other and teach each other the art of sword-making."
Shi Qingguang raised his head and met Gu Fangchen's gaze with a confident tone:
"Don't you want to?"
"I want to... I want to too much."
Gu Fangchen is now playing the role of a passerby who accidentally entered Jiange because of his eagerness to seek the truth, so it is naturally impossible for him to answer that he doesn't want to.
He held his forehead and couldn't help but say:
"But this is too hasty..."
Shi Qingguang jumped lightly and sat on the sword-making furnace, shaking her snow-white and tender feet, and opened her eyes wide:
"What's so careless about this? Do you feel that you're missing out on the apprenticeship gift? Then I'll make it up for you later."
"You are better at swordsmithing than me. Isn't it normal for me to take you as my master?"
Gu Fangchen didn't comment on this statement, but this could be considered the first step to get closer to the Grandmother.
He walked over and said:
"I mean, you and I have only met for less than a day. How can you know whether I am a good person or not? What if I am a bad person?"
Shi Qingguang paused, lowered his head and stared at him for a while, then snorted and said:
"impossible."
"Your Dharma image comes from the incense and is condensed by the wishes of all living beings. In the eyes of all living beings, whatever you are, that is what your Dharma image will look like."
"If you were a demon king who had committed heinous crimes, your Dharma image would be green-faced, with fangs and full of evil thoughts."
"But your Dharma image, compassionate and majestic, must be the right path."
Gu Fangchen raised his eyebrows, and then smiled:
"That's indeed the truth."
It seems that even though the grandmother is young, she is not stupid.
But his intelligence is still limited...Faith is something that can be obtained through deception and inducement.
Most of the "miracles" created by Gu Fangchen were also intended to create public opinion, and then to transplant the original beliefs of the Three Kingdoms.
To say that he is on the right path is indeed completely wrong.
However, if Grandma is willing to believe, then let her believe...
In the future, she was still hunting him down, but now she wants to become his disciple. Gu Fangchen thought, you asked for this.
He spread his hands and jokingly said:
"My disciple has a keen eye, but I, Master, still don't understand my own disciple. Why don't you have a chat with me?"
Seeing that he did not resist, Shi Qingguang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
The reason why she wanted to become Gu Fangchen's disciple was that she wanted to keep him by her side so that she could "transform" him.
Otherwise, when I become famous all over the world, this fellow Taoist will go out for a walk and everyone will see how similar his "Tao" is to mine. Then, it will be my reputation that will be dragged down!
I'm afraid others will think that I'm such a frivolous person, which is absolutely not allowed!
Shi Qingguang snorted, stood up on the sword furnace, stood facing the wind, her green skirt fluttering, raised her head and said:
"I have been practicing swordsmanship since I was young. I was born with the great way of the sword. I want to be the best swordsman in the world."
"Then what?"
"Then--"
Shi Qingguang seemed to see the grand imperial city through the distant skylight. His eyes were extremely cold and he said grimly:
"I want to kill Li Kan."
Gu Fangchen's pupils shrank when he heard this. He looked at her with a chill in his heart and thought to himself:
"So she was the one who killed the 'Military Genius' Li Kan..."
(End of this chapter)
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