Start from refining weapons in Doupo Xiuxian

As the saying goes, simplicity leads to great truth.

Having fully grasped the true nature of the Evil Poison Body, Jiang Lin naturally wouldn't continue down the same old path when cultivating it. In other words, from Jiang Lin's perspective, the mainland's understanding of the Evil Poison Body might be a "mistake," an "old understanding" based on current spiritual energy theory.

"Here you go. This is some research on the poisonous body of the Glacier Valley Master. I used some connections to get it delivered to you now."

In a mysterious cave somewhere in the back mountain of Canaan College, Hun Keer slowly opened her eyes from meditation, and her fingers gently stroked the Hades jade pendant on her waist. A flash of green light passed by, and a space jade slip flew directly to Jiang Lin who was walking from the outside world.

"Junior Master, are you so unwelcoming to me?" Jiang Lin, who was wearing a black robe and a black-patterned mask, smiled slightly. Standing in the cave, he raised his hand and gently pinched the space jade slip, then tapped it lightly on his head.

"Your research is becoming more and more dangerous. Any normal person would not welcome you. Canaan College has been bewitched by evil spirits and doesn't care about anything else but just lets you mess around." Hun Ke'er looked at Jiang Lin, whose brows were slightly furrowed and then relaxed from time to time, biting her red lips with her snow-white teeth, and a complex look flashed in her eyes.

The more they interacted, the more Hun Ke'er realized how terrifying Jiang Lin was.

The other party is already a super genius who has reached the pinnacle in a certain field and has completed the systematic organization of his own technical theories.

Hun Ke'er considered herself a genius. Every refiner who could leave their mark on the world of refinement was a true genius. But now, this so-called genius of hers was merely the threshold to meet Jiang Lin.

At this stage, Jiang Lin has already reached the state of understanding everything, and being able to apply what he has learned to other situations. Although he had not done much research on the evil poison body before, Jiang Lin only made a few moves and directly achieved an achievement that surpassed the Glacier Valley.

"Well, as a practitioner of the acquired evil poison body, the Glacier Valley Master must be the strongest in the world in terms of research on the evil poison body. Even I only know the basics of it." Jiang Lin quickly searched the soul information in the space jade slip while replying to Hun Ke'er's words.

"You only understood a tiny bit?" Hun Ke'er's face twitched slightly. When the Little Medical Fairy's poisonous body was activated prematurely, Hun Ke'er was not far away. Later, when Jiang Lin was purifying the Amethyst of the End, she was also paying close attention, so she understood what Jiang Lin was trying to do.

As for this space jade slip from the Glacier Valley, it was two or three months ago when Hun Keer and Jiang Lin went out together to pick up Xiao Yixian. Jiang Lin asked her to see if she could get some data from the Glacier Valley.

At first, Jiang Lin asked casually. After all, he had only heard that among Zhongzhou's one palace, one pagoda, two sects, three valleys, and four square pavilions, one, the Glacier Valley, was the world's leading force in research on the elusive poison. If Jiang Lin could obtain some firsthand information from the Glacier Valley, his research on the Little Medical Immortal's elusive poison would avoid many detours and save him considerable time. Furthermore, the Glacier Valley's research ideas would help Jiang Lin generate more inspiration and insights.

However, Jiang Lin wasn't sure he could get the top-secret information from Glacier Valley, so he just asked casually. But Hun Ke'er just asked, "That's it?" and got it for him.

Moreover, Jiang Lin only took a rough look and realized that Hun Ke'er had almost dug up all the secrets of the Glacier Valley. Because this high-grade space jade slip even recorded how to cultivate into the acquired evil poison body.

".Junior Master, do you have some indescribable special relationship with the Glacier Valley Master? This space jade slip has the personal signature of the Glacier Valley Master Binghe. He copied all his research experience of "Acquired Disaster Poison Body" in it almost word for word." Jiang Lin's brows tightened slightly, and he felt a little strange in his heart. He was not afraid that Binghe would not give it or gave it too little, because he just wanted it as a reference.

But Binghe has now copied down all his research results, which makes Jiang Lin wonder if there is some shameful trick involved?

Even Jiang Lin was still wondering whether Binghe was a bootlicker of his junior master?

"There is a special relationship, but it's not indescribable..." A hint of doubt flashed in Hun Ke'er's eyes. It was obvious that she didn't understand the nonsense of Jiang Lin, who was talking nonsense.

"Ah? You're really a bootlicker." Jiang Lin was slightly stunned. No wonder he always felt that the words between the lines of the space jade slip given by Binghe always revealed a sense of attentiveness.

"Ah? What do you mean by licking a dog?" Hun Ke'er was stunned when she heard this. "What nonsense are you talking about? The master of the Glacier Valley, Binggu, also known as the Ice Venerable, has some connection with both the Soul Palace and the Tiangong Pavilion."

"So that's how it is." Hun Ke'er only mentioned it briefly, and Jiang Lin instantly understood why Bing Zun was so attentive to Hun Ke'er.

The four pavilions at the bottom of the Zhongzhou power rankings are called the "Four Directions Pavilion" because they are located in four different directions in Zhongzhou: the Xingyun Pavilion, the Fenglei Pavilion, the Wanjian Pavilion, and the Huangquan Pavilion. However, Zhongzhou actually has five pavilions. The Four Directions Pavilion has five pavilions, which makes sense, right?

The fifth pavilion is located in the center of Zhongzhou. It has always been in a three-way competition with the Danta Soul Palace, but the "middle pavilion" - Tiangong Pavilion - only exists in the high-level circle.

The Tiangong Pavilion wasn't a prominent figure in Zhongzhou, simply because it was a "weapon-refining enthusiasts' club" that prioritized profession over status. The other factions in Zhongzhou naturally didn't want to be seen. While their younger brothers were fighting each other, their older brothers were inside, discussing which sister was prettier with their sworn enemies and requesting the Soul Palace to bring them back for some fun. Consequently, the Tiangong Pavilion was never considered a legitimate faction, and thus the term "Five-Party Pavilion" didn't exist in Zhongzhou.

Often, Zhongzhou's Tiangong Pavilion is like a 'new technology launch' where bigwigs from all walks of life show off their skills.

Equipment Refiner A: I discovered that the attributes of fighting spirit and physical fitness can all be modified after birth!

Refiner B: Thanks for the open source! I've created a Golden Qi Cauldron that can transform a pharmacist into a refiner!

Refiner C: Hoo hoo! Thanks to Open Source! I've developed a new recipe that can convert metal energy into wood energy!

Refiner Ding: You guys are amazing! I've been working on my acquired physique lately. No! You're the alchemist upstairs who's sneaked in, right? ! Get him out of here!

Equipment refiners are born with the primitive impulse to get together and do things. Therefore, even high-level equipment refiners belonging to different forces all need a platform to communicate with each other. Thus, a special organization derived from the Equipment Refiners Guild Headquarters, Tiangong Pavilion, was born quietly.

Tiangong Pavilion is also known as the 'Zhongge', which can be simply understood as covering the entire Zhongzhou power. The internal power relations of the pavilion are complicated and can only discuss technology, not other things.

The fact that the Ice Venerable of the Glacier Valley is related to the Tiangong Pavilion naturally means that many weapon refining masters are quietly following up on the Ice Venerable's acquired poisonous body project.

Therefore, Jiang Lin knew with his toes that if Xiao Yixian did not have this relationship with him, if she went to Zhongzhou alone in the future, once her congenital calamity and poisonous body was exposed, most forces from all sides would come to snatch her away, including the Bing Zun who wrote "Acquired calamity and poisonous body" for Jiang Lin.

The biggest financial backer behind Tiangong Pavilion is the Soul Palace. Speaking of the Soul Palace, we cannot ignore the Soul Craftsman lineage.

"Then the Ice Venerable is also a member of the Tiangong Pavilion. Although he's nicknamed the Ice Venerable, he's also half a seventh-rank weapon refiner." Surprising, isn't it? The Ice Venerable could still be considered half a seventh-rank weapon refiner, but Hun Ke'er quickly said something that would undoubtedly overturn many people's perspectives: "Thresholds have always been set for the weak. The strong have always been the rules themselves. The rules change only according to the will of the strong."

(The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Every time I see someone say that only Fire and Wood Dou Qi can refine medicine, I get mad. Normally, the later you get in a fantasy story, the more you know a little bit of everything. Innate talent means you have a high starting point, but if your acquired talent is insufficient, it's not impossible for others to overtake you with acquired talent.)

"It's indeed a bit unexpected, but when you think about it carefully, it's natural." When Jiang Lin heard that Bing Zun was a weapon refiner, he was obviously stunned for a moment, but then he reacted and thought that this kind of genius who could refine the acquired evil poison body had a talent no less than Hu Leihun Ke'er and others, and would definitely become a true weapon refiner master in the future.

"There are two kinds of talent in this world: innate talent and acquired talent. For example, the fighting spirit attribute restrictions of alchemists and weapon refiners are innate talents." Speaking of this, Hun Ke'er suddenly felt inspired and gave Jiang Lin some popular science on the wisdom of the top masters in this world:

"Let's not talk about weapon refiners. For the mainland, it's a niche profession, and many people don't even know it exists." Hun Ke'er curled her lips slightly and continued, "In the eyes of most ordinary people, they only know about alchemists, and they only know that the qualification requirement for alchemists is to have a hint of wood attribute in fire attribute fighting spirit. But few people know that this is the most stringent requirement, and also the one that requires the most talent."

Even Yao Chen felt delighted when he learned that Xiao Yan was among the top-tier alchemy Dou Qi apprentices, because this kind of apprentice was the easiest to teach.

Of course, there is also a situation:

Xiao Yan (dejected): Teacher, I only have fire-type Dou Qi.

Yao Chen (comforting): It's okay. There are two "fire" in your name. It's normal to have both fire in your name, and it's more suitable for practicing the Burning Technique. If you were of other attributes, I wouldn't be able to help you, but since you are of the fire attribute, I happen to know a acquired method. As long as you practice diligently and put in more effort than ordinary people, you may be able to inherit my legacy.

Or:

Xiao Yan: Teacher, I have half fire and half wood.

Yao Chen: It's okay. Although I don't have the best talent, I happen to have a acquired method here. As long as you practice diligently,

Of course there are also:

Xiao Yan: Teacher, I am of the water attribute.

Yao Chen: No qnmd! There are two fires in your name! Wcnm! What the hell! Are you kidding me?!

Xiao Miao: Teacher, I changed my name.

Yao Chen (silent): Have you ever heard of an ancient water-based alchemy technique?

"For the truly strong ones, thresholds can never restrict them. It's just that if you want to make up for the lack of innate talent, you need to spend a lot of effort and resources. Therefore, unless your family background is strong and can afford the cost, then no matter what the attribute of your fighting spirit is, you can be brought in. But this situation is generally rare, unless you show super acquired talent in a certain field when you are very young. At this time, your family is willing to support you, then all thresholds will be invalid for you." Hun Ke'er said in a flat voice, saying words that are true no matter what world they are in.

Jiang Lin felt the same way. In his previous life, he had a friend who spent a lot of energy and effort to get into a top university on his own when he was preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam, and he worked like a slave for a top tutor. At that time, that friend also had a senior brother in the same school who was said to have been admitted through independent recruitment.

Jiang Lin initially believed the other student was a fake recruit, and stood up for his friend. However, it turned out that the fellow student was exceptionally gifted, unable to be admitted through normal channels. However, his teacher and family were unwilling to give up on his talent, so they used their connections to secure him admission through a special recruitment process. After his admission, the fellow student began to demonstrate exceptional talent, becoming a lifelong shadow for Jiang Lin's friend.

Really, that's just a friend of Jiang Lin.

Okay, showdown.

Jiang Lin is that friend

's senior brother.

roommate.

After graduation, Jiang Lin went to work as a slave at the research institute of that super senior brother.

"The later you get, the more you'll realize that your innate conditions only determine your starting point is slightly higher than others, but in the end, it all comes down to your overall talent. Furthermore, a person's perspective will gradually broaden as their strength increases. Take those top-tier experts, for example. When a Nine-Star Dou Zun begins the ninth transformation of their Dou Qi, the Dou Qi attributes within them are no longer related to the single attributes that ordinary people understand."

"Once they reach the Fighting Saint stage, they can learn fighting skills of any attribute and transform them into a form that better suits their fighting style. Of course, the power may be slightly affected, but for the strong, the one that suits them is the most powerful."

"In theory, every Dou Zun and Saint can work part-time as an alchemist or weapon refiner, but the quality may not be very good."

Speaking of this, Hun Keer showed a helpless look on her face.

"Many of the so-called Earth-grade and Heaven-grade Dou weapons on the market are made by part-time weapon refiners. These rubbish seriously lower the reputation of weapon refiners in the eyes of ordinary people on the mainland."

"And the low-quality pills made by part-time alchemists, due to their consumption properties, won't be left in very large quantities. That's why people think that only fire and wood alchemists are making pills and fighting weapons, as if anyone can make them."

Hun Keer's words pointed out the so-called truth that has been formed in the eyes of the public on the Douqi Continent today.

Chapter 560: Danta: Why are you recruiting so many trash?! Where's the Soul Palace?! Come and collect them!

Jiang Lin had a say in the distinction between legitimate and counterfeit Dou Qi weapons on the Dou Qi Continent. For example, the Xuanzhong Ruler he'd encountered, prized by Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, was said to be an Earth-grade Dou Qi weapon, possessing the ability to suppress Dou Qi at a very low level. But in Jiang Lin's opinion, it was likely some unscrupulous individual had plucked out a tombstone and then forged a piece of iron.

A true and authentic fighting weapon must be like the Yunlan rapier in Yun Yun's hand. With the combination of fighting skills, Yun Yun almost killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King in one blow. Even if the Amethyst Winged Lion King did not turn its head in the end, the sword could still chop off the opponent's head after cutting off the hardest horn on the Amethyst Winged Lion King!

Currently, super-class Dou Qi weapons—true Dou Qi weapons that surpass the sixth rank—exist on the Dou Qi Continent, but they are extremely rare and their variety is extremely limited. Most of them are formation weapons like the Burning Heaven Refining Tower. The Yunlan Sect also possesses a super-class formation weapon: the bronze wall used to anchor a small plane.

The most common super-class fighting weapon that can be used in individual combat is the Horcrux. Others are more special, such as the Sky Demon Puppet, the Sky Goose Nine-Line Wing, etc.

But now, the appearance of Jiang Lin's life weapon obviously combines the advantages of formation weapons and soul weapons, making it more suitable for everyone and having stronger comprehensive capabilities.

"So sometimes, the height at which a person stands will determine his attitude towards the world." Inside the cave, Jiang Lin gently tapped his head with the space jade slip. He closed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled at Hun Ke'er who was meditating inside.

"Behind the dogmas that ordinary people regard as their guiding principles may be just verbal agreements made by the powerful on the spur of the moment." Hun Ke'er said silently.

"Alchemists are not as good as weapon refiners. Weapon refiner apprentices don't have access to special materials, so they don't have to worry about ruining a piece of gold or iron. But there are too many useless alchemist apprentices, which will only make the current training conditions worse." Hun Keer's words can be translated bluntly to mean that the threshold for alchemists is set so high in order to screen out stupid trash.

The training cost of an alchemy apprentice is almost infinitely higher than that of an equipment refining apprentice.

Why is it infinite? Because the resource consumption of the weapon apprentice is almost zero.

When Jiang Lin first started studying refining, the most he did all day was forging iron. Furthermore, the iron was indestructible, and although it consumed energy, it was almost the same as the alchemist apprentice who constantly burned the furnace, so there was almost no loss.

"The cost of training an alchemist apprentice is too high. At the same time, Danta is very strict in selecting alchemists in order to maintain its own image. If you don't have a background, then as long as you are not the best fire or wood attribute, you will be directly screened out. The innate ones will block those slackers, and the number of alchemists has actually been maintained at a reasonable level. Don't think that Soul Palace often regards alchemists as performance, but in fact, there is a kind of tacit understanding between Soul Palace and Danta." When Hun Keer said this, she couldn't help laughing.

The definition of the Soul Palace in the Douqi Continent is very simple, it is a garbage recycling station.

The number of alchemists must be maintained at a reasonable level to help stabilize prices and maintain balance on the continent. Soul Palace generally doesn't move alchemists unless the opportunity presents itself. Danta simply gives them a "strong reprimand," and when performance is low, they'll capture some alchemists and bring them back to boost their numbers.

"Heh." Jiang Lin couldn't help but laugh when he heard that, but then he became a little confused: "I can understand that the initial selection standards for alchemists are high, but why are the selection standards for weapon refiners also so high?"

This is a question that Jiang Lin has, because according to Hun Keer's logic, there are actually many people on the mainland who can become apprentices of weapon refiners. It doesn't consume many resources anyway, right?

"Are you talking about the blacksmith?" Hun Ke'er just rolled her eyes at Jiang Lin silently, and said everything that was in Jiang Lin's mind.

"Yeah, that's right." Jiang Lin was stunned, then thought about it and realized that it was true. There weren't many weapon refiners, but there were blacksmiths everywhere.

"The situation faced by weapon refiners is different from that faced by pharmacists. Pharmacists feel that too many low-level pharmacists will waste resources, affect prices, and affect the status of pharmacists. The dilemma faced by weapon refiners is that a large number of ordinary low-level weapon refiners are of no use to us."

Hun Ke'er tapped her head lightly with her fingers. "Let me put it this way. If a soul force doesn't have any talent for cultivation, then it will never be able to break through to the level of a Xuanqi Master, which is a fourth-level weapon refiner. Generally speaking, your innate soul talent must be strong enough for a normal weapon refiner to be motivated to guide you."

"However, in the final analysis, whether it is an alchemist or an equipment refiner, the ultimate achievement still depends on four words: 'comprehensive talent'. I have heard that many strong people practiced hard in the early stage, and then had an epiphany in the later stage, and directly transformed into top alchemists and equipment refiners. For example, the Fenyan Valley, one of the three valleys, its valley master Tang Zhen did not originally have the qualifications to refine medicine, but later on he was able to refine some pills through other methods, but this person's talent for refining medicine is really average." As he spoke, Hun Ke'er couldn't help but shook his head slightly.

She had seen many Dou Zun-level experts make a career in alchemy and weapon refining, but many only began to delve into it after discovering their natural talent. But Tang Zhen, on the other hand, simply pursued his hobby. Regardless of his talent for alchemy, he simply loved it. Of course, Tang Zhen was also very talented in other areas, but he simply preferred to cling to his alchemy skills.

"If we really talk about talent, Valley Master Tang Zhen's talent is not much worse than that of Venerable Binghe, it's just that the two have different choices."

Many times, the term "equipment refiner" is just a general term, or even a general term for people who "do all kinds of technical research other than refining medicine."

"Indeed, Venerable Binghe's ideas about the acquired calamity poison body are very inspiring." Jiang Lin smiled and nodded gently. "However, I'm lucky to know Uncle Ke'er. Otherwise, if Little Medical Immortal went to Zhongzhou, she would definitely face Venerable Binghe in the future."

"What do you mean?" Hun Ke'er asked curiously.

"If Venerable Binghe wants to perfect his acquired evil poison body, he will definitely not let go of Xiao Yixiang, who has an innate evil poison body." Jiang Lin shook his head slightly. He now basically understood Venerable Binghe's research ideas on the acquired evil poison body, and therefore understood what Venerable Binghe wanted to do next.

"If I have the chance, I will repay him for this karma." Jiang Lin said seriously.

Often, relationships between people can change depending on the circumstances of their first meeting. If Jiang Lin didn't have Hun Ke'er as a channel and was able to obtain the "Acquired Disaster Poison Body" directly from Venerable Binghe, Venerable Binghe would most likely have a serious conflict with Jiang Lin in the future.