In the Ancient Sword Continent, the lowest grade of weapons were ordinary weapons. The better ones were common soldier s, and after them were Elemental Soldiers s.
And behind the Elemental Soldiers was the Soul-Soldier. A refiner who could refine one, at the very least, was the Master Refiner.
In the entire Golden Crown, there weren't many Master Refiner, which was why Gu Zong's position in the west was very high. It was because he was the only Master Refiner in the west.
The Hidden Dragon Sword before, was only a top-grade Elemental Soldiers, but now, it had actually become a primary Soul-Soldier, which made Fang Chen extremely happy.
"There aren't that many meteorites in the Outer World, otherwise, it would have been possible to raise its grade." Gu Zong said indifferently.
Fang Chen nodded and thanked Gu Zong.
Fang Chen experimented for a bit and then discovered that the primary Soul-Soldier s were countless times stronger than the top-grade Elemental Soldiers.
With the early stage Soul-Soldier, he could easily defeat warriors at the early stage of Fifth level of the Qi Hai realm.
"As expected of the Soul-Soldier." Fang Chen was overjoyed.
Just at this time, Gu Zong opened his mouth and said: "Have you decided, do you want to be my disciple?"
Fang Chen was startled, and did not say a word.
"As you can see, martial artists that want to become my disciple can go from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain every day. However, these martial artists can be considered ordinary martial artists. There are also a lot of true monstrous martial artists."
"As long as I raise my arm and tell the world that I, Gu Zong, want to accept a disciple, countless great powers will come to visit."
"I can feel that your refining talent should not be bad. As long as you refine weapons with me, before long, I'll make you a true weapons craftsman." Gu Zong continued to lure Fang Chen.
Fang Chen was deep in thought, for the past few days, he had always been thinking about this question.
"On the Ancient Sword Continent, almost every true expert knows a little about refining, because their own weapons are all forged by themselves and nurtured with their own blood." Gu Zong said.
"But …" I want to go into the middle. " Fang Chen said out his wish.
"What are you doing in the middle?" Gu Zong asked.
"I want to go to the Luo Family to find someone." Fang Chen said.
Hearing that, Gu Zong laughed out loud, and said: "This way, you have to become my disciple even more. If you were an ordinary person, even if your talent is high, it would be impossible for the Luo Family to see you, but if you go to the Luo Family as my disciple, the Luo Family will definitely receive you."
"This …"
Fang Chen was still hesitating.
"What are you hesitating for? "While I am refining, I can still cultivate. Don't you see that this old man's strength is also very strong?" Gu Zong continued.
Crash …
In that moment, the Qi around Gu Zong's body erupted and enveloped him, causing him to feel a sense of pressure.
"The Luo Family is an extremely powerful family in the Golden Crown. If I go there by myself, I will definitely not be able to see the person in charge of the Luo Family. After thinking about it, it isn't bad for me to take Gu Zong as my master." Fang Chen thought.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Chen finally made a decision to take Gu Zong as his master.
"Master, please accept a bow from your disciple."
After Fang Chen finished speaking, he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, and kowtowed to Gu Zong.
"Hahaha, my good disciple."
Seeing that, Gu Zong laughed out loud and helped Fang Chen up. All these years, he had always wanted to take Fang Chen as a disciple, but looking at the entire west side's young generation, they did not enter his eyes, until he met Fang Chen.
"From now on, you are my, Gu Zong's, only Indoor Disciple." Gu Zong laughed and said.
"Master, aren't you going to give your disciple a greeting gift?" Fang Chen looked at Gu Zong and said softly.
Gu Zong's smile instantly froze, and in the next moment, Gu Zong directly erupted, "Scram!"
The news of Gu Zong taking in a disciple quickly spread. Countless warriors were shocked, Gu Zong actually took in a disciple.
"I wonder who the disciple Gu Zong took in is?"
"Could it be the other heaven's pride level experts?" They have always wanted to be Gu Zong's disciples. "
"Dammit, I don't have another chance. I remember Master Gu Zong said before that he would only accept one Indoor Disciple in his life."
"Quickly go and find out who exactly it is that has become Gu Zong's disciple."
Within the entire West Cloud City, countless practitioners were discussing how lucky they were to actually become Gu Zong's disciples.
At the same time, the three top sects in the west were all talking about it.
Heaven Seeking Sect, one of the top three sects.
A man in white was currently cultivating. He was the The strongest of the younger generation of the Heaven Seeking Sect, and one of the three strongest cultivators in the west, Wen Yu.
"Gu Zong accepts a disciple?"
Wen Yu who was in cultivation suddenly received the news, and his face instantly became gloomy.
"One of the other two?" Wen Yu frowned and whispered.
At the same time, the top experts of the younger generation of the other two sects were also pondering about who exactly had become Gu Zong's disciple.
And at this time, on the peak of the mountain deep inside West Cloud City, stood countless warriors. These warriors were the many warriors that Fang Chen had seen that day.
Amongst them, the martial practitioner in first place was the martial practitioner who ranked first last time. No one knew his name, and everyone only knew that his nickname was' Spirit Monkey '.
At this moment, the Spirit Monkey stood at the first position and stuck its head out to look at the mansion on the mountain peak.
Just then, the manor door creaked open, and Fang Chen walked out from within.
"Little brother." When the Spirit Monkey saw Fang Chen, it greeted him in a low voice.
After that, Fang Chen walked to the front of the monkey.
"Master Gu Zong has already accepted a disciple, what else do you guys want?" Fang Chen looked at the Spirit Monkey and asked.
"Little brother, we came this time to find out who exactly became Master Gu Zong's disciple?" The spirit monkey asked.
Hearing that, Fang Chen intentionally paused for a moment, then said: "This …."
Fang Chen made a difficult expression and immediately fell silent.
Seeing that, Ling Hou took out a pile of spirit stones and handed it over to Fang Chen: "Little brother, we just want to ask around, who is Master Gu Zong's disciple?"
Fang Chen received the spirit stone, grinned, and said: "Three days later, you will naturally know."
After that, Fang Chen quickly returned to the residence. Seeing that, everyone was at a loss.
A minute later, the Spirit Monkey's curses spread across the entire mountain. This damned big bro, after taking his spirit stones, he actually did not tell him who Gu Zong's disciple was.
Ever since the news of Gu Zong taking in a disciple had spread, countless practitioners of the younger generation had been discussing who exactly was Gu Zong's disciple.
And inside Gu Zong's residence, Fang Chen was learning refining from Gu Zong.
Because Fang Chen had never interacted with artifact forging before, he lacked knowledge on this aspect.
"This is a book on the basics of refining. Take a good look when you get back." Gu Zong said as he handed a book to Fang Chen.
Fang Chen kept the book and nodded.
At this moment, Gu Zong said: "Fang Chen, ever since you have become my disciple, countless warriors have been searching for you. They definitely aren't convinced yet …"
"So, three days later, after I announce your news, there will definitely be a lot of martial practitioners coming to challenge you. You need to be prepared." Gu Zong laughed.
Fang Chen slightly nodded his head. Long ago, Fang Chen had already understood the structure of the west.
The martial practitioners of the younger generation of the three great sects were honored with the title of "three great peak experts".
The three of them were the strongest among the young generation in the west, and their cultivation had already reached the early stage of Fifth level of the Qi Hai realm.
When Fang Chen heard about this, he immediately calmed down. With his current strength, he could handle the warriors at the early stage of Fifth level of the Qi Hai realm.
"Disciple is ready." Fang Chen said.
Hearing this, Gu Zong nodded and said: "You can go back first. After you finish reading this book, come look for me later."
Gu Zong sent the message that his disciple's identity would be known to the world in three days time. Countless practitioners were waiting for him.
After all, Gu Zong's position in the west was too high, and he was the only Master Refiner in the west.
While they were waiting, Fang Chen was reading the introduction book on refining tools in the courtyard.
"In this book, the introduction is very detailed. I even finished introducing some refining materials." Fang Chen slightly said.
Refining was divided into three steps, the first step was to prepare the refining materials, the second step was to control the fire, and the third step was to train the spirit.
As for the first step, it was easy to understand and easy to accomplish. The most difficult part was the second step and the third step.
Once the control of the fire was not good enough, all previous efforts would be wasted, so controlling the fire was very important. The third step, training the spirit, was when determining the rank of the weapon.
The better the nurturing, the better the weapon.
Fang Chen spent half a day to finish reading this book. He felt that he had understood a lot about the Dao of Artifact Forging.
On the second day, Fang Chen went to look for Gu Zong.
"Master, I've finished reading it." Fang Chen said.
Hearing Fang Chen's words, Gu Zong's face revealed a trace of doubt, and he immediately said: "You're really done reading?"
Fang Chen nodded, upon seeing this, he immediately decided to test Fang Chen.
"If the control of the fire is not good during the forging process, how can I remedy this?" Gu Zong asked.
Fang Chen thought for a moment, then said: "If this happens, I need to immediately increase the intensity of the flames, and make the refining materials twice as hot as normal."
Hearing that, Gu Zong nodded his head in satisfaction and continued to ask.
Just like this, a quarter of an hour passed and Gu Zong's eyes were filled with shock.
The questions he asked were all slightly complicated, he did not expect Fang Chen to actually be able to answer them smoothly.
Although the beginner's book on refining was relatively simple, it was impossible for ordinary people to understand everything without three days.
At first, Gu Zong did not think that Fang Chen was watching carefully, but when he asked all of the questions perfectly answered by Fang Chen, he was completely shocked.
This was simply an exceptional refining genius.
At this moment, Gu Zong was extremely excited in his heart.
"Since you have finished reading the introductory book on refining, the next step is to test whether you have the qualifications to become a refiner." Gu Zong said.
In order to become a refiner, one had to go through the most basic of conditions. Some martial artists had strong theories, but their practice was poor. Some had the opposite.
In short, no matter who it was, if they wanted to become an artificer, they had to satisfy the most basic of requirements, and Fang Chen was no exception.