C47 (1/2)

Ling Yan continued, ”That mask looked as if it was made by the heavens, and it actually showed the expression on the mask clearly. It must have been made from material refined from primeval essence. Can I take a look at it?” The jade eye manual also contained an overview of refining techniques, but they were very few in number, and most of them were the refining methods of weapons. Ling Yan knew that these were the basic refining methods that cultivators generally knew, and if one wanted to learn more refining techniques, one had to enter a cultivation sect that specialized in refining weapons and had to learn from them.

Ling Yan was very interested in smithing. If he had the materials, he would be able to make whatever he wanted. Unfortunately, he didn't know anything about smithing and had no way to make it.

Hu Qiang hesitated for a moment, as if he was unwilling. However, he couldn't be blamed on others. They were beaten half to death yesterday, yet they came to borrow things today. Who would be happy about that? Hu Qiang cursed in his heart, ”Shameless!” He got up and took out a translucent, thin, and rubber-like object from the pocket of his cloak hanging on the clothes rack, then turned around and handed it to Ling Yan. He was actually Daoist Master Qing Yun's senior brother, a generation higher than his master. As for Ling Yan's request, although Hu Qiang was extremely unwilling, he did not dare to disobey it, and even hoped that Ling Yan could release him from his imprisonment.

Ling Yan looked at the twenty-centimeter-long, soft, flesh-white round piece in his hand and was secretly amazed. It was as if this piece had fused with his skin and was actually able to completely change his appearance, to the point where even the cultivator's spiritual sense could not detect it.

Ling Yan, however, had a thorough understanding of the structure of the mask and had also mastered the crafting method. On the surface, the mask seemed to be quite complicated, but as long as one understood the principle behind it and knew the internal structure, everything would become extremely simple.

The mask was made from a total of five different kinds of materials, and they were refined and fused after the three types of true fire was removed. It also contained a small defensive array, allowing the mask to have a certain degree of defensive effect when worn on the face. Ling Yan had seen the forging method before, and knew that he could barely arrange a small formation. Even if he didn't know the name of the five materials, he had never seen them before.

Ling Yan lamented in his heart: it seemed that the collection and recognition of materials was a profound course for cultivators. Even if he knew the method of making a mask, without the materials, it would still be useless to not recognize the materials! Hand over the mask to Hu Qiang, and ask: ”Who made this mask for you, can you tell me? I want to ask him some questions. ”

Hu Qiang looked at him strangely and said unhappily, ”Don't you know that your junior apprentice brother, Daoist Master Qing Yun, is a master refiner?” He muttered to himself: ”What kind of senior brother is this? You don't even know your own junior brother. But thinking about it, this guy appeared in such a strange way that I don't know if I know or not.”

”My junior apprentice-brother, Adept Greencloud?” Who is it? The nickname of one of them? ” Ling Yan found this funny. His three juniors actually had nicknames for them.

”Daoist Priest Zhao Yu!” Hu Qiang was too lazy to explain.

”Zhao Yu?” Only then did Ling Yan recall what Zhao Yu had said about Wu Qi's disciple, Lu Renjie, asking for Martial Uncle's help in refining the flying sword. He didn't pay it any heed at the time. It seems like this third brother is also an expert refiner. Was his mother the one who taught him how to refine weapons? I don't think I've ever heard Father mention it before. If Mother knows how to forge artifacts, then why are the descriptions of weapons in the jade eye manual only limited to a few sentences? If his mother didn't teach him, then who taught him the refining skills of his second brother?

”Then this mask was forged by him?”

”Yes!” Hu Qiang hated Ling Yan as much as the ocean, and his words were like gold.

Ling Yan said helplessly, ”I've already apologized to you, why are you so petty?” How can a Mind Cultivator be like you? ”

Hu Qiang turned around, fuming, and said, ”Do you want to give a stick to a carrot and pretend like nothing happened?”

”Then what are you going to do? A strike back? Or two carrots? ” Although Hu Qiang's true form was that of a demonic beast, he had already transformed into a human, moreover he was so cute and charming, with a beautiful heart. Furthermore, Ling Yan did not have any thoughts of discriminating against demonic cultivators, so when he saw Hu Qiang's angry look, he could not help but laugh.

Hu Rose rolled her eyes at him, ”Just release the shackles on my body.”

Ling Yan smiled as he stood up and said, ”Sit down and cross your legs. I will remove your restrictions!” Unlocking the shackles was actually quite simple. With a wave of his hand, Ling Yan could solve the problem easily. However, when Wu Qi mentioned that the shackles he placed seemed to have a life of their own, Ling Yan was intrigued. He wanted to see what the shackles he placed had become. Otherwise, Ling Yan would have really wanted to commit suicide.

Hu Qiang obediently sat down cross-legged in the middle of the empty space, without the slightest hesitation. Ling Yan sat down cross-legged across from her and released his soul consciousness into Hu Qiang's body, slowly approaching his dantian. Ling Yan did not immediately check Hu Qiang's Dantian, as he was afraid of disturbing the shackling state. This was because the restraining force was released by his own body, and it maintained a sense of connection with him, causing him to act hastily and not be able to see what Wu Qi had said.