Chapter 212 - Six Months for an Armor (1/2)

Lin Luoran slices down a piece of a two-meter-long sh.e.l.l of the Scorpion King to do an experiment. After refined by the Strange Fire, the sh.e.l.l gradually melts into a pile of s.h.i.+ny black liquid. It is floating above the Strange Fire and changing its shape.

After being refined, the two-meter-long raw material becomes one bowl of black liquid. It is the essence of the scorpion sh.e.l.l. The three months she spent is not wasted. She has designed a set of methods for refining armors after she completed the broken magic circle and studied the chapter of refining weapons in Introduction of Swords many times.

She puts a lot of pieces of jade next to her and sits near the Strange Fire.

Several translucent lights appear between her fingers. They connect her fingers and they target at the liquid scorpion sh.e.l.l.

Lin Luoran recalls her design for the armor and controls the light. She uses the light to pull and shape the black liquid carefully.

This step seems to be easy, but actually, the pile of black liquid is unbreakable and it will take a lot of strength for Lin Luoran to pull it.

The spiritual mind plays a very important part in keeping the shape in mind while refining weapons. Those whose spiritual mind is not strong enough will probably make mistakes in their first try of refining weapons: they may want a knife and end up with a sword… This subtle controlling force is a trial for controlling the spiritual mind.

The liquid becomes longer and thinner and it is shaped above the Strange Fire.

There are dazzling sparkles on the surface. Little by little, it becomes the shape that Lin Luoran wants it to be.

There is not much s.h.i.+ny black liquid. With Lin Luoran’s control, it is forming the shape of sleeves and waistline. After Lin Luoran used up her Reiki and the Reiki of several pieces of jade, a black armor that looks like a battle suit from manga takes shape.

She withdraws Reiki and the “battle suit” drops to the ground and breaks a few cabbages.

It is black but s.h.i.+ny. It is as thin as a cicada’s wings but it is very heavy. It is the clothes refined from the scorpion sh.e.l.l.

Lin Luoran picks up the “clothes” and she feels a little embarra.s.sed. She doesn’t have experience in designing clothes and her family live in the city so she can’t make a robe. The design from manga seems to be funny, but it can protect the shoulders, the body and ankles very well. It is very functional as it is both protective and light.

It is very convenient for Mrs. Lin to wear it next to the skin. She can wear whatever she wants and no one will notice.

Of course, this is only the first step.

After regaining Reiki, Lin Luoran takes out the diamond of fire that she got from the Strange Fire. There is no Reiki inside her mother’s body, so after she finishes the magic circle, this armor can only take a few attacks before it cracks, just like the jade pendant of Commander Qin’s grandmother — after all, this kind of magic weapons are made for cultivators and when they are used to protect ordinary people, they need to be more powerful.

If she doesn’t have the diamond of fire, Lin Luoran will probably inset some pieces of jade. Although it may look like she is showing off, they are useful. Now that she has the diamond of fire, it is enough to be used as the circle core.

Lin Luoran is making hand gestures and carefully pinches a fire line from the Strange Fire and burns it at the waistline. That part becomes soft gradually and Lin Luoran insets the diamond of fire at the melted part with Reiki.

She withdraws the Strange Fire and waits until the clothes cool down again. The diamond of fire is inset at the waistline. The scarlet diamond is eye-catching on black. Lin Luoran restrains her excitement and keeps the clothes inside the s.p.a.ce.

Walking out of the bas.e.m.e.nt, she finds herself very hungry so she heads to the kitchen. Lin Luoran looks at her watch and finds that the refining and shaping of the armor take three days. No wonder she feels hungry.

After getting something to eat, Lin Luoran goes back to her room and has a nice sleep in her bed. She has slept for over ten hours. Therefore, when she returns to the s.p.a.ce, she is in a good fettle again.

The reason why she is so solemn is that the next step is very crucial in refining weapons — carving magic circles.