Asking About Longevity Chapter 745

Chapter 745: Fuck with me

 “This spine is given to you.”

 Ink painting of Dafang Road.

Ouyang Mu was flattered for a moment and shook his head repeatedly: "I can't have it..."

 “You don't want to do it?”

Mo Hua shook the spine in his hand.

Ouyang Mu was completely attracted by the spine, his eyes swayed left and right along the spine, and he couldn't bear to leave.

 But he still gritted his teeth and said firmly:

“I want it, but I didn't get it from hunting monsters, so I can't have it.”

Mo Hua said: "Senior Brother Feng took care of me before, and now I'll take care of you too. Just take it, it'll be fine."

Ouyang Mu still shook his head, "No reward for no merit."

The ink painting was a little surprising, and the eyes were a little appreciative.

Although this little wooden guy is a bit stubborn, he has a good heart, has principles in doing things, and doesn't like to take advantage of others.

 “Yeah,” Mo Hua nodded. "If you don't want it, forget it."

 When making the ink painting gesture, the backbone of the fire demon wolf must be collected.

But seeing that the spine at hand was about to disappear, Ouyang Mu was startled and became a little anxious.

 He hesitated for a long time and said quickly:

“Senior Brother Mo, can I buy it with merit?”

"Merits?" Mo Hua thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's okay, but the backbone of this fire demon wolf, according to the general market, requires 800 merits. Do you have it?"

 “Eight hundred?!”

Ouyang Mu was stunned for a moment, then blushed a little, "I... don't have that much..."

"how much do you have?"

 “Just…three hundred…”

Ouyang Mu muttered.

Although he is also a direct descendant of the Ouyang family, when he joins the sect, he must follow the sect's rules and do everything by himself.

These achievements were accumulated bit by bit during his daily work forging iron and forging swords for others.

I used some before, but now I only have three hundred left.

"How about I sell you three hundred?" Mo Hua said.

Ouyang Mu shook his head repeatedly, "No, how can I let Senior Brother Mo suffer, I..."

He hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Can I owe it first and pay it back later?"

Mo Hua touched his chin, thinking about something and said nothing.

Ouyang Mu thought that Mo Hua didn't believe it, so he quickly assured:

 “I will definitely pay it back!”

 “How can you pay it back?” Mo Hua's eyes were intriguing and he was persuasive.

Ouyang Mu said: "I will work hard to earn merit..."

Mo Hua sighed, "It's hard to earn merit."

Ouyang Mu looked sad.

 Merits are indeed not easy to earn.

 Good tasks are all up for grabs.

 If you can't get it, you can only do some low-level tasks and save up slowly.

At the same time, there are many places where the sect needs to spend merit, such as various exercises, Taoist methods, weapon refining manuals, elixirs, spiritual weapon inheritance, etc.

 Merits are like accumulated sand when accumulated, and like running water when used.

 Most of the disciples' achievements were due to their inability to make ends meet.

Generally speaking, in the middle stage of foundation building, disciples can enter Demon Refining Mountain.

Enter Demon Refining Mountain, as long as you learn quickly, gain experience, and can successfully hunt monsters and extract materials, it is not difficult to earn merit.

But if it's the other way around, if you learn slowly and fail repeatedly in hunting monsters, it will only make things worse, and it will become harder and harder to earn merit.

Ouyang Mu has no confidence at all in hunting monsters.

And his own three hundred meritorious deeds were saved after a long time...

If you buy this fire wolf spine, you will owe five hundred merits.

 These five hundred meritorious deeds were accumulated little by little by doing tasks on daily basis. I don't know how long it will take to save them.

He was not sure when he went into the mountains to hunt monsters. If something unexpected happened and he couldn't earn any meritorious service and couldn't pay the debt, wouldn't it mean that he was breaking his promise and causing Brother Mo to suffer a loss?

Ouyang Mu lowered his head, his expression changed, hesitating.

When Mo Hua saw this, he smiled slightly and said in a kind tone: "If it's not enough, you can do something for me."

Ouyang Mu was a little stunned when he heard this, "What...can I do?"

Ouyang Mu thought for a moment and said slowly: "If Senior Brother Mo doesn't mind, I can refine weapons...I can also forge swords..."

Mo Hua raised his eyebrows. He had waited for this sentence, and immediately nodded and said:

"OK!"

Ouyang Mu felt guilty, "But my sword-making skills are average..."

“It's okay,” Mo Hua encouraged, “No one knows everything at the beginning. You can learn and practice slowly.”

Tai Amen, who has an orthodox casting sword inheritance, is better than himself, than Master Gu, and other Taimen disciples.

 Moreover, Mo Hua felt that although Xiao Mu was a little dull, he was sincere and had a good nature.

 If you have a good temperament but lack of ability, you can exercise slowly.

 But if your ability is good but your character is not good, then there is basically no need to make friends.

 Ability can be improved, but once the character is bad, it basically cannot be changed.

Ouyang Mu was indeed greatly encouraged, and said solemnly: "Senior Brother Mo, don't worry, I will not let you down!"

Seeing his serious look, Mo Hua laughed and said:

 “Just do your best, don't feel pressure.”

"Um!"

Ouyang Mu nodded seriously.

Mo Hua thought about it again and said:

"You owe me five hundred merits. Let's do this. Forging a spiritual sword for me is equivalent to paying back one hundred merits. I will give you the materials."

 Ink painting gives general market prices.

 The bounties within the sect are generally second-grade spiritual weapons. Because they take a long time, the refining fee ranges from fifty to eighty merit points, with occasional fluctuations.

 Spiritual swords will be more expensive.

 One hundred meritorious deeds is considered the normal price.

Of course, these are ordinary spiritual swords.

 The orthodox "sword weapon" with the sword array engraved on it is much more expensive, but it is not something that ordinary disciples can make.

Ouyang Mu is only in the middle stage of foundation building and is still studying in the sect, so he definitely doesn't know this kind of sword-making skills.

It is impossible for Tai Amen to teach them "Sword Formation" now.

He doesn't need to know how to draw ink, and what he needs is not the “inherited” spiritual sword.

 Ouyang Mu can cast an ordinary spiritual sword.

Hearing this, Ouyang Mu shook his head.

“Is the price low?” Mo Hua asked.

"No, no," Ouyang Mu said quickly, "I usually give people 40 merits for making weapons, but only 60 for making a sword. 100 merits is too much. I have little experience and rusty skills, so I'm not worth that much. ”

Ouyang Mu looked at the ink painting and said a little embarrassedly:

“Senior Brother Mo, I'll charge you sixty, and I'll refine eight...nine spiritual weapons for you to pay off your debt.”

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment.

He bargained with people a lot, but this was the first time he encountered such reverse bargaining, and he was a little uncomfortable for a while.

 “Then eight spiritual swords!”

Mo Hua said with a smile.

 He stuffed the backbone of the fire demon wolf into Ouyang Mu's arms, not allowing him to refuse:

“Then it's settled, you take this spine first, and you can come to the mountain to find me next ten days, and I'll tell you what kind of sword you want to make.”

 After speaking, Mo Hua waved his hand and left.

Ouyang Mu stayed where he was, holding the fresh wolf demon spine with the residual heat of the flame in his hand, and his heart seemed to be warmed by the blazing flame.

This Senior Brother Mo is such a good person!

Ouyang Mu looked at the back of the ink painting gradually disappearing, feeling grateful in his heart.

 Ten days passed quickly.

 In the blink of an eye, it was Xunxiu, and Mo Hua went to the Demon Refining Mountain again.

And Ouyang Mu was waiting for him as promised.

He is now burdened with a "debt" of five hundred meritorious deeds, and feels a heavy pressure on his shoulders. He does not want to live up to Mo Hua's kindness in giving the fire demon wolf spine, so he is eager to do something for Mo Hua.

 “Senior Brother Mo, what kind of sword do you want to make?”

Mo Hua handed the sword-making diagram he had prepared in advance to Ouyang Mu.

Ouyang Mu took it, glanced at it, and said:

“Senior Brother Mo, this sword of yours is so strange…it's not the shape of a normal spiritual sword…”

Mo Hua's heart is worthy of being from Tai'amen, but you can't tell at a glance.

“This sword is indeed somewhat different.” Mo Hua nodded.

Ouyang Mu muttered while watching:

 “The appearance is the same, but the structure is different...”

 “The materials are a bit cheap and not very strong.”

“There is room for formations inside, but this seems to be...not a reinforcement or front-opening formation used by ordinary spirit swords?”

Ouyang Mu drew a sword diagram with his hand and said in surprise:

 “…It's a sword formation!”

“The sword array is not sealed inside, the sword system is open source…”

Ouyang Mu muttered, his face fell, and he said dejectedly: "Senior Brother Mo, I can't refine this kind of spiritual sword..."

"What's wrong?"

Ouyang Mu said: "This is not a standard spiritual sword. It does not use an ordinary formation, but a sword formation."

"I haven't learned the sword formation yet. I have to wait until I enter the inner sect and sign the death contract before the sect can teach it."

“Now what the elders and teachers teach are the 'Tai'a Sword Forging Technique' at the pure level of weapon refining, in addition to the sword formation.”

"It's okay," Mo Hua said, "You don't have to worry about the sword formation, just refine the sword."

"oh."

Ouyang Mu nodded.

 He didn't know how Brother Mo was going to solve the sword formation.

 In his impression, Taixu Sect does not seem to have a special sword array inheritance.

 Even if there were, it would be impossible to teach it now. However, Ouyang Mu was polite and did not ask any more questions.

 It's just a sword making, no sword formation involved. Even if the shape is a bit special, it's not difficult to refine it.

Ouyang Mu looked at the sword-making diagram given by Mo Hua several times.

Mo Hua was observing the words and expressions on the side, and suddenly asked: "Xiao Mumu, what do you think of the design of this sword-making diagram?"

Ouyang Mu was startled, "What is it like?"

"That's right," Mo Hua thought for a while and said, "How is the level? Is there anything that needs improvement..."

Ouyang Mugang was about to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he asked carefully:

“Senior Brother Mo, who designed this sword-making diagram?”

Mo Hua blinked and said vaguely:

“I asked a junior fellow from the sect who is in the middle stage of foundation building and has some knowledge of weapon refining to design it…”

Ouyang Mu felt relieved and commented:

 “A complete mess.”

Mo Hua felt a little pain in his heart.

This sword-making diagram was "carefully" designed by him by referring to many spiritual sword diagrams and combining it with the sword formation.

 The result was called "a mess" by Xiaomu...

Ouyang Mu didn't notice Mo Hua's expression, and continued: "He should be an amateur... not really an amateur, but half an amateur, half a bucket of water..."

Mo Hua's eyelids twitched and he took a deep breath, "Then what do you think should be changed?"

As soon as Ouyang Mu talked about making swords, he was completely absorbed in it. He immediately took out a pen and paper and drew on the spot for Mo Hua to see.

“First of all, the material of the spirit sword is not very good.”

“Spirit swords are made of gold, so they are made of metal monster materials. Generally speaking, it is correct. However, these types of materials have poor fusion properties and are not good at transmitting spiritual power.”

“Also, the five elements are responsible for the generation and restraint. There is both 'restraint' and 'generation'.”

“Sometimes it is not necessary to use all gold materials for a gold spirit sword. Among the five elements, gold is born from earth, so appropriately using some materials from earth monsters will have a finishing touch..."

“This is a matter of material, followed by form.”

“The shape of this spiritual sword is a bit conflicting.”

“Generally speaking, if a spiritual sword is used for close-quarters killing, the material must be hard and the blade must be sharp. We must try to blow hair off and break hair, and cut iron like clay...”

“If you focus on sword energy, the sword body should be thinner and the spiritual power transmission should be better..."

“This sword is very heavy, but the material is not good enough, it is not hard enough, and the spiritual power cannot penetrate well...”

“There is also the sword formation part. Although it is open source, judging from the formation media layer left behind, this sword formation has no fit with this spiritual sword.”

“The sword is a sword, the sword formation is a sword formation, the two have nothing to do with each other.”

"This won't work. Only when the sword is adapted to the sword formation can the power of the sword technique be maximized..."

Ouyang Mu, who is usually dull, suddenly becomes eloquent when he talks about sword making.

Moreover, what he said was something that Mo Hua had never noticed before.

 Sure enough, every other line is like a mountain.

Even if they are both weapon refining, sword making and other weapon refining categories are very different, and there are extremely deep sects in them.

Mo Hua looked at Ouyang Mu with admiration.

 This is "professional"!

 As expected of being a direct disciple of the Ouyang family of Tai'amen.

As Ouyang Mu was talking, he suddenly became shy again after being looked at by Mo Hua with his bright eyes, "I... just said it casually. If I say something wrong, please don't mind, Senior Brother Mo."

 “It's okay, it's fine.”

Mo Hua smiled and nodded, but said in his heart, even if you are wrong, I can't tell...

Mo Hua looked at Ouyang Mu again and asked:

“Do you want to be a swordsmith in the future?”

Hearing this, Ouyang Mu looked a little complicated, and finally sighed, "My father won't let me..."

Mo Hua was very surprised and said strangely:

 “Why didn't your father let you go?”

Ouyang Mu said: "My father thinks that the reason why Tai'amen was not famous before was because it paid too much attention to the 'sword-making skill'."

 “Those who are in the limelight are those who use swords, not those who forge swords.”

“Tai'amen is now improving because the elders decided to vigorously promote Tai'amen's Tai'a sword technique based on sword-making skills, and carry it forward step by step.”

“And within the sect, all qualified disciples must learn swordsmanship.”

“Only those who cannot practice swordsmanship will learn how to make swords.”

“I am a direct descendant of the Ouyang family. I am watched by many people. I must practice swordsmanship like my brother and set an example for the disciples of the sect.”

“My father would be unhappy if he learned how to make swords…”

Speaking of this, Ouyang Mu looked a little lonely, "It's just... I'm far behind my brother, whether it's spiritual roots, cultivation, understanding, temperament, sect's prestige, or how to deal with others. Far inferior to big brother..."

 The more Ouyang Mu spoke, the softer his voice became.

Mo Hua sighed.

 Having a brother who is too good, one can imagine the pressure on Xiaomu.

The two brothers live up to their names, and Brother Feng is like a tall, steady, conspicuous and warm maple tree.

And Ouyang Mu is thin and calm, like a "little wood" that has not grown up yet.

 The gap between the two brothers is really huge.

“Then do you want to be a swordsmith?” Mo Hua asked.

Ouyang Mu nodded, "I don't know anything else. I'm not good at speaking. I'm average at practicing swordsmanship. I'm also stupid at hunting monsters. I'm happy only when I'm forging swords."

Mo Hua encouraged: "Then don't worry about it and learn what you want to learn."

Ouyang Mu was obviously very embarrassed, "But, my dad..."

Mo Hua asked: "You are practicing swordsmanship now. Is your father happy?"

Ouyang Mu shook his head, "My father dislikes my poor swordsmanship and is not happy."

"That's right," Mo Hua said, "You learn to make swords, but your father is unhappy. You learn swordsmanship, but your father is still unhappy. You are unhappy anyway, so what does it matter?"

“In that case, why not learn something that makes you happy.”

Ouyang Mu was stunned.

His little head turned hard several times, and he suddenly realized that what Senior Brother Mo said seemed...

 It makes perfect sense.

 His father was not happy about learning swordsmanship or sword making.

 No matter how you choose, the result will be the same.

Then what are you struggling with?

Even though he said this, he still felt a little uneasy and hesitant in his heart.

Mo Hua didn't expect him to figure it out immediately, but comforted him and said:

“Don't think so much, refine the spiritual sword you owe me first.”

Although Xiaomu needs to practice swordsmanship, he must also earn meritorious deeds before he can practice swordsmanship.

 His swordsmanship is not enough to support him in earning merit.

Then he can still only earn merit by forging swords.

I just need to guide him step by step on the "right path" of making swords.

Mo Hua said silently in his heart:

 “What's so good about swordsmanship…”

“These disciples who study in Zhoujie and practice swordsmanship have a lot of them, and there is no shortage of small pieces of wood.”

"Besides, Xiao Mumu himself has no talent for swordsmanship, and his temperament is not good at killing. If he is forced to practice swordsmanship, wouldn't he be misleading his disciples..."

“I don't even know how to cherish such a good sword-making talent…”

Mo Hua shook his head.

Ouyang Mu came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Okay."

 In any case, we must first refine Brother Mo's eight spiritual swords.

"That's right," Mo Hua pointed at the sword-making diagram in Ouyang Mu's hand, "For me...that junior fellow in Taixu Sect, who has average weapon-making skills, change the sword-making diagram according to what you just said. change…"

Ouyang Mu was still not very confident after all, so he hesitated and said:

“Is this good? If I change someone else's sword drawing, wouldn't it be appropriate for me to change it…”

Mo Hua nodded, "It's very suitable. Don't worry, you can change it!"

Under Mo Hua's strong request, Ouyang Mu really took it seriously and meticulously changed the formation diagram of the spirit sword for Mo Hua.

 After seeing the ink painting, I was greatly shocked.

It was better not to compare, but when he compared it, he suddenly felt that what he had drawn before was just a piece of shit.

Mo Hua quietly rubbed the sword diagram he had drawn before and threw it into his storage bag.

“Just practice this way!”

 Ink painting on Ouyang Mudao.

 “Okay, Senior Brother Mo!”

Ouyang Mu's confidence increased greatly when he saw that Senior Brother Mo, who looked very powerful despite not knowing why, recognized him so much.

 After returning to Tai'amen, he put other things behind for the time being and concentrated on making swords for Mo Hua.

 Another eight days passed, and it was Xun's break.

 In the forest of Demon Refining Mountain.

Ouyang Mu handed the refined golden spirit sword to Mo Hua with both hands.

 Because this was his first time refining this kind of spiritual sword, he was a little unsure about its specific effect, so he only refined one and asked Mo Hua to take a look.

Mo Hua took the spirit sword and felt a slight tremor in his heart.

This sword has a non-heavy texture, restrained luster, precise internal structure, sharp shape, and a lot of exquisite craftsmanship.

Even before the sword formation is drawn, you can feel the slightest hint of sword energy.

 At first glance, it is not on the same level as the flying swords I used before.

Mo Hua was overjoyed and decided to try the sword.

He drew the Broken Gold Sword Formation on the spirit sword by making three strokes, five divisions, and two strokes. Because the speed was so fast and the pattern of the formation was special, Ouyang Mu could not even see clearly what was drawn in the ink drawing.

 After drawing the sword formation, Mo Hua came to an open space, looked up at the sky, let go of his consciousness, and searched for prey.

After a while, a ferocious falcon soared past in the clear sky.

Mo Hua meditated on the spot and placed the golden spirit sword in front of him.

Then he held his breath and concentrated, running the Broken Metal Sword Control Technique, using his spiritual thoughts to control the sword, and using his spiritual consciousness to track down the enemy.

 On the golden spirit sword, the light suddenly surged.

 The golden light appears briefly and then disappears.

 Then a golden thread shot up into the sky, heading straight towards the ferocious falcon monster in the sky.

In just an instant, a dazzling golden light exploded.

The sword energy, which was sharper than before, bloomed in a short period of time, like a golden lotus in full bloom, completely wrapping the hawk demon, and then smashing its wings, flesh and blood to pieces.

The hawk demon was completely strangled by the Broken Gold Sword Qi.

He died on the spot before even falling to the ground!

 What a powerful sword!

Mo Hua looked shocked. He turned to look at Ouyang Mu who was even more shocked. He reached out and patted his shoulder and said domineeringly:

“From now on, just follow me!”

 (End of this chapter)

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