Now, Qin Yi finally knew why no matter where it was, the number of Armament Masters was far less than the number of Elixir Masters.
If one wanted to learn how to refine weapons, there were simply too many things to learn.
Furthermore, if one wanted to successfully forge an artifact, it required a very long time and effort.
It was not like refining pills, where one could refine a furnace of elixirs within a short period of time.
Just like the last time when Wu Yan helped him repair the Seven Kill Sword, although it was only the first and second steps, it took him over ten days.
Although repair was more time consuming than forging, refining emphasized on slow work to produce meticulous work, this point was not wrong.
In this place, the reason why there were so few Elixir Masters was because the threshold to becoming an Elixir Master was extremely high. Without a strong innate talent in controlling fire and memory, it was absolutely impossible to become an Elixir Master.
As compared to Elixir Masters, the threshold to becoming an Armament Master was not considered high. No matter who it was, they could try refining weapons.
However, to become an Armament Master, one must have the guidance of a great teacher. Like the Dao of alchemy, attempting to become a self-taught talent was very difficult to achieve.
This was because for an Armament Master to succeed, they needed rich experience in refining weapons. Otherwise, there was a high possibility of making mistakes in the crucial areas.
Other than having the guidance of a great teacher, one must also possess immense willpower.
This was because the process of refining weapons could be said to be very painful. Not only did it require focus, it required a strong soul power as the support, it even required an extremely strong physique to support the tempering of the artifact that one wanted to refine.
During this period, the distribution of materials, the control of flame temperature, the grasp of striking strength, as well as the memory of the shape of the artifact that needed to be refined, were all things that one must pay attention to!
If it was said that those who could become Elixir Masters were all people with talent, then all Armament Masters were people who had gone through thousands of tempering and possessed extremely high willpower!
However, no matter where, the reputation of Armament Masters was far from that of Elixir Masters. Even the treatment that they received was slightly different.
Actually, the reason for this phenomenon was not that there was a difference in status between professions. It was just that Armament Masters were simply too rare. So rare that people were almost about to forget that there was such an existence.
Furthermore, as mentioned previously, it was a fact that Armament Masters were rare. A truly formidable Armament Master, that was an existence as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Actually, a truly famous Armament Master could even receive more respect than a Elixir Master.
It was a pity that such people were too few and far between!
In addition, the refiners were isolated from the rest of the world when they were refining weapons. Moreover, he would be in seclusion for a very long time! They didn't have the time to show their existence in front of people!
This created a situation where only a few people knew of the existence of the truly famous refiners. On the other hand, the refiners who had been running around and spreading the word did not have much ability.
In this aspect, it was very different from being an alchemist.
Although there was a threshold to becoming an alchemist, there were many people who could barely become alchemists.
But the number of people who became Armament Masters was very few, because even if there were powerful Armament Masters, they could not accept disciples and teach them one by one!
Therefore, alchemists could establish their own sects and find people to inherit their legacy. He also told them to continue taking in disciples and alchemy apprentices.
As for Weapon Refiners, because it was very difficult to find more successors, they could only rely on various powers or simply live alone.
Clearly, because of this, Weapon Refiners rarely showed themselves in front of people. Therefore, the number of people who knew about them became lesser and lesser, and they were also less and less valued by people.
Every martial artist could not do without the weapons, armors and all sorts of things forged by Weapon Refiners.
However, it was just like eating a meal. Everyone had to eat, but how many people could do it? After eating, how many people could ask who grew the rice?
It was not an overstatement to say that Weapon Refiner was an extremely important occupation. But at the same time, it was also an occupation that was easily overlooked by people.
It was also precisely because of this that even if the impetuous people of the world knew of the existence of Weapon Refiners, they basically would not think of learning to refine weapons!
But compared to them, Qin Yi was clearly different!
His goal of learning to refine weapons was different from others. Even if in the future, he became a qualified Weapon Refiner, then he would only serve himself and the people around him. To want him to help others refine weapons, this was something that was simply impossible!
At this time, Qin Yi read the contents on the jade slip carefully from the beginning again.
And following the deepening of his understanding towards the path of refining weapons, he felt more and more that the difference between refining weapons and refining pills was very huge.
The path of alchemy was particular about the control of the flame temperature. From the heating of the cauldron when refining pills, it already required the control of the flame.
But the path of refining weapons, although the control of the flame was also required, it was not as strict as refining pills!
The first few steps were not considered too difficult. The real difficulty came at the back.
Especially tempering!
A truly superior grade weapon, the number of tempering would also be more.
Tempering was an important segment to increase the hardness of the weapon, as well as the lethality.
Ordinary weapons only needed to go through tempering once. But such a weapon could only be used by ordinary mortals.
Such an item, once it landed in the hands of martial artists like Qin Yi, practically did not even have the chance to use it and it would already turn into a pile of powder.
And those that were truly used by martial artists needed to go through at least three to four times of tempering. Truly high grade weapons needed to go through six times of tempering and above. If they could withstand the test and not break, then it was considered a success!
And for Qin Yi to repair the Seven Kills Sword, what he needed to do now was to complete the molding, polishing and tempering segment.
He did not have plans to start refining weapons again for the time being. After all, to start these things, he first needed to have diagrams.
Diagrams were the guidebooks that were needed when refining weapons. Just like the pill recipe when refining pills, it was a very important thing.
In the jade slip, although Wu Yan also left some diagrams, for the current Qin Yi, it was still too complicated.
Therefore, he decided to repair the Seven Kills Sword first. This way, not only could he fulfill his wish, but he could also use it to practice and familiarize himself with the most important few segments of refining weapons.
Only this way, he could have the confidence to continue the next segment of refining weapons.
"But, regarding the knowledge of tempering, there are really too many things that I need to pay attention to."
Qin Yi rubbed his forehead and revealed a bitter smile on his face. He shook his head and said, "Looks like I have indeed somewhat underestimated the path of refining weapons! These few days, it's better to familiarize myself with this knowledge first before starting to repair! "
(End of this chapter)
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