Chapter 3422: Small Steps Forward
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With a guilty conscience, she returned home with the notebook in her arms. Evelina had already disappeared and would not speak out again for about ten years. She decided to ignore it and practice her blacksmithing skills first.
The notes are about an inch thick, which is relatively thin among all Qiaxi's notes. For example, I randomly dug out a set of notes on forging long swords. There are more than ten books, each of which is as thick as the one in my hand. It is twice the size of the original book and is very heavy. It feels like you are reading the history of the rise and fall of a certain dynasty.
For me, who doesn't like reading very much, this thickness is already a bit of a challenge. After flipping through it for a while and reading the first few pages, I felt a little relieved.
Very good, easy to understand. They are all words that I can understand. There is no situation where I understand every word but have no idea what it means when put together. At this time, I should be thankful that Qiaxi’s blacksmith talent is not high. Otherwise, even if a hateful genius like Mu Aodonggua took notes, most of the things must have been passed down in one stroke. The content was like a book from heaven, unfathomable and unfathomable, making people dizzy after reading it.
Therefore, when looking for friends, you still have to find people with talents and IQs similar to your own, so that you can have common topics.
After concentrating on reading more than a dozen pages, combined with Qia Xi's personal experience in the real world, I felt ready to move. The non-existent blacksmith's soul began to burn, and I wanted to test how many years my skill had increased.
I happened to have a golden extension ax that was almost used, so I took it to test the knife.
Without saying anything, I took a set of blacksmith's tools and came to the furnace room, which was burning like a nuclear bonfire without interruption. I sat next to the iron felt, took out the axe, pondered for a while, and carefully recalled Qiaxi's teachings. , took a deep breath, opened his eyes suddenly, raised the hammer high, and heard the tinkling sound.
Then, it exploded.
I:"……"
As expected, it is too ambitious to aim too high. Even if my skills have improved for a few years, I am still no match for those monsters who have worked hard for decades or hundreds of years to practice magical skills. I'd better start practicing with the extended-level equipment from the blank slate.
The third decade kicked off with the bursting light of the golden expansion axe.
With Qiaxi's experience notes as a guide, I have never encountered a bottleneck in the blacksmith repair job. Although the progress is not fast, I am very satisfied. In the fifth year, I have been able to repair without any damage. Gold level expanded equipment, this is my fifteenth year of learning this trade, and I have finally made some achievements in a small side route of the blacksmith profession. It can be said that it is very exciting.
Think about it, if you were an ordinary blacksmith with such poor talent and barely learned how to repair equipment after fifteen years, you would have been completely broke. How could there be so many equipment for you to try? Poor in literature and rich in martial arts, three generations of blacksmiths have been cheated. This is a profession that can only be played by those who have money, people, or talents. It is not much easier than being a job changer.
You mean Qia Xi? You underestimate her father, Rasuk, right? He comes from a family of blacksmiths. One is not poor, the other is rich, and the third is that it’s not that he has no talent. It’s just that Rasuk has a high vision and doesn’t think his daughter can take this path. If it's too far, it's better to get married and have children quickly to see if the grandchildren can live up to their expectations and save the family business.
Judging from this progress, it may take another fifteen years of training before I can hope to repair elite-level equipment. Of course, after practicing to this level, although it is just a side branch of blacksmithing, it is actually quite powerful, at least in terms of skills. In terms of durability of repair equipment, it may be able to compete with a master blacksmith like Rasuk.
It's like learning an embroidery skill, practicing hard for fifteen years, and finally making a handkerchief that can compete with Dongfang Invincible. Thinking about this makes your heart swell, and you feel that you can also be on the blacklist. Mu Ya, using a handkerchief made by himself, looked down upon the heroes and defeated them.
Ahem, the topic has gone too far. I have not forgotten that the repairman is just an auxiliary. The main purpose is to make it easier for me to improve my strength and not have to worry about changing equipment frequently.
So, let's get back to the point.
In terms of strength improvement, it is actually not satisfactory.
This fact shocked me as the person involved. It was impossible. I was a former peak player of world power, and accidentally fell into the current pseudo-realm state by paddling. Logically speaking, with the experience of others, even if Without the halo of the protagonist, shouldn't he just make great progress and regain the title of the world's strongest within ten years?
This is very unscientific.
However, looking back on my previous growth process, this situation seems to be a matter of course. In the past, I improved too quickly and easily, although I also experienced pain and suffering that ordinary adventurers cannot experience. It took a lot of hard work, but in the end, my qualifications were too little.
For example, the realm of the field that I want to break through now, how I made the breakthrough at that time, and what kind of experience I have. These issues, I simply cannot list them one by one like Qiaxi.
Qiaxi is a real achievement gained step by step, with sweat and hard work.
And me? I will not humbly say that I did not put in sweat and hard work, but it is a bit far-fetched to insist that I took it one step at a time. Although it was a period of blood and tears, overall it was loaded with a pair of wings and flying. , an unrepeatable improvement journey.
Now that the wings plug-in is gone, I have to take one step at a time. It is natural to feel strange and confused.
In the eighth year of the third decade, I finally followed the bloody footsteps and reached the peak of the pseudo-realm. I faced the difficulty of breaking through the realm. However, this huge bottleneck, which is mysterious and mysterious to adventurers, to me It is said that it does not exist, because it has already been realized.
My cultivation experience may be exactly the opposite of that of other adventurers. For others, it is easy to accumulate quantity, but it is difficult to accumulate quality. For me, it is easy to accumulate quantity, but it is much more difficult to accumulate quantity than other adventurers.
To sum up, it is very sad. I would rather be like an ordinary adventurer, because it takes longer to accumulate quantity.
It took a full eighteen years to break through from the pseudo-realm to the realm. This time is already very mediocre for ordinary adventurers, not to mention that I still have the experience of a former world's top powerhouse to achieve this. step.
Tsk tsk tsk, I'm too lazy to complain about my talent level. Maybe being able to successfully become an adventurer is God's greatest gift.
What about the realm of world power? How long will it take? I didn't dare to think deeply, so I could only keep practicing hard.
When I reach the realm of the realm, I can finally end the boring training of Shilipo Sword God, and I can try to get out of the bloody wasteland. To be honest, I almost vomited here. After eighteen years in one place, there is no one left.
With my current strength, I didn't have full confidence in being able to escape when I encountered a demon lord-level monster, but I really didn't want to stay in the Blood Wasteland any longer, so I chose to leave.
The next stop was not the icy plain where Bisu Bosu existed, but the gravel wasteland of Lu Gaoyin.
The layout here is similar to that of the Blood Wasteland. There is a stone ancient tomb inside. There is a demon lord crawling in the stone ancient tomb. Generally, he will stay in the ancient tomb and will not escape from the rubble wasteland. As long as he does not step into it. To the tomb gate, I can walk sideways.
Yes, that's right, I'm just so cowardly, because I know very well that now I don't need the stimulation of a strong enemy to break through in a desperate situation, but I need to move forward steadily and in small steps.
Although it is not something worthy of praise, let me talk about it. In the state of mind, what I understand should be the lonely heart. When it comes to the realm of the field, it is naturally the field of loneliness. A simple description is that the fewer teammates around you, the better the field can be. The stronger you exert your strength, the more powerful you are when you are alone. It can be said that it is a field reserved only for singles and loners.
It is a relatively rare field attribute. Generally, adventurers have their own teams and do not understand the field of this attribute. As for the lone rangers, all of them are extremely talented, and almost all have unique and strong personal imprints. In the field, they are not alone, they just like to fight alone and feel that having teammates would be a hindrance.
Of course, I don't say this not to dislike anything, but I am pleasantly surprised. The attributes in this field are very practical, especially in such a testing world. It's definitely a big pie on the head. I originally thought it would be like the main body in the real world, speechless and without attributes.
If I have to say there are any shortcomings, it's probably...such attributes make me feel a little lonely.
In the eighth year, I bid farewell to Rogge Camp in the third world where I had lived for eighteen years, and came to Lugaoyin. In fact, I should have changed my thinking long ago. The third world does not need to complete the customs clearance like the first and second worlds. Only by completing the mission can you lead to the next area. Once here, adventurers can freely teleport among the five areas.
After learning my lesson, I decided to stay in the rubble wasteland for only one year, and then move to the Spider Forest in the Kurast Seaport, and then the suburban prairie of the Demon Fortress, and the bloody hills of Harogath... first half.
Why the first half? Because there are no demon lords in the novice villages in the first four areas, or the demon lords are in fixed closed cave tombs and will not come out for a walk, which makes people feel very safe.
The Bloody Hills of Harrogath is different. Although it is also a novice village, it is a village that makes novices cry. There are two demon lords resident in the Bloody Hills, namely the demon goblin Darkfawn and the warlord Shank.
Otherwise, how could Baal be the leader of the three demon gods? Look at the different posture. There are two door gods in Xinshou Village.
To be fair, it's not that the alliance doesn't have the strength to move away these two door gods, they are just mid- to low-level demon lords. I can fight ten of them each before I have finished my work, but I just moved these two away. Maybe Comrade Baal's mood If it's not good, just send out its servants of destruction to block the spring water, it will end badly.
Isn't it? When I wanted to kill Shutou Muquan and regain the place for the only dead ghost wolf, I was persuaded by Akara for a long time. Only the little King Arthur can be so willful and do whatever he wants without warning. Just when Lu Gaoyin dug a hole and buried a sandworm queen, the Seven Giants had to pinch their noses and say: Forget it, forget it, for a little bug, there is no need to deal with a small figure that does not belong to this era. Calculate.
The old man is so domineering.
In the ninth year of the third decade, I spent time in the rubble wasteland of Lu Gaoyin. There was nothing special to say. It was the characteristic monster here, the Desert Jumper. I didn’t feel anything about it before, but now I have lowered my strength to face them. It's like practicing Lingbo Weibu, and the world has moved. When there are more of them, it's like a group of demons dancing around, with many ghosts. Although it won't pose a threat to myself who is already a strong player in the field, but...
But, it's really annoying.
It would be better to use magic to deal with them, but it requires quick eyesight and quick hands, and it is best to be concealed. My casting speed, accuracy and methods have been improved a lot. I used to be strong but had little time, so I didn’t study elemental magic well. Some of the side tricks he used have now been made up for, which makes people think of that sentence again, if you mess around, you will have to pay it back sooner or later.
At this time, I was even more glad that the fire magic I chose was volcanic explosion instead of lava giant.
To be honest, Molten Rock is the easiest one to play. It is more diverse than Firestorm. It does not mean that it is more skilled than Firestorm, but the characteristics of Molten Rock itself give it more changes and more attack methods. .
However, the biggest disadvantage of the giant lava rock is that it is slow, rolls out slowly, and explodes slowly. Even though I have repeatedly optimized it, it has been transformed into a hand-held throwing style, a soaring cannon style, a meteor falling to the ground style, and a rapid explosion. style, this feature still holds back, making the sight and burst ability slightly insufficient when dealing with individual enemies at medium and long distances. It can only be used at close range, preferably when facing multiple enemies at the same time. The power, but obviously, I have become very timid and do not intend to fall into a situation surrounded by multiple enemies.
Maybe it can be optimized to the extreme to overcome this shortcoming, but I obviously can't do it now, so I chose Volcanic Explosion. Maybe its overall power is not as powerful as the lava rock, but it has a high hit rate with a single shot, and it can cast spells. It is fast and is really useful against the desert jumpers in the center right now.
Just...well...
No matter how optimized it is, if the skill level is not improved, the power is almost at its limit. It may be okay to deal with ordinary monsters, but it will be a bit inadequate beyond that.
Late at night in the desert, I was deep in thought while knocking on the extended-level blue devil's fork that had deliberately used up a little of its durability.
What, why is it another spear-like Devil's Fork? Don't keep asking boring and inexplicable questions like this. I don't know what you want to express. I don't understand it at all...
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