two golems

Chapter 41 Try?
Seeing Zhu Youchen's stunned look, Kang Chenzi couldn't help but joked: "What? Are you scared by the cost of rising to the stars in the future?"

"Yeah." Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully. Although he didn't feel frightened, his brain was obviously short-circuited for a moment when he heard the follow-up cost of Shengxing.

"Where is this?" Kang Chenzi said with a joking smile: "Star promotion is only the most basic cost, magic equipment, magic modification, and puppet skills are the real big ones. Fortunately, you will become a magician in the future. The cost of magic equipment and magic modification can be reduced by more than half."

"Teacher, I am very happy now that I can become a magician." Zhu Youchen said suddenly with serious eyes.

Kang Chenzi was slightly taken aback, stared deeply at Zhu Youchen, nodded and smiled and said, "It's a great honor to have such an excellent disciple like you as a teacher."

As they spoke, Da Zhuang and Er Pang finally completed their transformation from basic demon dolls to one-star demon dolls, accompanied by two waves of energy.

After ascending to the stars, Da Zhuang and Er Pang did not change much, except that their souls in energy form became more solid.

At the same time, Zhu Youchen could also feel through the soul guide that the overall attributes of Da Zhuang and Er Pang had been improved to a certain extent. Among them, the improvement of Da Zhuang's strength and Er Pang's defense was particularly obvious.

After all, the increase in star upgrade is the percentage increase of all attributes, and as a battle partner, Da Zhuang's strength attribute is extremely outstanding, and it becomes even more outstanding after he ascends to star. Similarly, Er Pang's defense attributes are also the same.

In addition, the initial attributes of Da Zhuang and Er Fat are also one level higher than that of normal war partners and shield partners. The higher the base, the higher the benefits brought by the percentage increase.

In other words, although Da Zhuang and Er Pang are only one star now, in terms of attributes, they can be compared with the two star demon dolls.

At this moment, Zhu Youchen truly realized his advantage.

Kang Chenzi told him before that due to the limitations of the puppet soul's talent, there is no perfect puppet master in this world, and those truly powerful puppet masters are those who know how to use their own advantages.

For Zhu Youchen, his advantages are the innate basic attributes of Da Zhuang and Er Pang, as well as the soul-drawing advantage brought by the shadow puppet form.

It can be foreseen that in the future, as the stars of Da Zhuang and Er Pang increase, this advantage will become more and more obvious.

This is why Kang Chenzi said that he is a natural form that can exert power in the middle and late stages.

"Does this count as a success?" Zhu Youchen looked at Da Zhuang and Er Pang blankly and asked with some uncertainty.

Kang Chenzi nodded and smiled: "Yes, from now on, Da Zhuang and Er Pang are considered one-star war puppets and one-star shield puppets."

"It doesn't feel like the improvement is very big~!" Zhu Youchen said a little disappointed. Although the improvement brought by rising to the star was not small, it was far behind his expectations.

"It's normal. This is just the first star. The improvement will be greater the further you go." Kang Chenzi said with a dumb smile.

Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully and couldn't help but carefully look at Da Zhuang and Er Pang in front of him.

Maybe it was an illusion caused by looking at it for too long. For a moment, Zhu Youchen suddenly felt that Da Zhuang and Er Pang were also looking at him, and their bodies moved slightly.

For a moment, Zhu Youchen couldn't help but rub his eyes and asked: "Teacher, Da Zhuang and Er Pang seemed to have moved on their own just now?"

"Is there?" Kang Chenzi frowned and looked at Da Zhuang and Er Pang, wondering, "Did I misread it?"

"Oh, maybe it's my misunderstanding." Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully and stopped worrying about it.

Kang Chenzi smiled and continued: "Youchen, now that you have successfully upgraded the devil to a star, the next step is to equip the devil with magic costumes and skills. As for the skills, you can just buy ready-made ones, but the magic doll In terms of pretending, you need to do it yourself, and it just so happens that you can take this opportunity to officially start learning about demon refining."

"Do you mean to let me refine Da Zhuang and Er Pang's magic costumes myself?" Zhu Youchen said blankly.

"Of course." Kang Chenzi nodded and smiled: "As a magician, if you use magic equipment refined by others, you will be laughed at."

"But I've just started learning, so the magic equipment I refine shouldn't be very good, right?" Zhu Youchen said worriedly.

"Don't worry, the difference between low-level magic equipment is very small." Kang Chenzi smiled.

Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "Then what kind of magic equipment should I equip Da Zhuang and Er Pang?"

"There is nothing to consider in terms of armor. The war partner should be equipped with light armored magic equipment, and the shield puppet should be equipped with heavy armored magic equipment. In terms of weapons, we need to carefully consider and choose a weapon suitable for the magic puppet."

"Then what kind of weapons do you think are suitable for Da Zhuang and Er Pang?"

"You have to ask yourself this." Kang Chenzi said with a dumb smile: "The puppet master and the puppet are one and the same. The weapon that you feel comfortable with is the weapon that is most suitable for the puppet."

"Is that so?" Zhu Youchen nodded meaningfully, and then took out the butcher's knife that his father left for him from the empty jade ring: "Then can you see this?"

Kang Chenzi was slightly taken aback, looking at the pig-killing knife in Zhu Youchen's hand, he was puzzled and said, "Strange, what kind of weapon is this? It's long or short, maybe it's a long knife, but it doesn't look like it. It wouldn’t be appropriate to say it was a dagger or a dagger.”

Zhu Youchen calmly explained: "This is the knife my disciple used to kill pigs." "Pig-killing knife?!" Kang Chenzi's eyes widened in shock, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"What's wrong, teacher, isn't this knife suitable for use as a weapon?" Zhu Youchen asked doubtfully.

"That's not true." Kang Chenzi shook his head with a strange expression, "It's just that I haven't seen anyone use a similar weapon. If you really feel comfortable with it, you can try to refine such a weapon."

When Zhu Youchen heard that there was no problem, he made up his mind without even thinking about it. Although he had never used any other weapons in his life, for him, no weapon was more convenient than the butcher's knife.

"Then what do you think of giving Er Pang a shield?" Zhu Youchen asked next.

"This..." Kang Chenzi laughed dumbly and said: "Although shield puppets are called shield puppets, their weapons do not necessarily have to be equipped with shields. You can also choose heavy weapons such as heavy swords or heavy hammers, or you can also wear gloves."

Zhu Youchen pondered for a moment and then said, "Let Er Fatty get a shield. It's enough for me and Da Zhuang to do the damage."

"That's true." Kang Chenzi nodded suddenly. Indeed, the output capabilities of Da Zhuang and Zhu Youchen in the shadow puppet state are already sufficient. There is no need to let Er Fat supplement the output. "Then it's settled, Da Zhuang is worthy of killing... uh ...Pig knife, two fat men and a shield. I will find you some books on materials later, and you can choose the appropriate materials yourself."

"Good teacher." Zhu Youchen nodded seriously, then followed Kang Chenzi into the study room and got three books on materials.

Zhu Youchen didn't bother to go back to his room and started reading in the study.

When Kang Chenzi saw this, he didn't bother him. He sat quietly aside and looked through the soul-related books he had collected during this period.

In the next two days, Zhu Youchen almost lived in the study room, flipping through three material books without sleep or food, because he could feel that the knowledge in these books would be very helpful for him to learn to refine demons in the future.

Early on the third morning, Zhu Youchen finally walked out of the study, his expressionless face showing a little exhaustion.

"How's it going? Have you decided what materials to use?" Kang Chenzi lay leisurely on the bench at the door and asked with a faint smile.

"Yeah." Zhu Youchen nodded and said: "I'm going to use [Ema Beast] skin for light armor. I'm not going to use metal materials for heavy armor. I want to use [Sharp Claw Bear] bone, which is lighter in texture. As for the pig-killing knife, And the shield, just use the basic magic-infused refined steel, just buy the refined steel directly, I will do the magic infusion myself."

"Hey~ I'm pretty good at choosing." Kang Chenzi teased with joy in his eyes: "The sharp claw bear bone and refined steel are okay, but the key is that this evil horse skin is difficult to buy on the market."

"Is it difficult to buy evil horse skin?" Zhu Youchen asked with a slight frown.

Kang Chenzi nodded with a slight smile and explained: "The evil beast itself is relatively rare. Although the animal skin is made of good material, it has a peculiar smell, so almost no one will use the evil beast skin to make magic equipment. .”

"Is there still a strange smell after the injection?" Zhu Youchen asked in surprise.

"It will be a little lighter, but it will still be a little bit." Kang Chenzi nodded and said, "Are you sure you want to use Ema animal skins to make light armor?"

"Yes." Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully: "But where can I buy the evil horse skin?"

But Kang Chenzi asked with a half-smile, "Why do you have to buy it?"

"What do you mean?" Zhu Youchen asked in confusion.

"In that case, let's clean up quickly and go directly to the Wanxiong Mountains to hunt for fresh ones." Kang Chenzi suddenly smiled meaningfully.

Zhu Youchen was slightly startled and said, "You want to take me to hunt monsters?"

"That's right." Kang Chenzi nodded and smiled: "I have thought carefully about it these past two days. Instead of letting you chew on the knowledge in books at home, I would rather take you to the Wanxiong Mountains and teach you some materials on the spot. The knowledge in this area will also allow you to get in touch with some World of Warcraft in advance and practice actual combat."

Zhu Youchen nodded clearly, then asked curiously: "Are the Wanxiong Mountains the dark mountains to the east?"

"That's right." Kang Chenzi nodded with a smile and introduced: "The Wanxiong Mountains are one of the larger gathering places for monsters in Kyushu, and Lanxin City happens to be on the main road leading to the Wanxiong Mountains. If we set out today, we will be able to enter the outskirts of the Wanxiong Mountains tomorrow."

"But... with my current strength, would it be too dangerous to hunt monsters?"

"If you have a good teacher following you, what is there to be afraid of?" Kang Chenzi said with a dumb smile.

Zhu Youchen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll get ready now. But before that, I still have a question I want to ask."

"Oh?" Kang Chenzi asked with interest, "What's the doubt?"

"You see, I have already upgraded Da Zhuang and Er Pang to one star, so can my shadow puppet also be upgraded to a star?" Zhu Youchen expressed his doubts seriously.

"Hiss~~~ I have never thought about this as a teacher." Kang Chenzi frowned, stood up and stared at Zhu Youchen for a long time, then suddenly his eyes flickered and said: "How about... give it a try?"

(End of this chapter)