The word "magic weapon" is just a general term for all kinds of extraordinary props refined by cultivators, and there are naturally many differences in it.

Ancient cultivators, according to the spirituality, supernatural powers, uses, raw materials, power and other standards of magic weapons, formulated a general magic weapon level. From low to high, it is divided into five categories: magic weapons, treasure weapons, spiritual weapons, immortal weapons, and holy weapons, and each class is divided into four grades, including lower, middle, upper, and super four grades, with a total of five grades and twenty grades.

When judging, the power is often the last thing to consider, and the spirituality of the magic weapon and the level of supernatural power contained in it are the most important basis for judgment.

As the saying goes, "magic weapons have spirits" and "spiritual objects choose masters" or something, but to really make magic weapons have spirituality and intelligence, at least they must reach the level above the "spirit weapon", which is also the origin of the name "spirit weapon".

And the magic weapon of the "spirit weapon" level must be a high-grade product that can only be refined by a cultivator at least in the Jindan period. To refine the book of spiritual weapons, the golden pill period is the minimum requirement, and cultivators who have not mastered the true fire of samadhi should not even think about it.

In order to make the magic weapon spiritual and intellectual, the most crucial factor is the "machine spirit". If the magic weapon itself is the hardware part, then the "machine spirit" is the software part of it, and it is impossible to have spirituality and intelligence without the magic weapon of the machine spirit.

After reading a lot of books, Su Xue got a glimpse of the heavens, and finally after his own understanding and sorting and induction, he divided the "spirituality" of such a thing as "machine spirit" into ten levels.

Among them, the lowest level of "machine spirits" is only the simplest spirituality and wisdom. To use a descriptive analogy, it is probably similar to the intelligence level of an insect. At this level, it is likely that they do not even know their owners, and they respond completely according to the established procedures, with little learning ability and no room for growth.

When they reach the fourth-order "machine spirit", their spiritual level has probably increased to the level of reptiles such as turtles, and they can already know their masters. The intelligence level of the fifth-order "machine spirit" is equivalent to that of birds such as chickens and ducks, and they begin to have a certain degree of initiative. The intelligence of the sixth-order "machine spirit" is similar to that of a dog, and it can already help.

And the magic weapon of the "spirit weapon" level, the rank of its "machine spirit" can only reach the sixth order at most. If you want to go up further, you have to be an immortal weapon, or even a holy weapon.

If you want the "machine spirit" to reach the average intelligence level of adult humans, you must reach the ninth order. If anyone has a magic weapon with a tenth-order machine spirit, it is equivalent to "bringing an old man with him", because the intelligence level of this machine spirit has surpassed that of most human beings.

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The "machine spirit" is so important, and its manufacturing difficulty is naturally extremely high. And the more you go to the back, the difficulty is simply rolling up, and it is increasing geometrically. For example, to create a first-order "machine spirit", the difficulty is only 1, but to create a fifth-order machine spirit, the difficulty is not 5, but 100, or even higher.

Take the immortal weapon as an example, like the instrument spirit of the medium-grade immortal weapon [Xuantianlu], it is the ninth order. If converted into cost, the cost of this machine spirit will exceed several times that of the magic weapon itself.

In fact, this is quite normal, just compare it with some modern weapons. For example, modern advanced fighter jets, needless to say, are expensive, but in the total cost, its fire control system and other software do account for the majority, and the cost of its hardware is much lower. This is even more true of this high-level magic weapon, and the cost and manufacturing difficulty of the machine spirit are far beyond the hardware of the magic weapon itself.

The image is that the grade evaluation of this high-level magic weapon can almost be equated with "cost cost".

Therefore, if a magic weapon wants to ensure the balanced development of all performance in all aspects, the difficulty and cost are unimaginable, and even if it can be refined, it is extremely cost-effective in terms of cost performance. Therefore, most of the magic weapons will have trade-offs in various performances.

A strong attack magic weapon like [Qingyun Pure Light Sword] is a complete extreme route, and it sacrifices almost all performance except for "power". The rank of its instrument spirit is unimaginably low, it is only the fifth order, and it is not as good as some "spirit weapons", it is not like an immortal weapon at all. That's why it was rated as a low-grade immortal weapon.

But if you are willing to give it, you will be willing to give it to get it. Therefore, the [Qingyun Pure Light Sword] is extremely perverted in terms of power, and it is not at all the strength that a low-grade immortal weapon should have, and even many high-grade and even super-grade offensive immortal weapons are not as good as it. ,

Lu Di's [Ten Absolute God Thunder Demon Slaying Array], although its design concept is not as extreme as [Qingyun Pure Light Sword], it is not much better, and its instrument spirit is only a seventh-order level, which is roughly equivalent to the intelligence of a four- or five-year-old child.

Therefore, although the immortal weapons possessed by the two of them were extremely powerful, they did not help their own cultivation in any way. Can you expect a chicken or a four or five-year-old child to guide others in cultivation?

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However, the spirit level of the immortal weapon, after reaching the super-grade immortal weapon, the standard is completely different. Because the evaluation of whether it is a "super-grade" immortal artifact is not at all based on the rank of the artifact spirit, but to see whether this immortal artifact can have the ability to grasp the "Dao". There is no "enlightened" immortal weapon, no matter how high the spiritual wisdom is, it is not a super-grade immortal weapon.

For example, Su Ze's super-grade immortal weapon [Zhutian Yunjian] is very obvious, and its instrument spirit is only a pitiful first-order level!

But this is not surprising at all, because as far as Su Xue knows, in fact, all the super-grade immortal weapons, the level of the machine spirit is so low that it is embarrassing. Not to mention that compared with other immortal weapons, even compared with the vast majority of spiritual weapons, it does not have an advantage at all.

However, this is a necessary trade-off for refining a super-grade immortal weapon!

If you want to make the magic weapon "enlightened", the cost is unimaginably high, if you have to add a high-level instrument spirit, then do you want people to live?

So, is there a magic weapon that can not only "attain the Dao", but also have a high-level instrumental spirit?

Of course, the answer is yes, that is, the "holy weapons" above the immortal weapons, because they have "attained the Tao", so they are also called "Taoist weapons". However, the rarity of this thing is not enough to describe with rare angles. Because according to historical records, such things are not artificially created at all, they are all self-generated things of heaven and earth.

In layman's terms, it is an "innate magic weapon"!

In fact, although the "holy weapon" is also divided into four grades: lower, middle, upper, and super, this grade division is completely made up. Because they are so few, so small that there is no point in grading.

According to Su Ze's speculation, the "holy weapon" is probably the product of the spiritual intelligence that was automatically produced after the cosmic rules were manifested, and it was probably an incomplete god. Of course, this is just his speculation, and it is impossible to confirm it at this time.

Because there are so few things like "holy weapons", even the powerhouses of the ten major caves have not seen a few. There are only five pieces that can be confirmed in history, and even if you add the legends that cannot be confirmed, the total number will not exceed 20. And immortal weapons, although they are also very rare, but Kunlun Fairyland, Ten Continents and Three Islands, and Ten Cave Heavens, which force does not have a few?

So, there is simply no way to go deeper.

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Su Xue told the knowledge he had gained to all the Taoist friends.

"Senior Brother Su, can my [Qingyun Pure Light Sword] become smarter?" asked Zhu Hongxue very nervously.

Su Ze thought for a while and said, "It's theoretically possible, but I can't help it, at least not now." If you want to upgrade the machine spirit, you must at least wait for the Yang God to become a great success...... And there's no guarantee that it will degrade its other performance......"

Zhu Hongxue said with a disappointed face: "Hey...... What a shame......"

Wang Zhi rolled his eyes beside him and said, "Hongxue, you can be content." Being able to get an immortal weapon is already a great immortal fate, what else do you want? Don't go crazy like Lu Di......"

These words frightened Zhu Hongxue and immediately stopped mentioning it.

At this time, Yuan Ye asked again: "Oh, Sect Ancestor, what about Yuwen Du's [Xuanshu Tongshen Finishing Pen]?"

Su Xue thought for a moment and said, "Well, I estimate that its spirit rank should be stronger than [Heavenly Cloud Jian], but it is not as good as [Qingyun Pure Light Sword]. It's probably between the second and fourth orders, but because there is no direct contact, it's hard to evaluate accurately......"

Yuan Ye asked again, "Oh, so what is this kid doing now? Didn't you send Yin Sha to spy on you?"

Su Ze closed his eyes and felt it, and after more than ten seconds, he opened his eyes and smiled: "Hehe...... This kid is making goblins...... Sure enough, as I expected, this guy can't exert the ability of [Xuanshu Divine Finishing Touch] at all, he just activated the magic weapon and his own magical powers, he actually used his hard work to drive the magic weapon, he really didn't want to live......",

"Hehe, with his cultivation in the early stage of qi transformation, the true qi is enough to have a ghost!

Su Ze smiled and said, "...... Hehe, but this kid's brain is good, and he actually thought of replacing his eyes with goblins......"

After discussing for a while, everyone made a plan for the next step and a contingency plan.

Wang Zhi said: "Ancestor, do you want to ask the Emperor Si Ming to make a move, so that we can have a greater grasp......

"Yes, Emperor Si Ming is so cute......" Fan Dongliu's eyes were little stars.

Su Xue was choked by Fan Da Beauty and didn't know what to say.

After a while, he said, "...... Si Ming has gone to the United States now, well, it is now digging ruins in South America with a group of believers, and it seems that he will not be able to come back in the next few days. But there's no need to ask it for a little thing......"

"Digging up the relics, why does Emperor Si Ming have this hobby?"

Su Ze said with a strange expression: "It should be the remains of the Mayan Empire, it is foraging for food......"