Immortal Path to Heaven

Lin Feifeng’s spiritual fire boiled instantly and enveloped the peculiar stones in front of him.

When he previously smithed, he adopted a concealing trick on his fire, hence Ou Yangming could only make deductions based on the changes of the flame. This time, a layer of concealment was lifted from his spiritual fire, so while the spirit beasts were still dazed, the young fellow could recognize the fire’s wonder by observing a small part of it.

Ou Yangming looked at Lin Feifeng with gratitude. He quickly calmed down and observed carefully.

Although he knew Lin Feifeng was doing this to return the courtesy, he was still rather grateful.

Lin Feifeng chose more than just these few ores; he matched them with others too. Moreover, after he used his spiritual fire to melt an ore to a certain level, he would split it into 2 unequal parts and abandon one of them.

With that, 6 different minerals were slowly formed into something similar to a gauntlet according to a fixed proportion.

Ou Yangming had a look of exultation on his face, and he was moved.

Lin Feifeng did not perform any unique skills, but he expressed something to the young fellow in a simple and unadorned way.

Equipment smithing was not a rough job but a beautiful art.

Back when Ou Yangming smithed pieces of equipment, once he selected an ore or several different ores, he would knead them together with his Military Fire and form a heavy armor.

In any case, spirit beasts that wore armors were tall and strong. Given their strengths, the armors’ weights would not be a burden to them. Perhaps the beasts even hoped that the heavier the armors, the better they were.

Nonetheless, Lin Feifeng’s technique made Ou Yangming come to a sudden realization.

A truly great piece of equipment was not smithed like that.

If one wanted to smith the best equipment, one must have enough judgment to tell what marvelous effects would be caused when minerals were merged. However, apart from that, Ou Yangming was also clueless about allocating ores according to proportions.

In terms of proficiency in smithing technique and overall smithing speed only, Lin Feifeng was far from Ou Yangming. Nevertheless, in terms of a comprehensive comparison, the latter was inferior to the former if he did not utilize his fire’s drawing or upgrading ability.

If they were compared, one of them had rich hands-on experiences but a fatal shortcoming in knowledge reserve.

The other one was much weaker in practical abilities but knew the mature smithing system and could crush his opponent in theoretical knowledge.

In comparison, Ou Yangming did not have the upper hand no matter what.

Needless to say, the unique upgrading ability possessed by the phoenix’s purple fire was an insoluble cheat code. If Ou Yangming employed this method, not to mention Lin Feifeng, even his master would not be able to do anything.

A pair of gauntlets was slowly formed. They were neither gorgeous nor were they attached with any offensive skills, but they were priceless treasures to Ou Yangming. This was because the smithing technique seemed to have opened a big door in front of him, allowing him to see the unparalleled view on the other side.

He could not help but scream internally at the moment.

‘Smithing technique—this is the real smithing technique.’

In the lower realm, he encountered top-notch blacksmiths, but even Wu Hongxi from the imperial family never displayed such an ability.

It was not because they were less intelligent, but because they were in a different environment.

Unlike the Spiritual Realm, the lower realm was certainly not abundant in various minerals. In the lower realm, there were capable talents from past generations, but they could not make something out of nothing. As such, being able to refine featured steel was considered a fantastic achievement.

Even so, after entering the Spiritual Realm and witnessing the abilities of a blacksmith from this place, Ou Yangming knew he needed to change his inherent ideas.

He inhaled deeply and bowed at Lin Feifeng. “Brother Lin, please give me some pointers.”

Lin Feifeng immediately helped him up and said with a smile, “Brother Ou, I finally confirmed something.”

Ou Yangming asked as he was puzzled, “What is it?”

“Heh, you really never learned about minerals sorting and basic melting.”

“Which books can they be learned from? Where can they be found?” Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up.

“These are the most basic knowledge for human blacksmiths, so you can buy the books from any bookstore.” Lin Feifeng forced a smith and questioned in confusion, “Brother Ou, if you never learned them, how could you smith magic tools?”

Ou Yangming flushed a little. He had used the phoenix’s purple fire to forcibly increase the equipment’s equivalent rank.

Having said that, he could not explain it to anyone.

The young fellow cleared his throat and answered, “I just kept refining and managed to do it in the end. As for how I did it…” He spread out his hands and continued, “I have no idea either…”

Lin Feifeng was startled for some time before he sighed and remarked, “A genius—a real genius is here!”

He later curbed his thought and noted, “Brother Ou, come and take a look at these ores. If you merge this and this, they’ll cause this effect. If you add this in, according to this proportion, there’ll…” As he pointed to the different ores, he explained their origins and functions one by one.

Ou Yangming listened quietly. He raised some questions from time to time, and his eyes gleamed.

He was familiar with the ores’ names and basic properties because by identifying with his Military Fire in the Spiritual Realm, everything was clear to him as though they were simply laid out in front of him.

Despite that, he only knew about the minerals on their own. As for the effects of fusing 2 or more minerals, he knew nothing as if his eyes were closed.

Lin Feifeng’s explanations at the moment were similar to a good rain after a long drought, causing Ou Yangming to be enlightened. The young fellow began to develop an even more favorable impression of the man.

Ou Yangming looked deeply at the focused Lin Feifeng and confirmed that he was a good person.

That said, he did not know that there was a reason Lin Feifeng was being so enthusiastic.

Lin Feifeng was a blacksmith that inherited a series of knowledge. On the contrary, judging from Ou Yangming’s smithing technique of forcibly accumulating minerals, it was the most unrefined skill, which he discovered on his own.

Nonetheless, the qualities of the pieces of equipment smithed by them were not much different.

The outcome was the exact reason Lin Feifeng was deeply in awe.

If Ou Yangming also learned real skills in smithing art, what kind of equipment would he be able to smith?

Lin Feifeng was not a good samaritan, but he knew something very well. The smithing skills that he understood were not secrets at all because one could purchase corresponding books from any bookstore in the Humans’ boundary and could learn them.

Needless to say, only knowledge of rudimentary skills could be found. If one wanted to dive deeper, one would have to join a sect to further study them.

Someone like Ou Yangming would soar like a dragon once he had a chance encounter and would be out of Lin Feifeng’s league. If Lin Feifeng did not become friends with the young fellow before he became successful, how would he have another chance to cling to him in the future?

Therefore, Lin Feifeng did not put on airs in front of Ou Yangming; he taught the young fellow everything he knew.

It took an hour for Lin Feifeng to finish explaining preliminary analyses and melting skills by using materials that were present.

The spirit beasts below the platform brought many types of mineral, but a few were still missing. Nevertheless, Lin Feifeng retrieved samples from his interspatial bag and described them one by one.

Not to mention anything else, his hard work alone made Ou Yangming incredibly grateful.

“Hehe, Brother Ou, that’s all I know. If you’re interested, how about you try it out yourself?” Lin Feifeng suggested with a smile.

Ou Yangming nodded and asked loudly, “Do any of you want any equipment?”

The spirit beasts below the high platform had been waiting impatiently for a long time, but they had discretion. They dared not offend 2 smithing masters at the same time, thus they could only wait patiently.

They were elated when they heard Lin Feifeng end his conversation with Ou Yangming.

In spite of that, since they watched for a long time, they could more or less tell that Lin Feifeng was the master that taught Ou Yangming how to smith.

Hence, they firmly believed that Ou Yangming’s smithing standard was far from that of Lin Feifeng.

As for how Ou Yangming managed to smith a magic tool of Common Grade Rank Three and achieved a Wish-fulfilling Degree of 5… He must have chanced upon it—it must be sheer dumb luck!

The spirit beasts kept quiet when they heard Ou Yangming’s question, and they stood still as if they were woodpiles.

‘We accumulated our materials through a lot of hard work, so we must give them to the best smithing master.’ They rather queued for Lin Feifeng than letting Ou Yangming attempt.

Ou Yangming’s face reddened. Just as he was about to say something, Tiger Ji expressed, “Master Ou, you… Still have a helmet to make!”

It spoke carefully as it was afraid of offending Ou Yangming.

Given the materials that Tiger Ji prepared, it was quite a delightful surprise for it to receive a Rank Three armor with a Wish-fulfilling Degree of 5. If it still wished for a helmet, even if it was shooed away, it would not be able to express its indignance at all.

Who knew, Ou Yangming simply slapped his forehead and laughed. “You’re right, I forgot about it.”

He glanced at the familiar and strange peculiar stones.

After a brief moment, he shook his wrist and picked 4 materials.

The Military Fire emerged from his hand again to envelop the materials and a part of the Wish-fulfilling Clay.

When the fire flickered, Ou Yangming recalled Lin Feifeng’s teachings. ‘It’s not a must to use every material chosen. The most suitable equipment is the best equipment.’

“Pow…”

As the Military Fire burned, unnecessary materials fell from the Military Fire.

Lin Feifeng raised his eyebrows as he was shocked.

‘This young fella’s judgment is truly remarkable. Did he really not learn the theoretical knowledge before?’