Chapter 648 - 418: Divine Refinement
Chapter 648: Chapter 418: Divine Refinement
The Forging Pavilion was the place where disciples of the Celestial Strategy Academy practiced their Weapon Forging Skill. It was said that Lu Ren basically spent all day here.
The Forging Pavilion did not prohibit ordinary students from visiting. Even if you lacked Weapon Forging Talent, as long as you were interested in Forged Soldiers, you could come here. However, if you weren’t a student of the pavilion, certain resources wouldn’t be freely available to you. You would have to spend credits to buy or rent them.
The students of the Forging Pavilion also took on outside jobs forging weapons, though customers usually had to provide their own materials.
It was Xu Yang’s first time visiting. From a distance, he could hear the CLINK CLANK of striking iron. Waves of heat washed over him, and the air held faint traces of Fire Spirit Power.
"There should be an Earth Vein Spiritual Fire here," Xu Yang thought. The closer he got, the more abundant the Fire Spirit Power became.
The five-story pavilion only had its side door open, where a white-haired old man sat, looking utterly bored.
"What are you doing here?" the old man asked before Xu Yang could even approach.
Although the Forging Pavilion didn’t forbid regular students from entering, it wasn’t a place you could just stroll into out of idle curiosity.
Xu Yang stepped forward and cupped his hands. "Teacher, I am here to find someone to help forge a weapon." As he spoke, he handed over his Waist Token.
The old man glanced at it and waved his hand. "Go directly to the furnace operation room. Don’t wander anywhere else."
Xu Yang nodded in acknowledgment. Entering through the side door, the first thing he saw was an enormous courtyard surrounded by rooms and a winding corridor. He followed the corridor and soon arrived at an area filled with stone rooms. The Fire Spirit Power he had sensed earlier was radiating from these very rooms, and the CLINK CLANK of hammering iron rang out from some of them. This was the so-called furnace operation room.
"Xu Yang, what are you doing here?" Lu Ren stared in astonishment at Xu Yang, who had just walked in.
At a stone table, several shirtless men also looked over. They were all students practicing their Weapon Forging Skill here. However, other than Lu Ren, Xu Yang had never seen any of them before. They weren’t students from his year and were all noticeably older.
"I’m here to ask someone to help forge a weapon," Xu Yang said.
Lu Ren’s eyes lit up. "You want to forge a Middle-tier Spiritual Weapon, right? I can do it for you. Considering our relationship, I can charge you fewer credits."
He didn’t get many opportunities to take on private jobs at the Celestial Strategy Academy. Most people who needed weapons would just buy them directly from a shop. They only hired someone to forge for them if they had acquired rare materials.
Xu Yang looked at him expressionlessly. "With your skills, don’t waste my Spirit Iron. I’m looking for a true Master of Weapon Forging."
Naturally, he didn’t want to give a top-tier material like Celestial Star Tungsten Steel to Lu Ren for practice, let alone pay him credits for it. He would rather find someone less skilled than Lu Ren than hire a petty person like him.
"You..." Lu Ren instantly flew into a rage.
"This bastard actually looks down on my Weapon Forging Skill! I’m the most talented Weapon Forger in the Celestial Strategy Academy. To think I was even planning to charge him fewer credits," he fumed inwardly.
"What kind of material is it that you would call Lu Ren’s talent a waste?"
A deep, resonant voice rang out. Immediately after, a man with bulging muscles walked out of one of the stone rooms. His skin was a bronzed color, and with his lean, muscular physique, it looked as though he were wearing a suit of copper armor.
"This is Brother Shen, Shen Lian. He’s one of the few masters among us students who can forge High-tier Spiritual Weapons. You can ask him whatever weapon you want to forge. However, if your material is total garbage, Brother Shen probably won’t be interested in lifting a finger," Lu Ren said mockingly.
He knew Xu Yang probably just didn’t want to give him a good deal, but to hire a Master of Weapon Forging for a Middle-tier Spiritual Weapon was a price ordinary people couldn’t afford. If the material was garbage, the master wouldn’t even bother taking the job.
Hearing this, Xu Yang’s eyes lit up. "My material is Celestial Star Tungsten Steel!"
As soon as the words "Celestial Star Tungsten Steel" came out, Lu Ren’s eyes instantly turned red with envy, and the few men beside him reacted similarly.
As Weapon Forgers, they naturally knew how precious Celestial Star Tungsten Steel was. It was so exceedingly rare that not even Spirit Coins—which were said to be minted from a blend of various precious Spirit Irons—contained any traces of it.
"You actually have Celestial Star Tungsten Steel?" Lu Ren’s face was filled with disbelief.
There had been rumors that Xu Yang had reaped a substantial harvest at Jade Dragon Mountain, but to think he had actually obtained a piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel. Judging by his tone, he intended to use an entire piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel to forge a weapon. This was far beyond just a "substantial" harvest.
Shen Lian’s eyes also shone brightly. "To think it’s actually Celestial Star Tungsten Steel. Having Lu Ren forge it would indeed be a waste. How much Celestial Star Tungsten Steel do you have?"
Hearing that it was Celestial Star Tungsten Steel, he knew Xu Yang hadn’t been boasting. In the hands of a Master of Weapon Forging, such top-tier material was enough to forge a High-tier Spiritual Weapon. Lu Ren’s Weapon Forging Skill hadn’t reached that level yet.
"Around three thousand pounds," Xu Yang said.
"I want half!" Shen Lian said, his tone somewhat hurried.
"I can give you credits," Xu Yang shook his head.
A weapon forged from over three thousand pounds of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel was just right for him to use. Furthermore, his strength would continue to increase. If he gave away half of it as a reward, the weapon’s power would be greatly reduced.
However, for a Weapon Forger of Shen Lian’s caliber, credits were not lacking at all. What he lacked were rare, top-tier materials like Celestial Star Tungsten Steel. After all, the Xiao family had not hesitated to slaughter a group of people from the Yu family just to obtain it.
Hearing this, Shen Lian’s expression darkened. "I’m not overcharging you. These are the rules of a Weapon Forger. Half of the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel is more than enough to forge a handy weapon for yourself."