Martial Sage from the Vajra Skill

Chapter 653: Chapter 419: Making a Move

Wenshan chuckled. "Followers are nothing but servants; they have no right of inheritance. Han Yingjie probably left behind quite a bit, otherwise Liu Yuanqing wouldn’t be acting this way. Brother Xu, if you have any ideas, you can go to the Logistics Hall as a fellow sect member to claim Han Yingjie’s belongings once the Celestial Strategy Academy confirms his death. The priority of a fellow disciple is much higher than that of cronies like Liu Yuanqing."

"Thanks for the reminder, Brother Wen," Xu Yang said, cupping his hands in a salute. He naturally wasn’t going to let Liu Yuanqing have free loot.

Of course, keeping it all for himself was probably impossible. After all, Sun Tao, Jiang Fan, Li Chuyang, and Lu Ren were also from the Purple Sun Sect. According to Wenshan, the people from their sect should be the ones to divvy up what Han Yingjie left behind.

He probably didn’t even need to step forward for this kind of matter; Lu Ren, Lü Fengxing, and the others would fight for it. Liu Yuanqing was completely delusional if he thought he could get a piece. Naturally, he couldn’t rule out the possibility that Wenshan was wrong, and Liu Yuanqing truly just wanted to avenge Han Yingjie.

Upon returning to his courtyard, Xu Yang immediately pushed the matter out of his mind. After resting for a day, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit recovered to their peak. He left the courtyard carrying a lump of iron that used to be a Spiritual Soldier, along with his Celestial Star Tungsten Steel.

"That’s the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel? What a massive chunk!"

"Everyone thought he died in Jade Dragon Mountain. Who would have thought he’d stumble upon such a fortuitous encounter?"

"I heard Zhang Bo offered two thousand Academy credits and twenty thousand Spirit Coins, and he still didn’t sell it."

Along the way, the people who saw the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel in Xu Yang’s hands couldn’t help but click their tongues in wonder. Many of them stared with red, envious eyes.

Since everyone already knew he possessed this much Celestial Star Tungsten Steel, Xu Yang couldn’t be bothered to hide it. He carried it by hand all the way to the Forging Pavilion.

"Sir, I’d like to rent a forge workshop. May I ask how many credits it costs?"

The old man guarding the door rested his gaze on the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel in Xu Yang’s hands, revealing a hint of astonishment. "Such a large piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel. You have good luck, kid. Are you planning to work on this yourself? It would be a massive loss if such a precious item gets turned into a pile of scrap iron."

Xu Yang shook his head. "I wanted to hire someone too, but their asking price is too high for me to afford. Fortunately, I studied the Weapon Forging Skill back in my sect, so I can only take a risk and try it myself."

The old man didn’t say anything more. He deducted two credits from him and handed him a token.

Taking the token, Xu Yang walked through the corridor and soon saw Lu Ren and the others resting in the forging area.

"Celestial Star Tungsten Steel?"

"There really is a piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel this huge."

Seeing the item in Xu Yang’s hands, the students in the courtyard swarmed over, staring at the material in shock. Even as Weapon Forgers, this was their first time seeing a piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel of such an absurd size.

"Why doesn’t an item like this belong to me?" Lu Ren thought, a flash of greed crossing his eyes.

As a genius Weapon Forger, he had a pressing need for these kind of top-tier Forging Materials. If he could use it to forge a High-tier Spiritual Weapon, he would vault to the status of a Master of Weapon Forging overnight, gaining both fame and fortune.

"He compromised after all."

"Other than Shen Lian, who could guarantee they wouldn’t turn the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel into scrap?"

"I’m not surprised at all. If he was too stingy to part with half the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel, he’d just have to watch it turn into scrap iron."

Recalling how Xu Yang had refused earlier, the crowd broke into a flurry of discussion.

"You’ve finally figured it out. A wise choice. Hand it over to me." Shen Lian strode over, reaching out to grab the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel from Xu Yang’s hands.

Xu Yang pulled his hand back, and Shen Lian grabbed nothing but air. He smiled and said, "You’re mistaken, Brother Shen. I’m not here to ask you to forge a weapon."

A look of displeasure flashed across Shen Lian’s face. He frowned. "What do you mean? Are you planning to hire them? Don’t blame me for not warning you—if you give it to them, there is a very high probability it’ll be ruined."

"I’m not hiring anyone. I’ll do it myself," Xu Yang said with a smile.

The moment he said that, Shen Lian almost couldn’t process it. Xu Yang was going to do it himself? Did he even know how to forge? The others were similarly dumbfounded, half-convinced they had misheard.

"You’re doing it yourself? This is absolute nonsense! Do you have any idea how much a piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel this large is worth? If it’s ruined, can you bear the consequences? Do you think forging weapons is just grabbing a hammer and smashing it blindly?" Shen Lian started to panic, never expecting that Xu Yang would choose to do it himself out of desperation.

"That’s none of your concern, Brother Shen. I picked this up in the mountains anyway, so if it’s ruined, it’s ruined." Too lazy to waste any more words on him, Xu Yang found the stone room matching the number on his token, pushed the door open, and walked inside.

"Forty percent! Just give me forty percent of the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel and we have a deal!" Shen Lian shouted, but Xu Yang simply closed the door in response.

"Thirty percent!" Shen Lian shouted again.

Although his previous asking price had followed the usual conventions for a Weapon Forger, he had actually set it too high. No one would normally use such a massive piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel for forging. Under ordinary circumstances, nobody forged Weapons weighing several thousand catties. He thought he had Xu Yang firmly in his grasp, never anticipating that Xu Yang would rather risk ruining the material than let him profit.

"Twenty percent!" Shen Lian yelled.

"Damn it!" he cursed when he received no response. Seeing that Xu Yang was ignoring him even when he lowered his price to twenty percent, Shen Lian grew flustered and furious. He regretted making such an exorbitant demand earlier. Now, he feared that even if he offered to do it for free, Xu Yang wouldn’t hand the item over for him to forge.

"Fine! I’ll just wait and see what you can forge. When it turns into a pile of scrap iron, you’ll be the one crying!" Shen Lian quickly calmed himself down, wearing a cold sneer as he waited for Xu Yang to fail. He wanted to see who would be more heartbroken then.

Lu Ren was also utterly dumbfounded, never expecting Xu Yang to work on it himself.

That was roughly three thousand catties of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel! Huo Xiaochen and Zhang Bo had offered high prices for it. How dared Xu Yang work on it himself? Where did he get the confidence that he could forge a High-tier Spiritual Weapon?

"Does Xu Yang even know the Weapon Forging Skill?" someone asked in bewilderment.