Chapter 185 Blacksmith Career Advancement

Chapter 186 Blacksmith Career Promotion

[Hunter triggers special event: knowledge transfer of plot characters. ]

[Skills being transferred...]

Qi Mansion, forging room.

From the time the two entered the forging room, the light in the forging room never faded for a moment for three whole days.

Except for taking care of necessary physiological needs, the two hardly wasted any time, and were completely immersed in the process of exchanging skills.

During this period, Xu Yue also taught Qi Zhu the relevant knowledge of forging inscription literature, and the two studied together the possibility of integrating the two skills and bringing forth new ideas.

A handful of weapons were born in the forging room, but were soon reforged. Both sides benefited greatly from such teaching and learning. When they finally came to their senses, three days and nights had passed quietly.

With the help of Paradise, Xu Yue used three days to empty all of Qi Zhu's forging skills, and his blacksmith secondary profession also underwent earth-shaking changes.

【Blacksmith (Complete Forging)】

1. Soul Empowerment and Fusion Lv.11 (Proficiency 198/200)

2. Tool Forging and Production Lv.18 (Proficiency 114/200)

3. Inscription Context Construction Lv.16 (Proficiency 133/200)

4. Gem Inlay Fusion Lv.12 (Proficiency 64/100)

5. Equipment Repair and Maintenance Lv.15 (Proficiency 59/100)

6. Extraordinary Characteristic Melting Lv.14 (Proficiency 36/100)

………

The advanced forging of the secondary profession has been promoted to complete, and the various branch abilities have also been greatly improved, including an additional soul fusion ability, which is the core part of the entire forging heritage of the Shenduan Country.

In the forging room, Xu Yue looked at his new secondary profession template, and the joy in his eyes was hard to suppress.

Compared with Xu Yue's huge change, Qi Zhu's improvement is not small. Although three days is not enough for him to learn the complete forging inscriptions, it has also expanded new possibilities for his forging path. In time, he is very likely to create a unique forging system.

But in addition to the above gains, what excites him most is the glass ball in his hand that carries the fire source of the feast.

This fire source is a trace of origin that Xu Yue extracted from the burning fire in his dantian, and then stabilized after continuously nurturing it with nearly a thousand points of mana. As long as the fuel is continuously replenished, it can last for hundreds of years.

In terms of value alone, this glass ball is not inferior to the forging inheritance learned from Qi Zhu.

"Qi Zhu, I have explained the characteristics of the feasting fire in detail before, so I won't repeat it."

"It is important to remember that the only fuel needed for the feasting fire is living beings. The stronger the living being, the more fiercely it burns, and the shorter the time it takes to be promoted to a kind of fire. As for when it can succeed, it depends on your luck."

After spending many days together, the relationship between the two of them became much more familiar, and the way they addressed each other became more casual, no longer using honorifics such as Your Excellency and Master.

After listening to Xu Yue's instructions, Qi Zhu nodded and carefully placed the glass ball in the wooden box for safekeeping. This thing cannot be lost, and so far, he has not figured out how to deal with this unique source of fire.

After putting away the glass ball, Qi Zhu seemed to have thought of something, turned around and looked at Xu Yue and said:

"Xinhuo, do you have the intention to join our country's God Forging Union? I can introduce you."

"And with your current forging ability, plus the help of Xianghuo, you may even have the possibility of challenging the title of the new generation of God Craftsmen."

"God Craftsman?"

After repeating the title of God Craftsman, Xu Yue's heart moved. The God Forging Union of the God Forging Country is also within the scope of the main task, and if you can become a God Craftsman of this generation, you will undoubtedly be the strongest in the entire God Forging Country.

This time, the main task does not stipulate that only one can be completed.

"How can I get the title of God Craftsman?"

Facing Xu Yue's doubts, Qi Zhu's words were full of longing, and his tone was loud and clear.

"If you make a soul-melting weapon that can be passed down to the country, you will be a new generation of God Craftsman."

The so-called passing down to the country means that the forged weapon can achieve a perfect fusion with the weapon soul.

Endowing souls and sealing souls into tools is the core skill of the Divine Forging Country, but it is not only the Divine Craftsman who can do it. In the Divine Forging Country, anyone who can be called a forging master can do it.

But there are still defects in just doing this, because such soul sealing is often incomplete. Although the soul is sealed into the tool, it can play a role in strengthening the tool, but this is only temporary. The soul inside will gradually weaken over time until it disappears.

As long as the soul is not perfectly integrated with the tool and reaches the point of mutual symbiosis, such defects cannot be made up. To achieve complete soul fusion, that is a skill that only the Divine Craftsman can master.

To achieve this step, the requirements are extremely high. The strength of the external soul, the spiritual quality of the tool, and the high level of forging skills are indispensable.

Only a soul-fused weapon that meets all of the above conditions is worthy of being called a national heirloom. Even after thousands of years, it can still remain as good as new. As long as the external tool is not destroyed, its internal weapon soul will never weaken without reason, but will become stronger for various reasons.

Over the past thousand years, the Kingdom of Divine Forging has given birth to twelve divine craftsmen and has twelve national treasures that can be passed down to the country. The most powerful and famous among them is the Thousand Blades of the Demonic Sword passed down by the first generation of divine craftsmen.

Passing on the country is the eternal pursuit of every Shenforged countryman. Only the blacksmith who forges such a weapon can be called a divine craftsman.

Only then can the statue be erected in the Hall of Divine Craftsmen, and together with the weapons handed down to the country, it can be worshiped by the people of the country. The country will never be extinguished and the incense will be endless.

Similarly, becoming a master craftsman is Qi Zhu's highest ideal, and after these three days of getting along, he saw in Xu Yue the possibility of becoming a master craftsman, and the speed at which his skills improved was so astonishing.

"Soul? Instrument? Skill?"

Talking about the requirements for passing on the country's weapons, Xu Yue touched his chin and made up his mind.

"I will definitely join the God Forge Guild, but not now. Before that, I need to go to the Earth Dragon Kingdom."

"Qi Zhu, how long will it take to completely repair the deck of my airship?"

Qi Zhu on the side recalled the size of the spaceship that Xu Yue had described to him before, and after roughly estimating it, he said:

"As long as I have enough materials, I can complete a large ship of eighty lengths in about two days. I can even reinforce the hull."

"But if all the materials are made of golden paulownia wood, the cost will be quite staggering."

"Approximately how much is needed?"

"At least thirty thousand taels of gold."

After hearing the reply, Xu Yue's face froze. He had massacred the entire Snake Valley before and received only a thousand taels of bounty. He thought it was enough, but now it seems that he was too optimistic.

Fortunately, he had a plan for this. He took out a pile of magic dust from the space, handed it to Qi Zhu and said:

"This thing is magic dust. It is the essence obtained from disassembling equipment. It can be used to strengthen weapons. Do you think it can be worth a lot?"

Qi Zhu took the magic dust from Xu Yue's hand, twisted it with his fingers, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

As a blacksmith master, he has handled countless materials of various colors. Even if it is a strange thing, he can roughly understand its corresponding characteristics after sensing it.

"It does have the effect of strengthening the weapon. If you integrate it into the steel billet during forging, it can effectively improve the quality. You have a lot of good things in your hands."

"How much of this do you have?"

Xu Yue chuckled, and a piece of white equipment was taken out from the space and decomposed into four piles of white magic dust in front of Qi Zhu.

"As long as this ordinary weapon can handle it, the magic dust will have everything you need."

After watching the whole process of decomposing the demon dust, Qi Zhu's eyes flashed with golden light, and he asked excitedly:

"Do you really only need this kind of ordinary quality weapon?"

"That's right!"

Seeing Xu Yue nodding in affirmation, a faint blush appeared on Qi Zhu's face.

"If this is the case, repairing the deck is only a small amount of money. The ordinary weapons in my shop cost at least a thousand, and this magic dust is something that all blacksmiths are willing to spend a lot of money to buy."

"The profit can be increased at least twenty times!"

Although Qi Zhu is an extremely rare forging master in the Divine Forging Kingdom, he is not too wealthy.

He doesn't like to be restrained, and he doesn't choose to be a guest of a big force. In addition, he doesn't like to create publicity, so he only takes on odd jobs every day.

Although his income is also high, his expenses are also huge. Improving his skills requires a lot of materials, and repairing and maintaining this huge mansion left by his ancestors is also a huge expense.

Coupled with other scattered expenses, his money was somewhat dwarfed by comparison. That was why the exterior of the mansion that Xu Yue saw looked particularly old.

On the one hand, this is because Qi Zhu deliberately pursues purity; on the other hand, he really has no money.

For various reasons, when he saw Mo Chen's huge business opportunity, he couldn't help but feel unexcited.

"Xinhuo, let's work together to sell the magic dust. The cost of the deck can be solved in two days at most!"