Chapter 202: Someone from Limitless Palace (1/2)

“Kid. What’s your name?” The old man sat down on the field with a hand holding the roasted meat and the other holding the wine cup, he enjoyed the feast while asking a question.

“Cheng Yu,” Even though this old man was quite good to him and had even given him a map that had accompanied the old man for over a hundred years, Cheng Yu did not wish to tell the old man about his circumstances.

“En. You wish to learn blacksmithing?” When it came to Cheng Yu’s identity, the old man wished to know more about it, but Cheng Yu did not say, so he also wouldn’t go and pester him about it.

“En. The equipment on the market are too expensive. Even if I come across even better ones, it might not be suitable for me. Therefore, I want to forge my own equipment myself.”

“Right. But you must know that there’s a limit to what a human can do. Just cultivation alone, a lot of people would spend their whole life pursuing it, but they would still have insufficient time. If you are to spend a long period of time learning blacksmithing, in the future, your cultivation progression will slow down. This is unpleasant to you. I can tell that your aptitude is pretty decent. If you focus on cultivating, in the future, your accomplishment would not be bad. Why bother wasting time on blacksmithing?”

Perhaps, it was because the old man cherished talents, the old man hoped that Cheng Yu would focus on cultivation instead. A lot of experts in the Cultivation World only focused on cultivation. Even if they learned other skills, it would only be very ordinary, and they would not spend a lot of time researching them because they needed to race against time. The rise in cultivation would allow their lifespan to be prolonged, but compared to heavenly dao, the time was too short. Therefore, they did not have a lot of time to research other skills.

“I know. However, in my opinion, pursuing immortality is endless. The heavenly dao is always changing and formless. Cultivation is dao, blacksmithing is also dao and pill concocting is dao as well. Since they are all daoism, I feel that the more I know, the higher my comprehension will be. My cultivation will then naturally increase over time,” Cheng Yu said objectively. In his previous life, Cheng Yu went through a lot. Although he focused on specializing a skill most of the time, a lot of other experts did not even specialize in any of them.

“The more dao one interacts with, the higher the comprehension towards daoism?” Hearing Cheng Yu’s words, the old man was shocked momentarily. When he mumbled those words himself, he seemed to have gotten enlightenment. Suddenly, he said happily, ”You are right! Since they are all daoism, ultimately, it all boils down to the purpose of improving our cultivation. And yet, why bother constraining oneself to cultivating wholeheartedly? You are right! Haha!”

“Alright. Since we have also eaten our fill, let’s part with each other!” When it came to the old man’s excitement, Cheng Yu did not feel weird about it at all because he had never once thought of cultivating wholeheartedly. Not to mention about his Pill Master identity, even if he was in the Secular World, it would be better for him to fall in love. If it was possible, Cheng Yu really wished to tell the old man, cultivation was dao, getting into a romantic relationship was also dao, getting married and giving birth to a child as well. Furthermore, they were all heavenly dao.

However, Cheng Yu did not wish to discuss about heavenly dao with the old man. Therefore, he put a stop to the topic bluntly. Wiping his mouth and finishing his drink before keeping the wine cup, he prepared to bid farewell to the old man.

“Wait!” When the old man saw Cheng Yu was about to leave, he put off the enlightenment in his heart and called out.

“Is there anything else?” Cheng Yu asked puzzledly.

“Did you not want to learn blacksmithing? Actually, I can teach you,” The old man looked at Cheng Yu and smiled.

“Old man, you know blacksmithing? Are you serious?” When Cheng Yu heard the old man’s words, he was shocked. Ever since he saw the old man, the old man had always given the impression of being very sloppy. Even when it came to sparring, he had never used any weapons or armaments before. Therefore, Cheng Yu never thought that this old man knew how to forge equipment.

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“Of course. Although my blacksmithing skill might not be the best in the Cultivation World, I could still be considered as a great master in the aspect,” When the old man heard the suspicion in Cheng Yu’s tone, he was discontented as he replied proudly.

“Old man, not that I don’t believe you, but you should at least bring forth some equipment to show me, right?”

“Alright. I shall let you see my ability,” The moment the old man finished speaking, he took out a greenish yellow armor from his storage ring.

“Spiritual Tool?!” Cheng Yu saw the armor in the old man’s hand, and he was truly astonished.

In the Cultivation World, equipment was separated into five different grades. Magic Tools, Treasured Tools, Spiritual Tools, Soul Tools and Immortal Tools. Of course, there were still Deity Tools and Saint Tools. However, in the lower realm Cheng Yu was currently in, there were no such existences. Magic Tools were very ordinary. It was suitable for Qi Training and Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. In addition, Magic Tools could not be upgraded. And Treasured Tools were the standard for Foundation Establishment Realm. But in this line which separated the Cultivation World and Secular World, the cultivators were not wealthy. Therefore, Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators hardly carried Treasured Tools here.

Treasured Tools could be upgraded, but it did not mean that all Treasured Tools could be upgraded. Those that were able to grow their own will, the top-notch Treasured Tools, could be upgraded. As for Spiritual Tools, they had already grown their own wills. Even though it was still unable to interact with their master, their master could use their own mental energy to control it. And once their spirit had grown, they can be upgraded to Soul Tools. As for Soul Tools and Immortal Tools, they had their own spirit existence. And this could show how beneficial it was to the weapon once a spirit grew in the tool.