Chapter 277 (2/2)

But more importantly, most of these medicinal ingredients could not be found in the monastery . He had to make a trip to the supermonastery to buy them .

That very day, Elder Sun left to go to the supermonastery, purchasing all the ingredients listed on Long Chen’s list .

Elder Sun’s actions were completely in Long Chen’s expectations .

Although he knew that coming to find him at this time would definitely raise his suspicions, Long Chen was sure that by proposing such a high trade request and by also giving him half of his reward at the beginning, that old fellow would definitely take the bait .

Once he left Elder Sun’s immortal cave, Long Chen saw that everyone had already awakened from their drinking contest and had secluded themselves .

That huge battle had been extremely beneficial to them . Since Long Chen had returned and their hearts had been steadied, they all secluded themselves in order to absorb all the benefits of that battle .

Returning to his immortal cave, he saw that Tang Wan-er and Qing Yu were both in a meditative state, and so he didn’t bother them .

He then went to go find Wilde, but found that he and Little Snow had disappeared . After asking some workers, he found out the two of them had gone hunting with Cang Ming .

Wilde had been starving the entire time during these past few days . Ordinary Magical Beasts were unable to allay his hunger .

As soon as he had returned to the monastery, he had gone to see his master to get some food . Little Snow was similar to him in that he required meat to cultivate, and so Wilde had naturally brought Little Snow along as well .

Seeing everyone in seclusion, Long Chen didn’t even know what he should do . He was still waiting for news from Elder Sun .

He trusted Elder Sun would be even more impatient than him . He was probably gathering the medicinal ingredients as quickly as he could .

After thinking about it for a bit, Long Chen decided to go visit Guo Ran . Guo Ran’s immortal cave was the most isolated of all the immortal caves . As soon as Long Chen approached, he heard loud clanking and banging, the sound of forging, coming from within .

Entering his immortal cave, he saw the entire ground was covered with junk . Iron fragments were everywhere, as well as a couple failed items .

Even though Long Chen had arrived, Guo Ran’s head was still down . He was constantly beating something on his huge forging table .

That forging table was exceptionally large . It was covered with all kinds of forging utensils . From a distance, it almost looked like a beast made of ironware .

It was no wonder Tang Wan-er had grumbled to him that Guo Ran was spending more and more . He had constantly been asking for more points from her .

Most likely, Guo Ran was planning on changing profession to become more of a forger than a cultivator . Seeing him so focused on what he was working on, Long Chen sighed . Even this little fellow can be serious sometimes .

As he got closer, Long Chen saw Guo Ran was using a set of pliers to hold a nine inch steel nail .

That steel nail had only just been taken out of the furnace beside him . His right hand held a hammer that was smas.h.i.+ng down over and over, sparks flying .

That steel nail’s head was gradually turning black as it was struck by the hammer . Long Chen saw that dense lines covered the top of the nail .

Although Long Chen didn’t understand much about forging, he knew that a single line would appear after that steel nail was tempered once .

Within Phoenix Cry, the majority of weapons had only gone through a single tempering . That was because Phoenix Cry’s forgers were just ordinary blacksmiths, and were unable to temper their weapons a second time . They weren’t skillful or strong enough, and so when they tried to let their weapons undergo a second tempering, they would automatically burst apart .

That was why ordinary weapons were only tempered once, and only had one line when created . After it cooled off, that line would fade, but professionals would all be able to tell just how many times a weapon had been tempered .

Furthermore, it was said that good weapons were all tempered at least ten times . The more times a weapon was tempered, the less impurities it would contain .

It was said that steel could be tempered up to one hundred times . Although steel was just a very ordinary metal, after being tempered a one hundred times, its hardness would be absolutely shocking . That level of steel was capable of even piercing through the armor of a third rank Magical Beast .

The steel nail in Guo Ran’s hand had tens of lines, showing how many times it had been tempered by him .

Guo Ran had remained focused this entire time . When the nail’s color had changed to a certain level, he immediately threw it into the water bucket beside him .

The water boiled for a moment before quickly calming back down . Guo Ran carefully took out the steel nail and examined it .

But when he went to examine it, he also saw Long Chen standing in front of him .

“Boss- ah!”

Guo Ran was given a fright, and his hand loosened for a moment, dropping that nail onto his foot . But he was fortunate that the nail landed on its side, otherwise with how sharp he had made it, his foot would have acquired a new hole .

However, that nail, which was only the thickness of a single finger, was still dozens of pounds . Having it smash on his foot still made him yelp in pain .

“Looks like if you ever leave the monastery, you’ll still be able to feed yourself by being a blacksmith . ” Long Chen laughed .

Guo Ran rubbed his foot vexedly . “Boss, if you discriminate against me, you’ll be discriminating against a future crafting G.o.d! You have to apologize . ”

Long Chen couldn’t help laughing . “Fine . If you can show me any of the style of a crafting G.o.d, I will apologize . ”

Guo Ran brightened . “Hehe, boss, don’t eat your words . I’ll let you see what is called a grand masterpiece . ”

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