404 Solidify Position—Baokang (1/2)

Thunderous Battle naturally did not know that the masters of the four sects had linked the matter of Mu Clan asking them for Phantasmal Crystal Ores four days ago to the matter of Heartless Iron proactively entering isolation to attempt making a fourth-echelon equipment.

They were filled with hope toward the best Forgemaster in Mu Clan, and they hoped that Mu Clan could rise to being a great sect that could stand on equal ground with Class One Hall, Chivalry Sect, and Towering Palace with the help of the first fourth-echelon masterpiece.

But against their expectations, in the next few days, Mu Clan was peaceful. Even when Heartless Iron egressed, there was no change on the Divine Weapons Rank, and no fourth-echelon masterpiece appeared.

It was very clear that the attempt to make the fourth-echelon weapon had failed.

That was not surprising. Right then, there might be Forgemasters around, but the failure rate was so high that it was shocking.

The four sects in Baokang were regretful, but they did not mention the saddening matter to Thunderous Battle. Instead, they used the feast of Blood Rivers in Nine Heavens and had Look at the Swans Above, who was the branch master of Chivalry Sect, to suggest what he did.

When Thunderous Battle noticed his old friends' deeply concerned gazes, he was stunned for a few seconds before he finally came to a realization.

”Oh, so you're talking about that…” Thunderous Battle chuckled unnaturally. ”There's nothing to say. Besides, we haven't lost all the money we earned last time.”

Everyone looked over with disbelief.

Even though Mu Clan had gathered up a lot of money, they used up quite a lot of it to gather at least seven sets of fourth-echelon materials, seven sets of third-echelon grade one masterpieces, so if all of them failed, Thunderous Battle would have lost at least two billion taels of silver.

Many of the large sects in the game could not casually gather around two billion taels of silver, much less lose all of it.

Everyone was also worried that Mu Clan would be traumatized by the failure they suffered. Chivalry Sect's Lin Xiao was the most concerned about that. He went straight to extend his good will and said that he was willing to help Mu Clan get through the dangerous times.

The other three sects also mentioned that Mu Clan could pay in instalments for the trade of their resources. After all, they were not as rich as Chivalry Sect.

”Hehe, I have received your good will. If one day I truly need help, I will definitely mention it to everyone. Right now, you're too worried about the situation. We still have around one billion cash in the flow in Mu Clan, and there are thousands of refined masterpieces in the clan storage. There are no less than two billion taels of silver worth of resources with us. You know how many of those resources enter our storage every day. We really do not lack money right now.”

Thunderous Battle's explanation relieved the four. Mu Clan's ability to get through the disaster made them breathe a sigh of relief. With the input from the resources of Shennongjia, they could cover the loss in less than half a month.

”By the way, Old Thunder, what is Happy doing now? I heard yesterday that he was still in the royal mausoleum. Does he also intend to give up on the quest in Light Summit?”

When the topic shifted from Mu Clan's resources to Happy, everyone's expressions betrayed their interest.

After all, a few days ago, Happy had entered Life and Death Realm and was now in the middle of the Dragon Rank.

As a famous martial artist, he had been the cause of multiple great news in the game, such as killing a Moksha Realm NPC alone, and many people believed that he would definitely not let go of the chance to take up the storyline quest at the final battle at Light Summit.

But there were also people who believed that Happy would not really dare to appear at Light Summit.