"Grandma, I..." Lin Jingge pursed her lips, momentarily at a loss for words.

But it was absolutely impossible for her to abandon Granny Lin.

“You don’t need to say anything more. Grandma has been doing just fine all these years on her own.” After saying that, she didn’t forget to glance at Lin Jingge: “Besides, there’s no use thinking about these things now. The requirements for accepting disciples in the Yunding Sect are extremely high. You might not even be able to pass their trials.”

Then, as if afraid of hearing Lin Jingge's unambitious words again, Granny Lin pushed her towards the door: "Alright, alright, I'm tired too, you should go now."

After saying that, he closed the door in front of Lin Jingge.

Lin Jingge stared at the closed door in front of her and stood quietly at the door for a while.

Right now, her mind was filled with what Granny Lin had just told her, as well as information about the Cloud Cauldron Sect.

In the Cloud Cauldron Continent, the Cloud Cauldron Sect is the highest governing body. It is through their sect that they open up teleportation arrays to recruit students in various lower-level planes.

After entering the Cloud Cauldron Sect, students will be assigned to different groups within the sect.

Many of the family elders in Lingyun City returned from Yunding Continent.

She didn't want to disappoint the old woman, but she also didn't want to leave Grandma Lin alone in this place.

She clenched her fists, remained silent for a long time, and then looked up to leave.

But they ran into Qian Suisui's older brother in the corridor.

Seeing that the other person was heading straight for her, Lin Jingge asked what their purpose was: "What is it?"

Qian Duoduo's gaze swept over Lin Jingge, and she instantly understood what was going on.

It seems that what his younger sister said is true.

"Is the disappearance of the secret realm related to you?" Qian Duoduo got straight to the point and stated his purpose directly.

"The secret realm has disappeared?!" Lin Jingge was somewhat surprised.

"You didn't know?" The other person's expression didn't seem fake, but how could she not know about such a major event as the disappearance of the secret realm?

This made Qian Duoduo suspicious.

"I really don't know. I've been cultivating in my room all day." Lin Jingge remained composed and did not reveal any flaws in the face of Qian Duoduo's probing.

Qian Duoduo pondered for a moment, then stepped aside without saying anything more. Seeing Lin Jingge leave, his gaze followed her retreating figure.

But what he was thinking about was his younger sister's strange behavior today.

He believed his sister wasn't a bad person, and that she must have been unable to accept the difference in their circumstances, which was why she spoke out of turn.

He didn't think about the rest.

Lin Jingge pushed open the door and entered the room. Only after closing the door did a hint of relief appear on her face.

Although she wasn't sure why the secret realm had disappeared, the connection between the two events left her no choice but to think about it.

The secret realm disappeared as soon as that folded space collapsed. If you say it's okay, she'll be the first to disbelieve you.

However, she dared not tell anyone about this.

If even the cultivation fanatic Qian Duoduo knew about her breakthrough, then it meant that everyone else knew as well.

Thinking of Chief Qian's shrewd eyes, Lin Jingge's heart sank. This matter could not be ignored.

It seems she needs to leave the Qian family as soon as possible.

As night fell, Lin Jingge did not go to sleep, but instead sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

The next day, Lin Jingge hurriedly went to the blacksmith shop.

Although she had not yet learned the basics of weapon crafting, she absorbed the high-temperature flames inside the musket on her own.

She was lucky, in fact, that she wasn't burned by the fire, and instead managed to condense the essence of the high-temperature flames from the numerous muskets.

The only thing that bothered her a little was that it was too energy-consuming. She had thrown almost all of her spirit stones into it, but the resulting essence fire was not stable at all.

The fire stone kept going out while she was training it, which gave Lin Jingge a headache. However, she didn't have enough spirit stones on hand, so she had no choice but to make do.

After two months of hard work in the blacksmith's shop, the impurities in the firestone have been removed under the tempering of the fire, and the large number of black spots on it have disappeared.

The orange-red color made the entire firestone look different, like it was reborn. No one could tell that this was the ugly firestone from before.

Lin Jingge didn't know if her training was successful; she only knew that this was her limit.

With the raw materials refined, all that's left is to forge the shape of the magical artifact.

She had already designed this a long time ago.

She had crafted this magical artifact for Qian Suisui; she had nothing else of value to give her, so this was the only thing she could use to express her gratitude.

Of course, all of this is contingent on her being able to successfully forge it.

The blacksmith watched from a distance.

The flames on Lin Jin's body were extremely hot; he was just an ordinary person with a slightly more developed physique, and he simply couldn't withstand such high temperatures.

He stared intently at Lin Jingge's movements, knowing that she was forging a magical artifact.

You see, the greatest wish of blacksmiths like them is to be able to forge spiritual energy with their own hands, but unfortunately, they have no cultivation, so this idea can only be a dream.

Ordinary people and ordinary flames cannot even refine those ores, let alone forge them.

The solidification process went very smoothly, with Lin Jingge using her spiritual power to guide the changes in the Firestone.

The refined fire she created floated in the air with her will; although it was only the size of a palm, it seemed to possess enormous energy.

The firestone turned into liquid under its heat, and then changed according to Lin Jingge's spiritual power.

The design of the magical artifact had already taken root in Lin Jingge's mind, and she easily condensed the liquid into the shape she wanted.

However, she overestimated herself. Just as the magical artifact was about to be completed, the spiritual power in her body was insufficient to support it.

Sweat gradually seeped from his forehead, evaporating under the high temperature.

There was already a problem, and the essence fire under her control also went awry.

With a "poof," the intense fire that had been burning the Firestone instantly went out while it was suspended in mid-air.

The magical artifact that had been floating in mid-air fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Lin Jingge was also suddenly drained of all her spiritual power. At this moment, she felt weak in her limbs and had to hold onto the stove next to her to stand up.

She then quickly bent down and picked up the formed magical artifact that had fallen to the ground.

Because it couldn't hold steady in the end, a huge black spot was left at the end of the dagger-like magical weapon.

It's a bit ugly, but it looks very sharp.

Apart from that ugly black spot, the dagger was covered in shimmering light and surrounded by spiritual energy.

Looking at the dagger in her hand, Lin Jingge fell into deep thought.

Has she succeeded or failed in her training?

"It's done?!" Only after the temperature had cooled down a bit did the blacksmith dare to approach.

He had been learning from Lin Jingge all along, and in just two or three months, she had actually forged a magical weapon.

Although he didn't know whether Lin Jin's weapon could be considered a spiritual weapon, the fact that she could forge a dagger from firestone in just two or three months was truly outrageous!

You should know that he spent almost his entire life learning blacksmithing.

At this moment, Lin Jingge was practically seen as a blacksmithing genius.