Chapter 270 I Picked Up Trash on the Battlefield of National Fortune 26
Time flies, and only one day remains until the auction.
Inside the cabin, a B-grade shield with a metallic sheen floated in front of Zhou Jue. The repair work on this shield was nearing completion.
Holding a rune etching pen, she focused her mental energy and completed the final stroke of the energy circuit on the inside of the shield.
Buzz—
The shield trembled slightly, its surface shimmered, and all the cracks vanished without a trace, leaving it perfectly intact.
[Grade B equipment successfully repaired.]
Zhou Jue put down his tools and looked at the nearly one hundred pieces of repaired equipment piled on the ground in front of him, but he felt little emotion.
These items, if given to Jiang Zhe, could be exchanged for a large number of points, but at the auction, B-grade and C-grade equipment are simply not good enough, and might not even make it to the auction.
"We still need to create something completely new."
Zhou Jue rummaged through his storage space, taking stock of all the usable materials. The best he could find were a few pieces of A-grade rare metal. With these materials, he could at most create a single ordinary A-grade piece of equipment.
While A-grade equipment is rare, it's not unheard of. It's simply impossible to use it to outbid those veteran NPCs at the auction and fetch an astronomical price.
Zhou Jue frowned and fell into deep thought.
She had no shortage of skills or blueprints, but what she lacked was the core material that could determine the upper limit of equipment. She browsed the system shop and found a material with the function of breaking magic. With a thought, she remembered the Nine Revolutions of Merit she had cultivated. The system had said that cultivating merit would prevent evil spirits from invading. What if she could draw out a trace of the power of merit to forge and enchant?
"Brother Tongzi, can the power of merit be used for enchanting or forging?"
"Host, theoretically it's possible!" The system's voice was filled with excitement: "The power of merit is the bane of all evil. If we integrate it into a weapon, wouldn't it become the legendary 'demon-slaying artifact'? It would definitely be incredibly effective against those pollutants!"
Zhou Jue's eyes lit up. Wasn't this the kind of unique "core" she needed?
A bold idea took shape in her mind.
Without further hesitation, she took action immediately.
She selected the most valuable part from the pile of Grade A materials, a piece of "Star Iron," and bought the anti-magic material "Light Prism Crystal" from the store.
The forging began. She pushed the miniature energy furnace to its limit, and the orange-red energy flames burned fiercely, slowly enveloping the two rare metals.
Zhou Jue did not use his hands or any tools.
She closed her eyes, and her immense divine consciousness burst forth, transforming into an invisible giant hammer.
"Thump!"
The hammer of divine consciousness slammed heavily into the energy field of the furnace.
The molten metal inside the furnace vibrates, and impurities are gradually stripped away.
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
One after another.
Each strike consumed a huge amount of her mental energy.
Originally just grade A materials, their quality is slowly improving under the relentless refinement of divine sense.
Purification and fusion.
When the two liquid metals perfectly fused into a mass of silvery-gold liquid metal, Zhou Jue's face had already turned somewhat pale.
She took a deep breath and began the most crucial step.
She carefully separated a wisp of merit power from her dantian, a wisp thinner than a strand of hair.
As soon as that golden power appeared, the temperature in the entire room seemed to rise a few degrees.
Zhou Jue manipulated this wisp of merit power and slowly injected it into the suspended metallic liquid.
Sizzle! The molten metal churned violently, seemingly repelling this foreign, divine power.
Zhou Jue's divine sense immediately pressed down, like a large net, forcibly mixing the power of merit with the molten metal.
This process was far more difficult than she had imagined.
She felt as if her consciousness was being torn apart by two forces, and if she was not careful, the furnace would be destroyed and she would be injured.
Time passed by, second by second.
When that wisp of golden merit finally stabilized, like a golden dragon coiled around the core of the molten metal, Zhou Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Next comes shaping and engraving.
Her divine sense transformed into countless carving knives, rapidly sculpting the metal that had been infused with the power of merit.
Hilt, guard, blade...
A long sword with an ancient design is beginning to take shape.
Finally, she used her mental power to imprint the most complex demon-dispelling rune in her mind onto the sword blade, stroke by stroke.
When the last stroke was made.
Buzz—!
A clear, melodious sword cry echoed throughout the small house, and a long sword hovered silently in front of Zhou Jue.
The sword blade shimmered with a faint golden light, which was not dazzling, and its energy fluctuations remained stable within the B-level range.
Zhou Jue could clearly feel the immense and powerful force of evil-dispelling power within the sword.
Her bracelet automatically displayed authentication information.
Item Name: Unnamed
[Type: Upgradable Longsword]
[Quality: Grade B (Core Potential S+)]
[Effect 1: Exorcism. Deals 80% additional damage to all evil, corrupted, and bizarre creatures.]
[Effect 2: Growth. Upgrades can be achieved by absorbing similar power or rare materials.]
[Effect 3: Can be bound to, becoming your signature weapon.]
It's done! Zhou Jue reached out and gently grasped the sword hilt.
A gentle, intimate feeling emanated from the hilt of the sword, as if this sword was born to belong to her.
“I’ll call you ‘Dawn’,” Zhou Jue said softly.
The sword emitted a pleasant, soft hum, as if in response.
Zhou Jue looked at the "Dawn" in his hand and nodded in satisfaction. This thing should be enough to fetch a high price at an auction.
Having finalized the auction items, Zhou Jue showed no sign of resting. She put away her longsword and forging tools, sat cross-legged on the bed, and opened the internal employee forum.
With less than twelve hours left before the auction begins, she needs to use this final time to find out as much as possible about her potential competitors.
The entire forum was now completely flooded with news of the auction.
[Title: Auction Countdown! Insider Information: Rumor has it there will be an S-rank item as the grand finale!]
[Title: Going bankrupt! Just to bid on a single piece of A-grade defensive equipment! Anyone want to team up?]
[Title: Does anyone know how many points those wealthy NPCs have prepared?]
Zhou Jue clicked on the last post, where the discussion was the most heated.
[Repairman-258: I heard from my boss that 'Quartermaster-007' has prepared at least 500,000 points this time, aiming directly at that S-rank item.]
[Chef-111: Five hundred thousand? That's outrageous! I heard 'Black Market Merchant-444' is the real big shot; he trades rare resources year-round, and his cash flow is probably in the seven figures.]
[Guardian-9527: Don't forget those noble NPCs in the central city. They are the real landlords. Points are just numbers to them.]
As Zhou Jue looked at the scattered information, his fingers slid quickly across the virtual screen, silently memorizing each ID and the amount of points they might have.
An invisible war had already begun before the auction even started.
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