"I always felt that I had a good talent for forging. Now it seems..." Xu Feng looked at the scrap iron all over the ground with a decadent look on his face.

"It's not easy." Zhao Ruhai walked into the forging room at some point, looking at the scrap iron all over the floor. He didn't seem to find it strange at all, and said with a smile: "When I first started learning the forging technique, do you know how long it took me to successfully forge a piece of equipment?"

Seeing Xu Feng looking at him with an inquiring look, Zhao Ruhai stretched out three fingers.

Xu Feng thought the other party would say three hours, or three days, but Zhao Ruhai said, "Three months!"

"What, three months?" Xu Feng showed a look of disbelief on his face. How could this be possible?

You know, in the whole of China, there are at least 70,000 to 80,000 professional blacksmiths, but among so many people, only three can become blacksmith masters, and one of them is Zhao Ruhai. It is conceivable how good Zhao Ruhai's talent for blacksmithing is.

"Hahaha, what? You don't believe it?" Zhao Ruhai laughed. At this moment, he didn't know that he would become a forging master in the future, but a proud look appeared on his face. He said to Xu Feng: "If I say that I can be promoted to a forging master even without the stacking forging technique, do you believe it?"

Xu Feng nodded. This was something that had been verified. Zhao Ruhai was one of the only three forging masters in China, and he was a forging master who had not learned the overlay forging technique.

"Forging masters don't rely on talent, but hard work!" Zhao Ruhai stared at Xu Feng and said, "All life skills are interconnected. Although I don't understand the art of talismans, since it is based on forging, I believe that only by not using the power of the apostles and mastering this skill thoroughly on your own can you become a true master of talismans!"

Zhao Ruhai's words rekindled Xu Feng's fighting spirit. In his previous life, he had been wandering and had to figure out everything on his own. No one had ever really taught him anything.

Many times, twenty years of independent exploration in some fields is really not as good as a few words of advice from someone who knows the business. Not long after, the sound of "ding-dong-dong" hammering was heard again in the forge.

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In the blink of an eye, more than a week had passed. During these days, Xu Feng had been busy in Zhao Ruhai's forge, forging the blade for the poacher's spear. The discarded iron blocks had piled up like a mountain, and Xu Feng's palms were covered with a thick layer of calluses.

The red-hot iron block on the anvil slowly took shape under the blows of the hammer, and the streamlined sharp blade had begun to take shape. Xu Feng made the last strike, and the long-awaited reminder finally rang in his mind.

[You have successfully forged the Poacher's Spear's Blade Embryo, Forging Experience +1]

"Success, finally success?" Xu Feng threw away the hammer in his hand, grabbed the spear blade embryo which was still a little hot, and a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

The successful forging of the spear blade blank is only the first step. There are still a series of processes to go through, including quenching, sharpening, grinding, inlaying... and so on.

However, compared with the subsequent processes, forging the embryo is the first step and also the most difficult step. If the embryo can be forged successfully, there will be no problem with the entire spear blade. The poacher's spear has almost been forged successfully by 80%.

Another hour passed, and a spear blade more than one foot long, flashing with cold light, appeared in Xu Feng's hand. He inserted a wooden stick that had been sharpened long ago into the hole of the spear blade, and a poacher's spear was successfully forged.

[You have successfully forged a poacher's spear, quality is top-grade, forging experience +30]

Zhao Ruhai pushed the door open and saw Xu Feng holding a spear that was flashing with cold light. A look of surprise appeared on his face.

"A secret weapon was actually forged purely by hand?" Zhao Ruhai asked in surprise.

"Hahaha, yes, one week, one week, and I finally forged one..." Xu Feng laughed, but soon felt something was wrong. His smile froze and he turned to look at Zhao Ruhai: "Hey, what did you say just now?"

"Ahem, nothing." Zhao Ruhai showed an awkward look on his face and changed the subject: "By the way, I'm going to buy a batch of materials this afternoon. Are you interested in going to the Apostle Underground Trading Market with me?"

"Is it the underground trading market of the Apostles of the Secret Realm?" Xu Feng's eyes lit up. From the Apostles' Forum, he knew that Songtao City had an underground trading market densely populated by Apostles, where all the items traded were the items needed by the Apostles of the Secret Realm.

In fact, every city has one or several underground trading markets for secret realm apostles. In his previous life, Xu Feng was a frequent visitor to these places. He obtained some treasures while exploring the secret realms, but he was reluctant to use them, so he would sell them in the market in exchange for some other resources.

"Let's go and have a look!" Xu Feng suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. At this time in his previous life, he had not yet become a secret realm apostle because he failed the college entrance examination. Until Songtao City was breached by the army of undead, he and others fled the city. During this period, he had never been to the secret realm apostle underground market in Songtao City.

But later he seemed to hear that someone had bought a treasure in the Apostle Underground Market in Songtao City. It was said to be a pottery jar used by Qin alchemists during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

This pottery jar is just an ordinary item, at most an antique. In the eyes of the apostles of the secret realm, it does not have much value. However, there is a layer of pure Yang Wu earth at the bottom of the pottery jar. Although it is only three or two taels, it is priceless. Finally, it was obtained by the sword fairy Li Handong, who refined it into a flying sword with earth attribute. It was integrated into the exclusive skills of the sword master, the Five Elements Sword Formation, and it is extremely powerful.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Xu Feng originally planned to snatch Li Handong's initial career opportunity and wanted to become a swordsman, but because of his poor physical fitness, he did not get the career of swordsman.

Now when I heard about the apostles' underground market, the information about Chunyang Wu Tu suddenly came to my mind, and I became excited.

"Well, after being bored for so many days, it might be good to go out for a walk and relax!" Xu Feng said as he casually placed the poacher's spear on the weapon rack in the forge room.

"I'm going to buy a batch of ore, and I'll teach you how to select the ore then!" Zhao Ruhai said with a smile: "If a good blacksmith can't even select the ore, he will be laughed at if he tells others!"

Xu Feng smiled and nodded, thinking about Chun Yang Wu Tu in his mind. The next moment, his expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself, "Chun Yang Wu Tu is also Li Handong's opportunity. Isn't it not good for me to keep taking advantage of someone?"

After a moment, Xu Feng gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "To open the Chaos Slate, I only need a Saint-level material of earth attribute. Pure Yang Wu Earth just meets the requirement. I can't help it this time even if I don't want to!"

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(End of this chapter)