"arrive!"
After walking for a few minutes, Jiang Yuan followed Ji Jingyun to a small lake. A simple courtyard by the lake caught their eye.
"Bringing us to such a remote place, people who don't know us might think you're trying to trick us into going to some remote mountain village to sell us!" Jiang Yuan joked.
Ji Jingyun rolled her eyes at Jiang Yuan, then explained, "My friend likes peace and quiet, so he came to this uninhabited mountain foot!"
"The blacksmith you mentioned lives right here, right?" Jiang Yuan smelled the firestone, which was fuel used for forging.
“That’s right, but I advise you to go back! They don’t forge weapons, so you might get turned away!” Ji Jingyun waited for Jiang Yuan’s reaction as if he were watching a good show.
"A cold shoulder?"
Jiang Yuan glanced at the small courtyard. Was it possible for him to be turned away?
Having said that, he lightly leaped over the wall and landed in the courtyard, without even touching the door, let alone the gate.
Seeing this, Ji Jingyun's expression turned extremely ugly. She said speechlessly, "Sister Gu, is your friend a little bit out of her mind...?"
She didn't finish her sentence, but Gu Anlei already understood what she meant.
"Maybe he doesn't like being turned away!" Gu Anlei could only offer a very far-fetched explanation.
However, Jiang Yuan's thoughts were not so simple. In fact, he had already sensed the heating method used by the unknown blacksmith outside the courtyard. It was the Earth Furnace Method in the Earth Forging Technique. It involves setting up an underground fire array and then gradually increasing the temperature of the flames to achieve the ability to refine True Spirit Realm flames, or even True Spirit Realm flames, with the strength of a Void Spirit Realm cultivator.
Moreover, the blacksmiths in this courtyard do not only use one type of furnace method, but also the soul forging technique used by the Heavenly Blacksmiths, and the Creation Control Technique of the Human Blacksmiths.
He would never believe that someone could master the basics of all three weapon-forging techniques unless they were related to Shi Xuyao and Lin Man. That's why he recklessly came in, just to observe her weapon-forging skills.
He did not choose to land directly because the entire courtyard was actually a domain of flames. If he landed, he would not only be burned by the flames, but more importantly, he would alert the blacksmiths inside.
Jiang Yuan took a few steps in mid-air with the Nine Palaces Step, and his gaze fell on a purple figure in the courtyard.
"A woman?" Jiang Yuan was very surprised, genuinely surprised. He hadn't expected that the blacksmith Ji Jingyun was talking about would actually be a girl.
However, Jiang Yuan had high standards. A girl's back view was obviously not as alluring as her weapon-forging skills, so when the girl started swinging the hammer to forge the simplest material, he stared intently at the hammer.
The moment Jiang Yuan heard the first hammer blow, his astonishment was palpable.
The opponent was a martial arts practitioner, and each of his powerful and heavy strikes was no weaker than a full-force attack from a Void Spirit Realm expert.
Moreover, the other party had indeed integrated the three forging techniques together. Although it was not as exquisite as any of the three techniques of Heaven, Earth, and Man, it formed its own unique path, indicating that they were forging their own weapon-making journey.
"She's not even fifteen years old?" Jiang Yuan glanced at her height and was shocked to find that the girl was terrifyingly young. His Insight Technique showed that she was only at the fifth level of the Void Spirit Realm, but she was currently working on a top-grade True Spirit level artifact embryo.
"Aoki, have you stared enough? I bet you're practically drooling over my Xin'er's back!"
Jiang Yuan was still in shock when Ji Jingyun, who had been waiting impatiently outside, barged in and grabbed him by the collar, demanding an explanation. Clearly, Ji Jingyun thought he was a pervert.
Little did he know, he was only looking at the forging techniques.
The commotion in the courtyard had been noticed by the blacksmith, but she, still in the midst of forging, had no intention of giving up. She simply glanced at it and then continued to immerse herself in her forging world.
However, three seconds later, she turned back to look at Jiang Yuan again!
Jiang Yuan also felt a strange feeling welling up inside him. Why did this girl look so familiar?
The female blacksmith glanced at Jiang Yuan for only half a second, then turned away as if recalling something.
Ten seconds later, she suddenly stood up and stared at Jiang Yuan.
"I should have guessed it sooner!" Jiang Yuan already knew who the girl was. He should have guessed it sooner, because apart from people from Nancheng, no one could learn three different weapon-forging techniques at the same time.
"I told you, my Xin'er doesn't do weapon forging for others, especially since you're a man!" Ji Jingyun said gloatingly.
"Let's go, it's awkward to stay." Gu Anlei tugged at Jiang Yuan's school uniform with her hands behind her back. It was still respectable for her to leave now, but it would be embarrassing if someone chased her away later.
"Little girl, do we know each other?" Jiang Yuan didn't leave, but instead walked towards the female blacksmith.
Gu Anlei and Ji Jingyun reacted differently. Gu Anlei could only cover her face; this guy was using the same old flirting tactics as always. It was ridiculous that someone was still using this 'Do we know each other?' tactic was so outdated, and the worst part was that he seemed to enjoy it. As for Ji Jingyun, she drew her sword, ready to chop up this bastard named 'Qingmu.' Not only was his name so annoying, but he also dared to flirt with her best friend. Didn't he realize he was old enough to be her father?
“Jiang…” the female blacksmith almost blurted out, but after saying one word, she shook her head bitterly and said, “I’m sorry, I’ve mistaken you for someone else!”
The female blacksmith's words surprised both Gu Anlei and Ji Jingyun.
Are you really that inexperienced? You actually believe such an old pickup line?
"Xin'er, don't pay attention to him. This guy is just trying to chat you up because he wants you to forge weapons!" Ji Jingyun quickly stepped forward to expose Jiang Yuan's true colors.
With a loud bang, the True Spirit-level artifact embryo in the furnace was burned to ashes. Ji Jingyun said with a hint of complaint, "See? This guy..."
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