"You want to forge a weapon?" Meng Xin got up and took out the unusable weapon blank from the furnace.
"What is this blacksmith's name?" Jiang Yuan suppressed his other emotions. He now had a different identity: a newly born human with the Demon Lord as his foundation.
The girl named Meng Xin set the discarded device embryo aside.
“Master Meng, I have come today to ask you to forge an item!” Jiang Yuan said, revealing his purpose.
"I don't forge weapons for strangers!" Meng Xin shook her head, but when she saw the other person's striking resemblance, she changed her mind: "However, if you can answer a few questions for me, I can consider it!"
"Ask away!" Jiang Yuan knew that Meng Xin had many questions in her mind.
"You looked at me strangely from behind just now. Can you tell me why?" Meng Xin asked.
Hearing this question, Ji Jingyun became even angrier and said unhappily, "What kind of thoughts can a man have when he looks at a woman like that? It's nothing more than that!"
Jiang Yuan appeared calm and slowly said, "Your forging skills are unique, and you are very focused during forging. I admire strong forging masters!"
Ji Jingyun looked at Jiang Yuan suspiciously. This guy was all talk and no action; only he knew what he was really thinking.
"Also, do we know each other?" Meng Xin asked a strange question.
"Maybe, you seem familiar!" Jiang Yuan knew that his identity would eventually cause a huge uproar at Huasheng Academy, so it was reasonable to give Meng Xin an explanation in advance.
"It seems familiar."
Meng Xin repeated those four words to herself in a low voice for a while before finally saying, "What's your name? What do you want to forge?"
"Qingmu, forge a giant serpent's main tendon at the second stage of the Heavenly Spirit Realm," Jiang Yuan said.
"Second stage of the Heavenly Spirit Realm!"
Meng Xin thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, I am not capable of forging weapons of such a high level at the moment."
“I’m not forging a weapon. I just need you to forge that main sinew into a bowstring. I think that shouldn’t be difficult for you!” Jiang Yuan said.
"Is it just a simple forging process?" Meng Xin asked repeatedly to confirm Jiang Yuan's answer.
“That’s right!” Jiang Yuan nodded.
"Show me the materials. Only after I see the materials can I promise you whether I can forge it!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan did not hold back. With a wave of his hand, the 66-meter-long earth dragon tendon lay flat on the ground like a huge cable. The earth dragon tendon still carried the blood aura that had not completely dissipated, and there were even traces of blood that had not yet congealed.
"You killed him?" Ji Jingyun swallowed hard in shock. She hadn't expected that someone who was only at the third stage of the True Spirit Realm could produce spoils of war from the Heavenly Spirit Realm. This combat power was beyond her imagination.
Meng Xin squatted down and touched the earth dragon tendon with her hand. After confirming its grade and quality, she nodded and said, "This is a semi-finished artifact blank, but the grade is still too high. I can't guarantee 100% success!"
"Failure doesn't matter, as long as it can be forged!" Jiang Yuan didn't care about a single earth dragon tendon, especially since it was for Xiao Xin to practice on, so he cared even less.
Meng Xin was the little girl he and Ning Yanlan had helped in Nancheng years ago. However, girls change a lot as they grow up. More than five years had passed since they last met. The innocent little girl had grown into a graceful young woman and had even become a blacksmith while also practicing ancient martial arts.
"Aren't you afraid I'll fail?" Meng Xin asked, puzzled by Jiang Yuan's casual remark.
"Why be afraid? I think that a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl can not only endure the hardship of forging weapons, but also unlock the fourth level of ancient martial arts. This has already proven your character and talent!" Jiang Yuan's eyes were full of praise.
Meng Xin's expression changed slightly. She looked at Jiang Yuan as if she found a trace of familiarity, and then said with reminiscence, "Actually, I practiced weapon forging and ancient martial arts to commemorate a certain older brother! And the way this older brother spoke was very similar to yours!"
Ji Jingyun and Gu Anlei's expressions both turned strange. What was going on with these two? They had inexplicably started to claim kinship.
"Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. Let's talk about the reward!" Jiang Yuan wasn't interested in Meng Xin's recollections, because they were all his own experiences.
"No need. This is a rare experience in forging a blank, and I cannot accept your gift." Seeing that the man named Qingmu was unmoved, Meng Xin dispelled the last trace of doubt in her heart. There are many similar people in this world, and the two of them look completely different. Only their basic temperament and tone are similar.
"It's your business if you don't accept it, but it's my problem if I don't give it to you. How long will it take to forge the bowstring?"
Meng Xinzai carefully measured the length and diameter of the earth dragon tendon, and then said, "Twenty-four hours later, whether it succeeds or fails, I will give you an answer!"
"Alright, here are 100,000 top-grade Holy Spirit Crystals. Keep them for now, and I'll pay you the forging fee later!" Jiang Yuan couldn't possibly let Xiao Xin work for nothing. He was, after all, an uncle, and not shameless enough to do that.
Meng Xin looked at the storage ring, then looked at Ji Jingyun suspiciously. Ji Jingyun quickly snatched the storage ring from Jiang Yuan's hand and said, "I'll keep it for Xin'er for now. Come back here in a day!"
“Okay, let’s go then!” Jiang Yuan glanced at Gu Anlei.
"Why don't you stay and visit our Lingwu Club?" Ji Jingyun wanted to persuade Gu Anlei to stay.
It goes without saying who was more important to Gu Anlei between Ji Jingyun and Jiang Yuan, but Gu Anlei still refused.
Jiang Yuan and Gu Anlei quickly disappeared into the courtyard, and as soon as they were gone, Ji Jingyun burst out laughing.
"Yun'er, what are you laughing at?" Meng Xin looked at Ji Jingyun curiously.
"Shouldn't I be laughing when a sucker comes knocking on my door!" Ji Jingyun excitedly picked up the storage ring, then said smugly, "This idiot is paying you ten times the market price to forge a weapon, he's incredibly stupid!"
"Strange, this person doesn't look like him, yet he looks a lot like him!"
Meng Xin looked at the earth dragon tendon and the storage ring with increasing confusion.
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