"Is that so? I'm fine, but... Uncle Shi, why can't you come out of seclusion?"
Master Tang Baiye once said that his failure to defeat you at the weapon-forging competition was the regret of his life.
After that, Uncle Shi retired. I later learned about the rumors circulating in the Weapon Forging Guild at the time, but those people had long since stepped down. Master Tang Baiye is now a high-ranking member of the Weapon Forging Guild. I imagine that now that you've returned to the scene, things won't be the same as before..."
"No, I am old. This country... has produced talents in every generation. I am just an ember of the old era. Becoming a hermit among superpowered individuals is no different from self-destruction."
How can the dead come back to life?
Right?
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Uncle Shi, Liu Lang could only sigh regretfully.
Shi Jiulian then happily led Liu Lang and Jiang Xie to the foundry.
Seeing the usually serious teacher Shi Jiulian become so happy, Jiang Xie also became happy.
So the three of them started a forging competition. Without a doubt, Shi Jiulian forged the most perfect one. However, the second place was not Liu Lang, but Jiang Xie!
However, when it comes to other functions such as lethality... Liu Lang's standard longsword, with its +6 sharpness, +6 sturdiness, and +1 ability to cut through iron like mud, is far superior to the other two.
"Although your basic skills aren't quite there yet, it's clear you've been refining weapons quite a bit. Now that you're back, I'll teach you the Divine Forging Technique properly, so you won't go down the wrong path later."
Shi Jiulian watched as his and Jiang Xie's standard longswords were easily severed by the standard longsword forged by Liu Lang.
He also showed a look of being both amused and exasperated.
He guessed that this was related to the divine craftsman's special abilities, but so what?
Everyone has their own path; there's no need to dig too deep.
Jiang Xie was very puzzled. They had done a good enough job according to the teacher's standards, so why was there such a big difference in the weapons made from the same materials?
"In that case, I will use my Nine Refinements ability to forge you a weapon enhanced by the Divine Forging Technique. Just watch carefully."
Shi Jiulian continued refining his movements for an entire day!
In just one day, Shi Jiulian refined the perfect standard weapon blank in front of him 999 times, and then, under the watchful eyes of Liu Lang and Jiang Xie, he used the Divine Forging Technique to refine it one last time!
"Ha! Looks like I'm not too old yet, Thousand Refined Sword! Come on, let's have a go at your old standard longsword."
Two crisp sword clashes rang out as the Thousand Refined Sword and Liu Lang's Iron-Cutting Sword clashed.
At this moment, both Shi Jiulian and Liu Lang were slightly surprised.
Shi Jiulian was surprised that the Thousand Refined Sword did not completely overwhelm the opponent, while Liu Lang was surprised that the Iron-Cutting Sword had been chipped with a small nick!
"My goodness... Liu Lang, you really have a bright future. Strictly speaking, I was just about to teach you how to forge, specialize, and sublimate your skills. If I gave this to your weapon, it would probably crush my Thousand Refined Sword immediately..."
"You and Jiang Xie are truly unbelievable."
Uncle Shi has mentioned Jiang Xie many times, so it seems that Jiang Xie has left a deep impression on Uncle Shi.
Looking at Jiang Xie, who was forging more than twenty refined swords, Liu Lang suddenly realized something: Jiang Xie was still an ordinary person!
He doesn't have any superpowers yet!
So... how did he manage to persist for a whole day and night without interrupting his learning and development?
“Look at your junior brother’s swords, from left to right.”
Liu Lang turned his head and looked in surprise at how the refining process had gone from initial failures to nine attempts.
He didn't even use any superpowers! Or rather, Jiang Xie doesn't have any superpowers right now!
"I have only taught him the introductory chapter of the Divine Forging Technique so far, because without the activation of supernatural abilities, he cannot learn the subsequent chapters."
"But even with just that, he's already managed to do this much, it's truly incredible..."
Shi Jiulian glanced at Liu Lang, who was staring intently to the side, and continued:
"Of course, he will be the same as you. Before he leaves, I will teach him the Divine Forging Technique."
"Uncle Shi, are you really not going to consider coming out of seclusion? Although I can bring Jiang Xie to study under Master Tang Baiye, you should know that Master Tang Baiye is often not at the school, especially now that there is a war."
Even if I wanted to get things done, I wasn't guaranteed to succeed.
this...
Shi Jiulian really didn't expect that the war would be restarted outside. As for Jiang Xie... he really liked him because Jiang Xie was the student with the worst grades in all subjects in the graduating class of high school, without exception.
Of course, this excludes knowledge about weapon crafting.
Simply put, Jiang Xie is a problem child who knows nothing except how to forge weapons.
But in today's world, what kind of superhuman specializes in only one thing? Especially since Jiang Xie specializes in weapon crafting.
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