Chapter 322

Little friend, your drinking capacity is impressive; old man I am ashamed to be inferior.

In the manor, Master Ge drank until his face was flushed.

This round of drinks, he drank especially happily.

Considering that Lu Xun might have come to see him for a matter, Master Ge moderated his drinking and did not get himself drunk.

Little friend, you came at just the right time; I have just been designing your life-bound divine weapon for you these days.

Master Ge set down his wine cup, looked at Lu Xun, and said.

Life-bound divine weapon?

Lu Xun hadn't expected that Master Ge had already been planning for him.

Yes, life-bound divine weapon, little friend, do you know what rank the foremost weaponsmith on Lan Xing currently is?

Master Ge asked.

Tenth rank?

Lu Xun answered tentatively.

The damaged holy weapon in his hand is a tenth-rank weapon.

Although damaged, it is still a holy weapon.

Since there is a tenth-rank holy weapon, there should be a tenth-rank weaponsmith.

No, not that formidable.

Master Ge shook his head.

Not tenth rank?

Ninth rank?

Lu Xun lowered it by one rank.

There is no ninth rank either; at most it can be considered half.

Master Ge said.

Half a ninth rank?

Are the weaponsmiths of Lan Xing really that weak?

So the question arises: how did that damaged holy weapon come about? Wasn't it obtained in the ancient path node?

Are you curious about how that damaged holy weapon in your hand came to be?

Master Ge seemed to see Lu Xun's doubt.

Lu Xun nodded: 'En!'

That holy weapon was not forged by us; rather, a senior of the Tenth Realm placed it in his divine treasury to nurture for many years, raising it to the level of a holy weapon.

Master Ge revealed the answer.

Senior, does that mean that holy weapon is the life-bound divine weapon of that Tenth Realm senior?

Lu Xun realized.

Master Ge showed appreciation and said: 'Pretty close, but not entirely; it can be considered half a life-bound divine weapon.'

So that's how it is.

Weapons above ninth rank are hard to forge relying solely on a weaponsmith, because they possess a certain spirituality, which is difficult to bestow by external force; this might also be due to our insufficient skill.

Saying this, Master Ge sighed.

If you say you lack skill, senior, then no one in the East has enough skill.

Lu Xun comforted him.

Haha, little friend, your words are pleasing; actually, if we ignore spirituality, with sufficient good materials, the weapons I forge would not be much inferior to holy weapons, but the difficulty lies in spirituality, for a holy weapon requires not only sharpness, but also the capacity to bear power and a tacit understanding with the cultivator...

Master Ge was very happy and, in one breath, told Lu Xun many things.

His skill is actually quite high.

The half ninth rank he spoke of refers to himself.

Weapons above ninth rank have extremely high demands for spirituality; this spirituality cannot be external, but must be closely related to the cultivator himself.

Thus the weapon needs to be nurtured.

Therefore, if spirituality is not considered, Master Ge can barely be regarded as a tenth-rank weaponsmith.

Of course, only barely regarded as such.

If he were a true tenth-rank weaponsmith, he should be able to solve the spirituality problem.

But Master Ge also has a solution.

Lu Xun is still far from reaching the Tenth Realm.

So Master Ge's idea is to use sufficiently good materials to forge for Lu Xun a life-bound divine weapon that can be used all the way up to the Tenth Realm.

The so-called life-bound divine weapon is one that, after a martial cultivator breaks through the Fifth Realm, can be placed in the divine treasury to be nurtured.

Thus, as Lu Xun grows, this weapon will become ever stronger.

Once Lu Xun breaks through to the Tenth Realm, this weapon will naturally transform into a holy weapon.

The key is, the materials.

To be frank, although I have some materials, they all feel a bit lacking; if the materials for a life-bound divine weapon are poor, later upgrades will be difficult, and once you grow stronger, using it might feel awkward.

Master Ge worried.

Senior, the material issue need not be worried; I have some quite good materials here.

Lu Xun took out the divine gold obtained after melting the God-Subduing Nail from the Ancient God's head.

This divine gold is actually the God-Subduing Nail extracted from the Ancient God's blood.

It is equivalent to the Ancient God's blood.

But it is not entirely the Ancient God's blood.

What the God-Suppressing Nail extracted were some rare components within the Ancient God's blood.

After the Ancient God fell into a coma, Lu Xun, with the tacit consent of the god slaves, collected some.

The god metal he harvested was too little compared to the huge God-Suppressing Nail.

But for Lu Xun, it was already enough.

God metal, combined with god bone ash, forged into a holy weapon, should be enough for Lu Xun to use up to the Tenth Realm, right?

"What is this?"

Ge Dashi saw the god metal but did not recognize it.

The god metal is too rare; he has probably never seen it before.

Lu Xun passed the god metal over.

After Lu Xun obtained the god metal, it resolidified into a solid.

In color, it is golden, similar to gold.

Ge Dashi took it, looking at it again and again in his hand.

After a while, his expression changed.

Then Ge Dashi directly took out a treasure artifact and placed the god metal inside it.

This treasure artifact should be able to assess the strength and weakness of artifact-forging materials.

"This... the strength is so high, yet it's so light... the energy conductivity exceeds SSS level... hiss... little friend, where did you obtain this material? It's simply the best artifact-forging material!"

Ge Dashi became excited.

He has been forging artifacts for so long, yet he has never seen such good material.

This is simply a rare, precious-level material.

"Little friend, if you forge a personal divine weapon from this material, as long as you nurture it in your divine repository, it will definitely reach holy weapon level—no, not just holy weapon, but even the level of immortal and divine artifacts!"

Ge Dashi grew more excited as he spoke.

As an artifact-forging master, he is all too aware of the importance of materials.

Some weapons cannot be made not because they are impossible to forge, but because suitable materials are lacking.

Even on the Ancient Road Node, materials for weapons of ninth grade and above are extremely hard to find.

Mixing in god bone ash is actually a clever shortcut.

This uses god bone ash to compensate for the material's lack of strength.

You should know,

Those above the Nine Realms are true star-shattering level experts.

A casual strike can destroy an ordinary star larger than the moon.

If it is a full-force strike, the power is even greater.

Of course, this refers to ordinary stars, not spirit stars.

Spirit stars have a higher heavenly-earthly strength, making them not so easy to destroy.

No matter how you say it, the energy level contained in the attacks of Nine Realm experts is too terrifying.

You should know, even if you multiply all the nuclear weapons possessed by humanity in the old era by ten and launch them all, it would still be impossible to destroy the moon.

Unless it explodes from within.

But Nine Realm experts do not destroy from within; they directly destroy with external force.

One can imagine what kind of sturdy material a weapon would need to withstand such an expert's attack.

Such material is exceedingly rare.

It is not that none exist.

For example, star sand and the like.

The so-called star sand is when a star is sucked into a black hole and turns into a grain of sand.

Its material density is astonishingly high.

Its weight is also extraordinarily terrifying.

A single grain of sand weighs as much as a star.

It is not realistic to fish for star sand in a black hole.

However, on the Ancient Road Node, someone has previously discovered star sand.

However, star sand is merely hard; it cannot bear forces such as true qi.

Furthermore, being too heavy, it cannot be used to forge weapons at all.

A weapon cannot possibly consist of just a single grain of star sand, right?

If a weapon were forged from tens of thousands of grains of star sand, who could possibly wield it?

Probably only a colossus like the Ancient God could manage it.

Moreover, where would one find so much star sand?

But the god metal that Lu Xun produced is extremely perfect.

High strength, moderate weight, and its energy conductivity surpasses even the highest SSS level.

It is simply a better artifact-forging material than god bone ash!

This naturally gave Ge Dashi confidence.

"Senior, I still have some god bone ash here; do you think it would be useful?"

Lu Xun then took out some god bone ash.

"You even have god bone ash?"

Master Ge didn't expect Lu Xun to have so many treasures.

"I need to appraise it; divine bone ash is also graded. Some fake divine bone ash can be used elsewhere naturally, but using it here would be a waste."

After a moment of thought, Master Ge said.

Then Lu Xun took out some divine bone ash.

Master Ge then used that magic treasure to appraise.

"Barely passable... Lu Xun, tell me your needs, I'll help you forge the strongest natal divine weapon!"

After the appraisal, Master Ge gained confidence.

He was a little impatient, wanting to get started.

Lu Xun actually wants to forge quite a few weapons.

This time he came, he originally didn't intend to forge a natal divine weapon, but wanted Master Ge to forge him a few giant weapons.

That is, weapons tens of meters long.

This is for the Heaven-Earth Dharma Aspect.

A Heaven-Earth Dharma Aspect with a weapon and one without definitely differ in combat power.

However, since Master Ge wants to forge a natal divine weapon, it's better to first forge it.

Lu Xun's strongest aspect currently is sword intent, so what he naturally wants is a sword.

In appearance, naturally the handsomer the better.

"Alright, leave it to me; if you're not assured, you can watch the whole process."

"Senior, how could I not trust you to handle this?"

"Haha, good, then that old man is off."

Master Ge said, let's just do it.