Chapter 434: Shattering Star Sword, Yellow Mustard Bag, Departure Preparations, List and Rewards

Just as the inner city was in full swing with the martial arts competition finals.

Xia Hong had already quietly arrived at the Weapon Refining Pavilion.

Mu Dong had been waiting on the top floor of the Weapon Refining Pavilion. Seeing Xia Hong coming, he immediately took him to a quiet room in the depths.

In the quiet room, there were ten weapons in total. Except for Long Que and Han Xue, the remaining eight were three long swords, two long sticks, one ring-headed saber, one Mo saber, and one long spear.

Mu Dong introduced to Xia Hong with excitement: "Since the year before last, the camp's silver inventory has become larger and larger, so I thought about forging a few more handy weapons for the Lord. Last year, the Lord brought back many special minerals from the Flood Dragon Nest. I selected the ten best materials from them, recast the Lord's Long Que and Han Xue knives, as well as the Madam's Tianhua Sword, and additionally forged seven new weapons."

Taking advantage of the gap in Mu Dong's speech, Xia Hong had already looked at the two weapons he had recast.

Long Que and Han Xue were still at the 100,000-forged level.

But unlike before, the appearance of Long Que was already showing a pale gold color, and the weight had changed from the original million jin to more than three million jin;

Han Xue's appearance was still that blood-jade-like glazed color. It was originally cast from Cold Marrow Iron and could continuously increase its weight by sucking the blood of cold beasts. When it was recast for the first time the year before last, when Xia Hong used it to drive away the red carp monster in the Wuyuan water area, its weight was already more than 1.7 million jin. This time after recasting, it was even more exaggerated, reaching 5 million jin.

"So heavy?"

Seeing the shock in Xia Hong's eyes, Mu Dong laughed and said: "It's a bit interesting. Among the batch of minerals the Lord brought back from the Flood Dragon Nest last year, there was actually Cold Marrow Iron, and there were seven pieces. The lightest piece was 1,200 jin, and the heaviest piece was 23,000 jin.

This recast Han Xue knife alone used a total of 50 million jin of iron ore as the main material. Besides 5 million jin of silver, the auxiliary materials included the largest piece of Cold Marrow Iron. In addition, we used fierce fire to paint more than a hundred jin of Mo-pig oil on the outer layer. In the entire Nine Towns, there should be no better weapon than Han Xue."

Hearing Mu Dong say the last sentence with incomparable confidence, Xia Hong couldn't help but wave the Han Xue knife in his hand lightly.

Whoosh…………

With this light wave, the entire quiet room suddenly became windy. Mu Dong retreated several meters back, almost blown outside.

"Hahahaha……"

Seeing Mu Dong's awkward situation, Xia Hong couldn't help laughing: "I asked you to improve your strength last September. Now you know the gap, right? I won't even dare to test the knife in front of you in the future."

Mu Dong said helplessly: "This subordinate's improvement this year is not small, but the Lord's strength is too strong. This subordinate and others are afraid that we will find it difficult to see the Lord's back in our lifetime."

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing this flattery, Xia Hong couldn't help laughing a few more times, but he didn't continue to blame him.

Mu Dong only had 18 manes of strength last year, and now he has 25 manes. With his aptitude, improving 7 manes in a year, the improvement is indeed not small. It can be seen that he listened to his exhortation last year.

Xia Hong put back Long Que and Han Xue, swept his gaze over the remaining eight weapons, and finally stopped at the long sword at the end.

"The Madam's Tianhua Sword was only at the ten-thousand-forged level before. Rather than recasting, it is better to say it was re-forged according to the original style. This new Tianhua Sword uses materials similar to the Lord's Long Que knife, 30 million jin of iron ore, plus 3 million jin of silver. In addition, a special mineral called Cold Light Iron was used, which was also brought back by the Lord from the Flood Dragon Nest. The outer layer was also painted with a layer of Mo-pig oil. The Madam should be able to use it when she leaves seclusion this time..."

Mu Dong clearly noticed Xia Hong's gaze, but he still smiled and deliberately sold the secret, introducing all the other weapons, and specially left the black long sword that Xia Hong was concerned about to the end.

Seeing him deliberately selling the secret, Xia Hong was not impatient, but continued to follow his introduction and looked at the remaining six weapons.

The other sword is called Duanyue; the two long sticks are called Qingtian and Panlong; the ring-headed saber is called Bailong, the Mo saber is Pojun; and the last long spear is named Hancang.

Six weapons, all of which are at the hundred-thousand-forged level, the main

Finally, it's the last one...

"For this last Star-Shattering Sword, my lord, please try it out yourself first."

Xia Hong walked up to the final black longsword, waiting for Mu Dong to introduce it to him, but he didn't expect the other man to point directly at the sword, signaling him to pick it up and take a look.

With a strange expression, he walked to the rack and reached out to pick up the sword first.

"This weight..."

Just by picking it up, Xia Hong's expression changed immediately.

Under his perception, the weight of this Star-Shattering Sword actually reached over twenty million jin!

"For this Star-Shattering Sword, the iron ore main material alone used 150 million jin, supplemented by 10 million jin of silver, plus a type of metal ore called Profound Light Iron that you brought back from the Flood Dragon Nest, my lord. Starting from last September, I mobilized over five hundred Frost-Resistant-level blacksmiths, and they worked almost in shifts, day and night, for a full ten months to forge the million-fold forged sword blank..."

Mu Dong's expression was exceptionally spirited. Seeming to recall the hardships of forging this longsword, his tone was slightly wistful as he said, "If the Deputy Si Zheng hadn't stepped in halfway to help cast a puppet specifically for hoisting the sword blank, we wouldn't have even been able to complete the subsequent forging..."

He paused slightly at this point, his expression turning excited as he continued, "That Profound Light Iron not only enhances toughness and weight but can also greatly improve the sharpness of the blade. We smelted a ring of Profound Light Iron around the sword body and specifically reinforced the blade area. I estimate its sharpness will be..."

Ssh...

At this moment, Xia Hong had already slowly drawn the Star-Shattering Sword from its scabbard.

The moment he drew the Star-Shattering Sword, Xia Hong immediately perceived clearly that the weight of the Star-Shattering Sword itself was just over twenty million jin, and the remaining one million-plus jin was the weight of the scabbard.

That's right!

This Star-Shattering Sword, even the scabbard, was made of hundred-thousand-fold forged iron.

The blade of the Star-Shattering Sword, like the scabbard, was also black, but its surface was densely covered with countless tiny, brilliant points of light, resembling the night sky after stars have shattered; it truly lived up to its name, Star-Shattering.

Xia Hong looked up and subconsciously glanced at the other nine weapons.

Mu Dong immediately realized Xia Hong's intention and nervously advised, "My lord, you absolutely must not! It won't be too late to test the sword when we reach the wilderness!"

"Hahaha, don't worry, don't worry, I'm not that extravagant."

Xia Hong laughed and signaled for Mu Dong to rest easy. For hundred-thousand-fold forged weapons, every single one forged required an immense investment of manpower and resources. Using them to test the sword would be purely the behavior of a nouveau riche, and Great Xia didn't have that kind of financial power yet.

"My lord, please follow me!"

Xia Hong looked at the Star-Shattering Sword, liking it more the longer he looked. In the end, he didn't put it back on the rack but held it directly in his hand. He then looked at the remaining nine weapons and pulled the Coiled Dragon Staff out separately.

Taking the two weapons, Xia Hong followed behind Mu Dong to a desk on the inner side of the quiet room. Seeing what was on the desk, his expression suddenly grew solemn.

On the desk lay a square yellow stone slab with sides two meters long.

From a visual perspective, it was indeed a stone slab, but as Xia Hong looked at the entire slab, a sense of chaos inexplicably arose in his eyes. He couldn't help but reach out to touch it, and the texture was indeed that of stone.

What was this sense of chaos about?

Mu Dong's face was full of smiles. After Xia Hong finished touching the slab, he actually walked forward, lifted the entire slab, and quickly folded it into the shape of a bundle.

The stone slab was folded into a bundle...

Seeing this, a guess immediately arose in Xia Hong's heart. With a joyful expression, he asked, "This isn't a stone slab, it's cloth?"

Mu Dong nodded excitedly, then, thinking of something, fetched two hundred-thousand-fold forged giant axes from the other side of the quiet room and, right in front of Xia Hong, stuffed the giant axes directly into the bundle.

Those two giant axes had handles over two meters long alone, and including the axe blades, the total length was at least close to one zhang, while the circular bundle in Mu Dong's hand had a diameter of at most one meter.

The giant axes were actually completely contained by the bundle.

A storage bag!

These three words quickly surfaced in Xia Hong's mind. Unable to hide his excitement, he quickly reached out to take the bundle Mu Dong handed over, then, with an incredibly spirited expression, reached out to feel the giant axes inside the bundle.

"Among the many ores the lord brought back from the Flood Dragon Nest, the most precious one should be this Yellow Mustard Stone. It actually has the function of expanding space. Loading implements made from it have a real capacity ten times their own volume."

The Craftsman Department had actually managed to create a storage bag!

Xia Hong looked at the storage bag in his hand, his face showing both astonishment and deep surprise. He had already reached out to explore the space inside the bag; it was about 5 cubic meters, which was indeed roughly ten times the volume of the bundle.

"How much Yellow Mustard Stone does it take to make one such bundle?"

There were simply too many ores brought back from the Flood Dragon Nest last year; Xia Hong had even forgotten which one this Yellow Mustard Stone was. Thinking of the many wonderful uses of a storage bag, he immediately asked the key question.

The helplessness on Mu Dong's face actually already told him the answer.

"That piece of Yellow Mustard Stone was only about 60 jin in total. This piece of Yellow Mustard Cloth used nearly 10 jin. Additionally, we forged three wine gourds for the lord, which used another 15 jin. Now, only 36 jin remains."

As if presenting a treasure, Mu Dong took out three gourd-shaped wine containers of different colors from the side and placed them directly into the bundle.

Xia Hong took the two giant axes out of the bundle and put the Star-Shattering Sword and the Coiled Dragon Staff inside, then turned his head to look at Mu Dong, his expression strange as he said:

"Going to all this trouble, you must know I'm about to go out, right?"

"Hehe!"

Mu Dong chuckled, then said, "This subordinate doesn't know. It was the Deputy Si Zheng who gave me a few hints. After the lord leaves seclusion this time, you'll likely be going alone to probe the reality of the vassal towns. With the mountains high and the road long, you must have something to keep on your person. With the Yellow Mustard Bag and these three wine gourds, when the lord is out and about, you can still taste some Xia wine from time to time. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"I'll take your auspicious words for it. These two things are indeed quite good..."

Hearing this, a smile immediately appeared on Xia Hong's face. He lightly lifted the Yellow Mustard Bag twice, felt its weight, and a look of realization immediately appeared in his eyes.

Rather than a storage bag, it was more of a carrying bag. Once the Star-Shattering Sword and the Coiled Dragon Staff were put inside, the weight of the Yellow Mustard Bag immediately increased. This was far from the function of the storage rings he knew of in his previous life.

But even so, it was still quite good.

A normal bundle, even if it could hold two weapons, would be impossible to carry on one's back.

This Yellow Mustard Bag could be considered to have perfectly solved his travel problem.

"Alright, as for the remaining eight weapons, except for the Dragon Sparrow, Cold Blood, and the Heaven-Transformation Sword, the other five can be sent directly to the Camp Needs Department warehouse. Let Qiu Peng lead people to set a price. Once someone in the camp breaks through to the Manifesting Yang level later, they can start using them."