Chapter 653: Expensive Price! Holy Church!

"That's right. I don't know if your equipment department has any such S-class weapons."

"It needs double-edged blades, and the shape should be similar to a fangtian huaji."

Xu Jingming nodded.

His normal-state strength is about 100 tons.

The Melting Ash Black Obsidian Spear he uses weighs 30 tons—perfect.

When entering Thunderstorm State, his maximum strength reaches a terrifying 500 tons!

Wielding a 300-ton weapon for extended periods might be difficult.

But what he wants is brute force to shatter ten thousand methods.

Thunderstorm State can't be maintained continuously anyway.

Using a 300-ton weapon for a short time poses no problem whatsoever.

"Our equipment department doesn't have such a weapon—it would need to be custom-made."

After confirmation, the manager thought for a moment and said.

"I see."

Xu Jingming frowned helplessly.

"Then help me commission an S-class fangtian huaji of this type. How much would it cost?"

"The weight you require is quite high, so we can only use the densest S-class alloy: Meteorite Alloy."

Three hundred tons of Meteorite Alloy alone would cost 2 million credits in material fees."

Add in the forging fee from a Weapon Master, and it totals roughly 2.3 million credits."

"By the way, Xu Coach, what type of enchantment do you need?"

"Different enchantments have different prices; the highest-spec enchantment runs around 1 million credits..."

The manager chattered on, but Xu Jingming's face darkened.

Over the past month, the Lei Huo combat technique has sold quite a few copies.

Yet his martial arts school's account balance is only slightly over 800,000 credits.

It doesn't even cover the material cost for the spear.

"Can I pay in Blue Star Credits?" Xu Jingming asked involuntarily.

"Of course, but payment in Blue Star Credits is slightly more expensive."

"Material cost is about 3 billion Blue Star Credits; processing fee is 500 million."

"Enchantment fees must be calculated separately."

"Which enchantment would you like?"

The manager waved his right hand, and a holographic projection instantly appeared before him.

It displayed various enchantment prices, the highest reaching 2 billion Blue Star Credits.

"I don't need any enchantment. Just forge it into the shape of a fangtian huaji."

Brute force shatters ten thousand methods—weight is the greatest enchantment!

Moreover, Xu Jingming's current financial situation no longer supports enchantment.

"Very well. Here is the electronic weapon forging contract based on your requirements."

"Once you confirm there are no issues, you may sign it."

The manager quickly produced a contract.

Xu Jingming glanced over it briefly—the terms matched his requested specifications.

The only thing that surprised him was that the weapon could be forged by tomorrow morning.

"The forging time is this short?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"The most time-consuming part of weapon-making is engraving the enchantment patterns and hiring a specialized Enchantment Master."

"Since you're skipping that step, we only need a Weapon Master to forge the alloy into your desired shape."

The manager replied with a smile.

In reality, Xu Jingming, as the Chief Coach of the Lei Ting Martial Arts School's Elite Training Camp,

is already the highest-ranking official in the school, aside from the few Eighth-Rank Grand Masters.

This big shot's weapon naturally receives priority forging.

"I see," Xu Jingming nodded.

He signed his name on the electronic contract.

After paying a 600,000-credit deposit, he turned and left the equipment department.

The next morning, around nine o'clock, Xu Jingming stepped downstairs.

He saw a mountain of packages piled in the living room, while Xia Lan was opening them one by one.

Most of the opened packages contained local specialties from Mo Ben: food and products.

She was placing these unpacked items into her space ring.

"What are you...?" Xu Jingming was baffled.

Everyone says girls love online shopping, but you've bought way too much!

"These are all the local specialties I bought to take back to my family."

Xia Lan replied with a smile.

"Oh? You've already bought your flight tickets?" Xu Jingming finally understood.

Unlike his orphaned self, Xia Lan comes from a massive family.

When she returned yesterday, she already said she'd be going back to the mainland for New Year's Eve.

It's just that I haven't bought the ticket yet.

"Hmm, the flight is at one in the afternoon, so I'll probably get home around ten at night."

Xia Lan replied, then asked curiously:

"Where are you heading?"

In her impression, Xu Jingming stayed almost exclusively at the villa training, rarely going out except to eat.

"The Holy Jiaotingde Sect's celebration—Catherine invited me; she said there's some divine miracle."

Xu Jingming said casually.

"The Holy Celebration?"

Xia Lan's eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested:

"Can you take me along? I have nothing to do before heading to the airport."

The Holy Celebration, held at Peter Square in the Central District, is open to anyone.

Faced with Xia Lan's enthusiasm, Xu Jingming did not refuse.

But before leaving, Xu Jingming first went to the martial arts school's equipment department to retrieve his weapon.

A Fangtian Huaji, 3.65 meters long and weighing 300 tons!

Although it was forged in just over ten hours, this Fangtian Huaji was crafted with exceptional precision.

Even among S-class weapons, it ranks among the very top.

So Xu Jingming readily paid the remaining 2.3 billion Blue Star Credits.

Then he set off for the Central District with Xia Lan.

He had assumed he could go directly to Peter Square, where the celebration was being held.

But unexpectedly, Catherine called mid-journey and told him to go to the Jiaotingde Sect's headquarters in the Central District first.

By the time Xu Jingming and Xia Lan arrived at the Jiaotingde Sect's church, it was nearly half past ten.

"Are you Mr. Xu and Young Lady Xia? I am Sister Sophia, here to greet you by the Divine Maiden's command."

A slender, beautiful nun who had been waiting at the church entrance hurried forward.

"Mm."

Xu Jingming nodded, and together with Xia Lan, followed Sister Sophia into the church.

The Jiaotingde Sect has over two billion believers across the entire Blue Star—it is truly the largest religion in the world!

Compared to it, the Lei Ting Martial Arts School and the Furious Bear Martial Arts School of Da Xia are far inferior.

As the Jiaotingde Sect's headquarters in Mo Ben, the entire church was built with extreme opulence.

The ceiling bore a grand carving of the God of Light, surrounded by pure angels.

The floor shone like a mirror; young, beautiful nuns greeted and received believers.

"No wonder it's the largest religion on the Blue Star.

Even just this branch in Mo Ben is as luxurious as the headquarters of the Lei Ting Martial Arts School in Da Xia."

Xu Jingming marveled inwardly.

"The Divine Maiden is on the top floor. I'll take you up."

Sophia led Xu Jingming and Xia Lan toward the elevator.

But at that moment, a dismissive voice in English rang out from the side:

"Da Xia people? When did our Holy Jiaotingde Sect allow such lowly, faithless races to enter?"