[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-359":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356969,4610,"Chapter 359: Now it","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-359",359,"\u003Cp>Qianjun Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the forging hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorching heat surged back and forth through the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior brother Wei Yan let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his thick arm, grabbed a towel, and wiped the sweat from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally done.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan turned his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his junior brothers and sisters standing at the four other corners of the Starfire Furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phase one is a perfect success!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve worked hard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Senior Brother’s announcement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li, standing nearby, immediately stretched his aching shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re being too formal, Senior Brother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With Master himself overseeing us, and the five of us being top-tier SS-rank forging masters, wasn’t a perfect finish just a given?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiao Li’s words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Mingzhang nearby also laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Mingzhang sighed and shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What we can do ends here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve carried out the first step flawlessly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now it’s up to that Lin Chairman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Lu Mingzhang finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li’s smile vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of helplessness appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Chairman wants five-element perfect affixes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve slaved away, pushing the first phase to perfection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the point?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li shook his head, his face filled with pessimism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my opinion,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“all our efforts these past few days will be wasted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That rare, legendary Divine Casting Stone will likely be ruined too, turning into nothing but scrap iron.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiao Li’s gloomy words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yunshang frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Li.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The second phase hasn’t even begun—why are you so certain he’ll fail?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my view, if Lin Chairman dared to choose five elements, he must have his reasons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Shuang blinked and chimed in:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If others can’t do it, what’s that got to do with Lin Mo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you encouraging the enemy and undermining our own confidence now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I stand with Senior Sister—I believe Lin Mo will create a miracle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Jiang Yunshang and Han Shuang play off each other,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li opened his mouth to retort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Brother Wei Yan’s sharp voice cut him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan’s stern gaze swept over Xiao Li and Lu Mingzhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The two of you, say less.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As top forging masters of Qianjun Pavilion, at the most critical moment when the weapon is taking shape,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“you should focus on positive thoughts, pray for a successful forging!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not sigh and groan here, always hoping someone else fails!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Master heard you say this,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“have you already forgotten the lesson from last time you got scolded?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has your butt gotten itchy again from not being scolded these past few days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Senior Brother invoke Master,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li and Lu Mingzhang instantly shrank their necks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Master wasn’t present,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li still muttered under his breath:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How am I not being positive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I desperately want this to succeed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who wouldn’t want to personally participate and witness the birth of a forbidden-grade specialized weapon with ‘perfect affixes’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I dream of it succeeding!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Li sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just feel… it’s such a waste!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All this precious Divine Casting Stone, all this effort we’ve put in—wasted!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiao Li’s defense,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew deep down, Xiao Li was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan noticed movement by the door and turned his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan immediately softened his expression and lowered his voice to warn:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop talking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master’s here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he straightened his slightly disheveled collar and led the way toward Mo Qianjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other four followed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo followed behind Mo Qianjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he walked, he glanced again at his panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Level: Lv.50 (60%)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo couldn’t help sighing inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he stopped by the dungeon center in Zhu Xing Town and cleared today’s raid quota.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad, even soloing only granted one level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the level, the more exponentially difficult leveling becomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder some people are fifty or sixty years old and still only level sixty or seventy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan and the others had already walked up to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan bowed respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun gave a slight nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wei Yan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is it going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yan replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report, Master—everything has gone smoothly. The first phase is perfectly complete. We are ready to proceed to the second phase of forging.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this answer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun turned his head, his gaze landing on Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the first phase, Qianjun Pavilion has pushed it to its absolute limit for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, it’s your turn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun paused, then confirmed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you ready?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo did not hesitate—he nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Mo, I am ready at any moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the fearless confidence in Lin Mo’s eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun took a deep breath and waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun turned and walked straight toward the massive Starfire Furnace in the center of the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five apprentices and Yan Lie and Feng Cangqiong automatically stepped aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving before the Starfire Furnace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo felt the colossal presence up close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense heat rushing toward him made his skin sting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He examined the furnace body carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at the front of this massive furnace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were two circular openings, each about the size of a bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the openings, a ring of small arrays seemed designed to isolate the heat and guide energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these two openings were meant for placing one’s hands inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the two openings,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a row of progress bars was neatly arranged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun pointed to the two openings and began to explain the second phase of forging in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo, listen carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun’s tone grew serious, like a true mentor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In this second phase, you must place both your hands into these two openings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When your hands are inserted, the furnace’s energy will guide you to release your internal elemental power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun looked at Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The first thing you must do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is to unleash your elemental power without reservation—to pour out every ounce of strength you have!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Channel your elemental power continuously into the weapon’s embryo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qianjun reached out and pointed to the progress bars above the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you see these progress bars?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They are the direct manifestation of your output strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The lower bars—like Light and Dark—you won’t need yet. Ignore them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You only need to watch the top five bars: Fire, Earth, Lightning, Ice, and Fire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you wish to forge an ordinary weapon, your output strength need only reach halfway on the bars.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1118,"2026-06-21T04:41:50.524Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","222bc95775198ded2819d7ff22abafd3271a67ce6bc54cfd3ed72de08558bcce","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-360","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-358",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]