Chapter 294: Learning to Forge Ultimate Treasures

"I want to learn," Xiao Yu smiled, lowering his head to look at Bo Ni Ya, "but I don't want to stupidly kneel here. How long have they been kneeling?"

"The Lord of Jiang Shen appears irregularly; kneeling for a thousand or ten thousand years is normal, but the longest hasn't exceeded 100 eras, lacking any perseverance to kneel for long years—how could they be qualified to learn the art of forging Ultimate Treasures," Bo Ni Ya said indifferently, "I won't accompany you; I'm going to find my friend."

Bo Ni Ya circled around Xiao Yu in flight, then flew toward a distant deep‑blue building, entered it to visit a friend.

Xiao Yu looked up at the towering Jiang Shen Mountain, and walked toward it step by step.

He soon reached the foot of the mountain.

"Stop!"

"Friend, stop!" a voice both deep and crisp sounded.

Xiao Yu turned his head and saw dozens of Universe Venerables, Immortal Level, looking at him. Among them was an Alien Tribe Golden‑Eyed Venerable, four‑legged, with a human body towering over three hundred meters, looking at Xiao Yu. In a crisp voice he said, "Friend, Jiang Shen Mountain is the place where the Lord of Jiang Shen and his disciples live. Apart from the Lord of Jiang Shen and his disciples, any other powerful being may not enter Jiang Shen Mountain without the Lord's permission, lest it be disrespectful to the Lord of Jiang Shen."

"Sorry, I was lost in thought," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Do you also wish to take the Lord of Jiang Shen as your master?" the Golden‑Eyed Venerable looked up at Xiao Yu; though he was over three hundred meters tall, before the Xiao Yu who stood over thirty thousand kilometers high, he was merely a speck.

"You should give it a try as well," the Golden‑Eyed Venerable smiled, "The Lord of Jiang Shen's criteria for taking disciples are very strict; they consider talent as well as many other aspects. As long as your forging talent is not lacking, you can forge pseudo‑Heavy Treasure, and perhaps with good luck you could become a disciple of the Lord of Jiang Shen. Look at me, I've kept at it all this time."

A series of booming sounds echoed from Xiao Yu's courtyard. Simultaneously, with each boom, a surge of aura radiated outward in all directions.

"Yes, if there is hope, I also want to strive," Xiao Yu said with a smile, while in his mind he wondered which group this Alien Tribe belonged to or what special race it might be, yet his memory yielded no clue at all.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the depths of Jiang Shen Mountain, within a colossal divine temple, stood a gigantic mountain giant whose height reached ten million kilometers—the very master of this place, Jiang Shen.

The gap between ordinary Heavy Treasures and top‑tier Heavy Treasures is huge.

"Hmm, I'll first go build a dwelling, then return," Xiao Yu said.

"And looking at the aura fluctuations emitted by the Heavy Treasure, it's already at the top‑tier Heavy Treasure level."

Yet Xiao Yu produced the forging implements and a vast supply of precious materials, and then, in the courtyard at the foot of Jiang Shen Mountain, began crafting a top‑tier Heavy Treasure.

"Indeed, as long as there's a glimmer of hope, we must not give up," the Golden‑Eyed Venerable smiled, "I can already forge ordinary Heavy Treasures; before coming here, I was fully confident. But upon arriving, I realized that compared to the unparalleled weapon‑forging geniuses of the various universal races, I'm still lacking. Look, that Demon Race immortal, only Immortal Level, can already forge ordinary Heavy Treasures. His probability of being accepted as a disciple by the Lord of Jiang Shen is much higher than mine."

Let him wait for the appearance of Jiang Shen.

"Who is this? Forging a Heavy Treasure."

Xiao Yu can now forge top‑tier Heavy Treasures, and moreover he has mastered the perfect Secret Pattern technique; after his Secret Pattern enhancement, even the power of an ordinary Heavy Treasure can rival that of an ordinary Ultimate Treasure.

The rhythmic strikes of heavy hammers on precious materials echoed. Jiang Shen looked toward the newly built courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Xiao Yu moved away from this area, then at the foot of the mountain he set up a personal courtyard, and released an avatar that was identical in appearance and aura to his own rock‑life form.

The entire Jiang Shen Star is filled with Jiang Shen's palace Ultimate Treasures; Jiang Shen can be said to have complete control over the whole Jiang Shen Star and naturally perceives every subtle change of the star.

"Interesting? To think you would try to attract my attention in this way," Jiang Shen thought inwardly, "I wonder what tricks this little fellow used to make his voice reach this great hall."

Jiang Shen occasionally forges Ultimate Treasures himself, so essentially every palace is soundproofed; even if a great noise erupts inside a temple, the outside cannot hear it.

Likewise, even if the heavens were to collapse, in theory it would not penetrate the temple.

"Yo, this is still a forged top‑tier Heavy Treasure," Jiang Shen thought inwardly, "The skill is decent, could even take him as a disciple."

A moment later.

"Huh?" Jiang Shen exclaimed in surprise, "What is this Secret Pattern? It can elevate a top‑tier Heavy Treasure to the power of a High‑level Treasure."

At the foot of Jiang Shen Mountain, in the courtyard.

Xiao Yu forged a top‑tier Heavy Treasure armor, and immediately began embedding various Secret Patterns onto the armor, combining Void and Real, and in just a short time engraved hundreds of thousands of Secret Patterns.

"It's finally forged," Xiao Yu said, looking at the armor that emitted aura fluctuations comparable to a High‑level Treasure, nodding with satisfaction. He believed his masterpiece would attract Jiang Shen's attention.

Unless the other party leaves to visit friends and is not on Jiang Shen Mountain.

"Little friend, please come to the summit of Jiang Shen Mountain together," a booming voice resonated in Xiao Yu's mind.

"Alright," Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

Then he vanished from the courtyard, instantly teleporting into a massive palace.

At a glance he saw in the great hall the giant as massive as a mountain range; Xiao Yu knew that the person before him was Jiang Shen.

"I pay my respects to Jiang Shen!" Xiao Yu bowed respectfully.

This Jiang Shen's method of forging Ultimate Treasures was taught by the Mountain Hermit; otherwise he could not have advanced so far on the treasure‑forging path.

"Very well, I already know your purpose," Jiang Shen smiled slightly, his voice booming, "I will give you two choices. First, you become my disciple, one of my 153 direct disciples, and I will impart all my techniques in the art of refining treasures. The second choice is that we exchange: I give you my method of forging Ultimate Treasures in return for your unique Secret Pattern forging method."

"Which of the two choices will you pick?" Jiang Shen asked again.

Xiao Yu thought lightly: "Jiang Shen has always regarded the Mountain Hermit as his teacher. If I take him as my master, and Luo Feng is the Mountain Hermit's disciple, then my current senior brother would become... I'd have to call Luo Feng my Master Uncle. That would make him both my senior brother and my junior disciple, which is too confusing."

Xiao Yu's thoughts were a bit tangled.

"Is it a difficult choice?" Jiang Shen continued to ask.

"Not at all, I choose the second, let's exchange," Xiao Yu replied.

"Hmm, that works. I've observed your recent deeds and could guess you'd choose this," Jiang Shen smiled, "From now on, you may stay here to learn the method of forging Ultimate Treasures, Yan Sancai."

Jiang Shen could sense Xiao Yu's Divine Body strength, comparable to a top‑tier Universe Overlord. Hence he was relatively courteous.

"Alright, I will obey all of Jiang Shen's commands," Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

In the years that followed, Xiao Yu stayed in this Jiang Shen Mountain arena, learning the Ultimate Treasure cultivation methods, while also teaching his Void‑Real Secret Pattern technique to Jiang Shen.

Both parties got what they needed; overall, Jiang Shen got the bigger bargain.

Because Xiao Yu's Void‑Real Secret Pattern is almost a unique, unparalleled skill, and the method of forging Ultimate Treasures is not exclusive to Jiang Shen; moreover, with Xiao Yu's talent, even if he explores on his own later, he can reach that threshold.

(End of Chapter)