Chapter 297: Refining Treasures for Ten Thousand Years (Middle)

When forging an Ultimate Treasure, Xiao Yu's Human True Body essentially requires mental infusion, with no distraction allowed, and ordinarily a High-level Treasure takes ten to twenty years to complete; Xiao Yu's forging speed is still fast.

Even a Universe Venerable would feel a hint of fatigue, but after a month of rest, Xiao Yu fully recovers.

…

At the foot of Jiang Shen Mountain.

More than five hundred kneeling Universe Venerables and Immortals all look forward to the Artisan God's early appearance.

"The master has emerged."

"The master has emerged."

"Hurry and prepare; soon the master will test you, and those who pass the final examination may become disciples of the master," shouted the three disciples of the Lord of the Artisan God as they descended from the sky.

The more than five hundred kneeling Universe Venerables and Immortals, all gifted with weapon‑forging talent, each looked toward the distance with surprise.

These reactions were all within Xiao Yu's expectations.

"Rock Three-Color Master?"

Countless Universe Venerables and Immortals on the ground promptly performed the salute.

The tens of thousands of Universe Venerables waiting in the plaza for the Artisan God to forge Ultimate Treasures reacted variously: some wished to probe Xiao Yu's reality, some firmly believed the Artisan God would not deceive them, and some looked down on Xiao Yu.

Boom!

A massive mountain‑range giant, ten million kilometers tall, materialized out of thin air in mid‑air.

And the Universe Venerables of the various cosmic races within the complex also quickly emerged.

"Who is Rock Three-Color?"

"Lord of the Artisan God!"

"All who wish to become my disciples should follow my three disciples to the trial ground, where everything needed for the test has already been prepared," instructed the Artisan God, and then vanished into thin air.

Then he Instant Teleported to appear at the foot of the mountain.

"Rock Three-Color arrived centuries ago and vanished half a year later; he somehow can forge Ultimate Treasures, even High-level Treasures."

"The Artisan God rarely appears, and each time he shows up he can't take many orders. I'm only forging an Ordinary Supreme Treasure; since it's recommended by the Artisan God, it must be of genuine skill."

At this moment Xiao Yu stood beside the Artisan God, looking down.

"I don't know Rock Three-Color; I'll still ask the Artisan God for help. Rock Three-Color, whoever wants to find you, go ahead."

Whoa! Tens of thousands of Universe Venerables surged forth.

"The chance to have the Lord of the Artisan God forge an Ultimate Treasure is about to arrive."

"Hurry, the Lord of the Artisan God is about to appear."

"Sancai, go. Don't forget my request," the Artisan God reminded.

"Mm‑mm, I'll talk to him later."

"Mm." Xiao Yu gave a slight nod.

"Today I will announce a piece of news," the Artisan God began, delivering a startling proclamation: "From today onward, Rock Three-Color Master will accept three Ultimate Treasure forging orders every hundred years, at the highest High-level Treasure tier."

…

At the foot of the mountain, Xiao Yu materialized out of thin air; after standing briefly, a four‑armed giant approached and asked, "Excuse me, are you the Rock Three-Color Master?"

"I am Rock Three-Color," Xiao Yu replied.

"Master, greetings! I am Yong He of the Silkrock Tribe, and I wish to commission the master to forge an Ordinary Supreme Treasure for me."

Venerable Yong He has already joined the Nine Domains Alliance; he is the Silkrock Tribe's sole Universe Overlord, and should this Venerable Yong He fall, the Silkrock Tribe would inevitably decline, even face extinction.

Although Venerable Yong He is a Universe Overlord, his tribe's strength is lacking, so he receives little regard within the Nine Domains Alliance.

"Sure, what kind of Ultimate Treasure do you wish to forge? Weapon, armor, a seal‑type, a palace type, or perhaps another rare category of Ultimate Treasure?" Xiao Yu asked casually.

"Which one, master? Take a look at what I have and tell me what treasure can be forged," Venerable Yong He handed over a World Ring.

Xiao Yu's Void Divine Power seeped in, revealing that the myriad materials inside were sufficient to forge two sets of Top-level Set Heavy Treasure. It seemed the other party had already calculated this.

"One Ordinary Supreme Treasure armor, or one Ordinary Supreme Treasure weapon," Xiao Yu said offhand.

Forging such an utterly ordinary weapon or armor‑type Ultimate Treasure did not particularly interest Xiao Yu, but he accepted it to build his reputation.

"Master, I wish to have it forged into an Ultimate Treasure armor," Venerable Yong He solemnly stated.

"Alright. Then this armor, forged in this manner, how does it look?" Xiao Yu said casually, already having designed the Ultimate Treasure's form in his mind; his Void Divine Power projected a armor shape in mid‑air.

Even though it was merely an Ordinary Supreme Treasure armor, once Xiao Yu took the order he would execute it to perfection.

"Master, could this be made more imposing?" Venerable Yong He asked.

"Sure. How about this?" Xiao Yu immediately showed the revised plan.

Xiao Yu now treats forging Ultimate Treasures as an engineering project.

Half an hour later, both parties reached a mutually satisfactory agreement.

An hour later, Xiao Yu took two more forging orders, both Ordinary Supreme Treasures: one weapon and one armor.

…

Time drifts lazily, yet a hundred years flash by in an instant.

Xiao Yu had already forged three Ordinary Supreme Treasures; when the time arrived, he appeared at the foot of the mountain and handed the three Treasures to the commissioners.

"Thank you, Rock Three-Color Master!" Venerable Yong He exclaimed excitedly.

"Thank you, Rock Three-Color Master."

The other two Universe Venerables were also very pleased.

Although Xiao Yu's forges were labeled Ordinary Supreme Treasures, they were the finest among such, nearly reaching High-level Treasure grade.

How could they not be delighted?

At the same time Xiao Yu was pleased; for each Ordinary Supreme Treasure he consumed only a third of the materials, and now that the Treasures have been transferred, the remaining two‑thirds of the materials belong entirely to Xiao Yu.

"Anyone else needing an Ultimate Treasure forged, sign up with me!" Xiao Yu shouted.

Having had the previous three probe the depths, this time there were more people.

But Xiao Yu still only took three orders; among those three, two were High-level Treasures and one was an ordinary Domain-type Treasure.

These were the three highest‑ranked individuals, selected from among hundreds, who were entrusted to Xiao Yu to forge Ultimate Treasures.

After a hundred years, Xiao Yu delivered those three Ultimate Treasures on schedule, and the number of people wishing to commission Xiao Yu to forge magical artifacts increased even more.

With more clients, Xiao Yu could choose; he mostly chose to forge magical artifacts that were more difficult, rarer, and of higher value.

……

Nine thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

Every hundred years, Xiao Yu forged three Ultimate Treasures with almost no interruption.

Moreover, as news of Xiao Yu forging three Ultimate Treasures every hundred years on Jiang Shen Mountain spread throughout the universe, even some races began to request Xiao Yu to forge some high-level Domain-type Treasures, high-level Flying Palace-type Treasures, and other even rarer Treasures.

Thus Xiao Yu essentially maintained his output of three High-level Treasures every hundred years.

In nine thousand years, Xiao Yu forged 270 Ultimate Treasures, the overwhelming majority of which were High-level Treasures; one could say his coffers were overflowing.

The materials he obtained were sufficient for him to forge over 800 High-level Treasures.

The mountain's interior is the Endless Flame Land.

"These years, the stockpiled materials should be enough to forge a Top-level Treasure, right?" Jiang Shen asked.

"Ha ha, if it's an ordinary Top-level Treasure, I could forge more than ten," Xiao Yu said happily, "Even for a high-level rare Treasure, I could still forge one."

"Then let's begin!" Jiang Shen said with a smile.

In the nearly ten thousand years before, Xiao Yu not only completed his own orders for forging Ultimate Treasures, but occasionally also assisted Jiang Shen with major tasks, gradually progressing from being a helper to assisting in forging Top-level rare Treasures, and finally sharing a small portion of the forging work.

(End of chapter)