Chapter 125: Lin Bai's New Weapon

Compared to the slow pace of the NPCs' petty scheming.

The players are always full of energy.

In no time at all, the Alchemy Furnace, medicinal herbs, iron ingots, and other supplies buried in the Ruins were dug out by them and set up inside the new alchemy workshop.

Lin Bai began his journey of grinding quests overnight.

The players have very high requirements for equipment; who wouldn't want to wear a full set of orange gear...

But after tentatively making the request to Lin Bai and being rejected by Shopkeeper Lin on the grounds of lacking precious materials, the players settled for second best and only asked for ordinary weapons.

Shopkeeper Lin is right; using ordinary mortal iron to forge a super Dharma Treasure—what are they dreaming of!

Moreover, Shopkeeper Lin is their big boss, and he just sealed a Golden Core True Person, so his momentum is at its peak; who would dare use rigid commands to demand anything of him?

And so.

The players' demands were reduced to just two things: kitchen knives and bows; whatever Shopkeeper Lin uses, they use.

Pursuing consistency, when Lin Bai imparts techniques in the future, it can prevent the weapons in their hands from being unhandy.

Lin Bai had originally intended to forge a few weapons casually to brush the players off and finish grinding the system quests.

But having been instilled by the system with a head full of knowledge like Aesthetics Introduction, ergonomics, and materials science, the weapons forged by his hands naturally presented magnificent forms and felt very comfortable to hold; he didn't even need to threaten the players to receive satisfied responses.

This was an unexpected delight.

And so.

Lin Bai easily harvested the Blacksmith's Hammer.

The Craftsman God System followed up with an updated quest: 【Tools forged by the Craftsman God require the recognition of the world; you need to have a Weapon Shop of your own; Reward: Blacksmith's Tongs (forging success rate increased by ten percent)】

Decisively, he instructed Lao Mi to define the room next door as a Weapon Shop.

Lin Bai obtained another pair of tongs.

Craftsman God System new quest: 【List the weapons you forged in the Weapon Shop and successfully sell ten of them; Reward: Blacksmith's Anvil (forging success rate increased by ten percent)】

The sky was just beginning to brighten, and Lin Bai had no ready-made weapons on hand.

Forging weapons takes time, so Lin Bai temporarily gave up on the subsequent tasks of the Craftsman God System and began to study the Hammer and tongs in his hands.

The iron Hammer and tongs looked like they came from the same craftsman's hand, gray and dusty, looking very ordinary.

But held in the hand, there was a feeling of being able to use them as easily as one's own arm.

Unlike the Profound Ice Spring which stays fixed once put down, the Hammer and tongs can be taken and used at any time; when using them, take them out, and when not in use, they can be retracted into the system...

It is as if the Craftsman God System comes with a storage bag; since even a spring eye can be created out of thin air, it is reasonable that the Hammer and tongs can be retracted into the Craftsman God System.

Increase the success rate by ten percent?

What kind of description is this?

Up until now, he hasn't had a single failure in forging weapons, has he?

An additional ten percent increase, and it can make the weapons even more perfect?

Lin Bai tried waving the newly obtained Hammer; the weight was just right, and picking up the Hammer gave him an urge to smash things.

Smash?

Suddenly.

A peculiar idea popped into Lin Bai's mind.

And so.

In front of all the players, Lin Bai pulled out the kitchen knife he had forged earlier, placed it on an ordinary iron anvil, and without hesitation, picked up the Hammer and smashed it down.

Clang!

A crisp sound.

That ordinary kitchen knife instantly shattered into pieces...

Holy crap!

In the surprised gazes of the players, Lin Bai's heartbeat accelerated slightly.

Just now.

He did not use Internal Energy; he relied purely on his forging methods and techniques.

However.

With just such a light hammer blow.

The refined steel kitchen knife he had painstakingly forged just shattered like that.

That is to say...

Lin Bai looked at Lao Mi and reached out: "Lao Mi, give me your kitchen knife."

Lao Mi hesitated for a moment, then handed over the kitchen knife just received.

Lin Bai swung the Hammer again and smashed it down onto the kitchen knife; sure enough, the kitchen knife shattered into pieces again, scrapped in one blow...

Really!

His guess was true!

Lin Bai's heartbeat grew faster and faster; a ten percent success rate meant a ninety percent failure rate.

In other words, this so-called Blacksmith's Hammer is actually a Hammer of Destruction...

Take and use at will.

Ninety percent destruction rate.

He's hit the jackpot!

Lin Bai immediately realized the true value of the Hammer.

After the kitchen knife, he finally possessed a second weapon suitable for combat.

Lin Bai was never a qualified craftsman.

When others were obsessed with success rates, what he saw was a ninety percent failure rate...

What he found a pity was that the handle of the Hammer was too short.

In this world where people flew high and low, and could release over ten meters of Sword Qi to hit people at the slightest provocation, using a Hammer to destroy someone else's weapon was a bit too difficult to operate.

Moreover, among the Martial Arts he possessed, there wasn't a single set of hammer techniques!

"My kitchen knife..." Lao Mi stared blankly as the brand-new kitchen knife was destroyed by Lin Bai before he could even use it once, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"I'll forge you a better one later." Lin Bai glanced at Lao Mi and called out to the people around him, "Come, come, come, contribute all your kitchen knives, I'll help you improve them..."

Lin Bai was eager to verify his idea.

High-Ranking Elder and Fengzinan hesitantly handed back the weapons they had just obtained.

The Weapon Refinement Master looked at Lin Bai strangely, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Lin Bai ignored the crowd.

This time, he took out the pliers, used them to hold the kitchen knife, put it into the furnace fire to burn it red, and only then did he swing the Hammer down.

Clang!

The kitchen knife was scrapped!

For the second one, he followed the same method.

After one hammer blow, the kitchen knife remained intact.

Lin Bai used the Hammer to adjust the part of the kitchen knife that had been hammered, quenched it, forged it, and polished it all in one go...

A moment later, a reprocessed kitchen knife appeared before everyone.

Lin Bai shook the reprocessed kitchen knife in his hand, a stream of light sliding along the blade, which was surprisingly eye-catching; he casually slashed the kitchen knife toward the iron ingot beside him.

With a clang.

The iron ingot split into two halves in response.

The blade edge remained intact.

"Wow!"

"Holy crap!"

Seeing this scene, the players couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Among them, the taboo word "holy crap" was actually mixed in.

A stream of heat passed through Lin Bai's palm; he curled his lips in annoyance and raised his hand to give the nearby Lao Mi an ionic perm.

Lao Mi felt extremely aggrieved: "Shopkeeper Lin, it wasn't me who said it."

"Who told you to be the leader; whoever says it, you have to take the blame for them. From now on, no swearing is allowed in the Beggar Sect." Lin Bai rolled his eyes at him in annoyance; he couldn't be bothered to hide the secret of the "holy crap" Xilou anymore.

【Resentment from Lao Mi; +1+1+1】

【Pleasure from Deng Li Buduo, High-Ranking Elder, and Fengzinan; +1+1+1】

The system had increased.

No matter what Lin Bai did, there would be gains; either way, he wouldn't lose.

"Shopkeeper Lin, what about this new kitchen knife?" Gugao Laoren didn't pay attention to the deflated Lao Mi and brought the topic back to the kitchen knife.

"To be precise, this should be called a Sharp Kitchen Knife." Lin Bai examined the kitchen knife that had been re-forged by the Hammer with satisfaction, "Just now, I realized a new method of Weapon Refinement, and I have a ten percent chance of improving the quality of a weapon. If you get any good Dharma Treasures in the future and want to improve their grade, you can come to me to gamble on your luck. For disciples of our own sect, the processing fee is half the value of the weapon, and damage will not be compensated."

"..." The crowd.

"Shopkeeper Lin is mastering more and more Skills; he can actually strengthen weapons now." Bitter Melon Vine quickly cut into the private chat channel, "We've struck gold."

"Struck gold my ass, a ten percent success rate, ninety percent will break, it's just fucking ridiculous." Jingbuyi said.

"Gambling on luck, who can say for sure? If you're a lucky person, what if you win ten times in a row? Maybe you could get a legendary Divine Artifact directly from Shopkeeper Lin." Jiang Bu Jiangjiu said.

"I feel like I see the shadow of Kiri on Shopkeeper Lin." Lan Ai Wuqi said.

"Regardless, it's a good thing!" Gugao Laoren said, "Is our Beggar Sect short on money? With advertisements, we have everything, brothers, we're rich!"

Listening to the players' private chats, Lin Bai smiled without saying a word; iron hammer ten percent, pliers ten percent, anvil ten percent...

Later on, there might be rewards for things like furnaces, Bellows, and the like.

This was clearly a set.

With the success rates stacking, the possibility of him forging a Divine Artifact was very high.

The Craftsman God System was indeed powerful.

However.

A Divine Artifact is a Divine Artifact, but without strength, no matter how good the weapon is, it cannot be kept; on the contrary, it might bring about a fatal disaster for oneself, so Lin Bai deliberately lowered the success rate.

A ten percent chance was enough to make most people shrink back.

But the task still had to be done.

Lin Bai casually inserted the kitchen knife that had just finished evolving into his own scabbard.

Bitter Melon Vine widened his eyes and couldn't help but remind him: "Shopkeeper Lin, that's my kitchen knife."

"What's yours, did I charge you money?" Having completed the task, Lin Bai wouldn't be polite to them anymore, "I am not your servant. Didn't I tell Lao Mi to renovate the room next door into a Weapon Shop? Only the weapons bought from my shop in the future will be yours..."

As he spoke.

Lin Bai swung the Hammer and destroyed the kitchen knives placed on the anvil one by one: "Weapon Refinement is the foundation for a craftsman to make a living. Giving things away for free will eventually ruin this industry. From now on, the rules must be set."

【Resentment from Fengzinan, High-Ranking Elder, Bitter Melon Vine...; +1+1+1】

"I knew I shouldn't have handed over the kitchen knife." Bitter Melon Vine looked aggrieved.

"I thought Shopkeeper Lin had changed his nature! What a wasted joy." Fengzinan said.

"Be content! Shopkeeper Lin has already taken out quite a lot of things from yesterday until now. If you keep counting on him to keep contributing, I would actually feel uneasy. If you calculate it carefully, the Beggar Sect hasn't provided any substantial return to Shopkeeper Lin so far!" Gugao Laoren said, "How could Shopkeeper Lin have had some sudden realization? He is simply taking the opportunity to promote his craftsmanship, and then using the chance to knock us into shape..."

"But why would he want to do that? The Beggar Sect isn't short on money," Lao Mi asked.

"Shopkeeper Lin naturally knows the Beggar Sect isn't short on money. Do you think that for the weapons you bought from his Weapon Shop, he would provide the labor to reinforce them for you for free?" Gugao Laoren spoke in a tone that had seen through Lin Bai, "Believe it or not, for the weapons bought from his Blacksmith Shop, he could destroy them with every single Hammer strike during reinforcement."

"What is he trying to do?" The usually rational Madman also felt puzzled this time.

"Naturally, it is to let us go out and stir up trouble, to snatch other people's Dharma Treasure," Gugao Laoren said, "Do you remember a phrase Shopkeeper Lin often says? He wants to build the Beggar Sect into the number one sect under heaven. If we don't go out to make a name for ourselves, if we don't stir up trouble, when could the Beggar Sect ever become the number one under heaven? Shopkeeper Lin is motivating us, letting us grow rapidly! I suspect Shopkeeper Lin also carries the mission of making a name for the Justice Sect..."

A child worth teaching!

Listening to the long-winded theory that Gugao Laoren had imagined, Lin Bai looked at him with gratification, thinking to himself, the Beggar Sect really needs such talent!

If it weren't for the fact that the chosen Big Brother couldn't be taken down, he would have done anything to help Gugao Laoren ascend to the top position...

"Shopkeeper Lin, when will your Weapon Shop open for business?" Although Gugao Laoren had clarified the reason for Lin Bai's sudden erratic behavior, Bitter Melon Vine still felt some regret. After all, the style of the weapons Lin Bai crafted was much better looking than those sold outside.

"You all go prepare for the Flaw exhibition first, and scout out the movements of the major sects in Qian City. Every move those sects make must be reported to me. By evening, the weapons in the Blacksmith Shop should be ready to be put on the shelves," Lin Bai looked at the sky and gave his arrangements.

There were no cheap gains to be had here at Lin Bai's place.

The players dispersed in twos and threes, each going to busy themselves with their own work.

Lin Bai did not continue to grind tasks for the Craftsman God System, but instead activated Morning Flight, stepping through the air above Qian City, flying slowly and leisurely to observe the terrain of Qian City.

Morning was when he was at his most powerful.

If he didn't show off at this time, when would he show off?

He just wanted to flaunt his martial prowess and display his strongest side to everyone in the city.

It would be best to let all the cultivators witness the dashing and heroic bearing of Shopkeeper Lin, so they would think twice before wanting to lay a claw on him in the future.

Lin Bai did not believe that no one had noticed such a big commotion yesterday, but the fact that Huilong Temple had no reaction afterward made him feel a bit strange.

He wandered above the city and even specifically went above the encampments of several major sects, also with the intention of luring the snake out of its hole. It would be best if he could lure Qingling Zhenren of Huilong Temple out of the city and turn him into a card as well.

【Fear from Zhao Ang; +1+1+1】

【Resentment from Qingling Daozhang; +1+1+1】

【Shock from Sun Lie; +1+1+1】

【Pleasure from Jiang Qingqin; +1+1+1】

Sure enough.

As Lin Bai flew over the encampments of those sects, it was very easy for him to harvest the emotions they fed back.

Zhao Ang had inexplicably emitted feelings of fear; he must have witnessed the fact that Qingming Daozhang had fallen.

Qingling Daozhang was full of resentment toward him, yet he endured it and stayed in his room without showing his face. He didn't know what kind of trick was being played, and since he couldn't see where he was, Lin Bai couldn't even strike him with a Palm Thunder.

Releasing Qingming Daozhang might force Qingling Daozhang out, but Lin Bai felt there was no need for that for the time being. Since Qingming Daozhang chose to endure, he was happy to continue growing for a while longer.

With the system, Lin Bai's strength changed with each passing day; even he himself didn't know what Skill would appear in the next second!

However, not harvesting any emotions from Qingfeng Daozhang made Lin Bai feel a bit strange. If Qingfeng Daozhang hadn't come to Qian City, the matter of the Lingjie Fengxi couldn't have leaked!

And if the Lingjie Fengxi hadn't leaked, why did Huilong Temple inexplicably come to pick a fight?

A trace of doubt flashed through Lin Bai's heart.

Something wasn't right!

At this moment, Jiang Qingqin was hugging her rabbit, sitting blankly by the window, pondering the authenticity of "words becoming reality." The moment she looked up and saw Lin Bai, she rushed out of the room, jumped onto the roof in a few steps, and waved at him: "Senior Brother Lin, come down! My master wants to talk to you!"

(End of this chapter)