Chapter 410 - 243: Entry-Level

Chapter 410: Chapter 243: Entry-Level

He had been learning the Artifact Refining Technique from Huo Zhen Court for many days, but his system panel had remained unchanged.

But now, after simply memorizing the manual for the Heavenly Craft Refining Method, the technique had actually appeared on his system panel!

Su Mu’s face was filled with delighted surprise.

’Huo Zhen Court, oh, Huo Zhen Court, and you said you weren’t teaching me wrong?!’

Su Mu focused his attention on the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique, and a string of information automatically appeared in his mind.

Heavenly Craft Refining Technique: 100,000 Points required for Entry. After reaching the Entry level, forging Mortal Weapons will be as easy as turning over one’s hand.

Entry to Minor Success Realm: 1,000,000 Points. After reaching the Minor Success Realm, you can forge Profound Weapons.

Minor Success Realm to Great Success: 10,000,000 Points. You can forge Divine Weapons.

Great Success to Perfection: 100,000,000 Points. You can refine Immortal Soldiers.

After he finished reading this information, the look of joy vanished from Su Mu’s face, as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over his head.

One hundred million Points!

This was a number he had never seen before, a number he could never have even imagined.

It was like someone who’d only ever had a hundred thousand dollars trying to imagine what a billionaire’s life was like.

It took him two months to save up 100,000 Points. One million would take twenty months, ten million would take two hundred months, and one hundred million would take two thousand months...

Twelve months in a year, one hundred and twenty months in a decade, one thousand two hundred months in a century...

’So, it would take about... two hundred years?’

A True Essence Realm Martial Artist’s lifespan was only about one hundred and eighty years...

The sheer scale of the number made Su Mu feel dizzy.

The difficulty of improving the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique had completely surpassed his imagination.

Just reaching the Entry level required 100,000 Points.

The crucial part was that the Entry level only enabled him to forge Mortal Weapons.

For that same 100,000 Points, Su Mu could have raised his Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth to the Minor Success Realm.

So—

’Should I try it?’

Su Mu couldn’t resist and pressed the "+" symbol next to the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique.

HUM!

A massive flood of information suddenly surged into Su Mu’s mind.

He felt as if he had spent decades studying the Artifact Refining Technique, swinging a hammer before a smelting furnace countless times, wasting unknown amounts of iron, and shedding rivers of sweat.

Then one day, he was struck by a flash of inspiration, as if he had finally achieved enlightenment.

All his knowledge about Mortal Weapons was synthesized, and all the sweat he had shed was finally transformed into skill in his hands.

He had successfully forged a Mortal Weapon.

The complex visions in Su Mu’s eyes gradually faded, replaced by a sharp glint.

Su Mu’s mind was perfectly clear. At this moment, he had a feeling that if someone just gave him a hammer, he could easily forge a Mortal Weapon.

With his current skills, if he were to open a blacksmith shop, he would absolutely be flooded with customers...

Su Mu laughed with a sense of helplessness. ’One hundred thousand Points, just to compete with blacksmiths for a living. I must be insane!’

"Are you all right?"

Just then, Zhang Zhongmei waved a hand in front of Su Mu’s face and asked with some concern.

In his eyes, after Su Mu finished reading the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique, he had started staring blankly. Then he suddenly burst out laughing, followed by another daze, and then another laugh...

Zhang Zhongmei almost thought Su Mu had suffered a cultivation deviation from reading the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique.

If that were the case, his good intentions would have backfired horribly.

"I’m fine. I just had a bit of an epiphany."

Su Mu smiled and said, "I had some sticking points while learning the Artifact Refining Technique from Huo Zhen Court that I just couldn’t figure out. But now, after reading this Heavenly Craft Refining Technique, I’ve suddenly figured it all out."

Zhang Zhongmei blinked. He hadn’t been able to understand a single sentence of the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique. ’And Su Mu understood it?’

"It’s not that I completely understood it, and I certainly can’t compare to you, but I have a feeling I should be able to forge a Mortal Weapon now."

As he spoke, Su Mu walked straight outside.

Pushing open the door, he found Huo Zhen Court waiting outside. "Finished with your little secrets?" Huo Zhen Court said. "Listen here, Su Mu—"

Before he could finish, Su Mu walked right past him and headed straight for a temporary shed built in a corner of the courtyard.

Inside the shed was a smelting furnace, with a messy pile of iron materials stacked nearby.

Su Mu had it built after he started learning the Artifact Refining Technique from Huo Zhen Court. With so many craftsmen in Songjiang Prefecture, finding a few people for such a simple job was easy.

"What are you doing?"

Huo Zhen Court asked, confused.

"Big Head, don’t bother Lord Su!"

Zhang Zhongmei had already put away the Heavenly Craft Refining Technique manual. He grabbed Huo Zhen Court’s arm and shook his head. "Lord Su has had an epiphany. He’s going to forge a weapon."

"An epiphany?"

Huo Zhen Court’s eyes widened. "Are you kidding me? With his talent for artifact refining—which is so rotten I don’t even want to talk about it—what kind of epiphany could he possibly have?"

Knowing his friend’s foul mouth, Zhang Zhongmei didn’t even bother to respond. Instead, he walked over to the shed and watched Su Mu get to work.

In the initial stages, forging a weapon wasn’t much different from basic blacksmithing.

A so-called Mortal Weapon was created by forging iron into the shape of a weapon, a process that naturally also involved a series of technical skills like quenching and shaping.

Theoretically, even an ordinary blacksmith could forge a Mortal Weapon, though there would naturally be a difference in quality.

According to the standards of the Divine Weapon Pavilion, one was only considered to have reached the Entry level after they could independently forge a Hundred-Forged Steel Saber.

These were the same techniques Huo Zhen Court had been teaching Su Mu.

However, creating Hundred-Forged Steel was no easy task.

"I’ve been teaching him for over a month now. It’s not just me talking, but he really has no talent for artifact refining."

Huo Zhen Court came to stand beside Zhang Zhongmei, his arms crossed. "I couldn’t teach him a thing. You really think a little chat with you is enough to make him have an epiphany?"