Chapter 1804 - 927: Reciprocity (Part 2)

This is precisely the best choice for them, so much so that Yellow Beard can't even utter a single word of objection.

That's why he's afraid.

"Ji Jue, what exactly do you want?"

"Hmm, for the time being, I really can't think of anything I want," Ji Jue pinched his chin, pondered slightly, then grinned: "Why not limit it to within the Association? Our workshops conduct basic alignment, progress together, retreat together. How about it?"

Unlike Lou Feng's complete assimilation, it was a tight collaboration, an agreement between the Three Phases and the Beifeng Series, an alliance in both offense and defense.

"Rest assured, everyone knows that we, the Three Phases and One System, are the least fond of making trouble, and we have no desire for power within the Association.

At most, we just want to huddle for warmth, ensure the development of our legacy, what ill intentions could we have?"

Ji Jue smiled innocently, his eyes clear like a college student, yet his words made Yellow Beard's vision go black repeatedly, almost unable to stand firm.

Finally understood, what does it mean to talk nonsense with your eyes wide open!

What do you mean by the Three Phases not being good at making trouble? Let me ask, then how did those many peers die under your foot?

Just days ago, you took the lead in an attack, launched a bombardment on the Association's management, how long has it been? Earlier, when you released a product, did you mess up so many workshops and peers, or did they just get hit by cars on their way out because they didn't check the calendar?

Master Hu landed safely, that's right, but how miserable others died with shattered reputations, can't everyone see?

Indeed, you're not interested in the Association's power, but you love stirring things up!

Just stirring up!

It's simply like you're doing it purely out of hobby and instinct, seizing every opportunity to stir things up, no matter the outcome!

Now you pat your chest and tell me you're willing to be an enemy to the whole world for allies, but the allies want to ask you: Where did so many enemies come from!

After you, Ji Jue, formed alliances, you warmed up, so why does Beifeng feel chill all over?

But speaking back…

Although you, Ji Jue, are no good, neither is Beifeng!

As the saying goes, too many lice don't itch, too many debts don't bother; if it's just basic alignment, we could perform Divine Cutting at any time. No matter how bad the situation gets, it's just like turning down the temperature in the cold storage a degree, worst case, wrap up tightly in fur clothes, are Northern Realm folks afraid of the cold?

After a long silence, pretending to think for a while, Yellow Beard ultimately gritted his teeth and raised his wrist…

Grasped that damned hand!

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Six hours later, in the Capital of the North, or rather, the only place in the whole Northern Realm still worthy of being called a city, Frozen Rock City along the coast.

In the ice and snow, thick black smoke rose to the sky like giant pillars, and even from a distance, one could feel the heat emitted from the melting furnace at the city's center.

This time there was no banquet or warm reception, but the specifications far exceeded before.

The gate of the North Wind Workshop slowly opened before Ji Jue.

Thus, with him, they led straight into the workshop, passing through layer upon layer of doors, entering the largest outer structure, an overwhelming hot workshop inside.

Under the reflection of the scorching Flame Light, the molten steel flowed along the channels, streaming inside the workshop like river water. The air seemed to burn, just breathing would sear the lungs. The eyes stung, merely opening them was enough to be burned by the blazing light constantly erupting.

Yet, unlike other apprentices who worked diligently on the assembly line, Ji Jue didn't get any protective goggles or measures.

Exposed directly to the poison-filled, scorching air.

But it was this unreserved contact and experience that was the warmest welcome for a craftsman... In this nearly nothing short distance, witnessing and feeling everything that happened with his own eyes, looking however he wanted, touching however he wished!

How was this any different from throwing a rat into a grain depot?!

Now Ji Jue didn't need to sneak around to probe anymore, Yellow Beard personally brought him into the heart of the North Wind Workshop, allowing him to freely spy and ponder, almost about to stick the instruction manual in his face!

Come on, buddies, don't be polite, feel it boldly!

Even though this was located at the workshop's outermost area, it didn't mean it wasn't important. On the contrary, this was the North Wind Workshop's most important and largest commodity industry—the production workshop of rune steel!

The fact that it was located outside was entirely due to its enormous scale, requiring a separate area to accommodate it.

The entire North Wind Workshop, one could say that every apprentice walked out from here; if one couldn't survive here for three years, there wouldn't even be a chance to be selected by a craftsman for cultivation!

As for the products completed here, they were the flagship export products of the Northern Realm, the pillar industry of the North Wind Workshop, and the rarest metal alchemy material in the entire present world, the perfect materials for forging cold weapons and armor!

Beifeng's rune steel naturally possessed an excellent affinity with the Legion Series, making it the unrivaled choice for the Legion folks when customizing and purchasing weapons.

Even with the same design and craftsmanship, creations made using rune steel were more than fifty percent more expensive than other products, and there was no bargaining, no discounts, buy it or leave it, there were plenty of people eager to snatch them up!

This was the reputation the North Wind Workshop had built up over hundreds of years, a monopoly market established purely on product quality and effect!