Forging a Sword

Looking at the wooden sword broken into two pieces in her hand, Xu Chunniang was slightly taken aback.

A moment later, she realized that the wooden sword was simply too fragile to withstand too much force.

If she wanted to learn swordsmanship, she first needed to forge a suitable sword.

A wooden sword would not do, and ordinary mortal iron likely would not fare much better.

She still had some spirit ores on hand. Making do with them, she should be able to forge a sword that suited her hand.

After a brief contemplation, Xu Chunniang took out all the spirit ores she had casually collected while crossing the Western Sea years ago.

Among the fourth-rank spirit ores alone were seven or eight kinds, including Crimson Refining Copper Essence, Green Copper Gold Essence, and Five-Colored Iron Essence.

There were even more third-rank spirit ores, numbering twenty or thirty varieties.

The small piece of Geng Metal Stone Kong Huan had given her back then was among them as well.

Xu Chunniang specialized in the Dao of Formations and was not skilled in artifact refinement. She had merely read some basic books and possessed only a slight understanding of the properties of spirit ores and the process of artifact refinement.

However, having cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm, crudely refining a usable sword was not difficult.

In any case, she was forging the sword to practice swordsmanship. She did not seek rank or power; it only needed to be sturdy and durable.

After a moment's thought, Xu Chunniang selected Crimson Refining Copper Essence, Green Copper Gold Essence, and a small amount of third-rank black gold as her raw materials.

It was her first time forging a sword, and she was not particularly confident. Still, the fewer materials she used, the higher her