Volume One

Blacksmith Shop and the Barrett M82A1 Sniper Rifle Thus, the refined iron endured Su Xing's hammer blows evenly instead of simply being smashed into a flat iron disc. In the blink of an eye, Su Xing swung forty-nine consecutive strikes. Under those forty-nine blows, the entire piece of refined iron had shrunk by a full circle, and it was already difficult to spot any impurities within it with the naked eye. Immediately afterward, using the rebound of the forging hammer, Su Xing spun quickly and swung the hammer again. With another deafening boom, the forging hammer fell onto the red-hot refined iron with even greater force than before. "All right, Boss Su. Take care." Everyone nodded respectfully. "Uh... as for what kind of weapon it is, you'll naturally find out later. But about the money I mentioned..." Su Xing rubbed his chin and said. Su Xing stared intensely at the refined iron atop the furnace, exhaled sharply, and suddenly swung up the forging hammer beside him. It was an object resembling two foot pedals. Su Xing connected it beneath the bellows, then gripped the bellows with both hands. During forging, the bellows were also extremely important. Whether metal could burn thoroughly during the forging process affected the final product. After all, if the temperature of the bellows was insufficient and the metal shattered under excessive force during forging, then even if it was melted down and forged again, the metal would only be scrap. As Su Xing pulled the bellows, the refined iron in the forge burned red-hot. Blazing flames surged upward, making the surroundings exceptionally scorching. Su Xing's eyes brightened slightly when he noticed that the flames in the forge had weakened considerably. He quickly said, "Uncle Li, please help me work the bellows. The temperature is a little too low." "Ah, Boss Su, you're incredible. I never expected you to know forging too. What kind of weapon can you make?" Liu Long's eyes lit up as he asked. In the days that followed, Su Xing attended Nuoding Academy while spending his spare time forging weapons in the Blacksmith Shop he had opened in Nuoding City. He also recruited a group of blacksmiths with fairly good forging skills. With that, Su Xing looked at Xiao Chenyu and the others, waved his hand, and said, "All right, that's enough for today. If there's nothing else, I'll head back first." After continual improvements and testing, a Barrett M82A1 Sniper Rifle was finally completed through the combined efforts of Su Xing and the many blacksmiths. Su Xing's feet gripped the ground tightly. His calves suddenly exerted force, sending power upward, and his body spun through the air. The forging hammer in his hand also completed a full circle in the air before smashing heavily onto the piece of refined iron. After finishing his classes at Nuoding Academy, Su Xing ate a simple meal in the cafeteria and hurried nonstop to the Blacksmith Shop he had opened. By then, Su Xing could clearly see the subtle movements of mosquitoes flapping their wings more than ten meters away. Every strike landed with extreme precision. Whenever the refined iron had been hammered down to half its original thickness and gradually began to flatten, the forging hammer in his hand struck the edge of the iron block, causing it to flip over. "Is our Shopkeeper Xiao Su really only six years old?" On the way to deliver refined iron to the blacksmiths in the manufacturing department, Blacksmith Li muttered softly to himself. Clang. A crisp sound rang out inside the Blacksmith Shop. Su Xing did not explain. "Uncle Li, just do your job properly. Don't ask what you shouldn't. Also, the impurities in this refined iron have already been completely removed. Deliver it to the blacksmiths in the manufacturing department and have them make the samples on the blueprints I gave them as soon as possible." Amid the ringing clangs, the piece of refined iron bounced continuously beneath the forging hammer. Su Xing swung faster and faster, and the refined iron gradually deformed beneath the unceasing strikes. "Boss Su, do you need money?" Xiao Chenyu asked in confusion. During this period, Su Xing cultivated the Yijin Jing every day. Not only had his Soul Power improved considerably, but he had also made substantial progress in the Shaolin Seventy-Two Arts contained within the Yijin Jing. Su Xing had comprehended this knowledge of forging pig iron after obtaining the Divine Weapon Crafting Technique in the Life Simulator. As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Chenyu stood up, took out a bag of Gold Soul Coins, and tossed it onto the table. "Boss Su, these Gold Soul Coins are my private savings. Just take them and use them. If they aren't enough, I can go home and ask my father for more." Xiao Chenyu's generous gesture truly carried the air of a wealthy young master. It had to be said that having a rich father was quite nice even in another world. Unfortunately, Su Xing's parents had died shortly after he was born. With Xiao Chenyu setting an example, the other noble students also took out some Gold Soul Coins. They pooled them all together and gave them to Su Xing, amounting to nearly a hundred Gold Soul Coins in total. Hmph! The other blacksmiths, who had long witnessed Su Xing's forging skills, were not surprised. They merely looked up briefly before lowering their heads and continuing with their work. Su Xing planted both feet on the bellows' pedals and suddenly exerted force. Starting from his legs, his whole body swiftly sprang backward. His legs changed from straight back into a bend, and he sent his hands back as well. In that back-and-forth motion, the bellows operated at full capacity. "This is what I'm thinking." Su Xing looked at Xiao Chenyu and said, "You brothers can pool some money for me. I'll open a Blacksmith Shop and make some weapons. I'll sell some of the weapons we produce, then repay you with interest after I make money." Seeing Su Xing breathing lightly with sweat on his forehead, Blacksmith Li, who was operating the bellows, asked in astonishment, "Shopkeeper Xiao Su, could this be the strongest continuous forging technique, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer?" After entering the Blacksmith Shop, Su Xing briefly greeted the working blacksmiths, then walked over and sat beside the bellows. He pulled out an object made of pig iron from beneath them. Su Xing had only just begun down this path and was feeling his way across the river by touching the stones. This was why Su Xing had come to eat with Xiao Chenyu and the others. Ever since leaving Holy Soul Village and arriving in Nuoding City, the Gold Soul Coins he had saved had been mostly spent hiring people to make the Desert Eagle pistol and on his trip to Soul Hunting Forest. Hardly any remained. More than three months passed. Hearing Su Xing say that, Blacksmith Li was too embarrassed to ask further questions. He nodded slightly, used forging tongs to take the piece of refined iron from the forge, and delivered it to the blacksmiths in the manufacturing department. Three months later... The reason Su Xing had this idea was mainly because he currently had neither wealth nor power, and his own strength was weak. He could only develop slowly and strive to create highly lethal weapons as soon as possible. Only then would he have a chance to turn the tide if he encountered a life-threatening crisis in the future. Hearing this, Blacksmith Li by the forge answered, "All right, Shopkeeper Xiao Su." He then hurriedly crouched beside it and began working the bellows. Su Xing calculated, "Renting a better shop would cost about five Gold Soul Coins a month. After that, we'll need to buy forging hammers, furnaces, refined iron, bellows, forging tongs, crucibles... and hire a group of blacksmiths. That will also cost a lot of Gold Soul Coins. These nearly hundred Gold Soul Coins should barely be enough for the initial stage. Once the Blacksmith Shop starts operating normally and earns income, life should get easier."