Forging a Staff

While explaining the situation to Gu Xi, the blacksmith dealt with the vines that had just been broken.

With each step of the process, the blacksmith would explain the reason for the treatment to Gu Xi. After about ten minutes, the vine, which was Mido long, was reduced to about two and a half meters in length.

Setting the vines aside, the blacksmith looked at Gu Xi.

Gu Xi knew it was time to bring out the other items.

So Gu Xi took out all the materials he had obtained since taking office.

[Cataclysm Soul] This is relatively abundant, and since they cannot be considered legitimate souls, they can be used as crafting materials.

[Corrupted Head] Gu Xi's initial secondary item, but it turned into a gray item because the upgrade process was interrupted. It is also considered a top-quality material.

The Broken Birch Fragment comes from the battle of the small building in Victoria City. Gu Xi took it out because he needed to make a staff.

The Broken Scythe Fragment a trophy Gu Xi obtained when he first encountered the Otherworldy Ghost Leader. When he got it, Gu Xi was thinking of using the scythe as his main weapon, but now he thinks it would be better to use a long staff.

The Frost Power Core was dug out from another One-Eyed Composite Corpse. The blacksmith said he needed a power source, and this is actually a very good one.

The Twisted Spine was something Gu Xi brought out to fill in the gaps, since it was just too long, a full five meters, and it was a material used to make weapons like Two-Handed Sword, whips, or Long Spear.

Gu Xi did not believe that blacksmiths would need this material.

However, Gu Xi never expected that the first thing the blacksmith picked up would be this [Twisted Spine].

"Very good. Some of your materials are of Blue Quality, and some are green but have strong potential. There shouldn't be any problem making them."

Now there are two different options.

First, with these materials and this vine, I'll try my best to see if I can get you to Purple Quality.

But you should be careful, this purple isn't the best purple, and you know that purple effects have penalties.

I can't guarantee whether the punishment will be lenient or severe; it's entirely a gamble.

Another option is for me to make it blue for you, but you can gradually improve its quality later, and it might even be possible to reach Purple Quality. As for whether you can achieve that, that depends on your luck.

Gu Xi was silent for a moment, then decisively said, "Make it the blue, growable kind."

The blacksmith laughed upon hearing this, "I knew you would choose this. Don't worry, the growth rate of the equipment I offer is as high as 80%, and there is no chance of failure."

As they spoke, the blacksmith had already disassembled the entire Twisted Spine.

He disassembled the Mido -long spine and tailbone into pieces.

Each piece would be dipped in molten iron by the blacksmith before being forged by his subordinates.

Then the blacksmith picked up the Broken Birch Fragment and called over another blacksmith.

"Pound this into powder, a fine powder. Also, soak these souls in water until they turn into liquid, then soak the powder in the water."

The blacksmith under his command went to work, Gu Xi asked at this time.

"Master, what do you intend to do with all this?"

"If you want to make a long staff, you can't use too many forging techniques."

"It just so happens that the soul you brought can be boiled down into glue. Once I've processed this spine, I'll use the glue technique to attach the West One District piece."

Listening to the blacksmith's explanation, Gu Xi looked surprised; he hadn't expected weapon making to be done this way.

But this blacksmith was, after all, a master craftsman, and he always managed to come up with different methods.

In the end, Gu Xi could only trust the blacksmith master's choice.

The Twisted Spine were quickly removed one by one, and now they looked like pieces of silver metal.

The master blacksmith personally used a stylus to write words on each piece of metal.

Gu Xi possessed a high level of Magic Knowledge, but he couldn't decipher the meaning of these characters. The only thing he could tell was that they carried connotations of coldness.

It's clear that the blacksmith master has already considered some of the attributes of Gu Xi's long staff.

After all the metal pieces had been inscribed with text, the blacksmith took out the "Broken Scythe Fragment".

This time, he personally melted down the fragments and reforged the metal.

"What kind of shape do you want? A sickle? A hand? Or something else?"

"Would Bone Dragon's head be acceptable?"

Gu Xi put forward his own ideas.

"I have an idea, but wouldn't it be beautiful?"

The blacksmith didn't say whether it was okay or not; he just kept forging it himself.

Then he picked up the Pea Vine and placed it near the still-hot iron block to compare and adjust it.

Sometimes, after comparison, they would also put in the iron sheet that had just been engraved with text.

Just then, a blacksmith came over carrying a large basin of Deep Blue liquid.

This was the Cataclysm Soul that had just melted away, Gu Xi felt that it was filled with a deathly stillness.

It seems those souls aren't truly useless; at least they're useful now.

"Alright, all the materials are ready. Now comes the most crucial step: drip a drop of your blood in."

"Can this still be bound to a master?"

"Of course not, but at least doing it will create a sense of ritual."

The blacksmith smiled and said to Gu Xi.

Gu Xi had no choice but to accept the blacksmith's words for the sake of the weapon.

He made a cut on his left palm and dripped a few drops of blood into the Deep Blue liquid.

As the blood dripped in, the blacksmith immediately threw the [Frost Power Core] in, then lifted the Pea Vine and plunged it heavily into the large bucket of liquid.

As the blacksmith chanted his mysterious incantation, all the liquids began to swirl around the Pea Vine.

The blacksmith quickly threw the various items he had just forged into the liquid.

Gu Xi watched from the side and noticed that as the Deep Blue liquid swirled faster and faster, its appearance changed, eventually transforming into Tiao Quan Bone Dragon radiating icy coldness.

"Pretty good, right? Many necromancers who come to me to make staves choose Bone Dragon or Ghost Dragon as the shape of their staves, so I'm familiar with this one."

As they spoke, the liquid beside the long staff was completely absorbed, and the staff slowly descended in front of Gu Xi.

This is a two-and-a-half-meter-tall, withered yellow staff. The staff's body looks as if it is inlaid with countless tiny diamonds that resemble ice.

At the tip of the staff is Ice Mountain the size of a fist, and a metal Bone Dragon about the length of an index finger is coiled around the Ice Mountain.

At this moment, the blacksmith threw the Corrupted Head onto the top of the long staff. As the Corrupted Head let out a wail, a Skeleton ornament the size of a thumb was hung below the Ice Mountain.

"Alright, give it a name. This is your staff."