"Xie Zheng."
Gu Shen spoke softly, his voice echoing through the quiet room deep within the dojo.
Xie Zheng, whose soul had taken the form of a blacksmith hammering a sword billet, suddenly froze.
This was the Second Tribunal Officer's dojo!
Ordinary outsiders did not even qualify to enter, and several Sealed Item barriers covered this place... In all of Nagano, there were only a handful of people who could easily breach those barriers and transmit their thoughts!
"Little Mr. Gu?"
Xie Zheng looked up excitedly. He had guessed who it was in an instant.
"It's me."
Gu Shen took a step forward and appeared in the quiet room with a smile.
Sparks scattered through the dark chamber before slowly settling.
Under the hammering and chiseling of Xie Zheng's Soul Fire, the flat sword billet gave off waves of blazing red heat.
Gu Shen took a look and praised it with a smile. "This is a fine sword."
Though it was only a rudimentary billet, it faintly exuded a baleful aura.
Once it was hammered into shape and infused with Origin Power...
It would at least be a high-quality S-class Sealed Item!
When he had first taken Xie Zheng under his wing, Gu Shen had not actually provided much substantial help. Yet the profession of a "forger" was simply too sought-after, and the Five Great Families all maintained excellent relations with Xie Zheng.
Take this Sealed Item, for instance.
Once this sword came out of the forge, the Five Great Families would all scramble for it. A Sealed Item like this could elevate a family's top combatants by another level!
Xie Zheng, who possessed the Forging Inheritance, now held an exceptionally lofty position within Snow Forbidden City!
Yet he remained clear-headed, never arrogant, examining himself three times each day.
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