A Month Later: Divine Seal's Trash Weapon Market!

In the blink of an eye.

A month had passed.

Ye Ling had also spent an entire month in the Forging Room. Aside from resting and taking care of his basic bodily needs, he had spent nearly all his time forging.

Li Xin stood outside Ye Ling's Forging Room, looking rather speechless. It was obvious she had only just arrived.

"I have no idea what my little brother is up to. It's been a month—an entire month—and I haven't seen him once," Li Xin grumbled.

Then, looking at the room number and sensing the scorching heat within, Li Xin could not help feeling a little helpless.

When had her little brother become so obsessed with forging?

He had never shown any interest in it before, had he?

Could it be that after his contest of strength with Wang Yuanyuan, he had realized he had an advantage in physical power and decided to come here?

Who knew?

Either way, it was ridiculous.

Then, she pushed open the Forging Room door. She had just learned from several veteran Forging Masters the safest and best way to enter.

After all, when a Forging Master was forging, that was also the most dangerous time.

Of course, the danger was not to the Forging Master himself, but to anyone entering the room where he was forging.

Every strike was delivered with maximum force.

If they accidentally hit someone, well, that would be the end of it.

Ordinary people did not dare do such a thing.

But the veteran Forging Masters did not treat Li Xin that way. What a joke—she was the current "number one genius of the Haoyue Branch Temple," the Hell Rose. How could she possibly fail?

Thus, Li Xin successfully entered the room.

The moment she opened the door, Li Xin searched around for Ye Ling. Very quickly, she spotted him up ahead, forging without pause.

At that moment, Ye Ling was continuously hammering away, his muscles displayed in perfect definition. Li Xin froze where she stood.

Good heavens, was this really something she was allowed to see?

Still, watching Ye Ling swing his hammer and display such masculine vigor made Li Xin's little face flush red. For some reason, little brother Ye Ling was unbelievably handsome when he forged!

The next moment, Ye Ling completed his forging. The radiance of Thousand Forging First Grade flashed forth once more, dazzlingly brilliant and leaving Li Xin's eyes dazzled.

She had initially been confused about why Ye Ling had chosen to forge here, but now she understood. Ye Ling looked genuinely cool when he forged!

And it was incredibly flashy, too!

Moreover, within that light, she sensed a dense aura of life. Had it developed intelligence?

That could not be possible, could it?

Forging was indeed one of the top professions outside the cultivation of the six great professions, but how could it possibly create life?

Something was strange!

No.

This was truly strange!

"Sister Xin'er, when did you get here?" Ye Ling finished cultivating, collected himself for a moment, and looked to the side. When he saw Li Xin standing there and staring at him in confusion, he asked curiously.

"I just got here. Little brother, why did you suddenly start learning forging?" Li Xin asked in confusion.

"I had wanted to do it for a long time. I just never had the opportunity before. After winning this competition, I asked Uncle Nalan for leave and came out here to forge."

Ye Ling spoke truthfully. He really had asked Nalan Shu for leave.

Hearing that, Li Xin said nothing more and instead looked toward Ye Ling's Forging Platform.

Li Xin had no objections to forging as a profession.

It was a profession with no entry barrier, since even Knight Squires or Crescent Knights could become Forging Masters. Yet it was also a profession with an extremely high threshold, because only those with greater strength and better mastery of technique could reach its pinnacle.

And peak Forging Masters were also powerful cultivators, whether they were knights, warriors, or otherwise.

Otherwise, the Divine Seal from six thousand years ago, as well as the Adamantine Thrones and Mithril Thrones gradually crafted over the past six thousand years, could never have been forged.

Still, it had to be said that the forging techniques of the Divine Seal World were utter garbage. Otherwise, there would not be such a shortage of weapons.

What a joke. Setting aside ordinary-grade and alloy-grade weapons, even ordinary people could make those.

But Magic Grade and Spirit-Demon Grade equipment were frighteningly valuable. Even a single Magic Grade weapon could serve as the prized treasure of a major shop in Haoyue City. As for Spirit-Demon Grade weapons, only nobles, Branch Hall Masters, and high-ranking officials of the various Branch Temples could use them.

As for Brilliant Grade swords, even Branch Hall Masters were not qualified to possess them. One had to enter a Demon Hunting Group and earn merit before they could be exchanged for one.

Why were they so scarce? Wasn't it an industrial problem?

And Ye Ling might very well make them all work themselves to death next.

In terms of combat power, Douluo World was weaker than Divine Seal World. But when it came to matters of strength and cultivation, Divine Seal World had not developed nearly as far.

"Fine. Your strength is so great that forging suits you quite well. But don't neglect your spiritual power cultivation," Li Xin said with a nod. As long as Ye Ling was fine, that was enough. As for what Ye Ling wanted to do?

That was not for Li Xin to control.

"Of course." Ye Ling laughed. "By the way, Sister Xin'er, how about I forge you a sword? I did break your Magic Grade Precious Sword before."

"Sure." Li Xin nodded. She did not particularly care about the sword itself. What mattered was that Ye Ling wanted to help her and give her one.

"Then pick one from those metals." Ye Ling waved his hand. Over the past month, he had forged more than a hundred pieces of Thousand Forging First Grade Rare Metal, along with several hundred pieces of Thousand Forging Second Grade and other Thousand-Temper-grade metals. Those had all resulted from his failed experiments with new methods.

As for Hundred-Temper—

There were none. Ye Ling could achieve preliminary Hundred-Forging Purification in three hammers. Unless he did not want to continue, there was no way he would forge something that was only Hundred-Temper, even with his eyes closed.

Li Xin nodded and began looking through them.

Then, she took out a piece of Mithril.

Seeing this, Ye Ling was stunned for a moment before he laughed. "You really are my good sister. You actually picked Mithril."

Ye Ling smiled helplessly.

Although Rare Metals in Divine Seal World were not as valuable as those in Douluo World, some metals were still extremely costly. Mithril, for example, was a Rare Metal that could be used to make Mithril Bases. A cubic unit of it was worth nearly as much as a Magic Grade treasure.

The fact that Ye Ling could purchase so many Rare Metals of this grade showed just how many Gold Coins Nalan Shu had given him!

He truly wanted to keep Ye Ling around.

"Huh? This is Mithril?" Li Xin froze and looked at the piece of Mithril hesitantly. She had seen Mithril before. Its properties made it useful in crafting Magic Grade equipment and even higher-grade Spirit-Demon equipment, so this was not the first time she had encountered it.

But!

Ye Ling's Mithril was strange!

It was beautiful, and she could vaguely sense a special aura of light emanating from it, calling to her and bewitching her.

Yes, that was precisely the wonder of Thousand Forging First Grade!

Still, since Ye Ling wanted to keep it, then—

"Since this is something you find precious, little brother, I won't use it."

Before she could finish, Ye Ling took the piece of Deep Silver and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? I only wanted to say that you have great taste. Out of so many metals, you picked Deep Silver. It really is a good choice."

"As for whether it's precious, I haven't thought much about that."

Hearing this, Li Xin nodded and said proudly, "Naturally!"

Ye Ling ignored her and walked toward the large platform. He set down the Thousand-Forged Secret Silver, a smile flickering in his eyes, then entered his forging state.

Mithril was hard but light, and it conducted Inner Spiritual Power exceptionally well. It was truly marvelous.

It was the most suitable metal for Magic Combat.

At least among metals at this price range, none was better.

Anything better would be one of those Rare Metals with prices that soared beyond the heavens.

Still, that was no big deal. It was only a matter of price.

If it came down to it, he could have the Haoyue Branch Temple reimburse him.

The reason Ye Ling was taking this so seriously was simple. This was the first weapon he had ever forged, and it was for Li Xin!