A Deal—Forging Before Nalan Shu!

Li Xin was dumbfounded.

Good heavens, Spirit-Demon Grade!

Anyone capable of forging an item of that grade, even if their strength was lacking, only needed to speak to the Knights' Grand Holy Temple to become a so-called guest elder, or even the master of a knights' branch temple!

Even if their strength was lacking, no one would dare provoke them, since others needed to rely on them to obtain treasures.

A Spirit-Demon Grade Forging Master's value could rival that of a Fifth Tier Earth Knight. However, no one usually compared them that way, because those capable of forging Spirit Demon Level treasures were generally Fifth Tier Level 8 Earth Knights or above, or even Radiant Knights who had formed Spirit Apertures.

A small number of gifted individuals awakened at Fifth Tier Level 1 or 2!

But still!

You were just a knight?

What was going on here?

Li Xin truly did not know what to say. She merely held the treasured sword in her hand in silence.

She was thrilled to have obtained such a treasure, but the shattering of her worldview had left her somewhat speechless.

She needed some peace and quiet.

Why was her little brother such a genius?

How had she never realized it before?

"What is it, Sister Xin'er?"

"Are you not satisfied?"

Seeing Li Xin like this, Ye Ling asked curiously.

"No, of course I'm satisfied. Little brother, you really are a monster. You forged a Spirit-Demon Grade weapon and gave it straight to your sister. I truly don't know how to repay you," Li Xin said helplessly.

"You don't need to be so polite with me, Sister Xin'er." Ye Ling smiled faintly, then seemed to recall something. "But if you really can't think of anything, Sister Xin'er, you could always offer yourself to me. I wouldn't feel like I was losing out."

Ye Ling's words earned him an eye-roll from Li Xin, though she did not blush. She knew what he was getting at and played along. "You think one Spirit-Demon Grade weapon is enough to buy your sister off? You're far from it. If you become stronger in the future and forge a divine artifact for your sister to play with, then I might consider it."

Ye Ling's eyes lit up at that, and he asked with a hint of mischief, "Really?"

Li Xin was speechless at his reaction. Ridiculous—did he really think he could forge a divine artifact? Was that even something that could be forged?

Still, Li Xin was worried as well. She had raised a flag. Did that mean this little brother of hers was going to end up benefiting someone else?

No way!

Just as Li Xin was thinking, she suddenly remembered something. Smiling, she looked at the rare metals behind Ye Ling and asked, "By the way, little brother, what do you plan to do with those rare metals?"

"Of course, sell them!" Ye Ling said.

"Sell them directly, or forge them into finished products first and then sell them?" Li Xin asked.

"Either works." Ye Ling answered honestly. Then, recalling something, he asked, "Do you have a way, Sister Xin'er?"

"Uncle Nalan happens to be short on weapons, so selling them directly to him would be perfect. My family also does business in weapons. I can apply to my family for some money and then have them sold through my family," Li Xin said with a nod, laying out her plan.

"Uncle Nalan? And you plan to do it too, Sister Xin'er?"

"That works. It's better than me selling them around randomly."

Ye Ling nodded. Selling directly to people he knew and trusted was much better.

As for the metals and weapons he forged, Ye Ling would rather keep them in his hands than sell them cheaply to merchants he did not know.

What a loss!

Five days later.

Nalan Shu's Office.

By now, Ye Ling had forged quite a few of his rare metals into treasured swords, stored them in a storage treasure, and arrived at Nalan Shu's Office.

Nalan Shu had originally been worrying over things. He was somewhat annoyed at being disturbed, but since it was Ye Ling and Li Xin, he did not mind at all!

After all, the two of them could be said to be the future of the Haoyue Branch Temple.

"What is it, you two?" Nalan Shu asked.

"Uncle Nalan, my little brother wants to make a deal with the two of us, so we came to see whether you're interested."

"A deal?" Nalan Shu was puzzled. What business did Ye Ling want to discuss? Did he want Nalan Shu to spend money to bind him to the Haoyue Branch Temple? If Ye Ling dared to ask, Nalan Shu truly would dare to give everything he had just to keep him, because he really was a genius.

But he also knew Ye Ling was not that sort of person. So rather than agreeing, he asked, "What kind of deal?"

Li Xin did not answer. She simply took out a treasured sword that gave off waves of rose fragrance and handed it to Nalan Shu.

The moment he received it, Nalan Shu recognized it.

"A Spirit-Demon Grade Sword? Did you take this from your family and have Ye Ling broker a deal between you and me?" Nalan Shu asked in confusion.

"No. This sword is called Xinling, a top-tier Spirit-Demon Grade sword with a skill within it." Li Xin spoke slowly, then revealed the result in a grave voice. "And its forger was little brother Ye Ling!"

"How is that possible? This is a Spirit-Demon Grade Sword! No matter how talented Ye Ling is, no matter how terrifying his strength may be, he couldn't possibly forge a Spirit-Demon Grade Sword at the age of twelve!"

"Even Magic Grade would be impossible!"

Nalan Shu laughed heartily. His mood improved considerably.

But then, in the next moment, he froze as he watched Ye Ling silently take a Magic Grade Precious Sword out of his Storage Space.

Mm, one wasn't enough.

Two.

Three.

Five.

Ten.

Twenty books.

Fifty swords.

Mm, he took out fifty Magic Grade Precious Swords at once and placed them on Nalan Shu's desk.

But this was only the beginning.

The next moment, Ye Ling stopped taking out Magic Swords and directly brought out Spirit-Demon Grade Swords.

One.

Two.

Five!

Mm, five Spirit-Demon Grade Swords and fifty Magic Grade Precious Swords lay before Nalan Shu just like that.

Honestly, Nalan Shu had seen—and even touched—more than this number in his life, but those had all been in batches!

Seeing so many at once was more than enough to shock him!

It was enough to leave Nalan Shu stunned for five hundred years.

Very quickly, he picked up one of them and examined it. In the end, he discovered that it was indeed a Spirit-Demon Grade Sword!

And one of them was even a premium piece!

Other than Li Xin's sword, Nalan Shu had never seen such an incredible Spirit-Demon Grade Sword in his entire life!

"Ye Ling, Xin'er, tell me honestly—where did you get all these swords?" Nalan Shu asked gravely.

"Of course my little brother made them." Li Xin smiled. "Why not have him make one on the spot for you to see?"

Nalan Shu nodded.

At that, Ye Ling took out the Thousand-Forged Silver Hammer from his Storage Space. Then, a Forging Platform appeared as well, immensely heavy as it slammed viciously into the office.

"This Forging Platform is a little too..." Nalan Shu stared at it in a daze. He could tell that this Forging Platform was not made of stone; it was entirely forged from Rare Metals. From what Nalan Shu could identify alone, there were five different kinds!

Even the least valuable piece was worth one-tenth of an ordinary Magic Sword—that was, ten Gold Coins. As for the more valuable ones, there was no need to mention them.

Moreover, an extremely profound aura that he could not comprehend continuously emanated from it.

Seeing this, Nalan Shu was somewhat shaken. So this was what Ye Ling had spent the money he gave him on before?

Seeing his reaction, Ye Ling did not say much. He merely stretched out his hand, took out a piece of sinking silver, and placed it on the platform.

Gripping the Thousand-Forged Silver Hammer in his hand, he released threads of True Sun Fire from the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and began to burn it!

Then, he began forging!

As the forging commenced, Nalan Shu's doubts gradually faded away.