"A divine artifact? Is it really that amazing?" Shiyu was also a little incredulous.
"Exaggerated? Not at all."
The Black Scaled Great Snake then said, "A serpent cultivates for a thousand years to become a python, a python cultivates for a thousand years to become a boa constrictor, a boa constrictor cultivates for a thousand years to become a jiao (a type of dragon), and a jiao constrictor cultivates for a thousand years to become a dragon."
"Ryūchi Cave is one of the three great immortal lands, a place blessed by nature with abundant Natural Energy. This is why we were able to grow horns in just one thousand years and transform into human form using illusions. However, soaring straight up to the heavens and transcending tribulations to become a dragon is still a distant dream."
Shiyu nodded. As far as he knew, it was extremely difficult for a snake to evolve into a dragon. However, the white dragon he had just fought, which he had defeated in a virtual world, was able to shed its teeth and scales in the end, which was quite illogical.
"That's why I was shocked to see you obtain dragon scales and dragon teeth. So, what kind of weapon do you intend to forge?" the Black Snake Sage asked immediately.
Shiyu. He already had a meteor sword. When the time came, he could use one hand to extract chakra to use the Flying Thunder God and the other hand to use swordsmanship. He would definitely be very powerful.
Forging two swords of the same size and using dual-wielding might not be suitable for an all-around ninja like Shiyu.
"How about we forge a short sword?"
Shiyu wants to forge a short sword similar to the White Fang Blade, so that it can be used immediately in actual combat, and even when he grows up, it can still be used for surprise attacks. The Meteor Blade is suitable for head-on combat.
"Short sword! You might need to work a little harder then. As for dragon scales, I'll forge you a set of white Dragon Scale Armor!" The Black Snake Sage then began giving instructions.
"Pull the bellows! Let the flames in the furnace forge the dragon tooth in your hand!"
Shiyu immediately started the bellows, but the Black Snake Sage still shook his head in dissatisfaction and said, "Where did your Sage Mode go? There's no way you can heat the Dragon Fang red-hot like this!"
Shiyu then immediately activated Sage Mode, using an exaggeratedly fast hand speed to pull the bellows. Sure enough, a large amount of wind rushed in, and flames roared up.
But as soon as the flames came up, they began to slowly die out.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!" Shiyu also used Fire Style directly, but although the flames came fiercely, they quickly became weak again.
"What's going on?" Shiyu was also confused.
"You forged a divine artifact! How can you use ordinary Fire Style? Let me teach you a move!" The Black Scale Immortal immediately Hand Seals and said, "Immortal Technique: Six Ding Divine Fire!"
Sure enough, a flame dozens of times stronger than the power of Fire Style quickly reignited the furnace. Shiyu pulled the bellows while trying to memorize the Sage Technique carefully with his golden-white White Rinnegan.
"Alright! Don't let the flames go out again! Push and pull the bellows 400,000 times, and the fire will turn the dragon's fangs red-hot! At that time!"
"How about it?" Shiyu filled with anticipation.
"If you wake me up again, I'm sleepy and need to go and rest."
The Black Snake Sage, clutching his injured neck, irresponsibly lay down on the spot and started snoring.
Do the Serpent Snake Sage also hibernate?
Shiyu shook his head speechlessly, looking at the bellows and iron furnace, and muttered to himself, "Four hundred thousand strokes? That's insane."
"But I must become stronger! Otherwise, I'll be cannon fodder in the Third Shinobi World War. Come on!"
Thus, Shiyu's creation of this divine artifact began with the bellows; pushing forward and pulling backward were merely one step.
Shiyu didn't even use his Shadow Clone; he just pushed and pulled, all the while observing the flames in the furnace.
Through his White Rinnegan, Shiyu discovered a strange scene: the flames in the furnace contained absolutely no combustible material.
"No wonder ordinary Fire Style go out? So the combustible material for the flames is Natural Energy? It was ignited with celestial fire."
The Dragon's Fang, despite being constantly burned by flames, only turned slightly red.
"Immune to water and fire? That's a bit of an exaggeration."
Shiyu pulled for an unknown amount of time, and then noticed that the immortal fire was slowly weakening and was about to go out.
"Immortal Technique: Six Ding Divine Fire!" Shiyu also spat out a mouthful of immortal fire, and the powerful flames once again ignited the furnace.
"Luckily I learned it, otherwise all that effort would have been for nothing. Huh? How many did I just do? Oh no, Shiyu had to start counting again. Shiyu discovered that every time he did about 80,000, he had to replenish the fire in the furnace. Finally, Shiyu replenished the fire for the fifth time, and then immediately woke up the Black Snake Sage."
"We've reached 400,000 views!" Shiyu shouted.
The Black Snake Sage opened his eyes, nodded in satisfaction, then took out the large hammer he had just used and said, "I'm awake too! Next, all you need to do is use this hammer to strike this dragon tooth about 250,000 times, making sure the force is even."
"And I'll be in charge of using the small hammer to pound it. Let's do our best together!"
The Black Snake Sage handed the giant hammer to Shiyu, but Shiyu was suddenly pulled down by the force of the hammer.
"What is this thing? Why is it so heavy?" Shiyu also struggled to lift the sledgehammer in her hand.
"Hmm, if it's not hard and heavy, how can it strike something harder than itself?" The Black Snake Sage took out a small hammer and gently tapped the dragon tooth, and the general outline of a knife appeared.
"Hurry up and smash it! Huh? Oh, so you exited Sage Mode? You have to use Sage Mode to train." The Black Snake Sage reminded him.
However, Shiyu had shifted the wind direction more than 400,000 times, completely depleting all of her body's energy. Where would she find the Senjutsu Chakra?
"So you're out of Senjutsu Chakra? No problem, this is Sage Pill I refined myself. Take one, and your Senjutsu Chakra will be instantly replenished." The Black Snake Sage said smugly.
Shiyu taking the Sage Pill, Shigure's Senjutsu Chakra was instantly restored to full, just as the Black Snake Sage had said.
"Wait, something's not right! My chakra has increased by at least twice as much!" Shiyu was also somewhat stunned.
"Kid, do you think forging a divine artifact is easy? Pushing and pulling the bellows isn't for nothing! If you keep dawdling, you'll have to start pumping the bellows again! Hurry up!" the Black Snake Sage urged.
Shiyu was overjoyed, realizing that he had been making progress without even realizing it while forging the divine weapon.
"Sage Mode! Activate!" Shiyu transformed into his powerful Sage Mode form once again, and Shiyu could now easily lift that heavy, massive iron hammer.
"Start smashing!"
With each strike, Shiyu felt his chakra being slightly depleted, yet he also felt the chakra on the hammer clinging to the blade. The Dragon Fang was hammered again and again, and the chakra on the blade was tempered time and time again.
This continued for an unknown amount of time until the Black Snake Sage once again struck the Dragon Fang with his small hammer.