Heavy Treasure

After adjusting his state, Tang Ping closed his eyes to mentally rehearse the forging process of the Heavy Treasure he was about to create. Once he confirmed there were no points of confusion, he opened his eyes and officially began the forging.

Compared to the Nine Great Divine Weapons he had previously forged as a Spirit Reader, the materials for a Heavy Treasure were significantly more complex and time-consuming to process, and the subsequent forging process was entirely incomparable.

It took a full seven days for Tang Ping to finally conclude his first attempt at forging a Heavy Treasure.

As for the result, Tang Ping had long anticipated it—it was an unquestionable, total failure. However, in the process of failing, Tang Ping discovered many minor issues in his technique, ensuring that his subsequent attempts would surely go more smoothly.

After summarizing the lessons from this failure, Tang Ping chose not to go out and relax, instead diving straight into his second attempt.

"Hum..."

The secret patterns flowed without any sense of obstruction. He tried channeling his origin energy into it, and there were no issues at all, so Tang Ping aimed it at a target and attacked.

"Boom!"

The power was decent; the target shattered instantly, while the weapon in his hand remained completely undamaged.

"This... it succeeded?" Tang Ping was somewhat dazed.

However, he soon reacted and burst into laughter: "Hahaha... my luck is exploding! My luck is exploding! To think I succeeded on the second try; as expected, I am a genius."

In truth, when he had just finished the forging, Tang Ping felt certain that he had failed again because he had accidentally made a small mistake during the process. He hadn't expected it to actually succeed, which was why he had been so stunned.

This was actually a misconception Tang Ping had fallen into; forging a Heavy Treasure was fundamentally different from forging the Nine Great Divine Weapons.

When forging the Nine Great Divine Weapons, if even the slightest error occurred, the result would inevitably be a failure.

However, when forging a Heavy Treasure, there was a possibility of a partial failure, and the result of this partial failure was a Pseudo-Heavy Treasure. (I forgot how the original work defined a Pseudo-Heavy Treasure, only seeing it referred to as an internal term among Treasure Refiners, so I decided to define it myself; furthermore, due to plot requirements, I have reset the time required for forging Heavy Treasures and Supreme Treasures, as the original work's timeframe was certainly not this short.)

Clearly, although Tang Ping had only hoped to be satisfied with creating a Pseudo-Heavy Treasure, he had never actually forged one before, so how could he have known how they came to be?

With the inferior Heavy Treasure materials he had purchased, it was almost impossible to forge a true Heavy Treasure. Of course, had he not made that small mistake during the process, the quality of the resulting Pseudo-Heavy Treasure would have been slightly higher than it was now.

But this result was fine; he wasn't using the Pseudo-Heavy Treasure himself anyway. If the quality was a bit lower, it would just sell for a lower price. As long as he successfully produced goods, he was bound to make a profit.

Setting aside the Pseudo-Heavy Treasure, Tang Ping struck while the iron was hot and immediately began the next round of forging.

Success!

The third attempt resulted in another Pseudo-Heavy Treasure, with a quality slightly higher than the previous one.

The fourth piece, success! As for the quality, if not for the poor materials, it might have truly become a genuine Heavy Treasure.

Success after success greatly bolstered Tang Ping's confidence.

It could be said that the Treasure Refiner skills he had copied from the tool-man were only now truly beginning to exert their proper power. Moreover, the World Lord Level's maximum ten-million-fold reward critical hit over these past few days meant his current skill level was actually even stronger than that of the tool-man. While he might not yet be at the level to forge a Supreme Treasure, he should be capable of forging various types of Heavy Treasures.

With his confidence greatly increased, Tang Ping no longer continued using the remaining trash materials; that would be a pure waste of time. He prepared to sell the three Pseudo-Heavy Treasures he had forged, then buy some higher-quality materials in hopes of forging a real Heavy Treasure.

Carrying the three finished Pseudo-Heavy Treasures, Tang Ping hurried out. He wasn't looking for a high price, so the sale was naturally very fast. On Craftsman God Planet, aside from Treasure Refiners, the most common people were the powerhouses arriving to acquire Heavy Treasures or seek out Supreme Treasures. After quickly offloading the three items and swiftly purchasing new materials, Tang Ping hurried back to his rented treasure-refining room.

The materials purchased this time were significantly better than the last, so the forging time was also longer than before.

About ten days later.

"Yeah! Success on the first try, even if it's only a Pseudo-Heavy Treasure."

Although the finished product was still a Pseudo-Heavy Treasure, with better materials, the quality was clearly superior to the previous ones.

"Tsk tsk... perhaps I should switch to a better treasure-refining room; the flame provided by this one is still a bit lacking." After finishing, Tang Ping began to summarize his experience and found that a large part of the failure this time was due to the specifications of the room being insufficient, mainly because the power of the flames was not quite enough for forging Heavy Treasures.

Since he had found the cause, he naturally had to solve it immediately. In any case, having just sold three Pseudo-Heavy Treasures, Tang Ping was not short on the small amount of money needed to rent a room.

Going all the way, Tang Ping rented the highest-grade treasure-refining room this time. Never mind Heavy Treasures, it could even forge high-level Supreme Treasures. Of course, that was the limit; the only rooms capable of forging top-tier Supreme Treasures on Craftsman God Planet belonged to the Craftsman God himself and were never available for rent.

Arriving at the newly rented room, Tang Ping took out the necessary materials from his spatial ring one by one. After slightly adjusting his state, he began to forge.

Sure enough, a high-grade room was different. Once the flame power increased, the speed of processing materials and forging improved as well. In just five days—twice as fast as before—Tang Ping had completed the forging of his first Heavy Treasure.

Of course, the finished product still hadn't reached the quality of a true Heavy Treasure and remained a Pseudo-Heavy Treasure, but it was very close. With a bit more practice, he believed he would soon be able to forge a real one.

Tang Ping's mindset was excellent now, neither arrogant nor impatient. He set aside the Pseudo-Heavy Treasure and began the next one.

Sure enough, the third finished product after moving to the new room successfully reached the level of a Heavy Treasure, though it was only a very ordinary one.

After a brief moment of joy, Tang Ping chose to continue forging. A Heavy Treasure was not his ultimate goal for coming to Craftsman God Planet.

And so, Tang Ping's two clones lived a dull yet interesting life of treasure-refining on Craftsman God Planet, spending every day either forging, selling finished treasures, or buying materials to prepare for the next session.

But truth be told, Tang Ping found that he was slowly growing fond of this life—leisurely and carefree—and every time his forging skills made a breakthrough, he felt a special sense of accomplishment.