Starforge King looked down at Chen Fan, his voice explosive.
"The little thing should have told you all my rules... What do you want forged?"
Chen Fan nodded, then took out the Cold Edge Sword. "I would like to ask you, Senior, to reforge this sword and raise its grade as much as possible..."
A sharp gleam flashed through Starforge King's eyes, but he suddenly uttered a surprised "Eh?"
With a wave of his hand, a surging force swept forth and wrapped around the Cold Edge Sword.
Chen Fan's brows twitched slightly, but he did not resist, allowing Starforge King to pull the Cold Edge Sword away.
Starforge King stroked the Cold Edge Sword, his expression shifting back and forth. "Crude, far too crude... With such an excellent blank as a sword embryo, yet it could not even be forged into a high-star Dao artifact. Which rookie made this?"
Chen Fan's expression became somewhat subtle.
His master, Chen Tiangan, might not appear particularly powerful now, but as far as Chen Fan was concerned, his artifact-forging skills were still quite impressive.
He had not expected Starforge King to think so little of them.
But on second thought, it made sense.
Chen Tiangan might not be able to forge high-star Dao artifacts, but Starforge King was a true giant capable of forging nine-star Dao artifacts. Though the difference appeared to be only three stars, the gap between any two of those stars was greater than that of the previous six combined.
"Such a fine blank, yet it was paired with this trash material..."
Great interest flashed in Starforge King's eyes as he raised his head to look at Chen Fan.
"If you want me to reforge this sword on its current foundation, then I can only tell you that this sword has