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The next day, when the permanent teleportation gate opened.

At least half again as many people returned to Blue Star as usual.

Quite a few of them had returned specifically to spread the news.

Before long, the news spread like scraps of paper on the wind, reaching the ears of nobles and powerful magnates everywhere.

In a dim room, two people discussed the intelligence that had just arrived.

"Looks like Huo Ling has finished forging the legendary equipment. How many sets do you think he succeeded in making this time?"

By the faint light, the man before him was none other than Count Yishui, Guang Quan.

The other person in the room smiled faintly. "Outsiders always think crafting legendary equipment is incomparably simple. They think we are merely a bunch of corpses squatting in our positions and drawing our pay. They truly misunderstand us too deeply."

"I have observed Huo Ling. He became a legend at such a young age, his edge far too sharp. After luckily forging one set of legendary equipment, he thinks the matter is simple."

"But he does not know that which of us old fellows was not like this in our younger days? Yet when we continued forging and enchanting, we discovered that what we felt back then was nothing more than an illusion—when the time came, even heaven and earth lent their strength!"

"So I guess that at most, he can forge some loose pieces of legendary equipment, enough to piece together three sets of legendary armor."

The man appeared utterly confident.

After hearing this, Count Yishui Guang Quan smiled without speaking. Only after a while did he say, "My view is precisely the opposite of yours."

"Oh? How so?"

"I have studied Huo Ling as well. He is very confident, and his strength