Before long, Xiao Lin and Lei Ji entered Thunder Mountain.
Making their way upward, they soon arrived at a massive stone platform.
All kinds of weapons had been placed around the platform—sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, everything one could imagine!
At the very center of the platform stood the iron pillar that had plunged down from the heavens into Thunder Mountain.
Eight iron chains were also embedded around the massive stone platform.
"Lightning conduction!"
Though he was not an artifact refiner, Xiao Lin had already made a few guesses merely from seeing this arrangement.
He recalled what Lei Ji had said earlier: master artifact refiner Lei Xiu had mastered a secret refining art called the Thunder Forging Technique.
If nothing unexpected happened, Master Lei Xiu must have used the lightning of the nine heavens to forge weapons.
Compared to the traditional method of using fire to forge weapons, Master Lei Xiu was certainly unconventional.
Yet for even a two-star Dou Saint like Lei Ji to hold him in such high regard, he must possess extraordinary skill!
Otherwise, why would he be so picky about using ordinary materials to refine weapons?
"Yo, isn't this Lei Ji? What brings you to my place today? Don't tell me you want me to forge some junk again. Let me make this clear first—I've completely lost interest in forging trash!"
Just as Xiao Lin was surveying the surroundings, a powerful voice suddenly rang out.
When Xiao Lin looked toward its source, he saw a burly old man with bronze skin emerging from a stone cave behind them, a hammer in one hand and an iron chain in the other.
Normally, burly was not a fitting word to describe an old man.
But at this moment, Xiao Lin truly could not think of a better description!