Pan Long had never imagined there could be anything in the world that even his teacher, Bi Lingkong, could do nothing about.
After all... she had once taken apart the Heaven Crystal Divine Sword, forged from ten fused Heaven Crystals, with her bare hands—or claws.
Could mere Orichalcum really be tougher than the Heaven Crystal Divine Sword?
But the proof was right before him. Orichalcum really was tougher!
The Orihalken from that Dwarf mining world probably isn't the Orichalcum found in ordinary fantasy games. It's closer to the "weapons of the gods" kind of Orihalken...
As he mulled it over, worry crept in.
He had a priceless treasure in his hands but no way to use it. How could he not worry?
Bi Lingkong, however, looked delighted. She raised the root-shaped piece of Orichalcum before her face, examined it carefully, and said, "This is the first time I've seen anything so hard. Is there much of it?"
"This is all there is." Pan Long took out all the Orichalcum and laid it before her.
Bi Lingkong swept it with a glance, made a quick calculation, and shook her head. "That isn't much! You like using a long saber, but there's nowhere near enough here to make one!"
She sighed. "This amount would only make an ordinary single-edged saber."
Pan Long froze, then asked, "You have a way to forge it into a weapon?"
"Of course." Bi Lingkong smiled faintly. "It's only absurdly hard. At this hardness, it probably won't fear high temperatures either. An ordinary blacksmith couldn't do a thing with it, but is your teacher one of those mere mortals?"
Pride showed on her face. "No material is too tough for me!"
"Could it be... you're going to use divine power to force it into the shape of a