"The Golden Astral Skill won't be easy to earn."
The materials Gu Qingfeng had provided for Weapon Forging were not a single type of spirit iron, but a mixture of several top-tier varieties.
Forging a weapon from multiple materials was more troublesome than using just one, or at least more time-consuming. The different materials had to be fused together in stages, and the Molten Gold Art was needed at the end to bring out each material's properties.
[Weapon-Forging Art Lv.4 (637/12000)]
"I wonder whether my Weapon-Forging Art will reach level five once this weapon is finished."
His Weapon-Forging Art had become a skill on the panel, but his alchemy had not. He suspected this was because he had studied the Weapon-Forging Art systematically. He had learned it bit by bit from the fundamentals, putting hard work into shaping, quenching, purification, Spirit Infusion, Weapon Nurturing, and material identification.
For alchemy, however, he had only read an Introduction to the Pill Dao. He had never studied or researched the various Pill Recipes, medicinal properties, or spirit herb cultivation in depth. Although he could refine pills, he had actually learned the process mechanically through the panel.
"If I studied alchemy systematically, it should become a skill too."
For now, though, he had neither the time nor the energy, and he lacked the relevant books. Besides, with his aptitude, his progress in the Pill Dao probably could not keep pace with his cultivation. If it could not support his cultivation, he might as well improve it directly with points.
Gathering his thoughts, Xu Yang placed a piece of spirit iron into the earth vein spirit fire to heat it.
Time passed, and word spread outside that Xu Yang had accepted payment to forge a weapon for Gu Qingfeng.
"No matter how good