Inside the blacksmith's shop, the Shameless Cat, seeing Yang Zhen Yang Zhen withdrawn his aura, approached him with a look of surprise and uncertainty, and asked, "Kid, did you really create a martial art?"
Yang Zhen pursed his lips and said, "Is creating martial arts techniques really that difficult?"
"Is it that difficult?" The Shameless Cat glared at Yang Zhen, jumped onto the table, and said, "Kid, don't think you can brag just because you accidentally created a martial art. You know..."
"Let me correct you, it's not one kind, it's two kinds. I created one when I was little!" Yang Zhen said, glancing at the Shameless Cat.
The Shameless Cat turned and walked away. Yang Zhen was taken aback and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Damn it, can you at least be a little more realistic with your bragging? Two? Who do you think you are, the chosen one?" The Shameless Cat didn't even turn its head. "Even if you were the chosen one, you wouldn't dare say you could create two martial arts techniques in your lifetime, especially not at the Nascent Soul Realm?"
Yang Zhen sighed, shook his head, and said, "Life is truly as lonely Ruxue!"
The Shameless Cat stumbled, nearly falling into the furnace, but then, as if remembering something, it turned back to Yang Zhen Yang Zhen, looking at him with suspicion and asking, "Wait a minute, how could ordinary Cultivation Method techniques cause such a commotion? What level of Cultivation Method did you create?"
" Spirit Grade!"
"Oh, only at the Spirit Grade... what?" The Shameless Cat squeaked, staring at Yang Zhen and saying, " Spirit Grade? You created Spirit Grade Cultivation Method with the Nascent Soul Realm cultivation?"
Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "Keep it low-key, keep it low-key. We agreed before we came that we'd keep it low-key this time."
"Pah!" The Shameless Cat excitedly spun around. "Damn it, creating Spirit Grade Cultivation Method at the Nascent Soul Realm, what's the point of being low-key? Let's cause trouble, we have to cause trouble, the bigger the better!"
"Why... why?" Yang Zhen looked at the Shameless Cat with a blank expression, somewhat puzzled.
What does creating Spirit Grade Cultivation Method Nascent Soul Realm have to do with causing trouble, and the bigger the better?
The Shameless Cat chuckled wickedly, saying in a mystical tone, "Don't ask me that. Anyway, you're just trying to cause trouble, the bigger the better. One day you'll understand why I made you do this, and you'll thank me then!"
Yang Zhen curled his lip, ignored the madman, and turned to walk towards the head chef.
Based on Yang Zhen's understanding of that Shameless Cat, he knew the cat was up to no good. It was more likely that it wanted to cause trouble itself than to instigate Yang Zhen to do so.
Approaching the master blacksmith, Yang Zhen took out a pile of crystals and placed them in front of him, saying, "Take these crystals and go to a better blacksmith shop. How much of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique did you grasp earlier?"
When the master chef saw the crystals Yang Zhen pushed over, he froze, and hurriedly said, "Young man, no, benefactor, you don't need so many crystals, this... this is too much!"
Yang Zhen had nothing else but a lot of crystals, and when he pulled out a huge pile of them and stacked them on the table, it clearly startled the master chef.
The master craftsman pushed more than half of the crystals back to Yang Zhen, saying, "This is enough for me. It's enough to buy a large shop on Ten Thousand Flowers Island. I couldn't discern anything from your random blowing and pounding just now, except for the understanding of strength and technique, which will benefit me for a lifetime."
Yang Zhen's face darkened, and he pushed the crystals back, correcting him, "It's the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and these crystals aren't just for buying a shop; they're for establishing your own sect and taking on disciples!"
"Wh... what?" The head chef was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, what qualifications do I have? How could I establish a sect and delay others?"
"Interfering with others?" Yang Zhen snorted and said, "Old man, do you know how powerful this Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique is in our village?"
"How powerful?" the Shameless Cat asked curiously, looking up at the sky.
Yang Zhen waved his hand. "This hammer blow can shatter the void!"
"Bullshit!" The Shameless Cat glanced at Yang Zhen, shook its head, and said, "Oh no, you're just blowing smoke. Why don't you just fly to the moon?"
Yang Zhen was furious and kicked out, but the Shameless Cat dodged it with a sly chuckle.
After much persuasion, they finally convinced the master craftsman to find two apprentices to try out first.
As he was leaving, Yang Zhen clicked his tongue in amazement. No wonder he had read so many biographical novels in his previous life, in which extremely profound martial arts manuals were found in remote and impoverished villages, and by sheer coincidence, the protagonist would obtain them.
It turns out these things weren't made up. Yang Zhen casually planted a seed of spiritual martial arts, hoping that one day a lucky kid might comprehend it and create a legend.
Just as they were about to leave, the Shameless Cat approached Yang Zhen with a mysterious look and said, "Kid, are you really going to keep a low profile this time?"
Yang Zhen glanced at the Shameless Cat and said, "Of course it's true. This Sage of Saunter can be high-profile or low-profile as he pleases. Damn it, let them laugh at Sage of Saunter if they want. This time, I'll Sage of Saunter them in the face. Isn't it better to just be a handsome man in peace?"
The Shameless Cat pouted, its eyes darting around.
Outside the blacksmith's shop, everyone was stunned to see that the terrifying celestial phenomena had all disappeared.
"What? It's gone? Wasn't I supposed to break through to become a Grandmaster of Weapon Refining? Why did the celestial phenomenon disappear?"
"Perhaps it failed. Breaking through to the Grandmaster level in weapon crafting isn't so easy. If anyone could easily break through to the Grandmaster level, wouldn't there be Grandmasters everywhere?"
"What a pity, they didn't even succeed in breaking through at this level. No wonder master weapon refiners are so respected these days; it's just too difficult."
There was a lot of discussion among the crowd. Everyone felt a little regretful. It was not a pleasant feeling to watch someone who was about to become a master weapon refiner fail to advance.
Wang Meiling sighed with some regret and said, "As expected, it's not so easy to break through to the Grandmaster level of weapon refining. I just didn't expect it to be so easy to fail. Just now there were all sorts of strange phenomena in the world, but now it's so quiet. I wonder how the senior inside is feeling."
The middle-aged man also sighed and shook his head, saying, "It seemed like a breakthrough was within reach, but it all fell apart at the crucial moment. Such an outcome is naturally hard to accept, but that's just the way of Heavenly Dao; who can do anything about it?"
Wang Meiling nodded and said, "Let's go, I'll go pay them a visit!"
On the other side, Lu Baichi stared blankly at the sky, opening his mouth to ask, "Where's Qi Hua? Why isn't Qi Hua here? Did we really fail?"
"... maybe!" The cultivator beside Lu Baichi looked equally bewildered, glancing around before hesitantly saying, "Judging from the magnitude of that celestial phenomenon, it should have been at least a Spirit Grade weapon that appeared. Spirit Grade weapon, once it appears, would surely cause a burst of divine light, illuminating the sky. Now that the celestial phenomenon has disappeared, but the divine light is nowhere to be seen, it seems this weapon forging attempt has likely failed!"
"That's a bit of a pity, but it's already quite remarkable!" Lu Baichi said with a smile, "Being able to trigger such a celestial phenomenon, even if you didn't succeed, you'll definitely be able to break through in one fell swoop and advance to become a master weapon refiner in the future. Let's go, come with me to pay a visit to the senior!"
Many people headed towards the blacksmith's shop, especially figures like Wang Meiling and Lu Baichi, who were ahead of the crowd and exchanged smiles upon meeting.
Just then, a creaking sound came from the blacksmith's shop door, clearly reaching everyone's ears.
Everyone's expression tightened, and they looked seriously toward the door.
A cat came out...