After eating and drinking their fill, Wang Hao and Tie Niu used the firebricks they had bought to build a furnace. They also made the foundation for the anvil and then nailed a large pile of sheepskin to the walls, windows, and even the roof for soundproofing.
It's important to know that the upcoming development will cause quite a stir. Although this area is very remote, it's still best to be careful, given the tense atmosphere in Beijing lately.
With everything prepared, Wang Hao brought up the gold and forged it one by one. In just a few days, he had forged the ten million taels of gold into Ten-Thousand-Refined Red Gold.
However, this was just the beginning, because he intended to forge the gold into something even more advanced.
When gold is refined a thousand times, it undergoes its first qualitative change, transforming into something called Red Gold, and its properties are greatly enhanced.
When it reaches 100,000 refinements, it will undergo a second qualitative change, transforming from its original Red Gold to Purple Gold- gold. This is the legendary Purple Gold, which is on the same level as Profound Steel steel that has reached 100,000 refinements.
What's even better is that forging Purple Gold is a whole level easier than forging Profound Steel. Basically, as long as you can forge Ten-Thousand-Refined True Steel, you can forge Purple Gold.
Of course, this refers to those who know the Nine-Character True Art. Without the nine kinds of strength cultivated from the Nine-Character True Art and extremely high forging skills, it would be impossible to forge Purple Gold.
This time, Wang Hao is preparing to forge the Purple Gold!
Five parts of ordinary gold can be refined into one part of Red Gold, while ten parts of Red Gold are needed to refine one part of Purple Gold.
He obtained a total of ten million taels of gold from the Great Yuan Treasure, which is equivalent to 750,000 catties. This amount can be used to refine 150,000 catties of Red Gold, which is also enough to refine 15,000 catties of Purple Gold.
Fifteen thousand catties of Purple Gold was enough for him to forge what he needed.
Wang Hao was having a great time forging his weapon, but Li Dazui in the Blood Wind Hall was extremely anxious because his precious daughter, Taohong, had been lost.
"Master, you must do me justice! It must have been that damned Tie Niu who kidnapped my daughter! I knew that bastard had his eye on her all along!"
Li Dazui knelt before Zhao Fengxue, sobbing and pleading that only Zhao Fengxue could help him now.
"Big Mouth, get up first. Even if you kneel down and beg me, it won't help! During this period, the Emperor personally ordered the Eastern Depot to suppress all intelligence channels in the capital, including my Blood Robe Tower. I simply have no way to send anyone out."
But you can rest assured, Tie Niu has a clean background and was taken in as a follower by Wang Hao. He's a decent person and would never harm your daughter. There might be other hidden reasons."
Seeing Li Dazui kneeling before her, sobbing and pleading, Zhao Fengxue was at her wit's end, but could only offer gentle words of comfort.
He was also very puzzled by this matter and couldn't understand why Tie Niu would forcibly abduct Taohong.
"Master, my daughter was kidnapped by that scoundrel. Will she still be a virgin when she comes back?"
Li Dazui voiced his biggest worry, after all, he had long suspected that Tie Niu had designs on his daughter. Now that his daughter had been kidnapped, who knew that the next time they met, his daughter might be pregnant by that bastard!
"This..."
Zhao Fengxue didn't know what to say about this matter, and dared not make any guarantees to Li Dazui.
"Father!"
Just as Zhao Fengxue was wondering how to continue comforting Li Dazui, Zhao Dachui walked into the study and nodded solemnly.
"Big Mouth, you can leave now. I'll give you an explanation regarding Taohong's matter."
Knowing that her son had something important to report, Zhao Fengxue waved for Li Dazui to leave.
Li Dazui wasn't one to be naive; he knew the other person genuinely had important business, so despite his reluctance, he still withdrew.
How's the investigation going?
After Li Dazui left, Zhao Fengxue asked her son seriously.
After Li Dazui reported his daughter's disappearance, he sent his son to investigate. Although they were not allowed to roam the capital due to the emperor's orders, their actions within their own organization were still unaffected.
"When Tie Niu returned yesterday, he first went to Wang Hao's room and took a cloth bag. Then he went to the forge and took the pair of Profound Iron Dachui and anvil. Finally, he tied up Chef Li's daughter, Taohong, and took her away."
The child suspects someone is behind this.
Zhao Dachui revealed the results of his investigation and shared his analysis, his expression showing considerable delight.
There aren't many people who can assign that simpleton Tie Niu orders, and that guy happens to have a boss he's taken under his wing.
"You mean that kid made contact with Tie Niu?"
Zhao Fengxue's eyes widened, and she immediately understood the meaning behind her son's words, which made her overjoyed.
That kid actually survived!
Who else knows about this?
After the initial joy, Zhao Fengxue's expression turned serious again.
This matter is of utmost importance and cannot be taken lightly. Otherwise, if the Confucian School learns of Wang Hao's whereabouts, they will surely send powerful figures to kill him.
"Currently, three people know about it, but I've sent them into seclusion to cultivate intensively using a Grandmaster- level sword technique. They won't be out for at least two months."
Zhao Dachui gave him a reassuring look. After all, he was quite intelligent and had taken precautions after guessing that Wang Hao was likely the person behind Tie Niu, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong.
"That kid didn't come looking for us, but went to that bastard Tie Niu first. Looks like he trusts that guy a lot!"
Zhao Fengxue felt relieved, then pondered the matter. Suddenly, an idea struck her, and she asked her son, "Do you think we should try to matchmake Da Zui's daughter with that bastard?"
Since Wang Hao values Tie Niu so much, he naturally wouldn't mind promoting that scoundrel.
"This is a tricky matter. You know Chef Li's criteria for a son-in-law: first, he has to be handsome; second, he has to be extremely talented; and third, he has to be incredibly wealthy. Do you think Tie Niu fits any of those criteria?"
Zhao Dachui stroked his chin, feeling quite troubled. It wasn't that Li Dazui's demands were high; given his daughter's looks and excellent cooking skills, the request was perfectly reasonable.
But unfortunately, Tie Niu's counterfeit goods weren't up to par!
They lacked not only good looks and family wealth, but also talent; none of them were suitable, leaving them without anyone to offer assistance.
"That bastard doesn't have those three things, but he has a good boss! Here's what you do: after Tie Niu and Taohong come back, you secretly spread the word that Tie Niu has already... you know... with Taohong. We'll put an end to Da Zui's hopes, and then we'll train that bastard a bit more. By then, Da Zui will have no choice but to accept him as his son-in-law."
With a quick glint in her eyes, Zhao Fengxue came up with a crooked idea.
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Experience truly matters!"
Zhao Dachui's eyes widened, filled with utter admiration for his Pops.
Poor Li Dazui had no idea that he and his daughter were being plotted against, and that even his son-in-law had been chosen—the type he disliked the most.
Leaving aside how Zhao Fengxue and his son arranged things, Wang Hao devoted himself entirely to forging. On the tenth day, he finally forged the Purple Gold and then, before Purple Gold had completely solidified, pressed it into the various molds that had been prepared beforehand.
In no time, a complete set of armor was produced. It was entirely Purple Gold and gold, with an exquisite and luxurious color scheme. It even reflected a dazzling light under the glow of the charcoal fire, almost blinding Tie Niu was standing nearby.
"Boss, that suit of armor is so Pretty, why is mine so shabby?"
Looking at the gleaming Purple Gold armor, then at his own dark, unremarkable battle axe and the equally dark armor piled beside him, he felt a chill run down his spine.
At first, he didn't think much of it, but compared to this set of Purple Gold armor, his own was simply trash!
He was already dark-skinned, and now, with that set of all-black armor and the equally dark battle axe in his hand, he looked like a lump of black coal!
It has absolutely no class or sophistication; how could he possibly accept that?
"If you don't want it, put it down for me!"
Wang Hao, who was making a war bow, couldn't help but glare at it.
This set of battle axe armor was forged by him in his spare time while he was forging Purple Gold, using iron ingots he bought to complete the thirteenth folding and forging process. It was only one level lower than the Ten-Thousand-Refined True Steel, and its quality was quite excellent.
Both weigh a ton, making them an extremely good set of equipment.
The most exquisite piece was the battle armor. Not only did it have a heavy outer armor, but it also had an inner set of soft armor made of Red Gold thread, which had been specially treated to make it dark black.
Back when he forged the Shameless Greatsword last time, he promised to make this guy a battle axe.
But who would have thought that Zhao Dachui's incident would happen, and they were ambushed by the Confucian School, ultimately having no choice but to retreat.
Since we've run into each other, and I happen to need to craft some things myself, I'll naturally fulfill my promise from that day. He even crafted a set of high-quality armor for me.
The reason it was made so dark and unassuming was firstly, to adhere to the principle of not flaunting wealth; before Tie Niu had sufficient strength, it was not advisable for him to possess overly luxurious equipment.
Master Hao, Dadu, use this shameless, dark-colored Shameless Greatsword, how dare you, a mere underling, use such exquisite equipment?
Of course, most importantly, he finally confirmed that this black-hearted guy had deliberately kidnapped Taohong and had been incredibly attentive to her for the past two weeks!
Whenever there was a break during forging, this black-clad fellow would practically linger around Taohong, clearly taking advantage of the situation to scheme against her.
As the boss, how could he let a junior subordinate scheme against him behind his back? He had to punish him. He was very petty about this.
"Besides, even if I got you a set of Purple Gold armor, could you even wear it?"
Wang Hao rolled his eyes at the black-clad man and continued making the war bow in his hands.
This war bow is a matching weapon for that set of Purple Gold armor. The bow itself was pre-pressed using a mold and is also made of Purple Gold, but the bowstring had to be carefully crafted.
To achieve sufficient toughness, the Purple Gold must be drawn into fine, hair-thin strands, and then hundreds of Purple Gold strands are twisted together to form a bowstring. This is a meticulous task that cannot be rushed.
While Wang Hao was busy on one side, Tie Niu on the other side couldn't help but shudder when he saw the set of Purple Gold armor laid out on the ground.
Having participated in the entire forging process, he naturally knew just how terrifying the weight of that set of Purple Gold armor was. The inner layer of Purple Gold soft armor alone weighed a thousand catties, while the various parts of the outer armor together weighed nine thousand catties.
Add to that the 3,000-jin war bow, and the total comes to 13,000 jin.
Although he benefited from his boss's influence during this period, eating precious medicinal meals every day and receiving guidance from Wang Hao, his cultivation level improved again, reaching the late stage of the Late Second-rate realm, and his strength had reached two thousand jin.
But even wearing his current dark and drab gear is a struggle, let alone this Purple Gold armor.
Wearing armor of that weight would crush him, let alone using it in battle.
"Boss, this suit of armor doesn't look like it was forged for you! It doesn't seem like it's for men either, right? Could it be for your wife?"
Suppressing the small thought in his mind, Tie Niu took another look, especially at the bulging breastplate of the armor. Those two big lumps didn't look like they were meant to hold a man's pectoral muscles; it should be a women's armor.
He just didn't understand who this thing was for. Did the boss have a woman?