Chapter 254 – The visit of a beautiful girl
“Brother has come back!”
Palace Spirit took the half completed sword in her hand and looked off to where a person was rapidly approaching from the other end of the street. It was the spear wielding P
lace Decree who was laughing while he ran, “The mission was a success; 100 Qilin Iron ores have been collected! Qilin Valley was recently revamped to have Elite Monsters around Lv 69 and so if not for my friends in [Zhan Long], I’m afraid it would have taken me another 2 hours just to get to the ores!”
Palace Spirit stepped forward to greet him and took the Qilin Iron ores with a great smile, “Thank you brother!”
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Standing by the side, Wolf furrowed his eyes in doubt and sending me a whisper, he said, “Brother Xiao Yao, are you really just going to hand over the sword to Palace Spirit that easily? Do you have that much confidence in her? In the event that she and Palace Decree logs off with the Emperor Qin’s Sword, what do we do?”
I gave a faint smile and whispered back, “I doubt they won’t return it, take a look at both of their eyes. I can’t even spot a single trace of dishonesty in there; the eyes are the window to a person’s soul. Besides, they are quite fanatical about this; they want to create a strong weapon. You’ll know what I’m talking about soon enough!”
“Oh?”
“Here…” I walked forward and faced Palace Spirit, “Judging from how you were forging swords earlier, you are obviously experienced. How did you become so familiar with blacksmithing? Could it be…that even in the real world, you have some experience with it?”
“Haha, so you found out…” Palace Spirit stuck out her tongue, “Brother, why don’t you explain it to the Guild Master of [Zhan Long]?”
Palace Decree still held the Qilin Iron ores in his hands, “We won’t hide it from you, but our ancestral homelands is Long Quan City in the Zhejiang province. Our ancestors were blacksmiths by profession but renounced their blacksmith ways after a war. However, we still retained our love for weapons and many people collect swords now. Because of that, my sister and I became blacksmiths and make a living with swords.”
“So it’s like that…” I laughed, “Then I have to make a request once more, the Emperor Qin’s Sword; I must rely on it’s power in order to make an impact in Ba Huang City…”
Palace Decree laughed, “Don’t worry, Palace Spirit’s Lv 10 blacksmithing definitely won’t let you down. Besides, she has a skill of understanding–[Sword God Craftsmen]: it increases the chances of a weapon with great stats to appear by 50%. The swords she creates will definitely have better attack and stats than swords of the same level created by other players…”
I was amazed and stared at Palace Spirit intensely, “Wow…”
Palace Decree was alarmed, “Hey, don’t look at her like… like you want to eat her or something…this is my sister we’re talking about. If you dare touch her, I’ll fight you to the death, even if you’re Xiao Yao Zi Zai…”
I couldn’t help but laugh, “Don’t worry, I only just thought that…why is such a strong blacksmith fooling around in a guild like [Epic]? Palace Decree, Palace Spirit, I’d like to cordially invite you to [Zhan Long] one more time…Palace Spirit won’t just be the best blacksmith in [Zhan Long], or the best in Ba Huang City or the chinese servers, she will be the best in all of !”
Palace Decree felt somewhat embarrassed, “But, [Epic] has been treating us so nicely…”
Palace Spirit nodded as well, “That’s right…the Guild Master even came to Long Qian City to treat us to a meal…”
Wolf kneaded his forehead, “Palace Spirit sure is innocent, a single meal was enough to bribe her…”
Palace Spirit giggled, “It’s not like that, the Guild Master of [Epic] was very honest with us…”
“Fine then…” I exhaled, ”[Zhan Long] won’t force people to do what we want, but remember that the doors of [Zhan Long] will forever stay open for you two. If one day you two decide [Epic] is not the place you want to be at, then come join [Zhan Long]. We will welcome you to our ranks!”
“Okay!” Palace Spirit nodded as she proceeded to reforge the sword.
Within the forge, the Emperor Qin’s Sword was glowing red with heat as Palace Spirit continuously fed it with Qilin Iron Ores. Pouring a vat of iron on the sword, the sword absorbed the essence of the Qilin Iron ores as it blazed in the fire. Slowly over the course of half an hour, 100 Qilin Iron ores were slowly absorbed into the sword, which had also began to tremble slowly. The spirit inside seemed to be roaring and it felt like it was trying to get out–even the forge was shaking a bit.
Palace Spirit blinked, her long eyelashes and eyebrows gently knitting together, “Wow, I’ve never seen a situation like this before. The sword spirit is struggling to get out or maybe it’s excited?”
Palace Decree said, “Be careful, this is the crucial point!”
“Got it!”
All of a sudden, Palace Spirit grabbed the fiery sword handle from out of the forge. The sound of air escaping was heard as the burning handle burnt at her hands. Her iron hammer rose into the air,and then ferociously slammed onto the blade, reconstructing the sharp outline of the sword with each strike. Immersing the sword into water, she then plunged it back into the forge for a second time, and then repeated this cycle for another 7 times!
Palace Decree waited for his sister to wipe the sweat off her face before asking, “Is it almost completed yet?”
“98%, it’s almost done!”