Chapter 514

” . . . . At that time, our family had obtained two of them in total . We did not know what they were used for . It just so happened that you were coming of age and we needed to find a good teacher for you . We gave one of them to Grandmaster Dai in the hope of getting him to accept you as his disciple . Grandmaster Dai gave his consent cheerfully . If this item can be so coveted by a Grandmaster, it’s definitely an extraordinary artifact . We hid the other one in our secret chamber and we didn’t dare to tell anyone about it . Subsequently, Grandmaster Dai asked us about it and we acted as if we knew nothing and told him there was only one . This item is of great importance, you must keep it by your side at all times . Before you find out what it is, don’t show it to anyone . Follow the path of [Viridescent Flower] and you will have no trouble becoming a Master . Of course, becoming a Grandmaster is an extremely arduous feat . If this artifact can assist you in doing so… . “

Duanmu Huanghun had already destroyed the secret letter from his home . He had memorized every single word in the letter . His family had taken great pains to send the wooden box to him . They actually used Lu Mingxiu as a cover to send it . Rather than the Duanmu family, the Lu family was actually the family that Grandmaster Dai truly trusted .

After reading the secret letter, Duanmu Huanghun understood a lot of things .

It turned out that Grandmaster Dai had accepted him as a disciple to fulfil a transaction .

No wonder why his teacher practically did not care about him at all . His teacher always treated him differently from First Senior and Second Senior .

However, Duanmu Huanghun discovered that he wasn’t too disappointed . He understood what was going on . His teacher was unconcerned with him . Likewise, he was unconcerned with his teacher .

Duanmu Huanghun was a proud and arrogant individual . He felt that he could still progress, even if he did not have a teacher . At the end of the day, he had to find his own path for himself .

Now, he was glad that he had been “kidnapped” by Shi Xueman . It was at Central Pine Valley where he could truly relax himself . He could finally keep himself away from the internal strife in Jadeite Forest .

Now, he could spend all his energy and talents on his training .

This was the best moment of his life .

He had found his path, the path that belonged to him, the path of [Viridescent Flower] .

In the bamboo forest, Duanmu Huanghun was sitting cross-legged on the ground with both his eyes tightly closed . His palms held the archaic wooden box, looking as if he was asleep .

A beautiful pattern of a viridescent flower was revolving beneath his body .

The wind was rustling and bamboo leaves were drifting through the air . However, any leaf that drifted within ten meters of Duanmu Huanghun’s body would be repelled by an invisible force .

The revolving pattern of the viridescent flower beneath Duanmu Huang’s body changed its shape every one hour .

Everyday, there would be twenty-four changes to the pattern of the viridescent flower . Every new pattern was completely different from the previous one .

After twenty days had passed, Duanmu Huanghun had created four hundred and eighty different types of [Viridescent Flower] .

Duanmu family’s [Viridescent Flower] had a long history . It could be traced back to the distant Cultivation Era . The Duanmu family had a collection of more than two thousand types of [Viridescent Flower], but most of them had lost their uses by now .

Every time the pattern of the viridescent flower changed, the elemental energy around Duanmu Huanghun’s body became more concentrated .

It was as if there was an enormous archive in Duanmu Huanghun’s head . Right now, he was breaking it apart, destroying it, and rebuilding it over and over again .

This was only the beginning . This was destined to be a very long process .

Duanmu Huanghun was filled with expectation .

… . .

Lou Lan was doing his best to prepare elemental soup for everyone . Right now, the members of Sword of Lightning were in the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda that they were embarrassed of in the past . They were going through the simple sword moves that they used to mock and complain about, over and over again .

‘Nothing is more convincing than an actual battle . ’

These bloody words on the wooden slab in Lemon Camping Ground were the first declaration they made to the world using swords, and it had shocked every city . They were shocked by their own powers as well . They had a new understanding of the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda and themselves .

When they had completed this process, a transformation would take place .

They did not understand what was going on . All they understood was that they could become stronger .

Because Ai Hui was injured, Gu Xuan occupied his Megrez position for the time being . It was the first time he experienced the immense pressure that Ai Hui always faced in the past . Gu Xuan wasn’t a weak individual . He did not give up easily . Like a whetstone, the pressure he faced forced him to improve every day .

Nowadays, Fishback City had sufficient resources . Every day, they would be provided with sufficient elemental soup . Everyone knew that such an environment was hard to come by in times of chaos .

Without needing to be prompted, everyone was training frantically .

There was a person beside the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda . It was Blind He .

He bore a heavy responsibility .

By building Metal Basket Sword Pagoda, he had merely completed the first phase of his task . Right now, he was trying to complete the second phase of his task .

This time around, rather than forging a gigantic sword, he was supposed to forge a sword for every member of Sword of Lightning .

Right now, everyone was using a different sword . Most of their swords had been used for a very long time . It was alright for them to use their current swords for training . However, for an actual battle, their swords would pose a problem .

Taking this issue into consideration, Ai Hui gave Blind He the task of forging a sword for everyone .

There was a total of three hundred men in Sword of Lightning . As such, three hundred swords would have to be forged for them . To prepare for the scenario where a sword might be damaged and had to be replaced, Blind He had to forge at least five hundred swords to keep some as spares .

Quantity wasn’t the main issue . The biggest problem that perplexed Blind He was to figure out what kind of sword suited the members of Sword of Lightning the best . As a weaponsmith, he had high expectations for the weapons he forged . Every weapon he made had to be top-quality .

Even though he had made the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda, he was still baffled by it . It was only until he witnessed its might during the last battle that he understood how it could be used .

These few days, he had been staying around the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda to get a feel of how it operate and how the members trained .

After observing quietly for a few days straight, a rough idea began to form in his mind .

He returned to the furnace and started the forging process .

He sprayed the White Cluster Flames over a piece of metal . Like an ice cube, the piece of metal melted into a puddle of molten metallic liquid easily . He then started to add various materials into it . His movements were fluid like water, graceful and beautiful . Every time he added in a material, an elemental energy ripple of a different color would streak across the surface of the molten liquid . Colorful elemental energy ripples began to gather and intertwine on the surface of the molten liquid . Eventually, gorgeous and dazzling elemental energy ripples were formed .

Blind He was very focused . The faint glow from the eyes on his palms engulfed the molten metal . Every change taking place in the molten metal was under his control .

The elemental energy ripples on the surface of the molten metal continuously undulated .

The glow released by the eyes on his palms suddenly turned cold as a layer of frost appeared on the surface of the molten metal . The molten metal had solidified into an ingot . The gorgeous and dazzling elemental energy ripples looked as if they were frozen on the surface of the ingot, creating extremely beautiful patterns .

Blind He did not stop . He picked up the snow lava that he had prepared earlier and poured it over the metal ingot .

Sizzle .

A loud and clear sizzle resounded through the air when wisps of white-colored, scorching flames rose from the metal ingot . Densely-packed cracks began to appear on the surface of the metal ingot .

Blind He picked up a iron hammer and hammered the metal ingot . The surface of the metal ingot was as crispy as a biscuit . Very soon, its surface broke down and revealed a silvery white metal within it .

It was a silvery-white, half-transparent metal ingot that resembled a silvery-white crystal . Soft and thin flower petals were frozen within the metal ingot . They were formed layer upon layer, looking extremely beautiful .

The petal-shaped patterns contained glittering silver powder, which made the metal ingot dazzle when it was placed under the sun .

A satisfied look appeared on Blind He’s face as he muttered, “Pearblossom Dazzling Silver . From today onwards, you are called Pearblossom Dazzling Silver . I have no regrets in my life anymore, I have no regrets in my life anymore!”

The snow-white petals in the metal ingot resembled pear blossoms .

Luckily Ai Hui did not have the time to care about him, otherwise he would have come up with another ugly name for it again, like “White Cluster Flames” . If that were to happen, Blind He would vomit blood .

Blind He was very emotional . Up to now, this metal ingot had the highest grade among all the metal ingots he had ever created . It was every weaponsmith’s dream to be able to create his own material, name it, and leave his mark on history .

He had no choice but to admit that, even though Ai Hui was lacking in his ability to name things, his White Cluster Flames and snow lava were remarkable inventions .

Without these two powerful tools, he would not have been able to create Pearblossom Dazzling Silver .

Due to his excitement from creating Pearblossom Dazzling Silver, Blind He no longer felt tired and began to forge the swords . He already had a rough idea of the sword’s design in his mind . The success in creating the Pearblossom Dazzling Silver implied that the most difficult problem had already been solved .

Very soon, he forged the first sword . He furrowed his eyebrows and destroyed it .

He destroyed the second one as well .

It was as if he wasn’t getting tired at all . He continued to forge the swords one by one . However, he was satisfied with none of them .

The rush of excitement he’d felt earlier had disappeared . The consecutive failures added on to his fatigue .

He stopped and sat beside the furnace in a daze .

Without Blind He noticing it, night had descended . The stars in the night sky gave off a bright glow while the night breeze blew silently .

“He Wei, here is your elemental soup,” Lou Lan said as he sent a bowl of elemental soup to He Wei .

Blind He returned to his senses and took over the bowl of elemental soup . A smile appeared on his cold face . “Thank you, Lou Lan . “

“There’s no need to thank me, He Wei . In the future, Lou Lan wants to learn weapon forging from He Wei,” Lou Lan said .

“No problem,” Blind He agreed immediately . As he was drinking the elemental soup, he asked casually, “Lou Lan, why do you want to learn weapon forging?”

Lou Lan tilted his head and thought for a while before he answered, “So I can make money . In the past, Lou Lan and Ai Hui used to forge weapons to make money . “

Blind He burst into laughter . He did not remind Lou Lan that Ai Hui was so poor now that he was only left with money . The snow lava that Central Pine Valley had accumulated was like a mountain of gold now . Even when the prices of various resources had soared, Central Pine Valley was able to maintain an abundance of resources . Central Pine Valley was no longer that poor valley in the past .

“Lou Lan has to work hard then,” Blind He smiled and said .

Lou Lan nodded his head forcefully and replied, “Lou Lan will definitely learn from He Wei seriously . “

After drinking the delicious elemental soup and hearing Lou Lan’s cheerful voice, Blind He felt that the fatigue in his body had disappeared without a trace .

When Lou Lan saw Blind He had gone into deep thought again, he did not disturb him and left silently .

Before Blind He had concluded his thought process, he discovered where his problem was: He did not abandon the usual weaponsmiths’ train of thought .

Whenever one wanted to forge a weapon, he or she would first consider the issues of how to stimulate elemental energy and how to channel them . However, this train of thought was not suitable for Sword of Lightning .

The sword moves that the members of Sword of Lightning executed were very simple . These moves did not need to take into consideration elemental energy . What did the members need the most? After observing them for several days, Blind He clearly knew the answer to this question . It was synchronization!

Synchronization was the key factor to Sword of Lightning’s might .

This was the biggest difference between Sword of Lightning and other combat divisions . Never before had he seen a combat division that downplayed individual capabilities and emphasized teamwork to such an extreme extent .

It was a sick and extraordinary concept!

It was only right for such a sick and extraordinary combat division to have a sick and extraordinary weapon!

Blind He was overwhelmed with emotions .