All good things must come to an end. After parting ways with Huang Meiyue, Yue Bingxin, and Yue Lingshuang, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng flew southward, quickly disappearing into the horizon.
Richlight Oceanspan was incomparably vast. The two flew on the flying puppet for five days, but they still couldn't leave this oceanspan. Eventually, the two landed on a volcanic island.
The island was rhomboid in shape, with a total of eleven volcanoes, two big and nine small. The volcanoes were as tall as cones, and their craters flickered with red light as if they could erupt at any time.
"We're still hundreds of millions of miles away from our destination. There's no rush. We can cultivate here for a period of time. I also want to learn the art of forging swords." If a swordsman knew how to forge swords, he would have a deeper understanding of the Sword Dao.
"En, my comprehension of martial arts is a bit low."
Murong Qingcheng nodded. Her foundation was much higher than Ye Chen's, but her martial arts couldn't keep up with her cultivation base. If her martial arts could reach a higher realm, even the Darklight King might not be her opponent. After all, demonic power was a higher energy than Zhen Yuan.
Just like that, the two settled down on the volcanic island, one cultivating martial arts and the other learning sword forging.
The process of sword forging wasn't very complicated, but it required a lot of patience. This was something Ye Chen didn't lack. On the contrary, he was quite outstanding.
Time flew, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.
In these three days, Ye Chen had finally mastered the technique of low rank sword forging, and had successfully created a real low rank great sword.
This low grade sword was very ordinary, even a bit crude. In terms of quality, it could only be considered as a low grade sword. However, this had a great significance for Ye Chen, because he had taken the first step in sword forging, which was also the most important step.
There were a lot of low grade metals in his storage ring, more than ten thousand of them. After his first success, Ye Chen wasted no time in forging the second, third, and even more low grade swords. He wasn't in a hurry to forge mid grade swords. No matter what, one had to have a good foundation. Without a good foundation, problems would inevitably arise in the future. This was the principle of sharpening a knife to cut firewood.
Inside the huge volcano was a magma lake. Next to the lake, a blue-robed youngster was hammering a sword.
Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang …
The hammer was a professional low-grade hammer. By pouring a trace of true essence into it, it would have more power and could easily change the subtle shape of the sword.
There were rows of swords hanging on the walls of the volcano. They were all low-grade swords. These low-grade swords emitted different colors of light. There were red, blue, green, purple, black, yellow, and there were also clouds and mist lingering around them, or water vapor filling the air.
The attributes of the swords were related to the materials used to forge them. Some metals were of the fire attribute, so the resulting swords would be of the fire attribute. Some metals were of the wind attribute, so the resulting swords would naturally be of the wind attribute. Apart from this, one could also mix some other things into the metal, such as Fire Cloud Stone, Thunder Brilliance Stone, and other gems that contained attribute energy.
A graceful figure descended from the volcano's crater. It was Murong Qingcheng.
She didn't disturb Ye Chen, but walked to the wall of the volcano where the swords were hanging.
"So many have been forged in the past few days?" Murong Qingcheng was somewhat astonished. Ye Chen's forging speed was getting faster and faster. In the beginning, it would take him three days to forge the first sword. Then, the time rapidly shortened. Now, he had forged dozens of swords in a few days. Of course, this was also related to Ye Chen's status as a half-step King. Ordinary martial artists would take several months or even a year to forge swords.
Taking out a fire attribute low grade sword, Murong Qingcheng casually waved it.
"The quality has also improved. This sword is almost at the level of an ordinary low-grade treasure sword."
"Eh? This one is already at the middle grade."
"Ordinary!"
"Ordinary!"
"Medium!"
Among the hundred low grade swords, the majority were ordinary, and only three were medium.
"Try this one."
At this moment, Ye Chen walked over and handed the low grade sword to Murong Qingcheng.
"It's thunder attribute!"
Receiving the sword, Murong Qingcheng could feel the thunder power within.
"Not bad. Perhaps it's because my achievements in thunder profound and metal profound are quite high, so forging thunder and metal attribute low grade swords is quite easy. Moreover, I have a new idea for this one. It should give you a fright."
Ye Chen smiled.
"Is that so?"
Murong Qingcheng didn't dare to pour too much demonic power into the sword, fearing that it would break. Chi! Strands of demonic power poured into the sword and blossomed with black lightning. With a light wave of Murong Qingcheng, a huge rock beside the lava lake was split into two halves.
"Destruction Sword Qi!"
Murong Qingcheng finally understood why Ye Chen said it could give her a fright. A mere low grade sword could actually release Destruction Sword Qi. The Destruction Sword Qi contained Destruction Sword Intent, which was more than twice as powerful as ordinary Sword Qi.
"Hehe, what do you think?"
Ye Chen was very happy. He found that forging swords was very enjoyable, and he could obtain some benefits from it.
Murong Qingcheng's eyes lit up as she said, "This low grade thunder attribute sword is still medium grade, but with the Destruction Sword Qi, even high grade low grade swords are far inferior to it. If it is given to a sect or family's disciple, their strength will increase by many folds."
Ye Chen nodded, "You think the same as me. The art of forging swords is very important to a sect, and the swords forged by me are even more valuable."
Although the low grade sword was useless to Ye Chen, it was very important to the disciples of the Sky Cloud Martial School or the Ye family. After all, they were not powerful enough to carry a mid grade sword or even a high grade sword everywhere. Not to mention whether or not they could unleash the full power of the sword, just having a treasure like this would cause them to die without a burial place. Therefore, one's strength could only be matched with their own sword.
Murong Qingcheng smiled and said, "My Murong family also has many disciples who use swords. When the time comes, you have to give me some." How could the low grade sword she bought be compared to the Destruction Sword forged by Ye Chen?
"Don't worry, I have a lot of materials."
Ye Chen's tone changed as he said, "Moreover, I plan to merge the immortal sword intent into the sword as well. You should know how powerful it is."
"That's right, the immortal sword intent is your fundamental sword intent."
How could Murong Qingcheng not know how powerful the immortal sword intent was? The immortal sword intent left behind by the Battle King in the Natural Moat Gorge had only dissipated after five hundred years. If the immortal sword intent was merged into a low grade sword, apart from making the sword Qi more powerful, it would also make the sword harder. Although it might not surpass the Destruction Sword Intent in terms of power, it would be more powerful when it came to forging swords.
After chatting with Ye Chen for a while, Murong Qingcheng left the volcano and continued to study martial arts, while Ye Chen devoted himself to forging swords.
In a flash, one month had passed.
Within a month, Ye Chen had forged more than seven hundred low grade swords. His forging skills had increased by several times. Even if he occasionally made mistakes, the low grade swords he forged were at least mid-grade. Normally, he could forge high grade low grade swords.
As for thunder and metal attribute low grade swords, Ye Chen could already forge them into super grade swords, which could be said to be a major breakthrough.
Swoosh!
Holding the newly forged sword in his hand, Ye Chen slashed at the magma lake in front of him. The fierce sword Qi tore open a huge ravine on the surface of the magma lake as the sword Qi pervaded the air.
"This power is much more powerful than ordinary mid grade swords."
Ye Chen's face was full of smiles. He could imagine how powerful the disciples of the Ye Clan or the Sky Cloud Martial School would be if they held the low grade swords he forged.
Flowers in a greenhouse would never know how to be tough. Just like Ye Chen, if he had not been through a lot of danger, he would not have been able to grow to where he was now. Therefore, having a great sword would be their fortune.
"My low grade sword forging technique's foundation is already very solid, but it's still far from my goal. When the swords I forge are all super grade low grade swords, I'll use the low grade sword forging technique to the point of perfection. Then, I'll start researching the mid grade sword forging technique!"
Actually, Ye Chen could already forge mid grade swords, but he wasn't in a hurry. He wanted to reach the peak of the low grade sword forging technique, and then reach the same level of the mid grade sword forging technique. Only then would he have some confidence in forging supreme grade swords in the future.
Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that anyone who had learned the sword forging technique would be able to forge supreme grade swords?
It was far from that simple.
Even Ye Chen wasn't confident that he could reach that far in the sword forging technique.
In the next half a month, Ye Chen's progress was even faster. Not only were all the low grade swords he forged supreme grade swords, but he also forged more than the previous month, reaching more than nine hundred swords. Half of them contained the Destruction Sword Qi, while the other half contained the Immortal Sword Qi.
In fact, if there were any sword forging masters here, they would be dumbfounded by Ye Chen's achievements.
Forging one thousand six hundred and seven hundred low grade swords in one and a half months … Even a half-step King couldn't be this exaggerated. For ordinary half-step Kings, it would be pretty good if they could have a third of Ye Chen's achievements. Moreover, it was impossible to forge all of them into supreme grade low grade swords. This was already a legendary low grade sword forging master. Only the heavens knew how high Ye Chen's talent in sword forging was.
Ye Chen also vaguely knew that his achievements in this one and a half months were somewhat exaggerated. After pondering for a long time, he concluded that it was related to his own experiences. Battle King, Iron Sword King, Dual Sword King, Immortal Sword Intent, Destruction Sword Intent, and Slaughter Sword Intent. With the three great sword intents gathered in one body, he had a unique advantage in sword forging. He could always add some of his own creativity into the process.
This was the reason why he could reach this level.
If it were another sword dao genius not inferior to Ye Chen, they wouldn't be able to reach this step, because it was simply unimaginable.
Of course, forging one thousand six hundred and seven hundred swords in one and a half months was mainly because the grade of the swords was too low. If it were a mid grade sword, it would probably shrink by several times. Upper grade swords would shrink by several times again, and the same was true for semi extreme grade swords. For extreme grade swords, forging one in a few months was already pretty good, provided that they could be forged.
In the first half month, he had forged nine hundred low grade swords. In the second half, Ye Chen had forged one thousand two hundred low grade swords. In total, he had forged nearly three thousand swords.
"I've used up all the low grade materials. Two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight swords … not bad."
Looking at the densely packed low grade swords on the volcano's walls, Ye Chen let out a breath. Learning sword forging could be said to be a money-burning profession. Ten thousand sets of low grade materials had cost him tens of millions of low grade spirit stones, which was around ten thousand upper grade spirit stones. How could ordinary low grade sects have so many spirit stones to spend?
Therefore, even if low grade sects had forging knowledge, the low grade blacksmiths they nurtured could only forge mid low grade artifacts, which was far from Ye Chen's level.
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