"What can I do for you?"
Su Yin asked. He knew that the other party might really collapse if he were to ask such a question.
"Earlier, I saw Little Senior Uncle forging pots, bowls, ladles, and pans into spirit artifacts. May I know if you can … awaken the spirit of this bracelet?"
Sun Zhao's lips quivered. "Awaken … Rufei!"
"This …" Su Yin hesitated.
It was not that he did not want to help, but he had never learned how to awaken a spirit before! If he had, he would have known that pots and ladles were anything but simple.
"Little Senior Uncle, I beg of you. This is my only hope …" Sun Zhao kneeled to the floor with reddened eyes.
He had waited for a hundred years, but the spirit of the bracelet hadn't been awakened. The young man before him was his only hope.
"Please rise …"
Su Yin sighed.
It seemed like if he didn't find a way to awaken the spirit of the bracelet today, the other party might really collapse.
Just that … had he learned how to awaken a spirit before?
If he had, he should have been able to recall it. However, he didn't have any recollection of it at all. If he hadn't learned how to awaken a spirit, it was impossible for pots and ladles to awaken a spirit!
"When I was forging, I didn't intentionally awaken a spirit. The only thing I did was to inscribe every single one of the lines to perfection …"
What he had learned in the Forbidden Grounds wasn't smithing but smithing. Under the strict requirements of the lingering spirit, he had to strive for perfection every time he forged. This was especially so for the lines on the surface. Even if there was a mistake of a thousandth of the thickness of a strand of hair, he would be taught a lesson!
All along, he had thought that the lines were just for decoration. However, from the looks of it now, it seemed like the lines were aligned with some kind of great dao.
Furthermore, the lingering spirit would always leave a small gap in the lines, not allowing him to fill in the gaps. Most likely, it was because he didn't have a high cultivation. If he were to fill in the gaps, he would be rejected or suppressed by the great dao.
"Inscribing lines should be the process of awakening a spirit …"
These thoughts flashed across Su Yin's mind. He turned to look at the bracelet once more. It was indeed extremely ordinary, forged with ordinary metal. There were some patterns on its surface, but it was completely different from the ones he had learned. Most likely, it was just for decoration.
"As long as Junior Uncle is willing to help me awaken Rufei, I'm willing to serve Junior Uncle for the rest of my life …" Seeing that the young man before him had yet to agree to his request, Sun Zhao hurriedly said.
Su Yin pondered for a moment before replying, "I can give it a try, but I don't know whether I'll succeed or not. You should be mentally prepared …"
"If Junior Martial Uncle can't do it, I won't be able to do it even if I spend my entire life trying. If that's the case, it doesn't matter if I fail or not!" Sun Zhao said.
If it was in the past, he might have doubted Zhang Xuan's smithing skills. However, after seeing how the latter was able to easily tame the Violet Golden Eagle and concoct a medicinal solution that even Senior Mo Yuan was unable to do …
In the face of so many miracles, he would be a fool if he didn't believe it.
Most importantly, he had never seen the other weapons before, but he had taken a closer look at the frying pan. Just like the bracelet, it was completely made of ordinary iron!
The rarer the materials used by blacksmiths, the more powerful the weapon they forged. To forge a Spirit pinnacle artifact out of ordinary iron … Even a skilled blacksmith would find it impossible to do so!
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few Spirit pinnacle artifacts in existence.
"Alright then!" Seeing the other party's attitude, Su Yin knew that the other party had already made up his mind. Thus, he walked up to the dueling platform and squeezed lightly. The bracelet immediately fell into his hands.
"Let me borrow your smithing workshop!"
Sun Zhao's workshop was right next door. Inside, a furnace was burning brightly, and all kinds of ores and precious materials were piled up on the floor.
After taking a look around, Su Yin remarked in awe.
As expected of an expert of the Qingyun Sect. Every single one of these materials was extremely valuable, and their combined value was immeasurable.
"Are you certain that the lingering spirit within hasn't dissipated due to the passage of time?"
Su Yin asked again as he stood in front of the forging table and carefully observed the bracelet.
"I'm certain! I know what Junior Uncle is worried about. Ever since her lingering spirit entered the bracelet, I've been nourishing it with all my means. Over the past hundred years, I've never stopped nourishing it. I can guarantee that it won't vanish because of this! "
Sun Zhao explained.
"Un!" Su Yin nodded. "If you continue nourishing it, there's a chance that it'll still be alive, but it won't be able to wake up … However, this will make forging very troublesome. Firstly, due to the lingering spirit within, it can't be placed into the cauldron to be burned. "
Lingering spirits were weak in the first place. If they were placed into a high-temperature cauldron, it wouldn't take long for them to be burned alive. At that time, it wouldn't be saving someone but killing them.
"Secondly, the strength of the hammer can't be too strong, or else it could shatter easily!"
If the bracelet had gained sentience after being forged, he wouldn't have to worry about this. However, with the lingering spirit in the first place, he had to consider many things before turning it into sentience.
For example, many blacksmiths were capable of forging a Spirit artifact, but to raise the grade of a sentient weapon, more than ninety percent of blacksmiths were incapable of doing so.
The techniques he learned in the forbidden area surfaced in his mind, and Su Yin quickly came up with a solution. With a flick of his wrist, a small hammer appeared in his hand.
It was the same hammer that he used to forge iron.
Taking a deep breath, Su Yin raised the hammer and struck it.
Ding ding dang dang!
The crisp sound of a musical instrument echoed in the Artifact Forging Room.
Different from the scene in Su Yin's eyes, in Sun Zhao's eyes, the moment the young man took out the hammer, dense Saint Qi immediately gushed out from his body and surrounded the bracelet. Under the nourishment of this profound aura, not only did the bracelet not show any signs of shattering, it even became redder.
Following which, thin lines slowly appeared on the bracelet. Without using his Spiritual Sense, it was impossible to see them clearly. It was as if they were describing some kind of profound dao.
As more and more Dao lines appeared, the aura of the bracelet began to change. It grew stronger and stronger, gradually moving from the level of a Mortal Artifact to a Spirit Artifact.
Sun Zhao's body trembled in excitement.
The difficulty of smashing iron without putting it into the furnace was unimaginable, but in the hands of the young man, there was no mistake at all!
"This is … the Nine Refinements of Sky Strike? Isn't this forging technique lost in history? There are actually so many variations to it? "
Suddenly, Sun Zhao saw a familiar forging technique, and he was stunned.
The Nine Refinements of Sky Strike was a top-secret forging technique created by a top-notch blacksmith on the continent. It was said that he had once forged an Immortal Artifact … However, it was a pity that it had been lost for a long time. Zhang Xuan had only managed to learn half of it due to a fortuitous encounter. He didn't expect the young man before him to be able to execute the entire set, and even … with such ease!
"This is the Dragon Gate Hammer Art …"
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to study it, his vision blurred. The young man had executed another forging technique that had been lost for countless years.
Ink Splashing Hammer Art, Dragon Slaying Three Consecutive Slashes, Seven Apertures Hammer Art, Cloud Roc Forging Art …
In just a short tea's time, the young man had executed more than a dozen forging techniques that had never been seen before. Initially, Sun Zhao was still able to recognize them, and he made use of this opportunity to learn a few of them. However, as the speed of the forging increased, he felt as if his head was about to explode.
Even though he hadn't reached Heritage realm yet, he had reached Zongshi realm 9-dan, which meant that he wasn't much weaker than Mo Yuan. Yet, even with his cultivation, he was still unable to withstand it …
Just how profound must one be to achieve such a feat?
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