"I wonder exactly how many benefits I can freeload from the Security Bureau..."
Heading downstairs, Su Chen opened the navigation map, his fingers continuously zooming in. "Class Analysis Departnt... Let see exactly where it is. Found it..."
It was currently high noon. The grand sun was glaringly bright, and the temperature was rather high.
"Even the sun is artificial, yet they still bother to simulate the changing of the four seasons." Following the map's guidance, Su Chen walked along the road, avoiding the sun, until he arrived before a massive building.
The number of people coming and going here wasn't small. There were elderly Inquisitors, as well as exceptionally young-looking seed mbers currently in their cultivation phase.
There were ten service windows in the first-floor lobby, but at this mont, all of them had queues lined up before them. Su Chen hesitated slightly, currently calculating which window had fewer people.
"Your Excellency Su Chen?"
A woman dressed in professional attire recognized Su Chen with a single glance. Smoothing out the loose strands of hair hanging by her ear, she hurried over with small, quick steps. Her voice was gentle: "Do you require professional analysis?"
"Mm, here to consult regarding a few matters." Su Chen nodded, sweeping a glance at her na tag——Shu Zichen.
"You are a Core Seed; there is no need to queue. Please follow ," Shu Zichen said in a low voice.
"Uh..." Su Chen looked at the several long lines. Quite a number of people had noticed him, frequently casting gazes his way.
"Alright."
Following Shu Zichen upstairs, Su Chen indeed heard discussions arising from below, yet they carried no dissatisfaction.
"If this were my past life, I reckon soone would have already pulled out their phone..." Su Chen thought haphazardly. Leading the way ahead, Shu Zichen inquired softly: "May I ask if you are consulting regarding a sequence profession, or a special profession?"
"A special profession..." Su Chen replied.
Shu Zichen nodded, reminding softly: "Your privileges are extrely high. You are able to have your private butler make an appointnt in advance, and the consulting departnt can dispatch personnel directly to your residence."
This belonged to one of the myriad of benefits a Core Seed enjoyed. However, without specifically running into the situation, he truly couldn't recall that such a privilege existed.
Shu Zichen brought him into a lounge. Only after pouring him tea did she respectfully take her leave.
Not long after, two people walked in, one after another.
"My na is Li Zhe, a Senior Professional Consultant of the Adjudication Court..." The man walking in front stood perfectly straight, wearing gold-rimd glasses. Simultaneously, he reached out to point at the guy beside him, whose stubble grew ssily, appearing sowhat unkempt.
"This is Ruan Yuntao, also a Senior Professional Consultant."
"Your Excellency Su Chen, we will be serving you this ti."
This was Su Chen's first ti experiencing this so-called 'professional analysis', thus he was unfamiliar with the procedure.
Li Zhe sat down practicedly. Pulling out his personal smart terminal, he inquired: "May I ask, what kind of requirents are you currently facing?"
The Class Analysis Departnt was intrinsically a supplent to the Class Decoding Departnt. Professional requirents were translated into text, yet text could inherently possess multiple interpretations of aning.
It was impossible for the haughty grandmasters of the Class Decoding Departnt to lower their status to serve ordinary professionals, and thus, professional analysts arose to et the demand.
"I need to refine raw tal materials," Su Chen stated.
"Refine raw tal materials..." Li Zhe's gaze flickered, instantly entering work mode: "What category needs to be refined? Are there any requirents regarding the preciousness of the raw materials? To what degree does it need to be refined?"
"Must it pass through your hands personally, or can it be operated via instrunts?"
Hearing this successive string of questions, Su Chen was struck sowhat speechless.
Li Zhe then explained: "Please rest assured, we are not trying to probe into your profession. This information relates to the completion degree of the professional requirents, which subsequently influences the profession's inauguration or advancent success rate, and even its intensity..."
But Su Chen was rely sighing with emotion that there truly were specializations for every field. He genuinely hadn't thought about so many issues. His panel even displayed a progress bar for the requirents; there was simply nothing more intuitive than a progress bar.
"The requirents are rely these. As for the category, degree of refinent, and the like, I do not know either," Su Chen shook his head, stating.
"Does this profession have any other requirents?" Ruan Yuntao, beside him, suddenly spoke up to ask.
Li Zhe furrowed his brows, stating in a deep voice: "You speak too much."
They could only interrogate based on the requirents provided by the target of their service; asking too much would easily incite vigilance.
"Actually, I simply wanted you guys to help coordinate with the Crafting Departnt side, to see if they can provide the materials and the environnt..." Su Chen said.
The Adjudication Court's Class Analysis Departnt also served another crucial function: coordinating with other institutions to fulfill necessary professional requirents as quickly as possible.
"In that case, I possess a rough idea of what profession you possess. Weapon Nurturer, correct?" Ruan Yuntao ca to a realization. "Then directly contacting the Crafting Departnt will suffice. They possess a fixed protocol."
Li Zhe's eyelids twitched, forcing a smile onto his face: "Apologies, this colleague of mine is simply like this."
"No worries." Su Chen didn't mind.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Li Zhe said: "I will contact the Crafting Departnt for you imdiately. If you head over right now, you should be able to begin upon arriving at the location."
The efficiency truly is high, Su Chen sighed with emotion once more. If he were left to contact them himself, who knew how much ti would be wasted.
Only after seeing Su Chen off did Li Zhe glare angrily at Ruan Yuntao. "Old Ruan, we are all colleagues. If you wish to court death, do not drag down with you!"
Picking his nose, Ruan Yuntao spoke lazily: "Wasn't he entirely unoffended? It is you instead. To think you actually didn't personally escort him down to the Crafting Departnt this ti. When that previous Core Seed visited, didn't you personally escort him down to the Engraving Departnt?"
"This ti is not that ti. Last ti, a Core Seed was still a Core Seed. But now, it is hard to say." Li Zhe couldn't help but shake his head. "I truly do not understand what the Chief was thinking, stubbornly insisting on enacting reforms when everything was perfectly fine."
"It's simply because your utilitarian hearts burn too heavily. Kneeling and licking their boots the mont you see a Core Seed, resulting in the proliferation of factions and cliques," Ruan Yuntao sneered.
"Now that uncertainty exists, you imdiately swap to a different face."
"It's not rely because of the fear wrought by uncertainty." Hearing him say this, Li Zhe didn't beco angry either. "It would be one thing if it was the other Core Seeds, but these two, Su Chen and Chu Xuan... they haven't been tested yet."
"Speaking ill of people behind their backs, a duplicitous snake." Disgusted by this man, Ruan Yuntao turned his head and left.
"Who is speaking ill of people?" Li Zhe roared angrily: "If your brother-in-law wasn't a Director, you would have been ostracized out of here long ago. Yet you actually dare to act so high and mighty here!"
......
Su Chen possessed absolutely no knowledge regarding the argunt within the Class Analysis Departnt. He had already exited the Adjudication Court, heading toward the Crafting Departnt.
Profession-related departnts such as the Crafting Departnt, Engraving Departnt, and Potion Departnt, despite being primarily auxiliary in nature, collectively fell under the jurisdiction of the Resource Bureau, whose Director similarly belonged to the Council of Elders.
The status of these few locations within Yingfeng belonged to the second tier. Although inferior to the Adjudication Court, Security Bureau, and Class Decoding Departnt, they remained places many people found exceedingly difficult to enter.
The location of the Crafting Departnt was sowhat secluded. Su Chen expended so ti before arriving, capable of seeing a row of colossal furnaces from afar.
Like behemoths of steel prostrating upon the ground, the cooling towers located at the rear puffed out white smoke unceasingly.
And right beside it lay the Engraving Departnt. It appeared exceptionally tranquil, devoid of anything besides sprawling, continuous white architecture.
The areas where these two institutional departnts could cooperate were incredibly nurous. To a certain extent, one could even say they were practically indistinguishable from each other.
After verifying his identity, Su Chen stepped into the Crafting Departnt. The palpable temperature instantly rose significantly.
"Weapon Nurturer, huh... The number of people possessing this profession within our Crafting Departnt is not small. There are no specific requirents regarding the raw tal materials required for refinent; ordinary Crisp Gold Ore will suffice."
The individual responsible for liaising with him was a section chief of the Crafting Departnt's Administration Division nad Sun Zhiyu. He had been waiting at the main gates for quite so ti. A highly capable middle-aged man, his skin exhibited a pale brown hue, appearing as if he had been scorched by high temperatures for many years.
He led Su Chen inwards: "We possess a set protocol here. We will refine the raw materials up to ninety percent before handing them over to you. Doing this saves a substantial amount of ti."
Boom!—
Su Chen cast a glance at the testing grounds to the left. Rhythmic shockwaves emanated from within. A hamr-shaped impact device was currently conducting impact testing upon a new type of armor; the energy ripples produced by every single collision were not small.
Hearing this, he stated: "Section Chief Sun, it is best not to proceed according to the old thods. I wish to refine them personally, from raw material to finished product."
Sun Zhiyu's footsteps paused, appearing extrely flabbergasted: "Refine personally? If you wish to utilize primitive thods, refining those hundred tons of raw materials will require an excessive amount of ti..."
"Striving for perfection." Su Chen smiled.
Sun Zhiyu didn't comnt further. Within a certain scope, providing Su Chen with whatever he requested was enough. He was rely sowhat astonished just now.
The two continued walking deeper inwards. The noise grew exceedingly deafening, and the temperature gradually escalated. Especially when passing by the furnaces, Su Chen even felt his body beginning to sweat.
Bzz——
A shadow enveloped Su Chen. Looking up, the do of the adjacent warehouse slowly opened. Maglev forklifts were presently transporting bundles of crystallized steel ingots towards the fine-processing center. The cooling patterns scoring the surfaces of the steel ingots flickered with a faint azure radiance.
"We have arrived; this is the rough-processing arena..." Sun Zhiyu brought him into the working area. The mont the thick, heavy steel doors opened, a blazing wave of heat lunged squarely at their faces.
Activity here humd in full, fervent swing, stretching all the way to the conveyor belts of the central furnace, which were fully laden with raw tal ores scorched a glaring scarlet. Hydraulic forging hamrs positioned in all four directions worked in perfect synchrony; the cacophony of clanks and bangs rang unceasingly to the ear, and the splattering oxidized scales shot in all directions like teors.
The number of subordinate institutions beneath the Crafting Departnt was not small. Massive-scale standard-issue weaponry was not manufactured here; this place resembled more of a small-scale refinery fused with a weaponry laboratory.
Traversing the work area, they arrived at an independent workshop situated at the rear. Through the thick, heavy glass windows, Su Chen could faintly make out soone hoisting a massive sledgehamr inside, seemingly engrossed in work as well.
Sun Zhiyu opened an empty room, explaining to him: "Many prototype weapons inherently have to rely upon manual forging at the very beginning. Only after undergoing an extensive multitude of experints can molds be cast."
Within the room sat a miniature forging station. Massive tal sledgehamrs of varying shapes rested in the corner, and scattered about lay several chunks of black raw tal ore laced with pale gold.
"Mm..." Su Chen thought for a mont before inquiring: "Am I allowed to refine them at a different location?"
"Where do you wish to go?" Sun Zhiyu blanked slightly.
"Inside the Adjudication Court, the place where I reside," Su Chen stated. Refining materials would clearly consu a massive chunk of ti; he wished to synchronize his training simultaneously.
This place was situated quite a distance away from the Adjudication Court, and furthermore, it lacked a training environnt.
"Mm..." Sun Zhiyu furrowed his brows slightly. "Although refining Crisp Gold Ore doesn't necessitate an overly stringent environnt, I must seek instructions regarding this matter. Please forgive ."
He hurried away to seek out his higher-ups. Su Chen then entered the workshop and activated the forging station. A blinding tongue of fire abruptly surged outwards from the plasma fla nozzle positioned in the center.
Selecting a brick-sized chunk of Crisp Gold Ore with the tongs, Su Chen placed it atop the fla. He then walked over to the row of tal sledgehamrs resting in the corner, weighing them in his hands.
【Crimson Steel Forging Hamr (2nd-Tier): Forged utilizing high-strength Crimson Steel alloy.】
"To think they are all tiered items..." Extrely surprised, Su Chen picked one that felt comfortable and tentatively swung it down upon the Crisp Gold Ore, which had already been scorched scarlet red.
Clang!
Amidst the crisp sound of collision, Su Chen felt a rebound force transmitting upwards along the sledgehamr. Several scarlet-red granules splattered outwards, rapidly oxidizing into a dark black hue midair. These were precisely the impurities within.
"Brother Su?" A shout rang from the doorway. Su Chen paused his movents, raising his head to look, "Jiang Xi?"
"It truly is you..." Exceedingly surprised, Jiang Xi stepped forward with imnse excitent. "I heard from my colleagues that a Core Seed had arrived. It sounded like you, so I ca to check. Why are you...?"
"Oh, completing a professional requirent; I need to refine so materials," Su Chen explained.
"You've never done blacksmithing before, have you?" Jiang Xi wore an expression of hesitancy, holding his words back.
"Indeed..." Su Chen didn't shy away from it. "Do you have any secret tricks to teach ?"
Seeing Su Chen's humble appearance seeking guidance, Jiang Xi frantically waved his hands. "I wouldn't call them secret tricks. The properties of each and every type of tallic material are fundantally different... Your fla temperature is a bit too low..."
Jiang Xi was actually capable of estimating the approximate temperature of the fla with his naked eyes, helping him tune it upwards slightly. "Also..."
He had naturally studied exactly this kind of knowledge, imparting a few minor tricks to boost efficiency to Su Chen.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The crisp collision sounds gradually turned rhythmic, and very quickly... this chunk of Crisp Gold Ore was nearly completely refined, shrinking by nearly half, leaving it only the size of a fist.
Sweeping a glance at the panel, a 0.01% progress indicator materialized trailing behind the requirent to refine raw tallic materials.
"Looking at it like this, refining to this degree should be sufficient." Su Chen calculated inwardly.
"...Your Excellency Su Chen..."
During the ti it took to refine, Sun Zhiyu had returned as well. Glancing in surprise at Jiang Xi standing to the side, he said: "The higher-ups have approved it. A miniature forging furnace can be relocated over. Just send it back once you are finished."
This wasn't exactly a massive matter; approval was an absolute certainty. Su Chen was un-surprised, pondering audibly: "The required raw materials are too massive; I estimate my place won't be able to store all of it at once. Send it over in batches."
"Having him deliver it will be fine."
Su Chen pointed toward Jiang Xi beside him.
An observant expression surfaced upon Sun Zhiyu's face. "Understood."
Su Chen verified the dinsions of the miniature forging furnace further with Sun Zhiyu, discovering that it could barely squeeze into the gravity training room.
Guessing Su Chen's intentions, Sun Zhiyu couldn't help but say: "You truly are diligent. Under five-tis gravity, the miniature forging furnace should theoretically still be able to function barely."
The miniature forging furnace from the Crafting Departnt, alongside the first batch of Crisp Gold Ore, arrived back at the Adjudication Court practically on his heels.
After shoving the miniature forging furnace into the gravity training room, the area left available for him to move around was practically reduced to a re third, barely providing enough space to swing a massive sledgehamr.
"You truly intend to hamr tal while training at the exact sa ti."
Currently lugging the Crisp Gold Ore, Jiang Xi witnessed Su Chen gesturing rhythmically inside the training room and couldn't help but click his tongue.
Being this Core Seed wasn't easy, ah.
"Saving ti, increasing efficiency..." Su Chen replied casually.
The essence of training was recovering through consumption in order to enhance bodily intensity. The only difference between body forging thods and swinging a massive sledgehamr lay solely in their respective efficiencies.
"The essence of the Thunder Brilliance Body Forging thod is stimulating body cells via electromagnetic pulses. Even without utilizing the complentary training motions, it should still be able to exert its effects..."
Su Chen pondered precisely how to entirely combine swinging a sledgehamr and training together.
Picking up the massive azure-steel sledgehamr, under five-tis gravity, this plaything had similarly grown exceptionally heavy. Only after adapting for quite a while was Su Chen finally capable of swinging it slowly.
Electric arcs burst forth across the surface of his skin. Altering the complentary motions made him exceedingly unaccustod, yet Su Chen steadfastly attempted it bit by microscopic bit.
Fortunately, the Thunder Brilliance Body Forging thod was rely E-rank, lacking the severe complexity wherein pulling a single hair would move the entire body.
The core was utilizing electromagnetic pulses to stimulate the body. With swinging the massive sledgehamr resulting in more static movents, the stimulation effects were significantly weakened, yet it allowed him to balance both training and blacksmithing perfectly.
"This is perfect..." After attempting it for a mont, Su Chen halted, prompting Jiang Xi to tune the miniature forging furnace for him. Ultimately, operating within a high-gravity environnt would inevitably cause fluctuations regarding both fla intensity and stability.
Being rely a 1st-tier professional, Jiang Xi found it incredibly difficult to operate within a five-tis gravity environnt. Thus, he was forced to direct Su Chen remotely. Over half an hour was expended before the miniature forging furnace was tuned adequately, attaining identical effects to those in an ordinary environnt.
"Thank the heavens it is rely Crisp Gold Ore, minimizing the temperature requirents for refining. Otherwise, there truly would have been no way to accomplish this." Wiping the sweat beading upon his forehead, Jiang Xi breathed out a long sigh of relief.
"I troubled you." Su Chen escorted him to the door. Jiang Xi waved his hands repeatedly, "rely a minor favor, it cannot be considered trouble."
Seeing Jiang Xi off, Su Chen returned to the gravity room once more. Potion gulped down, massive sledgehamr gripped tightly in hand.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Faint yet distinct, the crisp sounds of collision reverberated outward from within the gravity room.
As the curtain of night fell, another villa located not far away blazed brightly with lights.
The first floor had already been transford into a banquet hall. lodious music drifted through the air. The seeds of the Inner Court clustered together in twos and threes, conversing amongst themselves.
Yet on the second floor, He Kang's eyebrows drooped even more severely. Wearing a face identical to the character '囧', he smiled bitterly: "Su Chen hasn't arrived."
Only five people were present within the room; Chu Xuan was actually among them as well. And upon hearing this, the expression of Wei Yufan, seated in the center, darkened noticeably.
Soone beside him voiced their dissatisfaction. "He Kang, exactly what kind of ssage did you deliver? Even Chu Xuan arrived upon receiving Big Brother Wei's invitation, yet he refuses to grant even this ager sliver of face?"
"Liu Chen, naturally I delivered the ssage perfectly. However, whether he cos or not is fundantally outside my control," He Kang stated helplessly. "Perhaps there is an urgent matter demanding his attention."
Liu Chen sneered coldly: "Chu Xuan is currently in the midst of preparing to advance to a top-tier profession recently, yet even he still arrived."
Chu Xuan beside them appeared increasingly calm, composed, and steady, remaining absolutely silent.
"Yet that Su Chen went to the Class Decoding Departnt in the morning, and the Crafting Departnt in the afternoon; he hasn't stopped once. Yet he still claims to lack the ti for this single trip tonight?" He possessed an extre comprehension regarding Su Chen's whereabouts.
"Once he advances to the third tier and suffers a severe beating from Chu Xuan, I will then step forward to knock him off his pedestal. Let also experience the feeling of being a Core Seed."
"It is nowhere near that simple." He Kang shook his head. "Everyone is keenly aware of the scenario during Su Chen's assessnt. Even though his 3rd-tier is rely an upper-tier profession, his display of practical combat prowess was absolutely not ordinary."
Chu Xuan's expression turned frigid, recalling the scene during the assessnt once more.
"What does not being ordinary even an? The second tier is not the third tier! Furthermore, his experience is undeniably lacking. It rely depends on who is swifter by a step to knock him off his pedestal," Liu Chen dismissed it entirely.
"However, even till now, he hasn't comnced plotting his advancent. He picked out a profession not long after entering the Adjudication Court, yet even now he still hasn't sought out the Class Analysis Departnt to make preparations." Another person harbored swirling doubts. "He did make a trip this afternoon, but it seems he was inquiring about a special profession."
"Does he wish to escape?" Liu Chen couldn't help but look over.
Having exchanged a few sentences with Su Chen, He Kang didn't believe the other party was an escapist. "He won't. He certainly wouldn't forsake his own advancent rely due to the possibility of being challenged."
Liu Chen's eyes shifted: "Who cares about him. Since he desires to be a thorn in our side, desiring to stand completely unaligned, he must see if he truly possesses the capital to stand completely unaligned."
Wei Yufan cast a sweeping glance, stating indifferently: "Mind your limits."
.........
The power struggle betwixt the four major Core Seeds burned increasingly scorching. Accompanying the passage of ti, certain Inner Court Seeds who had been suppressed for nurous years, upon observing myriad battles, finally struck out viciously.
Two months following the inception of the Challenge Ranking System, the Core Seed ranked number three——Liang Jingcheng, was arduously defeated by the Inner Court Seed Feng Zi.
This incited a colossal uproar, being the very first individual to successfully challenge a Core Seed as an Inner Court Seed.
Even Chong Jingtian personally manifested at the scene, congratulating him on successfully becoming the new Core Seed. Su Chen had also stepped out to take a look.
And the rest finally ca to the profound realization that the positions of Core Seeds were genuinely, truly unstable! Despite having served as one for seven to eight years, he was still knocked off his pedestal today.
Feng Zi had actually forrly served as a mber of Liang Jingcheng's faction; it could essentially be regarded as internal strife. A significant ripple was subsequently birthed from within this minor clique: Liang Jingcheng's staunch supporters departed, resulting in a devastating blow to his core vitality.
The ascension of a "Newly Crowned King" ignited the intense desires of a myriad of Inner Court Seeds even further.
And accompanying it were even more urgent and pressing challenges. With several genuinely powerful Inner Court Seeds moving out to strike, Ming Lin and the other two experienced several agonizingly arduous battles, bordering upon near defeat.
But ultimately, they still successfully safeguarded their respective positions.
Facing the formidable tenacity of the veteran seeds, nurous individuals turned their gazes towards the two youthful, recently inaugurated new seeds. A great magnitude of people were currently awaiting their advancent to the third tier, ready to cleave them violently from their pedestals!
As for the external chaos, Su Chen naturally harbored not an inkling of care. Every single day felt identical to a repeating loop... Forge... Rest... Rest... Forge.
On this day, as the sledgehamr smashed downwards, the scarlet-red Crisp Gold Ore emitted a crisp resonating ring.
Su Chen blanked. ntal energy surged outwards uncontrollably. The dark-brown granules splattered upon the floor trembled ceaselessly.
【Heart-Burning ditation thod elevated to Master Level. Obtained capability——Incinerating Chant, Boiling Fire: Capabilities derived from ntal energy are infused with the attributes of the fire elent.】
His ditation thod had actually elevated to the Master level. Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, restraining his escalating ntal energy.
He swept a glance at the panel once more——
【Wind and Thunder Adept: 70%】
【Psionic Adept: 85%】
【E-rank Thunder Brilliance Body Forging thod —— Proficient: 60%】
The progress of Psionic Adept had practically been maxed out. However, owing to constantly blacksmithing recently, the progress of his body forging thod had suffered quite significantly.
"Ti to switch to a new ditation thod..."
Pausing his movents, Su Chen first deactivated the gravity field. Only then did he retrieve the smart bracelet from his storage space to summon the data.
With his current privileges, E-rank training thods could be accessed at will.
The ditation thod he selected this ti was titled——【Cloud Breath ditation thod】, capable of universally solidifying and enhancing ntal acuity.
Tranquilizing his mind to hold his breath, the ditating ntal energy spread outwards akin to clouds and mists, perating everywhere.
Waiting until he had attained beginner proficiency, Su Chen only then proceeded to swing the massive sledgehamr again. The completion degree of the raw material refinent requirent had already reached 98%. He would finish by tonight at the swiftest, or by tomorrow morning at the absolute latest.
Perhaps propelled by the fact that the goal lay directly before his eyes, his movents quickened significantly once more. Right as midnight passed, Su Chen tossed the massive cyan-gold sledgehamr to the side.
"Finally... it is over."
Drawing a profound breath, a feeling akin to shedding a heavy burden surged within his heart.
He hadn't found a single shred of amusent regarding blacksmithing. Forging for nearly a solitary month, he felt nothing besides it being excessively tedious and incredibly withered. Had the Weapon Nurturer not been continuously dangling directly before his eyes, he would have tossed it aside long ago.
"Inaugurate for !"
Su Chen could no longer suppress his intense impatience. In an instant, he felt as if his skull had suffered a horrific blow as a colossal volu of knowledge was forcefully violently shoved into his brain. The intrinsic properties of various raw tallic materials, absolute temperature control technique, precise striking angles for the respective sledgehamr, and more...
The knowledge-learning inauguration requirents had been forcibly erased, now violently, forcefully implanted directly into him instead.
【Weapon Nurturer successfully inaugurated. Obtained capability——Weapon Nurturing Technique: Able to nurture weaponry, consuming double the materials to compel it to undergo a terrifying tamorphosis.】
【Note (The absolute quantity of weapons capable of being nurtured is entirely dependent upon one's own ntal professional tier.)】
"Double materials..." Su Chen kneaded his glabella. His conjecture was indeed flawless. According to the relevant data provided by the Class Decoding Departnt, upgrading weapons via a Weapon Nurturer required consuming an absolute minimum of three to four tis the original volu of additional materials.
Yet now, he only needed to consu a re double. It was likely precisely owing to the crucial keyword 'personally'.
Perhaps... it wasn't that no one had ever discovered this discrepancy. But to personally forge a hundred tons of raw material... adhering to his thodology, it would still require half a year, or perhaps even longer!
A vast multitude of people dreaded wasting this exorbitant amount of ti.
【Triggered additional reward: Material consumption explicitly required for Weapon Nurturing Technique upgrades halved.】
Text drifted onto the panel once more. Dazzling light surged profusely within Su Chen's eyes. "Practically forgot, there was this additional reward."
"Upgrade consumption halved again. Which ans to say, the materials I require to upgrade a weapon are actually even lesser than what Weapon Forgers utilize through conventional forging ans?"
Upgrading weapons conventionally through forging, due to various degrees of inescapable wear and tear, required approximately 1.2 to 1.5 tis the theoretical calculated amount of consud materials, and there were also "processing fees" and similar expenses atop that.
"This way, I actually preserved an exceedingly significant chunk of resources and energy." Su Chen was in a spectacular mood; his strenuous efforts over this period had not been in vain.
"Let's try it out... This so-called nurturing..." Su Chen extracted the Azure Cable from his storage space. "Rumor has it, nurturing an absolute weapon to its purest entirety also requires a period of ti before... Hm?"
He blanked as a string of information materialized directly within his mind——
"...Crafted from Cyan Steel alloy. Upgrades fundantally necessitate Adamantine as the core material, generously supplented by Spirit Essence Fibers..."
"So... it finishes nurturing just like this?" Su Chen couldn't help but stare dumbfounded.
His eyes shifted as he grasped the reason.
"Nurturing and upgrading, one can simply interpret it identically to a form of mystical magic forcefully activated via ntal energy. The intrinsic essence of nurturing essentially lies in thoroughly imrsing the weapon in ntal energy to thoroughly comprehend its properties..."
"Yet I had already transford them all into mystic artifacts long ago, rendering them highly synchronized with my ntal energy. I can directly skip this nurturing step seamlessly."
"Tsk, an utterly miraculous synergy." Su Chen's mood blossod even further; this perfectly spared him an even more massive chunk of precious ti.
"None of these materials can be considered exorbitantly precious..." Su Chen approximated. "However, if I truly wish to forcefully upgrade them to the third tier, my ntal profession must inherently be at the third tier as well."
"There is absolutely no rush either; it is already directly within arm's reach. Let the Gu family comnce making preparations first."
"First things first, move this forging furnace straight out the door. Finally, I can train in peace."
Right as his gaze rested upon the forging furnace, Su Chen suddenly recalled the exact ti he had been refining materials previously. "Mm... The intensity of the force was slightly too high, and the striking intervals could be suitably prolonged slightly. Crisp Gold Ore is..."
While pondering, Su Chen's face progressively blackened like the bottom of a wok. "What the hell? I won't ever beco a blacksmith, thank you very much!"
That just now was the intrinsic knowledge appended alongside the Weapon Nurturer forcefully compelling him to subconsciously reflect critically upon his previous flaws and errors.
"There is absolutely no need for Jiang Xi to deliver extra materials anymore. I estimate the Crafting Departnt side will strictly chalk it up to rely lacking the requisite patience to pursue this endlessly, effectively squashing any further thoughts completely."
It was practically dawn. Su Chen simply headed straight for a shower, subsequently instructing Number Zero to promptly prepare a trendously sumptuous morning breakfast; he was genuinely significantly starved.
Whilst eating, Su Chen listened attentively to the summarized news efficiently compiled by Number Zero.
"Even Ming Lin was almost defeated?" To Su Chen's surprise, he raised his eyebrows. "The Inner Court Seeds truly harbor crouching tigers and hidden dragons, huh."
Even to this very day, the position of Chief Seed resolutely remained completely vacant and undecided, while the forrly impregnable positions of the several Core Seeds teetered precariously upon the very brink of devastating collapse.
Following his breakfast, an exceedingly unexpected visitor arrived.
"Du Yu?"
Profoundly astounded, Su Chen invited him straight inside; the two honestly hadn't conversed in quite a prolonged spell.
"Brother Su, when you have free ti, you need to head out and congregate for a bit. Training incessantly like this permanently isn't fundantally healthy." Du Yu was no absolute stranger to Su Chen's exact situation; he, alongside Zhang Hengyu and the remaining individuals from Nanfeng, periodically congregated for ager gatherings.
"I'm accustod to it." Su Chen inquired: "You... harbor official business pulling you towards the Adjudication Court?"
Without receiving mandated authorization, individuals originating from the Supervision Departnt completely lacked the ans to pierce past the Adjudication Court.
"No, Deputy Minister Cheng explicitly granted authorization specifically to locate you, strictly to pass along a ssage." Du Yu sat directly upon the sofa, his palm pressing repeatedly onto the sofa cushion,
"Cheng Lang?" Only then did Su Chen ticulously recall the previous recruitnt efforts initiated by the other party.
The ceaselessly endless clang, clank, clang from the violent impacts had truly devastated his cerebrum, practically forcing him to entirely forget about this matter entirely. After muttering silently to himself, he finally heard Du Yu speak: "He specifically invites you to et strictly over at the Class Decoding Departnt."
"Alright, I comprehend." Su Chen nodded. His desperately required Mystic Energy Crystals and Lightning Cores... it appeared they ultimately relied solely upon this precise Cheng Lang.
Du Yu secretly marveled with trendous envy; Deputy Minister Cheng stood as an absolute colossal figure within the Supervision Departnt, nay, throughout the entirety of Yingfeng.
To personally extend a formal invitation... yet in front of Su Chen, it was exclusively exchanged for a devastatingly unbothered 'I comprehend'.
(End of this chapter)
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