[Hmm? Didn't you used to watch shows where characters talked like this?]
"Sigh... Anyways, the rewards are quite nice. I nearly forgot that I didn't have the rest of the Primordial Vessel Cultivation Art," he continued to say with a smile.
[Now, you should go ahead and make preparations for the quest. This won't be an easy one,] Yue Lan spoke in a rare serious tone.
Shen Yuan felt his fighting intent surging. He walked towards the market to buy so necessary stuff and headed towards the mansion.
...
After coming out from multiple spatial portals, he reached his mansion.
"Now, I should set up the smithy in one of the side buildings. I'm not expecting any guests in them anyways for the ti being," he talked to himself as he went towards the side building on the left.
He pushed the gates of the building as he saw that the insides were nearly empty. "This is the good thing about this place—to get your own decorations and furniture for side buildings, but I don't have to bother with this, hehe."
After walking inside, he looked around and walked to the center. He took out the furnace and placed it there before activating the formations on it to have it fixed.
"Good, now this won't move from here," smiling happily, he took out the rest of the equipnt which he had gotten from the Mystique Realm.
He arranged the forging tools neatly around the furnace, ensuring everything was in its proper place.
He threw in so Fla Crystals inside the furnace and ignited them using his Fire Intent.
The flas danced wildly within, casting a warm glow throughout the room. The formations he embedded in the walls using formation plates got activated, circulating the heat evenly and enhancing the forge's efficiency.
"Now, everything is set," Shen Yuan said with a satisfied nod. "Ti to test my hand at blacksmithing."
He had never formally learned blacksmithing before, but his confidence stemd from his high comprehension and perfect body control.
Taking out a chunk of common spirit ore from his storage ring, he placed it into the roaring furnace. Using his Fire Intent, he carefully monitored the temperature, watching as the tal began to glow bright orange slowly.
"Seems about right," he muttered.
Using a pair of tongs, he removed the heated tal and placed it onto the anvil. Grabbing a hamr, he took a deep breath and swung it down onto the glowing ore.
The impact sent a shockwave up his arm, but the tal barely changed shape.
"Hmm? Do I need to hit it harder?" he thought.
He raised the hamr and struck again, this ti with more force. The iron flattened slightly but unevenly, and cracks began to appear on the surface.
He frowned, looking at the cracked ore. Shen Yuan realized sothing was wrong. "That doesn't look like the right way to do it."
Still, he didn't give up with one minor setback. He reheated the tal and tried again, adjusting his stance and grip. However, each attempt led to similar results—the tal either cracked, deford irregularly, or failed to take the desired shape.
After several hours and nurous failed attempts, he started to get frustrated. "What am I doing wrong? Why does this seem so hard? Should I have bought a book like the alchemy book from the system?" he exclaid and thought, wiping the sweat from his brow.
A soft chuckle echoed in his mind.
[Perhaps because you've never learned the basics of blacksmithing?]
Yue Lan teased.
He sighed. [I wanted to see whether I could figure it out myself.]
[Even the most talented cultivators need guidance in their cultivation,] she replied gently. [There's more to blacksmithing than just heating and hamring tal.]
Shen Yuan leaned against the anvil, contemplating her words in silence. "You're right. Hmm, can you help out here? What is the price for a Basic Blacksmithing Manual?"
[Haha, of course, I can help you. You only need to ask for it. And as a special price, it will be 200,000 Chaos Coins. I can give you a basic Blacksmithing Technique together with it as well.]
His eyes twitched. "Is it just , or did you love to increase the prices of stuff inside the store?"
[Well, the prices will increase together with your cultivation, so I would say you buy everything when you have the chance. And the spike in price for this one is justified.]
"Are you charging for sothing extra as well? Like so consolation fees or sothing?" he suspiciously asked.
[Quality guidance doesn't co free,] she retorted playfully.
"..." He speechlessly shook his head. "Fair enough, give those two manuals."
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, host, for purchasing the Basic Blacksmithing Manual and Basic Cultivation Technique.]
A stream of information flooded his mind—techniques for forging, insights into tal properties, proper hamring thods, and the importance of timing and temperature. The manual covered everything from the basics of tool handling to the nuances of imbuing Qi into created weapons or artifacts.
"Damn, it's the sa as the Basic Alchemy Manual but better. It has all the details of Tier 1, Tier 2, and even Tier 3. No wonder it cost that much," he murmured, absorbing all the new knowledge.
Feeling his motivation at an all-ti high, Shen Yuan decided to start afresh.
He selected another piece of Spirit Ore and heated it carefully, paying close attention to the color changes indicating the temperature.
Once it reached a bright yellow glow, he retrieved it from the furnace and placed it on the anvil.
This ti, he held the hamr correctly, positioning his feet for better balance. He struck the tal with asured force, flattening it evenly.
Seeing the tal not cracking or getting disfigured, his confidence boosted as he began pounding the Spirit Ore rhythmically, its sound echoing inside the entire room.
He folded the Spirit Ore and hamred it to increase its strength and remove impurities.
As he worked, he infused a small amount of his Qi into each strike, balancing each of his blows precisely.
He smiled, seeing his work being nearly finished as he struck again, but as soon as the hamr hit the Spirit Ore, it smashed the ore into pieces as the hamr continued down and hit the anvil.
Shen Yuan froze on his spot as he didn't think sothing like this would happen. "Wha—how?"
[You lost focus, Yuan'er. You need more experience before you can start doing your work even with a lot of distractions.]
Shen Yuan took a deep breath before exhaling. "I will just start again; I refuse to believe that I can't make a weapon even if I try my hardest."
He threw the broken Spirit Ore into a pile of scrap tal as he took out a new one, placing it in the furnace and waiting for it to heat up.
After a while, he carefully took it out using his tongs as he placed it on the anvil and picked up the hamr.
"Nice and steady; haste makes waste," he muttered under his breath.
He began hamring the tal rhythmically, slowly reaching the sa level as his previous attempt.
He folded the Spirit Ore after hamring it enough and hamred it again to increase its durability and strength.
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