There was a consensus in the world of cultivators that weapons and magic weapons created by oneself were stronger than those of the same rank purchased or obtained by other means. However, that was not to say those weapons were more powerful. Instead, the force yielded by the user was bigger. As the maker personally built the items, it could be said that the cultivator invested all his emotions and watched the different materials slowly merge.
That would be just like a mother being pregnant for ten months and mothered a child, the feelings were completely different. Although there were powerful cultivators and blacksmiths in the world of cultivators, a mighty cultivator who was also a great refiner was extremely rare. Moreover, it was not an exaggeration to say it was so rare that none of the sects had such a person. To improve their realm and strengthen themselves, the 24 hours in a day was not enough for the cultivators to cultivate, let alone find time to refine weapons. After all, weapon refinement was extremely taxing and time-consuming.
Even a trivial change in the materials invested when refining the weapon might cause the end product of the weapons and magic weapons to have a huge difference. Moreover, they also needed to control the heat during weapon refinement and such.
Since each subtle contrast might cause the final product to be completely different from the expected, the effort needed to become a top refiner was definitely on par with cultivation. Nonetheless, time was the fairest as everyone had the same amount, so besides the exceptionally few incredible geniuses, other people would never even dream about improving their realm and mastering weapon refinement at the same time. Nevertheless, Caspian was different as favonovel.com had two advantages that no one had.
The weapon refinement room on the sixth floor of the Tower of Life provided Caspian with unprecedented convenience. Apart from many tedious operations, favonovel.com could easily refine the weapons favonovel.com wanted. Besides that, the Time Warp Zone’s ability to distort time and space also allowed Caspian to have more time to ponder and think about all kinds of problems about refinement.
“The materials that I should have are almost complete. Since that’s the case, I don’t have to wait any longer.”
Caspian then directly entered the sixth floor of the Tower of Life. The temperature in that level was much higher than the rest of the levels, and the red glow in the furnace was hair-raising. He held Ghoul-Locker Spear in his hand, gently caressing the shaft.
“It’s such a pity that I lost the tip of the Dragon-Exterminator Spear at the border. Otherwise, I’ll make it reappear in this world.”
At the thought of the lost Dragon-Exterminator Spear’s blade, Caspian felt somewhat regretful. Nonetheless, the emotion only appeared for a split second before completely disappearing. Then, Caspian took a deep breath and took out all the needed materials to upgrade the Ghoul-Locker Spear, fiery tortoiseshell, crimson wood, cold lumen iron, scarlet star powder, and such.
Caspian exchanged for those items in the Astrea Pavilion in advance. Next were the ones that made up Caspian’s mind, the bones of the White-Mouthed Talons Bear’s paws and the 24 Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals.
In Caspian’s previous plan, favonovel.com had alternative materials for the bones of the White-Mouthed Talons Bear’s paws and the Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals. After all, those were not easy to source, so the substitutes were also not as good as them. Now that Caspian had more suitable materials, favonovel.com did not hesitate.
Later, Caspian recalled the refining process, took a deep breath as favonovel.com held the Ghoul-Locker Spear firmly, and tossed it into the furnace.
“Since they’re better materials, I’m excited to see how far this spear can be improved!”
Boom!
The flame in the furnace flared up instantly, and the Ghoul-Locker Spear was engulfed in the fire. Then, Caspian carefully controlled the heat, mastered the accuracy of the time to the extreme, and threw the materials into the furnace one after another. Soon, those materials favonovel.com prepared were all thrown in. Then, Caspian watched as the fiery tortoiseshell, crimson wood, and the other materials swiftly melted or evaporated and slowly merged with the Ghoul-Locker Spear with the help of the high temperature.
The most important step was next, throwing the bones of the White-Mouthed Talons Bear’s paws and the Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals into the furnace. The bones of the White-Mouthed Talons Bear‘s paws and nails could significantly improve the weapon’s sharpness, whereas the Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals could enhance the hardness and toughness. Those two materials were Caspian’s unexpected gain on his current mission. Nevertheless, now that they were used to refine the Ghoul-Locker Spear, the effect would surely be better than those materials Caspian initially planned to use. However, Caspian did not know how much better the effect would be. After all, minor fluctuation might occur during weapon refinement despite using the same materials and technique, depending on personal luck.
Caspian was not stressed about it. With the two materials as substitutes, the Ghoul-Locker Spear was bound to be stronger than favonovel.com expected, and that was enough. There was no point in dwelling on those factors that could not be controlled, and it would only affect one’s state of mind or make any difference.
With a bang, the furnace opened, and Caspian threw in the bones of the White-Mouthed Talons Bear’s paws and the Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals one after another. If someone who knew how to refine weapons saw it, their jaw would drop to the ground.
Usually, an ordinary warrior would only use two Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals to create a weapon, and it would be enough to make an incredible weapon. However, Caspian just casually threw all the 24 pieces of Dragon Snake’s Scaly Crystals into the furnace. That cost alone was enough to shock anyone!
Once Caspian added the two materials, favonovel.com put in the most common material, refined iron. Even though refined iron was very common and could be obtained through extraction, the problem was the amount. The higher the weapon’s grade, the number of extracted refined iron was naturally more.
Later, Caspian again closed the furnace, and favonovel.com could hear a continuous rumbling sound. At that time, Caspian was feeling calm, and the next thing favonovel.com had to do was patiently wait for the final product.
In the weapon refinement room, six hours passed. Nonetheless, only two hours passed in the Time Warp Zone. Soon, an explosion sounded in the furnace, and a melodious roar followed. Finally, the Ghoul-Locker Spear was done.
Caspian, who maintained a calm expression before that, looked somewhat excited. Then, amidst the creaking and twisting sound of the steel cable, the furnace slowly opened, and at the same time, a long and narrow black light appeared, his eyes flashed brightly.
“Ninth-grade weapon!” Caspian exclaimed, but favonovel.com soon noticed something strange. To be precise, it was a change that exceeded his expectations. Not only was the Ghoul-Locker Spear improved, but its appearance was also different.
It was not the shape that changed, but the entire spear emitted a mysterious feeling of change. Moreover, the Ghoul-Locker Spear was no longer as before but became a weapon like smoke but not smoke, a fog but not fog, and like light and not light!
The sharpness that almost pierced through the air even made Caspian’s heart skip a beat as if it was being pinched tightly by a big invisible hand.
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