Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Infusing the Soul into the Black Blade
Having seen the Spirit of Illusion before, Fang You found the other nine items and Angel Envoys rather dull.
He examined them one by one.
“Skill Training Card (Blue)”
“Physical Fitness Elixir (Green)”
“Physical Fitness Elixir (Green)”
“Physical Fitness Elixir (Green)”
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Physical Fitness Elixirs, similar to Energy Elixirs, were indeed good things.
Although one’s physique could be somewhat improved through basic skills, the mind was not so easy to enhance. Skill breakthroughs offered only a slight increase, and he had long been waiting for a Physical Fitness Elixir.
Finally, it had arrived.
Fang You kept one bottle for himself, and the other two he did not specify this time, directly putting them on the organization’s exchange list, waiting for Angel Envoys to exchange for them.
However, he made some slight adjustments.
For Angel Envoys like An Jianyou who needed more spiritual power, the ‘Physical Fitness Elixir’ was placed conspicuously on the list, while for brawny men like Black Blade and Xing Jing Lei who needed it less, the ‘Physical Fitness Elixir’ was hidden away in a less obvious place.
Different Angel Envoys had different missions, so it was reasonable for the exchange list to be a tiny bit different, right?
He continued to browse through the record of draws.
“Spirit of Black Blade (Purple)”
“Special Angel Envoy ‘Wang Chui’ (Blue)”
“Standard Weapon Mould (Blue)”
“Real Angel Envoy Draw Scroll (Purple)”
“High-grade Bizarre Instrument Draw Scroll (Purple)”
“…Spirit of Black Blade?”
Fang You’s gaze fell on it, and he murmured softly.
…
At the Torch Training Facility, on the sub-first floor, in Training Room One.
Black Blade held two swords in his hands.
One was a beginner’s battle sword, and the other was the Evil-Slaying Greatsword.
Beside him was the new Angel Envoy ‘Wang Chui,’ a man with bare arms and a shiny bald head like a marinated egg.
“Are you saying, you want to increase the weight of this battle sword or just craft a greatsword similar to the Evil-Slaying one?”
Black Blade nodded.
Wang Chui laughed heartily, “What’s so difficult about that? You’re really underestimating old Wang here.”
“If you’re talking about forging a Strange Implement like the Evil-Slaying Greatsword, that indeed is hard. The birth of any Strange Implement requires a mysterious object as the main material. It needs to be custom-made according to this material to enhance the object’s effect and reduce side effects.”
“But if it’s just about making a training greatsword that looks similar and weighs about the same, any smith will do.”
“Err, but besides the hands, you also need materials.”
Wang Chui rubbed his hands together.
Black Blade indicated that materials were not his responsibility and went back to training with his beginner’s battle sword.
Wang Chui: “…”
Can’t you chat with me a bit longer or at least tell old Wang where to collect materials? It just doesn’t feel right waking up without having something to hammer.
He turned his head and saw that the door to the distant training room was opening, and a figure walked in.
Clothed in a white robe, wearing a smile.
Like the center of light.
Wang Chui blurted out, “Instructor.”
“Master Wang Chui.”
Before coming, Fang You had already looked up Wang Chui’s profile. He was a talent urgently needed by Torch, a top-tier talent.
He was a double Awakener, just like Silver Bell, but to Fang You, whether strong or not didn’t matter. What he valued were his skills, his profession.
Wang Chui possessed three skills.
Basic Hammer Technique (Master), Mysterious Evil Tracking (Proficient), and Advanced Hammer Technique (Proficient).
And one Awakened Ability: Material Fusion.
He was born for blacksmithing!
Of course, not just the skills, Black Blade had rich combat experience, knew techniques, and could also devise detailed training plans.
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Silver Bells is proficient not only in healing skills but also possesses knowledge and techniques of potion making, wound dressing, and more.
As a special Angel Envoy, Wang Chui likely has similar capabilities.
Fang You had a chat with him, inquiring about weapon forging.
“In addition to needing common materials like steel and alloys to forge a weapon, to allow a weapon to carry life energy and deal damage to Mysterious Evil, the most crucial components are still mysterious materials and bizarre crystals,” Wang Chui explained.
“Even a standard regulation weapon requires at least one mysterious material and one bizarre crystal. If there are special requirements regarding size or usage, the consumption of materials needs to be even greater,” he continued.
Fang You immediately asked Master Wang Chui to demonstrate.
Bizarre crystals, he had a whole bunch of them. He had collected some after defeating a three-star Mysterious Evil.
Metal materials? He had plans for weapon research before and had prepared some in advance.
He took out a section of blade material and found a facility to act as a forging table in the training area. Wang Chui began the demonstration right away.
“Watch closely, Tutor. When it comes to smithing, I, Lao Wang, am the one,” he said confidently, thumb up, and then started hammering the pile of materials and steel with his own novice war hammer.
At first, the hammering was normal, but soon Master Wang Chui’s speed accelerated, his arms blurring into shadows.
What sort of speed was this!
Right before Fang You’s eyes, the materials slowly merged and deformed, eventually taking the shape of a saber.
The process took only a few minutes, and a war saber that was still slightly hot was ready.
That was unscientific.
But very mysterious.
“This kind of standard weapon isn’t difficult to make, but the more advanced ones…” Master Wang Chui shook his head, “I feel like I could make them, but can’t quite remember the exact method. Moreover, forging those by hand is extremely time-consuming; it might take ten days or half a month to make just one.”
“Unless there’s a legendary mold,” he added.
“With such a mold, the forging would be straightforward, and it could create the finest weapons and equipment. But I, Lao Wang, have only heard of such things; I don’t even know what they look like…” he mused before suddenly stopping mid-speech.
Staring at the object that had appeared out of nowhere in front of him, resembling a black box.
A set of molds for five standard weapons, including knives, swords, spears, shields, and daggers, arrayed in sequence.
Wang Chui’s eyes widened as he looked at them with growing fervor and couldn’t help rushing forward to caress them gently.
He continued to touch them for quite some time.
Fang You had to clear his throat to interrupt, “From now on, you’ll be responsible for crafting our Campfire’s weapons and equipment.”
…
Before leaving, Wang Chui spent a little time custom-forging a training greatsword for Black Blade.
The size matched that of the Evil-Slaying Greatsword, and it was sufficiently heavy.
It wouldn’t cause the training effects to diminish due to the lightness of the saber during practice.
At that moment,
Black Blade’s eyes occasionally flicked to the training greatsword, as if he wanted to pick it up for training, but was hesitant with Fang You present.
Resting was out of the question. Wasting too much time meant today’s training would be incomplete.
“Tutor…”
“You need to understand the balance of work and rest. There are many newcomers at Campfire who need your guidance. Of course, today I called you here because…” Fang You started to say, and as he spoke, he raised his hand and a faint purple hue emerged from within it.
As soon as it appeared, it was attracted to Black Blade like a magnet, the purple glow drifting over to him.
Black Blade’s eyes widened.
It was like an epiphany; he felt enlightened, and a faint purple light diffused around his body.
At the same time,
The ghostly spirit of the hostess also delivered a gaming notification sound into Fang You’s mind.
‘Ding!’
‘Notification: Special Angel Envoy – Black Blade has absorbed the “Soul of Black Blade”, becoming complete. Black Blade’s potential has been upgraded to purple level, gaining the unique talent “Instructor”, and has learned Basic Hand-to-Hand Combat, Basic Swordsmanship, Basic Spear Technique, Basic Archery, Basic Shield Technique…’
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‘Instructor’
‘Description: Talent bearers can speed up the training progress for those they coach, including enhancement of physique, skill proficiency, and combat techniques. Also, depending on the nature of the training and the number of people trained, the Instructor himself can benefit, improving corresponding abilities.’