Chapter Fifty-One: Forging the Sword

  Du Fei hammered at the iron pile for a few minutes, and the originally spaced-out iron pile gradually merged into one. Looking at the large piece of refined iron that had been fused together, Du Fei also stopped his movements, gently placing the Bao Tian hammer on the ground.

  Du Fei wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "This refined iron is already done, what's next?"

  "What you want to create, shape the refined iron into that form." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Hmm? What should I forge with this large piece of refined iron, what would be good to make? Armor? A weapon?" Du Fei hesitated.

  "Never mind, I see you're also a first-timer at casting. Don't make it too difficult for yourself, just forge a weapon." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Weapons! My dad left me so many good weapons in the ring, and they won't be inferior in quality. Why bother crafting new ones?" Du Fei said somewhat reluctantly.

  "Even if you were to succeed, it would still be your father's creation, not yours. Besides, this is just a test for yourself to see if you can do it. Moreover, the shape of the casted weapon should be much simpler." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "It seems to be okay, I can still imagine the shape of casting a weapon in my mind. If it's forging armor, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it." As he spoke, Du Fei picked up the Bao Tian hammer and used the Thousand Forgings Hundred Refinings technique to strike the refined iron again. According to his own imagination, Du Fei slowly hammered out a shape from the refined iron, and a wide-bladed knife appeared on the casting platform in no time. Du Fei looked at the knife on the casting platform and let out a long sigh, saying: "It's almost done, do you think this will do?"

  "Goodness gracious, what is this thing? I've been staring at it for half a day and still can't make out its name?" the Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Mind your own business, I'll do what I want. What's it to you what I do next?" Du Fei scolded irritably.

  "Next is the formation, you want this weapon to have what effect, set up what formation, but it depends on the material of this weapon to decide how many formations to set up. After all, the energy after the formation is activated is quite fierce. If it exceeds the bearing range of the material of this weapon, the weapon will be blasted by the energy at that time, and you will have refined it in vain." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Oh, there are such requirements? Then how can I know how much magic this refined iron can withstand and how much energy it can hold?" Du Fei asked doubtfully.

  "Good question, I'm here, don't worry about it. I've also checked the bearing capacity of this refined iron, and at most three low-level earth-grade formations can be arranged on it. Now just arrange the three low-level earth-grade formations as I said." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Don't be in a hurry, what's the use of these demon cores?" Du Fei asked urgently.

  "I said you've been practicing your formation for over a year now, don't you need energy to activate it?" wrote the Wordless Heavenly Book.

  Du Fei gazed at the wordless heavenly book and suddenly understood, saying "Oh, I get it." As he spoke, Du Fei began to set up an array on the side using the knife-shaped refined iron. Soon, Du Fei had arranged the array, but only lacked the energy to activate it. Du Fei's arm transformed into a golden arm once more, and with the Overlord's Hammer in hand, he struck the several demon cores on the casting platform with a loud "Clang...". After a few resonant sounds, the demon cores exploded, releasing several streams of pale blue energy that floated in mid-air. Du Fei manipulated his internal yuanqi to control these energies, and as he did so, his hands continuously formed hand seals. Suddenly, Du Fei let out a loud shout: "Merge!" The energies merged together, constantly writhing and fusing with each other. Du Fei gazed at the now-merged energies floating in mid-air, and his hand seals changed once more. His two hands danced in the air, pointing towards the array on the knife. The energy was divided into several droplets by Du Fei, falling onto the various nodes of the array. As the knife absorbed the energy, it occasionally emitted a pale blue glow. Finally, after Du Fei had infused all the nodes with energy, half of the energy remained unused. He quickly split it into three parts and injected them into the three arrays' eyes. With a final shout of "Seal!", the knife's entire body shone brightly with blue light before dimming down. Seeing that the array had been successfully set up and fully merged with the knife, Du Fei smiled in satisfaction. He then quickly submerged the still-red-hot knife into a nearby water pool, where it let out a hissing sound as white smoke rose from the surface. The red color of the knife faded away after a short while.

  Du Fei stood by the water pool, his face excited as he gazed at the knife in the water. Seeing that the white smoke had dissipated and the tools had lost their crimson glow, Du Fei hastily retrieved the knife from the water. As he looked at the weapon he had forged for the first time, a surge of indescribable excitement rose to his face, and he burst out laughing uncontrollably, "Hahahaha!"

  "Oh, you still have the nerve to smile. Look at your knife, can that be called a knife? What's the difference between it and a vegetable knife? And other people's vegetable knives are even better looking than yours." Wú Zì Tiān Shū wrote.

  It's no wonder that Wú Zì Tiān Shū wasn't too impressed with Dù Fěi's forged knife. The knife was about 70-80 cm long, the handle was around 20 cm, and the blade was about 30 cm wide. The edge of the blade was extremely irregular, with triangles everywhere, but the blade itself was surprisingly smooth and sharp, without any discordance. The whole knife looked like a giant vegetable knife, but it was spotless and shiny, with a color that seemed to be naturally formed, without any flaws. This was also one of the benefits of Dù Fěi's iron ore being free of impurities.

  "Haha, mind your own business! The first thing I ever forged was this cleaver, and it's had the deepest impact on me. Believe it or not, I can chop you to death with it." As he spoke, Du Fei proudly waved his cleaver around.

  "Think about it, I'm too lazy to tell you. What's the use of your knife?" The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Hehehe, guess what?" Du Fei said with a triumphant look at the Wordless Heavenly Book.

  "I don't need to say it, but I know you just set up a defensive formation, an attacking formation, and an auxiliary formation, right? If my guess is correct, this knife of yours enhances defense, boosts attack power, and also saves some yuanqi when held in hand, right?" Wrote the Wordless Heavenly Book.

  "That's right, it's these. Didn't you say that only three arrays can be set up? And I've only set up three arrays. Setting up a defensive array is to enhance the knife's toughness, setting up an attacking array is to increase the knife's destructive power, and that auxiliary array is just to save my yuanqi." Du Fei said with a smile.

  "You're quite clever, knowing how to lay down these formations. So, do you know the steps for casting now?" The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  Du Fei stopped his hands and gazed at the ceiling, thinking for a moment before saying: "About right. The first step is to refine the materials, the second step is to shape them, and the third step is to arrange the formation. Is that correct?" Du Fei eagerly watched as the characters on the Wordless Heavenly Book changed.

  "You little scamp, that's easy for you to say. Then let me ask you, how do you identify the material, how do you determine how much of an array it can withstand, and how do you shape it?" The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "...". Du Fei was speechless at this time.

  "It's pointless to ask you, kid. Let me tell you, all of these require years and months of accumulation to master. You still have a long way to go, and this is just the foundation of casting techniques. You're far from being able to refine precious items." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Ah! You're right. I'll definitely work hard." Du Fei, for the first time, didn't refute Wu Zi Tian Shu's words and instead nodded his head with a lowered gaze, it seems that Wu Zi Tian Shu's words had a deep impact on Du Fei, also revealing Du Fei's passion for casting.

  "Alright, you young one knows it's good, your luck is not ordinary and can be described as such. Your father was a master caster, leaving you with precious experience in the container, and the old master also left you with his lifelong casting skills. These two things will help you clear many obstacles on the road to casting. It seems that heaven wants to arrange for you to become a casting master, don't disappoint your father and the old master's intentions." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "Alright!" Du Fei nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not let them down."

  Seeing Du Fei's rare serious attitude, Wu Xian was also slightly surprised. Without his usual tone when playing with Du Fei, he wrote: "Since you've already forged this knife, give it a name."

  "Ah, yeah! How come I didn't think of that? What do you say we name it? Let's call it the Wordless Treasure Sword. What do you think?" Du Fei's expression turned mischievous once again.

  "You're a guy who can't change his habit of eating shit, don't mention me and this trash in the same breath. If you dare to call it by that name again, I won't tell you anything about casting from now on, let you figure it out yourself." The words on the Wordless Heavenly Book occasionally grew larger, as if venting its dissatisfaction with Du Fei.

  "Haha, just kidding. Why so serious?" Du Fei smiled and said: "Since this is my first cast work, I should give it a name with commemorative significance, what's good?" Du Fei stroked his chin thoughtfully.

  "It's done, and it shall be called ( Shi Zhu Dao ), the first sword I, Du Fei, have ever forged." Du Fei nodded his head in satisfaction.

  After finishing speaking, Du Fei activated the Crazy Dragon Fire Slash, and a red flame burst out from between his right thumb and index finger. He pressed his fingers on the blade and wrote on it. After a while, several crooked characters appeared on the blade: "Knife name Shi Zhu, forged by Du Fei."