Chapter 98

Yefeng came to the room and placed a basketball-sized black iron block on the floor.

"Brother Ye, this is the Black Iron Essence!" Zhou Wu pointed to the black iron block and said.

Yefeng took out 800,000 taels of silver. The price of Black Iron Essence was almost fixed, with 100,000 taels for 1,000 catties, and there was almost no fluctuation. After all, this thing had little use, and if it weren't for its rarity, its value might be even lower.

After handing the silver ticket to Zhou Wu, Yefeng touched the Black Iron Essence, and it instantly disappeared.

Seeing 8,000 catties of Black Iron Essence enter the ring without any sensation, he couldn't help but marvel at the convenience of the storage ring. If there were such a thing on Earth, it would be a god-like item.

Soon, Yefeng left the Tianbao Pavilion.

Leaving the Tianbao Pavilion, Yefeng came to another street two blocks away. This street was mostly filled with blacksmith shops.

Yefeng planned to use the Black Iron Essence to forge something, so he naturally wouldn't go to ordinary blacksmith shops. Those ordinary blacksmith shops probably couldn't even forge Black Iron, let alone Black Iron Essence.

He was going to the Divine Weaponry, an old-established weapon shop. It was said to be the property of the Zhao family, a weapon dynasty in the capital, but whether this was true or not was something the old Yefeng couldn't know. However, the Divine Weaponry was undoubtedly the best weapon shop in Qing Shuang City.

The Divine Weaponry was a three-story building, intricately carved and painted, not overly luxurious but with a simple and elegant charm.

On the sign, the three characters "Divine Weaponry" were written in a powerful and vigorous style. Yefeng could even feel a mighty aura of weapons from it, clearly the work of a master blacksmith, and this person was not only a skilled craftsman but also an excellent blacksmith.

Yefeng walked into the Divine Weaponry, and the first floor was filled with various weapons. Yefeng couldn't help but nod in approval.

These weapons ranged from divine weapons to ordinary blades, including 800-catty strong bows, black iron weapons, and refined iron weapons... The mainstream was the black iron weapons used by 4th and 5th stage warriors, as such warriors were the majority in Qing Shuang City.

"Sir, are you here to buy a weapon?"

Seeing Yefeng walk in, a shop assistant hurriedly came forward, a respectful smile on his face.

Yefeng looked extraordinary, wearing a well-fitted silk outfit, his hair casually draped, exuding a confident and steady aura, his eyes shining brightly. The shop assistants here had seen countless people, and although Yefeng was very young, they could tell he was no ordinary person, though they didn't know which family he belonged to.

"Do you offer custom forging here?"

Hearing the shop assistant's words, Yefeng nodded and said.

"Yes! We can forge any material for you at the Divine Weaponry!"

Hearing Yefeng's words, the shop assistant's smile became even more pronounced. Custom-forged weapons were usually priceless, and who would go through the trouble of forging them? After all, the minimum price for forging weapons here was 10,000 taels of silver.

"Alright! I have some materials that need to be forged!" Yefeng said.

"Sir, please follow me!"

The shop assistant didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent, leading Yefeng to a reception room. Clearly, the person who would forge weapons was not someone he could handle, let alone someone he could entertain.

"Sir, please rest for a moment, I'll go get our blacksmith!"

After leading Yefeng into the reception room, the shop assistant left. As soon as Yefeng sat down, a young maid came in and poured him a cup of tea before leaving.

After about a quarter of an hour, the shop assistant returned, followed by a burly man in his thirties with a bronze-colored skin and bulging muscles, giving off a sense of strength.

"Master Mo, this is the customer who wants to forge a weapon!"

"Sir, this is our blacksmith, Master Mo!"

The shop assistant briefly introduced the two and then left.

"May I ask what kind of weapon you want to forge and what materials you require?" After the shop assistant left, Master Mo sat down opposite Yefeng, a faint air of arrogance on his face.

Hearing this, Yefeng came to the center of the room, took out the Black Iron Essence from his storage ring, and placed it on the blue stone floor.

"Crack... Crack..."

As soon as Yefeng placed the Black Iron Essence on the floor, the blue stone tiles immediately cracked.

"Hmm?"

Seeing this, Master Mo's eyebrows slightly raised. He naturally saw that Yefeng had been very careful when placing the stone block, but even so, the blue stone tiles still cracked, indicating that this iron block was not ordinary.

"Black Iron Essence?"

Master Mo was surprised and stood up from his seat, coming to the Black Iron Essence. After examining it carefully, a look of doubt appeared on his face. Then, as if he had thought of something, he reached out to lift the Black Iron Essence, but no matter how hard he tried, it didn't budge. Only then did he confirm what it was.

Although Black Iron Essence had little practical use, it was extremely rare, and ordinary blacksmiths found it difficult to identify.

"Indeed, Black Iron Essence!"

"Sir, you should know that Black Iron Essence cannot be forged into a weapon!"

"I don't want to forge a weapon. Here is the blueprint, please take a look."

Yefeng took out a blueprint and handed it to Master Mo.

"Hmm?" Master Mo took the blueprint from Yefeng with a puzzled look. Everyone in the forging world knew that Black Iron Essence could not be forged into a weapon.

The blueprint Yefeng showed was a design for a suit of armor made of small iron plates, with a small diagram showing the dimensions of the plates.

These small iron plates were about two inches long, one inch wide, and about five centimeters thick.

"Alright, we'll take this job, but to melt the Black Iron Essence, we need some special materials, so the processing fee will be 200,000 taels. If you agree, we'll start immediately!"

After examining the blueprint for a while, Master Mo hesitated and then said.

Actually, he wanted to ask Yefeng what this thing was for. The blueprint looked like a suit of armor, but an 8,000-catty suit of armor? Who could wear such a thing? Even a True Warrior couldn't, right? But despite his curiosity, he knew it wasn't his place to ask.

"Alright!"

"Come back in five days!"

The two agreed on the time, and Yefeng left the Divine Weaponry.

This suit of armor was something he had planned after seeing the Black Iron Essence. Although his spiritual energy was transforming his body, Yefeng knew it wasn't enough. He needed to push his body to its limits and make it even stronger. In the past, his spiritual energy was his trump card, but now his body, which had reached an unknown realm, was his greatest trump card.

Relying solely on the nourishment of spiritual energy, Yefeng felt that the progress of his body was very slow. Although his current body could exert about 20,000 catties of strength, he knew it wasn't enough, and he hadn't fully mastered this strength. Therefore, the suit of armor was necessary.

The idea for this suit of armor came from his memories of the special forces in his previous life, who trained with weighted gear. If it were in his previous life, he wouldn't have had a way to do this, but in this mysterious world, with things like Black Iron Essence, he was overjoyed.

After cultivating the low-level techniques of the five elements to the ninth level, Yefeng finally relaxed. Of course, this relaxation was only mental; he didn't slack off in his cultivation.

During the day, Yefeng practiced spear techniques in the training ground, and at night, he studied the broken secret manual in his room.

Yefeng had read the broken secret manual and, after studying it in combination with his own situation, felt that it was a body-cultivation manual. The missing parts at the beginning were likely for skin, flesh, and bone cultivation, while the parts he could see were for marrow and organ cultivation.

Seeing this, Yefeng was overjoyed. To him, this manual was worth the price. If it were complete, it would be a top-tier body-cultivation manual, and he probably couldn't afford it.

However, now that it was incomplete and missing the first three parts, it was useless.

Actually, someone had practiced this manual before Yefeng, but without the first parts, they directly started with marrow cultivation, which was extremely difficult without the foundation.

As a result, the first person to obtain the manual died from depleted qi and blood.

This led to his friend selling the manual at the Tianbao Pavilion. Gradual cultivation could increase qi and blood, but without strengthening the skin, flesh, and bones, directly cultivating the marrow was a death sentence.

For Yefeng, he had no such concerns. The first parts had already been completed without his knowledge, so this manual was perfect for him.

After memorizing the parts for marrow and organ cultivation, Yefeng began to prepare for his cultivation.