Chapter 36
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Chapter 36: First Crafting the Iron Sword
Squeak, squeak…
Yi Chen was returning to the wooden house.
Under his feet, he heard the cries of a miniature fierce beast.
He looked down and saw the miniature fierce beast stretching its tiny hands, constantly gesturing at him, occasionally pointing towards Guli and the others.
"I don’t have time!"
Yi Chen understood its meaning; it wanted him to take it out for a little stroll.
He naturally had no interest in that.
His current task was to focus on improving his realm and watch over the valley.
His strength was the pinnacle of the Flame Mountain Tribe.
When the expedition team encountered an invincible fierce beast, he had to step in and resolve the situation.
Besides that, once various spirit mines were transported back and forged into long swords, he needed to start creating a set of swordsmanship.
With a powerful swordsmanship in hand, he could greatly enhance his own strength and significantly improve the average strength of the tribe members.
He simply had no time to wander around.
Even if he had some free time, he wasn’t interested in taking a pet for a walk.
Even if this pet had the ability to rapidly increase strength and could be resurrected after dying, and had great potential in the future, and important research value for himself, it was still the same.
If it didn’t listen, he would just beat it until it did.
No need to cultivate any feelings.
It was that simple.
Squeak, squeak…
Seeing Yi Chen refuse, the miniature fierce beast took a few small steps forward and began gesturing again.
From the gestures, it seemed to have given up on asking Yi Chen to walk it and instead intended to follow the tribe members out for a stroll.
"Go ahead!"
Yi Chen had no objections to that.
As long as he didn’t have to waste time taking it out, it was fine.
After all, this creature had an immortal body; it could roam wherever it wanted.
He wasn’t worried that it would wander off and not come back.
Through their time together, he had noticed that the miniature fierce beast seemed to particularly enjoy his spirit power aura.
Even if it no longer needed to absorb the spirit power from his Qi Sea, it would stick by his side at all times.
And it was the kind that was irreplaceable.
Even though the tribe members of the Flame Mountain Tribe were mostly practitioners with spirit power, the miniature fierce beast showed no interest at all.
At that moment, it was just the miniature fierce beast’s playful nature; it had been cooped up in the wooden house for over half a month and wanted to get some fresh air.
Squeak, squeak…
Seeing Yi Chen agree, the miniature fierce beast jumped up excitedly.
It immediately dashed off toward the direction of the tribe members.
As Yi Chen expected, that night, the little creature returned and curled up beside him to sleep.
In the following days, it didn’t go out again.
…
Knock, knock!
Not long after breaking through to the sixth stage of Spirit Release, a gentle knocking sound suddenly rang out.
Yi Chen paused his practice and opened the door to find the high priest standing outside.
"Chief, Rog has sent someone to deliver a message. They encountered a powerful fierce beast."
"Tell them to lead the way. I’ll go take a look!"
Yi Chen’s interest was instantly piqued.
Going to deal with the fierce beast that the four armies couldn’t manage would not only help speed up their expansion but also enhance his combat experience.
Having just realms and skills is far from enough.
He needed to battle powerful fierce beasts with various abilities to accumulate practical experience and ensure he had no weaknesses.
Relying solely on realms and skills without any combat experience makes one more vulnerable to unexpected challenges and possible defeats.
Moreover, fierce beasts with special abilities could inspire him as well.
Many of his inspirations for creating the Cloud Treading Technique came from observing flying birds and animals.
As for whether he could defeat the fierce beasts that Rog and the others couldn’t handle, he didn’t worry about it.
Comparatively, his realm was only two small stages higher than Rog’s.
And Rog had one hundred and fifty warriors beside him.
Logically, if Rog and his team couldn’t defeat a fierce beast, he shouldn’t be able to either.
But that was not the case.
Rog and the tribe members only learned a weakened version of the Cloud Treading Technique, and their speed couldn’t compare to the full version.
Not to mention, he was the creator of the Cloud Treading Technique, and his understanding and application of it were far beyond what others could achieve.
Speed was one of the important components of strength.
Just based on that, combined with his Flying Knife Technique, even one hundred Gulis or Rogs standing in front of him would not stand a chance.
He could easily rely on his absolute speed advantage to avoid any attacks from his opponent.
Conversely, he could attack his opponent without restraint.
In other words, Yi Chen’s current strength was at least one level higher than that of the four armies.
Unless he encountered a significantly stronger fierce beast, he could handle the fierce beasts that the four armies could not.
"Alright!"
The high priest immediately ordered someone to find the tribe member who delivered the message.
Yi Chen looked around.
Not far away, several new warehouses were built to store the spirit mine.
Beside them, a few furnaces had been set up, refining various strange and colorful ores.
"Have you collected spirit mine so quickly?"
Yi Chen was somewhat surprised.
"According to the chief, we picked them up along the way, and there are all kinds."
The high priest quickly explained, "It’s quite troublesome to refine them. Some spirit mines take days and nights in the fire without melting."
"What kind of attempts have you made, and how much spirit mine have you collected?"
Yi Chen asked casually.
It was normal for ores containing spirit power to have a high melting point.
Naturally, refining them was not so easy.
However, given the countless types of spirit mines, they should be able to find one with a suitable melting point and enough quantity to produce thousands of long swords.
"We have collected a dozen types of spirit mines, but they are scattered and no mines have been found."
The high priest hesitated and added, "We found a lot of iron ore that does not contain any spirit energy, which can be used to produce a large number of long swords."
"Lots of iron ore? The tribe only has a few iron weapons. How could you find so much iron ore?"
Yi Chen was surprised.
"The tribe doesn’t have many iron weapons because the tribe members didn’t dare to go out before. Also, iron ore has many impurities, so even if they came across it, they were unwilling to spend time bringing it back."
The high priest explained, "After all, food was the most important thing at that time. Iron weapons could enhance the tribe members’ strength, but they still couldn’t cut through stronger fierce beasts. They used to go hunting together, and having a few iron weapons in the tribe was enough."
"I see!"
Yi Chen felt a surge of excitement.
"Continue collecting spirit mines and gather a large amount of iron ore. Arrange for people to forge long swords."
He immediately made plans.
Iron long swords could also work.
Because in his vision, the power of swordsmanship, Sword Energy, and sword intent were the most important.
Although long swords themselves could also enhance power, it didn’t matter if there weren’t any.
As long as the quality of the long sword could withstand the operation of spirit power within it, that was enough.
Even though the quality of the iron sword was not great, it was completely sufficient for the current stage.
Even with his current strength at the sixth stage of Spirit Release, the iron sword could easily bear his spirit power.
As for the future, once he created the weapon refining technique, he could forge spirit swords with better quality and even other added effects and functions.
Considering this, he could start researching and creating swordsmanship right away.
