MM Racing 499. Other uses
499. Other uses
The Dan Conference hasn't started yet, but these past two months have gradually cooled the atmosphere in Saint Dan City a bit. However, this is just a small buffer before the real grand event.
Xiao Yan's tireless cultivation continued uninterrupted, and no one dared to disturb him until Little Fairy Doctor came and finally interrupted him.
"You're back?" Xiao Yan asked, looking at Little Fairy Doctor. "Did you encounter anything unusual on the way?"
"With my strength, most people wouldn't dare to mess with me."
"Ordinary people wouldn't, but our opponents are the Spirit Race, so I was initially quite worried. Now it seems they haven't been paying much attention to you. What did Senior Chen Wei say?"
Little Fairy Doctor has been missing from Saint Pill City for a full month, on her way to see Chen Wei outside the Pill Domain. The reason is the malfunctioning Spirit Fusion Cauldron. Xiao Yan discovered the problem with the cauldron shortly after obtaining it, and since the formation was flawed, he naturally had to consult a formation master.
The reason he didn't confront the Elven race was because he had a more important objective.
"The three most crucial core formations within the medicine cauldron have been destroyed. Even he might need several years to have a chance to restore them. He has already memorized most of the formations."
Xiao Yan also sneered: "Ling He is truly hypocritical. Although I had a feeling they would make a move, I still didn't expect them to be so shameless."
Looking at the ancient and exquisite Spirit Fusion Cauldron in front of him, Xiao Yan still had a hint of regret in his eyes: "It's really a pity. The quality of this cauldron is the best I have ever seen."
"If you feel it's a pity, you can wait for Senior Chen Wei. After all, given his personality, he probably held back and didn't say everything he wanted to say, so there's still a good chance of making amends."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan shook his head and stroked the Fusion Spirit Cauldron, saying, "That's too much trouble. Even I can't waste Senior Chen Wei's time like this. Besides, without this cauldron, we can't find such a large quantity of suitable Fusion Flame Steel. I'm sorry, teacher, the gift I prepared for you will ultimately be torn apart by my troublesome disciple."
"What about the other two?"
Xiao Yan then put down a lump of dark purple metal about the size of a head: "This Starry Black Iron, there just happened to be a lump that big in the Starfall Pavilion, and Elder Feng sent it all to me."
Xiao Yan then took out a fist-sized piece of crimson metal. The metal's surface was covered in fiery patterns, and it looked as if it were about to burst into flames even without any Dou Qi being injected into it.
"The Fire-Radiant Iron Plate was given to me by Lei Jingxiao. As expected of a wealthy young master from the Lei Clan, he didn't care about this thing at all. Such a large piece can be used as the core material for many sects' grand formations."
Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor imagined the scene and smiled, covering her face: "Lei Jingxiao is truly recognizing you more and more, treating you like an older brother. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so kind to outsiders. As for this thing itself, its value to him and to us might be quite different. After all, in their eyes, the Bodhi Transformation Saliva is just so-so."
Xiao Yan nodded in agreement: "Aside from being a bit mischievous, he's not a bad person at heart. He's not a spoiled brat raised by a wealthy family."
"Haven't you already treated him as your top-notch henchman?" Little Fairy Doctor teased.
"It's about making the best use of everyone's talents."
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"Master Haika, do you think these materials are enough?" Xiao Yan also sent all three rare metals he had collected to Haika.
When Xiao Yan threw the three materials onto the black iron platform in the weapon-refining room, the entire Pill Tower forging room suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Heka's face, blackened by forging, seemed completely frozen. He carefully extended his right hand, covered in burn marks, but then hesitated halfway through, as if trying to touch some fragile phantom.
"Gulp." Haika also secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Xiao Yan... what I actually mean is that you should find about a pound each of Molten Flame Steel, Starry Black Iron, and Fiery Plate Iron, so that your weapon can withstand the strange fire without changing."
Xiao Yan scratched his head and said, "I didn't expect there to be so much. I'll just take it back."
"Thump!" Heikah's forging hammer slammed down, causing all the furnishings in the weapon-refining room to tremble violently. Heikah's wide, tiger-like eyes flashed with a hungry wolf-like glint: "Take it? Don't even think about it!"
Suddenly, Haika grabbed the piece of flaming iron and pressed it against his left arm. Haika controlled a rather powerful beastly fire, and as the beastly fire poured onto the flaming iron, the metal began to burn fiercely, its flames mingling with Haika's beastly fire! The old man let the flames scorch his arm, his smile becoming uncontrollable: "No mistake... Flaming iron devours fire, it goes berserk when faced with strength, the finest flaming iron!"
As the fire subsided, Haika laughed wildly, tearing open his shirt to reveal his muscular chest: "Young friend Xiao Yan, with these materials you have today, I'm absolutely confident I can forge the most perfect masterpiece of my life. If you don't let me personally hammer this ruler today, I'll detonate my own heart fire to sacrifice to the forging furnace!"
Looking at Haika, who was on the verge of madness, Xiao Yan gave a helpless bitter smile and immediately explained, "Without Master Haika, who can forge the perfect weapon for me? You are free to use your skills, and I will not touch these materials again."
After receiving Xiao Yan's consent, the madness in Haika's eyes subsided somewhat, and he stared blankly at the materials before him. Xiao Yan was afraid that Haika might do something rash because of the metal, so he could only stay by his side so that he could intervene immediately if anything went wrong.
Haika's apprentices were all bewildered. After all, they had heard of and seen materials like Molten Flame Steel, but seeing such a large piece of metal, mainly made of Molten Flame Steel, placed before them still made them tremble with fear. The hundreds of kilograms of Molten Flame Steel made these high-level blacksmiths feel dizzy.
"Xiao Yan!" Haika had a flash of inspiration, and his mind was clear: "The materials you brought are so abundant that the original enhancement design is no longer usable!"
Xiao Yan nodded. He didn't understand this either, so he could only follow Haika's instructions.
"I plan to completely remake your Xuanzhong Ruler using molten steel as the main material. Even if you reach the Dou Sheng realm in the future, this ruler will still be your greatest asset!"
Xiao Yan felt a surge of excitement just listening to it. A weapon that could be used even by a Dou Sheng level expert must be incredibly powerful.
"But something's still missing?"
"What?"
"A magic core!" Haika's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "The soul of this ruler must reside in a ninth-tier magic core."
"I know there's one in the Pill Tower, and the true form of that demonic core is a ninth-tier Heavenly Phoenix!"