277 Zi Jiao's Challenge - Part 6

Zi Jiao spent the three days inside the hotel resting. After she returned to the hotel, Zi Jiao went directly to the bathroom, removing the black cloak and the clothes quickly, she entered the bathtub, a sense of relief and relaxation began to spread through her body.

After several days hammering and holding heavy items, though she could recover physical energy with elixirs and pills, mental energy could not be recovered, since Zi Jiao did not have that kind of item. She was mentally exhausted, it was a relief to Zi Jiao that old Smith appeared to help, but that left her with some doubts about it.

When Liu Yang overheard this part, he imagined old Smith might be some kind of NPC that would only help if the person succeeded in activating his quest. But that was only a theory since Liu Yang did not see the old man in person.

Three days later…

Zi Jiao went back to the forge shop, she did not have to do any kind of token again. The attendant was surprised when she saw Zi Jiao again, this kind of scene was rare. She thought Zi Jiao might have gotten old Smith to forge the weapon for her.

Old Smith's room was set up as three days ago, but the heat inside the room was unbearable, sweat began to fall like rain on her face when she entered the room.

Looking toward the oven, Zi Jiao saw that there were two red boxes inside, the coal that old Smith had put down had melted, but the two forms were still intact, though they were red from the heat.

Zi Jiao was frightened when she saw this scene, she wanted to go ahead and take the two forms out of the oven, but before she could do that, old Smith's voice is heard.

He asked her to stop and wait for the right time, and then asked Zi Jiao to break some items to kill time, he just pointed to some items and to a small grinder in some corner of the room.

Zi Jiao just did what he was asked, the materials the old man gave her were strange metals with strange coloring.

The grinder was quite hard, she imagined that with her strength, Zi Jiao could grind easily, but it was the opposite, even using her full strength, it was difficult to move the grinder.

The old Smith just said she should use her magical energy to enchant the grinder. At first, it was difficult, but after several attempts, Zi Jiao began to understand how the equipment worked. It took a few hours for all items to turn to powder.

The old man picked up each powder and threw it into an iron ball before putting it into the oven. After that, the old man took the two molds and put them in a bucket of water.

Opening the forms, there was a large piece of steel with some stains and a small steel rod. The old man took another shape, this time it was a little bigger, the interior had the image of a giant sword along with the handle.

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Zi Jiao had no interest in looking at the city, so she just stayed inside the room those seven days.

After the seven days, Zi Jiao came back to the store again. This time, old Smith was already looking at the oven.

He ordered Zi Jiao to remove the shape from the oven and then asked her to give him a bottle of her blood.

Zi Jiao did not know why, but since the old Smith was helping her create the weapon, she thought it was related to that. Zi Jiao just cut off the wrist and poured the blood into a small bottle.

The old man opened the mold and saw that the two items had turned into liquid and mingled. He took the blood from Zi Jiao and threw it into the mixture, then closed the mold and threw it back into the oven. And he asked her to come back in two days.

When Zi Jiao came back, the old man was already in place again, he asked her to take the ball out of the oven and the mold. The items inside the two objects turned liquid, Zi Jiao dumped the contents of the sphere into the mold, before putting it into the oven again. The old man asked her to come back in three days.

After three days, the mold was placed in the water and then opened again, this time, it was not just a simple block of steel with a handle in the bottom. There were several colored lines running through the block of steel, blood red, blue, green, yellow, and black. These colors were from the other materials that were put into the mold a few days ago.

Zi Jiao took a special magnifying glass to see the special tributes of the giant sword.

Sword of Strength (Owner: Zi Jiao) - A sword made from ordinary iron and some extra ingredients.

Rank Weapon ???

Physical Attack: 10

Effect: Total weapon damage is weight in kg * (Strength / 2)

Special Effect: The weight of the weapon changes according to the user's strength, the higher the force, the heavier the weapon becomes. 1 Strength Point = 100 grams more in the weight of the sword.

Requirement: Only the owner can use the weapon.

Weight: 50 kg

Zi Jiao was surprised by the effects of the sword, she understood why the old man asked for some of her blood, was to make her the sole owner of the item. Zi Jiao never imagined that she would see an item with an unknown rank, despite being new to this subject, she knew of some of the books she had read at the orphanage.

In the Nine Worlds, whenever an item was forged, it would have some level, but the sword the old man forged for it had an unknown rank. Zi Jiao began to imagine that the old man might be a legendary blacksmith.

The blade was shiny after polishing, keeping the weapon inside a space bag to avoid suspicion, Zi Jiao bowed and thanked the old Smith for help. The old man just spoke to take advantage of the item that was created of her efforts.

She returned to the hotel after leaving the store, Zi Jiao was eager to test the power of her weapon. She just relaxed in the shower and went to sleep.

The next day, Zi Jiao picked up the transport array that led to the end of the forest. Arriving on the other side, Zi Jiao just started walking toward the deepest part of the forest.

Zi Jiao was running as fast as she could, she wanted to get away from people as quickly as possible so she could train with the sword. After running for several hours at random, Zi Jiao came up to a part of the forest that was dark and did not have much light.

The creatures that Zi Jiao encountered along the way, were all killed by the cut of the sword for people of level 20 that she bought in the city. As the place did not seem to have anyone, Zi Jiao removed the weapon from the space bag and began to explore the place, she changed the black cloak that covered her body by a white robe, this was to change a little.

As she walked, Zi Jiao found some creatures she had never seen, such as Living Trees, giant fungi, animals that had plants on its bodies and so on.