"Now that you mention it, it's strange; I feel like I can understand the properties of the ores and metals more thoroughly now, as well as I have a clearer sense of how and where to hit the ore to get the best result," Shen Yuan said as he thought about what had changed since last night.
He then remembered his dream, 'Don't tell me something happened to my blacksmith talent as well due to that dream.'
After thinking for a while, he still couldn't make sense of the situation as he settled his thoughts and decided to focus on his blacksmithing.
"Well, let's try and see if my blacksmith talent has increased or not." He moved back towards the forge.
[Ding!]
[High-Level Blacksmith Talent Detected.]
[Analyzing its grade.]
[...]
[...]
[Ding!]
[Analysis Completed!]
[High Grade King Tier Blacksmith Talent detected.]
"Huh? What? How did I suddenly gain blacksmith talent?" Shen Yuan asked in confusion.
[...You didn't, that's the thing. I just ran a check on you because your talent seemed to have improved overnight, and I'm not sure what the reason is as well. I only ran the check on you now.]
Shen Yuan stood rooted on his spot as countless thoughts swirled in his mind, 'Am I screwed? How did I get involved in this? I'm sure that dream was not only a dream but possibly a vision of the future.'
He continued to think as he realized he had been pulled into something far beyond his current abilities. He knew his fate would be in danger if he didn't try to do something fast.
'...Well, can't really do much with my current abilities, let's just go and test my new talent for now.'
He shook his head and thought.
Yue Lan also didn't ask as she realized it might be related to his bloodline.
'Hehe, looks like the bloodline came with its own luggage,' she thought to herself as she wanted to see how Shen Yuan would take care of himself in this.
[Well, they invite blacksmiths from other sects to forge personalized weapons, so I'm sure they will be more than happy to have you as their personal blacksmith.]
"Like hell, I will become their personal blacksmith. I have more things to do; the only people I will forge weapons for are my family, or if I'm in an excellent mood to help those poor disciples." Shen Yuan shook his head as he had no plans to become the private blacksmith of the sect.
[You need to focus on your alchemy as well; I think your alchemy talent increased as well together with your blacksmith talent.]
Shen Yuan nodded his head, and just as he was about to reply to the system, he heard faint voices coming from outside his mansion.
One of the disciples spoke to her friend, "Do you think his weapons will be good?"
Her friend shrugged, "I guess so; even elders praised his cultivation talent highly."
Another disciple chimed in, "Having cultivation talent doesn't make you an exceptional blacksmith."
"Yeah, he might have made scrap and is trying to scam us with it," someone else grumbled.
"Now now," a senior disciple admonished, "don't be so harsh with your words. I'm sure he will make at least decent enough weapons since he invited us."
"True, true, if nothing else it will be a show worth watching," another agreed.
"But how long will he take to open the gates?" a disciple complained.
"Well, there was no time mentioned in the poster; we might have come early from his prepared time," someone reasoned.
"Can't really do anything about it then," another shrugged.
A lot of disciples gathered outside Shen Yuan's mansion as they waited for him to open the gates.
Shen Yuan smiled lightly as he heard the disciples outside discussing his blacksmith abilities.
[They will probably be shocked to see your talent, haha.]
"Hmm, Wan Ling and the others should be outside as well, they can help me to manage the disciples who will soon be coming in as well." He rubbed his chin as he thought while going towards the gate of he mansion.
[You are already thinking of putting those poor girls to work, what bad Senior Brother they have gotten.]
Shen Yuan felt his eye twitching, "Dont make me sound like some bad guy, I will make a custom weapon for each of them as a token of thanks after that."
[Oh then its all good.]