Chapter 74 Grinding time

Nightin knew that there wasn't a path of retreat for him right now, walking up to the table filled with blueprints, he took over the easiest blueprint there and attempted it.

A simple silver longsword of the mortal rarity, which can be crafted easily with just the basic smithing techniques and flame control, while the end product will depend on the overall process.

Fetching over some iron from the side, he started to heat the iron up while paying close attention to the heat, changing it a few times in the process before drawing it out to cool at the side.

Once it cooled after just a short while, he used a fire resistant tong to lift it to the forging table, even though the heat wasn't enough to harm him in the slightest, his body heat might affect the iron which in turn, decreases the overall quality of the final product.

With the hammer in hand, he started to hammer the iron into the shape of a sword of around twenty seven inches long.

Clang

Clang

Clang

He was using one of the thirty six forging techniques given to him by the system, the whirlwind cyclone thirty six hits. This method would allow him to purify all the ores and elements within the unfinished sword while bringing it into shape, each hammer stronger than the previous which would also increases the weapon's final durability.

Bringing out sword out again with the fire resistant tong, he left it to cool at the side. This is to ensure that the end product blade would be even throughout.

Last but not least, he made use of some whetstone and polished the blades of the sword before infusing it with some flame energy of his.

When the sword was finished, he held it in hand and surprisingly realised that the sword had already stepped into the Magical rarity.

This was due to him executing every step of the forging process to its best, but even this would only have made it a peak grade mortal sword.

What really caused the increase in rarity was the forging technique which he used, the whirlwind cyclone thirty six hits wasn't just as simple as purifying the impure particles, but it changes them into positive ones which in turn strengthens the originally mortal sword, even changing some of them too magical particles, resulting in the Magical Sword we see right now.

Right at this moment, a system message got him.

"Congratulations to host for crafting a low grade magical sword, 0.01% of current proficiency has been awarded!"

This notification brought Nightin back from the depths of hell, as long as he has the system's aid, it'll only take him up to three months to progress to the eighth stage Forgist.

It may only be a rough estimation and even though it seems slow to him right now, he knows that what he's doing right now is already an impossible feat, it was the system who made this possible, not him.

Just like this, he started the boring and never-ending path of grinding. To be more exact, cultivation itself was a dry process that requires continuos grinding, many cultivators didn't want to step onto this path, but it was the only way to seek immortality or at the very least, extend their short lifespan.

Again and again, he crafted a total of hundred of those silver longsword and gained 1% proficiency after two days.

Looking at the pile of blueprints waiting for him to choose, he sighed to himself "I guess I still have a long way to go."

Everytime Nightin crafts the silver longsword, it would always end up being of the low grade Magical and on his hundred attempt, he managed to forge a middle grade Magical sword after doing all the steps with perfection without the slightest mistake.

Ever since he achieved that, he realised that forging these swords doesn't even pose the slightest difficulty for him, he won't gain any proficiency from crafting these swords ever again, they were just of a skill level too low for him.

Skipping past the third grades blueprints which was the same difficulty as the sword he finally crafted to perfection, he went to the fifth grade blueprints straight.

"Hawk Eye bow, Dragon Rage Sword, Starborn shield... "

Nightin flipped the blueprints again and again until he finally found a defensive weapon with offensive properties, the Starborn shield.

The Starborn shield may only have the defense properties of a middle grade Magical shield, but it carries a special trait which makes its worth even better than most sixth grade blueprints.

It has the one time use ability, a defensive barrier that can block off even the full force attack of an Martial Emperor, if he can make thousands of these here, wouldn't that mean that all his disciples would be safe from most harm.

To top it off, its next stage would be the reborn shield which while increasing its defense capabilities to block that of a Half Saint, it actually grants the ability to transport the user back to the spot where the travel mark is at.

This means that as long as his disciples aren't attacked or stopped by any Martial Saints, they would always be safe. The problem now is that the blueprint, is one of the ninth grade which means that the faster he finishes the mission given, the more of them he can craft and keep as his personal belongings.

The resources used may be way too much for most ninth grade Forgists and even some Forgists at the Soul Wandering stage, but to someone like the Forgist Overlord, the materials that he's taking are merely scrap or just trash itself.

Going over to the materials bench, he started to take all the materials needed in the crafting of the shield, before placing them onto the workbench beside the heating area.

In total, there are forty nine materials needed in the making of the starborn shield, starting with the purifying of all the materials serparately, as for the forging method, the whirlwind cyclone would be enough with forty nine hits this time.

For each material alone, it took him more than a minute to purify and refine them, by the team he was done with the first step, two hours had already passed by.

Having merged the materials together, he started to hammer them into the desired shape. "First, hammer it at the edges to bring out the curved exterior, next up would be to close in to the centre in a circular motion, bringing out the perfect circular shield"

Nightin was thinking to himself as he did all the steps, he had to make sure that no mistakes were made, especially when one shield will take him just way too long.

(Won't be describing the forging process, unless you viewers want it)

And thus, the boring process of grinding begins for real...