C21 Five Gems

?Not long after, Tang Huan found five low-grade gems from the old blacksmith's room.

Amongst them were Ink Spirit Stone that were as black as ink, Fire Cloud Stone that were as red as fire, Golden Red Stone that were of various colors, Shadow Moon Stone that were shaped like crescent moon, and Thunder Light Stone that were full of purple and looked like lightning.

Each gem contained a different kind of power. After fusing them with a weapon, the effects would also be different.

Tang Huan just thought about it for a moment and decided to choose the Fire Cloud Stone.

When Fire Cloud Stone and weapons fuse, the weapon will release a scorching heat.

If it was catalyzed by the Genuine Qi that contained the Power of True Fire, the heat of the weapon would greatly increase. Unfortunately, other than the "Nine Moves of Wandering Dragon", Tang Huan did not have any other battle skill that could match this type of weapon. Otherwise, he will certainly be able to exert the power of such weapon to the extreme.

Amongst the five low-grade gems, the most effective one was the Thunder Light Stone, followed by the Golden Red Stone, and then the Shadow Moon Stone. The Fire Cloud Stone could only be ranked fourth, only slightly stronger than the Ink Spirit Stone.

But even so, the Fire Cloud Stone was currently Tang Huan's most suitable choice.

To build a weapon fused with Fire Cloud Stone, the True Fire could still increase its effectiveness, but to build a weapon fused with other gems, one had to learn a corresponding battle skill. Otherwise, a low-level weapon would at most be stronger in terms of material, and would not be able to display much more power than an ordinary weapon.

For a good weapon, one must have a matching battle skill in order to display its greatest power.

While thinking, Tang Huan had already brought the gem to the shop in front.

Since the "Nine Moves of Wandering Dragon" was a sword technique, he naturally had to forge a sword. Before using the Fire Cloud Stone, Tang Huan decided to use a gem to practice first.

To fuse with the True Fire relied on one?s tough willpower and the endurance of body. If he failed, at least the Spiritual Meridians would be damaged, and at most, his soul would be destroyed.

Forging such a graded weapon also had a chance of failure. Furthermore, it?s not a small possibility,

The higher the level of a weapon is, the more precious the material used. Once it failed, the losses would be even more severe.

Some rare and precious gems and iron ore were worth millions, ten million even tens of millions of gold coins. If you added the cost up, the materials needed to forge a weapon would be hundreds of millions of gold coins. If you failed, you would probably end up forging a low-level weapon that was only worth a few hundred gold coins. Then it was really a big loss.

If an ordinary weapon was not forged well, it could be re-forged again. However, if a graded weapon?s forging went wrong, then it would truly fail.

According to what he knew from his previous life, during the process of fusing with a gem, the molecular structure of the main body of the weapon had already undergone a miraculous change. If the gem is fused successfully, the weapon will be completely fixed. If he were to forge it again, it would be no different from scrap metal.

Tang Huan had a deep understanding of this point.

When he was at the "Divine Weapon Pavilion" realm, he used the True Fire to burn the sword billet to a certain extent. Then, he discovered that countless tiny holes had appeared on the sword billet, just like the pores on a human body.

If the fire was too strong, the material of the weapon would be damaged.

When those holes were expanded to limits, he must daub the gem juice onto the weapons at lightning speed, allowing the juice to seep into those holes. Just permeating was not enough, and he had to make them completely be fused with the material of the weapon. This process required a tacit cooperation between the Genuine Qi and the True Fire.

That day during the second round of the examination, Tang Huan performed very well.The most important thing is he applied the gem juice at the right time.

However, ifTang Huan was asked to do it again, he wasn't confident that he would be able to do it to such a degree.

The key to forging a high-level weapon, the first thing was to forge the weapon billet to the point where it did not contain any impurities. The second was to refine the gem to the best and the third was to seize the time the gem was smeared on the weapon billet.

Fourth, during the process of fusing the weapon billet and the gemstone juice, there was a need for the Genuine Qi and the True Fire to have a tacit cooperation.

Moreover, there is no fixed technique or skill in this cooperation. Different weapons, different gems, the methods of cooperation were all different too. Even if it was a similar type of weapon that fuse together with similar type of gems, no one would be able to teach the method to achieve this cooperation. It all depended on Weapon Refiner's experience and comprehension ability.

Finally, the quenching liquid should be suitable, and the quenching time should be seized.

As long as one failed in one small part of these keys, the quality of the weapon would be reduced, and even the forging of the weapon would fail.

Moreover, this was only the simplest method of forging.

It was said that some of the Weapon Refiner with higher strength did not smear the gemstone juice on the weapon, but rather directly left grooves on the weapon, refining the juice before reforming it and inserting it onto the weapon billet at last. It was said that this kind of weapon could be constantly improved in quality.

Tang Huan had only heard the old blacksmith mentioned this method before, he had never experienced or seen this kind of weapon before.

"Let me try forging a long rod with the Ink Spirit Stone first."

Tang Huan quickly planned in his heart. Some gems were suitable for all types of weapons, but some gems were suitable for forging spears. Some gems were suitable for forging swords. And the Thunder Light Stone was suitable for most weapons, but relatively speaking, it's better to forge a stick.

Since he had made his decision, Tang Huan started to take action immediately.

Inside the blacksmith shop, clanging sounds quickly came out. The weapon billet that the youth Tang Huan had made was okay for forging ordinary weapons, but they were still lacking when it came to low-level weapons. Tang Huan had to forge them again, and added up the Power of True Fire to completely remove the impurities in the billet.

"Bam!"

Noon, the blacksmith shop that was quiet for a while suddenly let out a loud noise.

Tang Huan's face was pitch black, while the pitch-black rod in front of him was emitting black smoke nonstop. The rod's body was covered with countless cracks, densely packed like a spider web.

"I failed."

After a long while, Tang Huan dispiritedly picked up the long rod. With just a light shake, the rod that was filled with cracks turned into countless pieces of varying sizes, falling onto the ground.

He had originally thought that the value of "Ink Spirit Stone" was the lowest, and even if he failed, his loss wouldn't be too great.

But he did not expect that in the end, he would actually fail, and the reason for the failure was rather laughable. It was that he had smeared the Ink Spirit Stone's juice for too long. Before he could finish smearing, the dense and fine holes on the rod?s body had been burnt to the limit by the True Fire.

It was only until he failed that Tang Huan finally realized that he was forging a rod, not a sword.

The length of the rod was several times that of the sword, and the time it took to smear the gemstone juice was also much longer. Naturally, the time of smearing was different from that of sword.

"Fifty gold coins gone!"

Tang Huan muttered bitterly. His losses were not big, but relatively speaking, even the cheapest 'Ink Spirit Stone' would cost fifty gold coins.

"Damn it, I?ll do it again. This time, I'll use 'Shadow Moon Stone' to forge a sword!"

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