Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Chapter 75 Lei Kunhai: This boy is like me
"Ta-da!"

Zhang Yan held a large hammer and kept striking the spirit iron. He had to admit that the spirit iron was more tiring than he had imagined.

He felt exhausted after hammering for a short time, while Lei Kunhai, who was forging a magical artifact, was full of energy and vigor despite his old age.

"I must temper my body." Zhang Yan gritted his teeth and persevered, swinging his hammer again, this time using all his strength.

Then he sat cross-legged on the ground and began to breathe heavily.

"Senior Brother Lei, what's wrong with you?" It was at this moment that Zhang Yan noticed Lei Wanbao's unusual behavior.

Lei Wanbao was perfectly fine just now, so why does he look so pale now? It's like he's been cheated on.

"I?

"I'm fine." Lei Wanbao's smile was somewhat forced: "You're quite skilled at forging impurities. Did you learn it before?"

"No, no, it's all thanks to Senior Lei's excellent guidance." Zhang Yan shook his head repeatedly. He had never forged iron before, and the reason he could forge so well now was purely due to the effects of the weapon forging manual.

"really……"

Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Lei Wanbao's heart sank again. Sure enough, it was his great-grandfather who taught him outside!
"What do you mean, 'as expected'?" Zhang Yan felt that Lei Wanbao seemed a bit strange. Was this guy out of his mind?
Did you sacrifice your brain during the foundation building process?

"No, it's nothing. You made a great iron ingot!"

"Great!" Lei Wanbao looked at the spirit iron ingot under Zhang Yan's hammer. Although he was somewhat resentful, he had to admit that the other party had talent.

Although it's not finished yet, you can see that there aren't many impurities left in the iron ingot.

Impurities cannot be easily removed by simply knocking them out; it requires certain techniques and skills.

Clearly, Zhang Yan's skills are already very advanced. If he were to apply for a job as a handyman at Qianbao Peak, he could earn three spirit stones a day!

"Clang!" At this moment, Lei Kunhai also put down the hammer in his hand. He had finished making the flower. It was shining with spiritual light and was actually a spiritual artifact.

"Hey kid, why did you stop?"

"Give up?" Lei Kunhai threw down the sledgehammer in his hand and turned to look at the spirit iron ingots under Zhang Yan's hand.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing the spirit iron ingot, Lei Kunhai paused for a moment, then his magic power surged forth, directly drawing it into his hand.

"This spirit iron ingot..."

Lei Kunhai reached out and squeezed the spirit iron ingot, breaking it into one piece, then snapped it in two.

He carefully examined the inside and outside of the spirit iron ingot, swallowing back the words he had intended to use to discourage Zhang Yan.

"Senior Lei, how do you think I did?" Zhang Yan asked Lei Kunhai with some excitement.

“What you made…” Lei Kunhai stared at the thing in his hand, then turned around: “It looks pretty good, but I don’t know how it will turn out in the future.”

Although reluctant to admit it, Lei Kunhai could only say that Zhang Yan seemed to be quite talented.

"Keep fighting," Lei Kunhai said, tossing over the spirit iron ingot and urging Zhang Yan to keep going.

After resting for a while and regaining a lot of strength, Zhang Yan didn't waste any time and immediately started to act.

He wielded a large hammer and continuously struck the spirit iron ingot for ten days!
During those ten days, Zhang Yan did nothing but forge iron, producing over a hundred spirit iron ingots.

During this time, Lei Wanbao didn't go anywhere. For some unknown reason, he also took an iron hammer and followed Zhang Yan to work as a blacksmith.

At first, he was quite pleased with himself, but the more he went on, the uglier his face became, and now he was almost in tears.

Her gaze toward Zhang Yan was filled with resentment.

He was very distressed and doubtful. He initially joined the training just to prove that although Zhang Yan was quite talented, he still needed to hone his skills.

But it's only been a few days!

So it became clear that although Lei Wanbao had started learning early, his skills were still lacking and needed further refinement.

The difference is too great; he can't accept it!
Especially with the latest spirit iron ingot, Zhang Yan actually forged a spirit iron ingot with almost zero impurities.

Although crafting spirit iron ingots is a fundamental skill in weapon crafting, generally speaking, it is considered acceptable as long as one can produce spirit iron ingots containing a small amount of impurities.

And only Lei Kunhai in the entire Thousand Treasures Peak can make spirit iron ingots like these, which are almost free of impurities.

No, there are two now.

Because Zhang Yan can also do it.

What's even more terrifying is that it's only been ten days since Zhang Yan started forging iron until he produced pure spirit iron!

Lei Wanbao thought of himself, who had been involved in weapon crafting since childhood, forty-seven years now.

Forty years of skill was no match for the opponent's ten days of practice!

What a waste of life!

This person is a prodigy in weapon crafting! He can definitely revitalize Thousand Treasures Peak!
Lei Wanbao was screaming in his heart that he wanted to take charge of things for his great-grandfather and accept him as his disciple.

"Not bad, but there are still impurities in it. You need to keep working hard." Lei Kunhai looked at the iron ingot, calmed himself down, and said to Zhang Yan.

"Yes, disciple will certainly continue to work hard."

However, please let Peak Master Lei know that I need to cultivate spiritual plants tomorrow and may not be able to come to Thousand Treasures Peak. Zhang Yan didn't actually know much about the art of weapon crafting and thought that all impurities had to be removed before crafting magical artifacts.

"Cultivating spiritual plants?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Kunhai gripped the spirit iron ingot in his hand tightly and crumpled it into a ball: "Your talent as a weapon refiner is quite good. I suggest you focus on the art of weapon refining in the future."

"This disciple understands." Zhang Yan did not refute, for forging weapons held extraordinary significance for him.

However, we cannot abandon the spiritual plants.

Even if a landlord doesn't farm the land himself, he still needs to have some understanding of spiritual plants.

After Zhang Yan left.

Lei Kunhai looked at the spirit iron ingot in his hand, a glint of light appearing in his eyes. "Grandpa, are you just going to let him go like that?"
"Aren't you going to take him as your apprentice?" Lei Wanbao asked curiously as he approached Lei Kunhai.

He already has a mentor.

My skills are the most precious treasure of Qianbao Peak, and cannot be passed on to outsiders.

The laws of our ancestors are hard to change!

At this point, a bitter look appeared on Lei Kunhai's face. He was wondering whether he should directly compete with Zhuge Wan for the disciple.

"Moreover, this is just forging spirit iron ingots; we don't know if he can actually make magical artifacts."

"Let's observe first before making a decision." Lei Kunhai ultimately did not make a decision easily.

He wanted to wait, at least until Zhang Yan could forge a low-grade magic weapon on his own.

……

the other side.

Zhang Yan has returned to the Spirit Plant Garden.

The cultivation of the spiritual plants in his spiritual plant garden was not going very smoothly.

Because he wanted to cultivate the spirit fruit tree by grafting, he needed rootstock.

That is, a tree stump.

However, the rootstock was not chosen arbitrarily.

It is necessary to select plants with well-developed root systems, as well as those that are resistant to disease and cold.

Choosing the right rootstock is difficult, and it also needs to be related to the object being grafted.

Zhang Yan and Mu Sen originally wanted to find suitable rootstock on Muling Peak, but unexpectedly, after looking around, they couldn't find any suitable ones.

Therefore, Zhang Yan specifically asked Mu Sen to find out where there were suitable rootstocks.

And now Musen has brought him news.

You don't even need to leave the sect; there are suitable plants in the sect's spiritual plant garden.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specifically exchanged some contribution points to make the purchase.

The spiritual plants in the sect's spiritual plant garden.

With very few exceptions, most of the spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Garden are sold to disciples.

Moreover, the price is cheaper than outside, which is one of the benefits for disciples of the sect.

Zhang Yan purchased dozens of rootstock trees.

Only then did they begin to cultivate second-tier spiritual plants.

In addition to that, he also had to take care of Qingxinlian.

To ensure the survival rate of the Qingxin Lotus, Zhang Yan would perform a perfect Wood Element Technique and a Spirit Rain Technique on it every time he came over.

Even so, the growth of the Qingxinlian is very slow.

However, he was not discouraged. As long as he was alive, he could always cultivate it. Besides, even if he died, he would still have a lotus seed.

If all else fails, then we'll have to find an opportunity to move that one plant from the sect leader's spiritual plant garden.

The problem with the spiritual plants has been somewhat resolved.

Zhang Yan went to Qianbaofeng again.

There was no other way; he still wanted to learn weapon crafting from Lei Kunhai.

The next day.

Lei Kunhai paced back and forth restlessly in the cave of the weapon-refining workshop, while Lei Wanbao's face became bruised and swollen again.

"You've been at the Foundation Establishment stage for so long, yet you're still not as good as a Qi Refining cultivator. You've wasted so much time." Lei Kunhai looked extremely violent.

"I didn't want to either..." Lei Wanbao looked dejected. To be honest, he was also very sad and helpless, but there was nothing he could do!

Moreover, he had a vague feeling that Zhang Yan seemed to be a bit of a nemesis to him.

Why does my great-grandfather always get beaten up whenever he sees Zhang Yan?

"Disciple Zhang Yan greets Peak Master Lei." At this moment, Zhang Yan's voice came from outside.

"Come in!" Upon hearing Zhang Yan enter, Lei Kunhai's previously raging mood immediately became more relaxed.

When Zhang Yan arrived at the plaza inside the cave.

Lei Kunhai had already sat down at a table and begun to enjoy his tea.

"For a weapon refiner, a fine forging hammer is indispensable, so today I'll find a way to forge one for you." Seeing Zhang Yan enter, Lei Kunhai said to him without looking up.

His voice was filled with indifference.

"Yes, disciple obeys!" Upon hearing Lei Kunhai ask him to forge a magic weapon, Zhang Yan immediately nodded. He knew that this was a test from Lei Kunhai.

Arriving at the forging furnace, Zhang Yan took a deep breath and then picked up two spirit iron ingots, which he had previously refined.

Melt it on the fire.

Then he took a deep breath, picked up a hammer, and began to hammer wildly, one blow after another, sparks flying everywhere.

This was Zhang Yan's first attempt at crafting magical artifacts, so his movements were somewhat clumsy.

But Lei Kunhai had already raised his head and was staring intently at Zhang Yan, looking at the familiar feeling in the other's movements.

Lei Kunhai was stunned for a moment, then muttered to himself, "This boy is like me!"

(End of this chapter)