Starting from one person Jia Zhengliang

Jia Zhengliang had always had an idea. The Jia family's Running Flow Palm was said to be a magical technique capable of manipulating water. So, was molten iron considered water? Could it be manipulated?

The answer is obviously no!

Fortunately, through the help of his magical machine, Jia Zhengliang quickly refined the molten iron into a piece of steel that he could control with ease.

Then he politely asked the master in the sword-making workshop how to forge a sword.

Yes, Jia Zhengliang didn't know how to forge swords. While the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements included the manufacture of some metal parts, that wasn't the same as sword forging. In the world of immortal cultivation, he'd only used jade swords, wooden swords, and talisman swords, and had never truly forged a metal sword.

It's scary enough that someone who doesn't know how to forge a sword can brazenly claim to forge a sword as a gift. But it's even scarier that someone has learned the entire sword-making process through just a few minutes of explanation.

The steel was processed through a magic machine and did not require any forging. In the eyes of everyone, the red-hot steel was being kneaded like dough in Jia Zhengliang's hands.

What outsiders cannot see is that under Jia Zhengliang's meticulous manipulation, not only is the steel slowly adjusted to the optimal state, but talismans are even carved inside to comb the qi channels. It can be said that once this set of kitchen knives is formed, it will be a mature set of magical instruments.

As the pair of knives was completely completed, Fu Rong looked at Jia Zhengliang strangely, then pulled out the two kitchen knives from her waist.

Everyone was surprised to find that the new knife was exactly the same as Fu Rong's original knife, with no discernible difference in appearance. Combined with Jia Zhengliang's questions before forging the knife, it was not difficult to guess his intention.

Fu Rong held the newly forged knife in her hand and swung it in a flower pattern. "The weight and size are exactly the same. I think I can get used to it quickly. If I have to find a difference, it would be the feel of the hand."

As she spoke, Fu Rong tried her hand at the sword and swung it lightly towards the sky. A stream of sword energy shot up into the sky. "I only used 30% of my strength, but it can produce a full 100% effect."

Jia Zhengliang picked up Fu Rong's old knife and compared it with the new one. He said, "This is what I want to tell you. Weapons will be upgraded, and people will also improve. But no matter what I become, or what you become, we are still the same. I will love you just like when I first met you!"

Ah! Here we go again!

Before everyone was disgusted to death by him and Fu Rong, Jia Zhengliang decided to distribute the benefits first.

Song Jinyu, one of the five members of the company, was skilled in using a long sword. Having witnessed Jia Zhengliang's impressive weapon-refining skills, and now hearing that he was planning to upgrade his sword, he ran over excitedly.

Jia Zhengliang suggested that he could seal a powerful ghost into his sword, so that when he swings the sword he can draw on the power of ghosts and gods, and become a powerful ghost swordsman in the future, is that okay?

Song Jinyu shook his head like a rattle, saying frankly that he was obsessed with swordsmanship and didn't want to rely on the power of these outsiders. Hearing this, Jia Zhengliang was sure that he wanted to be a sword spirit, so he used the remaining steel to strengthen his sword.

Zhuge Yue, a member of the Zhuge family, practiced the Wuhou Qimen (Martial Arts) and used a folding fan as his weapon. Jia Zhengliang had blessed the fan with talismans representing the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.

Li Ziyuan, the heir of the Miaojiang Gu Shu, is a lovely young girl. However, does Jia Zhengliang really have nothing to teach her about Gu Shu? It's unclear whether it would be a blessing or a curse to rashly teach her the chaotic Gu Shu techniques of the immortal cultivation world. After all, not everyone is Chen Duo.

Seeing that Li Ziyuan's weapon was an umbrella, Jia Zhengliang simply strengthened it and added a protective function.

As for Jia Zhengyi, he was truly one of the family. Seeing that he wanted to come over but was too embarrassed to do so, Jia Zhengliang took the initiative to go over and greet him. After learning that Jia Zhengyi's major was in controlling objects, he re-refined a flying knife for him.

Zhang Mingdao, a disciple of Longhu Mountain, said, "This is the more difficult situation." Although he wore a pair of combat gloves, he wasn't a boxer. When he truly faced his enemies, he used the Golden Light Curse and Thunder Magic. He could probably deal with it with any magical weapon, but Jia Zhengliang could tell he was in deep trouble and needed more specific help.

"My dear brother, as far as I know, besides Zhang Lingyu, you are the only other disciple from Mount Longhu who has joined the company. I won't go into Zhang Lingyu's reasons, but your reason for joining the company should be health reasons, right?"

Seeing that Jia Zhengliang could see his physical problems, Zhang Mingdao excitedly asked for help, "That's right, that's right. The master from Longhu Mountain said that I was infected with Gu magic by my father's generation. Since you can see it, is there any way you can help me..."

"I can only see it, but I don't have the ability to help you!" Jia Zhengliang quickly refused. He didn't want to give people hope first and then pour cold water on them. However, he still pointed out a clear way for Zhang Mingdao, "There is a girl named Chen Duo in our company who should be able to help you. However, her level is very high, so you have to ask your senior management. Whether you can contact her depends on how strong your connections are."

Although Jia Zhengliang was unable to provide any substantial help, Xiao Zhang politely thanked him, "Thank you for pointing me in a direction. As for connections, I was introduced to the company by Grand Master Zhang Zhiwei, so that shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Hearing this, Jia Zhengliang could only secretly give him a thumbs up. The young man has strong connections!

Through a series of gift-giving, weapon upgrades, and favor building, Jia Zhengliang and the five company members became much closer. Taking advantage of everyone's good mood, the young people, guided by Ken Ishikawa and the other two, had a great time outing.

When we returned to the base in the evening, the compensation from the Onmyoji Bureau had finally arrived, and it also brought some new news.

"What? Those guys are changing the rules again! They've changed the challenge to one where I'm the one challenging them. So, they're admitting they're incompetent and don't have the ability to defeat me personally, so they're going to great lengths to set a trap for me to fall into."

Jia Zhengliang's summary was very accurate. Ishikawa Ken nodded in agreement and said that Ishikawa Nobumasa was waiting for Jia Zhengliang's reply on whether he accepted the changes.

"So what if I don't agree?"

"In that case, the bet is void. The collapse of the shrine has nothing to do with you anymore."

"Similarly, I can't get the Killing Stone and its related secrets from the Onmyoji Bureau, right?" Jia Zhengliang smiled bitterly, covering his forehead. "I was too obvious, so they saw through it. Now I'm the one being manipulated. Tell them I agreed. I want to see how big a trap they can set for me!"

Immediately afterwards, the people from the Yin-Yang Bureau brought the challenge they had prepared for Jia Zhengliang, an inconspicuous cardboard box.

When the box was opened, it contained a plain old videotape with no instructions.