Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

"Brother, to be honest, I have no interest in killing monsters and leveling up. If it weren't for upgrading weapons and the rule that requires holding weapons in hand, I would be too lazy to level up. Well, never mind, in order to upgrade my magic wand, I have to go back to Tucheng to level up. It's so troublesome running around, it would be great if I could teleport directly to Shabak." Brother Xiaodong said helplessly, it takes him a lot of time to run around the map every day.

"Where do you usually go to level up in Tucheng?" Brook asked.

"Sometimes it's the Stone Tomb, but now there are too many people in the Stone Tomb and they block the door. So sometimes I go to the mine in the Snake Valley." Brother Xiaodong replied.

"There is a secret passage in Shabak that connects to the Xiangshi Tomb. The main monsters inside are zombies, wedge moths, and wild boars." Brook said.

"There is a secret passage in Shabak? Where is it?" Brother Xiaodong was surprised. If he could level up in Shabak, he wouldn't have to run back to Tucheng, which would save him a lot of time.

"It's behind the Shabak clothing store. I'll take you there."

Brook took Xiaodong to the secret passage in Shabak. It was filled with monsters and almost no humans. After all, not many people knew about this secret passage, and even if they did, they wouldn't usually travel all the way to Shabak to level up. Most would fight monsters in the Incense Stone Tomb, which connects to the second level of the Stone Tomb, and rarely would they choose to kill zombies in the secret passage.

"Oh my God, there is a secret passage in Shabak! It's great here, there are monsters everywhere! Brother, thank you very much. If you need any weapons in the future, I will help you practice!" Brother Xiaodong was as happy as if he had discovered a new world, and kept thanking Brook.

"You're welcome. Keep leveling up. Many people in our guild have WoMa weapons. Maybe they'll ask you for help upgrading their weapons." Brook said with a smile.

"So many people have it? Really? WoMa weapons are so expensive and very rare. Is our guild so strong?" Brother Xiaodong was a little unconvinced.

"Hehe, you'll know whether it's true or not after you stay for two days. Come on, reach level 2 as soon as possible, the WoMa weapons are waiting for you." Brook said.

"Okay. Thanks, big brother. Good luck to you too."

Brook and Xiaodong said goodbye and returned to the Shabak Weapon Shop and came to the Weapon Master.

"Hello, respected weapon master, I want to upgrade the bronze axe." Brook said.

"Young Monk Mafa, I have seen you before. You are a Taoist priest, and you want to upgrade your bronze axe?" The weapon master asked in confusion.

"Yes. I have a friend who likes bronze axes very much, so I want to give him a top-quality bronze axe."

"Your friend's hobby is really special. Okay, please give me the weapons you need to upgrade, the black iron ore, and the jewelry with corresponding attributes. In addition, I need 1 gold coins." said the weapon master.

Brooke didn't hand over the weapon materials, but smiled and said, "Master, the alien warrior named Xiaodong just now told me about the method of upgrading weapons, right?"

"Some of that is true," the Weapon Master laughed.

"Can you tell me more about this?" Brooke asked.

"Whether upgrading weapons is successful or not depends mainly on luck. Luck is so illusory that I can't really say for sure." The weapon master said lightly.

Brooke, of course, didn't believe it. He thought this weapon master, who forged weapons daily, must have a secret to upgrading them. After all, the reward for Bayin's previously completed Black Iron Ore quest was a free, guaranteed weapon upgrade. Now, he was clearly refusing, unwilling to elaborate.

"A few days ago, I met a weapon forging master. In order to fight against monsters and to improve the strength of the monks on the Marfa continent, she lived alone in the dark underground imperial tomb, researching and forging more powerful weapons. Day after day, year after year, she finally developed the rare WoMa weapons. She is just a woman." Brook looked at the weapon master and said slowly.

"Haha, you little guy, are you trying to provoke me?" The Weapon Master laughed.

"I dare not. The woman told me that blessed oil can improve the forging success rate of weapons. I just want to ask, I wonder if this blessed oil can also be used to upgrade weapons?" Brook said with a smile.

"Hehe~ The woman you are talking about is Chengnan, right? The city of Biqi has already informed all weapon shops in the continent of Marfa that Master Chengnan can make WoMa weapons, saying that this important news was conveyed by two young Marfa monks. I didn't expect that one of them is you. The other one, could it be the girl named Bayin who was with you before?" said the weapon master.

"Master has a good memory! It's Bayin." Brook praised.

"Of course I remember her. She hasn't received her reward yet. I promised to help her upgrade her weapon for free." The weapon master smiled.

"I heard from Bayin that it's not only free, but it's bound to succeed?" Brooke deliberately emphasized the tone of "it's bound to succeed."

"Haha, that's enough. You don't have to beat around the bush. It's not that I didn't tell you the method of weapon forging on purpose, but the human heart is hard to predict. Even the monks of Mafa cannot determine what is good and what is evil. Since you have met Master Chengnan and got her approval, I can rest assured to let you pass on the message. I believe that both of you are of good character." said the weapon master.

"Absolutely honest and selfless, simple and kind! And also hardworking and studious, brave and resourceful, upright and kind!" Brook boasted.

"Well! You're quite smooth-talking and shameless, right?" the Weapon Master added.

"Hehe, these are all my advantages, and you've seen them all." Brook laughed.

"Haha, it's great to be young~" the Weapon Master laughed. "Young man, you remind me of a Taoist friend of mine. It's a pity I haven't seen him in many years. Back then, he was just like you. When he first came to upgrade his weapon, he wanted to learn the secret of weapon upgrades. He came here frequently during that period, and he finally succeeded in upgrading a dragon-patterned sword with a Taoist magic level of 3-13."

"Oh? Who is the Taoist friend you are talking about?" Brook asked.

"I guess you don't know him. He is several decades older than you. My friend's name is Situ Haoyun. Have you heard of him?" The weapon master recalled.

"Situ Haoyun is my master!" Brook said excitedly.

"Situ Haoyun is your master? No way." The weapon master didn't quite believe it.

Brooke thought about it and quickly searched his backpack, but couldn't find it. Then he remembered that he had stored it in the warehouse.

"Master, please wait a moment." Brook ran out quickly, quickly came to the Shabak warehouse to pick up something, and then ran back to the weapon shop.

"Master, look, is this the dragon-patterned sword?" Brook held the dragon-patterned sword given to him by Situ Haoyun in both hands and presented it to the weapon master.

"It's this weapon! Why is it next to you? What happened to Situ Haoyun?!" The weapon master picked up the dragon-patterned sword and took a closer look, then immediately asked in surprise.

"Master is currently carrying out a mission at Bairimen. When Master accepted me as his disciple, he gave me this weapon."

"Such an important weapon, and he gave it to you?" The Weapon Master was surprised, then suddenly understood and nodded, "I understand. When he accepted you as his apprentice, it was just before the arrival of the demon beast, right? Well, then you must be his successor disciple."

"Yes. I am very lucky to have been favored by Master and become his successor disciple."

"I see. I'm glad your master is alright. Haha~ What an interesting coincidence." The weapon master handed the dragon-patterned sword back to Brook and pointed to a chair in the shop. "Come in and sit down. There aren't many customers right now anyway, so let me tell you a story about a weapon forger."

"Okay! Master, do you want to drink? Here, the best girl's red wine from Tucheng." Brook walked into the shop and sat down, taking out a pot of wine from his backpack.

"Many years ago, humans and monsters discovered a mysterious place at the same time, which was later called the Treasure Pavilion. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides to compete for the treasures in the Treasure Pavilion. The battle was very brutal. The Holy War and the God of Law lineage were almost extinct, and the monsters also suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the God of Law, the Holy War and the Heavenly Lord brought back three weapons: Dragon Fang, Rage Slash, and Free and Easy Fan." The weapon master told the story while drinking fine wine happily.

"The news of the treasure pavilion spread, quickly attracting a large number of adventurers from across the Marfa continent. However, these treasure hunters were too weak, or perhaps the monsters within were too powerful. Many people didn't make it out alive. The gap was too great to be bridged by sheer numbers."

"The Three Saints of Marfa couldn't bear to watch, so they took out the weapons they had obtained and provided them to all the blacksmiths on the Marfa continent for observation, hoping that the blacksmiths could imitate and forge them to improve the strength of the monks on the Marfa continent. Unfortunately, the forging materials of these three weapons have never been seen on the Marfa continent. They may be rare items, or they can only be obtained in the strange place of the Treasure Pavilion."

"Faced with this problem, almost all the blacksmiths were at a loss. In the end, three different opinions emerged, and eventually evolved into three different factions."

"The first is to think it's impossible to build and give up completely. Just stay within your means and manufacture and repair existing weapons."

"The second group believes there's still hope. They believe that as long as they travel across the Marfa continent, they might be able to find rare materials or alternative materials. They won't give up on the project."

"The third method is a different approach. While it's impossible to forge an identical weapon directly, it can strengthen an existing weapon, improving its attributes, and even doing so more than once. However, this method isn't 100% successful. If something goes wrong, the weapon will shatter into pieces."

After hearing this, Brook understood that the second faction that the Weapon Master was talking about was Cheng Nan and others, who had been committed to the research and manufacture of new weapons; and the third faction was Shabak’s upgraded weapons, which was the faction of the Weapon Master and others.