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[Second stage of the Destiny side quest is complete. Lin Qiye & Jialan (achieved a romantic relationship) (Completed). Rewards have been issued.]

The skills for forging magical artifacts, nurturing swords, and other magical treasure cultivation techniques have been added to the Chicken's skill list.

Zhao Kongcheng, Chen Muye, and Lin Qiye's aunt had already taken the pills and were about to start their meal.

Lin Linhou suddenly received a notification about the increase in favorability between Lin Qiye and Jialan.

Lin Linhou: (′???`)?

Why would a notice suddenly come down at this time? Aren't they all undergoing heavenly tribulations?

The last time we reached the stage of mutual affection was in the middle of the night, and this time we became a couple in the Heavenly Tribulation Space?

Dude, why do you always take the unconventional route when it comes to relationships? You always seem to achieve something extraordinary in the most bizarre ways, don't you?

Forget about what happened in the Heavenly Tribulation Space, Lin Linhou flipped through the skill list and checked the reward skills he had obtained.

[Artifact Forging Skill/Proficiency: ...]

[Forging Apprentice (0%)]

[Junior Blacksmith (0/10)]

[Intermediate Blacksmith (0/100)]

[Advanced Blacksmith (0/1000)]

[Master Blacksmith (0/)]

[God-level Blacksmith (0/)]

[Forging Apprentice: You can sculpt materials into a shape you envision, equivalent to a top-tier sculptor or carpenter.]

[Junior Blacksmith: You can forge the materials in your hands into any shape you desire and remove impurities. Your forging skill is equivalent to that of a top-tier swordsmith in the mortal realm.]

[Intermediate Blacksmith: You can combine any materials to create finished products. For example, you can instantly synthesize a mobile phone by holding the raw materials for making it; you can directly turn crude oil into clothing; or you can instantly hand-craft a lithography machine by mixing sand, metal, and oil, and so on.]

[Advanced Blacksmith: You can create magical artifacts (forbidden objects) imbued with the power of rules. The power of a forbidden object depends on the materials required and the power consumed by the blacksmith. The required materials must be related to its function, or a predetermined synthesis formula must be used.]

[Master Blacksmith: You can forge artifact-level items, and imbue these artifacts with growth potential and spirituality. The artifact's functions also need to be related to the forging materials, or utilize established crafting formulas within the world.]

[God-level Blacksmith: You can create any artifact-level item out of thin air without using any materials, and enhance it based on its original properties.]

[Upon reaching the God-level Blacksmith rank, the forging abilities of the first four stages are also enhanced.]

[Note: Experience is gained by successfully synthesizing items of the corresponding level using abilities of that level. At least one point of proficiency at that level will be gained, with a very small chance of exceeding expectations and directly gaining the next level of proficiency.]

……

The introduction was quite long, but after studying it, Lin Linhou roughly understood what was going on.

It doesn't mean that once he gains this ability, he can directly craft powerful artifacts wholesale.

Instead, it's like having a secondary profession, similar to alchemy.

Furthermore, forging has a considerable probability of failure, and it also requires raw materials and consumes one's own strength.

It seems that only a god-level blacksmith who truly reaches the highest level in the future will be able to wholesale divine artifacts at will.

Right now, he's still a forging apprentice.

But he already knew how to activate the ability.

Lin Linhou glanced at the three people in the arena who were already eating on their own in a dazed state. It would probably take a day or two to end, so he decided to go to the testing ground to practice his newly acquired skills.

"Xingling, please look after things here for a while. I need to do some practice experiments."

A teleportation array slowly appeared beneath Lin Linhou's feet. His mental power detection range was now terrifying, and he could freely draw teleportation arrays within his mental power detection range.

Speaking of which, this ability was actually obtained from the previous Medusa agent; it's essentially an improved version of the Snake Eye Teleportation.

"Yes, I will take good care of these three. Master, you can go with peace of mind."

Lin Linhou nodded upon hearing this, and in a flash he disappeared from the spot. The next second he arrived at a very spacious underground test site.

This underground space is comparable in size to the previous Fengdu, with a height of two thousand meters. As for its area... Lin Linhou couldn't even perceive it; it was as far as the eye could see.

"Mengqing, what are you going to do with such a huge underground space?"

[I don't know, I just feel that the underground area should be utilized. Let's dig it out first, just in case we need it later.]

Mengqing said that she hasn't figured out what to do with this large underground vacant area yet, but since she's already dug it up, she's done it anyway.

"Ok."

Since that's the case, Lin Linhou will just do whatever he wants.

As for darkness, Lin Linhou now has the ability to see in the dark, his eyes can also emit light, not to mention various means such as mental probing, so he is too lazy to turn on the lights.

Instead, they started the experiment directly.

First, he bought one cubic meter of iron, one cubic meter of log, one cubic meter of quartz, and one cubic meter of ice from the exchange table.

"Activate your ability!"

Lin Linhou placed his hand on the ice block, thinking about carving it into the shape of a school desk.

[Forging Apprentice: Target Material (Ice, -37 degrees Celsius) Material Specification Selection (Example)]

[Forging result: Desk (picture), complexity level (easy, 13 points)]

[Forging success rate: Perfect 89% (example), Flawed 7% (example), Incomplete 3% (example), Total Destruction 1% (materials lost), No special evolution probability.]

[Start forging? Consumes 1/20 of stamina.]

……

Many panels flashed before Lin Linhou's eyes, as if the entire result diagram had already been marked before the forging even began.

"It has a strong online game enhancement vibe, but this model also looks like it was designed and cut by a CNC machine."

Although forging is essentially about reshaping rather than simply sculpting, the results are always quite similar.

Lin Linhou confirmed the forging process in his mind.

The next instant, a flash of light.

The ice block in front of him vanished instantly, and a desk made entirely of ice appeared in front of Lin Linhou.

[Forging complete!]

[Forging apprentice experience increased by 0.01%.]

[92% of materials remaining! (Extract)]

……

Lin Linhou clicked on the remaining materials extraction, and then he took out a piece of ice, one size smaller than the previous one, from the warehouse and placed it aside.

[Hint: The more complex the item you craft, the more forging experience you gain; conversely, the greater the chance of failure.]

A system pop-up notification also appeared directly to me. It's possible that the artifact Lin Linhou forged using his skill was too simple, which is why the notification popped up.

[Forging success rate: Perfect 91% (example), Flawed 6% (example), Incomplete 2% (example), Total Destruction 1% (materials lost), No special evolution probability.]

However, after he continued to place his hand on the ice, he found that the forging probability had changed. He didn't know if it was because his apprentice experience had increased, or if the success rate of forging the same item would increase.

But Lin Linhou felt that it should be both.

"How about crafting more complex forged items?"

With a thought, Lin Linhou transformed the smooth, ordinary ice desk into one covered in intricate carvings, with even the interior shattered into white snowflakes to display numerous texts and formulas.

[Forging Apprentice: Target Material (Ice, -37 degrees Celsius) Material Specification Selection (Example)]

[Forging Result: Carved Desk (Picture), Complexity (Easy 66 points)]

[Forging success rate: Perfect 61% (example), Flawed 30% (example), Incomplete 3% (example), Total Destruction 6% (materials lost), No special evolution probability.]

Sure enough, this immediately increased the difficulty level.

Lin Linhou clicked on the forging option here.

[Forging complete!]

[Forging apprentice experience increased by 0.06%.]

[66% of materials remaining! (Extract)]

The ice cubes were a whole size smaller this time, but the apprentice's experience increased by 0.06%, which is six times that of the last time.

"That means that if you divide the difficulty level by ten each time, it will be 0.01% of the apprentice experience."

Lin Linhou plans to conduct several more synthesis and forging processes for these carved desks.

[Forging Apprentice: Target Material (Ice, -37 degrees Celsius) Material Specification Selection (Example)]

[Forging Result: Carved Desk (Picture), Complexity (Easy 66 points)]

[Forging success rate: Perfect 63% (example), Flawed 27% (example), Incomplete 3% (example), Total Destruction 6% (materials lost), No special evolution probability.]

[whether……]

"confirm……"

[Synthesis successful!]

[Apprentice experience +0.06%]

[40% of the remaining materials]

……

[Forging Apprentice: Target Material (Ice, -37 degrees Celsius) Material Specification Selection (Example)]

[Forging Result: Carved Desk (Picture), Complexity (Easy 66 points)]

[Forging success rate: Perfect 71% (example), Flawed 22% (example), Incomplete 1% (example), Total Destruction 6% (materials lost), No special evolution probability.]

[whether……]

"Forging confirmed."

[Forging successful...]

……

Including the initial ordinary ice desk, Lin Linhou forged ice desks 18 times in a row.

Lin Linhou stared into thought as he looked at the eighteen neatly arranged ice desks in front of him.

It wasn't that he had a particular fondness for school desks; it was just that when he first started making ice, the old joke, "Ten years of hard study and you still haven't frozen to death," inexplicably popped into his head.

Combined with its shape resembling a cubic meter of ice, it's really suitable for creating a school desk.

After that, the proficiency with the same items will gradually increase, so you won't bother changing them anymore.

The fastest way to farm the Battle Pass is definitely to craft 20 Sweet Flower Chickens.

[Apprentice experience 1.04%]

The eighteen synthesiss directly consumed ninety percent of Lin Linhou's physical strength.

Only eighteen ice desks were produced.

Moreover, the odds of winning the lottery are quite good, starting from 60% and increasing all the way to a final success rate of 90%, with not a single failed attempt.

This is what fair and just probability looks like, unlike some games where you draw cards or enhance equipment with a 90% chance of failing.

It seems that getting this skill to the maximum level is a long and arduous process.

"Mengqing, refine more pills to restore physical strength. I plan to graduate this blacksmithing apprenticeship in the next couple of days."

If someone else were in this situation, they might just have to go back to sleep and rest, and wait until they recover their strength the next day before they could continue to work on the next 1%.

But Lin Linhou doesn't like wasting time, especially now.

We have money, but if we don't have enough stamina, we can just spend money on in-game purchases.

[Yes, no problem, you don't need to tell me, I was already refining it.]

[100 Quick-Acting Magic Elixir Pills? Completed (3/100)]

[Here you go. Each one restores 5% of your stamina, enough for ten synthesis attempts.]

[50 Quick-Acting Magic Essence Pills? (Awaiting)]

[I'll refine another 50 for you; that should be enough to max out your apprentice experience.]

"Hmm, that should be enough."

Since the success rate of perfectly synthesizing the desk is now close to 91%, Lin Linhou can slightly increase the difficulty of carving the desk later.

This allows you to gain more experience in fusion, and then gradually use wood and metal to create things.

I believe I will gain more from this experience.

Lin Linhou swallowed a pill and felt his physical strength recover from 9% to 59% almost instantly.

Then he resumed the process of assembling the desks.

[Forging Apprentice: Target Material (Ice, -37 degrees Celsius) Material Specification Selection (Example)]

[Forging Result: Carved Desk (Picture), Complexity (Easy 66 points)]

[Forging success rate: Perfect 90% (example), Flawed 6% (example), Incomplete 3% (example), Total Destruction 1% (materials lost), No special evolution probability.]

[whether……]

"synthesis!"

……

"synthesis!"

……

"synthesis!"

……

[Forging successful!]

[Forging failed! Incomplete version obtained.]

[Forging successful!]

[Forging successful!]

……

The number of desks being forged this time was extremely large, so there were a few failures along the way, but none of them were completely destroyed. Usually, the desks that were forged were flawed or incomplete.

Lin Linhou started the experiment at 2 o'clock, and kept taking drugs to gain experience until 10 o'clock at night, when he finally maxed out all the apprentice experience.

[Forging Apprentice 100% (Promotion)]

[Advancement Requirements (Forging Apprentice 100% - Completed) (Perfectly craft one item on Normal difficulty, Beginner Forging - Incomplete)]

Currently, the more than two thousand fancy desks created by Lin Linhou are all works of relatively simple difficulty, and all are at the apprentice level.

Now, he is in the advancement stage and can activate the basic forging ability, but there is a chance of direct failure. If he fails directly, all the materials will be destroyed.

Moreover, crafting items of normal difficulty also seems to have a high failure rate.

After all, a novice blacksmith only needs to perfectly forge 10 times to advance to an intermediate blacksmith.

Perfectly crafting an item of average difficulty, roughly equivalent to crafting famous swords and blades from history, is a much more difficult task.

However, these problems were not so difficult for Lin Linhou to solve.

"Iron, carbon, silver, gold, copper, tin, chromium, nickel, titanium alloys, special steel, rebar, tungsten gold, composite alloys..."

Lin Linhou began frantically buying all sorts of forging materials from the exchange platform.

Then, he still had some demonic pills left.

[Basic Forging: Target material has been determined.]

[Forged Item Selection: Sword of Goujian, King of Yue (Upgraded Version). Difficulty rating: Medium, meets the advancement requirements.]

[Success rate of ability activation: 10%] (The success rate increases by 1% for each failed activation)

[Target synthesis success rate: Perfect 10%, Flawed 30%, Incomplete 50%, Total Destruction 10%. There is an extremely small chance of a deluxe upgrade, transforming it into a forbidden item possessing the "Enduring Hardship" ability!]

In summary, the success rate on the first attempt is only one percent, which is pitifully low.

However, Lin Linhou did not intend to take the plunge and gamble on that one percent chance of success.

He's a guaranteed return party member.

He has plenty of strength, materials, time, and opportunities.

As long as he keeps synthesizing this target, the success rate will naturally increase.

Even the success rate of his ability activation is the same; after only 90 failures, he can activate the basic forging technique with a 100% success rate, even if he has not advanced to the level of an ordinary blacksmith.

They will eventually be able to directly create a perfect Sword of Goujian, King of Yue.

"Dream Love, let's get the background music going!"

Look at this so-called lottery he's giving out; it's basically a pay-to-win version of "Sitting and Killing Fighter".

[Alright, let's get the background music going!]

"synthesis!"

[Ability activation failed!]

"synthesis!"

[Ability activation failed!]

"synthesis!"

[Ability activated successfully!]

[Crafting failed! Obtained a damaged item!]

"synthesis!"

[Ability activation failed!]

……