Reversing the Milky Way

Seeing this, Bai Cheng quickly replied, "Of course not, it's just that I've been cultivating recently, but I accidentally missed Instructor Lu's forging class."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qixiong's expression gradually softened.

"Hmph, today happens to be my class, so you can help move these things to the room in the southwest corner of the school."

After speaking, Lu Qixiong pointed to the junk box on the ground, which was filled with all kinds of ores, as well as some weapons and armor.

Bai Cheng didn't say much, then carried the box and followed Lu Qixiong to the room in the southwest corner of the school.

This room is the forging workshop of Renhui Academy, where students take forging classes. The room is very large, much larger than the classrooms in the southeast corner of the academy.

In the center of the room stood a very large forging furnace. As Bai Cheng approached, he could clearly feel the intense heat emanating from it. This was his first time here, and even the floor was different from other parts of the school; it appeared to be paved with heat-resistant stones.

Just as Bai Cheng was looking around, Lu Qixiong came to Bai Cheng's side and said, "I heard that you have good aptitude. It's only been two months and you've already reached the mid-stage of Body Refinement. But you should know that when you're out in the world, you can't do without a handy weapon."

Hearing this, Bai Cheng began to ponder. He did indeed need a suitable weapon or some protective gear, so that he would have more ways to survive if he encountered bandits on the road. Although he had previously copied books on basic forging and ore illustrations in the academy's library, he had never actually used them. He had spent this time cultivating and hadn't studied forging in detail. This was a good opportunity to see what the forging course taught.

After a while, the other students arrived at the forging room one after another, and Lu Qixiong officially began his lecture. At this time, Lü Liang and Yu Qing also came up to Bai Cheng and greeted him.

Lü Liang: "Brother Bai Cheng, I didn't expect you to come."

Bai Cheng replied with a wry smile, "To my shame, I almost forgot about the forging class."

After hearing this, Lü Liang changed the subject: "Brother Bai Cheng, how is Yue Ling doing? I haven't seen you and Yue Ling at the school since that day. Has something happened to you?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng responded, "She... is feeling a little unwell, but she'll be fine in a couple of days."

Although Bai Cheng said this, he was not sure in his heart, after all, Yue Ling had not woken up yet.

Thinking of this, Bai Cheng asked, "Did you notice anything unusual that night? I suspect that Yue Ling's condition might be related to what happened that night."

Upon hearing this, Lü Liang and Yu Qing exchanged a glance.

Yu Qing: "What's wrong? The most wrong thing is Yue Ling. Now the news about Yue Ling has spread throughout Wuling Town. Even the school principal has stopped cultivating and run away."

Lü Liang: "That's right. In the past two days, there have been more and more disciples from various sects coming to Wuling Town. Although the town-wide competition in Wuling Town is about to begin, many sects are still coming to the various schools in advance to look for outstanding disciples."

Hearing this, Bai Cheng pondered, "Asking Fu Qiran probably won't yield any results. The only option now is to question the girls who were with Yue Ling that night. But who should we ask? Most of the people with Yue Ling that night were Wen Sheng, and now all of them have left the academy. It's a bit difficult to ask them. They left in such a hurry that night; all I know is that Yue Ling's spiritual power went out of control. Maybe the manager of Xue Fu Restaurant knows something."

Thinking of this, Bai Cheng also planned to go to Xue Fu Restaurant in the afternoon to take a look.

At this moment, Lü Liang seemed to remember something and then said, "Oh! Right! Speaking of which, my older sister saw something very interesting that night!"

After saying that, Lü Liang leaned close to Bai Cheng's ear and said, "That night, my older sister actually saw Fu Wenhao running down the street with his pants up, occasionally exposing his buttocks. He looked so pathetic. I heard that when he got home, his father beat him so badly that he couldn't even get out of bed."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng almost burst out laughing. He then casually remarked, "This bastard has finally messed things up. I wonder which restaurant he got himself into trouble with."

Bai Cheng had just finished speaking when Lü Liang's next words made his heart skip a beat.

Lü Liang: "Hey, I heard that he ran out of Xue Fu Restaurant. I don't know what Fu Wenhao went through. Anyway, it is said that when he ran out, his butt was exposed. Many people present saw it."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng couldn't help but exclaim, "What?!?!"

She clearly heard Fu Qiran say that Fu Wenhao didn't go to Xuefu Restaurant with them that night, so why did he run out of Xuefu Restaurant? Could it be...? Just as she was thinking this, she heard a stern voice.

"Bai Cheng!!"

Lu Qixiong's voice echoed in the forging room, and all the students turned to look at Bai Cheng and his group. Only then did Bai Cheng realize that his voice had caught Lu Qixiong's attention.

"Bai Cheng! Although you have good talent, I don't want anyone interrupting me during class, do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng hurriedly replied, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Professor Lu, please continue."

Lu Qixiong slowly turned around. At this moment, he was forging a weapon in front of the students. He skillfully added refined iron and various ores into the furnace. After a period of smelting, the impurities in the ores were gradually removed.

Then, Lu Qixiong seized the opportunity, poured the refined mineral essence into the mold, and began to shape it. The entire movement was smooth and seamless. As Lu Qixiong continued to forge and quench, bursts of sparks exploded at his location, and the temperature in the forging room gradually rose.

Each forging motion by Lu Qixiong was accompanied by waves of heat that rushed towards Bai Cheng. Finally, under the watchful eyes of all the students, Lu Qixiong quickly finished forging a weapon—a longsword. The blade was like a mirror; as it moved back and forth in Lu Qixiong's hands, the blade constantly reflected light, so brightly that the students could barely open their eyes.

Student No. 1: "This, this is truly worthy of Instructor Lu. I never expected that he could forge a sword in such a short time."

Student No. 2: "Yes, Instructor Lu is a well-known blacksmith in the entire Wuling Town. He even puts the things he forges on the Treasure Pavilion for sale."

Hearing the conversation among the students next to him, Bai Cheng's eyes lit up.

"That's right, I can also forge items to sell. Judging from Instructor Lu's demonstration, it seems that weapons can be forged without spiritual power." Just as he was thinking this, Lu Qixiong picked up the longsword he had just forged and slashed it fiercely at the dummy beside him. Although the dummy was wearing ordinary armor, it was still cleaved in two by Lu Qixiong's sword, the cut being smooth and clean.

At this moment, the students exclaimed in surprise. Even Bai Cheng couldn't help but praise, "This armor's defensive power is already enough to withstand ordinary swords and spears, but I didn't expect it to be cut in half so easily. Could it be that the sword has reached the level of a treasure?"

Bai Cheng said this because he had seen these armors inside the boxes when he was helping to move them. He had observed them carefully and concluded that they should be able to withstand ordinary swords and knives.

At this moment, Lü Liang said, "It shouldn't have reached the level of a treasure weapon yet. You know, even a low-grade treasure weapon requires at least fifty silver coins. If it were that easy to forge a treasure weapon, wouldn't everyone be forging them? From what I've observed, the sword that Instructor Lu forged is only slightly better than a common item; it can be considered a fine piece."

Hearing this, Bai Cheng was also deep in thought. At this moment, Lu Qixiong displayed the longswords he had used to cut the dummies to the trainees one by one. The blades of the longswords were as thin as a line, and the edges were still sharp and undamaged.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Qixiong walked up to the group of students and said, "I know that some of you students have a high opinion of yourself, but you are only at the Body Refinement Realm now. If you can reach the next realm, you will find that your current strength, which you are so proud of, is nothing in front of a true cultivator."

As he said this, Lu Qixiong glanced at Bai Cheng. Bai Cheng naturally understood what Instructor Lu meant. However, he had already realized the difference in strength during the school competition. He Tangyue had simply used the spiritual power within her body without even releasing it externally, yet she had completely suppressed her opponent. Moreover, during his battle with Pan Zhen, Bai Cheng had clearly felt the changes that spiritual power brought to his body, which was incomparable to simply having physical strength.

Lu Qixiong continued, "Therefore, when there is a significant gap between you and your opponent, a good weapon or a good piece of armor can save you from danger. So, to forge a good weapon, it's not just about skill; you also need some rare ores. As long as you add some specific ores during the forging of weapons or armor, their effects will exceed your expectations. Of course, you can also reforge any item, like this."

After saying that, Lu Qixiong took out another suit of armor with the same style as the previous one and put it on the dummy. Finally, he picked up the longsword he had just forged and slashed at the dummy again.

When the sword made contact with the armor, the expected clean break did not occur. After a flash of sparks, the longsword in Lu Qixiong's hand broke in two, and the armor on the dummy only showed a shallow mark.

Undoubtedly, although this armor looks similar to the others, its different materials make it vastly different from the original armor. Seeing this, the students began to discuss it amongst themselves.

At this moment, Lü Liang spoke up again: "It seems that this armor has reached the level of a treasure, so the sword in Instructor Lu's hand is not enough. I guess that a certain amount of cloud vein ore has been added to this armor, so it is difficult for ordinary weapons to break through it."

After hearing this, Bai Cheng turned to look at Lü Liang and said in surprise, "I didn't expect Brother Lü Liang to be so knowledgeable, able to tell the material inside the armor at a glance."

Lü Liang smiled and said, "It's not that I'm erudite, it's just that Brother Bai Cheng hasn't attended the forging class, so you don't know."

Hearing this, Bai Cheng smiled awkwardly, because he hadn't had time to carefully observe the basic forging process he had been working on.

Soon, today's classes were over. When Bai Cheng wanted to find Fu Qiran to get some answers, he realized that Fu Qiran hadn't come to the school. So, Bai Cheng decided to go to Xue Fu Restaurant to look for clues, hoping that the people in the restaurant might know something.

The "Closed" sign still stood at the entrance of Xue Fu Restaurant, and two of the restaurant's servants were still standing there. Upon seeing the newcomer, the two servants quickly stepped forward to stop Bai Cheng.

"The restaurant is temporarily closed. Please find somewhere else to eat!"

Upon seeing this, Bai Cheng explained the purpose of his visit.

"Brothers, could you please inform them that I'd like to speak to your manager?"

"Hmm? Looking for our manager? What's your name?"

"Bai Cheng".

The two were clearly taken aback upon hearing the name. "What? You're Bai Cheng?"

As the two hesitated, they heard a voice coming from inside the restaurant. "Let him in."