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As the molten iron, glowing red-hot, flows out of the blast furnace, it is channeled through a guide trough into a funnel and then precisely injected into the mold.

Once the mold is filled with molten iron, the craftsman operates the waterwheel drive, which rotates the disc and automatically pours the molten iron into the next mold.

Meanwhile, the workers who were waiting nearby came to the mold that had been filled with molten iron and used their fire elemental power to make simple adjustments to the weapon in the mold, repair the defects left during the casting process, and remove some excess molten iron.

These craftsmen were all practitioners of fire-attribute profound arts. Although they only had cultivation levels of around the fourth or fifth level of the human realm, the scorching molten iron not only did not harm them, but on the contrary, the fire spiritual energy constantly emitted was very beneficial to them.

Therefore, even if they work on the edge of the disc for a long time, they will not be burned by the high temperature.

After being adjusted by these craftsmen, the molten iron quickly solidified and was then taken out by the next craftsmen and placed on the processing table.

These weapon-refining apprentices, whose cultivation had reached around the sixth level of the human realm, swung their heavy iron hammers, each weighing over a hundred pounds, to forge the rough prototypes of weapons.

After being forged repeatedly, the impurities in the weapon blanks are further removed, and the quality of the weapons is significantly improved.

Weapons made of ordinary iron become iron-forged weapons after being forged.

Iron-forged weapons are now standard issue for soldiers in various countries, and are much sharper than the swords and knives used by ordinary people.

To enhance the combat effectiveness of their soldiers, many armies even incorporated elemental ores into their weapons, giving them additional damage values.

Weapons forged from black iron have their quality improved even more after being forged.

After adding attribute ores, it becomes a Xuan Tie treasure.

Most practitioners of Xuan Gong (mystical martial arts) are equipped with weapons made of Xuan iron.

Because black iron ore is several times more expensive than ordinary iron ore, and the difficulty of refining it is twice that of ordinary iron ore, its price is more than ten times higher than that of ordinary iron weapons.

Due to their high price, only a very small number of special units in the army are equipped with Xuan Tie treasures.

However, Mo Yuming's soldiers were not included in this list. After obtaining this black iron ore, Mo Yuming instructed all soldiers to be equipped with a black iron treasure as standard equipment.

Iron ore was used only for civilian purposes or to make accessories for baggage and weapons, as well as other ordinary arrows and facility parts.

The weapons, forged by craftsmen, eventually ended up in the hands of weapon refiners.

All they had to do was make final adjustments to the weapons according to their needs, and then refine them with attribute ores and add enhancement runes.

When crafting weapons, the most time-consuming stages for a weapon refiner are ore refining and weapon shaping.

Nowadays, all of these tasks are accomplished by machines invented by Mo Yuming, which allows the weapon refiners to work extremely fast in the final processing stage.

Adding attribute ores and engraving runes to a large sword takes only half a quarter of an hour, a longsword even faster, not to mention other weapons.

Ten weapon refiners could produce nearly a thousand different weapons in a normal day without having to rush.

This achievement was made even when I wasn't very proficient; my speed will definitely be faster in the future.

The weapon refiners who crafted weapons for Mo Yuming never dreamed that weapons could be made in this way.

Even a master weapon refiner would probably be astonished by such a scene.

That's a legendary figure; it's said he can refine two thousand catties of ore a day.

There are only a handful of top-tier weapon-refining masters in the entire Tianxuan Continent.

Huo Chengde's uncle held a newly forged broadsword, demonstrated it a few times, and nodded involuntarily.

The magical iron artifacts forged using this method are in no way inferior to those forged using mystical techniques, and can also ensure that the quality of each artifact is roughly the same.

Most importantly, it's fast. After evaluation by several weapon refiners, the conclusion was that with the same number of participants, it's at least ten times faster than the traditional method used by level three weapon refiners, and the weapon refiners don't need to consume too much spiritual energy.

Therefore, as long as manpower is allocated properly, this arsenal can produce weapons rapidly day and night.

As the weapon refiner of the Huo family, Huo Chengde's uncle felt particularly pleased.

This factory has such a large output that it no longer needs to sell the ore it extracts from its own mine.

Moreover, with the factory located on their own land, the profits they will gain in the future will be far greater than those from selling ore before, and they will no longer need to be at the mercy of others.

Finally, the person sent to manage the funds did the math.

This weapons factory, with a workforce of just over a hundred people, produced more weapons from mining to manufacturing than other weapons factories with two thousand miners and a hundred weapon refiners.

The material utilization rate is also nearly 20% higher, and the overall cost of refining is several times lower.

The same weapon can ultimately cost only one-third of what other weapon manufacturers do.

After the arsenal started operations smoothly, its amazing benefits spread like wildfire.

Despite being extremely busy, Su Yangyan, Huo Chengde, Jiang Yuheng, Huang Xiaoxiao, and others came to watch, all deeply moved by its efficient production capacity.

Jiang Yuheng, in particular, was so excited he could hardly contain himself. This was because the weapons produced by this military factory were primarily for the use of the soldiers he led.

Once all soldiers are equipped with this high-quality Xuan Iron artifact, their combat power will increase by a whole level.

After watching, Jiang Yuheng directly advised Mo Yuming that this weapons factory absolutely needed to be kept secret. Troops must be sent to supervise the mining area and the factory, and a military restricted area should be set up within a ten-mile radius, where no unauthorized personnel would be allowed to enter.

Although the mining area is located in the heart of the mountains and is sparsely populated, it cannot be ruled out that someone might accidentally wander in, leading to the leakage of factory secrets.

If outsiders were to learn of this highly efficient weapon-making method, it would undoubtedly alarm the powerful clans and hegemons, drawing their attention. Once they discovered such a significant profit margin, it would certainly pose a tremendous crisis to the Great Xia Empire.

Several key figures present, including Mo Yuming, suddenly realized what was happening.

This was no exaggeration, and everyone felt a sense of unease. Mo Yuming had never imagined that his invention would have such a significant hidden danger.

Therefore, he made a decisive decision and immediately ordered Jiang Yuheng to take full responsibility for the matter, and transferred Lei, Dian and Leopard, who were stationed at Wushuang Castle, to the factory to take charge.

All three of them were practitioners of fire-based mystical arts, especially Master Dian, who had once studied weapon crafting under Zhang the blacksmith for a period of time.

In addition to overseeing the factories, they can also participate in the forging of weapons.