“Visit a friend? If the Master Blacksmith pays a visit, shall we just wait here idly? In my opinion, we should explore the Origin Star first; there might be some opportunities there.”
“The Origin Star has only just opened after a thousand epochs. It’s still very early.”
“Right, there’s no need to rush. We should wait until we see the Master Blacksmith and ask him to forge supreme treasures for us. Once we have those, we can head to the Origin Star and obtain even more treasures.”
“Let’s go.”
“Let’s wait patiently for now.”
Alien experts from various regions of the universe began to feel disappointed and gradually returned to their accommodations.
Meanwhile, more than 500 experts kneeling in the distance, seeking apprenticeship, felt equally disappointed but remained kneeling, too afraid to rise. Although the Master Blacksmith was currently absent… they believed that their every move was likely being monitored by powerful beings who would report back to the Master Blacksmith.
Whether one’s desire to find a teacher is sincere is also very important!
If one fails to show sufficient sincerity in kneeling and seeking apprenticeship, it would be easy to be rejected.
“Yu Luo, let’s go. It might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years before we can meet the Master Blacksmith,” said the Zunzhe Youhe.
“Okay,” Luo Feng, awakened from his thoughts, nodded with a smile and walked back with Zunzhe Youhe, each returning to their respective quarters.
…
Standing at the door, Luo Feng looked up at Blacksmith Mountain.
“Visit a friend? That means the Master Blacksmith is not here!”
“This is a rare opportunity.”
Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. “I must seize it!”
He had been waiting here for half a year, and no matter how hard he tried, stealing the black metal plate would be a mere dream if the Master Blacksmith remained stationed at Blacksmith Mountain.
“Blacksmith Mountain is the holy land of the entire planet. It is where the Master Blacksmith resides,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “Only he and his disciples are allowed on the mountain; no other powerful beings can enter without permission. In other words, the number of experts on Blacksmith Mountain is actually quite small.”
“And his disciples, according to the information I’ve gathered over the past six months, none of them are Cosmic Sovereigns.”
The Master Blacksmith had a total of 182 disciples.
Some were Cosmic Zunzhes, others were Eternal-level. Normally, the Master Blacksmith only selected those with the highest aptitude and talent, but over the long years, none of his disciples had managed to become a Cosmic Sovereign. One reason was the extreme difficulty of becoming a Cosmic Sovereign. Another was that his disciples focused their efforts on forging weapons, and as such, their cultivation was somewhat lacking.
“No Cosmic Sovereigns… then no one can stop me.”
“But I still need to be careful.”
“The Master Blacksmith’s possessions are probably not easy to take,” Luo Feng thought cautiously.
…
Luo Feng feared that delaying too long might result in the Master Blacksmith’s return, so on the same day when dusk fell, he sent out his Mosha Clan clone with his Earthman self to set out secretly.
When it came to escaping and hiding, naturally the Mosha Clan clone was the best.
In terms of combat power, the Earthman self was no less formidable than the Youhai clone.
Therefore, the Youhai clone temporarily remained at the foot of the mountain to monitor the situation, while the Earthman self and the Mosha Clan clone began climbing the mountain.
…
The Mosha Clan clone had already transformed into the size of an ant, standing beside a pebble at the foot of Blacksmith Mountain, looking up at the endless majesty of the mountain.
“Master Blacksmith…” the Mosha Clan clone took a step forward.
Swoosh!
In an instant, he teleported deep into Blacksmith Mountain. With the Mosha Clan clone’s current abilities, his teleportation was perfectly in sync with spatial fluctuations. Other Cosmic Zunzhes could not sense any disturbance and thus could not detect the Mosha Clan clone.
With just two short-range teleportations, the Mosha Clan clone, guided by the strong sense of direction from the Earthman self, arrived at the location nearest to the treasure.
Rumbling sounds echoed from the midsection of Blacksmith Mountain, where enormous cave mouths spewed out streams of hot vapor. The scorching air currents must have reached temperatures of millions of degrees. These endless streams of hot air spiraled around Blacksmith Mountain, forming layers of mist… the heat from these cave mouths alone probably rivaled the hourly output of an entire star.
Each cave mouth faintly glowed red, as if the interior was extremely hot.
In the distance,
Under a rock, the Mosha Clan clone allowed the scorching air currents to sweep past him. At his level, he had long treated stars as mere dirt and dust, so naturally, he was unfazed by this heat.
“Space blockade?” the Mosha Clan clone thought to himself. “Radiating from the mountain’s core, about one-tenth of the entire Blacksmith Mountain is enveloped in this space blockade!”
“If it’s a space blockade, then this must be the most critical area of Blacksmith Mountain.”
The Mosha Clan clone observed carefully.
Suddenly, two tall figures emerged from a distant cave mouth. One was about twenty meters tall, with four hooves and a bare body covered in various patterns. The other was about a hundred meters tall with extremely thick arms. Together, they walked out. Their auras were instantly recognizable to Luo Feng—two Eternal-level experts.
“Too hot! This core area is just too hot! We brothers can’t even endure it for long. Without enough time, how can we forge top-tier treasures?”
“Our strength isn’t enough. Look at our Cosmic Zunzhe-level brothers—they can easily forge weapons in the core area and repeatedly try again, especially the ninth senior brother…”
“I really envy the ninth senior brother,” said the four-hoofed creature.
“The ninth senior brother is not only a Cosmic Overlord but also possesses supreme armor. He is a natural fire-element energy being… and he goes deep into the core to forge treasures. Even some of the Master’s precious materials are occasionally granted to him, and he is constantly guided by the Master. Recently, he has successfully forged a high-grade supreme treasure, making him second only to the Master on our Blacksmith Star,” the tall creature lamented. “If only we could reach the Cosmic Zunzhe level.”
“That’s not so easy.”
The two Eternals were not cautious, as they never imagined anyone would dare to intrude upon Blacksmith Mountain.
The Mosha Clan clone easily overheard their conversation.
“The core area?”
“It appears most of their other brothers are within the core of this mountain,” the Mosha Clan clone gazed toward the cave entrance. “And the center of this spatial blockade lies inside the mountain’s core. Moreover, I can sense… the fourth black metal plate is also within the mountain’s core.”
“I must be careful.”
“I must not be discovered by other disciples of the Master Blacksmith.” The Mosha Clan clone dared not be careless. Although his stealth abilities were formidable, the Master Blacksmith’s disciples included many Cosmic Zunzhes and even some Cosmic Overlords.
Swoosh!
Since teleportation was impossible within the space blockade area, the Mosha Clan clone immediately activated his innate secret art ‘Domain,’ instantly slipping into the cave. The two Eternal beings outside the cave entrance noticed nothing at all.
…
Hot! Incredibly hot!
The Mosha Clan clone advanced cautiously. The cave was deep and scorching, and the deeper he went, the more the cave walls turned completely red, even becoming golden-red in the deepest parts! The temperature was so intense… Luo Feng felt that even an ordinary Monarch might instantly be reduced to ashes by the heat.
Boom! Crack!
Boom! Crack!
Boom! Crack!
…
A rhythmic sound echoed through the cave. Quietly advancing to a corner of the cave, Luo Feng transformed into a stone, subtly rolling inward. The patterns on the stone’s surface functioned as his eyes, clearly seeing in the distance…
Infinite flames shot up into the sky.
At the very top of the flames…
Various alien beings, some tall and powerful, others short, all wielded the same style of strange giant hammers, striking metal repeatedly. The sounds of “Boom!” and “Crack!” echoed continuously.
“These are all Eternals,” the Mosha Clan clone thought. “My black metal plate is below.”
Swoosh!
He immediately activated his innate secret art ‘Domain’ again, instantly descending nearly ten thousand kilometers. The Mosha Clan clone stealthily went deeper… using his innate secret art ‘Domain,’ he could precisely choose clever spots to appear, easily evading the attention of the alien experts forging weapons.
As he descended further, Luo Feng also discovered some unique aspects of the Master Blacksmith’s teachings to his disciples in weapon forging.
At the very top of the flames, they used those strange giant hammers.
In the middle sections of the endless flames, some Cosmic Zunzhes used nineteen differently-sized strange hammers, which they controlled with their divine power.
At the bottom of the endless flames, three Cosmic Zunzhes were present, including the ninth senior brother mentioned earlier by the two at the cave entrance. Clearly, the flames here were terrifying, and ordinary Cosmic Zunzhes dared not venture in.
“It’s below.”
“My black metal plate is below.” Luo Feng hid behind a huge rock in the mountain’s core, transforming into a stone. “I can clearly sense it, but those three, including the ninth senior brother, are above my black metal plate. If I go over there, I might alert them.”
“What should I do?”
Luo Feng grew anxious. He could sense the black metal plate was about 300 kilometers below, while the three, including the ninth senior brother, were about 300 kilometers above him.
In other words—the black metal plate was very close to the three, including the ninth senior brother.
“Wait.”
“I don’t believe they will forge weapons here forever.” Luo Feng thought, watching the three figures deep in the flames from 300 kilometers away. Although Luo Feng didn’t understand weapon forging, simply observing the three Cosmic Overlords forging weapons made him sigh in admiration—
It was almost an art.
These three Cosmic Overlords used only nineteen differently-sized strange hammers, but under the control of the ninth senior brother, the hammers were fierce enough to shatter the universe when struck powerfully, yet gentle as a breeze when handled delicately. Various materials were perfectly blended and harmonized under their control, creating a breathtaking scene that lasted for a long time…
“Haha, this top-tier set of heavy treasures is done. The materials were a bit inferior; if the materials were better, we could have forged a supreme treasure.”
“Congratulations, Senior Brother Nine.”
“Congratulations, Junior Brother Nine.”
“Haha, I’m going to rest now. You two should rest too.”
“Alright, let’s rest together.”
“Let’s go.”
After silently waiting for over a month, the three Cosmic Overlords finally decided to rest. When the three figures transformed into streaks of light flying out of the flames and quickly disappeared, a stone instantly transformed into a human figure.
“Finally, my chance has come.” Black-clad Luo Feng looked down, the black metal plate was right below.
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