Chapter 10: Learning Forging, Sword Nine Born

There were many pavilions standing in the Outer Sect. After asking some Disciples about the location of Elder Li Feng, Su Yu and his companion went to find Ye Lin.

Upon arriving at Elder Li Feng's location, Su Yu looked at the courtyard before him; it was truly quite large.

There were two Disciples standing guard at the entrance. After explaining their purpose, they went in to notify Ye Lin.

Soon, Ye Lin came out, and he was very happy to see Su Yu and his companion.

"Brother Su, you finally arrived!"

Su Yu looked at Ye Lin; he was at the fifth level of Qi Refining. It seemed Ye Lin had made significant progress.

Han Shi looked at Ye Lin and asked, "Brother Ye, what is your cultivation Realm now?"

"I am now at the fifth level of Qi Refining."

Han Shi sighed with emotion, "As expected of Brother Ye, you are truly impressive."

Ye Lin waved his hand, "This is nothing. It is said that the other two have already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining."

"As expected of the Heavenly Spiritual Root Geniuses. By the way, have you chosen your residence?"

"We have. Su and I are living quite close to each other."

"That is great. You can look out for each other."

Su Yu looked at Ye Lin and said, "Come visit us when you have time."

"Definitely, definitely. Let's go. We haven't gathered in a while. Today, let's go to the old place and drink until we're drunk."

After the meal, Su Yu returned to his temporary residence.

He also prepared to plan what he would do next. Once a Profound Heaven Sect Disciple entered the Outer Sect, there were no time restrictions on them.

Once they reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, they could choose one of the eight major peaks and become a Disciple under the Peak Master. As for whether one could be accepted as a Personal Disciple, that would depend on one's own fortune.

If you had outstanding qualities and great talent, you could be accepted as a Disciple in advance, but Su Yu had no interest in this.

He didn't need it at all. Another option was to go to the Utility Disciple area and become an Elder of Miscellaneous Affairs.

Many who achieved Foundation Establishment and didn't want to bother with anything else would go and become an Elder of Miscellaneous Affairs. If they broke through to the Golden Core stage during that time, they could be promoted to Outer Sect Elder.

There were also quite a few who left the Sect to branch out. Su Yu planned to stay for a long time and eventually become an Outer Sect Elder, staying here by the lake, fishing when he had nothing to do—that would be quite nice.

Based on current progress, he didn't know what his cultivation Realm would be as an Outer Sect Elder by then. Regardless, there was plenty of time, so Su Yu prepared to learn some skills to improve his all-around development.

First was forging. Up until now, he didn't have a suitable longsword. Moreover, if his cultivation improved, Low Grade longswords would become useless.

Therefore, he planned to forge his own longsword so that he could continuously improve the grade of his longsword as his cultivation improved.

But the first priority was to wait for his house to be built. He planned to build a courtyard.

With his current abilities, he should be able to build it quickly and then continuously improve it.

Soon, a month passed. Su Yu stood before the courtyard he had built and was quite satisfied; this also gave Su Yu a great sense of accomplishment.

This courtyard, nestled against the mountains and by the water, truly had a Concept. He would add a swing to the crooked tree to decorate it, and he could move in tonight.

It was still early, so he prepared to go to the Weapon Forging Pavilion to ask for advice on how to forge weapons.

Soon, Su Yu arrived at the Weapon Forging Pavilion. Before entering, he could hear the clanging sounds of forging.

As soon as Su Yu stepped through the gate, a muscular man walked over.

"I am the Senior Brother of the Weapon Forging Pavilion. Brother, you are here to learn forging, right?"

Su Yu looked at his physique; he was indeed good material for swinging a hammer.

"Yes, I want to learn forging."

"My name is Duan Tianwu. Follow me."

"Okay, Senior Brother Duan."

Duan Tianwu brought Su Yu to a forging table. "You will use this forging table."

"Newcomers all start with basic iron forging. I will teach you a hammer technique. Afterward, you can practice at this forging table. If you don't understand something, you can ask me."

"If you have talent, you might be accepted as a Disciple by an Elder of the Weapon Forging Pavilion."

"Okay, Senior Brother Duan."

Duan Tianwu then demonstrated it to Su Yu a few times, "If you don't understand anything later, you can come and ask me."

Su Yu watched Duan Tianwu leave and took out the forging hammer technique manual.

The "Leaving Wind Forging Method" would become more powerful as your proficiency and understanding increased; after all, it was a technical skill.

Soon, Su Yu began his daily life of iron forging. A month passed, and Su Yu's understanding of iron forging deepened, reaching the level of an Elementary Forger.

Su Yu opened his Proficiency Panel.

Character: [Su Yu]

Age: [24]

Realm: [Foundation Establishment Stage, First Level]

Aptitude: [Three Spiritual Roots of Metal, Wood, and Fire]

Cultivation Technique: [Return to Origin Art Perfection (15%)] [Profound Rank Breath Concealing Art (15%)] [Profound Rank Sword Drawing Technique (14%)]

Divine Ability: [None] Magic Treasure: [None] Hundred Arts: [Elementary Forger, Leaving Wind Forging Method]

Now Su Yu could forge some Yellow Rank Low Grade weapons. He had also built a forging table at home.

After all, he didn't want others to know that he was already a forger.

After a month of continuous learning, plus the bonus from the Proficiency Panel, it was almost enough. Now he only occasionally went to the Weapon Forging Pavilion.

After all, if he displayed his forging skills at the Weapon Forging Pavilion, wouldn't he immediately become the center of attention?

Now he only needed some Materials. When he was at the Weapon Forging Pavilion, he had memorized the entire encyclopedia of Materials.

He remembered where to find which Materials. Now, Yellow Rank forging Materials could be bought at the Cultivation Market, so he didn't need to go out and search for them.

He had completed quite a few tasks over the years, so buying some Yellow Rank Low Grade Materials should be enough.

Soon, Su Yu went to the Market, bought the Materials, and returned home. Looking at the Materials before him, Su Yu sighed helplessly; this had almost emptied his small treasury.

Fortunately, he could sell weapons later to subsidize it. Let's forge his first weapon first.

He took out all the Materials, followed the forging steps, and used the Leaving Wind Forging Method. As the weapon entered the water, the longsword was finally completed.

Su Yu picked up the longsword, which was emitting a faint, cold light. He was very satisfied; this could be considered his first weapon.

He would call it "Sword Nine," and he engraved the sword's name on the hilt.

When he reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, he had long wanted to try sword-flying. Now was the perfect time to try it. He stepped on the longsword and flew around the house for a bit, satisfying his craving.

He would find an opportunity to fly properly outside later. Su Yu also prepared to go to the Technique Pavilion to choose two Cultivation Techniques, as he only had the Sword Drawing Technique to use.

Arriving at the Technique Pavilion, Su Yu began to select Cultivation Techniques. After a long time, Su Yu chose "Lifeless Sword Art" and a "Drifting Dragon Step" technique, which were good for both offense and escape.

Returning home, Su Yu prepared to start cultivating. With the improvement of his cultivation, the time he spent in seclusion was getting longer and longer. Soon, four months passed.

Su Yu opened his eyes from his cultivation. It had been three years since he arrived at the Profound Heaven Sect, and he still felt some emotion.

The batch of Disciples who hadn't been promoted to the Outer Sect yet had their own arrangements.

A new batch of Disciples was about to arrive, and there were quite a few people in their batch who had made a name for themselves.

Especially the two Heavenly Spiritual Root Disciples, who were basically known throughout the Southern Region now.

But Su Yu was very satisfied with his current life: cultivating when he had nothing to do, fishing by the lake, playing chess with Han Shi, and going out for a drink from time to time.

He also completed some Sect tasks; it couldn't be more carefree. The key was that his cultivation had grown again during this period, and Su Yu opened his Proficiency Panel.