As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 849 Zhenyue Weapon Refining Workshop

Jiang Ran found the Void Island and naturally yearned for its ethereal and wondrous nature, but that did not mean she would use the Lingze Islands to separate herself from the people and demonstrate the inviolability of her status.

To resolve this issue, Jiang Ran met with Wang Zhenyun.

Although Wang Zhenyun is a highly respected Heavenly Rank weapon refiner in the Great Abode, her attire is surprisingly simple. She simply ties her hair up with a ribbon, neatly revealing her forehead and a pair of spirited eyes.

The muscles in her arms were more defined than they had been four years ago, and she wore a molten gold wristband that could absorb fire and protect her hands.

"Greetings, Your Highness." Wang Zhenyun's eyes curved slightly as she cupped her hands and asked, "Your Highness summoned me; what brings you here?"

"Come sit down and have some tea." Jiang Ran patted the seat next to her, gesturing for Wang Zhenyun to sit down. "I heard that you have already crafted your first mid-to-high-grade Heaven-rank magic weapon in your career as a weapon refiner. Congratulations."

The Great Palace has two treasure weapon refiners.

One is Bai Lifei, and the other is Wang Zhenyun; both are innovative weapon refiners.

Wang Zhenyun, a 29-year-old mid-level Heaven Rank weapon refiner who was almost at the high-level Heaven Rank, was still a result of many years of time wasted at the Weapon Sect.

In Jiang Ran's opinion, Wang Zhenyun's talent for weapon crafting is no weaker than Feng Chi's. On the contrary, if Wang Zhenyun had the same foundation in weapon crafting as Feng Chi, she might be even more outstanding than Feng Chi.

Wang Zhenyun scratched her head shyly, "Your Highness is too kind. I am very grateful for Your Highness's guidance and trust in me so much, providing me with a lot of funding for weapon forging."

Last year, Da Su invested 30 million spirit crystals in weapon crafting. 30 million spirit crystals might not seem like much in other weapon crafting families or sects, but it depends on how much of the funds are distributed among the weapon crafters.

There are a total of thirty-five weapon refiners in Da Su. Most of them, including Bai Lifeng and Huang Yi, went to the Feng family for further training. Currently, only Wang Zhenyun holds a position in the government. Therefore, most of the thirty million spirit crystals have been used by Wang Zhenyun for research.

What moved Wang Zhenyun even more was that Jiang Ran, despite investing so much money in her, didn't rush her like many powerful people who give you money on the first day and expect you to achieve something the next day. Instead, she showed great trust and patience towards her.

Wang Zhenyun was a grateful person and naturally wanted to achieve something as soon as possible to satisfy Jiang Ran. Therefore, for the past four years, she had spent almost all her time in the foundry.

After the two had drunk a cup of tea, Jiang Ran brought up the important matter, "How is the Sky Patrol Boat that I asked you to focus on refining three years ago coming along?"

Wang Zhenyun looked somewhat guilty. "I have successively forged four Sky Patrol Boats. One of them cannot fly, and although the other three Sky Patrol Boats can fly, I feel that none of them have met my expectations."

"Oh? There are already three Sky Patrol Ships that have successfully taken flight." Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow. "Take me to see them."

For reasons of secrecy and security, Wang Zhenyun's Zhenyue Refining Workshop was located in the western suburbs of the first level of the Nanguan Secret Realm, and was guarded by about fifty soldiers.

"Your Highness, please come in."

Jiang Ran looked up and saw the tall, black iron gate of Zhenyue Refining Workshop. Above it hung a plaque that read "Refined a Thousand Times." This plaque was written by Jiang Ran herself for Wang Zhenyun, and later copied and carved by Wang Zhenyun onto a sunken wood plaque. The characters were written in a flowing, elegant style, with golden and red light flowing from the recessed areas.

"Greetings, Your Highness, and Master Wang." Upon arriving at the gate, many weapon-refining apprentices wearing headscarves and goggles greeted the two.

Wang Zhenyun is not the only one at Zhenyue Refining Workshop.

As a Heaven-Rank weapon refiner, countless people wanted to enter the Zhenyue Weapon Refining Workshop. Wang Zhenyun also recruited nearly a hundred weapon refining apprentices. Of course, these apprentices were paid monthly salaries by Da Su. To be precise, Wang Zhenyun was training weapon refining talents for Da Su.

"His Highness the Prince has actually come!" "Is he here to see the Sky Patrol Boat?"

Many apprentices became nervous at this point.

Four years have passed, and Da Su has invested a lot of spirit crystals in Zhen Yue Refining Workshop. If Your Highness is disappointed with Zhen Yue Refining Workshop, will you reduce your investment in it, or even stop it from continuing to operate?
As members of this community, whose work and lives are closely intertwined with Zhenyue Refining Workshop, everyone couldn't help but feel tense.

"It's alright, the Sky Patrol Boat we've worked so hard to develop is quite powerful."

"But the master never seemed satisfied..."

"This……"

The Zhenyue Refining Workshop is very large, with an overall layout resembling the Chinese character "器" (qì, meaning vessel). It has four large casting rooms with different functions, and within each of the large casting rooms are many smaller casting rooms. The apprentices work in the smaller casting rooms according to Wang Zhenyun's arrangements.

“Take me directly to the Sky Patrol Boat,” Jiang Ran said.

Wang Zhenyun nodded and led Jiang Ran to the weapon-refining display area behind the weapon-refining workshop.

The showroom has many shelves, on which are numerous models of ships, vehicles, and other crafting tools. The sheer number of these models, large and small, is staggering, easily exceeding ten thousand.

Wang Zhenyun followed Jiang Ran's gaze and explained, "The Sky Patrol Boat is very large. Trying to forge it rashly would waste a lot of materials, and the failure rate would be very high..."

Jiang Ran's gaze swept across the shelf, then she took down a small, exquisitely crafted boat, about the size of a palm. The boat had smooth lines and a pair of metal wings growing from its side. She sensed some spiritual energy fluctuations on it and couldn't help but ask Wang Zhenyun, "Can this fly?"

Wang Zhenyun nodded, "Yes, but it can't fly very high, about three zhang high. It requires a high level of precise control over the user's spiritual power."

As she spoke, Wang Zhenyun waved to the back, summoning a guard captain at the Spirit Refining Realm.

"Greetings, Your Highness!" The captain of the guards bowed excitedly to Jiang Ran.

Wang Zhenyun said to him, "His Highness would like to see this small sky-patrol boat take flight. Would you please take control of it?"

The captain of the guard immediately nodded and took the small patrol boat.

The small patrol boat needs to be controlled with spiritual power.

The captain of the guards put his index and middle fingers together, and used his spiritual energy to form threads, one end of which connected to the small patrol boat. After a while, the wings on the boat fluttered gently, emitting a vibrating sound. A wisp of wind swept around the small patrol boat, and the next moment, the small patrol boat flew out like a kite.

“The spiritual energy threads can control the flight direction of the small Sky Patrol Boat…” Wang Zhenyun explained to Jiang Ran.

Under the captain of the guard's control, the small patrol boat demonstrated its speed and maneuverability.

After circling the Zhenyue Weapon Refining Workshop, the captain of the guards' lips turned slightly pale.

The operation of the small patrol boat requires strict control over the extension and precision of the spiritual energy threads. If one is not careful, it will deviate from its course and fall, and it also consumes a lot of spiritual energy.

The small patrol boat landed safely, and Wang Zhenyun retrieved it and put it back on the display shelf.