Within a month, they spent twenty days earning more than four thousand merit points, taking a break once during that time. In the end, the time to forge the Blue Silver Spear was less than nine days, because Song Yi and Shi Yong couldn't keep up and also needed to rest.

However, in less than nine days, they failed nearly thirty times and lost almost three thousand merit points.

And this was merely the forging of the first water-based magic weapon, the Blue Silver Spear.

There are four more magical artifacts with different attributes.

You should know that Zhang Lingshan's specialty is water-based magic, yet even he found it so difficult to refine water-based magic.

Even if each of the last four items consumed the same amount of resources as the Blue Silver Spear, that would still amount to a loss of 12,000 merit points.

Converted to the time it took Zhang Lingshan to frantically refine it, that's sixty days, a full two months.

Just thinking about it terrified Song Yi and Shi Yong.

Just moments before, Zhang Lingshan had criticized Song Yi for acting recklessly and hastily, but then Zhang Lingshan himself became even more driven than Song Yi.

To acquire these four magical treasures, you'll have to work tirelessly to refine countless materials.

"It's alright. Practice makes perfect. The previous failures were mainly due to my lack of proficiency in the refining techniques. Now that I'm proficient, I won't fail so many times again."

Zhang Lingshan said.

Song Yi and Shi Yong remained silent.

The other party actually turned around and comforted the two of them.

However, Zhang Lingshan was too optimistic. What do you mean by "now proficient"? You're far from proficient.

The reason why the blue silver spear was successfully forged this time was purely due to good luck.

To guarantee a 100% success rate, the Blue Silver Spear needs to be forged at least ten more times. If things don't go smoothly, twenty or thirty times would be no problem.

Although they thought this to themselves, seeing Zhang Lingshan's high spirits and his complete lack of intention to stop, Song Yi and Shi Yong dared not say anything more and had no choice but to continue cooperating with him.

In fact, Zhang Lingshan understood just as well as they did.

But there's no time to worry about those things anymore.

No matter how difficult things get, I have to get this job transfer sorted out within the next six months, so I don't get temporarily transferred there again and suffer the same fate.

It has been more than a month since he returned to the Weapon Refining Pavilion, and he doesn't have much time left.

There's no time left to hesitate.

We have to bite the bullet and go for it.

In this way, even if you fail in the end, you will have no regrets.

"not good!"

On this day, Zhang Lingshan's expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly stopped what he was doing, as if he had thought of something important.

"what happened?"

Song Yi and Shi Yong were both startled and couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Lingshan said, "I forgot to update the notice posted in the Exchange Hall. It said before that I was in the No. 3 Refining Hall, but now the location has changed, and there is no new notice. When Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng come up, they won't be able to find me."

Who are these two?

Shi Yong asked.

Zhang Lingshan said, "My two best friends are all weapon refiners. If they help me, my weapon refining skills will definitely improve rapidly, and successfully changing jobs will not be a problem."

"This is a big deal."

Shi Yong's expression turned serious, and he immediately said, "I'll go and repost the notice right away, and while I'm at it, I'll ask around to see if anyone has come to the No. 3 Refining Hall to look for you. I've been on the third floor for many years and know quite a few people, so I'm sure I can help you find out where they are."

Zhang Lingshan said, "I only applied for that notice board for one month, so it should have been taken down more than ten days ago. If Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng come up during this period, they won't see the notice and won't come to the No. 3 Refining Hall to find me. And after they enter the weapon refining room to refine weapons, it will be even harder to find me."

"Don't worry, Dashan, I will do my best to help you find it. You can continue refining weapons here and wait for my good news."

Shi Yong said in a deep voice, then walked out of the room.

Although he didn't know why Zhang Lingshan was so determined to become a weapon refiner, even though it cost him so many merit points, he still wouldn't give up.

However, he knew that since he had already boarded Zhang Lingshan's ship, he had to advance and retreat together with Zhang Lingshan and his group.

This is both an opportunity and a test.

If I can help Zhang Lingshan find Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng, I will be more closely bound to them.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Didn't you hear Zhang Lingshan say that Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng are his good friends on the first floor, and both of them are weapon refiners?

Including Song Yi, who is also on the same level.

What does this mean?
Everyone around Zhang Lingshan is no ordinary person.

Not everyone can advance to the third level, let alone friends who are on the first level and are both weapon refiners.

Song Yi, too, is a weapon refiner.

It is evident that Zhang Lingshan possesses great fortune, which explains why he is surrounded by these weapon refiners.

And since Shi Yong has also stumbled upon this great fortune, he must certainly perform well and infiltrate the other party's inner circle.

So, in the following days, Shi Yong stopped participating in Zhang Lingshan's weapon forging and began to spend his days running around the third floor inquiring about things. At the same time, he also posted a notice in the exchange hall saying that Zhang Lingshan was in weapon forging room number nineteen, hoping that Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng would see the notice sometime soon.

pity.

I spent five whole days searching and asked countless people, but I still couldn't find out.

Shi Yong had done his best and returned to the No. 19 weapon-refining room dejectedly.

"fine."

Zhang Lingshan turned around and comforted him, saying, "Perhaps Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng haven't been promoted yet. When they are promoted and go to the Exchange Hall to learn about the rules of the third level, they will see the notice."

Shi Yong said, "That would be best, but just in case, I'll go out again in a while."

"By the way, did you ask Manager Eagle? Manager Eagle stands at the stairwell all year round, he must know whether anyone has been promoted."

Zhang Lingshan suddenly asked.

Shi Yong was taken aback and said, "Will Manager Ying answer this question? As a manager, he probably wouldn't bother with these kinds of things. I didn't dare to ask, and even if I did, he probably wouldn't answer me."

"Never mind, I'll go ask. I can take a break."

Zhang Lingshan sighed.

If I had known that Shi Yong wouldn't even dare to speak to Steward Ying, I should have gone out myself long ago, so as to save Shi Yong from wasting so much time.

We walked out of Refining Room No. 19.

Zhang Lingshan met Zhao Chuanying at the top of the stairs, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "Manager Ying, you must be busy."

"hehe."

Zhao Chuanying chuckled and stared at Zhang Lingshan, saying, "I heard you've recently started refining weapons. Why did you decide to learn weapon refining? It's not an easy skill to learn; it's extremely time-consuming. With your current abilities, becoming a silver-ranked fire-starting boy isn't a problem, but learning weapon refining will be difficult and time-consuming, and the road ahead will be tough. You should think this through carefully."

"Manager Ying is truly insightful. Nothing on the third floor can be hidden from him. I suppose the reason I learned weapon crafting can also be found out from him."

Zhang Lingshan said with a serious expression.

Zhao Chuanying chuckled and said, "Your idea is good. After becoming a weapon refiner, you won't need to be seconded to the alchemy pavilion anymore. Since you've thought it through, I wish you success."

"With the Eagle Manager's auspicious words, I am sure to succeed."

Zhang Lingshan spoke with great enthusiasm, then changed the subject, saying, "Manager Ying, I've come here today to find out if any weapon refiners named Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng have been promoted."

"No."

Zhao Chuanying said, "If they come, I'll tell them you're in Refining Room Nineteen. Alright, go on with your work." "Thank you, Manager Ying!"

Zhang Lingshan was overjoyed.

Zhao Chuanying had previously disdained to help him relay messages and find people, instead asking him to post notices at the Exchange Hall. Why had he changed his tune today?

It's because Song Yi has already entered the weapon-refining room and is hard to find, while Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng will definitely take the stairs if they come up. Zhao Chuanying only needs to say one more word when he sees them, so he is willing to help.
But judging from Shi Yong's words, Zhao Chuanying had never been kind to them, the fire-starting boys, and never even spoke a word to them. Therefore, Shi Yong didn't dare to talk to Zhao Chuanying.

This shows that Zhao Chuanying was only able to help because of Zhang Lingshan's influence.

'As a promising candidate to be promoted to silver-medal fire-tender, he still has a bit of a weakness.'

Zhang Lingshan thought to himself.

But this is not something to be proud of.

Compared to being a silver-ranked fire-starting servant, a bronze-ranked weapon refiner would have more prestige.

Judging from Zhao Chuanying's words, he was wishing himself success, but in reality, he didn't have high hopes for himself.

To be honest, Zhang Lingshan was also having a bit of a headache.

Refining weapons is indeed more difficult than imagined.

That's why he suddenly thought of Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng, hoping that their experience could be of help to him.

But why haven't these two guys been promoted to bronze-level weapon refiners yet?

That's so unreliable.

It's really disappointing.

With no other option, Zhang Lingshan rested for a while until he had some peace and quiet, and then returned to his No. 19 weapon-refining room.

For the past few days, I've been accumulating merit points.

Now, we are officially beginning the weapon forging process.

Fire-type magical weapon, Fiery Cloud Spear.

Although Zhang Lingshan's flame intensity is very high, the requirements for flame are not high when condensing the embryo. All that is needed is a suitable temperature and an understanding of all fire-based materials.

The deeper your understanding, the better you'll know how to mix and refine the materials, and when to add which molten material to the refining process – all of which require experience to master.

If Pei Daoming, an experienced mentor, were to guide Zhang Lingshan, he would certainly grow much faster, a thousand times easier than he is now.

However, having secretly learned Pei Daoming's weapon-forging techniques, how dare he jump in Pei's face and ask for guidance? Wouldn't that be asking for a beating?

and so.

I can only study it slowly on my own. Without the talent of Qi Shuyan, I can only rely on hard work.

Fortunately, Song Yi also had some refining experience, which helped Zhang Lingshan a little; otherwise, his chances of success would have been even lower.

Another month has passed.

The Fiery Cloud Spear finally succeeded on its first attempt.

But Zhang Lingshan was even more worried. At this rate, he was afraid he would not be able to succeed within six months.

Because during the final job transfer assessment, not only must all five tasks be completed successfully, but there is also a time limit.

With my current abilities, I'm still far from being good enough.

But now that we've come this far, we can't give up now; let's keep fighting.

And time slips away in this struggle.

dong dong.

On this day, there was a sudden knock on the door from the outside.

Zhang Lingshan and the other two stopped what they were doing and looked at the door.

"Are those two the ones who have arrived?" Shi Yong couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah, haha."

Zhang Lingshan laughed loudly. His divine sense had already passed through the door and seen outside. Who else could it be but Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng?
Swish!
Without hesitation, Zhang Lingshan stopped refining the ingredients, rushed out, flung open the door, and said, "You two, why are you taking so long?"

"It really is you, Brother Shan! I've missed you so much!"

Wei Sheng was overjoyed and hugged Zhang Lingshan tightly, laughing heartily: "I thought Steward Ying was lying to us. He actually said you were in the weapon-refining room and that you wanted to switch to weapon refining and urgently needed our help. Unbelievable, why did you suddenly want to refine weapons? These three levels are really different; you can even switch professions here."

Qi Shu said, "Da Shan, now that you're going to forge weapons, I can finally be of some use. However, I need to familiarize myself with the materials on this third level, and also with what your job change is all about, and what kind of weapon you need to forge?"

"It's not a weapon, it's a magical artifact."

Song Yi stepped forward and said, "Unlike our second level, the third level only requires condensing the weapon embryo; we don't need to add weapon patterns to it. Moreover, the weapon patterns we've learned probably can't be added to these magical treasures. Only after reaching the fourth level and becoming a silver-level weapon refiner will we be able to learn how to use immortal weapon patterns to enhance magical treasures."

"Hey, Old Song, it's you."

Wei Sheng's eyes widened instantly, revealing an expression of disbelief: "How did you also rise to the third level? Weren't you demoted to a fire-tending boy? Considering the lifespan you consumed before, you definitely wouldn't have been able to last as a fire-tending boy. How could you rise to the third level, and your complexion is even better than before? How did you do that?"

“I am entirely dependent on the mountains for help. If the mountains hadn’t helped me, I would have died long ago, just as you said.”

Song Yi said with deep emotion.

"You've actually hooked up with our Brother Shan too. You're not the Old Song I knew. Old Song was supposed to be a self-assured person, how could you become like this? You've disappointed me so much."

Wei Sheng looked heartbroken.

Song Yi immediately turned his face away, not wanting to pay him any attention.

Unlike Wei Sheng, he wasn't someone who joked around often, so he couldn't stand Wei Sheng's provocation.

"okay."

Zhang Lingshan said speechlessly, "Stop talking. Old Song helped me a lot, and he doesn't like jokes like yours. But you are the one who dragged my old man down until he was promoted. With my old man's abilities, he should have been promoted long ago."

"It was my fault, Brother Shan. If it weren't for me, Brother Qi wouldn't have been delayed for so long. To make amends, please use me as you see fit. I'll do anything to help, even risk my life!"

Wei Sheng patted his chest and exclaimed.

When Shi Yong saw this scene in the weapon-refining room, he panicked. He had met his match.

I thought Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng were as honest as Song Yi, but now it seems that Wei Sheng is quite good at performing, and he's also a weapon refiner.

If I don't work hard in the future, how will I be able to associate with these people?

Although he felt the pressure, Shi Yong knew his own identity and did not interrupt rashly. He just watched quietly, waiting to see when Zhang Lingshan would use him.

"Come in, all of you."

Zhang Lingshan said, "Old Song, could you please explain the rules for job advancement to them, as well as the properties of these refining materials? You can also take them outside for a walk and let them look at the various walls."

"Old Shi, could you take some time to explain the rules on the third floor to them, and what they need to be aware of?"

"Anyway, you four can chat slowly. I'll use this time to accumulate some more merit points."

That's all.

Zhang Lingshan immediately started the secondary furnace and got into the zone.

Time waits for no one.

Although Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng have come up, if they can't help, then I'll still have to rely on myself.

You have to accumulate merit points. (End of Chapter)

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