Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 1 Blacksmith
"Bang, bang, bang."

The small forging hammer flew through the hands of a tall, dark-skinned young man, and sparks flew with each strike.

His bare upper body was covered in sweat, and his well-defined muscles, illuminated by the firelight and sweat, were even more captivating.

pity.

In this small blacksmith shop, few noblewomen would ever see this scene.

scoff-

The overlapping patterns on the knife, repeatedly forged, were quenched and began to reveal their true form. The young man then carefully corrected, proofread, and polished them, all in just one afternoon.

The gleaming silver sword with its sharp edge is finished.

"Famous forged a hundred times, with patterns resembling overlapping waves, I shall call you—White Dragon Blade."

But in the blink of an eye, the knife, like a fleeting flower, vanished in an instant, turning into ashes and dust.

The young man showed no surprise and remained quite calm.

A panel appeared before my eyes.

Gu Qing

Age: 20, Lifespan: 120

[Realm: Ninth Grade - Nourishing Strength and Strengthening Bones]

[Technique: Five Elements Beast Form Technique - Level 1+]

[Martial Skill: Tiger Might Spear - Level 3 (Perfect)+]

[Skill: Iron Casting (Perfect)+]

[Tool points: 51+1]

……

Twenty years ago, Gu Qing was born on a rainy night, bringing with her the wisdom of her birth. She was born weak and plagued by illness.

Abandoned by her biological parents at three months old, she was adopted by an old Taoist priest who had no children of his own and was skilled in medicine.

Unfortunately, he died at the age of six after his life was cut short.

Before he was even a child, he was expelled from the Taoist temple on the grounds of "damaging the Taoist scriptures." He lived in a time of chaos and had no choice but to beg for a living. Chaos is often accompanied by natural disasters and man-made calamities.

They wandered from place to place, encountering countless hardships and obstacles.

If it weren't for his innate wisdom, he would have long since become fat meat in the mouths of the mob, and even so, he has been wandering for six years.

When I was twelve years old, a blacksmith shop in Qishan County was recruiting apprentices.

Two meals are provided, but no wages are paid.

Gu Qing used some underhanded tricks to successfully get selected, spending two years doing odd jobs and two years tending the fire.

But these days, it's impossible to get a true master craftsmanship. Even if a blacksmith's skills aren't superb, they're enough to be passed down as the foundation of a family business.

No matter how intelligent or hardworking he appears.

He still didn't receive any instruction, and coupled with his congenital illness from childhood, the health that the old Taoist priest had helped him maintain deteriorated year by year due to wandering and overwork.

At such a young age, his temples are already gray.

Before the chaos subsided, Gu Qing learned from his beggar friend that bandits were heading towards Qishan, and immediately thought of the government's impending conscription.

After alerting the blacksmith's family, he didn't hesitate to hide in the dog hole brothel.

When I came out after a month, the blacksmith shop had already closed down. I heard from the shop assistant next door that the whole family had been conscripted and sent to the army camp to make weapons.

Gu Qing hesitated for a moment, then sneaked into the courtyard behind the blacksmith's shop. The familiar place he had been with day and night successfully searched out a book on iron casting techniques and some silver. The literacy skills he had learned from the old Taoist priest when he was a child had come in handy.

He used the vacant shop and some simple tools to begin teaching himself.

The panel appeared when he unleashed his first sword strike.

The so-called "Talent Value" can be converted into lifespan. Each point is equivalent to one month of lifespan, and 12 points is equivalent to one year of lifespan.

Tian Shou means that he is free from illness and disaster and can live to a maximum age of 120.

Upon his first activation, his lifespan was only 28 years, he suffered severe losses, and his life was nearing its end.

At the beginning of his casting career, he only gained 0.1 or 0.2 points per casting attempt. It wasn't until he mastered the hundred-forging technique that he was able to increase his gain to 1 point.

At sixteen, Gu Qing experienced the taste of life for the first time; had it not been for the lack of resources, he wouldn't have made his later plans. Many things happened in the following four years.

The Qishan garrison was defeated, the blacksmith's family died at the hands of bandits, and the county town changed hands.

Gu Qing joined the righteous army and forged weapons for them. He asked for nothing in return, working tirelessly day and night, and the sound of blacksmithing could be heard all the time.

He would play ten rounds, "eating" five, using reasonable fire consumption to accumulate strength and slowly make up for the loss in his lifespan, and his health gradually improved.

The following year, Fengming Prefecture led 10,000 elite troops to defeat the bandits, and the county town changed hands again. By this time, Gu Qing had recovered his health and was about the same age as others, or even stronger.

His diligent and down-to-earth work had earned him the trust of the bandit leader, who even tried to take him with him when the bandits were defeated.

Gu Qing, whose personality had long since changed, seized an opportunity to poison the bandit leader, killed him with a single blow, cut off his head, and fled back to Qishan to present it to the commander of the Fengming Army.

He was overjoyed and rewarded him with fifty taels of silver, bestowing upon him the superior martial arts skill [Five Elements Beast Form Skill], and then led Gu Qing to continue to annihilate the bandit army in the surrounding area.

In the third year, the chaos subsided, and Gu Qing, the blacksmith who had served in the army, bid farewell and returned to Qishan County. At this time, he was over a hundred years old, as strong as an ox, and had truly entered the first level of martial arts, and his iron-casting skills were almost perfect.

Even the finest weapons can be forged in the blink of an eye.

In the fourth year, he registered with the Xinxiang Army in Qishan and successfully inherited the blacksmith shop. He obtained iron ore through military connections, and his relationship with the Xinxiang Army became very close due to the entanglement of interests. He also began to focus his energy on martial arts.

Breaking through to the second level is not far off.

Looking back on the first half of his life, he was destined to be a lone star, even when he met a benefactor, he would kill him. This completely changed Gu Qing's personality and way of dealing with the world.

Since the appearance of the control panel, a stroke of luck has come my way, and I have begun to change my destiny.

Aside from extending lifespan, the Dao Points have no other function, and lifespan has an upper limit, which is one hundred and twenty years.

However, lifespan can be used to increase the upper limit of the skills, martial arts, and techniques he has mastered.

It makes it extraordinary from the ordinary.

Taking longevity as its origin, it innovates and brings forth new ideas.

Previously constrained by his lifespan, Gu Qing had extended it to the limit of 120 years before he could finally feel at ease. Now, when he deduced the skills he had mastered, he had no worries about running out of them.

The thought is vague.

Twenty years of life vanished in an instant, and Gu Qing felt a wave of dizziness, almost losing his footing.

The Iron Casting Technique on the panel became illusory, and when it reappeared, it had a different name.

"Hundred Refinements Technique?"

In the next instant, a flood of information rushed into his mind, including how to advance the Iron Forging Technique into the Hundred Refinements Technique.

Ingenious and skillful!

Unheard of and unprecedented.

Forging is his profession, so naturally he focuses on it. The new knowledge he's learning is too much to digest in a short time.

Gu Qing

Age: 20, Lifespan: 100

[Realm: Ninth Grade - Nourishing Strength and Strengthening Bones]

[Technique: Five Elements Beast Form Technique - Level 1+]

[Martial Skill: Tiger Might Spear - Level 3 (Perfect)+]

[Skill: Metal and Stone Refinement Technique (Beginner)+]

[Tool point: 52]

"The Way of Metal and Stone?"

Gu Qing muttered to himself that his professional skills had changed significantly after his promotion, even involving more profound and mysterious aspects.

"The form is called the vessel, the art of condensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to forge metal and stone artifacts... The fifth refinement of the vessel embryo is still in its embryonic form."

During this period, he forged many weapons.

We've almost run out of raw materials; it's time to pull some strings and get another batch.

The Hundred Refinements Technique is very comprehensive, and its interpretation of the Dao of Metal and Stone is perfect, covering both vertical and horizontal dimensions.

(End of this chapter)