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"Where did you get this hammer?"

The long-bearded old man walked a few steps to Chen Yun, his eyes fixed on the ancient black hammer in Chen Yun's hand, and asked in a deep voice.

Chen Yun was taken aback upon hearing this, and stopped the refining motion he was about to begin.

"Qin Le gave it to me," he answered truthfully.

Upon hearing this answer, the long-bearded old man's face lit up with realization, and he muttered to himself, "So that's how it is..."

He knew that Qin Le had brought back a batch of top-quality refining materials from Chi You's former residence and handed them over to the Heavenly Realm.

He never expected that Qin Le would bring out this seemingly ordinary but actually very meaningful hammer and give it to the young man in front of him.

In fact, the long-bearded old man was unaware that Qin Le had indeed initially given the hammer to Laozi, but after studying it for a few days, Laozi returned it to Qin Le.

"Continue, let me see your refining process." The long-bearded old man composed himself and gestured for Chen Yun to begin.

"Okay." Chen Yun nodded and took a deep breath.

When he truly began to focus on weapon crafting, his entire demeanor changed instantly.

Everything outside—including the unfathomable celestial weapon-forging master beside him and the silent Venus standing to the side—seemed to be shut out by him.

His eyes were fixed on the materials before him, the tools in his hands, and the clear refining steps in his mind.

Seeing Chen Yun's single-minded and extremely focused state, a hint of approval flashed in the eyes of the long-bearded old man.

No matter what you do, this meditative state of mind is the foundation for mastering the art.

When Chen Yun swung his black hammer and precisely hammered a complex spiritual rune into the red-hot spirit iron, the long-bearded old man showed no surprise.

Since Chen Yun obtained Chi You's forging hammer, it is only natural that he would comprehend the unique method of refining weapons by inscribing spiritual patterns within it.

In fact, the Heavenly Realm does have the inheritance of Chi You's weapon-forging techniques, but it lacks that special forging hammer that contains Chi You's Daoist essence, making it extremely difficult for others to replicate.

Chen Yun's use of this method to refine truth had no impact on the subsequent large-scale production in the Heavenly Realm. It was simply a matter of changing the surface inscription to the internal structure, requiring only slight adjustments to the process.

More than an hour later, a Truth, over 500 meters long and shimmering with a dark silver light, was finally assembled in Chen Yun's hands.

After watching the entire process, the long-bearded old man stroked his beard and said in a serious tone, "Young man, your ingenious ideas and concentration are commendable, but your basic skills as a weapon refiner... are far too rough. In the future, spend less time on those fantastical ideas and more time working on the fundamentals!"

In the eyes of this big shot in the Heavenly Realm, Chen Yun's basic skills in weapon forging were even more appalling than those of a novice.

"Yes, senior's teachings will be remembered by me. I will definitely practice diligently when I get back." Chen Yun humbly accepted the teachings with a proper attitude.

He was very self-aware. The basic skills he had learned from his parents since childhood might be okay in the mortal world, but they were definitely not enough in front of the big shots in the heavenly realm.

"However," the long-bearded old man changed the subject, shaking his head with a tone that was both helpless and gratified, "that you could make this thing so smoothly with your mediocre basic skills shows that its refining process itself is simple and stable enough. If those young guys in the workshop were to take over, the success rate would only be higher, and the production speed could also be increased."

Despite his initial disdain, he also saw the benefits—Chen Yun's design of truth did not demand high personal skills from the refiner; the key lay in the design concept and the construction of the energy system.

This is actually a huge advantage for large-scale, standardized production.

As for the power of laws that needs to be infused into it?

This is not a problem at all for the Celestial Realm, especially for the Celestial Court Workshop, which gathers many weapon refiners of Earth Immortal level and above.

"Do you have complete design drawings and data on you?" the long-bearded old man asked again.

"Bring them all."

Chen Yun nodded, then took out a thick stack of finely drawn structural drawings and a slightly worn notebook from his storage ring, and handed them over with both hands.

On the blueprints, every part and every structure of Truth is clearly marked.

The notebook was filled with detailed records of all of Chen Yun's design concepts, calculations, and experimental data, including how much spiritual power needed to be injected into each spirit rune, how much law power needed to be incorporated into each core component, and what materials performed best at what temperature...

It covers every detail, making it a comprehensive, foolproof instruction manual.

The long-bearded old man took the documents, his eyes flashing like lightning as he quickly scanned the blueprints and notes. With his cultivation and knowledge, he memorized all the key information in a matter of moments.

He then handed the items back to Chen Yun.

"Alright, go ahead and do your work. I'll arrange the manpower right away and start trial production and mass production as soon as possible." The long-bearded old man waved his hand, no longer delaying.

With the situation on the front lines becoming increasingly tense, the sooner Truth, a new weapon capable of inflicting massive casualties on Chaos Beasts, is deployed to the battlefield, the better.

After saying that, he took the key points he had just jotted down and hurriedly turned and left his workshop.

Chen Yun followed Venus to another quiet room used for receiving guests. After they were seated, Venus began to discuss the details of unlimited resource support with Chen Yun.

Although the resources of the Celestial Realm are abundant, the consumption is also extremely large. It is impossible to allow Chen Yun to use them without restraint. A reasonable scope and priority need to be defined.

Chen Yun expressed his complete understanding. He was already very satisfied with receiving strong support from the Celestial Realm and being allocated a portion of rare resources for research.

With everything settled, Venus prepared to open the passage and send Chen Yun back to the mortal realm.

Just then, there was a gentle knock on the door of the quiet room, which then opened by itself.

A woman walked in. She was dressed in a distinctive style, with a wild and untamed feel to her clothes. Her long hair was casually tied back, with a few strands falling across her forehead, and her eyes were bright and aggressive.

She first bowed respectfully to Venus, saying, "Greetings, Grandpa Venus."

Then, his gaze fell directly on Chen Yun, scrutinizing him from head to toe, his tone filled with curiosity and a hint of examination:

"My name is Zhou Wanwan. You... are you the little guy who came up with the 'half-magical artifact' and 'truth'?"

Although Chen Yun didn't understand her purpose, he still nodded: "It's me."

Zhou Wanwan then turned to Taibai Jinxing and readily said, "Grandpa Taibai, I have some ideas about weapon refining that I'd like to discuss with this young friend. Could you... lend him to me for a while?"

Venus did not immediately agree, but instead smiled and looked at Chen Yun, seeking his opinion: "Young friend Chen Yun, what do you think?"

After a moment's thought, Chen Yun nodded in agreement: "Sure, no problem."

He wasn't in a hurry to return to the mortal realm, since he didn't have any particularly urgent research to do there.

Although he could continue to study the power of laws, he knew that his previous rapid progress was largely due to the comprehension boost brought by the Transformation Pill.

It won't be easy to make another major breakthrough in a short period of time.

In contrast, the opportunity to exchange weapon-refining tips with peers in the Celestial Realm is something one could only dream of.

"In that case, you two can have a good chat here." Venus smiled and nodded, then stood up and slowly walked out of the quiet room, leaving the two of them alone.

After sitting down again, Chen Yun took the initiative to ask, "I wonder... what topic would Senior Zhou like to discuss?"

Upon hearing the title "senior," Zhou Wanwan immediately frowned her delicate eyebrows and waved her hand, saying, "Don't call me 'senior'! It sounds old-fashioned! I'm not even three hundred years old yet, I'm still young! Just call me by my name, or if that's not possible... call me Sister Zhou or Sister Wanwan!"

Perhaps influenced by Zhou Wanwan's straightforward and unpretentious attitude, Chen Yun blurted out his true feelings without thinking:

"Not even three hundred years old... that's still more than ten times older than me..."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Chen Yun's heart skipped a beat.

Oops!

Sure enough, Zhou Wanwan's smile froze instantly, her beautiful eyebrows stood up, and a fierce glint flashed in her eyes.

She leaned forward, and with lightning speed, a fair but strong hand precisely pinched Chen Yun's left cheek, applying slight pressure.

"What did you say?!" she said, enunciating each word clearly, her voice brimming with dangerous energy.

"I'm so sorry! Sister Zhou! Sister Wanwan! I was wrong! I misspoke! It was a slip of the tongue!"

Chen Yun winced in pain and begged for mercy, secretly wishing he could punch himself in the face.

Why couldn't they control it?

Although he wasn't afraid of Zhou Wanwan disliking him, he didn't want to get beaten up for no reason!