Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 277 Grand Masterpiece

chapter 277 grand masterpiece

translator: borntobe

“absolutely not!”

elder sun’s expression was ugly as he looked at that page. “there’s not even some of these in the entire monastery! you’re clearly just trying to rip me off. how am i supposed to get this many medicinal ingredients?!”

long chen’s page had hundreds of precious medicinal ingredients listed on them. some of them were ones that elder sun had never even heard of.

and if it was just these medicinal ingredients, then that would be one thing. the main point was that the amounts long chen wanted of each one was too shocking. most of the time, medicinal ingredients were measured in terms of grams.

but long chen required pounds of them! he wanted a hundred pounds for each medicinal ingredient. in total, he was asking for tens of thousands of pounds of precious medicinal ingredients.

“aren’t you just wasting words? if i could find them, why would i ask for an idiot like you to do it for me? don’t bother wasting your time. will you do it or not?” snorted long chen.

this list contained ingredients for the alioth pill as well as another couple medicinal ingredients he needed for various pills. there were also various ingredients that were common secondary ingredients for a large number of pills.

this time long chen really had been ruthless. he asked for a hundred pounds of each of those. you want my life? you want my technique? then let me help you out.

“but then you also don’t need this much! a hundred pounds of each of them? do you think these medicinal ingredients are just cabbages?” raged elder sun.

“what do you care? even if i wanted to use these medicinal ingredients to use as firewood, it wouldn’t have anything to do with you. if you want to accept this trade, then accept. if you don’t, then that’s fine too,” sneered long chen.

“you...! no, it’s too much! with my merit points, there’s no way i could buy this much. you have to cut it down. at most, i can only get you half of this amount.” elder sun shook his head.

long chen icily snorted and ignored him, going to leave.

“hey, what are you doing?” elder sun hastily called out.

“i’m going to go have a talk with elder tu fang. i wonder whether i can obtain the things i want by offering my cultivation technique to the monastery?” long chen wondered as he walked.

“hey, hey, wait a minute! let’s keep discussing!”

“there’s nothing to discuss,” said long chen decisively.

elder sun grit his teeth. “fine, i’ll accept!”

long chen smiled and directly handed that black zirconium to elder sun.

“stop dreaming. this cultivation technique of mine is split into upper and lower portions. this is just my advance payment so that you know it’s not a fake. if you want the lower portion, you better gather up everything and give it to me.

“of course, if you want to try and be smart you can try and experiment to figure out the lower portion. but let me say this one more time: it’s not that i want to look down on you, but i really look down on you.”

after he finished speaking, long chen left, leaving behind a furious elder sun holding that black zirconium.

when long chen finally disappeared, elder sun’s fury was replaced with absolute delight.

“fuck, if i had known it would be this easy, why would i have bothered with targeting him?”

elder sun was delighted by how easy this had been. although long chen’s requirements were very high, it was still within the limit that elder sun could accept.

after thinking about it for a bit, long chen decided to go visit guo ran. guo ran’s immortal cave was the most isolated of all the immortal caves. as soon as long chen approached, he heard loud clanking and banging, the sound of forging, coming from within.

entering his immortal cave, he saw the entire ground was covered with junk. iron fragments were everywhere, as well as a couple failed items.

even though long chen had arrived, guo ran’s head was still down. he was constantly beating something on his huge forging table.

that forging table was exceptionally large. it was covered with all kinds of forging utensils. from a distance, it almost looked like a beast made of ironware.

it was no wonder tang wan-er had grumbled to him that guo ran was spending more and more. he had constantly been asking for more points from her.

most likely, guo ran was planning on changing profession to become more of a forger than a cultivator. seeing him so focused on what he was working on, long chen sighed. even this little fellow can be serious sometimes.

as he got closer, long chen saw guo ran was using a set of pliers to hold a nine inch steel nail.

that steel nail had only just been taken out of the furnace beside him. his right hand held a hammer that was smashing down over and over, sparks flying.

that steel nail’s head was gradually turning black as it was struck by the hammer. long chen saw that dense lines covered the top of the nail.

although long chen didn’t understand much about forging, he knew that a single line would appear after that steel nail was tempered once.

within phoenix cry, the majority of weapons had only gone through a single tempering. that was because phoenix cry’s forgers were just ordinary blacksmiths, and were unable to temper their weapons a second time. they weren’t skillful or strong enough, and so when they tried to let their weapons undergo a second tempering, they would automatically burst apart.

that was why ordinary weapons were only tempered once, and only had one line when created. after it cooled off, that line would fade, but professionals would all be able to tell just how many times a weapon had been tempered.

furthermore, it was said that good weapons were all tempered at least ten times. the more times a weapon was tempered, the less impurities it would contain.

it was said that steel could be tempered up to one hundred times. although steel was just a very ordinary metal, after being tempered a one hundred times, its hardness would be absolutely shocking. that level of steel was capable of even piercing through the armor of a third rank magical beast.

the steel nail in guo ran’s hand had tens of lines, showing how many times it had been tempered by him.

guo ran had remained focused this entire time. when the nail’s color had changed to a certain level, he immediately threw it into the water bucket beside him.

the water boiled for a moment before quickly calming back down. guo ran carefully took out the steel nail and examined it.

but when he went to examine it, he also saw long chen standing in front of him.

“boss- ah!”

guo ran was given a fright, and his hand loosened for a moment, dropping that nail onto his foot. but he was fortunate that the nail landed on its side, otherwise with how sharp he had made it, his foot would have acquired a new hole.

however, that nail, which was only the thickness of a single finger, was still dozens of pounds. having it smash on his foot still made him yelp in pain.

“looks like if you ever leave the monastery, you’ll still be able to feed yourself by being a blacksmith.” long chen laughed.

guo ran rubbed his foot vexedly. “boss, if you discriminate against me, you’ll be discriminating against a future crafting god! you have to apologize.”

long chen couldn’t help laughing. “fine. if you can show me any of the style of a crafting god, i will apologize.”

guo ran brightened. “hehe, boss, don’t eat your words. i’ll let you see what is called a grand masterpiece.”