Chapter Thirty-Three: Frostbite Blade

  The flames surged, the inner core of the fire python transformed into countless sparkling stars, as if guided, they flew up in unison and plunged into Ye Yang's body, illuminating the entire secret chamber with a fiery red glow!

  "Uh..."

  Ye Yang let out a long sigh of relief, the energy of the Fire Qilin's core was incredibly overbearing, to the point where he could hardly bear it.

  The core of the Ice Beast was even more overbearing, and when Ye Yang absorbed the first wisp of energy from the Ice Beast's core, his entire body almost froze, his arms trembling, with icicles hanging from his fingers!

  Qin Fang was shocked: "Zi Yu, stop absorbing, hurry up and urge Gu Huo Zhen Qi!"

  Ye Yang couldn't speak, and in the blink of an eye, his entire body was covered in frost. The energy of this 9th-tier demonic beast was truly too overbearing!

  After a brief moment, the Fire God's residual aura finally managed to tame the turbulent energy, absorbing that strand of Ice Devouring Beast's power bit by bit. After enduring a long and painful process, Ye Yang unexpectedly relied on the profound principles of Taiwu to successfully convert the ice-based energy into Fire God's power. Moreover, this was an unconscious process, almost as if his body had instinctively transformed it. Even Qin Fang couldn't help but secretly marvel at this sight, initially intending to stop Ye Yang from continuing to absorb the energy, but now he too remained silent.

  Before he knew it, half a day had passed and after countless cycles of energy circulation within Ye Yang's body, he finally absorbed eighty percent of the Ice Jade Beast's energy, his Fire God Force becoming increasingly turbulent!

  Clutching his fists, he exerted a bit of force, and a deep orange glow appeared. Indeed, by absorbing the energy of the 9th-tier demonic beast, he had broken through to the Earth 6th-level peak!

  He took a deep breath and Ye Yang secretly rejoiced: "Finally reached level 6 of the Great Land!"

  At this time, Qin Fang's voice came: "Zi Yu, don't be too excited, it's just a mere sixth-grade earthwork. You still have a long way to go! Next, hurry up and take out the mold, prepare for the final step of casting the soldier!"

  "Hmm!"

  Ye Yang nodded heavily and took out some molds from the Qiankun bag, which were prepared in advance. There were knives, guns, swords, and halberds, everything was available!

  The materials inside the Dragon Cauldron are not few, and the boiling magma erupts with a scorching flame. The faintly visible icy glow is the result of incorporating the Nine-Stage Magic Beast Ice Jade Beast's core. After merging with the magic beast's core, the divine weapon will possess some abilities from the magic beast's life, and may even have spirituality. It's truly wondrous, leaving one in awe.

  First, a mold for a fine steel battle axe was taken out and placed in the Divine Dragon Furnace. The molten metal surged in, and Ye Yang tightly grasped the handle of the mold, closing his eyes as he controlled the spread of the fire element with his mind. The fire element seemed to be a thin layer of fierce flames that remolded and tempered the molten metal. This was another extremely arduous process, requiring the caster to have an intuitive grasp of the fire element; otherwise, the cast blade would not be smooth.

  Ye Yang's Fire God's remnant volume of true energy was naturally exceptional, and he was also extremely intelligent. After initially glimpsing the profound meaning of the Tai Xu Fa Jue within the Qian Kun Shield, he actually merged it into his Fire God True Energy, causing the forging, reshaping, and tempering of his sword to be even more in harmony with nature. Even Qin Fang nodded slightly in approval, conjuring a faint image.

  "Hmph!"

  The battle-axe mold is placed in icy cold water, and in an instant, a divine weapon is cast!

  "Bang bang bang......"

  The mold pieces made of special iron fell off, revealing the true face of the battle axe. Only to see the cold light flashing, and the ice frost swirling around the blade, it was indeed a heavenly sword!

  "Haha, not bad, not bad! This is a fifth-grade military weapon!" Qin Fang said with a smile.

  Ye Yang was overjoyed, having exceeded his task. Lei Xiaodie had only asked for a sixth-grade military sword, but unexpectedly, he had actually forged a fifth-grade military sword!

  Looking into the crucible, there is still a considerable amount of molten metal, which should be enough to forge another sword-like weapon.

  Then, Ye Yang took out a mold of a coarse tiger-headed knife and placed it in the tripod furnace. After absorbing all the remaining molten steel and core essence, the mold couldn't help but tremble violently. The next moment it was placed in cold water, it completely fell off, and that large vat of ice water actually evaporated after the quenching of the two blades, filling the secret room with mist!

  With the large knife tightly grasped in his hand, Ye Yang's heart surged with heroic spirit. He could vaguely feel that this knife's power was even stronger than that battle axe!

  Qin Fang smiled and said, "Top-grade five-elemental sword, haha, Zi Yu, this time your cultivation has not only increased greatly, but you've also forged such a masterpiece. Next, you must be low-key, otherwise, your Hundred Refining Technique might bring you unnecessary trouble..."

  Ye Yang nodded, he knew in his heart that during the Qin dynasty's final years, conflicts arose everywhere and various powerful warlords were recruiting talents. The empire had issued a ban on private armies, so secretly manufacturing weapons was against the law of the Great Qin. However, the imperial court had already become corrupt and was on the verge of collapse. In such circumstances, if the emperor found out that there was a master craftsman in Liang City who could create fifth-grade weapons, he would probably come personally to recruit him.

  As for the Qin Empire, Ye Yang didn't have much good feeling towards it, and he was naturally fond of freedom, so he would never consider being recruited.

  With an axe in his left hand and a large knife in his right, Ye Yang's heroic spirit soared as he stepped out of the secret room.

  "Ugh..."

  Pushing open the iron gate, he saw the sky again. The exit was at the edge of a thicket on the lakeshore. When Ye Yang walked out, he found that not far away, a beautiful girl was walking towards him, it was Lei Xiaodie!

  "Zi Yu, you've finally come out of seclusion?"

  Lei Xiaodie looked at Ye Yang, and when she saw the two blades in his hand, she couldn't help but reveal a look of astonishment. Her beautiful eyes were filled with confusion and admiration.

  "Heavens! These two swords... aren't they..." Lei Xiaodie blinked: "If I'm not mistaken, shouldn't they be fifth-grade divine swords?"

  Ye Yang nodded and smiled: "Yeah, that's right, the casting process is going smoothly, but..."

  As he spoke, Ye Yang added another sentence: "Miss Xiaodie, may I make a request? Perhaps it's a bit excessive, but..."

  Lei Xiaodie's heart was as fine as dust, and she smiled slightly: "Ziyu, how about this? The battle axe in your hand belongs to the Qing Lei Chamber of Commerce, and that knife belongs to you, what do you think?"

  Ye Yang was considering whether to be reserved or not, but didn't expect Lei Xiaodie to be so understanding, and actually handed the big knife over to him? Those materials were quite expensive!

  The next moment, putting aside his reserve, Ye Yang cracked a smile: "Alright, this battle-axe belongs to you all, and this battle-knife belongs to me. The Ye family's smelting workshop is just lacking a treasure to guard the workshop!"

  Lei Xiaodie smiled and nodded: "Both of these swords were made by you, so, let Zi Yu name them personally, okay?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Ye Yang looked at the halberd in his hand and said, "This battle-axe is called Bing Bo Axe. This battle knife can be called Bing Bo Knife, right?"

  "Uh-huh, okay, follow me, I'll carve their names!"

  "Good!"

  ……

  As Lei Xiaodie walked towards the Qing Lei Chamber of Commerce's mansion, Ye Yang turned his head to take a look back and was shocked: "This place... wasn't there originally a lake here?"

  Lei Xiaodie nodded and said in a bad mood: "It was just when you were casting soldiers for several days, the fire god's power had nowhere to vent underground, so it surged out of the ground and evaporated all the lake water!"

  As she spoke, Lei Xiaodie looked deeply at Ye Yang and smiled: "Zi Yu, you broke through to the fifth level of the Earth Realm, didn't you?"