Just as Zhu Wuneng was sinking into disappointment, Lu Ming suddenly spoke up:
“However, I can forge a different magical artifact for you!”
“Really?”
Zhu Wuneng’s eyes instantly went wide, and he gasped in surprise.
Sob... Happiness had come way too suddenly!
Lu Ming nodded. Wasting no more words, a wisp of pure true fire condensed at his fingertips.
With a casual flick of his hand, he tossed out various materials he had prepared.
The pure true fire enveloped the materials, rapidly melting them down and instantly vaporizing the impurities.
Under his control, the liquid metal began to take shape.
Watching the body of the rake and its nine sharp teeth gradually form, Big Yellow couldn't help but exclaim:
“Wow! A nine-tooth rake!”
“Is it really that powerful?”
Zhu Wuneng scratched his head and asked earnestly.
“It is incredibly powerful. A very, very long time ago, there was a great expert who also had a pig’s head and a human’s body, and he used a divine weapon that looked exactly like this...”
As Big Yellow spun his tale, a brilliant light shone in Zhu Wuneng’s eyes as countless images of longing flashed through his mind.
Maybe he, too, could carry this nine-tooth rake and cultivate hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land...
Right at that moment, Lu Ming finished his forging.
Floating in front of him was a radiant nine-tooth rake. It glowed with a brilliant golden light, exuding an extraordinary aura...
Zhu Wuneng excitedly grabbed the rake, unable to stop himself from laughing heartily as he thanked him:
“Thank you, Benefactor! Thank you, Benefactor!”
Seeing how happy Zhu Wuneng was, Lu Ming couldn’t resist saying:
“What if I told you that I was the one who knocked you out back then?”
“I know!” Zhu Wuneng muttered as he lovingly caressed the nine-tooth rake.
“You knew?”
Lu Ming couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
Big Yellow and the others also turned to look at Zhu Wuneng.
Zhu Wuneng nodded matter-of-factly and said:
“Back then, even though you changed your heads and your clothes, you didn’t change your shoes!
So to this day, I still don’t know if you’re humans turned into monkeys, or monkeys turned into humans.”
Lu Ming looked down at the shoes on his feet and asked:
“And you still decided to follow us anyway?”
Zhu Wuneng replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world:
“I couldn’t beat you guys back then, and it’s too dangerous for a lone pig to wander around. If I didn’t follow you, what else was I supposed to do?”
Lu Ming was taken aback. Well, the guy actually made perfect sense. At the same time, he was surprisingly clever!
He had underestimated him a bit!
“Great Sect Master, I’m going to test my weapon!”
With that, Zhu Wuneng excitedly shouldered the rake and ran off to try out his new toy.
Looking at the remaining materials, Lu Ming decided he might as well forge another nine-tooth rake!
Zhu Wuneng’s rake actually looked pretty good!
Just as Lu Ming was halfway through forging, Big Yellow’s voice rang out:
“Boss, help me upgrade my mace too.”
He had forgotten about it earlier and only just remembered.
Lu Ming looked at the rake, which currently only had a single tooth. It was a pity, but he decided to just shape and finish the single-toothed rake as it was.
With materials running low, it was better to upgrade Big Yellow’s mace first.
After a flurry of forging from Lu Ming, Big Yellow’s mace was successfully upgraded.
Looking at the single-toothed rake, Lu Ming couldn’t help but mutter:
“What should we call this thing?
A single-tooth rake?
A one-prong rake?
Do any of you want it?”
Lu Ming then looked up and asked.
Huang Tianbao and the others shook their heads in unison:
“No way, no way...”
This thing looked mighty and overbearing with nine teeth, but with only one, it was just pure comedy!
Seeing that no one wanted it, Lu Ming felt a bit troubled. This thing was a magical artifact, after all!
If no one wanted it, wouldn’t it be a waste?
Just then, Diao San spoke up: “Great Sect Master, how about I take it and sell it?”
Hearing Diao San’s words, Lu Ming’s eyes lit up:
That made sense! If they couldn’t use it themselves, they could exchange it for spirit stones!
“Alright... Go ahead and sell it!”
Diao San chuckled as he took the single-tooth rake.
He thought about it and decided to sell it right here in Xiaotian Imperial City.
Aside from romance, the demons were terrible at forging and alchemy. He would definitely get a good price for it here.
With this in mind, Diao San shared his analysis with Lu Ming.
Lu Ming thought it was a great idea. He took out a portion of the weapons they had swindled back in the Northern Province, along with some of the pills, and handed them all to Diao San to sell.
Diao San got the goods and didn’t waste any time. He quickly disguised himself again and headed straight to the city’s Treasure Pavilion, selling everything to them in one go.
Just as Diao San left, a disguised Ye Fan walked into the Treasure Pavilion, holding the spirit stones Hu Niu had given him.
He had no choice. Since he couldn’t forge one himself, he had to come here to buy one for General Tiger.
“Shopkeeper, do you have any magical artifacts for me to look at...?”
“Yes, of course! Young master, please come inside!”
Seeing Ye Fan’s extraordinary bearing, the shopkeeper personally led him upstairs to the private room Diao San had just vacated:
“Young master, take a look. These are two of our Treasure Pavilion’s prized treasures!”
He clapped his hands, and two charming rabbit demon maids stepped forward.
They were fair-skinned and beautiful, with lively eyes. They carefully carried two brocade boxes and gently opened them.
The first item was a small, inch-long, crimson sword. Faint golden patterns flowed across its blade, radiating an intense spiritual energy.
“This is the Heaven-Burning Star-Shattering Sword, a mid-grade magical artifact...”
The shopkeeper was about to introduce the second brocade box when Ye Fan interrupted him:
“Shopkeeper, do you have any magical artifacts that aren’t very famous?
Preferably something that was forged very recently, and that not many people know about.”
Ye Fan felt helpless. If he bought a famous magical artifact from the Treasure Pavilion, wouldn’t General Tiger realize that he didn’t know how to forge?
Hearing Ye Fan’s request, the shopkeeper was momentarily stunned, but he quickly recovered.
“Yes... We do! Our Treasure Pavilion just received a magical artifact that was freshly forged by a master.”
“Really?”
Ye Fan’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected them to actually have one. Talk about good luck!
“Absolutely.”
With that, the shopkeeper waved his hand again, and the two rabbit demons stepped out.
A moment later, another rabbit demon brought up a long box.
Before the box was even opened, the shopkeeper began his pitch:
“Young master, please look. This is a high-grade magical artifact, the Heaven-Suppressing Single Tooth...”
Hearing the shopkeeper’s description, Ye Fan was rather curious. What exactly did he mean by “single tooth”?
But the moment the long box was opened, Ye Fan froze.
Lying inside the box was not a sword, a saber, or any other common magical tool.
It was literally a single-toothed rake.
It had a thick, dark-gold prong that gleamed with a cold, razor-sharp edge, attached to a simple and heavy shaft.
Was this piece of crap even a proper magical artifact?!
Rate on N.U.
