Yan Kuan closed his eyes, and suddenly a flood of new knowledge erupted in his mind.
It was about the types of different ores, the key points of weapon crafting and repair, the relationship between weapon enchanting and inlay success rates and materials, how to utilize Earth Fire, and so on.
In Chen Bugu and Bai Ting's eyes, Yan Kuan was clearly just standing there, with nothing happening, but he seemed to have suddenly changed.
Chen Bugu couldn't describe the feeling; it was like an aura. Yan Kuan became more composed and substantial, yet his own aura diminished, seemingly merging with the Great Earth.
Yan Kuan opened his eyes, silver light flickering within them.
"Fatty, how are you?"
Chen Bugu asked impatiently.
"It's amazing. A lot of knowledge about forging appeared in my brain, and I also understand why this guy chose to smelt underground."
Yan Kuan looked around and found that he could not only see yellowish-brown light spots but also fiery-red light spots.
Fire Element?
Yan Kuan was stunned, suddenly realizing that his Fire Element affinity had reached 20.
This was also the boost brought by this profession.
"Why?"
Chen Bugu truly couldn't understand this point.
"Because this profession is Great Earth Blacksmith, which uses Earth Fire as the forging flame. So, choosing an underground forging location makes it easier to extract Earth Fire, achieving twice the result with half the effort."
"Great Earth Blacksmith?"
Prefix profession?
Chen Bugu was completely bewildered; he had no idea that this Goblin Blacksmith could provide a prefix profession.
There are two types of professions that can be plundered in the apocalypse: one is ordinary professions, and the other is prefix professions.
Ordinary professions, such as Blacksmith, Chef, and Pharmacist, mostly possess knowledge and skills in related fields, greatly aiding the predicament of human survival.
Prefix professions are completely different. Prefix professions are generally stronger. As far as Chen Bugu knew, all Awakeneds who possessed prefix professions in his previous life were core members of top factions, and they were once beyond his reach.
But now, the dead fatty? Great Earth Blacksmith?
Chen Bugu felt a little dazed.
"Yes, my current profession level is beginner. Besides normal equipment repair, as long as I have the corresponding equipment blueprints, I can craft them."
"Moreover, all equipment made by my hands comes with 20% Earth Element resistance."
Comes with 20% Earth Element resistance?
"Can the elemental resistance from different equipment made by your hands be stacked?"
Chen Bugu suddenly discovered a blind spot. If elemental resistance could be stacked, then if he wore five pieces of equipment made by this fatty, wouldn't he be able to achieve Earth Element immunity?
"No!"
"I understand what you mean, but even if all your equipment is made by me, the extra Earth Element resistance will still only be 20%."
"However..."
Chen Bugu had just shown a wry smile, thinking he was too naive, when he heard the fatty speak again.
"Dead fatty, can't you just say it all at once?"
"Hehe, however, this 20% Earth Element resistance is granted to the equipment by my profession and does not conflict with the equipment's original attributes. That is to say, if this piece of equipment originally has Earth Element resistance, it can be stacked on top of the 20%."
"Moreover, this ability of mine should improve as my profession level evolves, and perhaps it won't be just 20% in the future."
Chen Bugu gasped, according to this dead fatty, achieving Earth Element immunity is theoretically still feasible!
Just the ability to add Earth Element resistance to the equipment he produces is enough for the dead fatty to be highly sought after in any faction in the future.
Although it's not apparent now, after leaving the Initial Forest, the Ten Thousand Sands Crimson Ridge and Yuanmo Ancient Domain in the west, which of them isn't dominated by Earth Element demonic beasts?
With equipment made by the fatty, exploring those areas would at least not be as difficult as it was in the previous life.
"However, this isn't the most awesome part!"
Yan Kuan saw Chen Bugu gasp and felt a surge of pride.
"The most awesome part is that the equipment I forge has a 20% chance of coming with an Earth attribute skill upon production."
Yan Kuan held up two fingers, his eyes full of smiles.
20% chance? Comes with an Earth attribute skill?
Chen Bugu was stunned after hearing this.
The Great Earth Blacksmith profession indeed exceeded his expectations.
A 20% chance is not high, but it's not low either, and for something like icing on the cake, there's no loss even if it doesn't trigger.
However, equipment blueprints are a big problem; those things are even rarer than green equipment.
Without equipment blueprints, Yan Fatty simply couldn't craft equipment.
"So what can you do now?"
With the Great Earth Blacksmith profession's blessing, Yan Kuan's future would at least be that of a master-level Blacksmith, but it was clear that even a master-level Blacksmith needed blueprints to craft equipment.
Yan Kuan walked to the Goblin Blacksmith's corpse and picked up the stone hammer.
【star artisan stone hammer】: A hammer forged from a whole piece of Star Artisan Stone. Magma does not melt it, and time does not corrode it. Strength +5, Forging Success Rate +10%, restricted to Blacksmith profession use.
After Yan Kuan became a Great Earth Blacksmith, he immediately recognized the quality of this hammer.
Star Artisan Stone—an extraterrestrial meteoric iron with blue fractured patterns on its surface. It does not melt at thousands of degrees Celsius and is the top-grade material most suitable for a forging table.
He didn't know where the Goblin Blacksmith got such a piece of Star Artisan Stone. Although it wasn't enough for a forging table, it was just right for making a hammer.
"Give me your 【Wind Gale Dagger】, and I'll show you."
After Yan Kuan finished speaking, he took the 【Wind Gale Dagger】 from Chen Bugu's hand, laid it flat on the workbench, and raised the stone hammer in his right hand high.
Chen Bugu could feel the vigorous Fire Element from underground rapidly gathering towards the hammerhead, and the surface of the gray stone that formed the hammerhead even lit up with one blue fractured pattern after another.
Yan Kuan's hand moved, and the hammer fell, striking the surface of the 【Wind Gale Dagger】 repeatedly.
After three strikes, Chen Bugu was surprised to find that the small chip on the 【Wind Gale Dagger】, which had been damaged by Bai Ting's "Electric Blade," was miraculously repaired.
"This is the first ability, repair."
After speaking, Yan Kuan walked to a corner and rummaged through a pile of messy items until he picked out a green crystal the size of a glass bead.
He walked back to the workbench, placed the green crystal on the surface of the Wind Gale Dagger, then raised the hammerhead and smashed it hard. The green crystal seemed to turn into a liquid, adhering to the surface of the 【Wind Gale Dagger】. A green glow flickered, then slowly disappeared.
"This is the second ability, enhancement."
After Yan Kuan finished speaking, he handed the Wind Gale Dagger back to Chen Bugu.
Chen Bugu took the dagger and began to check the weapon's information, and what he saw startled him.
【Wind Gale Dagger】: White Grade Weapon, Strength +5, Speed +5, comes with skill "Gale Thrust."
"Gale Thrust: The wielder of the Wind Gale Dagger can transform into a swift wind, instantly traversing 15 meters to complete a thrust. Spirit Power required: 5; Skill Cooldown: 1 minute."
"Gale Thrust" originally could only instantly traverse 10 meters, but now it had become 15 meters.
"No choice, that Goblin didn't leave anything good behind, only that wind-attributed green crystal was usable."
Yan Kuan spread his hands, seemingly not very satisfied with this enhancement.
He said that Goblin didn't leave anything good behind, but he had clearly taken the best item, giving off a feeling of getting a bargain and still acting humble.
His cheap-looking expression, let alone Chen Bugu, made even Bai Ting feel like punching him.