“Now that you mention it, it’s strange; I feel like I can understand the properties of the ores and metals more thoroughly now, as well as I have a clearer sense of how and where to hit the ore to get the best result,” Shen Yuan said as he thought about what had changed since last night.
He then remembered his dream, ‘Don’t tell me something happened to my blacksmith talent as well due to that dream.’
After thinking for a while, he still couldn’t make sense of the situation as he settled his thoughts and decided to focus on his blacksmithing.
“Well, let’s try and see if my blacksmith talent has increased or not.” He moved back towards the forge.
[Ding!]
[High-Level Blacksmith Talent Detected.]
[Analyzing its grade.]
[…]
[…]
[Ding!]
[Analysis Completed!]
[High Grade King Tier Blacksmith Talent detected.]
“Huh? What? How did I suddenly gain blacksmith talent?” Shen Yuan asked in confusion.
[…You didn’t, that’s the thing. I just ran a check on you because your talent seemed to have improved overnight, and I’m not sure what the reason is as well. I only ran the check on you now.]
Shen Yuan stood rooted on his spot as countless thoughts swirled in his mind, ‘Am I screwed? How did I get involved in this? I’m sure that dream was not only a dream but possibly a vision of the future.’
He continued to think as he realized he had been pulled into something far beyond his current abilities. He knew his fate would be in danger if he didn’t try to do something fast.
‘…Well, can’t really do much with my current abilities, let’s just go and test my new talent for now.’
He shook his head and thought.
Yue Lan also didn’t ask as she realized it might be related to his bloodline.
‘Hehe, looks like the bloodline came with its own luggage,’ she thought to herself as she wanted to see how Shen Yuan would take care of himself in this.
Shen Yuan took out a much larger piece of Profound Mountain Ore and began heating it up.
…
“Haah, I finally managed to make a High Grade Tier 3 Spear,” Shen Yuan said as the time was nearing its end for the mission since he had been practicing with his new talent.
[You really managed to nearly complete the mission; now it depends on whether the disciples will buy your weapons or not.]
“Well, Wan Ling should have done enough advertisement by now. I can just decorate the weapons in my garden for now and invite all those who are interested inside,” Shen Yuan said as he wiped the sweat from his brow before putting the spear in a separate box filled with different kinds of spears in all colors.
[Why not rent a shop in the Market District?]
“Why would I do that when I can invite those cuties into my mansion?” Shen Yuan playfully smirked and put all the weapons in his storage ring before heading out.
[…]
Yue Lan remained speechless at his shamelessness as he began taking out racks of weapons and placed them all over the garden before taking out pages and began writing down the prices.
“Good thing I asked Wan Ling for the average prices of weapons in the market; I can just use them for now,” he said as he wrote prices one by one before placing them below the weapon.
[Why not cheaper? You can attract more disciples that way.]
“It will affect the image of my creations then; people will consider it inferior quality product if they saw the prices lower than what they get in the markets,” he explained as he was far too familiar with the market tactics from his past life.
[Hmm… then what about increasing the prices? You would seem like a premium blacksmith that way.]
“I’m not at that level yet. Even with my talent, I need months of practice before I can call myself a master blacksmith. Even the talented ones take decades to be called a master blacksmith,” he continued writing down prices at all the different weapons.
[Hmm… well, do whatever you like.]
Shen Yuan chuckled and continued doing his work.
…
“Now, all I need to do is to wait for the Inner Sect disciples to come in and try out these weapons.”
[You made like 12 Tier 3 weapons; I’m sure you can at least sell three of them to complete the mission.]
“I’m sure I can complete the mission as well, but I’m more interested in knowing how the sect will react due to my blacksmith talent, as from what I have seen the sect doesn’t have a decent blacksmith,” Shen Yuan rubbed his chin and thought while sitting on his chair.
[Well, they invite blacksmiths from other sects to forge personalized weapons, so I’m sure they will be more than happy to have you as their personal blacksmith.]
“Like hell, I will become their personal blacksmith. I have more things to do; the only people I will forge weapons for are my family, or if I’m in an excellent mood to help those poor disciples.” Shen Yuan shook his head as he had no plans to become the private blacksmith of the sect.
[You need to focus on your alchemy as well; I think your alchemy talent increased as well together with your blacksmith talent.]
Shen Yuan nodded his head, and just as he was about to reply to the system, he heard faint voices coming from outside his mansion.
One of the disciples spoke to her friend, “Do you think his weapons will be good?”
Her friend shrugged, “I guess so; even elders praised his cultivation talent highly.”
Another disciple chimed in, “Having cultivation talent doesn’t make you an exceptional blacksmith.”
“Yeah, he might have made scrap and is trying to scam us with it,” someone else grumbled.
“Now now,” a senior disciple admonished, “don’t be so harsh with your words. I’m sure he will make at least decent enough weapons since he invited us.”
“True, true, if nothing else it will be a show worth watching,” another agreed.
“But how long will he take to open the gates?” a disciple complained.
“Well, there was no time mentioned in the poster; we might have come early from his prepared time,” someone reasoned.
“Can’t really do anything about it then,” another shrugged.
A lot of disciples gathered outside Shen Yuan’s mansion as they waited for him to open the gates.
Shen Yuan smiled lightly as he heard the disciples outside discussing his blacksmith abilities.
[They will probably be shocked to see your talent, haha.]
“Hmm, Wan Ling and the others should be outside as well, they can help me to manage the disciples who will soon be coming in as well.” He rubbed his chin as he thought while going towards the gate of he mansion.
[You are already thinking of putting those poor girls to work, what bad Senior Brother they have gotten.]
Shen Yuan felt his eye twitching, “Dont make me sound like some bad guy, I will make a custom weapon for each of them as a token of thanks after that.”
[Oh then its all good.]