Two eight-star Saint Blacksmiths! All of the tool refiners on the plaza felt as if their breathing was about to stop. Those were eight-star Saint Blacksmiths! The supreme ruler of the Saint Blacksmith City was actually participating in the Saint Blacksmith examination, and two of them had appeared at once!
Zhang Kun stared intently at the two eight-star Saint Blacksmiths on the judging platform. One day, he would also become a supreme figure like them.
Yi Xingtian and Tian Yang looked at Qin Feng at the same time. If it weren't for Qin Feng, they wouldn't have participated in the Saint Craftsman examination.
Du Yue bowed as he walked to the judging platform. "Today is the annual Saint Craftsman examination of the Saint Craftsman City. This time, two eight-star Saint Blacksmiths will personally come up with the questions. This is a rare honor, and I hope that everyone will do their best to live up to the expectations of the Saint Craftsmen!"
"We will follow the teachings of the Saint Craftsmen!"
Many blacksmiths were extremely excited. If they performed well this time, they would be able to catch the eye of the eight-star Saint Blacksmiths.
"Is Third Senior Brother that impressive?" Tian Ling 'er couldn't help but look at her eldest senior brother.
Eldest Senior Brother Tianming nodded. "Eight-star Saint Blacksmiths are already the supreme rulers of the Saint Craftsman City. Third Senior Brother does indeed have extraordinary talent in the field of blacksmithing."
"He's that impressive? I thought Third Senior Brother's skills were very low after seeing Big Sister Heavenly Fox looking down on him every time!" Tian Ling 'er stuck out her tongue.
Tianming shook his head with a smile. "Don't let your Third Senior Brother hear that. Otherwise, his heart will be broken!"
"Beside you are two eight-star Saint Blacksmiths who worked together to create a spiritual tool blueprint. It contains detailed information on how to refine the spiritual tool for this examination. You have three days to refine this spiritual tool."
Du Yue clapped his hands, and a spiritual tool blueprint appeared beside each blacksmith's hand. There was also a set of materials required to refine the spiritual tool.
"The first set of materials is free. If there are any mistakes during the refining process, you can purchase the materials from the Saint Craftsman City!" Du Yue explained.
"Same old. Who says the Saint Craftsman City doesn't know how to do business?" Qin Feng smiled. The Saint Craftsman City's methods hadn't changed.
However, when Qin Feng saw the Spirit Weapon Catalogue, he couldn't help but frown, "Ink Steel Sword!"
This name was really simple and crude. Even a layman who didn't know how to refine weapons could guess the main material used to refine this spirit weapon from its name.
"Ink Steel!" Compared to Qin Feng's calmness, cries of surprise could already be heard from the Equipment Refining Plaza.
None of these seasoned tool refiners had expected to encounter a material like Ink Steel during the Saint Blacksmith examination.
Ink steel was a very special material that was extremely sensitive to temperature. If one could not perfectly control the temperature, the properties of the ink steel would be very different, and the refining process would be very easy to fail.
Furthermore, this was the finished product of the Ink Steel. This time, the Saint Craftsman City was providing Ink Steel Ore, so they had to refine the Ink Steel from the Ink Steel Ore. The difficulty had increased by more than a hundred times.
The blacksmiths who dared to participate in the Saint Blacksmith's examination were all quite capable. To them, refining a seventh-grade spirit tool wasn't a difficult task. In fact, some of them could even refine eighth-grade or ninth-grade spirit tools.
However, they would rarely choose a material like Ink Steel. There were plenty of other materials that could replace Ink Steel, so why would they choose the one that was most likely to fail?
It was also for this reason that there were very few tool refiners who could control Ink Steel. Perhaps only those tool refiners who wanted to show off their skills would use Ink Steel.
However, no one had expected that the Saint Craftsman examination this time would involve refining an Ink Steel Sword. Ink Steel was the main material, so there was no way to avoid it!
Huo Zhu took a deep breath. It was actually Ink Steel. This time, it really depended on luck.
"Three days. Whoever can refine an Ink Steel Sword and leave a sword mark on the Sword Testing Stone in three days will pass the examination!" Du Yue snapped his fingers, and a black stone that was as tall as a person slowly rose from the judging platform.
"Three days isn't a lot of time left for these tool refiners. If they spend too much time refining materials, they won't make it in time." Many people began to discuss.
The Saint Craftsman examination wasn't simple, but this one was especially difficult. Just the Ink Steel alone was enough to eliminate 90% of the tool refiners.
"As usual, you can use the Meteorite Spirit Flame in the Saint Craftsman City to help you refine your tools. The Meteorite Spirit Flame is a spirit flame unique to the Saint Craftsman City. It has countless uses, and it can be of great help to you if you use it well."
The Meteorite Spirit Flame was said to be a spirit flame born from a meteorite that fell into this realm. It swept through the entire realm, and a powerful tool refiner discovered this realm by chance. He discovered that the Meteorite Spirit Flame was extremely suitable for refining spirit weapons, so he subdued the Meteorite Spirit Flame and established the Saint Craftsman City.
The Meteorite Spirit Flame was indeed a rare treasure for tool refinement. However, tool refiners who weren't familiar with the Meteorite Spirit Flame didn't dare to use it at all. The slightest carelessness could result in the tool being destroyed. At such a critical moment, they still trusted themselves more.
Qin Feng casually clapped his hands, and the array in front of him opened. A golden flame spewed out of the opening. It was the Meteorite Spirit Flame.
"Ignorant brat, you actually want to use the Meteorite Spirit Flame to refine a tool!" Zhang Kun laughed disdainfully.
Qin Feng ignored Zhang Kun. He casually grabbed, and a Ink Steel Stone appeared in his hand. Without any hesitation, he threw the Ink Steel Stone into the Meteorite Spirit Flame.
Qin Feng kept making hand seals to control the temperature of the Meteorite Spirit Flame. The Ink Steel Stone quickly melted in the Meteorite Spirit Flame, and a liquid Ink Steel was refined.
Yi Xingtian and Tian Yang's eyes fell on Qin Feng. They participated in the Saint Blacksmith assessment because of Qin Feng. As for the other tool refiners, they weren't interested in them at all.
"It seems that he has a card up his sleeve." Yi Xingtian chuckled.
Tian Yang also nodded. His junior brother's talent in tool refinement was far superior to his. It shouldn't be a problem for him to pass the Saint Blacksmith assessment.
Qin Feng pointed his finger, and dozens of materials were thrown into the Meteorite Spirit Flame. He wasn't just refining the Ink Steel; he was also preparing to purify the remaining materials.
Zhang Kun casually glanced at Qin Feng. His hand couldn't help but tremble. The flame under his control trembled, and the Ink Steel Stone was directly burned to ashes.
Zhang Kun cursed in his heart. He spent a lot of money to buy a new Ink Steel Stone.
However, this time, he didn't immediately refine the Ink Steel Stone. Instead, he quietly watched Qin Feng. This kid was still wet behind the ears. He was actually multitasking and purifying dozens of materials at the same time. He was simply courting death.
"Hmph, let's see how you'll die!" Zhang Kun sneered in his heart.
Qin Feng's speed of refining materials was extremely fast. All kinds of materials went in and out of the Meteorite Spirit Flame. His skillful technique was eye-opening. It turned out that tool refinement could be done like this.
The Ink Steel Sword required a total of 168 types of materials, and just refining these materials was a huge project. Even a Saint Blacksmith would need about a day or so to complete the task.
However, Qin Feng was multitasking. In just four hours, he had already purified more than half of the 168 materials. Even the most difficult material to refine, the Ink Steel, had been refined.
"Perfect, without any impurities!"
Yi Xingtian nodded in satisfaction. As expected of the successor of that senior. His control of the flame had already reached a superb level. Even if he were to do it himself, he might not be able to do it better.
Tian Yang also nodded with a smile. This junior brother of his had never disappointed him.
The Saint Blacksmiths on the judging platform were all attracted by Qin Feng. Although there were tens of thousands of blacksmiths in the square, Qin Feng's performance was simply too eye-catching. It was impossible for them not to notice him.
"This is truly the perfect Ink Steel. Its quality is even higher than the Ink Steel in the Saint Craftsman City's treasure vault. A mere Soul Core realm cultivator was actually able to perfectly remove the impurities within the Ink Steel. Unbelievable, truly unbelievable!" Du Yue couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. In all honesty, even he couldn't do such a thing.
"He's already so skilled in tool refinement at such a young age. I'm afraid he has a master guiding him."
"This blacksmith is called Qin Feng, right? How old is he?"
"Not even 20 …"
"What? Not even 20?"
The Saint Blacksmiths on the judging platform couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. If Qin Feng really could become a Saint Blacksmith in the end, he would break the record of the Saint Craftsman City and become the youngest Saint Blacksmith in the history of the Saint Craftsman City.
A Saint Blacksmith who wasn't even 20 years old? Even during the most glorious days of the Saint Craftsman City, there had never been such a monster.
"How many years has it been since a new record was set in our Saint Craftsman City?" A Six Star Saint Blacksmith couldn't help but sigh.
Four hours had passed, and Qin Feng had already successfully refined all 168 types of materials.
Zhang Kun, who stood beside Qin Feng, had only managed to refine a dozen or so materials. Furthermore, because of Qin Feng's outstanding performance, Zhang Kun's mind was disturbed, and he made mistakes one after another. He couldn't even perform at half of his usual standard.
"Third Senior Brother is indeed worthy of being called Third Senior Brother. 168 kinds of materials are all linked together, increasing the power of the Black Steel Sword to the greatest extent. The Black Steel Sword refined will be one of the best among the Seventh Tier Spirit Weapons!" Qin Feng took a deep breath. After his rebirth, he still had not refined such a high level Spirit Weapon.
Refining materials was only the first step in tool refinement. At the same time, it was also the foundation of a blacksmith. The reason why the Saint Craftsman examination only provided the most primitive materials was to test the blacksmith's basic skills. In this aspect, Qin Feng was undoubtedly qualified. In fact, it could even be said that he was perfect. Among the 10,000 blacksmiths participating in the Saint Craftsman examination, Qin Feng was the first to successfully refine all 168 materials. Furthermore, every single one of them had reached perfection.
However, after just two hours, another blacksmith successfully refined all 168 materials.
The Saint Craftsmen on the judging platform couldn't help but look in that direction. It was the Chen Family's Chen Baitian!