After a sleepless night, Su Chen finally forged the first flying sword.
The difficulty of refining treasured weapons was indeed far greater than that of spiritual weapons. Su Chen did some calculations. Even if he used his fastest and most efficient method to forge a treasured weapon, it would be considered very fast if he could forge a treasured weapon in twenty hours.
Furthermore, the process of forging artifacts consumed a lot of essence force. After successfully forging an artifact, he had to rest for a day.
According to this efficiency, Su Chen would need at least a month before he could forge all 14 artifact flying swords.
However, Su Chen wasn't in a hurry. He still had plenty of time.
The mysterious man would only appear three years later. Now that Su Chen had broken through to the Reincarnation Realm, the pressure was much lesser than before. Even if he worked steadily for the next three years, his strength would still increase by a lot.
As long as the mysterious man wasn't a Sea Revolution Realm expert, Su Chen would definitely make sure that he wouldn't be able to return.
As for the possibility of the mysterious man being a Sea Revolution Realm expert, Su Chen had also considered it.
If that was the case, no matter how hard Su Chen worked, it would be hard for him to go head to head with the mysterious man. When that time came, Su Chen would probably have to flee.
After returning to the bamboo house with a tired face, Su Chen laid on the bed and fell asleep.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Su Chen woke up.
Hearing the incessant tinkling outside the door, Su Chen pushed the door open and came out. He saw Ye Beibei and Yue Ya 'er busy in the kitchen. A strong burnt smell assailed his nose.
"Are you guys cooking?"
Yue Ya 'er walked out of the kitchen with a face full of smoke and said, "Mister has worked hard on refining artifacts. Yue Ya' er wanted to personally cook to reward Mister, but it failed."
"Didn't you look at me with disdain last night? Why are you trying to curry favor with me now?"
Yue Ya 'er smiled embarrassedly and said, "Mister is really good at joking. How would Yue Ya' er dare to look down on Mister? At first, Yue Ya 'er was impulsive and didn't think about the situation clearly. Last night, Beibei told me the truth, and I realized that I had wronged Mister."
Su Chen blushed with shame.
"Clean up the kitchen, let me do it …"
After making lunch, Su Chen didn't have much of an appetite. On the other hand, Yue Ya 'er and Ye Beibei ate with satisfaction.
"Husband, I'm done eating and going shopping. Remember to call me when you eat tomorrow." Ye Beibei finished his meal and left.
"Sir, please take your time to rest. I will also take my leave."
Hand in hand, the two of them leisurely left Taiwu Academy on Gold Black Tortoise.
"These two little fellows are just freeloaders …"
Su Chen shook his head and went to the pond in the backyard alone. He opened up a small field nearby and planted the withered kumquat.
Although the golden orange was not completely dead, it was still very weak. It would be extremely difficult to revive it. Even a grandmaster level botany would not be enough.
However, as a last resort, Su Chen still tried many methods to strengthen Jin Ju's vitality.
The effect was negligible.
Su Chen sat on the soil and looked at the lifeless kumquat sapling in front of him. Suddenly, he had an idea. He took out the Celestial Gold and buried it under the roots of the kumquat.
Perhaps it would be effective to nourish this kumquat with the Celestial Gold's immortal qi.
Since he couldn't see any effect in a short time, Su Chen didn't just sit there. He went to the small forest again to refine tools. Another day passed.
By the time the second flying sword was finished, it was already the evening of the next day.
After refining for a total of 13 hours, Su Chen walked out of the small forest. His legs were weak and he couldn't lift his arms at all.
However, Su Chen was in a good mood. He found that refining tools consumed a lot of his physical strength. He had an idea. During the process of tempering, he also practiced body refining. In this way, he could refine tools without delaying his cultivation. It could be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
If he persisted for a month, it was guaranteed that his constitution would reach a higher level.
When he returned to the backyard, Su Chen was pleasantly surprised to find that the life force of the kumquat was much stronger than it was yesterday.
On the originally bare branches, rice grain-sized spores began to appear!
Sure enough, being nourished by the immortal qi was very helpful.
"I can't waste it. I'm going to bury the newly refined flying sword in the soil and see if I can absorb a wisp of immortal qi."
Su Chen had an idea. He buried the flying sword near the Celestial Gold and also engraved a divine rune array around it to attract the heaven and earth yuan qi.
Although the Celestial Gold itself was a top grade tool refining material, at most it could be used to create a magic tool. It wasn't very useful. But if the immortal qi was used to nourish more magic tools, he felt that it would be more cost-effective.
And to be honest, Su Chen didn't know how to refine this Celestial Gold. After all, its essence was an ordinary pebble. He couldn't refine it into a stone sword.
Returning to the bamboo house, Su Chen was so tired that he fell asleep.
However, not long after, Su Chen was woken up.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Beibei and Yue Ya 'er sitting on his left and right. Yue Ya' er was holding a slender feather in her hand. Obviously, she was up to no good.
"Sir, I'm hungry."
"Husband, I'm hungry too."
Su Chen said angrily, "You won't starve to death if you miss a meal."
"No, no. If I can't eat Sir's food, Yue Ya 'er won't be able to sleep at night."
"Isn't it natural for a husband to cook for his wife?"
Su Chen's face darkened. "No matter what you say today."
"As long as Sir gets up to cook dinner, Yue Ya 'er will massage Sir for three … four hours."
"When Beibei is full, she will have the strength to wash Husband's clothes and feet and tidy up the house."
Su Chen's eyes lit up. He said, "Hurry up and catch some fish to start a fire."
Both of them were grinning from ear to ear. Then, they quickly went to work.
After roasting the fish and eating dinner, the two patted their bellies and were about to leave the bamboo house when Su Chen grabbed them back.
"You want to run after eating? No way. Beibei, go wash the clothes. Yue Ya 'er, massage me. If you don't serve Sir well, you can forget about eating a fish in the future."
"Aiya, I'm so sleepy. I fell asleep …"
"Hahaha, it's impossible to wash the clothes. It's impossible in this lifetime."
"I think you're asking for a beating!"
After a round of chaos, Su Chen couldn't subdue the two unruly lolis and let them run away.
Su Chen returned to the bamboo house gloomily and fell asleep again.
Time flew.
A month had passed.
Midsummer gradually passed. The autumn wind swept past, and the green leaves turned yellow. However, Su Chen's small courtyard revealed a refreshing green color.
The divine medicine kumquat had been completely revived under the nourishment of the golden immortal qi in the sky. Not only did it grow tender leaves, but there were also three small golden kumquats hanging on it.
These kumquats were only the size of pecans. They looked basically ripe and emitted a tempting fragrance.
Just smelling this fragrance made Su Chen salivate.
The indescribable mellow and sweet fragrance made Su Chen want to swallow it.
"Appraisal!"
Let's see what effect this kumquat had first.