Chapter 244: Finally, Jiang Lin Extends an Invitation to Yao Chen for Weapon Refining.
"If you use the Eight Extremes Crush on me, it might bypass my Dou Qi armor and battle armor, causing more damage." Jiang Lin planted the mysterious heavy ruler into the ground and smiled at Xiao Yan, who was covered in dust and looking embarrassed.
After over a month of cultivation, Jiang Lin recognized Xiao Yan's growth speed and was quite impressed. This guy had almost caught up to half of Jiang Lin's current self. Xiao Yan's combat awareness was also very strong, and his understanding of battle grew with every spar.
However, naturally possessing a 'Triple Martial Domain' known as Spiritual Perception, Jiang Lin held an innate advantage in close combat. He even had reason to suspect that the reason the Spirit Clan focused on long-range combat techniques might be because no one fought close combat with them, leading them to develop long-range offensive methods.
Of course, this was just a joke. To dominate in close combat, one not only needs spiritual perception but also a super-strong physique, something the Spirit Clan lacked. The Burning Fire Technique was indeed powerful, compensating for the Spirit Clan's physical weakness and even fixing the flaw of weapons being able to move on their own.
As a 'ghost' outside the Spirit Clan, Young Lin, Jiang Lin wouldn't say he had an advantage, since it was his natural talent. If he wasn't "cheating," then he naturally didn't need to call it that.
"But you're right. If things go on like this, no one will want to engage in close combat with me anymore," Jiang Lin said, giving Xiao Yan a friendly smile. With a click, his sci-fi styled black feather longbow opened.
He was just a simple archer, mainly concerned about warriors or assassins sneaking up on him.
Xiao Yan looked enviously at Jiang Lin's longbow, watching as he held the longbow in one hand and the mysterious heavy ruler in the other. His head instantly began to ache. "If someone unaware were to encounter you, they'd struggle through all the obstacles just to get near you, and before they could even say 'ha ha,' they'd be slapped to death. That's pretty funny."
Xiao Yan helplessly smiled, then moved forward to retrieve his mysterious heavy ruler. Jiang Lin didn't really need such a melee weapon, as he was already the best melee weapon himself.
"Brother Lin, when are you going to get me one of those bows?" Xiao Yan had been eyeing Jiang Lin's black feather longbow for a while. Its mystical design and fusion of technological aesthetics were simply irresistible to him.
"You're supposed to go on that three-year promise in two months, right? When you head to the Gamma Sacred City, come refine weapons with me. I'll forge you a set of four-star spiritual tools. By now, Miss Nalan probably has a full set of four-star tools, waiting for you to deliver her head." Jiang Lin put away his black feather longbow and looked at the ghostly old man feeding the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Serpent.
"At that time, we might need Elder Yao to help us out."
"Hm?" Yao Chen, hearing this, showed a hint of surprise. He turned to look at Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan, who were speaking.
"You two refine weapons using strange fire, so it has nothing to do with me, right? Unless you want my Bone Spirit Cold Fire? My fire isn't like Xiao Yan's. It's not suitable for spiritual forging of four-star tools."
Xiao Yan's Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire was different from Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Fire, which was currently integrated and subdued, while Xiao Yan's fire had been devoured.
"Spiritual forging is too much of a hassle. Elder Yao, since you're a soul body, contribute a bit, help us out." Jiang Lin smiled brightly at Yao Chen.
Xiao Yan was a bit stunned. "Master can help with spiritual forging?"
Hearing this, Yao Chen's expression darkened. He glared fiercely at Jiang Lin and said to Xiao Yan, "Don't listen to that kid! All of that is nonsense!"
"The time is tight, no choice. Elder Yao, just contribute a little. It won't harm you." Jiang Lin continued to smile at Yao Chen, then explained to Xiao Yan:
"Spiritual forging can be thought of as a technique where a weapon master uses soul power to imbue a regular weapon with spirit. This soul power doesn't necessarily have to come from the master themselves. In traditional spiritual forging, the soul power is the master's own, because it's easier to control. But other people's soul power can work too."
Sometimes, weapon masters were mistakenly connected to the Soul Hall because spiritual forging itself could be seen as a form of soul technique. Given a weapon master's natural research tendency, high-level weapon masters likely developed several techniques that benefitted the Soul Hall's 'soul-torturing' methods.
Naturally, weapon masters, known for their powerful soul abilities, unknowingly formed an ambiguous relationship with the Soul Hall. Meanwhile, alchemists, the same type of soul-based practitioners, became good assets for the Soul Hall.
Jiang Lin now thought that his mother didn't want him to become an alchemist because she feared he would get caught by the Soul Hall due to his weakness. But the gray profession of weapon refining truly allowed him to thrive with both the Alchemist Guild and Soul Hall.
Of course, another important reason was that the protection from the Weapon Masters' Guild ensured Jiang Lin's peaceful life.
"Really? The evil little ghost of the Spirit Clan finally can't hide his evil plan?" Yao Chen had to retract his positive assessment of Jiang Lin. The evil little ghost of the Spirit Clan was truly an evil little ghost.
Yao Chen glared at Jiang Lin, understanding that once the Spirit Clan kid experienced the satisfaction of forging with other people's souls, he would undoubtedly become the evil little ghost of the Spirit Clan.
When Jiang Lin heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at Yao Chen and said impatiently, "I can gather Soul Fire, which should be a more advanced method of spiritual forging. I just don't have time to do a full round of spiritual forging on so many four-star spiritual tools, so I came to you to use your higher-quality Soul Fire for this purpose."
Jiang Lin couldn't help but feel speechless. He didn't know where Yao Chen, the ghostly old man, had learned to call him an "evil little ghost," but hearing it made him feel as if countless Yao Chens were crawling on his body. It was just creepy.
"Soul Fire? What kind of soul technique is this? It's so advanced?" Yao Chen froze at the mention of Soul Fire. He looked at Jiang Lin in disbelief. To form Soul Fire, several conditions were necessary, including a high-level technique and a strong soul realm.
"Forget it, you're better off not knowing. It might affect your soul body," Jiang Lin shook his head, refusing to answer Yao Chen's question.
Who would have expected Yao Chen to snort coldly, "Who wants to know? Could it be that you've cultivated the top soul technique, the Soul Refining Technique?"
"..." Sometimes, Jiang Lin wondered if Yao Chen was pretending not to understand or if he genuinely didn't.
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