Chapter 584: Chapter 295: Yangli Iron Plating Powder
The gaze almost instantly shifted to the plate chain composite armor on his upper body.
With an indescribable expression, he repeatedly confirmed it several times.
Finally, after thirty years of forging experience judging that this piece of armor had no obvious damage, he visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why did you come back so early from this mission, did you encounter any unexpected situations midway?"
He casually picked up a piece of burlap from under the counter and wiped the sweat off his forehead, asking with a relaxed expression.
"I was rather lucky, I ran into that lizard just as I reached the target area." Xia Nan slightly shook his head, pulling out a small wooden box from his backpack, "This is the gland I took from the back of its head, see if you can use it."
Taking it with both hands, Barn’s expression instantly turned focused.
He gently placed the box on the counter and carefully opened it.
Without using his hands to touch it, he just used his eyes, which were highly concentrated with attention, to carefully observe the small palm-sized, grayish-white-edged, dark purple petrification gland inside the box.
After a moment, he closed the lid and slowly nodded, saying:
"The completeness is very good, and the quality is excellent enough to be considered outstanding. With the condensate content inside a gland of this level, it is certainly enough for recasting."
"Don’t worry, just leave it to me."
"If I mess up, I won’t charge you a single coin, I’ll compensate you entirely."
With the last piece of the puzzle for recasting the Beheading Longsword completed, Barn was very confident.
In response, Xia Nan just waved his hand, indicating to the other to proceed as planned, without too much pressure, as he trusted this excellent blacksmith who had collaborated with him numerous times.
"That reminds me, there’s one more thing I need to confirm with you."
As if recalling something, Barn gestured to Xia Nan, leading him to the back room of the shop.
He pulled out the blueprint laid on top of the thick solid wood table and spread it out in front of Xia Nan.
What unfolded before his eyes was a blueprint, not colored, just outlined with complex lines, with dense supplementary words in the blank spaces on the side.
It was obviously modified many times, with visible alteration marks on its surface.
But one could still see, this should be a long sword.
A heavy sword with a shape completely different from the Beheading Longsword, more slender and sharper.
Utilizing so much precious material, the forging of enchanted equipment couldn’t possibly be done in one go.
Even before formally starting the forging process, it required repeated discussions.
From the approximate level of the finished product, to the length and weight of the blade, even to the texture on the handle surface, Barn would carefully communicate and confirm each item with Xia Nan.
Now, based on the information Xia Nan obtained.
This will be a long sword crafted to suit his combat style, designed to maintain sharpness while facilitating his high mobility in combat.
The specific enchantment attributes have not been determined yet, but in every aspect, it is sure to be stronger than the Beheading Longsword.
Regarding the level, he had indirectly discussed with Barn, who perhaps hadn’t any concept of "white equipment" or "green equipment", but could clearly state that it was at least of the same level as the [Dark Scale Guard] equipment.
That would be at least a "rare" level Blue Equipment, and if luck favors, it might even upgrade to the purple "Rare".
"So... is there a problem with the forging?"
Seeing Barn specifically bringing him to the back room, with an earnest and solemn demeanor.
There was no apparent change in Xia Nan’s expression, but his heart tensed up, asking.
"No, no, no, although I haven’t officially started the process yet, the compatibility of the materials and the control over each during the forging have all been researched quite thoroughly, so there won’t be any issues in this regard."
Barn quickly added, seeing Xia Nan might have misunderstood his intention.
Then he pointed at the blueprint again, explaining in detail to the black-haired young man in front of him:
"The main materials for this long sword have been confirmed, which are the Gray Steel from Flame Cast Peak and the special melted silver ingots you provided."
"Also supplemented with the petrified lizard’s gland condensate to harmonize the materials, with that wooden staff as the handle."
"These aspects we’ve already discussed and will not change, right?"
Seeing Xia Nan nod, Barn continued.
"The problem mainly lies in the auxiliary materials."
According to Barn’s, considering the elemental nature of Gray Steel and the melted silver ingots filled with fire elements, he intended to add some ’Molten Fire Ashes’ from the Dwarf Clan as an auxiliary material. This would make the forged product fully exploit the inherent characteristics of the two metals, integrating the flame into the sword itself, possibly granting a constant additional flame damage effect after forging.
Of course, this was great, and he had already communicated this idea to Xia Nan and received his agreement.
But a few days ago, after Barn discovered a hunting mission about the ’Petrified Lizard’ on the Association’s Second Floor, his idea changed.
The petrified lizard’s gland mucus can perfectly neutralize the elemental conflict between the silver ingot and Gray Steel, allowing two materials with the same properties to blend and compensate for each other’s shortcomings, achieving a ’1+1 greater than 2’ effect.
In such circumstances, using ’Molten Fire Ashes’ as the main auxiliary material would not cause any side effects, and its effects might even be improved due to the petrification condensate.
But it’s no longer the most perfect choice.
"Yangli Iron Plating Powder!"
Barn’s face almost overflowed with excitement, as the inspiration arising during forging was even more stirring than those gold coins in the shop counter.