106: Who says forging can't be named?

Lin Ling was about to find a secluded spot to cast the flying Forbidden Spell he had just learned.

But suddenly, two national messages popped up before him, immediately catching his attention.

[Reward Announcement: Nationwide high-salary recruitment for Five-turn and above Advanced Forging Masters, annual salary twenty million. — Kyoto Blacksmiths Association.]

[Reward Announcement: Nationwide search for a solution to control the magic loss rate of enchantment stone within 30%, 500 million reward for an effective solution. — Kyoto Blacksmiths Association.]

“enchantment stone?”

Lin Ling frowned slightly. After obtaining the demon king's heart and holy light gem, he hadn't had time to try upgrading the Ling Tian Staff.

Besides the essential rare materials, enchantment stone is a material needed for improving and upgrading any equipment.

enchantment stone is not rare; many mines in Dragon Country can extract enchantment ore.

With some processing, enchantment ore can be purified into enchantment stone.

According to Lin Ling's memories from his previous life, the public data provided by America-Alliance indeed contained a solution to the magic loss problem of enchantment stone.

However, he certainly wouldn't offer this solution for free; at least not before his own exclusive weapon was finalized.

Lin Ling gave up the idea of immediately heading to Kyoto and turned to walk towards his home.

Kyoto was unfamiliar territory, and he wouldn't know where to stay if he went.

And at this moment, he urgently wanted to try if he could successfully upgrade his exclusive weapon.

...

Upon returning home, Lin Ling immediately took out a piece of enchantment stone.

He began carving array patterns on it according to the method in his memory.

Soon, an ordinary enchantment ore was easily purified by him into a usable enchantment stone.

He brought up his Forging panel and began to test the magic loss rate of the enchantment stone.

[Beep beep beep, detection successful.]

[The magic loss rate of this enchantment stone is 9%, a First-grade enchantment stone in terms of purification.]

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Lin Ling's mouth when he saw this value.

An enchantment stone with a magic loss rate above 50% is a Sub-grade enchantment stone, 30%-50% is a Third-grade enchantment stone, 10%-30% is a Second-grade enchantment stone, within 10% is a First-grade enchantment stone, and within 1% is a Special-grade.

While the Forging Guild was still searching for a purification method for Second-grade enchantment stone, Lin Ling could already control the loss rate within 10%, easily purifying First-grade enchantment stone.

Lin Ling took out the holy light gem and the demon king's heart, and began to carefully fuse and inlay them.

If successful, his staff could be upgraded to a Level 60 Ultimate Exclusive Weapon.

Time flew by, and a day passed in an instant.

Lin Ling's eyes were bloodshot at this moment. He kept trying to fuse and inlay the holy light gem and the demon king's heart onto the staff.

However, even though his method and sequence were correct, he still couldn't complete it.

Nearly a hundred attempts at modification and adjustment had already driven Lin Ling somewhat mad.

Fortunately, failed inlays did not waste upgrade materials; they only consumed enchantment stone.

“Still no good. It seems Old Jiang was right; either my Forging Technique level is too low, or my Forging platform isn't good enough. It seems it's impossible for me to craft an exclusive weapon by myself.”

As Lin Ling spoke, he put away all the materials and lay down on the bed, planning to get some good sleep first.

However, as soon as he closed his eyes, he suddenly opened them again.

A sudden flash of inspiration was now being infinitely magnified.

“Impossible? Why impossible? Can't my Forbidden Curse Naming Art name a Forging Technique?”

Once this thought appeared, it could no longer be suppressed.

Lin Ling suddenly sat up from the bed.

“Rename Forging Technique to...”

Lin Ling's mind raced, but he couldn't find a song that could be associated with Forging Technique.

It seemed there were no songs praising craftsmen, neither in this life nor the last.

At this moment, he felt as if he had become a butterfly trapped in a large cocoon.

He knew there was a beautiful big world outside, but he couldn't break through.

A flash of brilliance suddenly lit up in his mind.

“Rename Forging Technique to — Breaking the Cocoon!”

[Naming successful. Initial skill [Forging Technique] automatically upgraded to Industrial Forbidden Spell 『Breaking the Cocoon』]

[After the skill is cast, within 2 hours, you will completely break out of your cocoon and transform into a butterfly, gaining the blessing of the Artisan God, possessing all the attainments of a Nine-turn Forging profession, and items modified by you will inevitably be enhanced.]

Looking at the skill description that appeared before him, Lin Ling's heart couldn't help but quicken slightly.

Who else could do this?

This was simply Invincible.

“Invincible is so, so Ji Mo...”

“Invincible is so, so empty...”

“My Ji Mo, who can understand me...”

Lin Ling stood on the bed with a slipper in hand, singing a song, but Ji Black Dog's image couldn't help but surface in his mind.

The flesh on his face twitched violently, but his sleepiness had long since vanished.

“Release Breaking the Cocoon!”

An incredibly familiar song rang out in his room.

『If you open your eyes in a nightmare and face a cruel world』

At the same time, a system prompt appeared synchronously.

[You have entered the Breaking the Cocoon state. You can improve and upgrade any item through the Forging System. High-grade equipment requires a matching High-tier Forging System.]

Lin Ling immediately took out the Ling Tian Staff and materials and placed them into his simple Forging System.

[Ling Tian Staff (Initial Blank)]

[Category: Self-made High-grade Exclusive Weapon]

[Upgrade Requirement: High-tier Forging System (Not met)]

[Five-turn Forging Profession or above (Met)]

[Requires enchantment stone * 1 (Owned), holy light gem * 1 (Owned), demon king's heart (Owned).]

[Friendly Reminder: You currently do not meet the conditions to upgrade this equipment.]

“It really does have requirements for the Forging System.”

Lin Ling didn't give up and took out the cooling heart he had on him, placing it into his Forging System.

What he lacked most now were cooling and high magic power items.

Whether it was reducing Forbidden Spell cooldown to instant cast or increasing magic power to 1,000,000, either would allow him to freely cast Forbidden Spells.

[cooling heart (Legendary)]

[Category: Self-made Special Item]

[Upgrade Requirement: High-tier Forging System (Not met)]

[Five-turn Forging Profession or above (Met)]

[Requires enchantment stone * 1 (Owned), cooling crystal * 1 (Not obtained)]

[Friendly Reminder: You currently do not meet the conditions to upgrade this equipment.]

Lin Ling was speechless looking at the system prompts.

This was like having a master chef's cooking skills but no ingredients or utensils, so he still couldn't cook.

“If I can get a cooling crystal, I'll find a way to go to the Forging Guild and upgrade both items at once.”

Lin Ling thought to himself, immediately picked up his phone, and dialed Jiang Shan Yi's number.

“You brat, what do you want with me?” Jiang Shan Yi said grumpily.

“Cough, cough, cough... It's just that a day apart feels like three autumns. I wanted to chat with you.”

Lin Ling coughed a few times and chuckled sheepishly.

“Get to the point, spit it out. You never come to me unless there's trouble.” Jiang Shan Yi's voice came again.

Lin Ling didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: “Old Jiang, I need some materials, cooling crystal.”

“cooling crystal?”

The other end of the phone went silent, seemingly Old Jiang was checking.

Lin Ling didn't rush him. A moment later, his voice rang out again.

“I don't have cooling crystal here either. However, the Mermaid Leader in Tanggu Bay drops this item.

The Mermaid Leader is a Level 120 monster, rarely spawns, and is quite troublesome. Do you want me to help you find some helpers?” Jiang Shan Yi asked.

“No need, Old Jiang, I can handle it myself.” Lin Ling smiled.

“Don't hang up. The Dragon Super Selection Competition has already started. You don't need to participate in the preliminary round, but for the re-selection round three days later, you better get your butt back here to participate.” Jiang Shan Yi's voice came through.

“I'm already Li Yunlong, why would I participate in any re-selection round?” Lin Ling looked unwilling.

Jiang Shan Yi said with a mischievous smile: “When the re-selection round starts, if you break the historical record, you'll get a high amount ofintegral reward. Aren't you short on materials? Isn't free integral appealing?”

“High integral reward?”

To be honest, Lin Ling was a little tempted.

“Kid, don't always think you're Invincible. Let me tell you, there are quite a few geniuses in your generation. Some of them might be lower level, but they are all formidable individuals.” Jiang Shan Yi said again.

“Alright, Old Jiang, I know. Isn't it just the re-selection round in three days? I'll go then. Alright, no more talking, I'm off to find the BOSS.”

Lin Ling said, then hung up the phone and walked outside.

He went all out, rushing towards outside the city.

When he arrived at an empty, uninhabited area, he raised his staff and let out a soft cry.

“Big Fish!”

The ethereal song instantly resounded between heaven and earth.

『The silent waves deeply engulf the night』

『Flowing over the ends of the sky and corners of the earth』

『The big fish in a dream...』

In an instant, the sunlight disappeared, and the entire Xuanfu Base City was enveloped by an incredibly vast black shadow.

A gigantic Kunpeng, whose head and tail could not be seen, appeared above the sky of Autumn Wild Blue Cloth City and Xuanfu Base City.

At this moment, ear-piercing alarms sounded simultaneously in both Base Cities.