181: Sword forging

The scorching heat of Fentian City reached its Peak this afternoon, but compared to the aura within the Tiangong Workshop that seemed ready to burn through the Void Realm itself, the outside heatwave was merely like a cool morning breeze.

Before the massive obsidian forging table, Lin Chen pressed one hand against the surface, where a clump of dark golden flame roared and swirled frantically within his palm like a captive Dragon. That was the Chaos Dragon Flame, a Fusion of the Ancestral Dragon's will and the Chaos Origin. The moment this flame appeared, the earth fire veins within the Tiangong Workshop, which had been passed down for thousands of years as a Legacy, actually extinguished and recoiled as if they had met a natural predator, leaving only that dark golden light to illuminate the faces of everyone present, frozen in absolute terror.

"This... what kind of fire is this?" Iron Heart Orchid's heroic and beautiful face appeared exceptionally flushed under the reflection of the golden light. Her eyes, which had been trained through countless years to look directly at temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees, were actually stung by the radiance of the flame in Lin Chen's palm.

"A fire that can melt everything in this world that refuses to submit." Lin Chen's gaze was calm to the point of being cold. He turned to look at Iron Heart Orchid, his speech rapid and filled with an unquestionable authority. "Don't just stand there! I'll be responsible for controlling the fire to burn away the Impurities of the star iron. You'll be responsible for swinging 'Earth Shaker' to set the shape at the softening point during that thousandth of a second! Hurry!"

Iron Heart Orchid's mind was profoundly shaken. This feeling of being commanded and dominated by a man should have been a great humiliation to her, but under the intimidation of that dark golden flame, her body reacted faster than her brain.

"Clang—!"

She let out a sharp cry as her bronze-colored, jade-like arms suddenly swung the ten-thousand-jin heavy hammer, creating a visible shockwave of air.

"Increase the heat by another thirty percent!" Lin Chen growled. To maintain the precision of his fire control, he had to stay close to Iron Heart Orchid.

The two stood side-by-side before the cramped forging table. Iron Heart Orchid's powerful back, covered in glistening beads of sweat, occasionally bumped against Lin Chen's broad and solid chest. Because the temperature was so high, the few wraps of coarse fireproof cloth she wore to barely cover her modesty had long been soaked with sweat, tightly outlining her proud Peaks. With every violent swing of the hammer, the already precarious restraints almost burst open.

Lin Chen could feel a unique fragrance emanating from Iron Heart Orchid due to the high-intensity physical exertion—a mixture of the smell of metallic gunpowder and the sweat of a mature female. Under the steaming high temperature, that scent turned into an extremely overbearing aphrodisiac that drilled straight into his nostrils.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Their rhythm grew faster and faster, as if they were performing a symphony of the Soul. For the first time, Iron Heart Orchid discovered that Artifact Refining could be so frenzied. In the past, when she forged alone, she always had to divide her attention to control the fire, often finding her strength failing her. But now, Lin Chen's terrifyingly precise fire control allowed her to release all the explosive power within her body without reservation.

She felt her blood burning and her heartbeat accelerating. The hormonal impact brought by the constant physical collision and friction with Lin Chen made this Artifact Refining fanatic, who had never been close to a man before, almost suffocate on the spot.

"Now! The final strike, infuse the Dragon blood!"

Lin Chen suddenly bit his fingertip, and a drop of Dragon blood shimmering with a dark golden luster flew toward the mass of glowing red liquid star iron. At the same time, because the star iron produced intense physical repulsion under extreme pressure and temperature, a ring of crimson molten iron mixed with sparks suddenly exploded outward!

"Watch out!"

In the instant the downpour of sparks, capable of disfiguring or even killing, rained down, Iron Heart Orchid's pupils contracted sharply. As an Artifact Refiner, her instinct was to retreat, but behind her was the scalding earth vein furnace; there was no way back.

The expected intense pain did not come.

A body as hot and hard as iron suddenly slammed into her. Lin Chen's broad, long arms were like iron pincers, instantly pulling Iron Heart Orchid's slender yet tension-filled waist into his embrace. He spun around abruptly, pinning this proud Great Master of Artifact Refining firmly against the obsidian wall behind him, using his own back—now covered in dark golden Dragon scale phantoms—to forcefully endure the spray of sparks that could melt metal and shatter jade.

"Sizzle—"

The sparks landed on Lin Chen's back muscles, making a tooth-aching burning sound.

Iron Heart Orchid was stunned. She was locked between Lin Chen's chest and the wall in a space so narrow it was almost suffocating. Her magnificent Peaks were deformed from being squeezed, pressed tightly against Lin Chen's perfectly lined pectoral muscles. All that separated the two of them now was that single layer of soaked, tattered cloth.

She looked up and saw Lin Chen's sweat-drenched profile, filled with a wild beauty, and his eyes as deep as the starry sky. The extreme impact of being desperately protected by a man and surrounded by male hormones caused her heart, which had been as cold and hard as steel from long years of smithing, to completely soften at this moment.

This posture... it was too much like what was described in those lowly picture books... "The Divine Artifact is complete." Lin Chen's voice was somewhat raspy, his hot breath brushing against the base of her ear.

At this moment, how could Iron Heart Orchid care about any Divine Artifact? She felt her legs, which were usually as stable as mountains, actually going weak. An unprecedented surge of electricity called "desire" surged frantically up her spine.

"You... you're bleeding..." She reached out with a trembling hand, wanting to touch the wounds on Lin Chen's back.

"Consider it your win." Iron Heart Orchid suddenly pushed Lin Chen away. In that instant, her bronze-colored face turned so red it was hotter than the charcoal fire in the furnace. She didn't dare look directly at Lin Chen, and her speech even took on an unprecedented stutter. "The... the item is repaired. Tonight... tonight come to my room to get the mold... no, to get the final blueprints! Now go!"

After saying that, she grabbed her heavy hammer and fled in panic.

[Ding! Due to the absolute strength and manliness displayed by the host, Iron Heart Orchid's favorability has skyrocketed!] [Obtained Trait: Divine Craftsman's Favor (All Family equipment durability +200%)!]

...Late at night, in the inner chamber of the Tiangong Workshop.

The furnishings here were minimalist. Aside from various rare metal ores, there was a wide, cold bed also crafted from profound iron.

When Lin Chen pushed open the door, Iron Heart Orchid was sitting on the edge of the bed with her back to him. She had already changed out of her greasy forging clothes and put on a shimmering Fire Silkworm Silk veil unique to the Second Heaven. Under the candlelight, the veil had a semi-transparent texture, completely unable to hide her extremely provocative, powerful back and her rounded, pert buttocks.

"Since you're here, don't just stand at the door." Iron Heart Orchid turned her head. Moonlight filtered through the skylight onto her heroic brows. Her originally sharp gaze was now filled with a dazed mist.

"Great Master Iron, where is my reward?" Lin Chen casually locked the door behind him.

Iron Heart Orchid did not answer. Instead, she slowly stood up and, amidst the vibration of the profound iron bed, walked over to Lin Chen. Her tall figure was almost level with Lin Chen's, and her wild beauty was released to the extreme at this moment.

She suddenly reached out with her long, lightly calloused hands and grabbed Lin Chen's collar, pulling him fiercely toward her.

"Reward? In my life, I, Iron Heart Orchid, have never admired any man. You are the first, and you will be the only one."

Her heavy breathing fanned Lin Chen's face—an intoxicating scent mixed with volcanic ash and a young woman's body fragrance.

"Rip—!"

That thin layer of Fire Silkworm Silk instantly burst under Iron Heart Orchid's own violent movements.

In that moment, this body, representing the Peak of female physicality in the Second Heaven, was revealed to Lin Chen without reservation. She was not just beautiful; she possessed an aggressiveness that made one's Bloodline boil. Her Peaks remained as upright as mountains even without restraint.

"Lord... refine me!"

Iron Heart Orchid let out a low growl like a tigress and suddenly pounced on Lin Chen, pinning him onto the cold profound iron bed.

The collision of cold profound iron and scalding flesh triggered an extremely eerie pleasure. In that extreme madness, Iron Heart Orchid brought out the same vigor she used when swinging her great hammer. She wasn't just receiving; she was frantically demanding.

"Ah—!"

Iron Heart Orchid cried out loudly, her originally heroic face now filled with the distortion and breakdown of lust. In that extreme pleasure, like lightning piercing through her, she felt her fire poison-solidified Meridians being completely melted by an overbearing and unreasonable Pure Yang Qi.

The pleasure of being completely conquered from the depths of her Soul by a man caused her originally aloof Dao Heart to turn completely into the dust of debauchery.

"I am Master's sword... Master's shield... please... please refine This servant to your heart's content!"

In this late night where crimson fire flowed, Lin Chen used his masculine power—enough to turn even diamond into soft silk—to completely forge this originally high-and-mighty Grandmaster Artifact Refiner, who even looked down on men, into a plaything that could only kneel at his feet, begging for mercy and demanding more.

Until dawn approached, Iron Heart Orchid's once-powerful fingernails had scratched countless deep gouges into the surface of the profound iron bed.

"Master... from now on... This servant will only strike iron for you... and only for you... legs..."

Her tearful murmurs in the quiet night became the most beautiful movement in the collapse of the Second Heaven's order.

[Congratulations to the host! Successfully and completely tamed the new heroine of the Second Heaven: Iron Heart Orchid!] [Family Luck has skyrocketed again! Special event triggered: The Chiming Myriad Immortals Assembly has officially begun!] [Get ready to take your Grandmaster Artifact Refiner and seize the ultimate reward that belongs to the strong! ]