148: Chapter 148 Upgrading the White Dragon Battle Blade

"I wonder if your clan's forging techniques could advance this personal warblade of mine another step forward?" Su Wu asked straightforwardly.

Ouyang Qingtian's gaze was instantly drawn to the warblade on the table, which radiated a sharp artifact aura.

He set down his teacup, extended his slender, jade-like hands, and lifted the white dragon warblade with extreme care, his deep eyes seeming to hold countless stars rapidly birthing and dying.

His long fingers gently brushed over the blade, feeling the aura forcibly suppressed within the blade's body, and a glimmer of admiration gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Good blade!"

A moment later, Ouyang Qingtian placed the blade back on the table and gave his assessment: "The foundation of this blade is excellent. The primary material used during its forging seems to contain some extremely rare Starry Cold Dragon bone marrow, and under Mr. Su's years of nourishment with Origin Qi and tempering with Killing Intent, it has already developed an extremely pure spirituality."

"However..." Ouyang Qingtian changed the subject, a flash of absolute confidence belonging to a top-tier Artifact Refining Great Grandmaster crossing his eyes: "The current grade of this blade is indeed still stuck at the threshold of the fourth-order Peak. It has not yet fully detonated all the potential within its materials, so there is still huge room for promotion."

He looked at Su Wu and promised with a firm tone: "Mr. Su, rest assured. If this blade is entrusted to my Ouyang Divine Clan's 'Tiangong Workshop,' supplemented with a few star core materials from our treasury, and then I personally supervise the furnace fire to recast and temper it."

"I dare to guarantee that it will definitely be able to reach a higher level, and there should be a very high probability of it stepping into the ranks of the fifth-order ancient martial art!"

A fifth-order ancient martial art!

A fifth-order weapon is a peerless divine weapon capable of bearing World Master Level Law! Once the white dragon warblade ascends to the fifth order, if he were to unleash the "Nameless Saber Technique" again, its power would absolutely surge once more!

"It's just that..." Ouyang Qingtian paused, his tone becoming somewhat apologetic: "Forging a fifth-order divine weapon is an act of Heaven-Defying creation. The Law array patterns that need to be engraved are vast as the sea, and the control of the heat cannot tolerate the slightest mistake. This is not an easy task that can be accomplished in one go; it will require a considerable amount of time."

Speaking up to this point, Ouyang Qingtian's fox tail was finally revealed. He smiled and took the opportunity to suggest: "During this period of forging the blade, if Mr. Su has no other urgent matters, you might as well stay in my Ouyang Divine Clan's ancestral land for a longer period."

Su Wu looked at Ouyang Qingtian's sincere smile, his heart clear as a mirror. This was not about keeping him to wait for the blade; it was clearly an attempt to seize the opportunity to completely tie him to the Ouyang Family's warship.

However, this was exactly what Su Wu had hoped for.

He had just arrived in the Holy Spirit Star Domain and was completely in the dark. As the local power, the Ouyang Divine Clan could not only provide the safest shelter but also serve as the best cover for him to probe the true situation of the Lin Divine Clan and even settle scores with the Lin Family in the future.

"Since the Head of the Ouyang Family has so kindly invited me, then I, Su, shall respectfully comply." Su Wu nodded very decisively and agreed.

Seeing Su Wu agree, the smile on Ouyang Qingtian's face deepened. He turned to look at Ouyang Hao, who had been standing by the side, and nodded slightly to signal him.

Ouyang Hao immediately understood, stepped forward, and bowed: "Mr. Su, then as for the arrangements for your daily life, I will personally arrange them for you. I will take you to 'Qingyun Villa' to rest now. Sir, please follow me."

Su Wu stood up, bowed to Ouyang Qingtian again, then turned and, taking Xiao Bai with him, followed Ouyang Hao out of the side hall.

Once Su Wu's back had completely disappeared around the corner of the corridor, inside the side hall, the smile on Ouyang Qingtian's face, which had been beaming, gradually faded, replaced by a bottomless gravity and contemplation.

He picked up the slightly cooled tea on the table but did not drink it, instead gently rubbing the rim of the cup with his fingertip.

"This person... his actions are watertight. Even facing me, a World Lord, he shows not the slightest bit of stage fright. And that calmness and decisiveness engraved in his bones—he is definitely not as simple as he appears on the surface."

"However, it doesn't matter. As long as he is willing to stay, there is still plenty of time and opportunity to win him over."

Ouyang Qingtian's gaze involuntarily landed on the chair where Su Wu had just sat, and the image of that small white beast that had been yawning on Su Wu's shoulder all along surfaced in his mind.

"And..." A glimmer of puzzled sharpness flashed in his eyes: "That Star Beast... that hidden fluctuation unique to the royal Bloodline... why does it look so familiar?"

In the following days, Su Wu naturally settled down in the "Qingyun Villa" of the Ouyang Divine Clan.

This villa occupied an independent small hill, with waterfalls, flowing springs, and exotic flowers and grasses everywhere.

To win him over, the Ouyang Family had truly spared no expense. Not only did they send various rare spiritual fruits whose names he couldn't even recognize every day, but even the maids serving him were all of the Star Lord Realm cultivation.

But Su Wu would not indulge in such a soft trap. Apart from occasionally deducing and perfecting his "Nameless Saber Technique," he spent the vast majority of his time using the "honored guest" privileges granted by the Ouyang Family to collect and inquire about the specific situation of the Lin Divine Clan within the Ouyang Divine Clan's library and intelligence network.

As the intelligence was continuously compiled, the puzzle gradually became complete. In this Holy Spirit Star Domain, the reason the Eight Great Divine Clans were able to rule for countless eras was certainly not just for show!

According to the intelligence he had organized, although the Lin Divine Clan was currently ranked in the middle among the eight great families, its deep foundation was enough to crush several Aolan Star Domains!

At the very top of its power pyramid was that Lin Family Old Ancestor who had lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years!

His true cultivation was actually a terrifying existence that had already reached the Peak of the World Master Realm Ninth Stage!!!

World Master Realm Ninth Stage!

He was only half a step away from that ethereal "Maicun Realm"!

And beneath this Old Ancestor, who was like a nuclear deterrent, the Lin Divine Clan was divided into three core branches: the First Branch, the Second Branch, and the Third Branch.

The current heads of these three branches were, without exception, all true—World Lord Realm experts!

The Head of the Second Branch who had ordered people to go to the Aolan Star Domain to "deal with" him back then, that is, Lin Waner's father, his nominal "father-in-Law," was also an unfathomable World Lord!

"Four World Lords in one Family..." Su Wu sat in the pavilion of the villa, looking at the Jade Slip containing information recorded with Divine Thought, his eyes flickering.

If he had acted on impulse before and charged in alone to demand people, even with his trump card of the "Chaos Transformation" half-hour World Lord experience card, he would have absolutely been instantly submerged by those three World Lord branch heads and the countless armies of Domain Lords, unable to stir up even a single ripple.

"Can't rush it. I still have to wait for some days." Su Wu forcibly suppressed the restlessness in his heart and forced himself to calm down: "My current strength is still far from enough. To snatch Waner and my daughter back from such a behemoth, I must possess the absolute power to flip this entire chessboard!"

"At least... my own normal cultivation must reach the high-level Domain Lord, or even World Lord! Only then will I have the qualifications to truly have a dialogue!"

Su Wu took a deep breath. Hope was pinned on his son who was still struggling to Cultivate at Aolan Academy.

"Su Yu, oh Su Yu, your old man is counting entirely on your leveling speed, kid. You must not slack off..."