71: Chapter 71 Recycling Refined Iron, One Certificate for Life

Lin Ye wasn't in a hurry. With the Heaven Rewards Diligence, as long as he followed the steps and kept grinding, he would eventually reach 1000 refinements one day. It wasn't even impossible for him to pioneer an unprecedented ten thousand refinements.

After all, his Cultivation Technique Realm had no upper limit and encountered no Bottlenecks whatsoever.

Of course, having an excessively high number of refinements wasn't particularly meaningful either.

While the Cultivation Technique might have no ceiling, the Materials couldn't keep up indefinitely.

In the end, Xuan Iron was merely refined from ordinary iron ore; it couldn't be enhanced endlessly.

Unless Lin Ye mastered some more Advanced forging techniques in the future, possessing the ability to transform the mundane into the miraculous.

Then, he could attempt to shatter the shackles of ordinary iron, using Acquired power to forge Innate spirit iron.

However, that already involved power of a higher level, beyond what ordinary strength could achieve.

Ahem, I've digressed.

After diligently hammering for two hours, a pleasant System notification finally rang in Lin Ye's ears:

"Ding! The Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements Realm has improved. Current Realm: initial insight (0/5000)."

Instantly, a vast amount of experience regarding Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements flooded Lin Ye's mind. It felt as if he had been immersed in this craft for several years. Every movement was deeply etched into his bones, forming what's called muscle memory.

Picking up another piece of refined iron, the feel was completely different this time.

Clang!!

A single hammer strike fell, and the commotion this time was noticeably louder than before.

Four strikes combined into one!

Lin Ye's face lit up with pleasant surprise.

Although he still couldn't refine Xuan Iron, at least his speed in refining ordinary refined iron had doubled.

Since selling Xuan Iron was temporarily impossible, selling refined iron wasn't a bad alternative.

In fact, in terms of market demand, refined iron had a larger market.

In one afternoon, Lin Ye managed to refine over a hundred catties of refined iron.

He then took this refined iron to Wu Guang, asking if the Chijin Hall would buy it.

Wu Guang was currently forging a refined iron long saber. Hearing Lin Ye's question, he quickly put down his hammer and wiped his face.

"You want to sell refined iron? We buy it, of course we do!"

Wu Guang appeared very excited.

In fact, the Chijin Hall had always had a significant shortage of refined iron.

Despite having many blacksmiths, most were either apprentices or Elementary-level blacksmiths who could only craft ordinary equipment.

Advanced blacksmiths like him, capable of forging fine equipment, were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

The most crucial step in crafting fine equipment was refining the iron, and this step was also the most time-consuming.

The primary reason the Chijin Hall couldn't mass-produce fine equipment was the lack of refined iron.

Now, hearing Lin Ye wanted to sell refined iron, he was naturally overjoyed.

After all, raw Materials cost little. As long as finished weapons could be produced, the profit could multiply several times over!

The main reason Lin Ye couldn't be bothered to forge finished weapons was that it didn't contribute to grinding proficiency in Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements.

"How much will you pay?" Lin Ye inquired.

"The market price for one catty of refined iron is 8 taels of silver. But since you're one of us, I can offer 10 taels." Wu Guang held up a finger.

"Deal!"

This price was within his expectations.

Carrying 1200 silver notes, Lin Ye made a trip to the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce.

These notes were also issued by the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce, but they could only circulate within Qingfeng County.

As for why the Great Han imperial court didn't issue its own silver notes, Lin Ye had no idea. Perhaps it involved power struggles among various factions.

"Brother Lin, here to buy Medicinal Pills again?"

Seeing Lin Ye, Deacon Zhou immediately smiled and came forward to greet him.

"Yes, ten body tempering pills and three qi nourishing pills." Lin Ye didn't engage in excessive small talk, directly pulling out the silver notes.

Deacon Zhou took the notes, examined them, then retrieved two porcelain bottles from behind the counter. "Brother Lin, you've been Cultivating very diligently lately, going through pills so quickly."

"It's alright. Mainly started late, need to catch up on progress." Lin Ye took the pills, inspected each one, confirmed they were fine, tucked them into his robe, and then bid farewell to leave.

He didn't want to waste time on meaningless socializing.

Returning to Master's courtyard, it was almost dark.

He swallowed a body tempering pill and began circulating the Body Tempering Method.

The medicinal efficacy flowed through his body, saturating his skin, muscles, and bones layer by layer.

"Proficiency +21"

"Proficiency +21"

...

Perhaps because his Physical Body had broken through its limits again, Cultivating the Body Tempering Method no longer brought him much pain. Instead, there was a strange sense of comfort.

In truth, it was precisely the Heaven Rewards Diligence that emphasized 'once proven, forever proven.'

Otherwise, given Lin Ye's robust Physical Body, practicing the Basic Body Tempering Method would hardly have any strengthening effect.

...

Two days passed in a flash. During this time, there had been no movement from Wei Chongshan's side.

However, Lin Ye knew the other party wouldn't give up on obtaining the Wild Wind Saber Technique he possessed.

The reason for the lack of action so far was probably that they were preparing a big move.

Lin Ye wasn't worried in the slightest.

His strength was changing day by day.

If the other side was planning based on the strength he had previously displayed, Lin Ye would make Wei Chongshan understand what the hell a real surprise was.

Meanwhile, after two days of diligent Cultivation, his essence attribute increased by another point, reaching 43 points.

Most importantly, his first Physical Body metamorphosis had finally entered the bone-forging stage.

He could feel his entire skeleton being gradually saturated and strengthened by innate qi, slowly transforming towards a higher level.

Calculating the time, Lin Ye chose to log off.

As soon as he logged off, he saw Cheng Yuan hunched over the desk writing something, while Wang Hao was enthusiastically practicing boxing on the balcony.

Lin Ye sat up, his expression suddenly changing. "Old Zhu still hasn't come out?"

Cheng Yuan looked up. "Nope, probably held up by something."

As soon as the words were spoken, Zhu Ming materialized on the bed.

Seeing everyone was present, Lin Ye recounted everything he had heard from Old Man Shen, mainly introducing the Great Wasteland Fortress.

After listening, Wang Hao and Cheng Yuan were also greatly alarmed.

They hadn't expected the Martial Domain to have such bug-like monsters as Wasteland Beasts.

"Damn, Old Zhu, your place is way too dangerous!"

"Why don't you change locations?"

Wang Hao suggested.

Cheng Yuan also nodded. "Yeah, what if the Wasteland Beasts break in one day? Even with respawns, it'd be useless. Those things deal area damage."

Zhu Ming wasn't too panicked. "It's not that exaggerated. I've learned a bit of information during this time.

The Great Wasteland Fortress has been standing for several hundred years and has never once been breached by Wasteland Beasts.

It's highly unlikely it'll get breached just because I'm there.

Besides, I've joined the Logistics Department of the Great Wasteland Fortress. Even if Wasteland Beasts attack, it wouldn't be my turn to go to the battlefield."

Wang Hao opened his mouth, wanting to argue but not knowing what to say.

Lin Ye patted Zhu Ming's shoulder. "Alright then, just be careful yourself. Play it safe when you can, don't try to be a hero."

"Don't worry, Brother Ye. I know what I'm doing."

Zhu Ming nodded.

"By the way, don't just talk about me. How are you guys doing now?"