Chapter 391: Magical Crystal

“Happy news!”
That day, upon leaving the royal tomb hall, Happy immediately received a message from Lei Zhan via carrier pigeon. Upon reading it, the fatigue from fighting ninjas all day vanished, replaced by a surge of energy and enthusiasm in his heart, as well as a hint of joy on his face.
These past few days…
Good news had been coming frequently from the Mu family.
The development of Caiyi Hall was progressing smoothly. Led by Lei Zhan, the brothers of the Mu family cleared out the vast Vampire Wood jungle deep in Shenlongjia. Hundreds of experts fought through day and night to destroy the thousand-year-old vampire trees. In doing so, they helped Yu Shanhuhu obtain the roots of these trees, as well as countless high-quality medicinal herbs from the jungle, including one thousand-year-old ginseng and one thousand-year-old ganoderma.
Additionally, Tie Wuxin was also making steady progress. Although he only succeeded in forging one of the four National Guardian Swords during his first attempt at reaching Level 3, spending over 70 million taels of silver on materials, Happy did not lose hope in him. Instead, he continued to provide National Guardian Swords and gold components to fully support his forging efforts!
In subsequent attempts, Tie Wuxin learned from his mistakes and developed his own methods. He incorporated techniques from Grade 2 forging. Each time he failed to reach Level 2 of Grade 2, he would use that experience to attempt Level 3.
And surprisingly… it worked.
From Happy, Tie Wuxin obtained all the components for five sets of gold armor. After a few days, he successfully forged three sets of Grade 3 gold armor and two spare parts, with a success rate of over 60%. Happy generously awarded Tie Wuxin 60 million taels of silver as a reward.
Lei Zhan also benefited, receiving one National Guardian Sword at Level 3 and one set of Grade 3 gold armor. The next day, he boldly went to the Crystal Cave to trouble King Shi, where he was lucky enough to find two explosive crystal stones and some high-grade crystals.
This time too… it was good news!
After nearly a month of efforts by the Five Sect Alliance, the Mu family finally unearthed their first top-tier crystal stone—a magnificent, colorful Magical Crystal, which was also one of the essential materials for reaching Level 4.
The crystal was discovered by a female miner from the Black Rose Family named Xiao Cao. In the name of the gang, Lei Zhan awarded her 10 million taels of silver as a reward and declared that anyone who discovered a Magical Crystal would receive an additional 10 million taels from the gang.
The entire Black Rose Family was in an uproar.
“Well done.”

Kai Xin exclaimed generously, “Brother Lei, your skill is truly remarkable. The Black Rose Family manages to gather as many of these as possible. Although the current market price of Magic Crystals is low, their mining rate is extremely low—only a few have been produced by the five major factions in a month. Their value will likely double or triple. Ten million is a great offer! Also, after a month, their contributions should be classified as those of ordinary disciples, with the profits shared equally among the factions. Although Jade Coral will surely subsidize them, it’s not easy for these women either.”
“Right.”
Lei Zhan replied, “Indeed, these women are more determined than many others. When they get serious, people from both the Colorful Robes Sect and the Battle Hall really admire them.”
“Did Tie Wuxin say anything when the Magic Crystals appeared?” Kai Xin suddenly asked.
Lei Zhan was taken aback. “How did you know?”
“Well, as soon as Tie Wuxin saw a Magic Crystal among the key resources in the faction’s warehouse, he immediately pressured me to persuade you to let him give it a try… Tsk tsk, it’s funny now that I think about it. Imagine—a normally cold-hearted middle-aged man, around my age, suddenly clinging to me—it was quite unbearable.”
“What did you decide?”
“Heh, I told him right away that reaching Level 4 isn’t easy; you need several sets of materials before you can attempt it… Now many people are asking me for quotes. The highest offer for a Level 3 Guardian Sword is 150 million silver coins. What if it breaks? I’d almost jump off a building! With a 20% success rate… It’s possible to fail four or five times without success. Would I dare?”
“And there are those who’ve suffered losses. I heard that ‘Conscience Tycoon’ wanted to give it a try too. After several attempts, all failed, costing him over a billion in materials. He’s so angry he’s almost vomiting… Just thinking about those Level 3 Guardian Swords in the silver bank possibly exploding still makes my heart race.”
“Prudence is good,” Kai Xin replied. “But Level 3 has 150% stats, while Level 4 is insane—300%! It’s understandable that Conscience Tycoon wants to take a risk. If successful, it’s like boosting attack power by one realm, so the price when sold will definitely be exorbitant!”
“Why are you like this too? Could it be you want to support him?” The message from Lei Zhan’s pigeon mail was filled with surprise.

With a smile, Kai Xin wrote in a lively style, “It’s good to let him give it a try. Anyway, no one here has enough contribution points to upgrade the Guardian Sword to Stage 4. But tell him that if this adventure fails, he should wait at least four sets of materials before trying again!”
A message was sent via pigeon, and there was silence on the other end for a long time.
“Agreed.”
Lei Zhan replied irresponsibly, “It’s anyway your stuff. I’ll just watch from the sidelines and let you two live in fear…”
Smiling, Kai Xin crumpled the note, summoned his horse shadow, and headed toward Hongwu City.
…
Bao Kang, the Mu Family’s top forging workshop.
As Tie Wuxin’s achievements accumulated, this place had become a well-known master forging workshop, as twenty-three Stage 3, Grade 1 legendary weapons on the Divine Weapons List were created here.
Each one was worth over 100 million!
Tie Wuxin was now truly the top forging master of the Mu Family and also one of the most renowned forging masters in the martial world…
Even the Xiyi Gate, Yuhu Palace, and some other famous gangs in the martial world came to seek his services, hoping to get their weapons forged by him.
However…
Tie Wuxin’s temper from his past life resurfaced.
His tone was extremely harsh and rude:
“I’m not short of Grade 1 legendary weapons, nor of Stage 3 legendary weapons!
I only accept requests from external gangs to upgrade to Stage 4, and I clearly state that if they fail, they must pay 10 million taels of silver as compensation.”
To date, he had only made exceptions for Lin Xiao from the Xiyi Gate and Hong Chen, and that was only because Lei Zhan personally brought them over. His arrogance was astonishing.
There were also many who hired him secretly at high salaries…
That day…
Tie Wuxin had just declined invitations from the Conscience Tycoon and Meng Yun from Yipin Hall.
The former tried to tempt him with profit, saying he had over a dozen sets of Stage 4 materials and that Tie Wuxin would receive countless resources and opportunities to showcase his skills if he agreed to join, with a salary in the eight-digit range.
Although tempted, Tie Wuxin ultimately chose to decline!
After all, Lei Zhan and Kai Xin had been very kind to him. He had risen to prominence thanks to the Mu Family, so he felt deep loyalty and trust toward it. As for money, he wasn’t short either—just succeeding at Stage 3 for Grade 1 weapons could earn him 20 million taels of silver in contribution points, which was no less than what the Conscience Tycoon offered.
As for the threats from Yipin Hall, he simply spat in their direction and added them to his blacklist.
Just as Tie Wuxin was about to start forging the Grade 1 legendary weapons acquired by the Mu Family, he received exciting news from Lei Zhan!
After careful consideration, Kai Xin decided to allow him to take a risk and attempt to upgrade to Stage 4!
Also…

Lei Zhan solemnly stated that the gang would invest heavily to purchase magic crystals and other forging materials from Jade Fox Palace, Heroic Justice Gate, Righteous Path Gang, and Blood River Gate to help him reach Level 4!