The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 149 The Forging Method of the Azure Sky

Lin Qi tapped the storage box that gleamed in the sunlight, then lightly drew a sword with his B4-grade longsword.

In an instant, the longsword and the storage box made contact, sparks flying everywhere.

"Holy crap! It's Rem Titanium!" Lin Qi stared in shock at the gold-grade treasure chest, which was completely unharmed and without even a trace of damage.

Although it's not uncommon for people in the world of martial arts to use gold to make storage boxes, these boxes are not practical and are mostly just decorations.

Moreover, gold is heavy. Even if only the outermost layer of the storage box is made of gold, its weight is still extraordinary. At least a quasi-martial artist like Zhang Qingwei would not be able to carry such a large box around casually.

The only metal that radiates golden light and has a low density, as far as he knows, is Rem Titanium.

However, he really didn't even dare to dream of a storage box made of Rem Titanium.

Rem Titanium is the same raw ore as copper ore, but copper ore is only an A6 grade metal, while Rem Titanium is the top-grade B6 metal.

Because of its extremely high hardness and toughness, coupled with a density less than one-tenth that of gold, it is a metal that is measured in grams in the market of the City of Light, and it is the kind that money can't buy.

If the entire storage box were made of Rem Titanium, its value would probably be no less than that of a B5-level armor set, which is equivalent to carrying a mountain of gold.

He couldn't even imagine how extravagant someone must be to be so outrageous as to use such a container.

"Master, we were discovered at the Martial Arts Association."

Zhang Qingwei spoke directly, without any concealment. The others present nodded in agreement, looking at Lin Qi with great excitement, curious about the price of this gold-level treasure chest.

In the past, a regular treasure chest only cost 500 points, which was a huge fortune for them back then. It would take them several days of digging to earn it.

This time, the treasure chest is of the gold grade, which is much more valuable than a regular treasure chest no matter how you look at it. Even the monster guarding it is of the lord grade, so you can imagine how precious this treasure chest is. It is definitely far more valuable than the A6 grade armor dropped by elite monsters.

"Martial Arts Association?" Lin Qi was even more surprised after hearing this.

I never expected these gold-level treasure chests to be so important.

He had originally thought that these players must have raided the headquarters of some major faction in Azure Sky to get such a luxurious treasure chest.

If it really comes from the Martial Arts Association, then this gold-level treasure chest is truly extraordinary.

"Master, you wouldn't believe it, the plaza in front of the Martial Arts Association suddenly cracked open, and three giant snakes, each fifty or sixty meters long, emerged, each surrounded by flames. It was absolutely terrifying," Ragnarok said with considerable pride. "At that time, two groups of people emerged from underground, each carrying a treasure chest. Remembering your instructions, Master, to thoroughly explore for anything of value, we rushed forward without hesitation and snatched those treasure chests."

"Two groups of people? You even managed to snatch these treasure chests back? Those two groups have no objections?" Lin Qi listened to Ragnarok's account and even suspected that Ragnarok was joking.

Both groups of powerful forces that were able to penetrate deep into the Martial Arts Association are probably top-tier suburban forces even within the three cities. It's hard to imagine that after Ragnarok and his group managed to seize three Rem Titanium storage boxes, those two groups would let them go so easily.

Lin Qi knew that the major forces that went to the city this time had definitely dispatched martial arts experts, and they were fully armed martial arts experts wearing B-level battle armor.

Even with her current mastery of the Divine Breathing Technique at 90% proficiency, Luo Wuchang, clad in B-grade armor, wouldn't last more than a few moves against a martial artist and would surely die.

It wasn't that he underestimated Luo Wushang and the others, but rather that martial artists were not people that non-martial artists could easily fight against, let alone martial artists wearing B-grade armor.

For those below the martial arts level, Luo Wushang could rely on her mastery of internal force to be invincible and kill with a single blow. However, at the martial arts level, martial arts practitioners not only generally master internal force, but their own blood and qi are also so rich that they can naturally resist internal force. It's as if martial arts practitioners are wearing an invisible armor of internal force, which can greatly weaken internal force attacks.

For martial artists who have mastered internal energy, their internal energy defense is even stronger.

Moreover, after becoming a martial artist, one's internal organs begin to be strengthened, unlike those below the level of a martial artist who are not. Unless attacked by a force far exceeding the martial artist's defense, the martial artist will only suffer minor injuries.

"They did have objections, but our methods made them wary, and coupled with the danger posed by the three-headed serpent, they didn't pursue the matter further." Ragnarok thought for a moment, but didn't reveal that Lu Fanchen and the others had self-destructed.

Putting aside whether an NPC could understand this self-destruction method, the sheer speed of it is even more satisfying than manually crafting a railgun. He hasn't even mastered it yet, so he can only keep it a secret for now, lest the NPC report it to the game developers and they fix or weaken the method in a heartbeat.

"Alright, I'll examine these three treasure chests." Lin Qi didn't suspect anything and began using his advanced smartwatch to unlock the combination locks on the three treasure chests.

According to Ragnarok's description, the three giant serpents were clearly lord-level monsters, and it was unclear what they were fighting over. Although it was unknown what the three lord-level serpents were fighting over, lord-level monsters were not something that the major powers in the suburbs could afford to provoke.

Even Lin Qi suspected that with the emergence of three lord-level monsters, the higher-ups of the three major cities might give up on the lucrative prize of Azure Sky.

It's not that the three major cities couldn't eliminate these three lord-level monsters, but rather that even though Azure Sky had been destroyed, lord-level monsters were still lurking there, which was enough to prove that the monster tide that attacked Azure Sky was extraordinary. Leaving Azure Sky in this region was not a wise choice.

The higher-ups in the three major cities will likely soon prohibit any force from entering the Azure Sky and disturbing the lord-level monsters inside, allowing the Azure Sky to leave. This means that this city exploration will soon come to an end.

As for the items that were stolen from two major forces, Lin Qi didn't care much.

Fighting in the wild is a normal thing, and if these two forces want revenge, he wouldn't mind a fight.

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is now equipped with a large number of A6-level armors by players, enough to arm more than 500 people. Today, as players return to the academy, a new batch of 200 players will be able to enter the high-level martial arts world.

These two hundred people will soon become apprentices, and then they will take over the Iron Heart Gang. At that time, the Obsidian Martial Arts School will have more than five hundred fully armed experts with quasi-martial artist level combat power.

This force is not to be ignored in any city, let alone confronted directly.

However, the most important thing is the players. Several players are already close to becoming martial artists. Once the Shocking Breathing Technique reaches 100% proficiency in the first level, they will become martial artists, and their strength will increase accordingly. They will not be afraid of any major force in the suburbs.

After spending more than an hour, Lin Qi finally unlocked the passwords on the three Rem Titanium storage boxes with his advanced smart watch. The three storage boxes slowly opened with a creak, attracting all the surrounding players to gather around.

"The battle has finally begun. I wonder what good stuff is in this gold-level treasure chest."

"I guess it's top-tier equipment, maybe even divine gear specifically designed to equip the gym leader."

"If that's the case, will the guild master just reward us with a set of divine equipment?"

Everyone stared at the three opened gold-grade treasure chests, and immediately began to discuss among themselves, curious about what was inside.

When the three Rem Titanium storage boxes were opened, everyone in the room was stunned.

Inside the three gleaming golden treasure chests were three items: a fist-sized crimson bead, a storage chip, and a somewhat tattered blueprint—something completely different from what anyone had imagined.

The players couldn't help but feel disappointed, especially Lu Fanchen and his group who had snatched two gold-level treasure chests; their faces turned pale.

They had hoped to find a powerful piece of equipment for an NPC, as the contribution reward would far exceed that of teams farming A6-level armor, potentially allowing Mythic Paradise to secure a spot.

But now that I look at it, these gold-level treasure chests are just junk; none of them seem useful.

"Is this the treasure of the Martial Arts Association?" Lin Qi looked at the contents of the three treasure chests without any surprise and picked up the three items to examine them carefully.

As an organization that assists martial artists, the Martial Arts Association must store all sorts of things. It's unlikely that it will store weapons and equipment, as normal weapons and equipment are not stored in storage boxes. The things that can be stored in storage boxes are probably some valuable miscellaneous items.

The three items at the moment were, as Lin Qi had suspected, three miscellaneous items.

Although they are just miscellaneous items, the fact that they can be stored in the famous mobile city of Emerald Sky speaks volumes about their value.

Lin Qi simply set aside the blood-red bead and the tattered blueprints, picked up the storage chip, and put it into the smartwatch.

"really!"

Lin Qi looked at the stored data on the storage chip and couldn't help but show a look of ecstatic joy on his face.

Although Lin Qi didn't think that the storage chip was necessarily the training method he wanted when he saw it, it might contain martial arts techniques or secret skills.

But the Martial Arts Association did not disappoint him.

The information stored in the memory chip is none other than the training methods that ordinary people outside the world all want to learn.

However, the training method in the storage chip is not an ordinary training method, or rather, it is an incomplete training method. If an ordinary person were to practice it, the risk would be extremely high. Moreover, even if they succeeded, because the training method is incomplete, they would probably have to learn other training methods to improve further.

Normally, no one would be willing to collect these forging methods, let alone the Martial Arts Association, which has countless top-tier forging methods. Keeping these incomplete forging methods is meaningless, especially since they are stored in Rem Titanium's storage box.

However, the reason why the Martial Arts Association of Azure Sky left behind these incomplete training methods is entirely because these training methods are too powerful.

Among them, there are eight forging methods at the martial artist level, and four forging methods above the martial artist level. The martial artist level forging methods are all high-level secret techniques, and the forging methods above the martial artist level are all mid-level or higher secret techniques.

Such twelve forging techniques would be unimaginable even for a major power in a city, let alone for the current Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Lin Qi even suspected that the genius training camp in the City of Light probably couldn't provide so many training methods for the students to learn.

System: Congratulations, host, for discovering a large number of forging methods far superior to those you have cultivated. Do you wish to merge all the forging methods and optimize the existing ones?

"Optimize!" Lin Qi chose optimization without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)