I gain permanent defense when attacked; even gods and demons can't hurt me.

The car quickly drove into the apartment building in Block A.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to get out of the car, he suddenly seemed to remember something.

"By the way, Professor Su."

Lin Yuan stopped and took out something wrapped in black cloth from his personal storage space.

"When I killed that skeletal dragon in the college entrance exam dungeon, besides the materials, this thing also dropped."

"I thought it looked quite unique, so I couldn't bear to throw it away."

"Could you take a look at this for me? Could I exchange it for some military merits with the school? Or maybe get some special reward?"

As he spoke, Lin Yuan lifted the black cloth.

An extremely dense abyssal death aura, so intense that it even distorted the surrounding air, instantly spread out.

It was a fist-sized, pitch-black crystalline heart that seemed to contain an endless abyss vortex!

It was still throbbing slightly, and with each throbbing, it exuded a chilling pressure.

Su Ya slammed on the brakes, and the SUV left two long black tracks on the ground.

Her eyes widened as she stared intently at what Lin Yuan was holding.

That pretty face, which usually turned pale at the slightest sign of trouble, was now filled with shock.

Su Ya took a deep breath, her voice trembling slightly:

"You brat, you actually extracted the very core of that demonic dragon?!"

"This is a priceless treasure that only drops from abyssal monsters with a very low probability!"

Su Ya gasped, disregarding her image, and reached out to carefully sense the fluctuations emanating from the dark heart from a distance.

The contradictory feeling of coldness and death, yet containing immense vitality, made her fingertips tremble slightly.

"hiss"

"I knew I wasn't mistaken!"

Su Ya withdrew her hand, looking at Lin Yuan as if he were a freak with luck that defied the heavens:

"Lin Yuan, do you know what this thing means?"

Lin Yuan blinked and asked tentatively, "Does that mean a lot of military merits?"

"shallow!"

With a serious expression, Su Ya pointed to the heart and explained, "This is the condensation of the essence of the Abyss Dragon. It not only contains the 'Dragon's Might' of the dragon race, but also, due to the erosion of the abyss aura, it has generated a rule power called 'Immortality'."

"If it is embedded in a staff, it will allow necromancers to summon bone dragon-level creatures ahead of time."

"But if it's used on armor, especially shields, it can give the shield two extremely terrifying properties!"

"First, self-repair. As long as the shield hasn't completely turned to ash, it can slowly repair itself by absorbing surrounding free energy. This means you possess a shield that is virtually indestructible!"

"Secondly, Dragon Force Field. It grants you the imposing aura of a high-ranking dragon, suppressing all attributes of any creature lower in level than yourself, and even directly inflicting a state of fear and paralysis!"

"This thing is so useful to me!"

Lin Yuan immediately covered the heart with the black cloth, tucking it back into his clothes as if guarding against a thief, his face full of "vigilance":

"Instructor Su, then I won't exchange it for military merits. I'll keep these for myself! Or, could you tell me about some of the most skilled blacksmiths in the academy?"

Suya couldn't help but laugh when she saw his possessive way of handling his food.

"You're pretty smart, kid."

"An ordinary blacksmith can't perfectly integrate this level of material into your equipment."

"If we're not careful, we might ruin the materials."

"This is where I must introduce you to the [Divine Weapon Pavilion], which our War Academy is so proud of."

"Divine Weapon Pavilion?" Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, that's the place within the academy specifically responsible for equipment forging, repair, and enchanting."

"That place gathers the top forging masters in the entire Western Theater Command."

"In the Divine Weapon Pavilion, blacksmiths are divided into two categories."

"The first type is the Contract Blacksmith."

"They are employed by the school, and they will do it as long as you pay enough points."

"The prices are clearly marked. Although they are a bit expensive, for example, crafting a piece of gold equipment starts at 5000 points, the advantage is that they are stable. As long as you have enough money, you can craft any kind of equipment."

Lin Yuan's lips twitched.

5000 point?

That's five million dragon coins!

"You think 5000 points is expensive? The forging fee of 5000 points is generally equivalent to buying a gold-grade equipment worth tens of millions outside. It's worth it!"

"What about the second category?" Lin Yuan asked.

Suya's expression turned somewhat strange: "The second type is known as the Master of Freedom."

"This group of people... how should I put it, they're a bunch of eccentric lunatics, or rather, true artists."

"Their forging skills far surpass those of the first category, and they can even create legendary and epic-level equipment."

"but!"

Su Ya emphasized, "They have no shortage of points or money. Having points alone won't get them to help."

"You need to meet all their bizarre requests."

"For example, someone might need you to collect a specific Flame Flower from somewhere in the abyss, someone might need you to help them test a newly developed dangerous weapon, and then there are those who just do it on a whim, giving you free service if they're in a good mood, and refusing to serve you even if the King of Heaven himself comes if they're in a bad mood."

At this point, Su Ya gave Lin Yuan a deep look: "Lin Yuan, the [Heart of the Necromancer] in your hand is an extremely unstable abyss material."

"The first type of contract blacksmith, who only follows procedures, is unlikely to be able to handle this."

"Forced forging will only result in the furnace exploding."

"So, you can only try your luck with those eccentric 'masters of freedom'."

Subsequently, Su Ya transmitted some information to Lin Yuan's bracelet.

"This is a map of the Divine Weapon Pavilion and information on several top masters."

"One of them was a master named Guye, who was an expert in processing materials from the abyss."

"But he has the worst temper and hasn't made a move in years."

Whether you can persuade him to come depends on your own abilities.

Lin Yuan glanced at the photo of the old man with a big beard and a fierce look that had fallen out of the bracelet, and grinned.

"I'll give it a try then. Anyway, my current shield is strong enough for me, and if I want to socket cores into equipment, my shield's level isn't high enough."

Su Ya rolled her beautiful eyes at Lin Yuan: "Alright, get out of the car. Section A, 302, go up yourself."

"Meet at the school gate at 8:00 AM three days from now, and we'll head to the Azure Island."

"Don't be late!"

"Okay!"

Lin Yuan got off the bus.

He planned to visit the academy's dungeon hall tomorrow, since there were still three days before heading to Azure Island.

Let's see if we can raise our level again during this time!

Chapter update reminder: Chapter 97 The Heart of the Dead, Divine Weapon Pavilion, reading address.