Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

Deep beneath the Heavenly Forging Bureau lies a massive underground fire vein.

This fire vein was not formed naturally, but was artificially created by a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator within the sect who personally communicated with the true fire of the earth's mantle and expended great effort.

At key points along the fire vein, stone chambers were built.

The sect's high-level weapon refiners and alchemists often come here to refine magical artifacts, pills, and various rare treasures using the pure and stable earth vein fire.

In the core stone chamber of the Fire Vein, Mo Jun, the head of the Heavenly Forging Division, a master craftsman, and a peak Golden Core cultivator, stood with his hands behind his back.

The walls of this stone chamber are engraved with water-based fire-suppressing spiritual patterns, with flowing aquamarine light that firmly locks the restless fire energy within the chamber.

In the center of the stone chamber stands a furnace over a meter tall. The furnace is made of black iron and its body is covered with ancient spiritual patterns. It is heavy and simple, with a sense of weight and age.

The furnace has a direct path to the fire pit at the bottom, where flames from underground fire veins surge upwards continuously, steadily scorching the bottom of the furnace.

The fire of the earth's veins is not the fiery red color people imagine, but a pale blue flame.

Pale blue flames are often hotter than bright red flames. At first glance, it does resemble a gas stove.

Mo Jun stood beside the furnace, surrounded by surging heat waves that caused his sleeves to flutter gently.

He made hand seals, and the spiritual energy around him flowed into the furnace.

While using his divine sense to perceive the strength of the earth fire, he also imprinted the array patterns he had prepared beforehand onto the gradually forming artifact blank.

Just as he was focused on refining the weapon, a white streak of light flew in from outside the stone chamber.

This is a transducer talisman.

The sound transmission talisman passed through the stone chamber without any hindrance and arrived in front of Mo Jun.

Mo Jun glanced at the communication talisman but ignored it.

At this moment, he was at a critical stage in refining the weapon and had no time to be distracted.

However, after only the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a second transmission talisman flew in right after.

Mo Jun frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "What could be so urgent? It can't be that Old Huang has broken in, can it? How could those sickly fellows possibly have such fighting power?"

Left with no other choice, he had to temporarily stop imprinting the array and raise his hand to activate the communication talisman.

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After a short while, Mo Jun quickly finished up the remaining work and returned to the surface.

He was filled with astonishment and surprise: What's going on? This time, there are actually over a thousand disciples who want to join the Heavenly Forging Division?

In normal times, it would be considered good if a person could recruit 10 to 20 new disciples in half a year.

This time there were over a thousand!

Could it be that the sect leader has recruited all the extraterrestrials in the entire Tanxian County into the sect this time?

Mo Jun rode his flying sword and hurriedly headed towards the gate of the Heavenly Casting Bureau.

A fiery red figure flashed across the horizon, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived at his destination.

At this moment, the gates of the Heavenly Forging Bureau were packed with people from beyond the heavens, all dressed in the robes of newly initiated disciples.

Some of the people were standing, some were sitting, and they chatted in twos and threes, but their expressions were not anxious.

The Qi Refining stage disciples in charge of guiding them were in a terrible situation. Standing in the crowd, they all looked worried and helpless.

There were only ten of them. They originally planned that each person could guide a maximum of ten newcomers, which would be enough.

Who would have thought that more than a thousand people would suddenly arrive? We simply couldn't handle the workload with our limited manpower!

Just as they were worrying, everyone caught sight of Mo Jun flying in from the sky on his sword, and immediately felt like they had seen a savior.

They immediately dropped what they were doing and hurried to meet them.

"Master, you've finally arrived!" a disciple exclaimed joyfully.

Mo Jun landed and looked at the huge crowd in front of him, feeling a splitting headache.

He frowned and asked, "Why recruit so many people all at once? What is the sect leader thinking? Has he gone mad?"

The disciple who guided her was a teenage girl.

She rubbed the hem of her clothes and muttered softly, "The sect leader didn't actually recruit many. I heard from these disciples from beyond the heavens that he only recruited about three thousand people in total. The number recruited by Huang Laodao and Fang Xiandao was about the same."

"Three thousand? Impossible!" Mo Jun looked incredulous.

If there are only three thousand new recruits in total, then having a hundred or eighty people enter the Heavenly Forging Division would be the absolute maximum!

There are at least a thousand people in front of me! When did the Tianzhu Division become so popular?

Mo Jun quickly scanned the surrounding crowd with his divine sense.

Soon, he noticed someone who was different from others.

This person was naturally Lu Chuan.

Everyone present, whether they were extraterrestrials or disciples of the guide, was at the Qi Refining stage. Only Lu Chuan was at the Foundation Establishment stage, making him impossible to ignore.

At this moment, Lu Chuan was standing in the crowd, chatting and laughing with Shen Hua.

Mo Jun's figure swayed, and before anyone could see him, he had already landed in front of Lu Chuan.

"Lu Chuan, what exactly is going on?" Mo Jun's face darkened as he questioned, "You're in charge of guiding the disciples, are you behind this?"

"It wasn't me who was behind this, it was him." Lu Chuan didn't hesitate and betrayed Shen Hua in less than a second.

He quickly pulled Shen Hua in front of him, placing her between himself and Mo Jun.

"Him?" Mo Jun asked, looking Shen Hua up and down with his hands behind his back.

This kid looks ordinary, no different from other extraterrestrials.

Could it be that Lu Chuan was fooling him?

"Hehe, don't underestimate this kid." Lu Chuan chuckled and proudly said, "Uncle Mo, let me just tell you, he's a high-level weapon refiner."

"Advanced weapon refiner?" Mo Jun's pupils contracted slightly as he stared at Shen Hua in astonishment.

She then turned to look at Lu Chuan, her face full of anger, "What nonsense are you talking about? Are you deliberately making fun of me?"

How easy is it to become a high-level weapon refiner?

Mo Jun himself was a master craftsman, and he knew best the hardships involved.

In the entire Tianzhu Division of Taipingmen in Tan County, there are currently only three master weapon refiners and a total of just over thirty senior weapon refiners.

The vast majority of disciples in the company are stuck at the beginner or intermediate level their entire lives; there are seven or eight hundred such people alone.

Within the Heavenly Forging Division, whenever a disciple is promoted to intermediate-level weapon refiner, the division holds a special small celebration.

Because intermediate-level weapon refiners are already the backbone of the department, capable of refining weapons and earning money on their own, and can stand on their own.

The vast majority of disciples with mediocre talent only reach the level of a beginner weapon refiner in the late stage of Qi Refining, and can advance to the level of an intermediate weapon refiner in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Those who can advance to intermediate weapon refiner during the Qi Refining stage are already promising talents that the sect is focusing on cultivating, and they are expected to advance to advanced level after reaching Foundation Establishment.

But what about those from beyond the heavens?

The extraterrestrial being has only been here for a little over a month, and you're telling me he's a high-level weapon refiner?

Mo Jun didn't believe it at all.

Of course, there are precedents of people who have been promoted to senior weapon refiners in one or two years, but these are all potential master weapon refiners, which are extremely rare throughout history!

This kid looks ordinary, how could Mo Jun believe him?

Seeing that Mo Jun didn't believe him, Lu Chuan chuckled.

A sly look appeared on his face: "Then how about this, Uncle Mo, let's make a bet."

"If he's a high-level weapon refiner, you give me ten mid-grade spirit stones; if not, I'll give you ten. Are you willing to bet?"