Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

"Do you know why I called you here?" Mo Jun asked Shen Hua.

Shen Hua didn't answer, but just waited quietly for him to continue.

Mo Jun didn't mince words, stating directly, "The reason I called you here is because you're a promising talent in weapon crafting. Given time, you'll likely become a master weapon crafter!"

"However, your weapon crafting level has increased too quickly, reaching the advanced weapon crafting master level in just one or two months. Your grasp of basic weapon crafting knowledge must be incomplete."

"Next, I will give you a month of special training to teach you the basics of weapon crafting and help you fill in your gaps in knowledge."

Mo Jun looked Shen Hua up and down.

If he could teach a disciple to become a grandmaster, then Mo Jun's life would not have been in vain.

"I think it's unnecessary," Shen Hua replied.

"Well, since you're so keen, let's begin now... wait, what did you say?"

Mo Jun thought he had misheard, never expecting Shen Hua to refuse.

"I don't think it's necessary," Shen Hua said with a smile, shaking his head.

Then, Shen Hua looked at the ancient refining furnace and slowly said, "Let's save the magic weapon you're refining first. The ratio of crimson gold, black iron, and Geng essence is a complete mess, which has lowered the magic weapon's grade by an entire level... By the way, do you have any Xiafeng Stones on you?"

"Yes." Mo Jun's eyes were fixed, and he answered subconsciously.

Shen Hua glanced at the forging furnace and continued, "Take a thumb-sized piece of Xiafeng Stone, mix it with mica and iron essence in a 3:2:2 ratio, and it can still be salvaged if you melt it in."

"You..." Mo Jun stared at Shen Hua with wide eyes, his heart filled with horror.

"Don't just stand there, do as I say." Shen Hua sighed softly, arms crossed.

With your level of knowledge, you dare to teach me basic knowledge?

Mo Jun's mind raced, his face turning pale and then flushed.

However, he still did as Shen Hua said.

Mix a thumb-sized piece of Xiafeng Stone with mica and iron essence in a 3:2:2 ratio, and put it into the furnace to fully fuse it with the magic weapon being refined.

Soon, something amazing happened.

Once the three materials are put into the furnace, the cracks that originally made them incompatible instantly disappear, and they become a perfect whole, blended together seamlessly.

The quality of the entire magic weapon immediately rose significantly. Originally, it could only be refined to the Spiritual Essence quality at most, but now it can definitely reach the Heavenly Craft level!

"This..." When Mo Jun looked at Shen Hua again, his eyes changed completely.

How could Shen Hua's weapon-forging skills be superior to mine if he could see through my fatal flaws at a glance? But how could that be?

"Are you really from outer space?" Mo Jun looked at Shen Hua in disbelief.

If Shen Hua didn't actually possess the aura of someone from beyond the heavens, he would have even thought that some ancient monster was deliberately disguising itself to tease him.

"Of course, it's the real deal." Shen Hua shrugged.

"This..." Mo Jun was speechless, unable to utter a single word.

Based on this, it seems that Shen Hua must also be at the master level, and even have his own unique insights into the crafting of magical artifacts.

If he weren't so weak, he probably would have been able to forge magical artifacts on his own.

Seeing that Mo Jun was speechless, Shen Hua smiled at him: "Since I pointed out your mistake, please don't force me to learn any boring basic knowledge of weapon forging, okay?"

"Okay." Mo Jun was speechless.

Shen Hua thought for a moment, then opened the storage bag at his waist and took out the black iron puppet that he had been refining for more than ten days and had repeatedly modified, and placed it on the ground.

When Shen Hua suddenly pulled out a huge thing that was more than half the height of a person, Mo Jun was stunned and immediately looked at it.

Shen Hua slowly said, "I came to join the Taiping Gate's Heavenly Forging Division not to learn about weapon forging, but to exchange and learn from the weapon forging masters here."

"My major is puppet making. What do you think of this puppet I've made?"

Shen Hua installed spirit stones in the spirit stone trough on its back, and immediately, the black iron puppet moved and began to slowly wave its arms.

"A beginner-level puppet?" Mo Jun squatted down and examined the puppet's details in detail.

"This puppet is a bit strange." That was Mo Jun's first thought.

The puppets currently available on the market are essentially just large-scale spirit magic generators.

The puppet only does two things:

The first thing to do is to store up spiritual energy;

The second thing is to use the spiritual magic array inside the body to generate spiritual power into various spiritual techniques and throw them out.

The faster the spell is cast, the greater the power of the spell, and the higher the grade of the puppet.

However, Shen Hua's puppet was completely different.

The puppet was made entirely of black iron, with a rough and poor-quality material, and it also had no internal spirit storage structure.

Mo Jun carefully examined the puppet's joints and found that their crafting indeed displayed the style of a master craftsman. However, he truly couldn't discern what Shen Hua intended to do with this puppet. Was he trying to create a pair of exceptionally flexible arms?

He immediately turned to look at Shen Hua, his eyes full of doubt.

Shen Hua remained calm and explained, "It's like this, sir, I want to create a puppet that can independently refine medicine, but unfortunately I haven't succeeded yet."

Shen Hua made no attempt to hide anything and revealed his true thoughts.

The weapon refiners in the game aren't fools. Since installing a spirit stone can make a puppet operate on its own, some refiners will inevitably think, "Could I create a puppet to help me refine weapons or medicine?"

The reason there are no crafting or alchemy puppets in the game is definitely because these puppets are quite difficult to craft, rather than because no one has ever thought of this idea before.

Therefore, Shen Hua did not hide his thoughts and revealed them to everyone.

"A puppet that can independently refine medicine?" Upon hearing Shen Hua's words, Mo Jun immediately wore an expression that was both amused and exasperated.

"What's wrong?" Shen Hua asked, looking at him.

"Actually..." Mo Jun stroked his goatee and chuckled, "Many weapon refiners have tried to refine medicine and weapon puppets. But until now, no one has succeeded."

Mo Jun squatted down and stroked the black iron puppet, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes: "I remember when I first started learning weapon crafting, I also tried to make something similar, but naturally I didn't manage to create anything."

Shen Hua's eyes darted around: "Has no one ever really managed to do this before?"

"That's not quite it." Mo Jun stood up and looked at Shen Hua: "In the history of weapon crafting, there have been people who have crafted weapon-crafting puppets. I know of one."

"But these puppets are useless. Their success rate in weapon crafting is even lower than that of beginners. They are a complete money-loser."

"Someone has actually created one?" Shen Hua immediately perked up. "Who was that person?"

Mo Jun thought for a moment and replied, "It seems to be Wu Daozi's master."

Seemingly worried that Shen Hua wouldn't understand, he continued to explain, "Wu Daozi is also a master craftsman, one of the other two masters in our Tianzhu Division. Wu Daozi's puppet-making skills far surpass those of the two of us."

He seemed to remember something, and slapped his forehead, saying, "Oh right, Wu Daozi left behind a book called 'Experiences in Puppet Making' before he left. Let me show it to you."

Before Shen Hua could reply, he flashed away from the weapon-refining room and disappeared.