I forged swords at Lingjian Mountain.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the sect quest – Sword Dao Sect!]

[Comprehensive mission evaluation is underway...]

[Overall Task Rating: 80]

[Rewards settlement begins]

[Forging Points +10]

Growth value +3%

[Excellent task score, awarded one chance to win a prize.]

……

Inside the sword-making workshop.

Lin Kong looked at the message in front of him, and his eyes lit up with joy.

"This time the rating is an amazing 80!"

This is much higher than he expected.

He originally thought that the score would most likely be below 70, but he didn't expect it to jump straight to 80.

He is very clear.

To get a higher score for this task.

Completion time is one aspect.

The level of swordsmanship mastery among Nie Shuang and the other two will also be a crucial factor in determining whether they can achieve a higher score.

"Nie Shuang's swordsmanship is probably the most advanced."

"Lin Huiyue and Wang Tiancong are only barely beginners. If they could reach Nie Shuang's level, their scores would probably be around 90."

"But to reach 100..."

"I'm afraid I'll need to master the basics of swordsmanship within ten minutes, or even less, after triggering the mission, and at a very high level, in order to have a chance to achieve the highest score."

Lin Kong knew that it was practically impossible to get the highest score at the moment.

However, the rating this time was much higher than he had expected.

Both the [Forging Points] and [Growth Value] have increased more than last time.

Although the number of draws did not increase, Lin Kong noticed that the lottery pool had changed.

The last lottery pool was just a regular lottery pool.

You can only draw prizes such as white-label items and ordinary attributes.

This time, it has been upgraded to a "rare lottery pool".

"No wonder players used to say that the higher the mission score, the easier it was to get better prizes. It turns out that different mission scores correspond to different prize pools!"

Lin Kong suddenly realized something and immediately began the lottery draw.

【Ding! 】

Congratulations! You've drawn the blue affix—5% reduction in sword-forging materials.

……

Lin Kong's eyes suddenly brightened.

Blue entries...

It's definitely much better than the white-label entries!

Not only are the numbers reduced more, but the terms themselves are also crucial.

The biggest problem I'm having with forging swords right now is the material issue.

After all, the Linjian Sect is still in its early stages of development and resources are scarce.

Even if a Tier 2 sword like the [Sky-Piercing Greatsword] is unlocked, there aren't enough funds and resources to forge it in large quantities.

This 5% material reduction may not seem like much, but it accumulates to save a lot of resources, giving him the opportunity to forge more swords!

"From this perspective, as long as the task score increases by 10 points, you will enter a higher tier of the lottery pool."

Lin Kong's eyes burned with passion.

Even as a former player, he was unaware of this mechanism.

At that time, there were very few people who could push the task score to above 70.

There are probably only a handful of tasks that can achieve a score of 80.

There has never been any related leak on gaming forums.

Besides drawing this extremely important blue keyword.

The further increase in growth value also made Lin Kong's body, which was a divine artifact, even more powerful.

Casting capabilities have been further enhanced!

The most obvious example is that when he looked at the illustration of [Basic Sword Techniques], he found that the illustration, which originally required 9999 forging points to unlock, now only required 3333 forging points to unlock.

It has dropped by more than half.

Besides.

The fireball within its body, which was fusing the [natal divine weapon], instantly expanded several times over, greatly increasing the fusing efficiency.

Lin Kong tried throwing a [Heavy Mountain Greatsword] into the fireball.

He had previously forged over a hundred [Chongyue Greatswords] to gain experience, and now he could finally try out one of them for forging.

laugh……

As the [Chongyue Greatsword] merged into the fireball.

Lin Kong clearly sensed that the aura of the [Natal Divine Weapon] within the fireball had significantly increased.

A blurry, hazy weapon phantom even began to form within the fireball.

"It turns out that the increase in growth value mainly improves the degree of absorption and smelting of the sword!"

"If the previous fireball's melting and absorption rate was 1:1... the current fireball's melting and absorption rate has reached at least 2.5:1! This means that when swords are thrown into the fireball, the [Natal Divine Weapon] will be forged much faster!"

"However, simply increasing the growth value is not enough to forge a [Destined Divine Weapon]."

"Even if the growth value reaches 100%, it's still impossible to forge a [Destined Divine Weapon] without throwing the sword into the fireball!"

Lin Kongxin suddenly realized.

He had previously thought that as long as his [growth value] continued to increase, he could automatically forge his [natal divine weapon].

I only realized it now.

[Growth Value] only determines the degree to which the user absorbs the sword when it is invested.

The sword itself is the essential nourishment for forging the [Destined Divine Weapon].

"certainly."

"If my growth value reaches 100%, given my absorption rate at that time, I estimate that I only need to throw an ordinary sword into the fireball, and that would be enough to forge a [Natal Divine Weapon]!"

At this moment, Lin Kong discovered that the smelting effect of the [Chongyue Greatsword] was significantly better than that of the [Azure Pattern Sword] from before!

If the smelting effect of the Azure Pattern Sword only allows the Natal Divine Weapon to absorb 0.01%.

The [Heavy Mountain Greatsword] can absorb at least 0.03%!

With the added benefit of higher smelting absorption, the actual progress achieved is even greater!

This made Lin Kong so excited that he even had the urge to throw all the [Heavy Mountain Greatsword] in his backpack into the fireball.

However, he held back.

After all, the Linjian Sect is currently short of funds, and these [Chongyue Great Swords] can fetch a very high price.

If suitable sales channels become available, selling these [Heavy Mountain Greatswords] should be a priority.

With more funds, they can continue to purchase materials and continue forging swords, creating a virtuous cycle.

Unless investing these [Heavy Mountain Greatswords] can complete the forging of the [Natal Divine Weapon] in one go, it's necessary to carefully consider the matter.

"However, if we can reach a cooperation agreement with the Qingjian Sect and obtain funds by forging the Qingfeng Sword, we can consider melting down all of these Chongyue Greatswords."

Lin Kong thought to himself.

He glanced at the illustration of the [Qingfeng Sword].

Just about to unlock it—

"Senior Brother...something's happened!"

Nie Shuang's voice came from outside the sword-making house.

Lin Kong frowned slightly, knowing that unless it was something important, Nie Shuang would never approach this forbidden area while he was forging the sword.

He pushed open the door and went out.

Seeing Nie Shuang and the other two standing side by side in the distance, each with a heavy expression, their brows furrowed with anger and anxiety.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Kong's gaze swept over the three of them, his voice steady.

Nie Shuang quickly told Lin Kong what had happened.

He then had Wang Tiancong and Lin Huiyue move the two huge boxes over.

Lin Kong looked at the box in front of him, which was filled with cold air, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He hadn't anticipated that as he forged swords of extremely high quality and the sect developed, he would attract some envy and trouble, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

And they wanted to kill them as soon as they arrived.

"You want to kill me directly by forging a sword, without using swords or resorting to intrigue...?"

"That's interesting."

A cold glint flashed in Lin Kong's eyes.

"Senior Brother, why don't we take Master with us and leave together... At worst, we won't stay in this sealed-off city anymore!"

Nie Shuang said in a low voice.

He didn't want to see Lin Kong risk mixing [Heavenly Frost Cold Iron].

Lin Yue died young because he forcibly forged this special material, which left him with internal ailments.

This has always been a source of pain for him.

Now faced with the same situation, he would rather abandon his master's life's work and legacy, abandon the home they were willing to protect with their lives, than see Lin Kong repeat the same mistakes.

Lin Huiyue and Wang Tiancong shared the same idea.

Even though they were extremely reluctant to leave Lin Jianmen, the home where they had grown up, Lin Kong's safety was far more important than this place.

Lin Kong could sense the feelings the three of them had for him.

During this time together, his friendship level with Nie Shuang and the other two had all reached 90+. After all, the four of them had grown up together since childhood, and once the initial awkwardness disappeared, their relationship quickly warmed up.

Now they not only see themselves as the sect leader and senior brothers, but also as family.

In this regard.

Lin Kong smiled, his voice still calm and composed.

"rest assured."

"The mere [Heavenly Frost Iron] is not enough to make us abandon our family business."

"Find out who's behind this as soon as possible."

"The rest..."

"Leave it to me."