Chapter 3977 — Materials Are Not Enough
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"Weapon evolution is a whole different matter entirely. Not only is the process extremely complicated, but the difficulty is enormous, and the demands on materials are exceedingly high as well. After undergoing an intense smelting reaction, the weapon and the materials fuse completely into one, and one might well say it is reborn from the very bones. The weapon that finally emerges from the furnace is utterly unlike its former self, whether in shape or in power, and its might will be at least ten or a hundred times what it was—a thousand times is not out of the question!" Scrap King's eyes burned with fervor as he spoke.
"So that's how it is. Put that way, the accurate statement should be that ordinary weapons cannot evolve—not that they cannot be upgraded, as the outside world so widely believes. The world has been misled by that loose, catch-all notion," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"Exactly. Unless one finds a rare treasure like the thousand-year tree crystal, an ordinary weapon simply cannot evolve. Without the protective properties of the thousand-year tree crystal, it can hardly withstand the intense furnace reaction—it may well turn to ash halfway through. There are countless such cases of failure," Scrap King said with a sigh.
"So the thousand-year tree crystal can be used in weapon evolution—that is its purpose, then. Truly, I have learned something." Wei Zhao cupped his hands in salute to Scrap King.
Scrap King, meanwhile, fixed a blazing gaze on Wei Zhao. "Brother Lin, I will not hide it from you: the greatest wish of my life is to forge a divine weapon that stands alone under heaven. But without you, not in this life—perhaps not even in the next—would I ever lay eyes on such a rare treasure, still less have the chance to use it in forging. You are nothing less than the great benefactor and savior fate ordained for me!"
Seeing Scrap King drop to his knees without a word, Wei Zhao hurriedly caught him and pulled him up, saying with feeling, "Brother Wang, what are you doing? You agreed to forge for me without conditions—I cannot thank you enough as it is. What sense is there in kneeling to me? If you keep this up, I will not dare ask your help at all."
"No, no, no—you must ask my help, you must! On all of North Island, I am the only one who can make proper use of such supreme materials. No one else has the skill!" Scrap King scrambled to his feet.
This fellow's boastfulness is as boundless as ever! Wei Zhao laughed inwardly. Yet after all this time in his company, he no longer harbored the slightest doubt about Scrap King's abilities. It was simply that men of true skill were bound to have their pride—and at least in the craft of forging, Scrap King's pride was not without foundation.
As for the rumor that he had never successfully forged a weapon, in Wei Zhao's eyes now it was either because he disdained to stoop to ordinary weapons, or because he truly lacked the materials—and quite simply because no one had ever believed in him!
"Then how can we put the ten-thousand-year tree crystal and the other materials to perfect use, so as not to waste heaven's gifts? Brother Wang, did you not just say these materials were still far from enough?" Wei Zhao said, returning to the point.
Scrap King did not answer at once. Instead he turned, rummaged out a sheet of white paper from a corner of the cave, and dashed off a whole string of items on it. Only then did he hand it to Wei Zhao. "I have thought it over carefully just now. Brother Lin, it is no easy thing that you have obtained supreme materials like the ten-thousand-year tree crystal and the primordial pure land. Rather than make do half-heartedly, we may as well go all in and do it big. What say you, Brother Lin?"
Wei Zhao's eyes lit up at once. Scrap King's proposal suited him perfectly, and he asked immediately, "That is my thinking as well. But how do we go all in and do it big?"