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Shin was completely caught off guard by the words that Berlin had said. He was not sure how to react, especially with so conflict from the words that the old dwarf had said.
Unfortunately, he did not have any ti to dwell on it since the grandcraftsman, who was already at the Saint Rank of Blacksmithing, was already starting to work.
With that, he could only focus his gaze and used his 'True Sight' Skill to make sure that he would not be missing anything. At the sa ti, he also rembered one of the Legacy Skills that he had long forgotten – the 'Duplicator's Eyes'.
He activated one of the effects of the Legacy Skill, which was especially used when he was 'learning'.
Under his gaze, he watched and observed every movent that the old dwarf was making. He particularly focused on the breathing that the dwarf was using the entire ti. But what he could see, it was a special breathing technique that the dwarves used.
From what he could tell, this must be the technique that Berlin wanted him to learn the most. The old dwarf must have sensed that Shin had a high affinity when it ca to fire elents, especially how he was able to withstand the heat inside this place.
Hence, Berlin wanted him to learn this technique too to have much better control over Fire Elent.
Unknown to Shin, he started to subconsciously imitate the breathing technique of the old dwarf with the help of the 'Duplicator's Eyes'. He even copied the circulation of the energy within the dwarf's body without him knowing.
He was too focused to notice those changes.
On the other hand, Berlin, who was supposedly busy with his work, was able to notice the sudden change within Shin's body as well as the air surrounding him.
"Not bad," he muttered with a satisfied smile before continuing with his work.
At the sa ti, he also started explaining without caring whether Shin was able to hear him or not. In a sense, he seed to be talking to himself while doing his job.
"This blade is originally forged from two tals with different properties to complent the elents of its first wielder, which were the Powers of the Brilliant Sun and Abyssal Moon."
"To reawaken those properties and return it to his forr self, we need materials with the sa properties and their purity must be on the sa level too. This is why I ask you to get these high-quality materials," he added as he pointed at the materials laid on one of the forging tables while waiting for the blade of the [Yamato] to be fully lted.
On that table, the materials of the best quality could be seen. The Fruit of Nirvana and Sunfire Fragnts which contained a lot of fire elental energy, and the Lunar Essence and Moonfrost Shards that were reached in ice elental energy were releasing a pulsing beat with their mana.
"With the best materials, it is hard to reforge such an item. lting its blade alone is going to take a very long ti. This is the reason why I have chosen this place as my main forging ground."
While saying that, the old dwarf took the Earthen Charcoals from the table and threw them at the blazing furnace, making the heat that it had to further increase and intensify.
Bullets of sweat flew down from his forehead as he patiently waited for the blade to lt down properly.
The temperature within the furnace continued to soar as Berlin continued to put more Earthen Charcoals in it. He had yet to use the special ones that Shin had secured, so the dwarven blacksmith was relatively relaxed while waiting.
When the blade was finally lted into a perfectly liquified state, Berlin finally continued his lecture. "Fusing materials with different properties was very difficult, much less the ones with opposing properties, so finding a tal that could perfectly contain those opposing elents and keep them under control is very important."
He then took the Ancient Void tals laid on the table before continuing. "These tals have special properties that can keep the balance between the opposing powers of Ice and Fire. It will form a perfect vessel that can contain both powers from the Brilliant Sun and Abyssal Moon together with the other two tals that we have here."
He then turned to Shin and pointed at the Sunfire Fragnt and Moonfrost Shard laid on the table. "Infuse your mana on these tals. It is to familiarize themselves with you and be able to recognize you as their sole owner once the sword is completed."
Shin nodded his head subconsciously before infusing the mana that he had within him toward the two special tals. This ti, he did not use the breathing techniques from his ntalism but instead changed it with the ones that he usually used for his Martial Arts, the Yin-Yang Breathing Technique.
He even entered the state of Reality Manifestation to make sure that he was using the technique properly. He used powers of the 'Brilliant Sun' and 'Abyssal Moon' within him to imitate the 'Sacred Qi' and 'Demonic Qi' that he had from the real world through the Yin-Yang Breathing Technique.
Berlin could not help but beco amazed at what he was seeing. He then rembered sothing and asked Shin. "Do you have any other weapons that you want to fuse with these?"
"I rember hearing from an old friend that you also have a pair of sabers with similar opposing properties."
This ti, Shin was sowhat stunned when he heard those words. He did not know which old friend Berlin was talking about, but from his confident tone, it was clear that that person knew Shin very well.
Shin hesitated for a mont since the [Dusk Blade] and [Dawn Blade] were part of the set. It was a complete ten-piece equipnt set. He would lose the final set bonus if he took away those two from the set.
Seemingly able to read what Shin was thinking, the grandcraftsman said with a very confident tone. "Don't worry, I will make sure that you will still have the perfect set effects of your equipnt even though those sabers fused with your katana."
Hearing that, Shin did not hesitate any longer and quickly to out the [Dusk and Dawn Blades] and sent them flying toward the old dwarf through 'Telekinesis'. After all, his hands were still tied to the two tals in front of him as he infused his mana in them.
In front of the furnace, Berlin smiled mysteriously as he caught the pair of sabers before quickly dismantling them and throwing them in the furnace. And since the materials of these two were much weaker compared to the [Yamato], they quickly lted and beca part of the liquified tal within the furnace.
"That is enough."
Shin heard the voice of the old dwarf while he was shoving his mana at the two tals. He then nodded his head and complied.
"Judging how much energy imbued in these tals, I can see how much you have grown. You are a completely different person than we first t," comnted Berlin gently as he could see with his naked eyes the mana containing the two tals.
This ti, Berlin picked up one of the special Earthen Charcoals and threw it at the furnace, where a thick haze was already shimring.
Bang!
The heat from the furnace quickly soared to greater heights, making it difficult to breathe. And when Shin witnessed that, he quickly shifted his breathing technique once again and copied the one that Berlin was using.
This ti, he was completely conscious when switching the breathing technique. He was pretty much surprised when he realized how familiar he had beco with this breathing technique despite him only learning it just now.
Berlin continued to throw the special Earthen Charcoals at the furnace with a tily gap in between. When the temperature reached his desired limit, he finally took a few lumps of Ancient Void tal before throwing them at the furnace.
When they lted and perfectly fused with the liquified tal within it, he then took the Sunfire Fragnt and threw it in the mix.
Bang!
The trendous heat raged and started to lt the tal within seconds.
Spark! Spark!
Fire embers ca out from the gap in the furnace as Berlin waited for a few monts. Then took out the half-lted Sunfire Fragnt before inserting the Moonfrost Shard.
Crackle!
A mixture of crackling and hissing sounds could be heard as the cold tal was being lted within the furnace. It even created a dense steam in the process.
After waiting for a mont, he also took the Moonfrost Shard out of the furnace when it was half-lted.
He then waited for a few minutes before throwing the two tals at the sa ti. He waited for a few more minutes until he finally took the other materials laid on the table.
The Fruit of Nirvana and Lunar Essence were the first to enter the furnace, making the elental properties of the two tals that were previously thrown in it soar and stabilize.
Then they were followed by Hearts of Abyss and Lava Cores one after another, further increasing the resonance between the ice and fire elental mana.
Then finally, it was ti for the crushed teorites to be poured inside.
From Shin's perspective, it seed like Berlin was more like cooking sothing rather than forging a weapon.
Little did he know that this was just the start.
A mont later, he saw Berlin take out the tal pot from the furnace containing all the materials that were poured in and lted down.
He then poured it into a molder in a slow and steady manner.
Shin squinted his eyes as he saw sothing strange from that particular molder. Contrary to the very high temperature within the underground workshop, this molder was releasing an intense coldest. It only took a couple of seconds before the heat of the liquified tal sharply dropped while its form slowly solidified.
Shin had yet to adjust himself when Berlin took the tal out of the molder before its heat completely died down. Then he found the old dwarf throwing it again at the furnace before pouring the rest of the special Earthen Charcoals inside.
When the lump of tal slowly lost its shape once again after getting burned for a long ti, Berlin took it out once again before finally placing it on top of the anvil.
Then Shin felt that the gravity within a certain radius around Berlin seed to have increased.
He watched the burning lump of tal locked in place on top of that anvil as Berlin took out a pair of hamrs before striking down with them.
Swoosh!
Bang!
Berlin's hamring had begun.
"Gulp," Shin swallowed as he watched.
His ears seed to have beco deaf yet also not at the sa ti. The booming sound that resonated with the entire workshop seed to have shaken his soul.
Clang!
Then the second strike ca!
Shin felt that his entire body trembled. That strike just now made his hair stand on end!
Clang! Clang!
The precise hamring was neither strong nor weak. It was not even slow or fast. It seed to have a natural rhythm that could not be broken. It looked the sa as the natural breathing of people from the mont they were born.
Clang! Clang!
The sound remained constant.
Then Shin felt that he seed to have been brought into an illusion where he could see the path that Berlin was taking.
He saw from the hamring of this blacksmith, who reached the heights that only a few people could achieve, a path that only a true blacksmith could take.
Clang! Clang!
Each strike seed to be telling him a story of a young blacksmith who reached the peak by just swinging his hamr endlessly.
This story reverberated throughout the heat-filled workshop with the mouth of a volcano.
Shin felt that sothing was changing within him as he watched Berlin continue to hamr the burning tal.
Clang!
Each strike of the hamrs contained a breath of life.
Clang!
Each ti they struck down, the tal was being purified. It was constantly cleansing the impurities that it contained.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Each strike contained an unshakable determination and iron will.
Rumble!
Then a sudden enlightennt struck Shin as he continued to watch the old dwarf. Then his breathing shifted once again.
The breathing technique of the Celestial Vermillion Bird thod resonated with the Jade Kirin Scripture, seemingly fusing with one another.
Shin could clearly rember this feeling. It was the sa when he first used the Jade Kirin Scripture when using his sword-drawing arts within the ga. It naturally transford the energy within him into the energy that he needed most during that ti, which was the wind elent.
But this ti, it was into fire elent.
It also did not stop there as they even resonated with the other breathing technique that Shin just learned – the one that he copied from Grandcraftsman Berlin.
Swoosh!
The energy within him circulated while following this unique breathing pattern. It even resonated with the hamring of the old dwarf as ti went by.
Shin started to enter a unique trance that he never had felt before yet was also sowhat familiar.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The flow of mana within his body moved according to the hamring sound of Berlin, which felt like striking his soul instead of the tal on the anvil.
In this state, Shin felt that his entire body was being purified by the fla within him. It was as if he was really the one being forged rather than his sword.
He felt that his muscles and bones were becoming more and more mature. Then they beco even more sturdier alongside the constantly growing mana within him.
Clang!
The hamring sound started to beco even stronger as Berlin also beca lost in his own world.
In his own imrsion, he struck the tal endlessly with his hamr. His eyes were burning with intense spiritual blaze.
Clang! Clang!
He kept on hamring with his mind and soul. And as he did this, the tals, and other materials that he mixed earlier started to mingle with each other as if they were originally a single entity from the very beginning.
The tal started to take shape and beco molded as the ti went by. The blade radiating with a frightening black and white light started to make its appearance.
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