"What exactly did my dear royal sister give you that made you help her so much?"
Lian Qixia’s eyes were filled with a bit of defiance. From the day Lian Hongying was born, she always wanted to surpass her younger sister in everything.
Be it the throne or martial arts, she wanted to win it all.
Only in this way could Lian Qixia prove to her mother that she was stronger than Lian Hongying.
Now, her thoughts were similarly directed towards Ye Qingzhou: "Still, what Lian Hongying can give you, I can give as well."
"Queen Yaoo, as long as you ascend to the position of Monarch, the Simurgh Phoenix Dual Blades will be at your fingertips. You actually do not lack Divine Weapons."
Ye Qingzhou found an excuse and politely declined.
"Hmph~"
Lian Qixia’s beautiful eyes glared at Ye Qingzhou with a hint of reproach but did not continue to press the matter.
After all, there is still a long road ahead. Forging a Divine Weapon is not an easy task, and the probability of failure is quite high. So Lian Qixia did not think Ye Qingzhou currently had this ability.
However, with the Inheritance of the Fla Emperor, Ye Qingzhou was clearly already seen by Lian Qixia as soone worthy of winning over. She even felt in her heart that choosing such a king consort would not be a bad idea.
The Divine Blade Festival started, and the Sovereign Lian Huoji personally presided over the ceremony.
Today, she was wearing a purple-red battle robe. As she walked, the gold-green armor glistened in the sunshine, like a golden-winged divine bird spreading its wings and soaring high, showcasing a magnificent and powerful posture.
Though the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom reveres won, they do not survive by enticing others with beauty or political marriages.
On the contrary, the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom thrives on martial strength, following a path of developnt established through warfare.
Even though there are plenty of social injustices and chaos within the country, at its core, it remains a combat race, and the citizens highly revere the strong.
The citizens of the royal capital, in particular, take imnse pride in their queen.
"Victory! Victory!"
Amidst the surging waves of voices, Lian Huoji, donned in Golden Feather Armor, stepped gracefully onto the sacrificial blade altar at the center of the arena.
As she drew the National Guardian Divine Weapon from her waist, the mont the dual blades unsheathed, the sky and clouds changed color, and the sound of two clear and lodious phoenix cries echoed in everyone’s ears.
With the insertion of the dual blades into the altar, the imnse Earth Vein Dragon Qi below the royal capital resonated instantaneously with the Divine Weapon.
This Dragon Vein links to Blue Star’s core, extending over six thousand kiloters underground. At this mont, the spewing Earth Evil Fire reached temperatures nearly seven thousand degrees, and the surging high-temperature fire flow instantly turned the entire altar into a massive torch.
The altar connects to the thirty-two forging furnaces within the arena. The blazing fla ignited, signaling the official start of the Divine Blade Festival.
"In the presence of the gods, I invite all master craftsn to showcase your skills and glorify the prestige of our Rakshasa Woman Kingdom."
Lian Huoji waved her hand grandly, announcing the start of the competition.
The Rakshasa Woman Kingdom not only thrives on war but is also adept at slting and casting, selling Weapons.
Though they lack the Celestial Human Casting Technique and cannot forge Divine Grade Artifacts, the Absolute Grade and Top Grade Weapons they produce are still quite popular.
Renowned for the high-quality Heavy Iron they produce, they are esteed and much acclaid across the Eight Hundred Feudal States.
At this mont, Ye Qingzhou felt the scorching heat of the furnace and was deeply shocked.
It is worth noting that in Blue Star, the steel mills generally have electric furnace temperature limits of around one thousand eight hundred degrees, and high temperatures are crucial in steel slting as they directly affect the efficiency and quality of the steel-making process.
In a way, the higher the temperature, the better the quality of steel produced.
While Blue Star’s steelmaking can reach a maximum temperature of four thousand degrees, the Dongji Kingdom’s electric arc furnace arc zone temperature can directly reach up to six thousand degrees.
Although the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom lacks electric arc furnace and electroslag relting technology, they can leverage the Divine Weapon’s Power, draw upon Earth Core Evil Fire, and instantly raise the slting temperature to seven thousand degrees!
Indeed, you have technology; I have Divine Skill.
It is genuinely uncertain whose technology is more advanced.
As the Divine Blade Festival began, many of the competing blacksmiths took their positions and started working the tal materials around the forging furnace.
Ye Qingzhou, however, stood calmly, not rushing to start. He stood in the arena, his golden eyes continuously scanning over the other contestants.
In his vision, each contestant had strands of varying shades of color above their heads.
These strands were manifestations of fortune, indicating that these craftsn of the Rakshasa Race were closely linked with the kingdom’s fate.
All glory and loss were shared alike.
Only two people had no strands above their heads.
One was Ye Qingzhou himself; three days ago, he severed his spiritual heart and had already cut off his connection to the will of the Rakshasa Race.
The other was an old blacksmith in a black cloak.
He was blind in one eye, missing a hand, limping on one leg, and half of his face was burnt and disfigured. Despite being old, ugly, and crippled, he lived on with unwavering resolve and even mastered a set of exquisite casting skills.
No one knew this old blacksmith’s na; everyone called him the Three-Deficient Artisan, one of the most renowned ’Celestial Artisans’ in the royal capital.
It was rumored that he was born disabled and was adopted by a childless couple, whose family had forged swords and knives for the royal family for generations.
After he grew up, he inherited his adopted father’s craft.
Ye Qingzhou noticed the strange aura on the Three-Deficient Artisan: "Even my Divine Eye, enhanced by Scorching Sun Celestial Fire, can’t penetrate the fortune fog around you?"
Whether it was the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom, the martial god experts like Lian Hongying and Lian Qixia, or even the fortune and future of the Sovereign Lian Huoji, he could glimpse one or two things.
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