Chapter 631: Weapon Crafting
Apart from reviewing battle reports, Ling Zhan focused on collecting materials to forge sacred weapons.
He also used his merits to purchase secondary profession experience books.
Secondary profession experience could be purchased.
However, ordinary secondary profession experience books could only raise your level to a maximum of 50.
The highest level for secondary professions was 100.
Reaching level 100 meant becoming a god-tier secondary profession.
Of course…
Ling Zhan didn’t know what the highest level for secondary professions was in the Upper Realm.
But the highest level in the Lower Realm was indeed 100.
After exchanging all his merits for rare materials and secondary profession experience books…
Ling Zhan raised his Weapon Craftsman level to 50.
Currently, Ling Zhan was considered a mid-tier Weapon Craftsman.
At level 60, he would become a high-tier Weapon Craftsman.
At level 70, he would be a Master Weapon Craftsman.
From level 80 to 99, he would be a Grandmaster Weapon Craftsman.
At level 100, he would reach god-tier.
To further advance his secondary profession levels, he could only gain experience by crafting weapons himself.
The higher the grade of the weapons crafted, the more secondary profession experience he would earn.
Alternatively, he could obtain rare secondary profession experience books from special dungeon runs.
Ling Zhan distributed the surplus ordinary secondary profession experience books among his other secondary professions.
He raised all his secondary professions to level 50.
At the same time, during his free time, he crafted a weapon himself.
It was a level-30 purple-grade longsword.
It wasn’t very useful.
But at least it earned him some secondary profession experience.
Then, under the puzzled gazes of onlookers…
Ling Zhan spent Sacred Crystal Stones to purchase a large quantity of C- and B-grade materials for crafting weapons.
“What’s Captain Ling planning now?”
“Buying so many materials for weapon crafting… is he planning to craft weapons?”
“Ah… why is Captain Ling suddenly interested in secondary professions? I don’t even have the energy to bother with mine.”
“He’s probably aiming to craft sacred weapons!”
“Whoa! That takes commitment! And money! Just looking at those materials makes me feel bankrupt. Plus, reaching god-tier in a secondary profession is no easy feat!”
“It’s more than difficult! If becoming a god-tier secondary profession were simple, the streets would be full of god-tier professionals by now!”
“Wait… even if Captain Ling buys so many materials, can he actually craft them? Crafting weapons takes time and effort…”
“You don’t understand…”
Under the curious and confused gazes of onlookers…
Ling Zhan carried all the materials back to his residence.
The reason Ling Zhan bought so many materials was that his crafting speed was faster than even god-tier Weapon Craftsmen!
He had crafted that level-30 purple-grade longsword in just five seconds.
If this were revealed, it would shock every Weapon Craftsman into utter disbelief!!
Naturally, there was a reason for this.
It was thanks to his “Almighty” talent.
As everyone knew…
Secondary professions also had passive and active skills.
The skills for secondary professions were like basic skills for all professions—rated at F-grade and non-upgradable.
For instance…
The shared active skill for secondary professions like Weapon Crafting, Armor Crafting, Jewelry Making, Forging, Blacksmithing, and Alchemy was “Crafting Furnace.”
【Crafting Furnace (F): Summons a furnace. Insert materials according to a recipe and use the furnace to smelt and craft items. After a set period, the finished product will be produced.】
Note: This skill cannot be upgraded. To speed up crafting or forging, add “high-grade magic coal” to the furnace.
It was an extremely convenient skill.
Whatever you wanted to craft, you could simply place the materials from the recipe into the furnace, and after some time, it would automatically be crafted.
Of course…
Because the Crafting Furnace skill was low-level, it was mainly used for early-stage crafting.
At level 70, upon becoming a Master in a secondary profession, you would gain a new active skill: Master Smelting Technique.
Correspondingly, there were Grandmaster Smelting Technique and God-tier Smelting Technique.
With these active skills, you could craft higher-grade items.
But now…
Hehehe!
Ling Zhan’s “Crafting Furnace” skill was at A+ grade!
Equivalent to a Master Smelting Technique!
Not only could he craft high-grade weapons, but his crafting speed was also greatly accelerated.
Without hesitation…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ling Zhan had already purchased and learned several weapon blueprints.
He began throwing materials into the Crafting Furnace.
Very soon…
Ding!
【Congratulations! You successfully crafted a level-50 blue-grade longsword “Cold Shadow Sword”! You gained 4,200 secondary profession experience!】
【Congratulations! You successfully crafted a level-50 purple-grade longsword “Frost Soul Sword”! You gained 6,200 secondary profession experience!】
【Congratulations! You successfully crafted a level-60 gold-grade longsword “Dragon Spring Frost Chime Sword”! You gained 15,000 secondary profession experience!】
………
One weapon after another was rapidly crafted.
His secondary profession experience steadily climbed.
The success rate was astonishingly high!
In just half an hour…
Ling Zhan, who was originally a level-50 Weapon Craftsman, had now become a level-75 Master Weapon Craftsman!
Unbelievable!
The speed!
If Weapon Craftsmen outside knew this, they would be completely dumbfounded!
It was absurd!
Most people might reach level 50 by using experience books, but afterward, they had to painstakingly craft weapons to level up further.
And crafting weapons beyond level 50 took significantly longer.
For instance, crafting a level-60 gold-grade weapon could take several days and nights to complete.
Even a god-tier Weapon Craftsman using God-tier Smelting Technique would take at least a day and night.
But Ling Zhan could craft one in just a few minutes…
No, more accurately, he could “burn” one out!
Forget others.
Even Ling Zhan himself was surprised by his crafting speed!
He hadn’t expected the “Almighty” talent to enhance even secondary profession skills!
He had underestimated the dominance of the system.
The “Almighty” talent’s description—“all skills are upgraded”—truly applied to every skill.
Including secondary profession skills!
Once Ling Zhan had filled his room with crafted weapons, he finally stopped and stored them all in his storage ring, planning to sell them.
Of course…
Each weapon’s details prominently displayed the words “Crafted by: Ling Zhan.”
This indicated the weapon’s origin.
Even the Thousand Mechanism Ring weapon Ling Zhan used bore its creator’s name—the two god-tier secondary profession craftsmen who forged its Beast Slayer form.
At this moment…
Ling Zhan didn’t know how well his weapons would sell.
Their primary audience was ordinary soldiers around level 50 to 70.
But he figured he’d sell them first and see.
It would be a waste to discard them.
As soon as he stepped outside…
He ran into Zhou Xue’er lingering nearby.
Zhou Xue’er’s delicate face froze momentarily. She was about to turn and flee, afraid he’d realize she had been deliberately loitering there.
But then she reconsidered…
Wait a minute—no!
She could just say she happened to pass by!
Ling Zhan didn’t overthink it. He glanced at Zhou Xue’er and asked, “Deputy Zhou, are you free?”
Without hesitation, Zhou Xue’er nodded, “Yes, I’m free!”
“Alright…”
“Come with me to sell some things!”