He felt that he had only just scratched the surface of the blacksmithing inheritance of the Dianqi clan. He still had a long way to go before becoming a legendary blacksmith. Continuing to grow and explore was his next goal.

As his thoughts surged, he turned his gaze to the corner of the desk and saw a metal box placed there.

Inside were certificates of honor issued by the Supreme Council of Star City, a Medal of Outstanding Contribution to Humanity, and a bottle of merit wine numbered ZZ-1123.

Just a few days ago, he received this historic medal of distinction. His specific contribution lies in the fact that he brought many new opportunities and technologies to the development of Star City.

This is due to his many years of cooperation with the Thorn Clan.

The Thorns attach great importance to his growth and are willing to buy the weapons he sells at high prices. They are even willing to make friends with the Humans for this purpose, providing a lot of knowledge and information that the Humans have not yet mastered, and providing more opportunities for the development of the Humans in Destiny City.

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Although the Thorns are not considered to be the first-tier merchants in Destiny City, they are still in the second-tier. They have many connections in Destiny City and have mastered a lot of important information.

And his growth did not disappoint the Thorn Clan.

With the improvement of technical forging technology, he has begun the production of top equipment, tailor-made equipment for the top warriors of the Thorn tribe.

During this period, he even studied the racial characteristics of the "Infinite Clan", the hostile force of the Thorn Clan, for a period of time, and then forged targeted special equipment.

For example, he learned that the Infinite Clan's spells were mainly earth-attribute spells, so he forged three pieces of equipment to resist earth-attribute attacks for the Thorn Clan and tested the effects on the battlefield. The feedback was very good.

The finished product he forged was full of praise.

His friendship with the San tribe is also based on his ability to continuously innovate top weapons and equipment for the San tribe.

Although the strength of the equipment he made is still not as strong as the ancient equipment that the Qi Clan casually forged and then threw to the Thorn Clan, the gap is gradually narrowing, and the Thorn Clan also has strong expectations for him.

He has been on the path of a blacksmith for decades, and he understands a truth from practice.

Blacksmithing is by no means a purely manual job. It requires the blacksmith to have vast knowledge and strong forging skills.

With the addition of various factors, the blacksmith can create good weapons.

Blacksmithing cannot go far if you rely solely on talent without learning.

Therefore, after forging, learning has become a normal part of his life. He enriches his knowledge through constant charging, and then improves his forging technology.

Time has come to dawn in the year 827.

Zuo Tianxuan was 117 years old this year, and although he was already gray-haired, his body was still in great shape, and his forging skills had improved dramatically.

It was also in this year that the Thorn Clan successfully defeated the hostile force the Infinite Clan.

With the victory, the Thorn Clan also gained huge war resources. From now on, all the resource mining areas of the Infinite Clan will belong to the Thorn Clan.

Although Zuo Tianxuan did not play a decisive factor in the victory of the Thorn Clan, he also made a considerable contribution to the victory of the Thorn Clan over the Infinite Clan.

Especially those equipment specially forged for the Infinite Tribe, making the top warriors of the Thorn Tribe a nightmare on the battlefield of the Infinite Tribe. When approached, they would not even have the possibility to resist, and would be killed instantly.

In order to thank Zuo Tianxuan for his efforts and to establish a long-lasting friendship with Zuo Tianxuan, the Thorn Clan showed their sincerity.

The Thorn Clan gave Zuo Tianxuan free of charge the thirteen most precious rare spiritual ores in the Infinite Clan's inventory resources, and hoped that the friendship would continue to last.

This year, Zuo Tianxuan has finished learning the incomplete skills of Chapter 4 and has begun the path of self-research and growth.

After all, the forging technology of the Qi clan is not the ultimate goal of mankind. He followed Feng Qi's instructions and began to open up a future for the human race's forging science. He wanted to use his own technology combined with the inheritance of the Qi clan to find a new path for the human race's blacksmithing science.

Time comes to the year 828.

Zuo Tianxuan bid farewell to the Thorn Clan and returned to Star City from Destiny City.

His wife Luo Yu also resigned from her position as the Messenger of Destiny that year and accompanied Zuo Tianxuan back to Star City.

According to Xiaoyou's instructions, Zuo Tianxuan opened the blacksmithing major at Daybreak Academy this year and decided to train a group of blacksmithing talents to tailor weapons and equipment for the top human race combat forces.

In the first year of the blacksmithing major, only two students were recruited.

But for Zuo Tianxuan, the number of students is not important, what matters is talent and hard work.

Blacksmithing cannot mass-produce equipment, which means that this industry does not need too many people. What they want to do is customize top-level equipment.

It was also during this year that Zuo Tianxuan decided to embark on his final challenge while training his disciples.

He named this challenge the "Top Ten Artifacts", and his goal was to make a top-notch weapon for each of the ten human war gods of this era. The materials were selected from thirteen top-notch rare spiritual ores given to him by the Thorn tribe.

But before the launch of the Top Ten Artifacts Project, Zuo Tianxuan decided to upgrade his equipment first.

After more than 100 years of companionship, although the forging hammer made by Xiaoyou himself was still very useful, its effect on forging top rare spiritual minerals was extremely limited. He decided to build an artifact forging hammer for himself first.

It took three years for Zuo Tianxuan to create the first weapon "Forging Hammer" that can be evaluated as an artifact in Destiny City.

In order to build this weapon, Zuo Tianxuan selected 38 types of high-grade spiritual ores, and the main material was two top-grade rare spiritual ores.

After completing the forging hammer, he spent another year forging an artifact-level rune carving knife.

Just when Zuo Tianxuan was about to start his plan to forge the top ten artifacts, his life changed.

His beloved wife Luo Yu passed away this year, which left Zuo Tianxuan in silence for a long time, but he soon came out of the haze in his heart and decided to continue the plan he had made for the top ten artifacts.

This will be his last gift to humanity.

The first artifact, the "Rune Sword", took Zuo Tianxuan two and a half years to complete.

He gave this sword to Lin Ruo, a kendo major in the combat department of Dawn Academy.

Lin Ruo is one of the ten war gods on the front line, and he is also the strongest successor to Lu Yue's swordsmanship in modern times.

When forging this weapon, Lin Ruo came to cooperate many times.

Because the forging of the top ten artifacts is not different from ordinary weapons, what he wants to forge is the natal weapon described in the inheritance of the weapon clan.

After the forging is successful, the weapon will be connected to the owner's life, and can also grow with the owner, similar to the "Si" used by Jian Ji in the early days, or the Burning Sky Sword that was replaced after Jian Ji was broken.

Even if the owner dies, the natal weapon can still find descendants with the same race bloodline to inherit. For this point, you can refer to the weapon mounds of the Sword Clan and the Knife Clan.

But the creation of a natal weapon requires the holder's hard work.

Therefore, the God of War Lin Ruo would return from the front line from time to time to pour his own blood on the natal sword and assist Zuo Tianxuan in completing the forging of this weapon.

The emergence of the rune sword caused Lin Ruo's combat power to soar, and he even succeeded in becoming the first god of war in modern times.

Zuo Tianxuan did not stop. After completing the rune sword, he started forging the second artifact.

The second human artifact he forged was the Gravity Axe, a battle ax that could control its weight at will. It was specially customized for Wang Qiuwen, one of the frontline war gods.

The third artifact is a dagger...

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Years pass by, time flies like an arrow.

Daybreak 848.

In this year, Zuo Tianxuan completed the forging of the ten artifacts and became one of the leaders of the era that attracted the attention of the entire human race.

The already senile Zuo Tianxuan also chose to withdraw from people's sight at this time, and gave his forging hammer and rune carving knife to the two blacksmithing disciples he personally trained.

The future of human blacksmithing will also be carried out by future generations.

Human blacksmithing science also ushered in the years of vigorous development after Zuo Tianxuan left.

Blacksmithing, which was once desolate, has once again become the top major in Star City, and the annual enrollment requirements are extremely high, and the enrollment rate is very low. The main purpose is to serve those top warriors and make top weapons.

In this way, the human race's shortcomings in top weapons have been completely made up, and they can even create resource gains in Destiny City.

Every era has its shining stars, but Zuo Tianxuan is undoubtedly one of the shining stars at the forefront of this era.

In the past, the human race's acquisition of weapons and equipment was subject to external constraints, and there were no weapons and equipment production channels suitable for the new era. The increasingly harsh environment in the future will also make the human race have higher and higher quality requirements for weapons and equipment. This has undoubtedly become a problem for the human race.

This shortcoming, if this problem is not solved, the human race will not be able to adapt to the environment of the new era in the future.

The emergence of Zuo Tianxuan has undoubtedly made up for the human race's shortcomings in the future battlefield.

In the days after his retirement, Zuo Tianxuan still continued to move forward. He just stepped back from the stage and left the task of forging weapons and equipment to his successors. He decided to combine what he had learned throughout his life to write a unique book for his successors.

A blacksmithing book belonging to the human race.

Time passes and the years are ruthless, never sparing anyone who forges ahead.

At the age of 147, Zuo Tianxuan completed the book "Future Blacksmithing". It was also in this year that Zuo Tianxuan's body developed a condition due to early overwork, and he was rushed to Star City Hospital.

When Zuo Tianxuan woke up, he saw a white ceiling, and the beeping sound from the life testing equipment came to his ears. He turned his head and looked to his side, only to see someone sitting next to the hospital bed.

Xiaoyou eating snacks.

"Ahem...Teacher Xiaoyou."

The pale-faced Zuo Tianxuan tried to get up, but found that his body was very weak and he couldn't exert any strength at all. After struggling for a long time, he began to gasp for breath.

"Let's just lie down and talk. We are already so familiar, and you are still so polite."

Xiaoyou said nonchalantly and handed the snacks in his hand to Zuo Tianxuan. Then he seemed to realize something and retracted his hand with a slight annoyance:

"I almost forgot that you can't eat snacks now. The doctor said that you can only survive by taking gene injections. Your body has been destroyed by your overwork. You could have lived for a few more years."

Hearing these words, Zuo Tianxuan smiled and shook his head:

"Teacher Xiaoyou, my mission has been completed. There is no difference to me whether I live a few more years or a few less years. My era... is over. I have handed over the future of blacksmithing to them."

"Boss asked me to tell you, thank you for your contribution to the development of human blacksmithing."

"I should be grateful to him. He made my otherwise dull life full of color. Without him, I would not have achieved what I have now."
To be continued...