Chapter 3975 — Scared Unconscious
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"Not at all. Compared to you, Brother Wang, I am a complete layman who knows nothing at all. That is precisely why I hoped to take this opportunity to properly learn the art of artifact-forging from you—if you would allow it?" Wei Zhao said with a smile.
Wei Zhao was, of course, an artifact-forger himself—only a half-baked one. What truly puzzled him was: just who was this Sun Jichuan? Han Jingyi had once said her master was named Sun Jichuan as well. Could these two Sun Sikongs be the same person? And if so, how had he come to Cloud Terrace Island? Was he too a legendary figure, like Zhang Lifeng? The more Wei Zhao thought about it, the deeper his admiration grew.
Scrap King hurriedly said with excitement, "Brother Lin, you are too kind. To have someone of like mind exploring the way of artifact-forging together—that is something I have dreamed of my whole life. Rest assured, Brother Lin: whatever I know, I will keep nothing from you."
"Then I thank you in advance, Brother Wang," Wei Zhao said with a grateful nod. He then took from his bundle the high-grade spirit-beast materials Scrap King had been so desperately longing for—namely, the forepaws and whip-like tail of the Nine-Tailed Cloud-Piercing Leopard.
At the sight of these things, Scrap King's eyes lit up at once, like a starving wolf catching sight of a sheep; his entire demeanor changed in an instant.
Faintly, Wei Zhao even sensed from him the aura of a formidable expert not to be underestimated—proof that even without great strength, when a man devotes himself wholeheartedly to a single pursuit, he can draw forth tremendous latent potential.
"These are all treasures!" Scrap King cradled the items in his arms as if they were his own children, carefully running his fingers over them, terrified of dirtying them by even a speck. From the look of him, he would have gladly slept beside them.
After rejoicing on his own for a moment, Scrap King finally remembered that Wei Zhao was still standing right there. He promptly pulled several things from his own bosom and laid them out before Wei Zhao one by one, introducing them: the black toad tail he had mentioned earlier, the fox-bear bone, and the wolf-spider down.
"Brother Lin, these things may look unremarkable, and none of them are the most valuable parts of their respective spirit beasts, but they are the fruit of months of my scavenging. Paired with your Nine-Tailed Cloud-Piercing Leopard materials, they are absolutely first-rate—the compatibility between these materials is extremely high, and their effect is in no way inferior to any other spirit-beast material." Scrap King presented them to Wei Zhao with great flourish.
"You have gone to great trouble these past months, Brother Wang," Wei Zhao said in sincere gratitude.
"Not at all, not at all—what trouble is there in this? To me these are delightful labors, and I am only too glad to do them," Scrap King said with a chuckle.
After a pause, Scrap King looked at Wei Zhao's refined-steel staff, scratched his head, and spoke with easy fluency: "Brother Lin, you never mentioned this thing to me before, so I had not given any thought to a forging plan. But you need not worry—I took a rough look just now, and this staff of yours does not conflict with the materials from the Nine-Tailed Cloud-Piercing Leopard. Upgrading it should pose no great problem, and it does not involve many materials besides. I trust it will be done before long."
Even by Wei Zhao's layman's eye, it was plain to see that Scrap King was truly a fanatic of artifact-forging, and that he genuinely had real skill in his belly. Given the right opportunity, there was no saying he could not astonish the world in a single stroke.
This Scrap King, belittled and looked down upon by all, was in truth a buried gemstone—once he shone, he would dazzle the world.