The few wooden houses were not large!
But they were exquisite!
Each wooden house had a bed, bedding!
As well as tables, chairs, benches, and floor cushions!
And all of them were made of rosewood furniture!
Chen Nan chose a relatively quiet house and then picked up the book "Overview of Artifact Forging" given by Gong Jian and began to read it seriously!
Because he was proficient in the art of alchemy!
He understood the book very quickly!
Minerals were the same as medicinal herbs!
Each mineral had different properties!
To forge powerful weapons!
Required the fusion of multiple minerals!
However!
The proportions had to be mastered perfectly!
A slight mistake would lead to complete failure!
Besides that!
There were also some rare minerals that needed to be forged with special flames!
And they also needed divine water for cold quenching!
In short, the difficulty of artifact forging was much greater than that of alchemy!
"Although I understand the overview of artifact forging, I still lack flames!"
"According to the records in the overview of artifact forging!"
"There are millions of types of flames in the world!"
"Hundreds of divine flames!"
"Only by obtaining flames can artifact forging be carried out!"
"Although the Earth Fire Array can also be used, the Earth Fire Array cannot forge immortal artifacts at all!"
Chen Nan had a headache!
At this moment!
Gong Jian walked over: "Brother Chen Nan, let's go down the mountain, we'll treat you to a welcome feast!"
"It's also a welcome to your arrival!"
"Okay!"
Chen Nan readily agreed!
These people were quite straightforward, and they would be working together in the future!
Having a meal together and getting to know each other better would not be harmful!
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Afterwards, Chen Nan followed the five people down the mountain!
But they did not go to a restaurant immediately!
Instead, they went to a mineral shop!
Many minerals were sold here!
They were not here to buy minerals!
But to sell minerals!
Chen Nan still had many doubts in his heart!
For example, why did Gong Jian and the others have money to buy houses down the mountain!
Now he understood!
These people must have embezzled the minerals from the Merit Hall and sold them here!
Otherwise, they would not have been able to afford houses down the mountain!
This time, they sold sixty high-grade immortal stones!
This amount of money was not even a drop in the bucket for Chen Nan!
But for anyone, it was not a small sum!
"Brother Chen Nan, since you have become a part of the kitchen staff, these immortal stones are for you too!"
"Here, these ten high-grade immortal stones are yours!"
At this moment!
The five fat men all looked at Chen Nan with smiles!
Chen Nan's mouth twitched!
This was forcefully pulling him onto their pirate ship!
He knew!
If he refused these ten high-grade immortal stones today!
He would definitely be ostracized or targeted by them!
Without hesitation, he took the ten high-grade immortal stones and said with a smile: "I feel like my days in the kitchen are getting better and better!"
Gong Jian chuckled: "As long as you sincerely stay in the kitchen, I guarantee that you will be able to buy a big house in the capital of Yan Country within three years!"
"Alright!"
"Let's not talk about this, let's go and eat!"
Then the six of them went to a high-end restaurant!
Gong Jian ordered many sumptuous dishes, and then they raised their cups and drank!
The atmosphere was quite pleasant!
After a few rounds of drinks!
Chen Nan said: "Brother Gong Jian, I have something I don't understand! If I want to forge artifacts, how should I obtain flames?"
Gong Jian's face was flushed from drinking: "The Merit Hall has them!"
"However!"
"They are all mortal flames, only suitable for forging spirit artifacts!"
"And to forge immortal artifacts, one must master immortal flames!"
"But, there are no immortal flames in the Merit Hall at all!"
"This requires one to rely on one's own fortune to find them outside!"
"Or post a bounty to ask others to inquire for you!"
"Well, tomorrow, I'll take you to the Merit Hall to choose a flame!"
"Okay!"
Chen Nan was not aiming too high!
Although mortal flames could not forge immortal artifacts!
They could still be used to forge spirit artifacts!
They could consolidate the foundation!
From another perspective!
Even if Chen Nan mastered immortal flames, so what?
With his current ability, he could not control them!
Nor could he forge immortal artifacts!
There was nothing wrong with proceeding step by step and progressing gradually!
After eating!
Chen Nan rejected Gong Jian and the others' invitation to listen to music in the pleasure quarters!
Yu Fei had just left him!
He had no such thoughts at the moment!
As soon as he returned to the back mountain of the Sword Forging Academy!
Chen Nan frowned suddenly!
The candlelight was on in his room!
He knew that it had not been dark when he left yesterday!
He had not lit a lamp!
But there was clearly someone in the room now!
He was confused!
He pushed the door open!
And saw two young men in black robes looking at him with playful expressions!
Black robes were a symbol of inner disciples!
Moreover, the strength of both of them had reached the Xuan Xian realm!
"Who are you? Why are you here?" Chen Nan's eyes were cold!
He didn't care who they were; appearing in his room without his permission was a provocation!
"You're the new guy, right?" one of the young men said disdainfully: "My name is Zheng Cong, an inner disciple. I'm here for nothing much, just to give you a piece of advice!"
"If you want to live, leave the Sword Forging Academy as soon as possible!"
"What if I don't leave the Sword Forging Academy?" Chen Nan asked with a playful smile!
He hadn't encountered such an arrogant guy for a long time!
He was very puzzled!
He had just arrived!
Why had he inexplicably made enemies!
Zheng Cong let out a heavy snort: "If you don't know what's good for you, don't blame us for bullying the weak!"
"It's not that I look down on you!"
"A guy at your Earth Immortal realm is like an ant to me!"
"I can crush trash like you with a flick of my finger!"
Chen Nan looked embarrassed!
Just because he was at the Earth Immortal realm!
They treated him like an ant!
Okay!
He was indeed quite weak!
"Of course, I don't doubt Senior Brother Zheng's words. After all, the Xuan Xian realm is indeed an unreachable existence for cultivators like me!"
"It's just..."
"Junior brother has something he doesn't understand, and he hopes Senior Brother Zheng can enlighten him!"
"I am just an outer disciple of the kitchen staff!"
"We have no grievances, and we have never met before!"
"Why are you trying to drive me out of the Sword Forging Academy?"
He thought about it carefully, and he had not offended anyone since coming to the Sword Forging Academy!
Being targeted inexplicably like this was truly baffling!
Zheng Cong put on a condescending attitude: "I have a cousin who is about to join the Sword Forging Academy, so your position needs to be replaced!"
Chen Nan was relieved!
The inner disciples of the Sword Forging Academy might look down on the outer disciples of the kitchen staff!
But one thing was undeniable!
The kitchen staff was a very lucrative position!
They could unconditionally demand a lot of minerals from the Merit Hall!
Zheng Cong must have wanted to collude with his cousin!
To obtain a lot of rare minerals in this way!
And then improve his artifact forging skills!
Otherwise, he would not have driven him away and let his cousin replace him!
Zheng Cong said coldly: "Chen, I advise you to scram quickly, otherwise, I will make sure you don't see tomorrow's sunrise!"
*Slap!*
Chen Nan slapped him across the face, his eyes cold: "Not only am I not leaving, but I'm also hitting you. What can you do about it?"