Chapter 502: Sakakami’s Home

An old man with white hair and a strong appearance chased after a young man dressed in sloppy clothes.

“Unfilial son, I dare you to have such thoughts.”

The old man angrily hit the young man. When he saw Lei Luo from the corner of his eye, his body also stopped.

“Old fart, is it that difficult to give General Takeda a divine weapon? When that time comes, everyone will suffer.”

The young man’s mouth kept muttering, but he did not retaliate, allowing the old man’s palm to land on his body.

The old man saw that a guest had come, so he stopped and said to Lei Luo, “Since a guest has come, I’ll let you off this time. If I find out that you have such thoughts the next time, I’ll beat you to death.”

“Come in, guest.”

The old man spoke to Lei Luo and walked into the smithy. Lei Luo nodded and followed. The young man watched as Lei Luo walked in, muttering to himself as he walked towards the center of the capital.

He walked into the smithy. Although it was dilapidated on the outside, there were all sorts of weapons hanging inside that looked particularly good. As the old man led Lei Luo along, he observed Lei Luo’s reaction along the way, looking especially proud.

“These are all my masterpieces,” the old man said proudly to Lei Luo. He seemed to be very confident in these weapons.

“I haven’t asked your name yet.”

“Just call me Gr Tengzhai.”

Ge Tengzhai brought Lei Luo to the second floor. He poured a cup of tea for Lei Luo and sat with Lei Luo by the window. Beside them was the smelting table where the old man worked.

“Miss Fu Yun recommended me. I want a sword that can add magic.”

Hearing Lei Luo’s words, Ge Tengzhai was stunned at first. Then, he asked with some joy, “May I know your name, sir? And what level are you?”

“You can call me James. If you’re a mage, you should be at level-five.”

Lei Luo set his mage level to a level that was neither high nor low. He did not trust people he met for the first time. This was also a lesson that he had accumulated. It would not let the old man look down on him, but it was enough to make him fear being around him.

“Oh, that’s good.”

The old man walked into the inner room and came out with a sharp long sword.

“Since Miss Fu Yun introduced my works to you, I can’t be negligent. But the people of the northern border don’t use magic, so I don’t know how much magic these swords can withstand.”

The old man handed the sword to Lei Luo and then sat down, drinking the tea in his hand.

Lei Luo felt the sword in his hand. He could tell that it was a rare quality sword for warriors. However, Lei Luo frowned. This sword could only withstand a Level-2 spell at most.

This was obviously not in line with Lei Luo’s expectations. He asked the old man, “Are there any other swords? This sword can only withstand a zlevel-2 spell at most.”

A hint of surprise flashed across the old man’s eyes, but he still said to Lei Luo, “This is one of my best works. If that’s the case…”

The old man walked into the inner room, and a voice came from inside. Lei Luo activated his [ perspective ] spell and saw the old man open a secret door. He walked to the front of a heavy sword case and touched the sword case as if he was touching a beautiful woman.

He walked to Lei Luo and said to him, “Take a look.”

Seeing the old man’s expression, Lei Luo opened the sword case. There was no light like he had imagined. It was just an ancient longsword with almost irreparable cracks on it.

He picked up the longsword and looked at it carefully. The old man looked at the sword with a heartache.

“This is a real divine weapon forged by my ancestor before the empire was established. Unfortunately, it was taken away a long time ago. After it came back, it became like this. The sword spirit inside is also missing.”

Lei Luo looked at this divine weapon. The material was unknown, but it could withstand Lei Luo’s Level-5 magic. In the hearts of the people of the northern border, such a divine weapon had its own soul and would find its own master. Moreover, it needed a sword forger to feed the sword with his body. Only then would it be possible to forge it.

This was also something that the old man had taught Lei Luo. Although Lei Luo really wanted to know the power of this sword before it was damaged, it was still able to withstand Level-5 magic after being damaged like this. It was hard to imagine…Just how powerful was he to be able to destroy such a divine weapon?

“After my son found out that our family had such a divine weapon, he wanted to offer it to General Takeda in exchange for a title. However, I never agreed because my wish was to restore this divine sword. This has been our family’s long-cherished wish for thousands of years. I also wish that this divine sword could once again display its splendor. However, during this long period of time, we have found almost all the materials to restore this sword. However, we still lack the main material of this sword, the extraterrestrial meteorite iron. And this extraterrestrial meteorite iron was used by the Banshang family to forge the tomes of arcane for sacrificial purposes. Now that it is used in the sacrificial ceremony, why would they agree to us using such a precious treasure to forge the sword?”

Hearing the old man’s words, Lei Luo knew what he wanted to do. He wanted him to steal the tomes of arcane to repair the sword, and sure enough, the old man’s next sentence was, “I can let you use this sword, but you have to bring back the tomes of arcane to repair the sword for me. Before the finals, I promise I can bring out a complete sword for you.”

Although he really wanted to agree to this old man’s request, the martial arts conference was going to be held the next day. This martial arts conference will last for five days.

This meant that Lei Luo had to get the tomes of arcane that exact same night and also to repair the sword for the old man. For the next four days, he could only go to the arena bare-handed.

However, there was nothing he could do. Lei Luo also wanted to know the original power of this divine sword. He could only put down the sword, stand up, and bow to Ge Tengzhai. He walked outside and breathed in the cold air of the northern border.

The sound of armored soldiers lining up could be heard in the distance. Lei Luo also changed his appearance to that of a northerner from the river path that he had seen before. He swaggered past the armored soldiers.

The son of Ge Tengzhai was among them. Lei Luo knew what was going on. He saw Lei Luo and Ge Tengzhai walking together and wanted to use this to force Ge Tengzhai to take out the divine sword. However, since Lei Luo was no longer in the blacksmith shop, he couldn’t be bothered with this filial son.

Actually, Lei Luo was quite displeased with Ge Tengzhai scheming against him. Fu Yun must also know Ge Tengzhai’s secret, but he didn’t mention the relationship between the two of them.

They were just taking what they needed. Lei Luo planned to find a place to settle their lunch and then go to Sakakami’s house to look for the tomes of arcane at night. It was likely that such an important thing was hidden very well.

He was not in a hurry to look for it. He just needed to register for the martial arts competition in the afternoon. Lei Luo knew that this matter was definitely not as natural as he thought. However, he did not have any good ideas at the moment. He would just have to take things one step at a time.

When he walked to the outside of a restaurant, he discovered that a person had been thrown out.