Carefree Path of Dreams

” Phew… ”

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and exhaled white air, which appeared like a long arrow as it shot out a few meters, making a magnificent sight.

Since the day he had searched the entire arsenal but failed to find a suitable weapon, he had temporarily stopped thinking about it and began to intensively study the technique.

After all, the Six Extremes Armament Commandeering Art was an earth-grade technique. Even if someone could not find an intrinsic armament, the accumulation of Qi of the Six Extremes was already incomparable.

Of course, most important was still the support of Fang Yuan’s proficiency. In addition, there was the assistance of extremely nourishing medicines. His Martial Dao had outrageously broken through stages continuously⁠—the speed was incredible.

At the moment, there was a purple-gold ore in front of him.

“This purple-gold ore is used for martial artists to test their skill. An average martial artist that has just gained a grade can leave shallow cuts on it. The higher the skill, the deeper the marks are!”

Fang Yuan held on to the ore and applied a slight force.

A moment later, there was an additional palm mark on it. The fingerprints were neatly arranged, and even the skin texture could be seen.

“The realm I’m in now is extremely strange. Despite not having an armament, I’ve cultivated the first realm of Six Extremes Armament Commandeering Art to a terrifying level, and the True Qi I’ve accumulated is incomparable thick.”

According to the traditional way of cultivating the Six Extremes Armament Commandeering Art, finding a compatible intrinsic armament should have come first. They should have assisted the Divine Armament before having a breakthrough through the Divine Armament’s Qi feedback, causing their martial study to make rapid progress.

However, Fang Yuan’s foundation was getting larger and larger, stronger and stronger. The Six Extremes True Qi accumulated was extremely vigorous, and he did not even need the help of the armament’s Qi to directly break through.

“Although it’s a little wasted, the effect isn’t bad. My fingerprints went ninety percent into the ore… At this stage, I should be counted as a fourth-grade expert!”

A fourth-grade expert was only a step away from the sect founders in the top three grades.

In the Pugilistic World, any sect at this level would be able to independently take charge of an area…

From a good-for-nothing wastrel, Fang Yuan had only spent a month to get to this step.

“This was only with the increase from the stats window. If I still had my origin power…”

Fang Yuan rubbed his lower abdomen, and a light flashed through his eyes.

His dantian had two entirely different sides. One side of it was the rune wrapped in origin power. Like a Taotie ¹ , it continuously swallowed the secondary origin power. Although it could not swallow the true form, it was still restricted by the origin power’s might.

Otherwise, no matter how much Six Extreme True Qi he cultivated, it would still be inevitably swallowed by the strange rune.

“However… the top three grades in the Martial Dao are like an immense chasm. It’ll be a little difficult to break through without the benefit from the armament’s Qi…”

Fang Yuan concluded his training and pondered silently, “I’ve already had those lackeys search for strange ores and secret forging techniques. Maybe I can try forging the most suitable weapon for myself. If it really doesn’t work, the only way left is to go down the mountain and travel around to find a chance.”

At the fourth-grade in the Martial Dao, it would be enough to walk the Pugilistic World and become famous.

Moreover, nothing would happen if he stayed in the Divine Armament Mountain Villa.

After all, he had come here to experiment with the realm traversing technique and to hopefully find some things related to this world’s source. In addition, he hoped to refine and comprehend his own foundation’s Dao.

“Young Master!” At this moment, a smiling Uncle Fu knocked on the door and came in with a tray. “Master instructed me to fulfill all of Young Master’s requests. These are the ores and secret manuals you wanted… There are hundreds of years of forging knowledge in them!”

“Mmmm!”

Fang Yuan unveiled the red silk and saw a few minerals.

In any case, this wastrel was also someone that did whatever came to his mind before, so he did not bother to explain.

“Intense Yang Gold is only available around a hundred-year volcano. It’s formed by chance when many minerals are set on fire by magma.

“Emery is a specialty of Fanwo Commandery, and fifty grams is as valuable as 2,500 grams of gold!

“Thousand-year Cold Metal is a treasure of the Ye family from a local commandery.”

…

There were also pieces of paper on the tray that wrote about the origins of these objects.

Fang Yuan picked up the Thousand-year Cold Metal. This mineral was around the size of a fist, but not cold at all, instead warm when he touched it. There was also a dim ring of purple light. It was truly extremely magical, as it was rumoured to be the raw material for making great Divine Armaments. Just by adding a little of its powder to any normal metal, it would be able to undergo a complete transformation and create a very sharp Divine Armament.

Although it was washed and clean, Fang Yuan could still smell blood when he sniffed it.

Moving on, he flipped the pages of an ancient book. It was all forging secrets techniques of different large sects and clans. He waved his hands to dismiss Uncle Fu before falling silent.

In his memory, no matter what this wastrel wanted⁠—an object, a toy, and even a woman⁠—Nangong Wentian would do his best to accomplish it. He could not be considered simply pampered, but was basically a lawless tyrant.

“But what’s the explanation about the rune in the dantian?”

Fang Yuan felt he was walking deeper and deeper into mist, a little unclear about what was going on.

“However, since Divine Armament Mountain Villa’s savings are so much, I can forge a few times to experiment…”

The Six Extremes Armament Commandeering Art needed a weapon, and the requirements were very high, the grade being only one aspect. Most importantly, it had to be compatible with the host’s Qi, and it was best to feel that they were connected as one.

Fang Yuan had tried all the weapons that he had found within the month, but he had to admit that his luck was average, so he could only forge one himself to try.

“Actually, if the dantian’s origin power could fill the Taotie, I wouldn’t need to be this troubled. Just by casually transforming, I would at least be a first-grade martial artist…”

Fang Yuan glanced at his stats window:

“Name: Fang Yuan (Nangong Wuwang)

Essence: 50

Spirit: 50

Magic: 50

Cultivation: [Martial Dao (Fourth-Grade)]

Technique: Six Extremes Armament Commandeering Art (First Realm)

Specialization: Botany [Level Six] (Maximum), Fiery Golden Eyes [Level Three], Body of Origin Power, ???”

“This world is indeed in a higher universe… I have such stats just by cultivating to Martial Dao fourth-grade…”

Fang Yuan looked at the numerical values of the Essence, Spirit, and Magic carefully and let out a long sigh.

It seemed to be due to the different rules of the world. Even though his stats were very horrifying, the power he could unleash was still similar to a normal Pugilistic World expert.

“However, this is also normal. From a lower dimension to a higher dimension, there would naturally be restrictions… But these stats should also change a little… The stats window is based on my original definitions as a standard, and each aspect was standardized to a normal Da Qian person using one as the value. Now that I’ve broken through Da Qian, I should change it.”

A different world would have a difference in ability and strength despite both having the same human race.

And lives in a higher dimension universe were practically completely different from those in a lower dimension.

Fang Yuan thought that it was also about time for him to upgrade and optimize his stats window system.

“Aside from that, there’s also this symbol…”

He looked at the end of the specialization. A black, incomplete rune appeared after the Body of Origin Power, similar to the one in his dantian.

As it absorbed the origin power, it became clearer and clearer, as if a certain mystery was gestating.

“This new specialization is certainly related to the rune in my dantian… No matter who’s plotting against me, they probably hadn’t thought that I’d have origin power!”

Fang Yuan revealed a cold smile.

Origin power would multiply endlessly, and it was not as simple as merely blocking the gap.

Most important was still its power to pollute!

No matter what the opponent was plotting, no matter where this secondary power was absorbed to, he was confident of inflicting damage to them and preventing them from successfully scheming against him as long as this property existed and the terrifying accumulation of his stats.

“Learning forging from the beginning can be very troublesome to others, but it’s only a matter of proficiency to me…”

Fang Yuan conveniently picked up a forging secret technique and roughly flipped through it, his mouth twitching upward in a smile.

At his realm, any magical technique was considered the same to him. Forging should first have good materials, followed by smelting a furnace of minerals through hammering and smelting techniques. This allowed the materials to serve their proper purpose and not clash with each other. Those that could grasp this step would be considered an expert artisan. The quenching, fostering, and other procedures after that would not be a problem.

However, this technique can only cast armaments, sharp weapons… A true Divine Armament is naturally formed from the heavens and the earth and requires the great power of creation, or a chance coincidence and many blood sacrifices…

He opened up the Lie family’s secret forging book. He had a quick look at the front part, but his eyes lit up when he saw the back.

“Naturally formed? Or was it due to great grievances? This is getting interesting…”

After this part, the author also recorded down the information of a few Divine Armaments and weapons. It looked like a storybook.

“Celestial Thearch Sword! The number one Divine Armament in the world! It’s rumored that the Creator God, Pan, cast it. It holds magical essence, soul, and blood. From the stars to the mountains, all would be under the wielder’s command. It was a magnificent sword of the Dao of the King. The one who has it is the ruler of the world, but it was lost!

“Seven Slaughter Tiger Soul Saber! After splitting the sky and ground, the grievance of the heavens and the earth agglomerated. After millions of years, it transformed into jade blood. After a divine beast, the White Tiger, swallowed it, it became a disaster in the world. Even if it died, it still had Ferocious Qi. Someone evil drew its essence, blood, and marrow to smelt into a sword that absorbs human’s heart and soul. It caused massacre and is lost!

“Li Perishing Sword! In the ancient past, there was a Li Human Sect that was invaded by the surrounding large sects and had great casualties. There was a youth sect master named ‘Jiang’ that had obtained the Ancient Armament Manual and hoped to cast a divine sword to suppress the enemy. Unfortunately, the sect was destroyed before the sword was completed, and the whole sect was slaughtered. Masses of the martial artists’ grievances gathered in the sword furnace and transformed the righteousness into evil, agglomerating a Demonic Armament. On that day, there was a heavy downpour and purple lightning that killed the attackers…”

…

“Unable to personally see the top Ten Divine Armaments and the top Ten Demonic Armaments in the world, life would be filled with regrets!”

At the end of the book, there were the laments of the expert artisan. It was as though he would have died without regrets if he could have seen just one of the twenty armaments.

“Martial artists’ Pugilistic World always likes to scramble for fame and wealth. The top ten masters, top ten beauties, top ten Divine Armaments, and so on, rankings appear one after another… Of course, if there wasn’t the support of huge forces, people who created these would normally have bad ends. A few people in the Pugilistic World self-proclaiming to be top masters have died unexplainable deaths…”

Fang Yuan ran his hand over the manual, but the smile spread. “But… Ten Divine Armaments and Ten Demonic Armaments?”

Indistinctly, he felt that he had somehow come into contact with this world’s source.