From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 46 "Quenching Master

The gates of Quenching Castle opened, and Lin Zeyu walked out, returning beneath the underpass of Century Bridge.

He hurriedly looked back, only to see a wall.

He reached out to touch it, and his palm came into contact with the cold, hard concrete wall.

If he had not just experienced it himself, he would never have believed that a wall like this could be passed through by a person.

Just as he marveled, several bodyguards ran over from a distance, shouting as they ran, "We've found him, we've found the person! Under the bridge."

The middle-aged man hadn't gone far and, hearing the voices, he hurried over, "Zeyu, are you all right?"

"Uncle, I'm fine."

Lin Zeyu answered, then took out his cellphone to call someone, briefly describing his experience in Quenching Castle, and then asked for the "Sky Eye" source material to be delivered.

It wasn't a long wait.

The "Sky Eye" was brought over soon after.

This time, Lin Zeyu had all the bodyguards return, and he waited alone in front of that section of the bridge wall:

"I have already brought the Sky Eye source material, may I enter now?"

After waiting a while.

A voice came from behind him, "Come with me."

Lin Zeyu was startled, and quickly turned around to see that cloaked Quenching Master with the cat-face mask had appeared behind him once again.

But this time, the other party did not walk through the original wall, but a different one.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zeyu was even more shocked.

The entryway was not fixed.

Passing through the bridge underpass wall, he entered Quenching Castle once more, settling into the drawing room.

Lin Zeyu took out a palm-sized box, placed it on the table, opened it, and displayed the transparent crystal inside.

Lu Heng picked up the crystal to check its attributes, and it was indeed the "Sky Eye" source material.

After packing up the source material, Lu Heng stood up and headed towards the castle's forging room, "Come with me."

Outside the forging room.

"Wait here for a while, I need to make some preparations first," said Lu Heng before leaving him at the doorway.

Lin Zeyu stood in place, looking around; he always felt the castle was shrouded in mystery.

While he was waiting, a little dwarf sauntered over and greeted him, "You must be the visitor who's come for quenching, right?"

Lin Zeyu promptly nodded and replied, "Yes, and you are?"

"You may call me Gulu," replied Master Gulu offhandedly.

Hearing this name, Lin Zeyu thought it sounded like a servant's.

He figured the little dwarf must be the servant of the Quenching Master he had just seen. Nevertheless, he believed he should still show respect, after all, a servant at the prime minister's gate is a seventh-degree official.

After exchanging greetings, Lin Zeyu began to probe around the subject, "May I ask, the Quenching Masters of Quenching Castle, are they very formidable?"

As soon as Gulu heard what was being asked, he immediately perked up, "Of course, the owner of Quenching Castle is the most formidable Quenching Master in the world, and is one of the few remaining ones. Yep, one of the few remaining, how do you think I used that new idiom?"

Lin Zeyu's attention was entirely focused on the words "the most formidable Quenching Master," and he thought to himself that anyone who could be referred to as a "Master" must indeed be exceptional.

When he looked towards the forging room again, his eyes sparkled.

Having encountered this visitor, Gulu put his hands behind his back and strolled away, carrying himself with the air of a great master, exuding an aura of hidden depth.

Once Lu Heng had prepared the necessary tools for quenching, he came out and said, "It's ready, come in."

"Of course, Master," Lin Zeyu bowed with his hands clasped, his demeanor extremely respectful.

Spirit listened to this title with slight surprise, but he didn't bother to explain anything and led him into the forging room. They arrived at the Quenching Furnace and began the quenching process for the Silver Python Revolver.

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The steps for quenching firearms were different from those for cold weapons.

Spirit was fairly experienced in this and adeptly controlled the Quenching Furnace.

Heating, melting, merging, cooling—the entire quenching sequence flowed smoothly.

[Successfully quenched the Silver Python Revolver, and its grade has been promoted to +1]

[Completed quenching operation, Apprentice Quenching Master professional experience +10]

[Silver Python Revolver +1]

[Attribute: Attack Power 165]

After the first quenching, Spirit didn't pause and continued with a second quenching.

The quenching process went smoothly.

[Successfully quenched the Silver Python Revolver, and its grade has been promoted to +2]

[Completed quenching operation, Apprentice Quenching Master professional experience +10]

[Silver Python Revolver +2]

[Attribute: Attack Power 175]

After two quenchings, Spirit placed the revolver on the tray and gestured to Lin Zeyu to inspect the quenching results.

Lin Zeyu carefully picked up the Silver Python Revolver, checked its attributes, and his eyes immediately lit up.

The attack power had increased from 155 to 175 points.

It might seem like only a 20-point increase, but when breaking through limits, each point often required a hundredfold resources.

Lin Zeyu had been worried about the quenching not being successful, as even the master had initially said that quenching doesn't guarantee 100% success.

He remembered what Spirit had said before, "Currently my quenching success rate is one hundred percent."

He sighed inwardly, Truly a Quenching Master.

After letting him check the attributes, Spirit said, "The two quenchings are complete, if everything is correct, then our transaction is settled."

Lin Zeyu nodded eagerly, "Of course, thank you, Master."

With the quenching finished, Lin Zeyu wanted to linger a bit longer in Quenching Castle to gather more information and even inquire about the Abyss.

But Spirit didn't have time for idle chat and promptly saw him out of Quenching Castle.

As they reached the castle's main gate, Lin Zeyu turned and asked, "Master, how do I enter the Quenching Castle in the future? Is the entrance always in the ninth tunnel of the Century Bridge?"

Spirit's eyelids lifted slightly as he answered, "The entrance only appears when Quenching Castle opens its doors."

"Alright, I understand. I'll bring materials and come back next time," said Lin Zeyu, before being escorted out of Quenching Castle.

Once again, under the bridge, Lin Zeyu, as before, turned to press against the wall. The entrance was gone.

...

In the evening.

The Coastal Lin Family convened an important family meeting.

Lin Zeyu briefly recounted his experience in Quenching Castle and concluded, "I have established a good rapport with the master of Quenching Castle, which means we now control the channel for weapon quenching.

"We should utilize this channel, and I hope our family can ramp up the acquisition of quenching materials.

"Quenching greatly enhances weapon attributes, and the price of quenching materials is going to surge significantly.

"Furthermore, I learned an even more critical piece of information from the Quenching Master: after reaching a Quenching Level of 3, you can perform Spirit Injection, which has a chance to grant special effect entries.

"So, in the future, as soon as high-grade Spiritual Injection Materials become available, we should secure them, regardless of the price."

After hearing this report, the Lin Family head nodded in agreement, "Let's do it. Zeyu, maintain your relationship with the Quenching Master well. Agree to whatever he asks for."