Breath of the Undead

Chapter 131: Forging the Staff

Chapter 131: Forging the Staff

While explaining the situation to Gu Xi, the blacksmith handled the recently broken vine.

With each step, the blacksmith would explain the reason for the process to Gu Xi. After about ten minutes, the three-meter-long vine was reduced to about two and a half meters.

Putting the vine aside, the blacksmith looked at Gu Xi.

Gu Xi knew it was time to take out the other materials.

So Gu Xi took out some of the materials he had obtained since his job change.

[Catastrophe Souls], these were in relatively large quantities. Since they couldn't be considered proper souls, they could be used as crafting materials.

[Corrupted Head], Gu Xi's initial off-hand item, but it turned into a gray item due to an interrupted upgrade process. This was considered a top-quality material.

[Broken Birch Fragment], from the battle at the small building in Victoria City. Since he wanted to make a staff, Gu Xi decided to use this item.

[Broken Scythe Fragment], obtained when Gu Xi first encountered the leader of the ghouls. At the time, Gu Xi was considering using a scythe as his main weapon, but now he decided a long staff would be better.

[Ice Power Unit], this was dug out from another one-eyed stitched corpse. The blacksmith had mentioned needing a power source, and this was a perfect one.

[Twisted Spine], Gu Xi took this out to make up the numbers. It was very long, a full five meters, and was meant for making two-handed swords, whips, or spears.

Gu Xi didn't think the blacksmith would use such material.

However, to Gu Xi's surprise, the first thing the blacksmith picked up was the [Twisted Spine].

"Very good, among your materials, some are of blue quality, and some are green but with strong potential. There's no problem in making it.

Now, you have two different choices.

First, with these materials and this vine, I can try to push it to purple quality.

But keep in mind, this purple won't be the best, and purple effects come with penalties, which you know.

I can't guarantee the severity of the penalty; it's entirely up to luck.

The other option is to make it blue, but you can slowly upgrade it later, even potentially pushing to purple quality. Whether you can or not depends on your luck."

Gu Xi was silent for a moment, then decisively said, "Make it blue with growth potential."

The blacksmith smiled, "I knew you would choose that. Rest assured, my growth equipment has an 80% success rate; it never fails."

As he spoke, the blacksmith dismantled the entire [Twisted Spine].

The five-meter-long spine and tailbone were broken into pieces.

Each piece was soaked in molten iron and then forged by the blacksmith’s apprentices.

Then the blacksmith took the [Broken Birch Fragment] and called an apprentice.

"Grind this into fine powder. Also, soak these souls in water until they turn into liquid, then soak the powder in it."

The apprentice went off to work, and Gu Xi asked.

"Master, what do you intend to do with these?"

"You want a long staff, so the forging techniques can't be too many.