Chapter 469: Changing This Era
Is this a question of whether it can be turned or not?
Do you have to be so stingy?
Can't bear to throw away even a bit of material?
Liu Qiutian got anxious: "No! Your blade technique is so strong! It'd be a waste if you don't use a blade!"
"Besides, do you even know how to use a meteor hammer?"
Jiangnan grinned: "I do! Why wouldn't I? I'm full of skills! I just practice blade techniques casually for fun!"
"I'm going with the meteor hammer!"
Liu Qiutian: !!!
"I'll make you a blade! A blood-drinking blade! I'll make you eight of them! Eight-blade style! Absolutely cool to the max! Your fangirls will howl when they see you!"
Jiangnan shook his head: "Meteor hammer it is."
[From Liu Qiutian's Resentment Value +1000!]
[From...]
"A meteor hammer can't show off my exquisite forging skills at all! Anything but a meteor hammer, pick something else!"
Jiangnan looked hesitant: "How about this, old man, you just attach a hammer handle to this piece of blood-drinking nanhong for me? I can just use it as a hammer directly!"
Liu Qiutian: (ꐦᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)
I'd rather attach a hammer handle to your head for you!
So I don't get anything out of it and still have to provide a handle?
[From Liu Qiutian...]
"Old man! I'll call you grandpa, is that okay? This piece of blood-drinking nanhong is so big! It can make many weapons! I can tailor-make them for you and your teammates!"
"Please just pick something normal!"
Jiangnan lowered his head and counted on his fingers: "Double maces! Pumpkin hammer! Green Dragon Crescent Blade! Zhangba Snake Spear! Fangtian Huaji!"
Liu Qiutian: "Fangtian Huaji! Let's go with Fangtian Huaji!"
He finally understood. Jiangnan hadn't considered any other factors at all!
His only concern was that the material usage had to be sufficient. The more, the better!
Can you be any more of a money-grubber?
Jiangnan grinned: "Fine! And what about my teammates?"
It wasn't that he had no considerations of his own.
For close combat, he already had the Scallion Holy Sword. Though embarrassing, its power was adequate.
A long-handled weapon wouldn't be bad either, making up for some of his shortcomings to a certain extent.
Fangtian Huaji was a good choice.
Liu Qiutian: "Have them come here themselves! I need to understand their ability attributes, combat styles, and other physical data!"
"It's a pity there isn't enough material; otherwise, I could forge a full set of blood-drinking battle armor!"
"If this were during the Spirit Disaster era, wearing armor made from this stuff... heh! A tireless killing machine! Cool to the max!"
Jiangnan's eyes sparkled: "Battle armor? Isn't this material enough?"
Liu Qiutian: "Full-body armor? This little bit is nowhere near enough! At least five pieces this big. Don't think armor is small and doesn't use much material! Armor is the hardest to forge!"
Jiangnan licked his lips and started to get ideas.
A full set of blood-red battle armor? Wouldn't that be absolutely dashing?
Taking hits could restore stamina? Sigh~
Jiangnan had his sights set on it. It seemed he'd have to go to Thousand Islands Lake more often to gut those Mosasaurus beasts.
As he pondered, Jiangnan sat down at a nearby workbench and opened the CAD software on the computer.
Liu Qiutian was stunned: "What are you doing?"
Jiangnan: "My teammates don't need to come. I know them best. I'll design the weapons myself."
Liu Qiutian blackened his old face: "Are you joking with me? Tailor-made weapon design? Without twenty or thirty years of experience, what the hell are you going to design?"
Jiangnan ignored him.
[Triggered Skill! Weapon Design: LV0!]
[Added Skill Points: 111,100 points!]
[Skill Upgraded! Weapon Design (Top Tier): LV0!]
Countless pieces of knowledge about cold weapon manufacturing and design flooded into his mind.
Jiangnan still had over 300,000 skill points, so he was naturally willing to use them.
Recalling the knowledge in his mind and combining it with Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others' combat habits, Jiangnan quickly conceived a blueprint in his mind.
Then he quickly drafted the designs on the CAD.
At first, Liu Qiutian stood by with his arms crossed, smirking, planning to criticize Jiangnan harshly once he finished his design.
But soon, he couldn't smile anymore.
Because every aspect of Jiangnan's design—the center of gravity, blade angle, grip and wearing method, anti-slip features—all factors were flawless!
Even ergonomics were taken into account.
Liu Qiutian was shocked. Even if he designed it himself, he'd need three to five days of consideration before he could start perfecting it.
But Jiangnan managed to finish five weapon design drafts in twenty minutes!
Jiangnan patted his small hands, looking satisfied: "Done!"
Liu Qiutian rushed over to examine the drafts. The more he looked, the more astonished he became. His scalp tingled.
"How do you know how to do this? How old are you? Is this... a family heirloom skill?"
Jiangnan chuckled: "Pretty decent, right? You can just consider it that."
Family heirloom skill? I don't even know who my ancestors are!
The more Liu Qiutian looked at the designs, the darker his face grew.
Is this design unnecessarily complicated? And it even has built-in mechanisms?
Some of the designs even refreshed his own understanding!
And your material allocation is way too precise, isn't it?
You really didn't waste a single bit!
"Old Liu! Is it good or not?"
Liu Qiutian gritted his teeth: "Making all the things you designed would take three months off my life!"
"If my hand trembles even once, I'll have to throw in some of my own materials."
"Go, go, go! Get out of here! Come pick them up before the end of the year!"
Jiangnan chuckled happily.
...
The Dean's office was bustling with excitement right now.
Forty to fifty mentors had all gathered in this room!
Xiao Chuihuo, Zhao Dezhu, Guan Hu, and the others were all there.
At the moment, they were gathered around Xiong Er, examining him nonstop. They looked like they'd discovered a new world.
They parted his fur to look, and Guan Hu even opened Xiong Er's mouth and stuck his own head inside to check.
"Wow! It's really damn amazing! He really is a bear!"
"Platinum 1! What breed of black bear is this? Not recorded in the spirit beast encyclopedia!"
"Where did Jiangnan pick this one up? Can control his own size? That's rare!"
"His intelligence is way too high, right? What a strange sight!"
Xiong Er looked utterly speechless: "What are you guys doing? I want to find my Lan Di!"
That guy who stuck his head into my mouth, you're going too far!
One sentence stunned everyone.
He really can talk!
This... this bear is about to defy the heavens!
Guan Hu: Σ(Ŏ凸Ŏ٥)
Xiao Chuihuo and Zhao Dezhu both had expressions like they'd seen a ghost.
"Old Xiao, this discovery is probably going to knock a lot of people's jaws off!"
"We've always believed that spirit beasts don't have very high intelligence, are mostly irritable and unruly, and act on instinct! But now..."
Xiao Chuihuo could hardly contain his excitement: "This isn't just a matter of having intelligence anymore!"
"If this is true, does it mean we can tame certain spirit beasts as spirit pets?"
"Just like how human ancestors tamed horses, camels, and the like?"
Zhao Dezhu's eyes lit up: "If that's really possible, the era will change. The power humanity commands will break through its shackles and reach a brand new peak!"
Tao Xinyi covered her mouth with her little hand, utterly shocked: "What Jiangnan is doing is, to some extent, changing this era!"
Xiao Chuihuo took a deep breath and directly called Jiangnan.
"Come to the Dean's office. Xiong Er is here with me."
Jiangnan: !!!
Damn! Xiong Er got exposed?
Dean Xiao already knows? This is bad! What if they don't let Xiong Er enroll?
"Hmm... Not many people know about this, right?"
Thinking this, Jiangnan's wicked intentions rose in his heart.
The smile on his face grew more and more twisted.
He took out a pair of Passionate Little Gloves and put them on.
Since you've discovered it, there's no choice.
It's time to make you feel a passion as blazing as fire!
With a teleport, Jiangnan appeared directly at the Dean's office.
His body stiffened.
The office was packed with over fifty people, all staring straight at him.
Jiangnan: ???
Damn! So many people?
The atmosphere is a bit tense. It really got exposed?
This is a bit tricky to pull off.
But no matter. With space wormholes open, multi-line operation.
Ten Dragon Slapping Palms! Lightning Five Consecutive Slaps! Just hit them in the face!
If they don't dodge, they'll definitely get hit. Memories erased! Poof!
Jiangnan had just raised his hand to strike when—
Xiao Chuihuo: "What reward do you want?"
Jiangnan's hand, about to slap, suddenly froze in midair.
"Huh? There's a reward? What's going on?"
Xiao Chuihuo repeated his speculation to Jiangnan.
Jiangnan was bewildered: "You're not stopping Xiong Er from enrolling? You scared me! I almost..."
Zhao Dezhu rolled his eyes: "We wish you'd bring more of them over! What you're doing might change the entire era!"
"If we can really tame spirit beasts..."
Jiangnan was speechless: "What do you mean 'if'? Someone already succeeded a long time ago!"
"That handsome chieftain of the Kabu tribe rides a platinum-level griffin. It flies and breathes fire! So cool!"
"I saw many young people in their tribe riding them too. He even said he'd give me a griffin egg as a mount. I wonder if he forgot."
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At that moment, everyone stood up and stared at Jiangnan in shock, looking like they wanted to eat him alive: "What? What did you say?"
Jiangnan was bewildered: "Is it really that big a deal?"
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