「Enma」

“Master Gu, there’s something I’m not sure if I should say…” Old Blacksmith hesitated.

“Speak up, say whatever’s on your mind.”

“Following your instructions, Master Gu, we can indeed forge such a fire sword, but… it’s made from flint, so it’s bound to be extremely brittle. It’s not suitable for close combat; it’ll shatter at the slightest impact.”

Gu Qingfeng waved his hand dismissively. “It doesn’t matter. Just forge it as I instructed.”

Gu Qingfeng didn’t care about the quality of the sword. After all, he wouldn’t be using it for close combat. He only wanted to use it to perform the One Word Blazing Sun Sword technique.

“Alright, then I’ll give it a try. You can come to pick up the sword in five days.”

“Five days?” Gu Qingfeng frowned. He was supposed to head to Black Water Village in three days. Five days was too long.

“No, at most three days.”

“This…” Old Blacksmith looked troubled.

However, when Gu Qingfeng pulled out a few taels of silver, Old Blacksmith immediately changed his tune. “No problem, Master Gu. You can come to pick it up in three days.”

Gu Qingfeng nodded in satisfaction and left the Weaponry Department.

In fact, blacksmiths who served the Demon Suppression Bureau usually didn’t charge for forging weapons for exorcists. They received a fixed monthly salary.

Gu Qingfeng’s silver taels were essentially extra income for Old Blacksmith, so of course, he was happy.

Returning to the training room, Gu Qingfeng had to make do with practicing the One Word Blazing Sun Sword using a fire starter.

He lit the fire starter and activated his control over fire. The small flame on the fire starter instantly grew several times larger.

Under Gu Qingfeng’s control, the flame separated from the fire starter and landed on the Wood King Sword.

The Wood King Sword immediately caught fire, transforming into a fire sword.

Having used the Wood King Sword multiple times, Gu Qingfeng had gained insights. He discovered that the Wood King Sword could change its hardness and material according to the user’s will.

This meant it could become an ordinary wooden sword or a sword as hard as metal from a tree of iron.

Moreover, it could regenerate infinitely. So, Gu Qingfeng only needed to slightly alter its material to make it flammable, allowing the fire to burn continuously.

As the fire sword appeared, the temperature in the training room gradually rose.

Gu Qingfeng immediately assumed the stance for the One Word Blazing Sun Sword and began practicing.

“One Word Blazing Sun Sword!”

A sword slash sent a crescent-shaped flame sword aura about a meter long flying. The flame aura flew less than half a meter before dissipating into the air.

This attempt was a failure.

However, Gu Qingfeng was not discouraged. After all, he had succeeded once before. With diligent practice, he would succeed again.

Thus, Gu Qingfeng immersed himself in sword practice.

Three days passed in a flash, and Gu Qingfeng finally emerged from the training room.

His One Word Blazing Sun Sword had finally reached the threshold. It no longer worked intermittently; out of ten sword slashes, he could succeed at least eight times.

To reach this level, he had no idea how many fire starters he had used, further depleting his already limited savings.

But the money was well spent.

Of course, Gu Qingfeng didn’t spend all three days practicing the sword. He also took the time to train in the Golden Bell Cover.

Compared to the difficulty of practicing the One Word Blazing Sun Sword, the Golden Bell Cover was as simple as one plus one equals two. He mastered it without much effort.

The Golden Bell Cover’s mastery feature was that when you exerted force in a defensive state, you could activate an invisible golden energy shield.

This golden shield looked like a semi-transparent large bell covering your body, perfectly matching the name Golden Bell Cover.

After leaving the training room, Gu Qingfeng rested for a while before heading to the Weaponry Department to pick up the sword.

Old Blacksmith had successfully forged the fire sword.

Gu Qingfeng looked at the fire sword in his hand with delight. The sword, including its scabbard, was entirely black, with a slender blade and a simple, ancient appearance, giving it a sense of quality. When you shook it, you could hear the sound of fire oil rolling inside the scabbard.

Gu Qingfeng abruptly drew the fire sword, and with a hiss, the friction between the blade and the latch inside the scabbard was heard.

In an instant, the specially made fire oil on the blade ignited, burning fiercely.

It felt as if the sword had been burning inside the scabbard all along.

Gu Qingfeng was very satisfied with the fire sword in his hand and immediately named it.

【Yama Demon】!

A name as majestic as this was worthy of him.

After stowing the Yama Demon sword, Gu Qingfeng went to meet Wang Fatty and Xu Daizi.

Upon seeing Wang Fatty, Gu Qingfeng was stunned.

He couldn’t understand how a person could gain so much weight in just three days.

Originally looking like 300 jin, now he looked like he weighed 400 jin.

“Wang Fatty, even if you drank lard every day for these three days, you couldn’t have gained so much weight, could you?”

“Master Gu, please don’t tease me. I’m wearing an inner armor.”

Saying this, Wang Fatty pulled open his clothes, revealing a thick layer of chainmail on his chest.

Gu Qingfeng was speechless. Wang Fatty was truly a talent. Wearing such thick armor, could he even walk?

“Master Gu, didn’t you go to get an inner armor? It’s a benefit for exorcists from our Demon Suppression Bureau who go on missions. It’s free.”

Gu Qingfeng had no interest in wearing such thick armor. Besides, no armor could compare to his own indestructible body.

“I won’t take one.”

Unexpectedly, Wang Fatty’s eyes lit up. “Master Gu, since you don’t need it, I’ll take it for you. That way, I can wear two sets.”

“You’ll wear two sets?!” Gu Qingfeng was completely speechless. “Do as you please.”

“By the way, Master Gu, since you’re not taking the inner armor, have you collected the other supplies?”

“There are other supplies?”

“Master Gu, you don’t even know this? As a Yellow Rank exorcist like you, you can collect a bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill, a Zhushe Magic Sword, five Evil-dispelling Talismans, and two Sun Fire Talismans every month. These are all free supplies. Don’t take them for nothing.”

Gu Qingfeng was shocked, feeling like he had almost lost a fortune!

“Is there such a good thing? Where do I collect them?”

Gu Qingfeng had always been at the bottom of the Demon Suppression Bureau, originally a jailer, rarely interacting with the outside world. Plus, he had offended He Fenghua, so no one had ever given him any advice. Therefore, he was completely ignorant of these common practices.

“Oh, Master Gu, you shouldn’t always be engrossed in cultivation. You should also learn a bit about the rules of the Demon Suppression Bureau. Come, I’ll take you to collect them. You can collect them with your Yellow Rank exorcist badge.

This time we’re going to Black Water Village, so we must be fully prepared and fully armed.”

With that, Wang Fatty led Gu Qingfeng and Xu Fan to collect the supplies.

Half an hour later, Gu Qingfeng, with three swords, a saber, seven talismans, and a bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill tucked in his robe, joined He Fenghua’s large group heading to Yin Mountain County.

Due to his excessive number of weapons, which looked quite exaggerated, many of his colleagues couldn’t help but glance at him repeatedly.

The three swords were the Earth Rank inferior spiritual weapon Wood King Sword, the fire sword Yama Demon, and the Zhushe Magic Sword.

The Zhushe Magic Sword was essentially a copper coin sword engraved with ghost symbols.

The saber was the standard Yanling Saber for Yellow Rank exorcists, made of hundred-refinement steel, engraved with small array spirit lines, and possessed a certain amount of evil-warding power.