He Became the Genius Blacksmith of the Namgung Family - Chapter 133

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Chapter 133

Episode 133

“Well then, I’ll be going.”

“Please be careful, Lady Namgung Sohye!”

“I’ll be going too then.”

“Will you be alright alone, Sister? Should I help you with something?”

“Oh my, are you worried about me?”

Namgung Jia is the vice-captain of Namgung’s strongest military unit, the Cheoncheon Sword Division.

This was the first time she had received such concern.

“You cute little thing!”

She embraced him.

“Ahem, ahem! Hmm hmm!”

“Hehe. You look even cuter with your face all red. Anyway, I can take care of myself just fine, so don’t worry. I have many places to look around, so going alone is more convenient.”

“I understand. But if you need someone, please call me. I’ll rush over from the village blacksmith’s forge immediately.”

“Alright~ Well, since we’re going the same way anyway, we can go together partway, Younger Brother.”

“Oh, how could there be any issue with that? Shall we go then, Elder?”

“Understood. Please go this way. The blacksmith’s forge is a bit away from the village, near the river.”

“Oh, I have something I’m curious about on the way. May I ask?”

“Please ask anything, Young Master. I’ll answer with all sincerity to the best of my knowledge.”

“It’s nothing major, but I was wondering if there were any signs before Blacksmith Deoksu disappeared.”

“As far as I remember, there weren’t any. Even when I met him a week before he disappeared, he was just the same as always. People from Hoyogyo did come, but they occasionally visit the village, so it wasn’t particularly strange.”

“Ah, I see.”

“Ah! I do remember one thing.”

“Oh? What would that be, Elder?”

“It was around the time when all the farming tools were destroyed after Master Deoksu disappeared. That boy Yongwu said he saw someone in red clothes flying around at night. He said he also saw a fox tail, but he was probably poisoned by blood energy and seeing things.”

“Ah. So that happened. Thank you, Elder. But who is this person called Yongwu?”

“He’s a young man who worked helping Master Deoksu, living in the center of this village. He’s a very good young man who lives with his widowed mother.”

To properly understand the reason the blacksmith disappeared, even the smallest evidence must be collected.

‘I should meet this person called Yongwu later.’

This person Yongwu was selected as that evidence.

He planned to visit after finishing business at the blacksmith’s forge.

Tap tap.

Namgung Jia tapped Namgung Cheon-gang’s shoulder.

When he looked to see why, she pointed at herself with her finger.

“I’ll go.”

Namgung Jia smiled with her eyes, saying she would go.

“I can do it while looking around the village more. Younger Brother can just focus on his own work.”

“Thank you, Sister. Then, I’ll leave it to you.”

“I’m the one asking you to take good care of my sword~”

“I’ll make it shine like it’s brand new!”

The first weapon Namgung Cheon-gang would work on was Namgung Jia’s sword.

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If there’s a witness, it’s something to meet and confirm immediately.

However, they couldn’t meet and talk.

“He’s lethargic and his vitality is drying up, so he’s not really in a state to talk, right Sister?”

“Yeah. When I went to the place the elder told us about and checked, that’s how it was. The other people are similar too. It seems worse than yesterday.”

“So the blood energy contaminating the earth veins is getting stronger as time passes. I understand, Sister. And thank you for looking into it.”

“Don’t mention it. We’re family. And Father told us to help you well with everyone until your mission is finished, so don’t worry too much about it. Well then, I’ll go check the surroundings again~”

“Please take care, Sister!”

Namgung Jia waved her hand once and headed back toward the village.

Watching her departing figure, Namgung Cheon-gang crossed his arms.

“In the end, I’m back to the beginning.”

Purifying blood energy and improving his companions’ item performance.

“First, Sister’s.”

Deoksu’s blacksmith forge, the only one in Sammi Village, had everything it needed.

The forge, anvil, tools used by blacksmiths, and other refining materials.

It didn’t seem like the space of someone who had been kidnapped three weeks ago.

It felt like if he waited, the forge’s owner would appear and strike him with a hammer asking who he was.

“I’ll pay you back properly for borrowing this after I rescue you, Master Deoksu.”

Making that resolution.

He entered the blacksmith’s forge.

“The forge temperature has risen to a good level now.”

The first thing he did after arriving at Deoksu’s forge with Samgo’s guidance was to light the forge.

Finding this forge’s owner and eliminating the blood energy that invaded Sammi Village’s earth veins.

With a mountain of work to do, he even used his internal energy to quickly raise the temperature.

Right when it reached the perfect level.

Namgung Jia came to visit and told him about what happened with the person called Yongwu that she had mentioned before parting.

“Let’s see. Sister Jia’s sword was already confirmed to be a famous sword, right?”

There was no particular reason why Namgung Jia’s sword was chosen as the first to taste Namgung Cheon-gang’s hammer.

It was because it won first place in a lottery.

Simple but reliable method, wasn’t it?

“She usually maintains it well, so there are no rough spots. Nothing chipped either. Well, I heard it was a sword Master made for Sister when she was young, so it makes sense that it’s this excellent.”

So what would Namgung Cheon-gang do?

Polishing.

Polishing, but he wouldn’t just do simple polishing.

Namgung Cheon-gang planned to re-refine Namgung Jia’s famous sword that his master had made.

So he would make it into a sword exclusively for Namgung Jia.

In other words, he would do ‘exclusive crafting’.

“That’s the only way it can be called a definite power-up from equipment.”

The question was whether re-crafting a finished product would count as ‘exclusive crafting’…

It does.

After finishing the Namman journey and taking some rest.

Namgung Cheon-gang had checked each of the abilities he had gained.

At that time, he also confirmed the versatility of exclusive crafting, verifying that melting finished products and crafting them exclusively would still apply the exclusive effect.

The range of that melting wasn’t narrow either.

Even moderately melting and adding more material was possible with exclusive crafting.

“Looking at how both left and right sides are evenly developed, you’re a swordsman whose dominant hand isn’t greatly restricted, right? Master already made it that way.”

“I need to sharpen the blade more and make it heavier. Polish the hilt too. Checking with Insight, it looked like a medium sword would suit your density.”

The weight and balance were slightly off, but this was probably because it had been used frequently.

Human blood contains iron, so the sword could absorb that iron and increase in weight.

Also, bones are tougher than one might think.

When cutting through them, there was a high possibility of unknowing wear.

If it were a sword imbued with internal energy that reached supreme levels, it would be hard to get even a scratch when cutting rocks, but a warrior’s body is different.

“There are countless martial arts in the Martial Arts World, so bodies could be harder than rocks.”

Just thinking about Namman, the Peng Clan, and Shaolin made this clear.

And if there were fights between warriors who reached the same level?

The center of gravity could easily shift.

Thinking about that, Namgung Cheon-gang decided to focus on working on the blade.

Briefly melting it, placing it on the anvil, and combining it with Divine Baekryeonjeonggang.

Clang, clang!

The Divine Baekryeon Jeonggang was something he had brought when departing from Anhui Province.

Packed in a Baekseol-brand bag.

Now he had taken out a few pieces and brought them here.

As soon as the blade maintenance was finished, he immediately moved the hammer to the sword hilt.

Tightening more, fixing misalignments.

He wrapped the sword hilt with cord made from the Baekseol silk thread he had received in advance.

After completing it and looking at it.

“Good. The enhancement is attached. Then let’s do the breath enhancement right away.”

The breath enhancement to apply was ability enhancement.

What was selected for ability enhancement was flexibility and strength.

“Good, big sister’s is done for now.”

Moving on to the second lottery winner, Namgung Sohye’s.

Clang! Clang!

By the time half a day had passed, Namgung Cheon-gang had worked on all the party members’ swords.

All the worked-on swords were cooled with cold wind to dissipate the heat that had risen from refining to increase their abilities.

Looking at the swords laid side by side on black cloth cooling down, Namgung Cheon-gang smiled contentedly.

“Even before the upgrade, our party members’ swords had extraordinary aura, but now they shine even more.”

These weren’t just empty words.

They were reflecting the light that painted the sky red with sunset, showing off their sharpness.

Falling leaves would be split in two rather than crumbling when touched.

“Now, only one person’s remains. Lady Cheonying!”

“Yes.”

“Oh my goodness!”

A voice heard from beside him as soon as he called.

Namgung Cheon-gang was startled and jumped.

‘Oh my, my heart!’

Really, what kind of stealth is so ghostlike!

Of course, she’s visible if he looks with Insight.

But right now, he wasn’t looking with Insight.

So it was understandable to be surprised when she suddenly appeared and answered without any presence.

But he couldn’t say “Why did you startle me like that!”

‘She’s a covert operations unit, an assassin against assassins that the Master personally assigned to help escape the danger of the Blood Cult, so how can I say anything.’

For a comfortable night’s sleep, he should move on to the reason he called Lady Cheonying.

“Um, Lady Cheonying, could you show me your weapon—”

“Here it is.”

Cheonying handed it over immediately as if she had been waiting.

“…You, you hand it over quickly. Ha, hahaha.”

“Young Master Namgung Cheon-gang is the blacksmith of the Namgung Family.”

Is he just a blacksmith of the Namgung Family?

He’s a very famous blacksmith known for making artifacts as naturally as breathing and famous swords as easily as eating.

So how could she refuse when he offered to work on her weapon?

If she missed this opportunity, she might as well quit being an assassin.

‘However, even setting all that aside, just looking at this stealth outfit he made, I can’t help but trust him.’

Moreover, just seeing his heart in saving food for her, she had to trust him.

That’s right.

All this time, Namgung Cheon-gang had been setting aside food for Cheonying when cooking.

With all these things complexly intertwined, her favorability toward Namgung Cheon-gang had increased.

So she would first trust what Namgung Cheon-gang said and entrust things to him.

Sparkle sparkle.

Eyes full of trust sparkled like stars.

“…I, I understand. Thank you for trusting me. Then, while I work on it briefly, could you watch over the weapons until the heat dissipates?”

“Yes.”

Nod.

Cheonying answered briefly that she understood, nodded her head, then disappeared again.

It seemed she was hiding and keeping watch.

Well, she is an assassin.

It would be strange if she guarded with her face exposed.

‘But why did those Blood Cult bastards really attack Miss Muyong with their faces exposed?’

Even thinking about it again, he couldn’t understand.

‘Tsk. I don’t know. Let’s move on. Let’s not bring up again what I don’t understand even after thinking about it.’

Right now is more important.

‘I can catch those Blood Cult bastards later and ask them, I suppose.’

Making that resolution, Namgung Cheon-gang worked on Cheonying’s weapon.

“Lady Cheonying uses dual swords.”

Small swords about 1 cheok 5 chon (approximately 50cm) in total length.

Perfect for assassination.

“Hmm, dual small swords of this size… someone comes to mind.”

The dual small sword style of Shinobu Kocho from Demon Slayer.

Does Lady Cheonying also use something like rotating sword dance?

Namgung Cheon-gang chuckled at the amusing thought and picked up his hammer.

Naturally, a Mak Noya product.

This time it was the same method.

Clang, clang!

“Phew. It’s all done. Then now, let’s make the pot.”

By the time he finally began making the pot he had wanted to create, the moon was already shining brightly, illuminating countless stars.

But would he care about that?

Even if it was late.

Namgung Cheon-gang only picked up his hammer to complete what he wanted to make, to achieve everything he had thought of.

Clang! Clang!

The clear and crisp sound of hammering echoed throughout the entire Starry Night Sky.

The moonlight and starlight also leaned in toward that hammering sound, illuminating the world of one who forgot time and delighted in his work.

Clang! Clang!

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