When the final hammer swing came down, there was only silence that followed.

No one made a single sound as they waited to see what happened with the sword that Lin Fan was forging.

The shape of the sword slowly appeared halfway through the hammering process. Around the fortieth swing, it took the general shape of a sword.

After that fortieth swing, it didn’t seem like it changed much.

After all, this was supposed to be a normal sword.

Once the final swing came, the only thing that had changed was that the sword seemed sharper compared to before.

While everyone was holding their breath, there was something that came over the sword.

It was faint at first, so no one was really sure what it was at first. But it didn’t take long for this thing to spread and turn into something quite spectacular.

It was a glow that surrounded the sword that showed that it wasn’t anything normal.

Even though the blueprint had been for a normal sword.

But the glow also meant something else about this sword.

Like with all things that became too powerful, it would be considered something that went against the heavens. Once something went against the heavens, it was only natural that the heavens would do what they could to destroy it.

After all, it wasn’t as if they could leave something that could threaten them alone.

That was why there was a tribulation that was still waiting.

It was just that this room was similar to the one that had been used for the alchemy hall trial. There was this array that was engraved in this room that kept the tribulation out until the item left this room.

It was to make sure that one was in the best state possible to face this tribulation.

Since he had already experienced it before, Lin Fan guessed that what would come next would be to face this tribulation just like with the previous trial.

Only when he looked at the flame figure, he found that the flame figure was just silently staring at the sword in his hand without a single word.

It was hard to tell what the flame figure was thinking since he couldn’t see the expression on its face, but he had a guess as to what it was thinking. After all, the way that the flame figure looked at the sword was like someone that was only seeing this sword and nothing else.

It really seemed like the flame figure was entranced by it.

"Based on what happened before, it should be the head of this weapon forging hall inside of this flame."

Lin Fan didn’t say anything as he waited for the flame figure to come back to its senses.

After all, it was still in charge of the trial that he was currently taking.

With how long the silence lasted, Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong.

It was as if the flame figure was just completely ignoring him with how silent it was being.

So in the end, Lin Fan couldn’t help asking, "Is something wrong?"

The flame figure didn’t seem to respond at first, but finally it looked up at Lin Fan. Though the expression on its face couldn’t be seen, one could easily guess what kind of expression would have been on its face.

"How did you do that?"

Lin Fan didn’t answer this question and instead said, "What is the next trial? Is it taking the tribulation for this sword?"

"Forget about all that, you pass already." The flame figure said without any hesitation, which actually caught Lin Fan off guard.

Lin Fan didn’t know what to say after hearing this, but it was a good thing that the flame figure wasn’t done yet.

The flame figure came forward as if it was about to grab Lin Fan, but it realized its mistake when Lin Fan suddenly took a step back to avoid it. It didn’t try to reach out for Lin Fan again, it just awkwardly gave a cough before asking, "Where did you learn that technique?"

Lin Fan once again didn’t answer the question as he just calmly looked at the flame figure.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Are you the head of the weapon forging hall?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

It was clear by the flickering of the flames that the flame figure was caught off guard by his question. After a momentary pause, the flame figure said, "It seems like you already know some things, so that does make it easier. I can feel the presence of a friend coming from you...It’s that flame that Old Duan was cultivating, which means that you must have already passed his trial."

All of this just went to confirm that whoever was controlling this flame figure was once the master of this weapon forging hall.

However, that didn’t mean that Lin Fan let down his guard.

Even if he called the master of the alchemy hall an old friend, that didn’t mean that he could have been lying. Still, it would have certainly been a strange lie to tell in this situation.

Once the flame figure finished examining Lin Fan, it seemed like it completely lost interest in that matter and it turned back to the matter of the sword, or rather the technique that Lin Fan used to forge that sword.

"Since I’ve passed the trial, what kind of rewards are there?"

"You...are you really not going to answer my question?" The flame figure didn’t seem to hold back this time as it asked this question. It seemed like without getting an answer, it really wasn’t planning on dropping this matter.

Lin Fan couldn’t help shaking his head with a bitter smile when he heard this, but he still said, "It’s a technique that I picked up from somewhere. I didn’t think that it was that special when I found it, but I’ve found that it’s quite useful for forging things."

"Not just useful, this technique is a perfect combination of speed and power when it comes to hammering. I’ve never seen anything like this in all my years as a weapon forger, so how could it be that simple?"

The way that the flame figure said this, it was as if it was trying to make sure that Lin Fan understood the seriousness of this situation.

Lin Fan naturally knew how incredible this technique was since he had the guidance of the system. It was just that this was a technique from his system that he couldn’t reveal anything.

The system was the thing that he relied on the most and wasn’t something that he could allow others to find out about that easily. Since it was something that came from the system, he would never tell anyone where this technique really came from even if he was beaten to death.

Seeing that Lin Fan wasn’t going to tell him anything else, it seemed like the flame figure couldn’t do anything.

Even if the flame figure wanted to know the secret of this technique, it really couldn’t force Lin Fan to talk about it. This was just something that all weapon forgers knew since their techniques really were the most important things to them.

But not only that, the flame figure knew that this technique was special and that it wasn’t something that would be simple. It only made sense that Lin Fan had no idea what this technique was when he found it.

At the same time, Lin Fan would have no idea how to track down where it really came from.

With a sigh, the flame figure said, "Forget it, since you don’t know anything, then you don’t know anything."

It seemed like the flame figure was filled with disappointment when hearing this, but it wasn’t as if it could do anything about it.

Which was why the flame figure regained its composure as it said, "There’s no need to prove your talent anymore, I doubt there’s anyone that can match you since you’ve mastered this technique already."

It went over to the wall and opened a passage, but then it seemed like it remembered something.

"Do you want me to help you take care of the tribulation for that thing?"

Naturally it was referring to the sword that Lin Fan had just crafted.

However, how could Lin Fan allow anyone else to take this tribulation for him?

After all, there was still something that he wanted from this tribulation.

The tribulation lightning was a very good supplement for him, so he couldn’t let anyone take those away from him.

With a shake of his head, Lin Fan just said, "Just take me to a good place to face the tribulation."

The flame figure looked at Lin Fan as if it thought that he was being overconfident, but it didn’t say anything in the end. After all, it was curious why Lin Fan was so confident and it wasn’t as if it couldn’t step in if things seemed like they were going wrong.

It would be easy for the flame figure to deal with the lightning tribulation in this pavilion.

There were all kinds of arrays that had been prepared for that, which was why it had offered to help Lin Fan in the first place.

But in the end, the flame figure was completely caught off guard by how Lin Fan took the lightning tribulation.

"He’s directly absorbing it into himself...What kind of monster is this?"

It was the exact same situation where Lin Fan absorbed the tribulation lightning, while also making sure to give a bit of it to the sword itself.

After all, the sword had to face the tribulation to become stronger.