Beauty and the Bodyguard

The king of junk didn't pass out again, but he still had that blank expression on his face. Lin Yi had to ask again,""Brother Wang, other than the Nine-Tailed cloud piercing leopard and the materials you got, there's also the 10000-year tree crystal, 1000-year tree crystal, and the ancient Pure Land. It should be more than enough to upgrade my steel staff, right?"

Unexpectedly, the king of junk suddenly said with a serious face,""Not enough. Of course, these things are far from enough!"

"What?" Lin Yi blinked, wondering if this guy had really gotten greedy and had some ideas he shouldn't have. He had so many rare items to upgrade a mere steel staff, how could it not be enough? This guy couldn't be thinking of taking the opportunity to extort, right?

No matter how much of an amateur Lin Yi was, he had at least some experience with forging and had some understanding of it.

In his estimation, if he wanted to upgrade his steel staff, ordinary materials and a thousand-year tree crystal should be enough. Now that he had the 10000-year tree crystal and the ancient Pure Land, it was definitely more than enough.

"Brother Lin, I don't mind telling you the truth. Your steel staff can be considered a good item at the heaven rank, but its quality isn't that high. If you use these top grade materials to upgrade it, it's more than enough, and you can guarantee a 100% success rate. However, doing so would be wasting these rare materials." The king of junk said with a pained expression.

Lin Yi nodded in realization. It was just as King of junk said-in terms of value, his steel staff wasn't even as rare and precious as the ten thousand year tree crystal. It was like replacing a car that cost tens of thousands with a top-tier component that cost millions-it was a waste.

"Then what should we do? It's not good to just throw away the fine steel staff and not use it, right?" Lin Yi said, troubled.

It would be a waste to use these top-tier materials to upgrade his fine steel magic staff, but the fine steel magic staff was no ordinary item, after all. He had poured a lot of effort into it, so it would be a huge waste to just abandon it. For a moment, he was in a dilemma.

The king of junk frowned and pondered for a moment. Then, his eyes suddenly lit up with excitement."If it's just used to upgrade the fine steel staff, then of course it's an inhumane waste. But if it's used in a different way to make it evolve, then wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

"Evolution?" "What's the Difference?"Lin Yi asked, confused.

"Of course there's a difference!" "It's normal to upgrade weapons. It doesn't require much skill. Basically, any forger can do it," the king of junk said.

"Is it very common to upgrade weapons?" Lin Yi was even more confused,"But why did I hear that ordinary weapons can't be upgraded and that they can only be upgraded by using materials like the thousand-year tree crystal?"

The king of junk smiled and explained patiently,""Brother Lin, there's something you don't know. You can say that you're right, but you can also say that you're wrong. You're like the other laymen who only know half of it. You might not know this, but the saying that ordinary weapons can not be upgraded has actually come from the mouth of blacksmiths. Think about it, if they make this matter sound too easy, how can we earn a huge profit from it?"

"This ... You blacksmiths are really treacherous." Lin Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he understood the whole situation.

Putting aside whether ordinary weapons could be upgraded or not, when this concept became known to everyone, it would definitely be of great benefit to forgers, at least.

After all, weapon forging was the same as alchemy. There were absolute professional barriers. Outsiders had no other choice but to seek help from weapon forgers. In this way, after the difficulty was infinitely exaggerated, they could naturally obtain a lot of benefits when they upgraded weapons for others.

Even if there were people who didn't want to upgrade their weapons because of this, new weapons were still indispensable. In the end, they still had to ask the forgers for help, which immediately turned into a good business.

Therefore, as long as this theory was spread, it would become the mindset of the people. Then, no one would be able to escape from being ruthlessly slaughtered. It would be a pity if the forger who came up with this idea did not open a Chamber of Commerce.

Lin Yi changed his mind and asked,"However, even if someone had spread this rumor, it's impossible for all the blacksmiths to be of one mind. A lie will be exposed one day. Could it be that no one has discovered it for so many years?"

"If it's a lie fabricated out of thin air, it's indeed easy to be exposed. But the problem is that this statement isn't a complete lie, but half true and half false. It's difficult for outsiders who have been confused by the concept to distinguish it. Especially after this concept is deeply rooted, even if there were individual weapon forgers who stood out to explain to them, they might not be able to accept it. Moreover, this explanation is beneficial to all weapon forgers, so which one of them would be foolish enough to stand out and smash their own rice bowls, and even become the target of everyone in the same industry?" The king of junk shook his head.

Lin Yi's interest was piqued,"How exactly is it half true and half false? brother Wang, can you tell me in detail?"

"Of course, as long as brother Lin is willing to listen." King of junk gestured for Lin Yi to sit down and explained,"In the eyes of outsiders, weapon upgrades are just a general concept. However, in the eyes of forgers like us, weapon upgrades have two completely different concepts. One is the ordinary weapon upgrade without any technical content, and the other is the extremely difficult weapon evolution."

"What's the difference between the two?" Lin Yi asked.

"Hehe, there's a huge difference between the two. Upgrading a normal weapon is actually no different from an ordinary person repairing a hoe or a metal pot. As long as you pay a little attention to the compatibility of the materials, you can just directly embed the upgrading materials into the weapon. There's no technical content, and of course, there won't be any great opportunities. In the end, a weapon is a weapon, and an upgrade material is an upgrade material. It's just that they've been kneaded together by an external force. " The king of junk pouted.

Lin Yi didn't seem to understand, so he explained as he gestured,"The effect of this method is at most one plus one equals two, or even less than two. For example, after an ordinary upgrade, you can at most use the upgrade materials as a medium to make it able to withstand the true Qi of the foundation establishment level. The effect is no different from the original. Even if the power is improved, it's only because you've consumed more true Qi. It's not of much use." (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)