Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 158 - 154: The More You Resist, The More Excited I Get!

Chapter 158: Chapter 154: The More You Resist, The More Excited I Get!

Zhang San naturally knew that many martial artists from the Town Martial Office bore hostility towards him.

But Zhang San was not a vindictive person who would go out of his way to harm others just because they bore him ill will.

Zhang San knew that many people’s anxiety in the internet age was due to caring about others’ opinions and doubting everything about them.

But I, Zhang San, am different; I, Zhang San, am forthright and upright!

At this moment, Zhang San did not care about the disdainful and contemptuous looks from the people around the Town Martial Office at all.

Some murmured quietly that it was his collusion with Third Miss Gan that had slandered Bai Yucheng, ensuring her ascension to power while he reaped many benefits as well.

To these murmurs, Zhang San acted as if he had not heard them, busying himself by taking out one piece of bronze ware after another from the Gluttonous Bag.

As Zhang San placed all the sixty catties of bronze ware beside the Forging Platform,

The martial artists who had been whispering amongst themselves fell silent.

Zhang San pretended to have just noticed the many people around him watching, putting on an expression as if he had just discovered their attention.

"Look at this laughter-worthy display; just a mere sixty catties of bronze. A bit shabby, my apologies."

Many were so incensed by Zhang San’s show of wealth that they itched to take action.

If it weren’t for the presence of the Military Chief, they would have scrambled to snatch a piece for themselves.

And there was Military Chief Ouyang Zhen, watching, which made everyone curse Zhang San under their breath.

Meanwhile, Zhang San took out some other forging materials that he needed. Although some were precious, they paled in comparison to the sixty catties of bronze and were not considered excessive.

Zhang San noticed the emotions of the martial artists around him beginning to stabilize, which made him somewhat displeased.

With so many people present, it was time for things to heat up!

"Speaking of which, this sixty catties of bronze was the reward the Town Martial Office gave me after I persuaded Bai Yucheng to renounce evil and follow good in the Ghost Domain, and he committed suicide by ripping out his heart right then and there," Zhang San declared.

Upon these words, not only the surrounding martial artists but even Ouyang Zhen’s gaze flashed with a hint of murderous intent.

This kid is detestable!

However, after searching for a while, Zhang San found that he did not have a suitable hammer for forging and turned to glance at Ouyang Zhen beside him.

"Military Chief Ouyang, do you have a forging hammer? I need a big one."

"No!" Ouyang Zhen shouted, displeased.

Seeing Zhang San come to forge and not even having a suitable hammer, the martial artists all around showed expressions of schadenfreude.

Zhang San, feeling helpless, pouted his lips, shook his head, and then raised his hand to point at the Forging Platform. Several runes were cast.

In an instant, the fire passage beneath the Forging Platform, previously clogged by too much ash and rubble, suddenly cleared.

Then, the Earth Fire from Red Dragon Mountain was led beneath Zhang San’s Forging Platform.

Zhang San used his Qi to toss all the bronze ware onto the Forging Platform and started employing the Earth Fire Forging Method.

Forging typically requires a hammer because you need to use the hammer to remove impurities from the item being forged, making it purer.

Of course, it can also be used for shaping.

But for martial artists, they can completely achieve this with their own Qi, especially with the Earth Fire Forging Method, which, in the process of forging, also continuously refines one’s own Qi.

Zhang San simply used his own Qi to hammer and refine the bronze ware while drawing upon the Earth Fire, taking the opportunity to enhance the Fire Movement power near his True Core.

The Earth Fire soared, and flames flew wildly.

The bronze ware quickly melted together, and then Zhang San constantly hammered and refined it with streams of Qi.

Watching Zhang San’s operation, Ouyang Zhen was also taken aback.

He had originally thought Zhang San was just a good-for-nothing who knew how to please women, just coming over this time probably on orders from that woman Third Miss Gan to show off his power.

But to his great surprise, Zhang San really had skill in forging.

Although he didn’t recognize the specific Forging Technique, it seemed no worse than his own.

Even some of the manipulations and controls of the Earth Fire surpass the methods he knew, even more exquisite.

If there weren’t so many of his own martial artists around, and he hadn’t just been so rude to Zhang San, Ouyang Zhen would have really liked to step forward to help and exchange some fire control Techniques with Zhang San.

Boom—

While Ouyang Zhen was lost in thought, he felt the ground beneath his feet shake.

Clearly, it was because too much Earth Fire was being drawn, causing the ground to tremble.

Zhang San, who was controlling the copper engulfed by Earth Fire in midair, shouted, "Military Chief Ouyang, this is my first time forging here, and there’s an earthquake? Could there be some quality issues with this place?"

"Cut the crap! The quality of Red Dragon Mountain’s Forging Platform is excellent; it won’t have any issues even if you draw in more Earth Fire!"

Zhang San got the response he was waiting for. He wanted to remove all the impurities from the sixty catties of bronze, then infuse it with some special materials he had brought, but the current Earth Fire wasn’t fierce enough—he still needed more Earth Fire.

Since Military Chief Ouyang had spoken, what was there to fear?

"Rise!"

With a loud shout from Zhang San, the ground beneath everyone’s feet continued to shake.

Then, a fine crack began to appear in the ground near the Forging Platform.

Amidst the crackling sounds, with a thunderous roar, a stream of Earth Fire gushed forth from a fissure several meters away and surged towards the copper controlled by Zhang San in midair.

Boom—

From another direction, the ground likewise emitted bursts of earth fire.

Then, amid the continuous rumbling, countless streams of earth fire surged from all directions,

converging mid-air to form a sea of earth fire that even engulfed Zhang San’s forging platform, melting the bronze and other materials he had thrown in.

Of course, some rune materials were also tossed in by Zhang San.

Although Zhang San didn’t know how to utilize the full effects of those rune materials, he knew that incorporating them into a weapon could greatly enhance its qualities, making it tougher.

Moreover, Zhang San had received so many rewards that it was only right to use some now, especially with so many people watching; it was only logical to show off a bit.

What Zhang San didn’t realize, though, was that the looks he was getting from the crowd were not so much envious as they were shocked and fearful.

Who the hell forges a weapon that can summon earth fire to devour the forging platform?

Even Ouyang Zhen was dumbstruck, eyes wide as he stared at the engulfed forging platform and several others damaged by the earth fire.

If he had to compensate for all of this, his monthly, no, his annual salary would hardly cover it!

But thankfully, it was only a few forging platforms that were damaged and not something worse.

Sometimes, Ouyang Zhen also forged Mysterious Weapons for other Martial Artists to earn some extra money, so compensating for this damage wouldn’t leave him completely destitute.

Just as Ouyang Zhen had silently calculated how much he would have to pay and was feeling a bit relieved, he sensed the whole Red Dragon Mountain shaking.

This time, it wasn’t just the ground near the forging platforms vibrating due to the intense earth fire; the entire mountain was trembling.

"Zhang San, what the hell are you doing!? Are you trying to forge a Divine Artifact? Why is the whole mountain starting to shake?"

Zhang San was also bewildered.

Something happens in a car, it shakes; something happens in a room, it shakes. How could I possibly determine what kind of shaking it is?

I, Zhang San, am a serious person; how could I know anything about such matters!

"Your name is Ouyang Zhen, and you’re asking me?" Zhang San retorted sharply.

Just then, within the surging earth fire, a Red Dragon phantom wreathed in flames but filled with void shot into the sky, emerging from the countless streams of earth fire Zhang San had summoned.

With a splash,

Ouyang Zhen, witnessing the Red Dragon phantom in mid-air, fell to his knees.

Isn’t this the Red Dragon Soul that Vermilion Bird Principal Officer sealed back then?

How did Zhang San manage to release this thing?

Zhang San, seeing the Red Dragon Soul in mid-air, was thrilled.

He immediately cast the Evil-Banishing Eye Seal Spell, and with the method of visualization, pictured four eyes in the air.

Two on the left and right blocked the Red Dragon Soul’s path, while the other two, one above the other, formed a triangular shape with the first pair, locking the Red Dragon Soul within and beginning the refining process.

At the same time, Zhang San cast a Wood Series Spell, taking out all the dried grass he had stored in his Gluttonous Bag.

In an instant, countless blades of dried grass wove into the shape of a dragon, shooting straight into the sky.

The Red Dragon Soul, being refined by Zhang San’s Evil-Banishing Eye Seal Spell and feeling the suppression around it, saw a form it could inhabit.

Imprisoned for twenty years and often losing pieces of its soul due to the emergence of high-quality Mysterious Weapons, the Red Dragon Soul was now weak and almost blind. Seizing the opportunity, it immediately dove into the grass dragon.

And at that moment, the copper that had been melting in mid-air suddenly scattered, allowing the grass dragon, now blazing fiercely after merging with the Fire Dragon Soul, to fly inside.

Following that, the copper and other already molten forging materials began to rapidly fuse together.

Zhang San leaped up, wielding the Earth Fire Forging Method to shape the massive metal mass before him, fixing it in place, and continually drawing earth fire into his giant hammer.

Amid the roar of the surging earth fire, a giant hammer of Red Gold formed in Zhang San’s hands.

The hammer’s handle was coiled with a Red Gold dragon’s body, with the dragon’s head becoming the hammerhead at the front.

The fierce expression on the dragon head, with fangs protruding from its mouth, spat out earth fire continuously; even the eyes gleamed with flames.

Although it was a huge hammer, the dragon head design made it seem like it might serve as a mid-range weapon that could damage an enemy with its breath of fire.

As the earth fire continued to be sucked into the dragon’s mouth, the earth fire streaming from the surrounding forging platforms gradually diminished, eventually disappearing altogether.

Ouyang Zhen, who had been startled into sitting on the ground, was now contemplating whether he should go to see his superior with his head hung low.

Zhang San hadn’t merely destroyed a single forging platform or damaged a dozen more—it was much more serious than that!

He had actually taken away the most important Red Dragon Soul from inside Red Dragon Mountain.

He even took a substantial amount of the mountain’s earth fire.

It was likely that for the coming month, the earth fire within Red Dragon Mountain might not recover to its former state.

Previously, Ouyang Zhen thought that Zhang San was sent by Third Miss Gan to give him a hard time, but now he knew that Zhang San had come to suck his marrow!

At this moment, Zhang San, gripping the Red Dragon Hammer in his hand, discovered that the Red Dragon Soul inside, which he had suppressed, was trying to rebel.

Rebel?

Perfect to hone my Evil-Banishing Eye Seal Spell!

The more you resist, the more excited I get!