Everyone's eyes followed the silver light upwards. The silver light shot up into the sky, and in the blink of an eye it had already reached a height of several feet. It was solid and did not go away. A low dragon roar echoed. The mithril itself was emitting a dazzling brilliance, and faint dragon patterns were coiled on the surface, as if there was a giant dragon hidden inside.
"Integrate the power of blood into forging. Infuse every hammer strike with spiritual perception. What a great forging of the thousand spirits, the thousand forgings are of the highest quality." The leading young man in red school uniform praised.
Lan Xuanyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Thank you for the compliment, President."
The president smiled and said, "You are now a well-deserved fourth-level blacksmith. Moreover, your success rate is amazing. You forged five pieces of metal, and all of them were completed after a thousand forgings. Two of them were first-class thousand forgings. When I was at the fourth level, my success rate was far lower than yours. I agree to the loan, and the association will approve it for you as soon as possible. However, junior brother, can I ask what you are going to do with such a large loan at once?"
Lan Xuanyu smiled, "It's to earn more badges. Senior, I'm from the Interstellar Command Department. In the future, I not only want to have my own mecha, but also my own soul-guided fighter, or even a battleship. To make money, start small."
The president smiled. "Okay, you have great ambition. With your forging skills, as long as you can continue to grow at this speed, I won't be surprised if you have your own battleship in the future. If you have any questions about forging in the future, you can call me. I'll leave my number for you."
"Thank you, President."
The two exchanged contact numbers, and the president asked, "Can you sell me the two pieces of Thousand Forged Grade One Mithril you finished today? I heard from Yingming that the Thousand Forged Metal you forged has very stable properties and can greatly increase the success rate of Spirit Forging. I'll take it back and try it out."
"Then give it to the president." Lan Xuanyu was very generous, especially since he had just received a benefit from someone else. The thing he lacked the most was rare metals.
"That won't work. The academy has its own rules. Besides, I'm your senior. I'll pay you according to the market price, and then increase it by 30%. I'll have Yingming give it to you later. Okay, that's it for now."
The president did not stay any longer and left with the two vice presidents.
Yang Yingming looked at Lan Xuanyu as if he were a monster. "I have been learning forging since I was young, and it has been almost ten years now. Even my teacher said that I am gifted. In just ten years, I was able to complete spiritual forging and become a fifth-level forger. But, it has only been less than a year, and you are almost catching up with me! Why is this world so unfair?"
Lan Xuanyu ignored his lamentation and said, "Senior, when can I get my loan? Time waits for no one. Our competition will start tomorrow."
Yang Yingming frowned, "Junior, I must remind you of this. You have a strong gambling habit. If you lose such a large amount of badges..."
Lan Xuanyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, senior. Before doing anything, I will first consider whether I can afford the worst consequences. If I can afford it, I will try it, otherwise, I will never do it. I will do this only if I am really confident. Your odds are lower than those of the second grade. Our odds are only 0.5 to 1, while the second graders have 0.9 to 1."
Lan Xuanyu was actually quite helpless about this odds. The reason for the odds was very simple, it was because they defeated the third grade last time!
So, even though it was a challenge across levels, in a two-on-one situation, the better ones were far better than the better sophomores.
Lan Xuanyu had no way to deal with this. But the facts were before him. He had no choice!
Now I just hope that when I challenge the senior grades, the odds will go up so that I can make more money.
In the past few months of the new semester, he has been practicing hard. Forging is mainly about refining metals, and trying to forge with rare metals. He has achieved certain results. After years of accumulation, he can finally forge a thousand pieces with a certain success rate. The success rate is about 20%. The 40% success rate like today may be due to the stimulation from the president's arrival, which is considered good luck.
Although the success rate of the first-grade thousand forgings was not high, his success rate of the thousand forgings was very high, close to 100%. This meant that the value of his rare metals would inevitably increase to a great extent.
In the past few months, with no income but only expenses, plus supporting his companions, Lan Xuanyu had almost used up all his badges.
The competition was about to begin, and the Shrek Gaming Center had opened a special event in the academy. How could such an opportunity be missed? After careful consideration, Lan Xuanyu decided to borrow money from the Blacksmith Association. The collateral was one ton of Thousand Forging rare metals, of which more than one tenth was Thousand Forging Grade One.
The amount he wanted to borrow was also very large, fifty purple badges.
You know, he's only a freshman! That's why the president came in person to witness his efficiency in forging and to check his rare metal reserves to ensure that he has the ability to repay.
Lan Xuanyu certainly wouldn't go all-in like he did before, but with these fifty purple badges, he could do a lot more. If he handled it well, he would definitely make a lot of money.
He actually thought very clearly that these fifty purple badges would only be used for the first round of competition, which was the most reliable. Although the odds were only 0.5 to 1, if he won, he would still get 25 purple badges. After that, he would pay back the principal, and use the winnings from the first round to participate in the guessing game.
In this way, he would definitely win. Even if he lost, it would just be zero.
He didn't tell his partners about this, and took on all the pressure of the loan. If he made money in the end, he would share some with his partners, and if he didn't make any money, forget it.
"Junior, are you really confident in the first round?" Yang Yingming asked.
Lan Xuanyu said: "In the first round, I will bet all the badges I got from this loan. What do you think? I suggest you place your bet before I do, otherwise the odds will probably drop after I place my bet."
"Okay, then I'll make a little extra money with you." Yang Yingming said with a smile, "Also, junior brother, forget about the first grade of Thousand Forging. I'll reserve ten pieces of your Thousand Forging Metal first. Speaking of which, after your forging works are put on the market, the price will surely continue to rise. As your senior brother, I won't cheat you. I'll give you a number. After a few months of trying. Your Thousand Forging Metal will increase the success rate of my Spirit Forging by 30%. Do you know what this means?"
Lan Xuanyu was stunned for a moment, "What does it mean?"
"It means that your Thousand Forging should be twice as expensive as the Thousand Forging Metal on the market. If the Spiritual Forging fails, the metal will be useless. Increasing the success rate by 30% is quite remarkable. I have analyzed this matter with the president, and the president said that it should be your bloodline that affects the activity of the metal, making the metal more spiritual while reducing its activity and becoming more stable. Therefore, Spiritual Forging is easier to activate spirituality and less likely to fail."
Lan Xuanyu's eyes lit up. "In this case, there is indeed more space. Thank you, senior. How about this, if you use it yourself in the future, buy metal from me and I will give you a 20% discount. To thank you for your help and support."
Yang Yingming's eyes lit up. 20% off, that would save a lot of money! It's not much more expensive than the thousand-forged metal out there. The key is, it's easy to use! The success rate is high!
"Then I won't be polite to you. I'll take advantage of you."
"Of course, you are my guide in forging. Senior, I'll leave first. I'll ask you for a loan later so I can place my bets. I'll go back and work out a strategy with my classmates." Lan Xuanyu said with a smile.