Published: February 12, 2025
"Top-level craftsmen possess the most outstanding understanding of objects and tools. Right now, you have capabilities that you have yet to discover, which will surely astonish you. When you accumulate rich experience and have held brilliant equipment in your hands, you will receive the blessings of heaven. Everything in your eyes is a combination and reflection of various materials. In your hands, every material can possess countless possibilities. So, move forward, using your mind and body to change the starry sea of the universe."
Ye Zhongming was lost in thought, momentarily entranced by this statement.
It wasn't that he hadn't upgraded to top-level abilities, such as the super exclusion technique, the great thousand soul refining technique, and the blazing flame combat technique, but he had never experienced a moment where, after reaching the highest level, a profound explanation appeared in his mind.
This gave Ye Zhongming a sense of solemnity and inheritance.
Of course, the most shocking part was the information revealed within this statement.
What does it mean that everything in one's eyes is a combination and reflection of materials? What does it mean that every material in your hands can have countless possibilities?
Is the blessing of heaven referring to the meaning contained in these two phrases?
If he understood correctly, could this indicate two invisible abilities? One being the ability to analyze the structure and composition of an equipment, and another, even more extraordinary, being able to create various pieces of equipment from existing materials without the need for blueprints?
Just the thought of this excited Ye Zhongming.
Perhaps this is the ultimate realm of a craftsman.
He quickly took out the Wind and Thunder Twin Birth and examined it carefully, even using his mental energy.
He felt something, but he couldn't discern anything. In the end, Ye Zhongming even felt a wave of dizziness and hurriedly put down the Wind and Thunder Twin Birth.
Not being able to see the structure and material composition left his mental energy significantly depleted.
What was going on?
Ye Zhongming pondered; could it be because this equipment belongs to the Blue Secret Realm?
Putting away the Wind and Thunder Twin Birth, he took out the Crystal Energy Magic Bullet Gun and observed it closely. He still felt a bit of a connection, as if this weapon were disassembling before his eyes, but he still couldn't discern anything, and his mental energy depleted just as quickly.
Was it an issue of the equipment's origin? Or was it simply too high in grade?
Ye Zhongming didn't take out the golden blue ones; instead, he directly pulled out the lowest-grade gray equipment and, after calming himself, looked at it.
This time, the effect was better. Ye Zhongming could faintly sense a familiar aura from it. He awkwardly compared it with the numerous materials in his memory and finally managed to identify one. However, the image that was gradually forming in his mind suddenly shattered.
The dizziness in his head was even more intense than before. Ye Zhongming touched his forehead and found that a bit of blood had even flowed from his nostrils.
A low-grade equipment had some effect, but in the end, it still failed.
After resting for a moment, Ye Zhongming revisited that statement, recalling some phrases, such as "when you have rich experience" and "when you have held brilliant equipment in your hands..."
Was this a reminder to himself that this ability also required extensive practice and the creation of more equipment to understand more materials before it could be realized?
As Ye Zhongming couldn't discern the composition of the equipment, he laid out a few materials he was very familiar with in front of him, wondering if he could create 'real' equipment relying solely on his forging technique without blueprints.
He said this because the equipment he had previously created still relied on homogenous reinforcement and enchantment, and he had not fully realized the potential of the materials.