Back To Basics

Ivor sat on a chair, he had his legs crossed with his hands on his chin.

Ivor wanted to practice by making a fourth-grade weapon however when he took out the materials, he realised he cannot use fire, he cannot use qi and he required extreme heat that was constant.

The last time when Ivor was boiling his self, he had used Nellie to blow air into the fire through a pipe that increased the heat however he didn't want to bother Nellie and find a solution instead.

Ivor thought for a bit longer and finally came to a decision. He was going to make a foot pump that would blow air into the fire and increase the heat by leaps, although it might seem tiring however he is at the Crystal body stage and these small things won't be that big of a bother to him.

Ivor took out tenth-grade wood it was known as white wood. Ivor needed to create a device that can resist his strength now and in the future.

Ivor made the wood have a curved back with a rectangular front that fits his foot, then he got tenth-grade leather which came from a Mystic Tiger, he sew it together with the two ends of the wood to make space for air to gather and be pushed out.

Ivor had used tenth-grade silk to make sure it was connected perfectly together with no mistakes.

Ivor had made a pipe out of silk, it was a shiny long pipe. It took Ivor a few hours to make it and then he connected it to the hole on the foot pump.

The next step was a heating furnace which will heat the iron and that can keep increasing heat from each time the pump is used.

Ivor used tenth-grade iron to make the frame and then it had a connection point that took it inside the furnace where the fire was and it would blow the air in giving the fire more heat.

Ivor was set, he had his anvil, furnace, whetstone, planning table, and a mallet. He was ready to get back into good old blacksmithing.

Inside the Ai family hall there sat the patriarch, three ancestors, and the twelve elders of the family.

"This is bad, the emperor is getting bold and the other families have submitted fully to the royal family." said the sixth elder, he was a peak-fifth stage cultivator.

"We have stood in this empire since the beginning and the royal family was established a decade later, we are the true foundation of the empire." said the 3rd elder, who is also a peak-fifth stage cultivator.

"Yes, the agreement was we will defend the empire but we will not attack countries, currently we have 5 elders and many soldiers stationed at the borders however what the emperor wants to do is outrageous." said the fifth elder also being a peak-fifth grade.

"The emperor has many eight-stage and I have heard rumours of few ninth-stage cultivators." said the second elder who is in the middle-sixth stage.

"Maybe the great-ancestor can help" suggested the fifth elder.

"I believe he will not, however, we might have to ask the northern ancestors to return." said the patriarch.

"THEM? I believe we will have a better chance with great-ancestor." said the first ancestor, who had reached the early-seventh stage.

"Who are the northern ancestors?" asked the fourth elder, he was an early sixth stage.

"Northern ancestors are our ancestors who have reached the peak-seventh stage and went to train under our other ancestors, this place was created by our very first ancestor not Ai, but her husband. The Golden Demon." said the first ancestor.

"There is a belief the golden demon is also still alive but mourns his wife's death to this day, and our other ancestors have either reached the ninth or tenth stage." said the patriarch.

"Would we not be the strongest family in this realm, with our ancestors?" asked the eleventh elder, who was an early fifth stage cultivator.

"We would not know, demon empires are experts at body cultivation and we do not know much about other sects and to the public demon blade who is eight-stage was named the strongest."

"I know, I tricked Nellie to believe that, don't tell him...I don't want to be beaten." said the twelve elder, he was also early-fifth stage.

"I will go to the north, and request for an ancestor to return." said the second ancestor.

"Very well, I will go talk to the great ancestor." said the patriarch.

Everyone left the hall and the patriarch still sat on the chair.

"Sigh, I really can't be bothered." and he started to head to Ivor's residence.

Ai Hong stood in front of Ivor's residence, he heard banging inside the and he suddenly thought that there is a battle going on.

He quickly entered, then he followed the sound towards a shed. He opened the door and noticed a young man hitting Iron with a mallet.

Ai Hong said nothing, he kept spectating Ivor. He had heard that the legendary seventh-grade sword came from him, in this realm the second strongest weapon to be know was a sixth-grade weapon.

Ivor's body was dry as anything, it was too hot to even sweat and hit speed was extremely fast while he was hammering, he kept pumping the furnace to keep the heat at a good temperature.

The Iron was warming into a scimitar, it was a curved blade. Ivor then stopped pumping and quenched the sword, then he headed to the whetstone.

He began to sharpen the sword, after thirty minutes Ivor began to create the hilt and asked.

"You have stood there for quite a while, what is it?" Ivor was making the handle out of wood and leather to give it a nice grip, then he attached it and completed the sword.

Ai hong said nothing, he looked at the sword. The sword was a peak fifth-grade weapon and it looked like Ivor did not even struggle.

"Is that a peak-fifth grade sword?" asked Ai hong suddenly.

"Yes, this sword is quite rubbish... the world without Qi makes it hard to make perfect grade weapons...it is a bit disappointing to me." said Ivor with an upset voice.

"Sir, this weapon can be considered a mythic level weapon.

"Really, I just told your young one's to carve their dream sword and it will be my gift to them."

"Sir, I do not think that is possible... fifth-grade materials is rare."

"Not to me, anyway what is it?" asked Ivor.

"Oh, yes... The emperor is..." before Ai hong could finish.

"Oh, that lad... I am done with fighting, let Nellie deal with him. His defence can compare to a ninth stage cultivator, however, his attack just matches his realm.

"But sir, they have nint..." once again.

"Go now, I have made my decision... you all are adults, have a bit more responsibility and don't drop this on my shoulders." said Ivor with a bit of annoyance.

Ai hong could not say anything except he mumbled.

"come on, this guy just won't listen."

however, Ivor retaliated.

"What did you say, young man?!?!"

"Nothing sir!" and Ai Hong left depressed forgetting about the fifth-grade weapons they are getting.

"Kids these day's can't do anything, They can't even appreciate their so-called mythic stage weapons." and after Ivor's nagging to his self, he went back to try and make a sixth stage weapon.