Female Novel
Chapter 364
Under his father's directions, Gravis named a lot of different materials and their properties. Though, since he didn't understandthe underlying concepts, he could only quote what the booklet had said. One could argue if being able to recite all of thisinformation was knowledge or not. After all, he didn't understand the deeper meaning of the materials. He could only quotesomething.
Gravis only knew the what, but not the why. Yet, a vast sea of what was required to understand the why. There was no wayaround this. After Gravis had recited the different materials and their properties for around two hours, his father grabbed a pieceof ore.
"Look," he said.BZZZZ!
A purely white bolt of lightning appeared and enveloped the ore in the air, and Gravis immediately felt the familiarity with thislightning. It was Punishment Lightning, the same lightning Gravis had. Yet, Gravis wasn't really surprised that his father could usesuch lightning. His father had also said in the past that people generally understood this lightning further down their cultivationpath. This meant that there were a lot of people able to use it.
As the material floated in the air, the lightning bathed it, heating it up quickly. After a while, it started becoming malleable. Gravisknew the specifics of the material, so he knew how much power his father was using. On top of that, due to his affinity towardslightning, he could also feel the power with his being. It wasn't very strong. Gravis could create such powerful lightning withoutany issue.
Slowly, the ore started taking the form of a standard sword. After around three minutes, it had completely taken the shape of asword. Yet, it didn't have sharp edges.
"You need to use your Spirit to form the material into a weapon," his father said. "It's quite a bit of stress on your Spirit andconcentration, which is where your concentration training comes into play. You need to keep the finished product's shape in mindand use appropriate force with your Spirit. Too much, and you might damage its composition, too little, and it will break."
Gravis nodded as he kept looking at the sword-embryo.
"The edges of a sharp weapon need many times more concentration than just creating the weapon-embryo. When the material ismuch weaker than your current Realm, you can simply force it.”
SHING!In nearly no time at all, the sword's sides compressed, forming a very sharp cutting edge.Whoop!
The sword reverted to its previous, dull form. "If you forge with such weak materials, you only need to force the borders of thesword into a sharp edge. At that point, depending on what material you used, you only need to follow the material's propertieswhile cooling it down. Of course, | skipped the step of the Formation Arrays here."
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Many small thunderclaps resounded throughout the room as many small bolts of lightning concentrated on the edges of the dullsword-embryo. The normal lightning still kept the material at the appropriate temperature while the small lightning bolts put moreforce on the edges.
Gravis' eyes narrowed as he realized how much focus this needed. The small lightning bolts for the edges would also increasethe material's temperature, and if it got too hot, its composition would change, making it worse. His father was moving the smallbolts of lightning around so that they still put more pressure on the edges yet didn't make them too hot.
On top of that, his father was adjusting the balance of the remaining lightning to counteract the heightened temperature aroundthe edges. This required a lot of subtle and minute movements. It was like a person doing four different things at once with theirfour limbs.
"If you want to forge something actually useful to you, you will be working with materials that you can't force into shape with yourSpirit alone. At this point, you need to do what I'm doing right now. Use your control over lightning to compress the materialaround the edges without damaging it. It requires a lot of concentration and fine control to use this method effectively, but it's notnearly as consuming to your Spirit as the previous one."
Whoop!
Suddenly, the sharp edges vanished again to reveal the blunt sword-embryo again. When Gravis saw that, his eyes shone. "Youdidn't cut off part of the material to make an edge, but compressed it," Gravis commented.
His father nodded. "There are different ways to forge a weapon. Theoretically, you could grind the edges into a sharp shape, butthat's not as effective as this method. Materials have different properties and can achieve different levels of power. That'sreferring to the Material Rank inside the booklet | gave you."
Gravis nodded. "This material is at the Early Unity Rank."
“Exactly. This means that the most powerful weapon you can make with this material is one appropriate for someone at the EarlyUnity Realm. Yet, you need to keep in mind that this is the upper boundary. It only shows the most powerful state of the material.”
"Now," his father said, "If | were to grind it down like this,"CRRRRRRRRR!
An ear grating sound appeared as the lightning hit the sword-embryo's edges diagonally, shooting outwards. A lot of particlesshot away from the sword, leaving behind a sharp edge.
"This would only be able to become an Initial Unity Weapon. By not using compression, | haven't taken full advantage of thematerial. Of course, there is still one step remaining. There are still no Formation Arrays on the weapon."
"If | were to put the Formation Arrays onto the weapon perfectly, | would be able to create an Initial Unity Weapon. Yet, if | makesome mistakes, the Formation Arrays might still work, but their efficiency will degrade rapidly. With this, the sword mightdowngrade to a Peak Spirit Weapon."
“Remember, the Material Rank only shows the theoretical highest Rank. This means that everything after that needs to beperfect to achieve it."
BANG!
The sword transformed into dust. "Now, it's your turn. We'll talk about the inscription of the Formation Arrays later," his fathersaid.
Gravis nodded and pulled out one of the ores in the pile. He had chosen this one because this was not the first time he saw it.This was the ore that the lower world had called Core Ore, or Core for short.
Surprisingly, this ore was at the Initial Unity Rank. So, if everything went perfectly, it could become even a Unity Weapon. Yet,how could the lower world be able to do something as complicated as creating a Unity Weapon?
Gravis remembered the specifics of this ore and also its official name. It was called Low Ore. The reason for this simple namewas that this was the best ore for weapons, which could be found in lower worlds. It was supremely rare in lower worlds but grewmore and more common the more powerful the world became.
It was very cheap due to its abundance in the highest world and was the go-to material for everyone below the Unity Realm. Itcould be compared to standard iron ore for mortals.
Gravis made it levitate in front of him and envisioned a saber. He spent some seconds planning out every detail of the saber.Then, he summoned lightning in the air around the saber. Something like this had been difficult in the Spirit Forming Realm, butdue to his higher control, it had become quite easy now.
The beginning wasn't hard since Gravis only had to heat the material slowly. He remembered all the specifics of the material andkept them inside of his mind. Keeping the disjointed information in his mind was way more exhausting than just understanding itby heart. Yet, in the beginning, there was no other way.
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Gravis also had to include the usage of his Spirit and concentration in the calculations since they were the best indicator of howhard it was to manipulate the material. Gravis wished that he just had a thermometer for the temperature.
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The less help someone used while creating something, the harder it was. Yet, they got way closer to their work too. Tasks thatsome tools solved would help to create a better product, but the creator wouldn't understand as much about his work. He mightnot even know what the tools did, specifically.
Gravis started molding the ore slowly into a sword shape.CRACK!
And tore the ore in two.
“What went wrong?" his father asked.
Gravis rubbed his chin. "| must have miscalculated. The fact that it broke apart meant that it was still too cold to mold properly.My calculations were wrong at some part."
His father nodded. "Right. Do you want me to tell you?" he asked.
Gravis thought about this for asecond but then shook his head. "!should find it out myself. | mighneed to test seyarehother tnaterialsahdifin rhe common cause of error.Another possibility is to justbrute-force my way until | hit thecorrect temperature by feeling andthen retroactively look at thecalculations." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
The Opposer nodded. "Good! Finding things out yourself is always better than someone telling you.Gravis smiled and nodded.
And like this, Gravis continued smelting weapons.