Duan Gujin returned to the Blood Killing Sect and began to study the map, listing the names of the ores he had previously seen through Divine Sense Inspection.

"Xuanwu Stone, Crystal Stone..."

He pondered for an entire night, and finally his eyes lit up sharply.

"By combining the names of these ores with their locations in the landscape painting, I can make out a set of characters, which could either mean Xuanjing Mountain or Xuanyi Mountain, Golden Devouring Peak or Xianshi Peak."

His eyes shone brightly, and he then wrote out the names of the ores.

An hour later, he had listed a long array of names on paper.

Looking at the set of numbers, he took a sharp intake of breath.

"I should try to combine these numbers from the very top or the leftmost side, to see where on the Jiuzhou Continent this place could be!"

He quickly took out a classic from the Blood Killing Sect about the famous mountains of the Jiuzhou Continent from his storage ring and began to search based on the names he had listed.

At the same time, he realized that the names of the ores must have changed over the years.

Thus, he also listed the previous ore names.

After another hour, he found three place names.

"Next, I should continue to search for the second set of characters."

This time, he carefully searched beneath those three place names for the characters he had listed before.

In just 15 minutes, he found a matching name.

"Fantastic!"

Joy surged in his heart, feeling he must have found the secret within the landscape painting.

Then, he continued to flip through below that place name.

In under thirty seconds, he found a place name that was among the ones he had previously combined.

"It seems this landscape painting is telling people that the treasure is at Wuling Mountain Qingzhu Peak Green Water River!"

The next day, Duan Gujin hastily made his way to Wuling Mountain Qingzhu Peak Green Water River.

Surveying his surroundings, he found the scenery to match exactly that of the landscape painting.

"It seems the answer lies on that mountain!"

Duan Gujin then found a steep cliff on the high mountain that was drawn in the landscape painting, a cliff so precipitous that only a highly skilled Martial Artist could approach it.

He released his Divine Sense, quickly discovering that the cliff was protected by an Array that shielded it from Divine Sense Inspection.

After breaking the Array, he found a hidden cave in that cliff.

His Divine Sense entered the cave and discovered a ring lying inside.

He picked up the ring and extended his Divine Sense into it.

In the next moment, he found that the interior space of the ring was vast, filled with various rare ores.

His Divine Sense quickly scanned through these rare ores, and soon, he saw a letter among the pile of precious ores.

Despite the letter's age, the enclosure of the storage ring had kept the space inside sealed, preserving the letter intact.

Duan Gujin took out that letter and carefully examined it.

After a while, he finally understood the truth.

"Who would have thought, so it was like this!"

After reading the letter, he finally came to a realization.

It turns out that the person who hid the treasure was a Forging Master. He gave that treasure map to one of his apprentices, and only his apprentice could discern the secrets hidden within the landscape painting.

If it fell into the hands of someone who knows nothing about forging, they would never recognize what kind of ore materials are contained within the Green Stone.

But the treasure hider had previously used a similar method to test his apprentices. He knew that as long as his apprentice saw the landscape painting, they would be able to understand the mysteries it held.

The numerous Mechanical Traps set up around the location of the landscape painting were actually to prevent ordinary Martial Artists from accidentally stumbling in.

If the person who entered was the Forging Master's apprentice, then the apprentice would have a way to unravel the secrets within the landscape painting.

If this treasure map ended up in the hands of someone who doesn't understand forging, they could only discern that the Green Stone contains materials of various attributes, without ever considering that these materials might just be Refining Materials.

Duan Gujin's Divine Sense entered the storage ring, and he began a thorough Divine Sense Inspection.

Moments later, he was overjoyed.

"I didn't expect to find a fist-sized piece of Gold Titanium Sky Crystal in here."

The Gold Titanium Sky Crystal is a type of Refining Material that can turn Mortal Items into Demigod Artifact-grade Dark Weapons. By adding Gold Titanium Sky Crystal to Mortal Items, they become nearly indestructible.

Duan Gujin took a deep breath and took the Gold Titanium Sky Crystal out of the storage ring, inspecting it with his Divine Sense.

After confirming that the fist-sized stone was indeed the Gold Titanium Sky Crystal, he exhaled deeply.

"Haha, when sleep comes, someone brings a pillow!"

"The owner of the treasure actually left all the materials needed to forge Subdivine Weapons for his apprentice! Now it's all mine for the taking!"

With a thought, Duan Gujin quickly took the storage ring and found a Forging Room in a nearby city. He paid a high price to rent a room and began forging Dark Weapons with the materials from the storage ring.

The materials left in the storage ring by the owner of the treasure were sufficient for Duan Gujin to forge Subdivine Weapons, so he naturally used them for forging Subdivine Weapons.

Subdivine Weapons refer to those Dark Weapons that are forged using rare materials and are a notch below Divine Weapons in terms of quality.

The biggest difference between Subdivine Weapons and Divine Weapons lies in the forging technique.

Generally speaking, forging Subdivine Weapons just requires bringing out the characteristics of the materials.

But forging Divine Weapons not only requires bringing out the characteristics of the materials but also adding many special attributes.

Relatively speaking, forging Divine Weapons is extremely complex.

Duan Gujin also knew that the Gold Titanium Sky Crystal could only be used to forge Subdivine Weapon-grade Dark Weapons. Even if his forging skills returned to their former level, he could only use the Gold Titanium Sky Crystal to forge Subdivine Weapons.

"Which kind of weapon should I forge?"

After contemplating for 15 minutes, Duan Gujin thought of the Dark Weapon that would best suit his current use.

Flying Knife!

"If the enemy's strength is too great, I can use the Flying Knife to kill them! I will coat the Flying Knife with poison!"

Duan Gujin let out a breath, knowing that at some critical moments, it's impossible for him to draw long arrows, coat them with poison, and shoot them at the enemy.

If the opponent he was facing was a Demon Beast, it wouldn't be a problem, as the Demon Beast wouldn't recognize that he was using a Dark Weapon capable of long-distance attacks.

But if the enemy was from the Human Clan, or a living creature with an intelligence similar to that of the Human Clan, they would definitely prepare a countermeasure immediately.

If the enemy's power far exceeded that of Duan Gujin, then Duan Gu's method of shooting arrows would be completely ineffective.

If one wishes to ambush the enemy, the best tactic is to use special Hidden Weapons.

Duan Gujin had encountered too many powerful enemies before and felt it was necessary to prepare some Hidden Weapons.

But at that time, he was busy with Cultivation, and the enemies he encountered were not very strong. He lacked the proper Refining Materials at hand, so he did not immediately forge some Hidden Weapons.

Now that he had obtained the Gold Titanium Sky Crystal and had enough Refining Materials in the storage ring, he took the opportunity to forge suitable Dark Weapons for himself.

After a day's time, he finally forged five Flying Knives.

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