After circling back a few times and then taking over the ’Shell’ of the ’Imperial Swordsmith’ again, the underworld game would only show [Your shell is locked onto a ’Malice’ by the ’Extreme Evil General’].]

And the latter half of the sentence ["It is racing towards you with all its might!"] disappears.

"Man, has he given up? I haven’t had enough fun yet." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Lin Xun planned to return to the ’Imperial Palace’ and lure the General out until he is exhausted.

But after some thought, he decided to let go of the idea.

If the General really became ruthless and sent troops from the Capital to surround the ’Rest Page’ locations, he would have to expose the locations of his main bases, the Dragon Pond Temple or the Castle Tower.

Once both bases were wiped out by the army, he would have nowhere else to go except the Library, which would effectively block his progress.

He carefully packed up the ’Shell’ of the ’Imperial Swordsmith’, no longer daring to strut around under the watchful eyes of the General with this shell that had been locked onto a ’Malice’.

Returning to ’The Treasure Room’ in the Castle Tower, he inspected the ’Legendary Grade Tool’ he had traded a life for.

[’Hammer of the Imperial Swordsmith’ (Legendary Grade Tool): A plethora of precious materials bestowed upon the ’Swordsmith’ by the General upon being ennobled as ’Imperial Swordsmith’. Through millions of hammer strokes, the ’Imperial Swordsmith’ has forged these materials into a hammer worthy of passing on for generations.]

[The use of this tool during crafting has a high chance of creating a ’Special Skill’ for crafted equipment and an extremely low chance of returning a crafting material after the equipment is made.]

"This... this is a holy artifact for a blacksmith!"

Seeing such an effect on an item, Lin Xun immediately called his female superior without a second thought.

The call was connected swiftly, with Li Xingyue’s voice coming through.

"Lin Xun, what is it?"

Lin Xun was direct and told his female superior about the hidden mission he had accomplished. He had obtained a shell capable of crafting Legendary Grade equipment.

Right now, he wanted to test his skills and earn some spirit energy on the side. His manual labor fees were undoubtedly cheaper than the those in ’Craftsman’s Book’.

However, as he was currently just an Average Apostle undercover in the New World, he couldn’t be too flashy. He needed to use Li Xingyue’s connections for this venture. Any spirit energy he earned could be shared with his female superior.

Lin Xun had his reasons for being unwilling to become a blacksmith and forge equipment for others to earn money.

For starters, the manual labor fee for forging was generally around fifteen to twenty percent of the total price of the weapon. He could only forge Epic Grade equipment, and the highest-tiered Epic Grade weapons were only worth two hundred thousand.

Spending half a day to earn a maximum of forty thousand in spirit energy was nothing compared to what he could earn in the game itself.

Secondly, if the Apostles Council had informants in the New World, wouldn’t there be informants from the New World in the Council as well?

Lin Xun suspected that there might be informants and materials needed to be traded in advance for equipment crafting. Any oversight could attract the attention of the New World, which would be extremely dangerous.

So, he only spoke about using the channels behind Li Xingyue, rather than using the official channels.

His female superior had a deep bond with him, so there was no need to hide the matter of the ’Imperial Swordsmith’. Moreover, Li Xingyue was decisive, reliable, and had stiff upper lip, he truly couldn’t think of anyone more suitable than his female superior.

If Li Xingyue was as laid-back as Wang Zong, Lin Xun would rather not earn the spirit energy, rather than revealing things and putting them both in danger.

Understanding Lin Xun’s intentions, Li Xingyue didn’t beat around the bush and responded to him with three words: "Wait for news."

Lin Xun hung up the phone, knowing that once his female superior agreed, she would so her utmost to accomplish it.

"Crafting equipment, returning materials... If the odds were higher, wouldn’t I be making a killing?"

The selling price of a Legendary Grade weapon was at least three million at its lowest, and the more expensive ones could go up to four or five million.

Just completing one transaction would earn him a few hundred thousand in manual labor fees.

He could advertise that crafting equipment would guarantee a ’Special Skill’, thus raising the forging fee. If there was an occasional return of materials... that’s like hitting the jackpot!