The damage to the weapon forced Bexia to step down from the arena, and these three matches also earned Bexia a lot of fame. After all, reputation is also based on strength, especially in a martial country like this.
As soon as Bexia stepped down, someone came over to chat. Some were just looking to make friends, while others were there to recruit him. There were some influential people lurking here, recruiting anyone they saw potential in.
Bexia ignored these people, but he did engage in conversations with some who approached him. They talked about battle-related matters and nothing else. It was quite common in Anzu.
"Brother, do you know where I can find a better weapon?" Bexia asked a young Anzu man he had been chatting with for a few minutes.
"It depends on what quality you're looking for. But the best place is the "Hidden Dragon Shop" run by Master Hidden Dragon. Although it's impossible to hire Master Hidden Dragon himself, his disciples are very skilled!" The Anzu youth said with a proud look, as if he owned the place himself.
"Of course, other options like the "Yellow Dragon Shop" and the "Green Tooth Shop" are also good choices. Their blacksmiths are very famous, and the quality is top-notch."
"If you go out from there and walk three streets, you'll be able to see it. There are several blacksmith workshops there, and you can recognize them at a glance."
"Oh! Thank you!"
"It's nothing!"
Bexia ended the conversation and followed the direction the young man had pointed out. After almost an hour, he finally saw the row of blacksmith workshops on their street.
From a distance, he could feel a strong ancient atmosphere coming towards him. Most of the buildings here were made of wood, with intricate and beautiful patterns, but also showing signs of weathering. Compared to the buildings in other parts of Anzu, this place felt much older.
Almost every blacksmith workshop here has existed for over two or three hundred years, and some are even said to have been around for thousands of years. Hidden Dragon Workshop is one of them, but not because of Master Hidden Dragon himself. It's because the shop itself has a history of thousands of years, and Master Hidden Dragon simply inherited the name of the shop.
The title "Master Hidden Dragon" is used specifically to address the owner of Hidden Dragon Workshop, and this owner has changed many times over the course of thousands of years. It's just that a hundred years ago, Master Hidden Dragon, Ju Hua, emerged as a master who could forge champion-level equipment. As a result, the name Master Hidden Dragon Ju Hua became more widely known, and he himself is a champion with a high combat power.
Hidden Dragon Workshop is easily visible, located in the middle of this street. On the flag at the shop's entrance, there is a white dragon coiled up, giving a sense of illusion from a distance. Clearly, some magic has been applied to it, hence the meaning of hidden dragon.
There are many different workshops in the surrounding area, but they have not become deserted because of the presence of Hidden Dragon Workshop. This is because Hidden Dragon Workshop has a strange rule, which is that if you want to customize weapons or equipment in their store, it has to be at least of Extreme level. Anything below this level doesn't even need to bother entering.
It is because of this rule that few blacksmith workshops on this street can survive. After all, with the shadow of Master Hidden Dragon Ju Hua, and their existence of over a thousand years, the first choice for anyone coming here would be Hidden Dragon Workshop.
Bexia thought about the information he had in his mind about the Hidden Dragon Workshop. If he remembered correctly, the old man he last met with Rozhen should be the Master of the Hidden Dragon, but that old man looked ordinary and didn't stand out in any particular way. It didn't seem like someone one would expect to be a master.
Perhaps the people associated with Anzu liked to play this game of hiding their true strength. Many people enjoyed concealing their abilities.
Compared to the bustling streets, the Hidden Dragon Workshop seemed somewhat deserted, not in terms of noise but in terms of popularity. After all, it was a forge workshop, filled with the sounds of hammers striking metal and the presence of a hot atmosphere.
Although theoretically, upper-level weapons could be forged here, in reality, due to the exorbitant costs involved, there weren't many people who came here to make high-level equipment. It could be said that most of the customers who came here were looking to customize Extreme-grade equipment, so it was normal for the place to be quiet.
The main hall was the reception area, and once inside, one couldn't hear the sounds from outside. It seemed like a soundproofing magic formation had been attached to the walls.
"Hello, sir. Is there anything I can assist you with?" The receptionist, a young lady dressed in Anzu's special cheongsam, greeted Bexia with a professional smile. She had a well-proportioned figure, beautiful face, and her long hair was styled into a cute bun. She didn't look very old.
"I would like to customize a battle blade. Could you please speak to the forge masters here, Miss?" Bexia asked politely.
"No need to trouble them. Just talk to me. I am also a forge master!" The cheongsam-clad girl winked playfully at Bexia. She was very adorable, but he couldn't help but wonder if she was really just a waitress here.
"Oh!" Bexia nodded, coming back to his senses.
"In that case, little brother, please come and have a seat!" Perhaps by calling him "little brother," the cheongsam girl was trying to establish a closer relationship. She invited Bexia to sit on a nearby chair and said, "My name is Juyue. You can call me Juyue, or Juyue sister if you like!"
"My name is Bexia."
"Bexia... hmm..." Juyue glanced at him and started asking, "Bexia, what level of weapon do you need?"
"I want the highest level possible, but I don't know what level of weapon I can forge with my materials. Could you take a look for me, Juyue sister?" Bexia asked.
When forging weapons in the forge workshop, it was usually the customer's responsibility to prepare the main materials. The forge workshop could provide the auxiliary materials, unless the customer wanted to buy the pre-forged equipment, in which case they would just have to pay for it.
"Oh! Let me take a look for you, then!" Juyue said.
"Okay!" Bexia took out the three materials he had prepared in his spatial ring. There were three items in total, recommended to him by Christine when he was organizing his belongings. They were the magic crystal and spinal bone of a Sea Dragon, both of which came from a Champion-level Sea Dragon. The magic crystal was a rare material that only appeared in the presence of Champion-level magical beasts. The other material was a large piece of Frigid Iron, a metal formed at extreme depths in the ocean under low temperatures and high pressure. It naturally emitted an extremely cold aura and was also a premium-grade material belonging to the Champion level.
