On the same day that Lu Xun became the blacksmith's apprentice of the 'Clink 'n Clank's shop owner, a strange event took place within the Silverleaf City.

A golden luxurious carriage pulled by Star Blossom horses was visiting all the weapon shops of the city. From the best weapons shop up to the worst one, none of them satisfied the owner of the golden luxurious carriage.

One need to knows that a Star Blossom horse was an extremely rare species. These horses were very fast and though. One of them could cost up to a total amount of six Platinum Coins. It was the price of the most luxurious mansion in the Silverleaf City. Not even the wealthiest family in the Silverleaf City was willing to buy such horses for their own carriage. Only the great families of the Qin Empire or the royal family could afford to buy these horses.

Upon arriving in front of the last remaining weapons shop that the owner of the golden luxurious carriage had yet to visit, the carriage stopped and the carriage's door opened. A young girl emerged from the carriage.

The young girl was wearing a white dress. Her beautiful purple hair descending down onto her waist was the proof that she belongs to the royal family of the Qin Empire. Her white skin glistening with the luster of a beautiful moon was fitting her white dress; her appearance was mesmerizing. Her purple eyes were shining like the waters of autumn. She has a fine raised nose, pointed chin and a slender jade-like neck. There were simply no flaws that one could see. In addition, she exuded an aura of wisdom and purity, causing an inevitable thought to enter the minds of those who set their eyes on her: A peerless beauty.

'This is the last weapons shop of the city...Until now, I didn't find any suitable blacksmith. I guess there's no hope in repairing my weapon...'

Leaving her bodyguards and maids standing in the entrance, the young girl entered the weapons shop.

Observing the weapons within the weapons shop, she let out a depressed sigh. All the weapons within the shop were low-human grade. The shop owner of that shop shouldn't be skillful in blacksmithing.

Despite the fact that she didn't expect much from the opposite party, she still directed towards the counter. Behind the counter, a youth around the same age as her welcomed her. At first, he was a little surprised upon seeing such a beauty, but he quickly regained his composure and asked.

"Hello young mistress, welcome to the 'Clink 'n Clank' weapons shop. what is your business here?" Grabbing the magnificent sword around her waist, Qin Xinyue put it on the counter, opening her beautiful lips, she asked. "Can you repair my sword?"

Putting a hand on his chin, Lu Xun examined the sword. Restraining his surprise, he muttered, "What a nice sword." With a slight smile appearing on his face. 'I didn't expect to encounter a high-earth grade weapon on my first day working here.' Closely inspecting the sword, he could see that it was no longer as sharp as it used to be.

After a slight nod, he said. "I certainly can repair this sword but..." Hesitations could be seen on Lu Xun's face. To repair this kind of sword, he'll need to expose his talents in blacksmithing. In addition, Lu Xun's noticed the golden luxurious carriage outside, the young girl in front of her must have an amazing background. If he could repair her sword, he'll probably gain the favor of that young girl but it was a really dangerous trade.

Lu Xun was still on the early-stage of the Alpha Prism Stage. If he was to expose his blacksmithing skill, he'll attract a lot of attention and without any background, it was extremely risky. He didn't know how amazing the opposite party was and he wasn't sure either if they would be willing to protect him.

Noticing the hesitation from youth in front of her, Qin Xinyue became insecure. This youth recognized the value of her sword, but the problem was either he could repair the weapon or not. She was afraid that the youth in front of him wasn't confident enough to repair the weapon. If he was to fails during the process, she'll lose her treasured sword that his teacher had given to her.

Just when Qin Xinyue was about to take back her sword to leave the shop, Lu Xun raised his arm showing 4 fingers before saying, "Four Platinum Coins and I'll repair your sword. Not only that, but I'll also improve it by 30%." His sentence weighted an amazing confidence. Looking at Lu Xun with a shocking expression, Qin Xinyue's cute eyes widened and her small pink lips tightened.

4 Platinum Coins?

Improving the weapon by 30%?

What kind of joke was that?!

Just repairing that sword was already amazing enough, yet this young boy at the same age as her was confident enough to improve it?

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She couldn't believe it.

Thinking that the youth in front of him was just spouting no sense, she crossed her arms and squinted her eyes. With a nod, she said in a cold tone. "Alright, four Platinum Coins." Putting the four Platinum Coins on the counter, she expected the youth to apologize her.

She was Qin Xinyue! The fourth princess of the Qin Empire.

Although she wasn't arrogant, she wasn't stupid enough to let a country bumpkin who didn't know anything about blacksmithing scamming her. 

'Even for a master blacksmith, to repair this weapon and improve it by 10% was already feat worth of becoming the exclusive emperor's personnel master blacksmith. Yet, you're saying that you can improve it?' 

Even if that youth started learning blacksmithing inside his mother's womb, there's no way he could be a master blacksmith, even less one that could compete with an emperor's personal master blacksmith.

On the contrary to all of her expectations, Lu Xun took the sword and entered the room behind the counter while saying, "Follow me." Once they were in the workshop, Lu Xun started repairing the sword.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

…...

Qin Xinyue was totally shocked. She Witnessed the process from the beginning until the end but she still couldn't believe it. The youth's swift movements, his smoothness while repairing, his unbelievable perception. Even though she didn't have a lot of knowledge towards blacksmithing, if she didn't think that young boy in front of him wasn't a master blacksmith, then all of the master blacksmiths that she encountered until now were all fakes!

In less than thirty minutes, not only her sword was repaired, it even released a majestic qi energy.

Thinking that Lu Xun finished the reparation, Qin Xinyue who was on the side not far away slowly walked towards him. But the next, she stopped her movements and both of her eyes widened. 'This is...'

Lu Xun, who finished the reparation of the sword took out a long and thin needle. The point of the needle was totally melted, showing a glowing red. What shocked Qin Xinyue wasn't the fact that the needle was melted but what Lu Xun was doing.

Writing a lost ancient language on the sword, Lu Xun was inscribing runes on the sword. One needs to know that the only method to inscribe runes on a weapon in the Prism Continent was to use an inscription scroll. Qin Xinyue was an inscription's apprentice. Her master was a master martial artist well-versed on the inscription. She once heard that thousand years ago, inscription masters were inscribing runes directly on the weapon. It was an inscription technique that was lost during the ancient era.

Not only did he was an amazing master blacksmith, but he was also an inscription master.

Just who in the world was that young boy?

Qin Xinyue couldn't comprehend the mighty abilities that the young boy in front of her possessed. There was no way that he could have to learn blacksmithing and inscription on his own. Another thought then entered into her mind, who in the world was his master? As Qin Xinyue was totally lost in her thought, Lu Xun finished inscribing the runes on the sword. Standing up, he directed towards Qin Xinyue and gave her the sword.

Inspecting the magnificent sword in front of her eyes, she noticed that not only did the sword was three times sharper than before, the sword was indeed 30% improved.

Staring at her sword for a while, she regained her thought after that Lu Xun opened his mouth. Explaining, "I noticed that you have a frost attribute on your body. Thus, I create a frost attribute on the sword to match up with your frost attribute. You can try to infuse your qi energy within the sword."

Hearing Lu Xun's words, Qin Xinyue nodded her head. She indeed had a frost attribute on her body. Having the bloodline of the emperor in her blood, everyone who was born within the royal family possessed a strong frost attribute. Infusing her qi energy within the sword, a frost aura was released from the sword.

Qin Xinyue was once again, utterly shocked. Words couldn't come out from her trembling lips. Not only that young boy repaired her sword, he also improved the weapon by 30% and even added a frost attribute on it. Her common sense was totally shattered like a glass breaking upon falling to the ground.

Since Lu Xun accomplished what she requested, he accompanied her back to the weapons shop's entrance. Upon leaving the weapons shop, Qin Xinyue was still in a losing state. "Young mistress?" It was only after that one of her maids called her that she regained her sense and entered inside the golden luxurious carriage.

Returning towards a mansion that his teacher has rent, Qin Xinyue intended to share what she witnessed today to her teacher.

At this moment, never once in her dream did she expected that this meeting was going to change the whole destiny of the Qin Empire.

…...

The shop owner of the weapons shop 'Clink 'n Clank' just returned to his store. His wife collapsed on the ground and he returned home to accompany her to visit a doctor. Once he learned that she was safe and collapsed due to exhaustion, he was relieved and returned to his store. Noticing a golden luxurious carriage's back departing the weapons shop's entrance, he entered the shop and asked.

"I'm back. Did something happen while I was gone? I just saw a golden carriage outside just now." Expecting the question from the shop owner, Lu Xun made a wry smile and said. "Nothing serious, just someone who wanted to repair his weapon." Upon hearing Lu Xun's explanation, the shop owner let out a relieved sigh.

Since the shop owner returned, Lu Xun who already repaired the damaged swords that the shop owner requested him, left the weapons shop after receiving his payment. Since it was a simple contract, Lu Xun received his payment after finishing his work.

If the shop owner and Lu Xun learned that the golden luxurious carriage belonged to the fourth princess of the Qin Empire, how were they going to react?