Although Xu Han know that Challenger meant well, he was more excited than worried by Challenger’s story. From what his follow dungeon core told him, the Dullahan had found a way to make more of their species without any input from their creator.

Even though Challenger never had the desire, or foresight, to design them for procreation, the Dullhans found a way to do it anyway. They even knew to come together to protect the birth of the next generation. It seems that life, once created, always found a way.

That was amazing!

It sounded to Xu Han that the Dullahan have the beginning of their own culture. Perhaps inspired by their creator, the Dullahan were now seeking adventurers to challenge. No one told them to do this. They did this on their own, because they wanted to!

The scholar within Xu Han was aroused and had asked his follow dungeon core if he kept any records of the life of the Dullahans. Challenger did not quite understand what Xu Han meant at first, so the former cultivator clarified that he was not looking at the life of individual Dullahans, but the species as a whole.

Xu Han wanted to know how long it took for the Dullahan to find a way to procreate after Challenger stopped making more of them? Who started doing it? When did the Dullahan started to challenge the adventurers? Do they have their own language, social ranks, or any belief system?

When questioned, Xu Han told Challenger his beliefs that the Dullahan were in the midst of becoming a real species. They were a folk with their own creation process and were slowly creating their own culture. Xu Han was very interested to know more about them.

Xu Han’s insight surprised Challenger. His fellow dungeon core had never thought of his Dullahans that way. Challenger thought that the Dullahan were a failure, and had not paid much attention to them in years. In fact, he would have destroyed the Dullahans years ago if they weren’t so useful.

Despite his narrow view of his creation, Challenger quickly saw where Xu Han was coming from. He promised to compile a record of the Dullahans and delivered it to Xu Han via a Dungeon Supplier. Xu Han liked to think he reignited an interest for the Dullahan in the dungeon core of The Challenge Arena.

Xu Han was so satisfied with his transaction with the other dungeon core, he decided to add in something extra for Challenger. Not only did he give Challenger the method for creating the Skill Scrolls, Xu Han also added in the method of infused elemental metals.

Challenger had spent decades improving his dungeon creatures, and part of his method was to improve their weapons and armour. From what Jemma had told him, weapons and armours in this world were enhanced by the placement of runes. These were magical marking inscribed on the metals which gave it a magical boost.

Xu Han may be proud of his homeland, but he had to admit that the metallurgists of this world were better than the experts of the Crimson Lands. There were numerous strange metals in this world and the blacksmiths and armourers of this world were inventive in the construction of new alloys. According to Jemma, the dwarven species was especially noted for their metalworks so Xu Han might not have even seen the best this world has to offer.

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However, the one thing this world do seen to have were items with elemental enhancement. At least, Jemma had not heard of them.

Xu Han was a little surprised by that. In the Crimson Lands, cultivator blacksmiths would infuse their creation with elemental Qi. During the smelting and fabrication process, the cultivating blacksmiths would draw a little of their Qi and infused it into the items they were making. This enhancement process increased the power and durability of the product.

It is similar to the strengthening runes of this world but more advanced cultivator blacksmiths could also infuse an element into the metal. This changed the metal into elemental metal and grant the products made from the metal with strange abilities.

For example, a cultivator who held a weapon with lightning elemental enhancement would find that his lightning attacks improved in strength and power, and any lightning attacks would be tendered almost useless against someone wearing armour with lightning elemental enhancements.

Challenger immediately understood what these elmental metal meant. Challenger was a forger and found the method of infusing elements into weapons and armours to be fascinating. In fact, Challenger had several rooms designed as forges in his dungeon, and they weren’t design as such just for the theme. Unlike other dungeon cores who just magically recreate weapons and armours using their divine power, Challenger knows and understand the process of foraging a new weapon and how difficult it was to create a magical weapon or armour.

As Xu Han suspected, the idea of infusing elemental energy in metals during the forging process was not widespread in this world. Xu Han suggested to Challenger that he may wish to create some Dullahan with elemental metals, to see if this would change the personality of the Dullahan in any way. It would give his dungeon some extra variety if nothing else.

Challenger was intrigued by the idea, but he did not promise anything, only that he would look into the matter. That was a little disappointing to Xu Han, but he did not push Challenger. The Dullahan weren’t his, and Xu Han understand that Challenger was the core in charge of his dungeon.

Both dungeon cores were happy with their trade and agreed to update each other on the progress they made. Challenger had even sent a message to Xu Han stating that he had created a sword using metal infused with elemental fire, and that the treasure was well-received by the adventurers who found it. Xu Han did not sent any message back.

Not because he don’t want to, but because he did not have anything to tell Challenger. Xu Han had not even started on any experiments. He did not have any prisoners to experiment on! It irritated the -

“You do know you don’t have create a new species, right?” Jemma said, knocking the dungeon core out of his musing.

“What? What did you say?” A startled Xu Han asked, not knowing when his dungeon fairy had landed in front of him.

“This is exactly what I mean. I could almost feel the wave of disappointment coming out of you when those dwarves disappeared from the dungeon. You want to capture them, right? Well, stop that and keep your mind on your dungeon!”

“I am! What’s wrong with capturing them? I don’t understand what you are unhappy about.” Xu Han innocently asked.

Jemma scoffed, not believing a word of what her dungeon core said. “As if you don’t know what I am talking about. You have been neglecting the dungeon! I warned you about spending so much time thinking about the creation of new species. It’s all you have been talking about since meeting the other dungeon cores!”

“You were the one who told me how to contact them. You even suggested that I do it.”

“Because I thought they could help you improve your dungeon. You were supposed to ask them for advice and know more about how to be a dungeon core. Not talk about how many different species you are going to create.”

“Creating a new species can help with the dungeon.” Xu Han said, defending himself. “I don’t remember you complaining about anything when I first told you I was going to do it.”

“That was before I know that your hobby will be taking over your life.”