Having composed himself, Xiao Ze left the basement with the two elixirs.
When Elder Wang saw Xiao Ze emerge, he immediately stepped forward, a look of excitement on his face.
"How did it go?"
"I didn't fail the mission," Xiao Ze said, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"That's wonderful!" Elder Wang's hands trembled slightly from excitement.
"Elder Wang, here are two elixirs. Take the Soul Solidifying Pill first; it can restore your tampered memories."
"Good."
Elder Wang took the Soul Solidifying Pill. The moment he swallowed it, his eyes shot open, and an indescribable wave of emotion surged through him.
"Wuwuwu... This old man's past ten years... have been too bitter!" He cried, snot and tears streaming down his face, like a child who had suffered immense grievances.
His hands continuously slapped his thighs, as if to vent all the accumulated grievances of those years.
Xiao Ze's eyes widened, and he instinctively took two steps back: "Old Wang?"
"Don't call him that; his condition has been magnified dozens of times," the God of Agriculture said.
"Hiss... What a terrifying elixir. If used on an enemy, it would be quite potent," Xiao Ze gasped, taking a sharp breath.
"That's a good idea. You can try it sometime."
"Hahahaha!! I'm not crazy, I finally remembered!!" One moment he was crying heartbrokenly, the next he was laughing uproariously, even spinning around in excitement, nearly crashing into a wall.
Xiao Ze's mouth twitched. The effects of this elixir were truly profound.
He was genuinely afraid that the elixir's after-effects would be too strong, and it would be bad if Elder Wang was 'broken' by it.
After a long while, Elder Wang's emotions finally calmed down considerably.
He suddenly clutched his head, his face abruptly changing as a long-sealed memory flooded into his mind like a torrent.
"I remember!" Elder Wang abruptly looked up, his eyes bloodshot, looking like a madman, "My Spirit was never shattered!"
Xiao Ze was startled and took two more steps back, already contemplating whether he should leave now and come back tomorrow.
This Elder Wang was too frightening.
Elder Wang's body was trembling with excitement. He looked at Xiao Ze, his gaze like a ravenous wolf spotting meat.
"Xiao Ze!"
Xiao Ze's scalp tingled under his gaze.
"Thank you, I really remember everything. My Spirit was sealed. After that Rainbow Wonder Bird unleashed its Domain, I couldn't use my Spirit.
But for some reason, it let me go. As I was escaping, an unfamiliar mark appeared in its eyes.
It struck me, and then my memory was altered."
Xiao Ze nodded: "The Rainbow Wonder Bird doesn't like killing. Whether it's a Spirit Master or a Spirit Beast, they are all toys to it.
So you..."
"I was treated as its toy?" Elder Wang's face looked rather grim.
"Yes," Xiao Ze nodded.
"This Spirit Beast is truly malicious, what a scoundrel!" Elder Wang's face was ugly.
"Elder Wang, you should look on the bright side. At most, you were treated as a toy when you met it. If it were other 100,000-year-old Spirit Beasts, your grave might already have grass ten meters high."
"Scoundrel, can you even talk properly!" Elder Wang rolled his eyes and reprimanded him.
"Cough cough."
"Although my memory has recovered, I also know that there is indeed a crack in my Dantian, and the spirit power inside is constantly leaking away. Even if the seal on my Spirit is removed, I probably won't have my former strength."
"That's still good. You are still young now. So how much spirit power do you have?"
"Probably Spirit King?" Elder Wang wasn't sure himself, as he hadn't felt spirit power for a long time.
"Huh? Ten years, and still Spirit King level spirit power? How much has been lost?" Xiao Ze had thought it would be Spirit Grandmaster, or even just Spirit Master. He didn't expect it to be Spirit King.
"Just a crack," Elder Wang smiled.
"Then you're really lucky, old man," Xiao Ze nodded.
"It's indeed very good," Elder Wang reached out and wiggled his fingers.
"Here. This is the Barrier-Breaking Dragon Heart Pill. If you take it, you can remove the sealing effect on your Spirit."
"Good."
Elder Wang didn't say another word and swallowed the elixir.
As the elixir entered his stomach, his mental force suddenly vibrated, impacting the seal on his Spirit in a special frequency, wave after wave.
"Crack!"
A crisp cracking sound resonated within his body.
"Ah, that's refreshing!"
Elder Wang roared to the sky, and his spirit power erupted, shaking his blacksmith shop. In an instant, the blacksmith shop became even more chaotic.
The long-lost power returning made Elder Wang tremble all over.
The next second, he abruptly turned and bowed deeply to Xiao Ze.
Xiao Ze was so startled he sidestepped to avoid it.
"Elder Wang, what are you doing? You're too kind to me."
Elder Wang looked up slightly, and tears immediately streamed down his face: "You deserve it. Do you know, it's been ten years... ten years!"
I always thought my Spirit was shattered, but I never expected... I never expected..."
Xiao Ze looked at him in this state and sighed softly.
Being tricked by a Spirit Beast for ten years was indeed quite miserable.
Xiao Ze reached out and patted his shoulder: "Elder Wang, don't overthink it. At least now you have no problems whatsoever.
The lost spirit power can slowly be cultivated back."
"Hmm," Elder Wang adjusted his emotions.
"Xiao Ze, thank you."
"Elder Wang, no need for that. We both got what we needed," Xiao Ze said with a smile.
"Then take the qiankun furnace. From now on, if you need anything forged, you can always come to me. I'll forge it for you for free.
Though I don't know how much of my forging ability is left."
Hearing this, Xiao Ze suddenly thought of spirit tools.
spirit tools during the Douluo era were still very formidable, especially in large-scale battles.
If spirit tools could be used by his elves, it might lead to a significant improvement.
"Elder Wang, can you forge spirit tools?"
"spirit tools..." Elder Wang pondered for a moment, "Many spirit tools on our Douluo Continent have actually been lost.
I've seen some very, very old spirit tools in ancient texts, including various offensive, defensive, and even flying spirit tools.
But now, only auxiliary spirit tools remain, with no combat utility whatsoever."
"If you're looking for the former, I'm sorry, it's not that I can't forge them, but I don't know how to forge them. I don't have the blueprints here."
Elder Wang gave a bitter smile: "I'm sorry, I can't help you."
"It's alright, Elder Wang, I was just asking. After all, I think spirit tools still have a lot of room for development," Xiao Ze felt a little regretful.
"You're right. I'll look into it sometime. I've been forging for so many years; it's time to change direction," Elder Wang's eyes gleamed with fervor.
"Elder Wang, there's no need to change your life because of me."
Elder Wang scoffed: "Brat, do you think you're that important?
I want to research it myself."
Xiao Ze smiled: "Alright, as long as you're happy, old man."
"Elder Wang, I'm leaving."
"Hmm."
Xiao Ze took the qiankun furnace and left the blacksmith shop.
Elder Wang watched Xiao Ze's retreating figure.
"Thank you."
(End of Chapter)
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