Shang Xia knew that Duan Hong had the ability to repair graded weapons. He was also skilled enough to modify one! 

After all, Duan Hong repaired Shang Xi’s pair of knives in the past. Repairing a weapon was much easier than making one from scratch anyway. Since Duan Hong was going to attempt to create a low-grade spear anyway, giving him the low-grade halberd to practice on didn’t seem too bad.

If Duan Hong managed to modify his halberd and successfully create the low-grade spear, Shang Xia would have struck it big. However, Shang Xia was obviously the only one who was rich enough at the moment to give Duan Hong a graded weapon to play around with.

Ignoring the cost of modifying the Waning Moon Halberd to turn...