The valley was small, and the surrounding mountain walls and ground were pitch black. At the center of the valley, there was a stone platform covered in engraved enchanted formations. The Mount Zhong Sword Hut disciples placed the divine bronze on that platform, and everyone split up to stand on either side of the valley.0

"The reason that the Mount Zhong Sword Hut has managed to persist for so long is largely thanks to the Mount Zhong Divine Fire," Chen Buyan explained to Chu Liang. "Your teacher's Samadhi True Fire is indeed powerful, but it is a fire of destruction—best suited for obliteration. When we're forging swords, we need to preserve as much of the material's spiritual qi as possible, so Samadhi True Fire isn't suitable for that purpose."0

Chu Liang nodded in understanding.0

In most cases, no one would consider using the Samadhi True Fire for tool-making—not even Baili Tong, the imperial city's swordsmith. It was only used as a last resort when dealing with exceptionally difficult materials.0

For extremely high-quality materials, it didn't matter even if some of their spiritual qi was lost, as they would...0