Reminded by Shen Mo, Wei Ye and the others quickly dispersed, each selecting an area to meticulously search.

This Dungeon lacked nature's spiritual energy and was disrupted by a dense Sword Path aura. As a result, their senses couldn't extend beyond a hundred zhang, nor could they fly on their swords using escaping light. They had to rely on their feet to measure and explore the area.

Shen Mo did not join them, eager to find the gateway to the Foreign Zone.

He activated a Lightness magic and went straight up a barren mountain filled with broken swords, casually pulling a broken broadsword from the rocky mountain.

His sense resisted the omnipresent pressure, soaking into the body of the sword.

He carefully investigated the materials used to forge this sword, the forging method, and the residual runes engraved on the sword body.

Hundred Refined Iron, Tiangeng Mine, Qiling Iron... some kind of beast bone, and two types of spirit gold I haven't come across before.

The forging method is also different from the common Artifact Refining methods in the cultivation world of Red Flame Country.

But about seventy to eighty percent of the runes engraved on the sword body are similar!

When intact, this broadsword wasn't high-grade, merely a low-grade profound level magic artifact. However, for Shen Mo, it held immense reference value.

After pondering for a while, information from the panel feedback promptly appeared before Shen Mo's eyes.

[You have peeked into the secrets of the broken Banana Leaf Sword. You have gained insight, your understanding of the Forging Path has deepened, and you gain +15 Forging experience.]

Shen Mo's heart leaped with joy. There's a chance!

Perhaps the greatest wealth of this Dungeon lay in these thousands of broken Flying Swords.

Although they were badly damaged, unusable for refining or combat, and worthless for re-melting or repair, they could broaden Shen Mo's horizons and improve his Forging proficiency.

Then, he reinserted the Banana Leaf Sword into its original place, took a few more steps, and pulled out another broken magic sword.

This sword was even more severely damaged; the tip was completely broken off, leaving only half of the sword body attached to the hilt. In the mortal world, it would at best serve as a relatively sharp cleaver.

But Shen Mo did not disdain it. He carefully wiped it clean and began to examine and appreciate it with his sense.

[You have peeked into the secrets of the broken Ice Cold Sword. You have gained insight, your understanding of the Forging Path has deepened, and you gain +13 Forging experience.]

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[You have peeked into the secrets of the broken Fleeting Light Sword. You have gained insight, your understanding of the Forging Path has deepened, and you gain +22 Forging experience.]

[You have peeked into the secrets of the broken Bloodthirsty Sword. You have gained insight, your understanding of the Forging Path has deepened, and you gain +19 Forging experience.]

[You have peeked into the secrets of the broken Five Poisons Demon Sword…]

Longswords, shortswords, broadswords, rapiers, poison-laced swords, paired swords, mandarin duck swords... all kinds of magic swords broadened Shen Mo's horizons, leaving him thoroughly impressed.

His Forging proficiency also benefited from this, gradually increasing bit by bit!

Ming Yu, the Clam Girl following behind Shen Mo, looked puzzled, unable to understand his actions.

The Marine Race also possessed rudimentary Artifact Refining techniques. However, they mostly relied on instinct, refining their own extraordinary organs into objects akin to magic artifacts.

Since these were refined from parts of themselves, they were exceptionally compatible with their combat methods. Consequently, the power of these refined items was considerable, not inferior to a cultivator's long-refined destined magic artifact.

For this reason, the Marine Race had not developed the profession of Forgemaster!

Naturally, they also had no Alchemists, Talisman Makers, and the like; they only possessed unique talents with similar skills.

For instance, regarding Elixirs, many Marine Race members who had awakened their gnosis knew how to combine different types of spiritual algae and seaweed to produce various unique effects.

Take talismans, for example. Some fish-like demonic beasts grew scales with peculiar patterns. Each scale was effectively a "talisman" that, once shed, could be activated with demonic power to cast spells.

Only in the Array Path did demonic beasts possess an innate, exceptional talent that could rival human Array Masters!

If not for the disaster of the Heavenly Demon invasion, the "Hundred Arts of Cultivation" of the Marine Race, though primitive and crude, would generally have sufficed.

But once the demonic scourge began, they lacked the Bone Viewing Mirror, Demon Suppressing Pill, Ethereal Void Pill, Demon Suppressing Talisman, and many other tools to combat the Foreign Realm Demons.

That is why they quickly collapsed, with many Marine Race members becoming targets for Demon-corruption and consumption by demon heads. Even the territory of Demon Lord Lin Gu degenerated into a massive demonic cave, home to a million demon heads!

"Fellow Daoist Shen, what are you doing?" Ming Yu finally couldn't help but ask.

Shen Mo put down the broken sword in his hand and shared his findings with her.

Upon hearing this, Clam Girl Ming Yu immediately tried to follow his example, inspecting the tattered swords embedded in the mountain.

However, since she had never encountered the Forging Path before, she naturally gained nothing and could only frustratedly return the broken swords to their original positions.

"Even if it were Fellow Daoist Wei and the others, without profound Forging skills, they wouldn't be able to comprehend much," Shen Mo said with a smile upon seeing this.

Any cultivator who reached the Spirit Sea Realm would, more or less, need some exposure to Artifact Refining techniques to refine and nurture their own destined magic artifact.

However, without investing significant effort into study, their Forging attainments mostly remained at the Grade I level; the most proficient might reach Grade II.

Naturally, they could not gain any insight or benefit from these damaged swords.

Ming Yu was even less likely to, as she relied entirely on her innate ability to refine her clam shell, which was part of an entirely different Artifact Refining system.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Mo took out a blank jade slip. Scanning it with his sense, he engraved some basic Forging knowledge onto it and then handed it to Clam Girl Ming Yu.

It was somewhat similar to the "Basic Forging Manual" he had obtained from Guo Zhao, further combined with his own numerous insights into Forging.

If Ming Yu could fully comprehend the contents of this jade slip, reaching Grade I Perfection in Forging would be well within her grasp!

As for whether she could become a Grade II Forgemaster, that would depend on her aptitude and perseverance.

"If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me," Shen Mo said with a smile.

He had already put in considerable effort to persuade this big demon to join him, so this little bit more was nothing.

Ming Yu received the jade slip and began to study it as if she had obtained a priceless treasure.

As a middle-stage Class III big demon, her soul was extremely powerful, and her gnosis was not inferior to that of an ordinary Spirit Sea Realm cultivator. It didn't take her long to memorize all the content within the jade slip.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, why are most magic artifacts made using Qiling Iron as the spiritual material?"

"Metals and iron can be smelted, but how are wood and bone materials processed?"

"And..."

Shen Mo multitasked, examining the broken swords on the mountain while answering Clam Girl Ming Yu's questions.

To his surprise, Ming Yu's aptitude for Forging was quite strong.

Although she still lacked the basics, when she encountered problems, she could extrapolate and delve deeper into the underlying principles.

Time passed bit by bit, and both of their Forging proficiency levels were rapidly improving.

However, Shen Mo soon encountered a problem.

As his understanding of the Foreign Zone's sword-forging techniques grew, these broken magic swords provided him with progressively less experience.

Initially, he would gain ten to twenty experience points, but this later dwindled to five or six, and then merely three or four.

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