Night of the Broken Gliph

Chui Yim didn’t spare Siu Suet a glance as he watched Chau Ling with his arms folded. Thrown off by Chui Yim’s speed, Chau Ling gritted his teeth and sneered. “Speed doesn’t mean anything.” With that, he tightened the last wind chime, completing his bow!

Now, it was time for him to carve a gliph. Chau Ling smacked the jade hanging on his waist as a sword appeared. Chui Yim immediately identified it as a grade-three weapon. The sword tip danced against the newly forged bow, leaving several patterns. Within no time, a gliph weapon was born!

Chau Ling kept his sword and passed the bow to Siu Suet. “Please give it a try, Miss Siu.”

Siu Suet observed the beautiful jade-coloured bow that lit up regularly as if it was breathing. This bow was different from the odd bow she was still holding. Slowly, Siu Suet placed the odd bow aside to try the new beautiful bow, but Siu Suet felt like she had lost a piece of herself.

The instant she grabbed the bow Chau Ling crafted, Siu Suet felt its wind-attributed energliph. But that was all.

She forced herself to focus and shoot an arrow. But unlike the odd-looking bow, the gliph carved on the bow lit up, and a powerful wind-attributed energliph surrounded the bow instantly. Siu Suet instantly felt a huge suction force absorbing her energliph!

Whoosh! A tornado larger than the one she shot out previously formed! It smashed against the puppet as dust flew all over the place. Chau Ling had a pleased expression. “I name this bow the Galewield. The gliphs Gale Divestor and Air Rending have been engraved on it to absorb all the surrounding wind-attributed energliph and increase the might of Miss Siu’s gliphility accordingly!”

Suddenly, Chui Yim burst out laughing. “What are you laughing at, kid!?” Chau Ling glared at him angrily only to see the teen point towards Siu Suet. When Chau Ling looked over, he realised that Siu Suet was holding on to Chui Yim’s odd bow while his was left on the ground.

She looked at Chau Ling apologetically, but her grip on the odd bow was so tight it seemed like she was ready to fight anybody who wanted to take it from her. “Stupid girl! Don’t you know what a real gliph weapon is?!”

“Old man! Do YOU know what a gliph weapon is!?” Chui Yim shook his head as he shouted at Chau Ling, who was stunned upon being shouted at.

“Tailor-made weapons aren’t as simple as you think; the gliph weapons you made only increase her gliphility’s strength and nothing more. You overlooked the Gale Divestor that you carved; not only will it absorb the surrounding wind-attributed energliph, but it also steals her energliph as its name suggests! It actually hurts her comprehensive strength to increase a single gliphitliy’s power. How can you call this a customised gliph weapon when you made it single-mindedly? You barely considered her actual needs!”

Clap

Suddenly, everyone was surprised by a clap. A figure walked out from behind them, shocking everybody except Chui Yim. “So you only show up after such a long time?”

“Boy…” The man chuckled helplessly and walked out. He wore simple farming clothes with a straw hat hanging behind him and looked no different from a local farmer.

“Master, what brings you here?” Chau Ling bowed the instant he saw him. On the other hand, Siu Suet and Chau Cheung were shocked to hear Chau Ling address his “Master.” Trembling, they spoke. 

“Choh…”

“I am Choh Hang Sang.” The man laughed gently. Be it Chau Cheung or Siu Suet, neither of them had expected the mysterious grandmaster Choh to be such a benign man. The grandmaster barely greeted them before turning back towards Chui Yim. “Our little friend here is indeed a great blacksmith. May I know who your master is?”

However, Chui Yim only rolled his eyes at him. Chui Yim had no idea what happened to his forging master, and he probably wouldn’t have the chance to see him again now that he had reincarnated into another world. The thought of this put sadness into his eyes.

“I apologise for my insensitivity. I’m sure he’s a true master after seeing how his disciple’s skill.” Choh Hang Sang saw the sadness in Chui Yim’s eyes and assumed that Chui Yim’s master had passed on. He then turned to Chau Ling when he realised Chui Yim was lost in his thoughts. “Stop making a fuss, my idiot disciple. You lost, no questions about it.

“Our little friend here is right. You never actually paid attention to this girl’s true needs. You only considered her gliph and gliphility while our little friend here carefully observed her details like her palm and finger size. Thus, his bow fits her perfectly. If I’m right, our little friend used breeze spirit iron as his main ingredient, sprinkling Clandestine Silver on the weapon when he almost finished. Breeze spirit iron is a gliphic plant found on Southern mountain peaks. Under the surrounding windy environment, it has great compatibility with wind-attributed energy.

“Next, he chose the Light Wind gliph, to my surprise! And I can’t even identify the next gliph. Could you please resolve my confusion?” Choh Hang Sang looked at Chui Yim with a sense of curiosity.

 However, his words greatly surprised Chau Cheung. Even grandmaster Choh is unable to identify the gliph? While Siu Suet stared at Chui Yim’s bow with great interest. She was still holding onto it tightly.

“It’s the Gale Stride gliph. To be exact, I only used a part of it to help the bow resonate with wind-attributed energy.” Chui Yim spoke calmly.

“No wonder it’s so compatible with the girl; they originate from the same gliph! Even the simple-looking Light Wind gliph can boost the girl’s attack speed due to their high compatibility. With part of Gale Stride gliph, breeze spirit iron and Light Wind gliph, these three simple items create a perfect combination! This…is a peak grade two gliph weapon!” Choh Hang Sang gasped. 

The fact that Chui Yim was able to form a new gliph with a part of a gliph he saw for the first time was able to prove his gliphism proficiency. Moreover, his idea to create such a combination showed his intelligence and forging skill, especially as fire-forging was known to be harder to master than grass-refining.

At Choh Hang Sang’s state, he not only had to care about the gliph weapon’s strength but also the blacksmith’s ideation and thought process. The teen before him was definitely a great master and not a simple one. The fact that he could forge such a weapon meant that he was almost a grandmaster!

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