The rotation period is approag, and a series of major events will occur in the six months.

  The appearance of adveeams and the invasion of the Bck Mountain tribe's army.

  To ge the worst oute, preparations must be made early.

  Then Li Meng led Bai Ling into the Iron Cave.

  As soon as they ehe cave, a scorg heat wave rolled in.

  It felt like being inside an oven, making it unbearably hot.

  The cave was bustling with noise.

  The g of metal echoed throughout.

  Apanied by the loud cries of goblins.

  Looking towards the underground riverbank, the cave was as bright as day.

  Dozens of bst furnaces, about five meters high, stood on the riverbank.

  Behind the bst furnaces were tless bonfires.

  Closest to the river were groups of goblins f iron.

  They swung their hammers vigorously on the anvils.

  Each hammer strike sent a shower of sparks flying.

  Deeper in the cave, faint "thud thud" sounds could be heard.

  A rge number of male lizardmen could be seen carrying iron ore in bamboo baskets.

  On the shallow banks of the river, some male lizardmen were bathing.

  The high temperature ihe cave made the skin of the male lizardmen proo crag.

  They o bathe frequently to rehydrate and alleviate this process.

  "Boss, boss, why are you here again?"

  As soon as they ehe cave, Gobu Ge, who had received the news, came running over.

  "What, 't I e?"

  Li Meng gred at Gobu Ge.

  Gobu Ge shrank his ned smiled obsequiously.

  "The boss e whenever he wants."

  "Enough nonsense, prepare a bst furnae, I want to smelt iron!"

  Gobu Ge nodded vigorously.

  Then turned around to lead the way.

  "Boss, boss, this way, this way!"

  Following Gobu Ge, Li Meng and Bai Liured deeper into the cave.

  Finally, they stopped in front of a bst furnace.

  "Boss, here it is!"

  Li Meng took the apron made of animal skin from Gobu Ge and put it on.

  The apron could effectively block the spttering molten iron.

  And also shield against flying sparks while f.

  "Bai Ling, go stay in the river!"

  Bai Ling couldn't withstand the high temperature he bst furnace.

  She would faint in at most two hours.

  Bai Ling silently walked forward and stepped into the cold river water.

  The down in the shallow water about a meter deep.

  Her head just above the water, watg the Big Goblin on the riverbank.

  At this time, more than a dozen goblins rao assist Li Meng.

  In the following time, Li Meng busied himself around the bst furnace.

  Until the afternoon of the day, with a furnaolten iron ready, Li Meered the bcksmithing mode.

  By the water's edge, Li Meng held a massive hammer in one hand.

  Furiously hammering a long on on the anvil.

  Sometimes queng, sometimes tempering, sometimes hammering.

  Each hammer strike echoed with a crisp metallic sound in the cave.

  The sound was the loudest, drowning out all other noises.

  As the saying goes, "steel is fed through a hundred refis," to get good steel, it must be hammered a thousand times.

  "Is it smelting iron?"

  Bai Ling had been the goblin on the bank from the river.

  Since arriving at the Iron Cave yesterday, it hadn't paid attention to her.

  Bai Ling was ner to the Iron Cave.

  She had been here hundreds of times.

  Although she could never get close to these furnaces.

  But from a distance, she knew what the goblins were doing.

  The s lizardmen, though barbarians, did not harbor animosity towards humans.

  Bai Ling had also unicated with human adventurers.

  She was not unfamiliar with iron tools.

  Ohird day, the loudest metalliging in the cave finally ceased.

  "Bai Ling, what do you think of this on?"

  The call from the master on the shore made Bai Ling step out of the water.

  She came ashore and stood before her master.

  Looking at the long-handled on in her master's hand, Bai Ling's pupils tracted.

  "Master, this on... is so mighty!"

  The on in the master's hand had a long handle and bde, almost as tall as the master.

  The on was iron-gray all over, with a very smooth surface.

  The sharpened bde gleamed fiercely in the firelight.

  Holding this on, the master's aura seemed to grow stronger.

  "This is a Mo Dao!"

  Li Meng wielded the Mo Dao with both hands, swinging it a few times.

  In a fsh, he charged towards a giant ro the riverbank not far away.

  "Ssh!"

  The distance of over twenty meters was covered in an instant.

  Li Meng wielded the Mo Dao with both hands, letting out a powerful shout.

  A standard waist-to-shoulder downward ssh.

  "Boom!"

  A thunderous crash was heard.

  The Mo Dao sliced through the nearly two-meter-high boulder like cutting through tofu.

  The massive impact shattered the boulder into pieces.

  The otion startled the surrounding goblins.

  This se left Bai Ling utterly astonished.

  What a sharp on!

  It actually sliced such a rge rock.

  Satisfied with his strike, Li Meng nodded approvingly.

  He picked up the Mo Dao again to ihe bde.

  Upon seeing it, a trace of disappoi fshed in Li Meng's eyes.

  The bde showed no chips, but it was slightly twisted.

  His strength was simply too great, exceeding what the Mo Dao could withstand.

  The phenomenon of cold oi was unavoidable.

  Shaking his head, Li Meng discarded the Mo Dao.

  "Bai Ling, go back to the water."

  Bai Ling looked at her master, then at the Mo Dao discarded on the ground.

  She silently turned auro the water.

  On the riverbank, Li Meng began tinkering with the bst furnace again.

  The m, another furnaolten iron was ready.

  On the riverbank, Li Meng began swinging the rge hammer again.

  With each swing, sweat flew off his body.

  The scorg heat made Li Meng srofusely.

  In the cold underground river, a fsh of white passed by.

  Moments ter, spshes erupted on the river's surface.

  Bai Ling emerged from the water.

  She held a Bck Rock Fish frozen into an ice block.

  Bai Ling dragged the Bck Rock Fish back to the shallows.

  Sitting ier, she quietly watched the Big Goblin f on the bank.

  Over the past few days, Bai Ling had e to uand.

  The reason her master brought her was both a deterrent and a warning.

  It was to show her that the goblins with iroing teology were not something the s lizardmen could challenge.

  Time passed bit by bit.

  The daily life of the Iron Cave did not ge with Li Meng's arrival.

  The day, iernoon.

  "It's done!"

  On the underground riverbank, Li Meng held a rge iron rod and p in the ground.

  The iron rod was about 2.5 meters long and 5 timeters in diameter.

  For Li Meng now, the iron rod was a bit long and a bit thick.

  But once Li Meng evolved into a Goblin Soldier.

  The iron rod would be very handy.

  Looking at the rge iron rod in his hand, Li Meng nodded with satisfa.

  This was the on he fed for himself.

  pared to those bded ons, Li Me blunt ons suited him better.

  inally, Li Meng wae a long-handled mace.

  But after careful sideration, he decided against it.

  The uneve of a mace made it unsuitable for close bat.

  When fighting strong oppos, every move must be fast, accurate, and ruthless.

  Any slight mistake could bee a fatal weakness.

  Against weaker foes, any on would suffice.

  Even without a on, he could kill enemies with his fists.

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