Shi Feng immediately used the communication crystal to contact Celuola.
"Hello, Miss Celuola. It's Ye Feng. I have a favor to ask — I hope you have some time?" Shi Feng asked carefully.
After all, his current standing was far below Celuola's. Even though they had a good relationship, basic courtesy was essential when asking her for help.
"Oh, it's you. I'm extremely busy right now, so whatever it is, make it quick." Celuola didn't refuse outright, but she didn't sound particularly interested either.
For Celuola, nothing was more important than collecting epic-grade forging materials. If she hadn't owed Shi Feng a favor, she probably would have turned him down on the spot.
But Shi Feng knew this well — he understood Celuola's personality thoroughly. She was completely devoted to forging and couldn't care less about anything else. Perhaps that was exactly why she had become a Grandmaster Blacksmith at such a young age. He smiled and said, "I have the blueprint for an epic-grade set."
"What? An epic-grade set?!" Celuola's eyes lit up instantly. "Why didn't you say so earlier? Meet me at my forge right away!"
Hearing the urgency in her voice, Shi Feng shook his head with a laugh.
For NPCs, epic-grade forging blueprints were exceedingly rare — let alone epic-grade set blueprints. Countless Blacksmiths dreamed their entire lives of crafting a single set of epic-grade equipment.
And for players, epic-grade forging blueprints were even harder to obtain. Even in his previous life, the Shadow Guild had managed to acquire only a handful, let alone a set blueprint. Shi Feng had only heard about them in passing and had never actually seen one.
In the Divine Realm, set equipment was half a tier stronger than regular equipment of the same level. That meant an epic-grade set's quality fell somewhere between epic-grade and fragments of legendary items. For players who couldn't get their hands on legendary-grade item fragments, epic-grade sets were the ultimate endgame gear.
Getting one in this life was nothing short of extraordinary luck.
After about half an hour, Shi Feng took a carriage to Celuola's forge. The workshop's doors were still tightly shut, looking nothing like a place that was open for business.
Shi Feng walked over and knocked. The wooden door slowly creaked open, and a wave of scorching heat rushed out from inside.
Celuola stepped out, grabbed Shi Feng by the arm, and pulled him straight in.
After some time apart, Celuola was still dressed in a black leather outfit. Below a deep V-neckline lay a stretch of snow-white skin, and beneath those tight black leather pants were a pair of long, slender legs. Her entire being radiated a captivating charm that made it impossible not to steal glances.
"Hurry, let me see it!~~"
Celuola dragged Shi Feng to the stone table, her body nearly pressing against his. Her eyes sparkled with excitement, completely oblivious to just how devastating her accidental proximity was...
Although Shi Feng had long grown accustomed to this in his previous life, his heart still stirred with restless warmth every time they met.
"Here it is." After composing himself, Shi Feng pulled the Severed Steel blueprint from his backpack.
The Severed Steel Set — an epic-grade, one-of-a-kind blueprint. Six pieces: Severed Steel Gauntlets, Severed Steel Chestplate, Severed Steel Helmet, Severed Steel Legguards, Severed Steel Boots, and Severed Steel Bracers. Class requirement: Blade Saint. Equipment requirements: 1000 Strength, 1200 Agility, and 350 points in Sword Mastery.
Shi Feng had originally assumed this was something he could equip right away, but 1000 Strength and 1200 Agility were far beyond what a level 20 or 30 player could achieve. You'd need to be at least level 50.