Chapter 743

It was already dark out at the boiler plant in the western suburbs. Soren put down his equipment and took a puff of his cigarette. Massaging his sore back, he hauled himself to his feet and stared at the Golden Needles and the Golden Saber in front of him. He was going to perform the final step in the forging process—blood tempering. Only blood from a Morris family descent could be used, and this remained a secret technique known to very few swordsmiths. This was also why the Morris family had given up making a living through sword-making. Crafting a single weapon wouldn't be a problem, but if someone were to force them to forge ten or even a hundred weapons, the blood required would be unimaginable. In fact, Soren refused to have children because of this. If his identity was ever exposed, his child would suffer along with him. It would be better to avoid that fate altogether. The blood tempering process involved heating the Golden Saber and Golden Needles in the furnace unti