Chapter 16 Gift (Part 1)

There is a special cabin in the courtyard, which was the forging room specially prepared by the old housekeeper for Qian Chaoguang, so that he could use forging to temper his body at home.

Since the past two years, Huo Yutong has also taken time out of his daily life to learn some forging techniques from him. While exercising, he can also lay some foundation for becoming a soul master in the future.

Now, Huo Yutong was uncharacteristically not practicing at home, but went out right after lunch.

Qian Chaoguang was sweating profusely in the forging room with his muscular upper body naked.

The improvement of his cultivation promoted the early development of his body, which made his figure look nothing like that of a ten-year-old boy.

clang!

clang!

clang!

The two black forging hammers collided with the red metal, creating a crisp and rhythmic forging sound.

Blacksmithing is a craft that requires brainpower, and is not just as simple as mechanical casting ten thousand years ago.

Qian Chaoguang's two forging teachers once told him to feel the unique structure of each material and choose the corresponding forging method according to local conditions.

Only by being able to judge the current texture characteristics of metal during knocking and change your forging method at any time can you become a qualified blacksmith.

Originally, Qian Chaoguang didn't have much understanding of this.

After all, the worldview formed over more than 20 years is not easy to change. His understanding of metal is still just a piece of metal material, and he cannot understand the subtle details.

Therefore, in addition to the improvement of his memory, his exploration of spiritual forging methods has also stalled.

It wasn't until he started practicing the Art of Connecting Souls, and as his mental power improved, that he gradually figured out a way to sense metal.

When he first sensed the inside of a rare metal, the worldview he had formed over the past twenty years collapsed.

He even began to wonder whether the two highly similar worlds, Blue Star and Douluo Continent, might have huge errors in their physical rules due to elements and soul power.

With such a mood, he put aside his blind confidence as a time traveler, and for the first time got to know, read, and understand this strange world from a new perspective.

It was from that moment that he truly figured out the prototype of Baidu.

After a full twenty minutes of pounding like a storm, the piece of tungsten steel on the forging furnace had turned into a fine metal billet.

Weighing it according to the measurement standards of later generations, this piece of tungsten steel can definitely be regarded as the top grade of Hundred Forgings.

If you sell it to a blacksmith or some low-level soul masters, you can easily exchange it for a lot of gold soul coins.

"It seems... there's something missing."

Qian Chaoguang put down the forging hammer and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, activating the light of extreme ice and lowering the temperature in the forging room.

Next to the forging furnace, there are nine identical tungsten steel ingots.

This was the material ordered from him by the blacksmith shop.

After the death of the old butler, he did not intend to sit back and earn some income by accepting some forging orders from time to time.

The most basic Hundred Exercises, he had successfully completed within a month of practicing the Divine Art.

This technology has already taken shape in this era, but it has always been so short of finishing.

The incompetent blacksmiths groped to the edge, while the capable soul masters paid more attention to the inscription of the core formation, discarding it like worn out shoes.

As a result, this technology was not discovered until thousands of years later.

Now, Qian Chaoguang has mastered this technology in advance.

Using forging to optimize the arrangement of certain textures without destroying the internal structure of the metal, thereby enhancing the strength of the metal itself, is the secret of Baidu Forging.

A hundred forgings are easy, but if you want to truly enter the field of spiritual forging, a thousand forgings is the starting point.

Only by successfully completing a Thousand Forgings can Qian Chaoguang truly break away from the category of ordinary blacksmiths.

It is really difficult to infer this technology through just a few words of description in the original work.

Jingle Bell.

While Qian Chaoguang was feeling regretful, the bell hanging on the door rang.

A little head poked its head in.

"Brother, are you busy?"

"nothing?"

Huo Yutong dodged into the forging room, holding a piece of rare metal the size of a human head in his hand.

"Hey, today is your birthday, I want to give you a gift."

"Is this green gold iron?"

After working in the blacksmith trade for so long, Qian Chaoguang could see the essence of the metal in Huo Yutong's hands at a glance.

This thing is considered a good one among rare metals.

A piece of green gold iron of this size must be worth at least dozens or even nearly a hundred gold soul coins.

Except for giving Huo Yutong some money as pocket money every week, the rest of the family's money is in his own hands.

It is self-evident how she came to buy rare metals.

I don’t know how long this little girl has been saving.

Qian Chaoguang sighed helplessly.

"You went out secretly to do underworld work again, right? How many times have I told you that it's very dangerous for you to do this."

"Hey hey hey hey, isn't this your birthday?"

Huo Yutong held the piece of green gold iron and giggled, but did not answer the key point.

Qian Chaoguang has always strictly prohibited her from going out to do things by herself.

She is too young now, and she has been growing up in the White Tiger Duke's palace and has not been exposed to society. Qian Chaoguang is worried that she will be deceived and abducted, and she is also worried that she will be targeted by the evil soul master.

A girl with a spiritual martial spirit who is young, has low cultivation, and has no backstage. This is simply the perfect material in the eyes of the evil spirit master.

but.

Facing Huo Yutong, who had been with him for so long, how could he really be so cruel as to reprimand her?

Qian Chaoguang took the green gold iron from her hand and touched her head lovingly.

"It's just this once, it won't happen again."

"Hey, brother is the best! Then I'll cook a big meal for him!"

Huo Yutong left a word and disappeared in a flash.

"This girl is really..."

Qian Chaoguang shook his head and held the piece of green gold iron in his hand.

Feeling the faint body temperature left by Huo Yutong on it, something seemed to be touched in his body.

or

try again?

As soon as it arose, this idea grew like a weed in Qian Chaoguang's heart, and it was difficult to suppress it.

He skillfully raised the fire and placed the lapis lazuli iron on the spout.

After a few minutes, the surface of the originally light green lapis lazuli iron was burned into a light blue, which proved that it had reached the appropriate temperature and could be forged.

Qian Chaoguang placed it on the iron felt and fixed it, adjusted the nozzle, held his breath and concentrated, and gently waved the forging hammer in his hand.

Ding.

The hammer and metal touched, making a pleasant groan.

Ding.

Ding.

Ding.

The strange melody sounded again, and the process of Hundred Refinements was proceeding rapidly.

This time, Qian Chaoguang seemed to have entered some strange state. The hammer and the metal formed a unique resonance, as if the forged green gold iron had come alive and was communicating with him.

Gradually, the green gold iron began to become smaller, and the purification effect of the Hundred Forgings was gradually revealed.

Qian Chaoguang himself didn't know how many times he struck.

The sound of hammering seemed to have disappeared. In front of his eyes, the green gold iron seemed to be emitting a faint light.

Every time it is beaten, it will take a breath, gradually becoming one with Qian Chaoguang's breath.

His eyes became brighter and brighter, and his forging speed became faster and faster. All the strength in his body seemed to be concentrated in the pair of forging hammers.

The power of Qi and blood was fully mobilized, gradually rising on the body surface with each hammer blow.

It is a feeling that cannot be described in words and can only be felt by those who have truly experienced it.

Now, Qian Chaoguang has only one thought in his mind.

There is a way!