Thank you to our new Patrons: Dog Jay, Christopher Gärtner, Jose cabrera atzin, Luke Matthews, allen pellissery and mark74497! Your support means the world to me <3 We are up to Chapter 250: Tang Wulin's Advancement on Patreon!
There's something for free patrons too! Free Patrons receive 1 chapter in advance :)
Patrons, don't forget to vote for the next novel to be released!!!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Xu Yuan's concentration was at its peak.
With a single strike of his hammer, the force penetrated every corner of the sunken silver.
Just one strike, and a large amount of black impurities emerged from the glowing red sunken silver.
Clang!
Another strike.
The sound of the forging hammer colliding with the sunken silver echoed throughout the observatory, lingering with a certain resonance.
Even just the sound gave off a unique sensation.
Around the red-hot sunken silver, gray impurities began to emerge.
Another strike.
Tang Wulin's expression turned serious.
He carefully observed the impurities being expelled from the sunken silver.
Being particularly familiar with sunken silver himself, he could now determine that each strike Xu Yuan made expelled different types of impurities.
Xu Yuan was systematically hammering out the various impurities within the sunken silver.
After nine strikes, no more impurities emerged.
At the same time, the internal structure of the sunken silver had been fully organized by Xu Yuan through those nine strikes.
Suddenly, a beam of light shot up eight feet high.
This was the result of Xu Yuan's forging at his peak condition.
In the past, when he performed fusion forging on two rare metals simultaneously, the light would usually reach six feet.
Now, focusing solely on this piece of sunken silver and adjusting his state, while channeling the vitality-rich star power into the metal, the effect of this forging was astonishing. After successfully achieving Grade-One Thousand Refinements, the light soared to a full eight feet.
The light lingered for a long time.
Xu Yuan swung his forging hammer, delivering another strike to disperse the light.
This strike caused the sunken silver to emit a soft hum.
This hum seemed like a response—clear, crisp, and even carrying a hint of jubilation.
Li Zhilong, well-versed in such matters, felt his expression shift slightly.
This wasn't the rhythm of fusion forging.
Having already achieved Grade-One Thousand Refinements , continuing to forge meant…
Spirit forging!
This kid was attempting spirit forging!
If it was indeed spirit forging, the value would increase significantly.
Li Zhilong took a deep breath, realizing that his students might not be able to compete for it.
He would have to step in personally.
A spirit-forged sunken silver would be crucial for him as he was upgrading his two-word battle armor.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The dull thuds of the forging hammer striking the sunken silver reverberated.
With each powerful strike, the sunken silver responded with a soft hum.
The hum grew clearer, louder, and increasingly joyful, indicating that everything was proceeding smoothly.
Xu Yuan's gaze shifted.
He directed his spiritual power to channel the surrounding star power into the sunken silver before him.
Boom!
One strike landed.
This strike was heavier, deeper.
It wasn't targeting impurities anymore but instead layering force into every level of the sunken silver, as if trying to hammer the vitality-rich star power into the metal itself.
On the surface of the sunken silver, tiny stars began to flicker, showing that Xu Yuan's forging was having a significant effect.
Li Zhilong grew even more excited.
Yes, yes, this was it!
As a graduate of Shrek Academy—though barely—he was still considered a genius in the outside world and had no trouble finding work. The reason he came to the Celestial Star Soul Academy was precisely because of this observatory.
His martial soul was the Celestial Star Chessboard, an attribute tied to the stars.
This piece of sunken silver, imbued with the star power of the observatory, would be perfect for his two-word battle armor!
Xiao Tiantian and the others were unaware that they now had a formidable competitor.
Xu Yuan continued striking, altering the internal structure of the sunken silver.
He was creating life!
Not merely awakening the latent life within the metal but attempting to combine the star power with its inherent vitality to subtly alter the fundamental structure of this piece of sunken silver.
This was also an experiment.
Boom!
The final strike landed.
The sunken silver released a dazzling starlight.
Success!
Xu Yuan smiled.
On the forging platform, the sunken silver transformed into a radiant orb, shimmering with starlight, perfectly smooth and translucent, with star power coursing through it.
Spirit forging!
It was undoubtedly spirit forging.
Li Zhilong stared intently at the piece of sunken silver.
Spirit-forged sunken silver—Xu Yuan was indeed a fifth-level blacksmith, and his spirit forging skills were impressive!
"Spirit forging!" Li Zhilong praised Xu Yuan's technique.
He turned to Xiao Tiantian and the others.
"This sunken silver is spirit-forged, and the quality of the spirit forging is extremely high. Moreover, it isn't simply imbued with the star power of the observatory—it's perfectly fused. Its value rivals that of spirit alloy with spirit forging."
Hearing Director Li's explanation, Xiao Tiantian and the others fell silent.
This was beyond their means.
Even with family support, none of them could afford it.
It wasn't that their families were too poor to purchase a piece of spirit-forged spirit alloy—it was that they couldn't justify the expense at this moment.
True, after acquiring it, they could use it for their two-word battle armor upgrades.
But what about their one-word battle armor?
They hadn't even begun crafting their one-word battle armor—should they prepare resources for a two-word battle armor first?
If their families spent a fortune to acquire this spirit-forged sunken silver for their two-word battle armor, how much more would they spend on their one-word battle armor?
The value of a one-word battle armorer was never low. Even among Xiao Tiantian's group, those with family backing had at most one two-word battle armorer and only one or two one-word armorers in their families.
Xiao Tiantian sighed.
"Director, I won't compete for this piece of sunken silver."
The other members of the team showed reluctance in their eyes but were ultimately powerless.
They truly lacked the funds.
Moreover, while striving to complete their one-word battle armor, spending a large sum to prepare this spirit-forged sunken silver for a two-word battle armor would be unwise.
If it were unexpected wealth, perhaps it would be different.
But using the funds they had earmarked for their one-word battle armor? They couldn't afford it.
Those with potential to become one-word battle armorers might go bankrupt, losing their chance to become battle armorers altogether.
Li Zhilong nodded.
He hadn't deceived the children.
"Junior Xu Yuan, this piece of sunken silver is of immense value. My students can't afford it—may I make an offer to purchase it?"
"Of course," Xu Yuan said without hesitation.
Compared to this piece of spirit-forged sunken silver, he cared more about the gains from this forging experience.
As for the sunken silver?
Take it.
He'd have plenty of opportunities to forge more in the future.
With the transaction settled, Tang Wulin began his forging.
He used Xu Yuan's forging hammer and platform.
Though he didn't fully master the permeation properties, he could at least use them at a basic level, making his forging more effective than with an ordinary hammer.
Tang Wulin once again allowed the Celestial Star team to witness the process of spirit forging.
Unlike Xu Yuan's approach, Tang Wulin's spirit forging relied purely on nurturing the metal with his blood qi.
His blood qi was extraordinarily strong—fundamentally so—and the Golden Dragon King bloodline within it held an indescribable allure for the latent life within the metal.
Tang Wulin's forging process involved infusing his own blood qi into the metal.
This was different from Xu Yuan's method. Xu Yuan hammered external star power into the sunken silver, while Tang Wulin infused his own blood qi.
"Another piece of spirit-forged sunken silver!"
Li Zhilong was deeply shaken.
He didn't propose a trade this time.
He had been completely drained.
------------------------------------------------------
Support my writing journey: patreon.com/EphemeralShadow
40+ Chapters Ahead Guaranteed.