Su Ming stopped the forging hammer in his hand.
He looked at the iron block in front of him that he had hammered to the limit, and fell into deep thought.
On the side, Duan Jin stared at Su Ming as if he was looking at a rare treasure, and then looked at the iron block that Su Ming forged.
He looked at Su Ming in deep thought, thinking that Su Ming was in a very good state just now, and now he was digesting his progress just now.
In fact, Su Ming was in doubt.
"Just now, there was absolutely no problem with my state. I was knocking on the metal window and communicating with the metal according to the forging method of the blacksmith, but the metal did not have that spirituality."
The forging principle of the Dou San period - metal has spirit, now in Dou Yi directly does not apply!
This is not good news.
If this speculation is true, it means that Su Ming of Dou Yi will lose the possibility of becoming a blacksmith and mastering the later forging techniques such as spirit forging, soul forging, and even heaven forging in advance in this era.
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Without the possibility of becoming a blacksmith, he would no longer be qualified to continue on the path of a battle armor master.
Su Ming took a deep breath and calmed himself.
"Maybe this piece of iron is just ordinary iron, not a rare metal, so it has no spirituality."
He also stopped being depressed. In fact, even if he couldn't become a battle armor master, it wouldn't affect him much. He could still be invincible in the same level in the Dou Yi era. This was the confidence of his original martial spirit.
But in this way, the pressure on his other two clones would be greater. The three secondary professions would not be borne by three clones at the same time, but by two.
After all, if the battle armor could not improve Su Ming in the Dou Yi era, then it would be a loss for him to delve into any of the secondary professions. In such an era when it is easiest to become a god, wasting energy on a loss-making business would only result in greater invisible losses.
"It is not completely certain that there is no way to spiritual forging in this era. I still have to remain optimistic."
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While Su Ming was struggling internally, Duan Jin had already picked up the piece of fine iron he had forged and began to examine it.
"It's so perfect, this piece of iron feels like it's about to transform at any time." He murmured, "If it's the legendary divine iron as an embryo, it's estimated that it can further transform and give birth to spirituality."
Su Ming woke up and heard Duan Jin's whisper.
A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
Just now he was still doubting that spiritual forging was not possible in this era, and Duan Jin gave him the answer.
So, is there already a saying of spiritual forging in this era?
Duan Jin can say that metals give birth to spirituality, and it is obvious that the Blacksmith Association has records of this.
"Brother Duan, what do you mean by giving birth to spirituality just now? Can metals also have wisdom?"
Duan Jin didn't expect Su Ming to focus on his words after waking up.
He smiled and explained to Su Ming, "It doesn't mean that the birth of spirituality means wisdom, but the metal will be more energetic, and at the same time it can be regarded as having the premise of becoming a real life and giving birth to wisdom."
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He said, "In our Douluo Continent, everything can become a soul beast. There are animal soul beasts, plant soul beasts, and many strange lives that have turned into soul beasts. The Blacksmith Association has recorded the works of some famous master craftsmen in history. Their famous works are all spiritual, and they do have the possibility of becoming soul beasts."
Indeed!
Su Ming caught Duan Jin's words.
In other words, the Blacksmith Association has a case of metals that have been tested over time and turned into soul beasts from metals that originally only had basic spirituality!
"Metals can also become soul beasts..." Su Ming muttered to himself.
He did not talk to himself in his heart, but spoke out, and also wanted Duan Jin to explain further.
"Yes, metals can also have life, and this is also the lifelong pursuit of us blacksmiths. As long as we can forge spiritual metals, we can become master craftsmen!"
"Become a well-deserved god in the entire blacksmith field!"
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Su Ming took a deep breath.
"So, this is the criterion for being a master craftsman."
"That's right!" Duan Jin said, "This is no secret in the Blacksmith Association. If you want to become a master craftsman, you have to forge a spiritual work."
There are three great master craftsmen in this era, which means there are three people who have achieved this feat.
But there are only three of them.
Su Ming was excited, but also felt heavy in his heart.
He could feel that there were definitely many restrictions on forging spiritual metals in this era.
"Alas, it's a pity that it's not that easy to make real spiritual metals. The right time, right place, and right people are all essential. Not only do you need the right special metal, but you also need an environment that matches the metal, plus the forging skills of a truly top-notch blacksmith."
Su Ming asked, "Are these special metals rare?"
"More than rare." Duan Jin shook his head and said, "Gengxin City gathers most of the precious metals on the continent, but special metals that have the potential to give birth to spirits may not be found every ten years. This kind of special metal itself belongs to divine iron, and the difficulty of forging it is exponentially higher than that of ordinary iron. Take your situation for example, you forged this piece of ordinary iron to the threshold of giving birth to spirituality, but with your level, you may not be able to forge those special metals even after a hundred forgings."
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Su Ming talked with Duan Jin for a long time again, and learned about the current state of the blacksmith industry.
Finally, he remembered what Duan Jin had just said about metal turning into soul beasts, and asked, "Brother Duan, does the Blacksmith Association really have metal that turns into soul beasts?"
That should be considered as heavenly forging, right?
Although it depends on time to complete, in theory, it has completed the steps of soul forging and heavenly forging after spiritual forging.
"Yes, all the blacksmiths in Gengxin City know that the pinnacle work of the first god craftsman in the field of blacksmithing a thousand years ago turned into a soul beast after five hundred years."
A work from a thousand years ago?
Turned into a soul beast in five hundred years?
This time is not too long -
if spiritual metals can be forged in batches, wouldn't it be possible to harvest a batch of heavenly forged metals in five hundred years? The soul beasts transformed from metals were naturally considered by Su Ming to be heavenly forged metals.
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"Over the past thousand years, generations of master craftsmen have worked hard, but only this piece of metal has been transformed into a soul beast."
Well, after hearing Duan Jin's words, Su Ming felt that this metal soul beast should be quite special.
"Is this soul beast still in the Blacksmith Association?"
Duan Jin said regretfully: "No, the soul beast was killed more than a hundred years ago and became that person's soul ring."
Su Ming also showed a regretful expression.
After sighing, Duan Jin also remembered the business.
"My father said you want the first soul ring of a hundred years?"
Su Ming nodded.
"No problem, but you have to go to Gengxin City with me, and I will help you find a teacher."
"Okay!"
After learning about the existence of special metals, Su Ming no longer doubted whether spiritual forging could be done in this era.
Spiritual forging is definitely possible, but there is only a shortage of materials.
"Have you decided what type of soul ring you want?" Duan Jin asked.