vncnus Chapter 41 Forging
Chapter 41 Forging
After finishing her studies with Linghu for the day, Gu Tong hurriedly said goodbye to Huo Yuhao and ran quickly towards Jiang Yixi's residence.
At this moment, he had a vaguely different understanding of his own martial soul's talent in the field of soul guidance.
As Soul Masters with a spiritual attribute, Gu Tong and Huo Yuhao indeed possess advantages in the field of Soul Guidance that are difficult for ordinary people to match.
They can use their mental power, especially their own eye-based martial soul, to observe the subtle changes in the soul power circulation.
However, Gu Tong believes that when it comes to the precision and flexibility in the actual carving of the core magic array, Jiang Yixi, whose martial soul is two hands and whose mind is more meticulous, is probably superior.
As for Wang Yanfeng, that reckless brute...
Huo Yuhao and Gu Tong both agreed that it would be better to let him be the host of the soul tool.
"Senior Brother Gu and I can 'see' how the most intricate soul power circuits should be carved."
Huo Yuhao stroked the carving knife that the Heavenly Soul Royal Family had specially purchased for him, and the image of Jiang Yixi's nimble hands appeared in his mind.
There was a reason why Xue Hengfeng Jiang Yixi was appointed as the captain of the Star-Binding Knights.
Unlike Wang Yanfeng, who treats both hands as fists and palms, this development path emphasizes strength.
Jiang Yixi focused her attention on her fingers when using her martial spirit, emphasizing the combination of skill and control.
"But in terms of carving, I'm afraid Senior Sister Jiang is more talented."
The spirit fox stood in front of the experimental table, carefully observing the soul tool that Huo Yuhao had carved.
"Unbelievable," he murmured to himself.
In front of him were three soul tools made by Huo Yuhao, neatly arranged.
The lowest level is the lighting device used by the spirit fox as a teaching tool, while the highest level is actually the soul guide ray in the level two soul guide device.
"To go from zero to a level two Soul Master in just one day, what kind of talent is that?"
Huo Yuhao simply smiled modestly at Linghu's praise, offering no further explanation.
In the Tianxuan Continent, he witnessed Master Cheng upgrading the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd for the Martial Ancestor, saw the Martial Ancestor strengthening the Blood Spirit Puppet, and even saw how the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox repaired and devoured the Heavenly Corpse.
It can be said that even a ninth-level Soul Master would find it difficult to catch up with Huo Yuhao's knowledge of weapon crafting.
Not to mention that Huo Yuhao had the guidance of the spirit fox and Ilex at all times when he was making the soul tool.
If this still doesn't allow him to quickly master the crafting techniques of soul tools, Huo Yuhao feels he might as well go to Haotian Fortress and have them use the Haotian Hammer after the rings have exploded to give him a good whack on the head.
"Wait, something's not right."
Thinking of Haotian Fortress, a thought suddenly flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind: "Haotian Hammer, forge..."
He asked the Spirit Fox, "Mr. Spirit Fox, do you think there's some commonality between the tempering process in soul tool manufacturing and forging?"
The fox spirit was taken aback: "Forging? Blacksmithing skills?"
"Yes, a blacksmith."
Huo Yuhao nodded: "I read in the book 'History of the Heaven Dou Empire' that ten thousand years ago, there was a level of master blacksmiths who could turn the rotten into the miraculous and forge ordinary iron into divine weapons."
"So I wonder, if we could combine a blacksmith's forging skills with the metal tempering process for soul tools, could we forge even more magical metals to improve the quality of soul tools?"
"Or perhaps we could simply create a soul tool with entirely new functions?"
"For example, in the initial material processing stage, we forge the metal hundreds or thousands of times, and even emulate the master craftsman Lou Gao by using blood to imbue the metal with spirit, so that..."
Huo Yuhao paused, thinking of the spiritual treasures with sentience in the Tianxuan Continent.
"Could this create a soul tool that possesses sentience and can grow alongside its master?"
"Even if not, ten thousand years ago, the Tang Clan could forge the Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus and the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles with the help of blacksmiths. There's no reason why a more advanced soul tool can't raise its own ceiling through forging techniques."
"If this path can be followed, I believe it is the path that allows Tianhun to overtake others and even leave the sun and moon far behind."
His soul slammed its fist on the table and rose up abruptly.
"A genius idea!"
His voice was filled with barely concealed excitement: "Young Master, you truly are a prodigy!"
The fox paced back and forth, its body trembling incessantly.
He mentally considered the possibilities of Huo Yuhao's proposal.
"The fusion of forging techniques and soul tools..."
"If we can achieve a breakthrough at the very source of materials... then even if some rare metals are monopolized by the Sun Moon Empire, we can still achieve entirely new creations!"
"Furthermore, due to the properties of this new metal, the Sun Moon Empire couldn't predict the effects of our soul tools! Nor could they replicate our path! Because they simply didn't know that we had revolutionized the very essence of metal!"
His eyes gleamed with fanaticism: "If a physical martial soul can undergo a second awakening, then this is undoubtedly a second awakening of a soul tool!"
But soon, the fox spirit's expression turned troubled.
"Young Master, since the rise of soul tools, traditional forging techniques have declined."
"Even the Tang Clan, which represents the pinnacle of forging skills, was wiped out."
"Now that the Tang Clan is in decline and Haotian Fortress has gone into seclusion, how are we supposed to cultivate master craftsmen?"
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment and said, "I will be going to Tiandou City in a few days. I will meet with His Majesty and ask him to search for Haotian Fortress and see if we can obtain their insights on forging."
"If not, then we can only blame Haotianbao and their ally Tang Clan for being left behind by the tides of the times."
"At the same time, I will also visit the former site of the Tang Clan. Perhaps I can find some traces of forging techniques there."
Speaking of the Tang Clan, Huo Yuhao thought of Tang Ya and Bei Bei, whom he met in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Since the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy have a long-standing partnership, are there any descriptions of forging in Shrek Academy's historical records?
Since the rise of Soul Masters, blacksmiths have been relegated to the lowest of the low.
Huo Yuhao believed that those basic forging techniques would certainly not be treasured by Shrek Academy as core documents.
Perhaps Long Aotian will gain a lot by going to Shrek Academy as an exchange student.
"Furthermore," Huo Yuhao reassured Linghu, "Mr. Linghu, don't forget my spirit detection soul skill."
Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Linghu's eyes lit up: "Young Master means..."
Huo Yuhao nodded: "My mental detection can observe subtle changes inside the metal. Coupled with the Unity of Heaven and Man realm of the Body Sect, perhaps we don't need a divine craftsman in the traditional sense."
The techniques of those weapon-forging masters on the Tianxuan Continent flashed through his mind: "Mental power is the hammer, soul power is the fire, or mental power is the fire, soul power is the hammer. We can use this method to forge."
The fox spirit couldn't help but gasp.
He suddenly felt that perhaps the Body Sect was the truly suitable place for the development of soul tools.
Just then, Gu Tong, who had gone to find Jiang Yixi, brought the former here.
"Senior Brother Gu," Huo Yuhao turned around and said, "I'd like to trouble you to go find Senior Brother Wang again."
"Wang Yanfeng? Why are you looking for him?"
Gu Tong was puzzled: "With his reckless nature, he can't do such delicate work."
Huo Yuhao grinned: "Who said that? Since he's a member of the Body Sect, we can't let him sit idle."
"Mr. Spirit Fox and I have just come up with a new idea, but all we're missing is a human-shaped forging hammer."
Gu Tong tilted her head, not understanding Huo Yuhao's thoughts.
However, at this moment, he felt that he saw a bit of the shadow of Poison Undying in Huo Yuhao.
"Okay, I understand."
Gu Tong has a clear understanding of her role as a tutor to the Crown Prince.
Therefore, even though she was full of doubts, Gu Tong could only obediently follow Huo Yuhao's instructions and go to the martial arts hall to find Wang Yanfeng, who was practicing boxing.