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Yuan Bao'er stepped forward and tapped Mu Xi's smooth forehead.
Just as Mu Xi, wincing in pain, was about to complain about her mother's lack of restraint, she heard Yuan Bao'er proudly announce, "Xiao Xi, Su Mo will be your junior brother from now on. Remember to take good care of him."
"What? Junior Brother Su Mo is also my junior brother?"
Hearing Yuan Bao'er announce the news, Mu Xi was stunned.
It took her a while to come to her senses, her bright eyes filled with confusion. "Mom, what's going on? Didn't Dad say he wasn't taking on any more apprentices?"
When Mu Chen first accepted Tang Wulin as his personal disciple, he privately told them that Tang Wulin would be his only personal disciple.
The implication is that he will only accept Tang Wulin as his disciple in this lifetime.
"Hmph!!!"
Yuan Bao crossed her arms and proudly raised her head, "Your dad doesn't take on apprentices anymore, but your mom never said she wouldn't."
"ah!!!???"
Upon hearing Yuan Bao'er say that she had taken Su Mo as her disciple, Mu Xi's face was filled with disbelief. She immediately stood on tiptoe and touched Yuan Bao'er's forehead.
"He doesn't have a fever?"
Feeling her mother's body temperature, which was normal, Mu Xi muttered something under her breath.
"what do you mean?"
Yuan Bao'er stretched out her slender white index finger and tapped Mu Xi's forehead hard. "What's wrong with your mom taking on apprentices? Is it strange?"
"But Mom, didn't you say before..."
Mu Xi rubbed her reddened forehead and said speechlessly, "Didn't you say before that 'being a blacksmith is too troublesome, and you never want to touch blacksmithing again in your life'? How come you're now turning around and want to take on apprentices?"
"That was before!"
"Things are different now, I've met a genius!"
"Do you understand? Genius!"
Faced with Mu Xi's questioning, Yuan Bao'er waved her hand confidently, with an expression that said, "I'm just being willful."
"And look at Su Mo, he's talented, quick-witted, and obedient. You couldn't find such a good disciple even with a lantern!"
Even someone as thick-skinned as Su Mo couldn't help but blush under Yuan Bao'er's praise.
"Does anyone praise their apprentice like that?"
Su Mo muttered a complaint under her breath.
"Of course there is!"
Yuan Bao'er patted Su Mo's shoulder with a smile, "After all, you are the first disciple I took in, and you will most likely be the last. Of course, I have to praise you to the skies."
Mu Xi narrowed her eyes, looking at Yuan Bao'er with an unfriendly gaze, and said in a low voice, "Mom, are you sure you didn't take him in just because he's good-looking?"
"Oh dear, what do you know, child?"
Yuanbao waved her hand, pretending to be serious, "Looking good or bad is just an added bonus. Your mom is a blacksmith with professional ethics!"
"If one day Su Mo becomes enlightened under my guidance and becomes a master craftsman, leaving his mark on history, then your old mother will be a master craftsman just like your maternal grandfather."
"Professional ethics?"
Upon hearing Yuan Bao'er say that she had professional ethics, Mu Xi asked with a suspicious look, "How many years has it been since you last touched a forging hammer?"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Yuan Bao'er chuckled twice, pretending not to hear, then put her arm around Su Mo's shoulder and smiled brightly.
"It doesn't matter, none of these things matter."
"In short, from today onwards, Su Mo is my apprentice!"
"I, Yuanbao'er, have officially emerged from seclusion!"
Seeing her mother's excited expression, Mu Xi really didn't know what to say.
"By the way, Xiaoxi, how did you and Su Mo do in the forging competition this time?"
After a brief moment of excitement, Yuan Bao'er turned to look at Mu Xi and asked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity and anticipation.
Upon hearing Yuan Bao'er mention the competition, Mu Xi suddenly moved closer to Su Mo as if she had just remembered something.
"Do you know Su Mo?!"
Mu Xi's voice was loud and urgent, her bright eyes sparkling with excitement, "The blue copper you submitted has an unprecedented purity of 99%!!!"
"Ok?"
Su Mo was slightly taken aback, seemingly not quite reacting yet.
"A blue-impregnated copper with a purity of 99 percent is a first in the history of forging."
Mu Xi's voice trembled with excitement.
When Mu Xi learned that Su Mo had forged blue copper with a purity of 99%, she was so happy that she almost fainted.
With this one contribution alone, Su Mo's name is destined to leave a significant mark on the forging world.
Yuan Bao'er also stared wide-eyed at Su Mo with an incredulous expression.
She had only just taken on an apprentice, and yet his name was already engraved on the monument of honor at the headquarters of the Blacksmiths' Association.
The last person whose name was engraved on the Monument to Glory was her senior apprentice, the master craftsman Zhenhua.
Zhenhua's inclusion on the list is not because he is a master craftsman.
Rather, it was because he achieved the intelligence of the Soul Tool by integrating the spirituality of metal, the laws of elements, and the energy of heaven and earth, thus increasing the research and development efficiency of the Soul Tool in Douluo Continent by 300%.
"Is this...difficult?"
Su Mo's expression was calm, but his tone carried a hint of genuine confusion.
In an instant, the air seemed to freeze.
Yuan Bao'er and Mu Xi froze on the spot almost simultaneously, their expressions shifting from shock and blankness to disbelief.
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Chapter 135 Forging Genius Su Mo
"Su Mo, you're not joking, are you?!"
Coming to her senses, Yuanbao swallowed hard, her confident composure replaced by unprecedented shock.
Although Yuan Bao'er is a lazybones, she is still a genuine level seven master craftsman.
Not to mention she also has a master craftsman senior brother and a saintly craftsman husband.
In terms of vision and experience alone, Yuan Bao'er has surpassed 99% of blacksmiths.
Over the past few centuries, soul guidance technology has enjoyed an unprecedented period of prosperity, but due to limitations in materials, it has not actually experienced a major leap forward in a long time.
If Su Mo's method of purifying metals to 99% can truly be widely adopted.
Not only the forging industry, but the entire Douluo Continent may also usher in an unprecedented upheaval.
"The method is actually very simple, it just requires..."
Just as Su Mo was about to tell Yuan Bao'er how she purified the blue copper to 99% purity, Yuan Bao'er covered her mouth.
"There are too many people and too many eyes around here, let's go somewhere else."
Yuan Bao'er, holding Su Mo and Mu Xi's hands, took the private elevator to the VIP room on the top floor of the hotel.
Inside the elevator, Mu Xi kept her head down and remained silent, looking preoccupied.
As the saying goes, no one knows a daughter better than her mother, and Yuanbao knew without even thinking what was going on with Muxi.
Mu Xi felt inferior because Su Mo's talent was so high.
With their support and her uncle Zhenhua as her backing, Mu Xi dared to boldly pursue Su Mo even though she was far behind him in cultivation talent.
With them around, it was practically a piece of cake for Mu Xi to become an eighth-level Saint Craftsman.
Even if Su Mo cultivates to the level of Limit Douluo in the future, she will still be worthy of Su Mo, as he is an eighth-level Saint Craftsman.
However, now that Su Mo has demonstrated his unparalleled and terrifying talent in forging, the status of an eighth-level master craftsman is no longer worthy of him.
The problem is that an eighth-level Saint Craftsman is the greatest asset Mu Xi can rely on.
Because she felt inferior because she couldn't help Su Mo, Mu Xi was exactly the same as her father back then.
If she hadn't rejected Zhenhua, who was far superior to Mu Chen in forging, back then, given Mu Chen's personality at the time, he probably would never have dared to confess his feelings to her.
Yuan Bao'er sighed helplessly and secretly resolved to have a good talk with Mu Xi after everything was over.
How could Yuanbao'er's daughter be so insecure?
With a "ding," the elevator arrived at its destination, and the tightly closed doors slowly opened to both sides.
Yuan Bao'er led Su Mo and the others towards her room.
As the door to the room slammed shut, Yuan Bao'er turned around and looked at Mo with a serious expression. "Alright, you can talk now."
"Ok!"
Su Mo nodded and explained in detail how she purified blue copper.
"It's not actually difficult to purify a metal to 99 percent purity."
"As long as the earth element is injected into those tiny impurities during forging to amplify the impurities, and then purified through forging, it will be fine."
"..."
After hearing Su Mo's explanation, Yuan Bao'er was shocked.
Unexpectedly, Su Mo solved the problem of the inability to purify fine impurities in metals by using earth elements to amplify the impurities.
After a moment of stunned silence, Yuan Bao'er suddenly hugged Su Mo tightly, cradling his head in her hands, and exclaimed excitedly, "Su Mo, you're simply a genius!"
"No, the word 'genius' is no longer enough to describe you."
After refining the metal to a high grade, the biggest challenge for blacksmiths who want to further improve its purity is that the impurities in the metal are too low and their distribution is extremely loose.
Ordinary forging can no longer purify the material at this stage.