"Well, in addition, don't relax when it comes to soul power cultivation. Strong soul power is the foundation for you to advance to a saint craftsman in the future, or even go one step further and become a divine craftsman, do you understand?"
Nodding with satisfaction, Mu Chen continued to give instructions.
"I understand, Master! Then I'll go train first."
Yao Xuan agreed.
"Alright, go ahead."
With a slight smile, Mu Chen waved goodbye to Yao Xuan.
"Yao Xuan, are you here? Last week, you promised to compete with me in forging, so let's start now."
As soon as the blacksmith walked out of Muchen, a clear female voice came from his ears.
"Well, Senior Sister Mu Xi, please lead the way."
Looking up, he saw that it was Mu Xi who called Yao Xuan. Looking at Mu Xi, Yao Xuan also nodded in agreement.
Led Yao Xuan and Mu Xi to a forging room.
Compared to Mu Chen's forging room, this blacksmith's room is obviously much simpler, but it is far neater and more beautiful than Mang Tian's studio.
"Come on, little junior brother, you are young, senior sister allows you, you choose a metal, let's compete."
The two walked into the forging room and Mu Xi spoke.
"Okay, then let's compete in forging fine gold."
Seeing what Mu Xi said, Yao Xuan unceremoniously chose the metal he was best at.
"Adamantine? I didn't expect my junior brother to be so confident!"
Listening to Yao Xuan's words, Mu Xi was surprised and said that among metals, fine gold is one of the most difficult to control.
"Then let's get started."
After listening to Mu Xi's words, Yao Xuan smiled lightly and said.
"certainly."
Mu Xi nodded slightly.
Taking out two pieces of fine gold from the storage shelf, Yao Xuan and Mu Xi began to forge.
Open the forging furnace, light a fire, and put the fine gold in. Yao Xuan and Mu Xi wait quietly. Yao Xuan's eyes are still as calm as water, while Mu Xi's eyes reveal a tenacity that refuses to admit defeat.
Fifteen minutes later, the fine gold was forged. Yao Xuan and Mu Xi took out the red-hot fine gold at almost the same time, took out the forging hammer, and started hammering.
"Ding Dong! Ding Dong!"
The crisp sound of forging echoed in the forging room.
Another ten minutes passed. Yao Xuan and Mu Xi finished quenching the fine gold in their opponents one after another, and then looked at each other and smiled.
"Come, junior brother, use instruments to compare the final quality of the fine gold you forged."
Looking at Yao Xuan, Mu Xi said.
"OK."
Nodding slightly, Yao Xuan and Mu Xi came to the analyzer on the side.
First, Mu Xi put the fine gold she forged into the analyzer, and rays of light were released, scanning the piece of fine gold.
"Hundred-forged fine gold, volume reduction: 14%, density increase: 17%, impurity removal: 96%, quality: excellent."
On the screen of the analyzer, a line of red letters appeared.
Looking at her results, a faint smile appeared on Mu Xi's face. In terms of the quality of the fine gold she forged, although it was not perfect, it was only one step away.
"Junior brother, it's your turn."
Looking at Yao Xuan, Mu Xi's tone contained a hint of pride.
"Okay, Senior Sister Mu Xi."
With a confident smile on his face, Yao Xuan put the fine gold nugget in his hand into the analyzer.
"Hundred-forged fine gold, volume reduction: 15%, density increase: 20%, impurity removal: 100%, quality: super."
After a few seconds, a line of red text appeared on the analyzer.
"How can it be?"
Looking at Yao Xuan's results, Mu Xi had a look of disbelief on her face, "Super, that's super!"
Although there is only one word difference between excellent and super, the difference is huge. The selling value and the difficulty of forging are more than five times different. And if you use super metal to fight Thousand Forgings, the success rate will be even higher.
It is about 20% higher than the excellent level.
"Junior brother, you are really amazing!"
Looking at Yao Xuan, Mu Xi sighed.
"It's just good luck. Senior sister can forge excellent hundred-forged fine gold, which is also very powerful."
Looking at Mu Xi, Yao Xuan answered modestly.
"Where! You don't have to comfort me. I still know the difference between high-grade metal and super-grade metal."
Mu Xi pursed her lips and said, with a bit of disappointment in her eyes.
"By the way, senior sister, let's discuss our views on forging together."
Seeing Mu Xi's look, Yao Xuan quickly changed the topic.
"Okay, junior brother, tell me what you think about forging."
Listening to the forging, Mu Xi's mood obviously improved a lot.
"About forging? My experience of forging is to conquer metal. Metal is unruly. Each metal particle has its own arrogance and will repel each other, giving it a chaotic feeling."
"When forging, what I am doing is to use my mental power to subdue them, bring them under my leadership, and arrange them according to my wishes, so that each metal particle is in the most suitable position."
"My understanding is that the blacksmith should be the commander of the metal, and the forging process is a process of arranging troops and arranging metal particles according to the blueprint in the mind. Once successful, the metal will show its ultimate form.
Perfect quality.”
Looking at Mu Xi, Yao Xuan expressed his thoughts.
"Submit, take command, and prepare your troops?"
After listening to Yao Xuan's words, Mu Xi pondered.
"Yes, this is my understanding of forging."
Nodding slightly, Yao Xuan confirmed.
"Thank you, little junior brother!"
After listening to Yao Xuan's words, Mu Xi's eyes showed a hint of admiration, and she also felt a sense of sincerity in her heart. Her forging was still based on practice making perfect, and she didn't expect that Yao Xuan had already summed up his own methodology.
"By the way, junior brother, your understanding of forging is so in-depth, I guess you are not far away from Thousand Forgings?"
Looking at Yao Xuan with admiration, Mu Xi asked.
"Well. Senior sister, to tell you the truth, in fact, I can already reach Thousand Calendar. It's just that the teacher is afraid that I will be targeted, so he specifically asked me to take the test again in two years. Senior sister, please don't tell anyone else about this news."
Looking at Mu Xi, Yao Xuan continued.
"What? Junior brother, have you completed Thousand Refinements?"
Suddenly, Mu Xi looked at Yao Xuan with a different look. Nine-year-old Bai Dui was still within her acceptance range, but nine-year-old Qian Dui was completely beyond her imagination.
"Yes."
Nodding slightly, Yao Xuan confirmed.
"Junior brother, this, you are really a monster! A nine-year-old third-level blacksmith!"
Looking at Yao Xuan, Mu Xi's last trace of unwillingness to admit defeat disappeared, leaving only pure admiration - she finally realized that the gap between her and Yao Xuan was so big that she didn't dare to catch up.
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Thousand Refinements, that was Qian Refinements. As Mu Chen's daughter and disciple, she naturally knew the difference between Thousand Refinements and Hundred Refinements.
Mu Chen once told her that as long as she completes the Thousand Refinements before the age of eighteen, she will be considered a super genius and has the potential to be a Saint Craftsman. However, Yao Xuan only spent half, or even less than half, the time to complete all of this.