Douluo: When Tang Wulin Met Little Huo Niang

Chapter 530: The Prototype of the Four-Character Battle Armor (6k)

Under the high temperature burning of the Fire Dragon King, the two pieces of soul-forging metal soon began to melt.

Tang Wulin did not miss the opportunity. He put the two pieces of metal together and began to hammer them with great concentration.

The tinkling sound that had stopped for a while started again, but this time it was different from the previous one, with an obvious rhythmic melody.

Different from spirit forging and soul forging, which are forging methods that directly improve the quality of a single metal, fusion forging obviously requires more skills.

At this stage, the proportion of the blacksmith's techniques in the forging process will suddenly increase.

It is easy to just perform spiritual forging on spiritual metals, which can be accomplished through cultivation or hard work, but the forging skills required for soul forging are very advanced.

Most blacksmiths, due to the lack of excellent teachers to teach them, will be stuck at this step for a long time.

Fortunately, with Zhen Hua and Feng Wu Yu, two top blacksmiths, as teachers, Tang Wulin had no shortage of superb forging skills. For him now, although there were some forging skills that he could not fully master, he still had no problem using most of them.

At least there is no problem in completing the forging of soul-forging alloy once.

As Tang Wulin's double hammers continued to strike the two pieces of soul-forged metal, the two pieces of metal that were gradually melting began to fuse with each other.

The volume of the two pieces of metal began to shrink rapidly, gradually evolving into one piece of metal.

Tang Wulin suddenly discovered that for him, soul forging might be easier than spirit forging.

The reason is that the soul-forged metal has been completely transformed by him, and almost all the soul-forged metal produced by him will have the characteristics of the Dragon God bloodline.

The metals that all contain the blood of the Dragon God are highly compatible with each other and can be easily fused together.

This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for Tang Wulin. It meant that, unlike soul forging, the soul forging-level fusion forging that he was officially trying for the first time today would be very smooth, and it was very likely to be smoother than the first time he forged the spiritual alloy.

Of course, something as close to luck as deep meditation would probably never happen again. Tang Wulin would be extremely satisfied if he could have this experience once. One should not be too greedy.

"when!"

As another pleasant knocking sound was heard, a column of light rose, and the two pieces of metal on the forging table in front of Tang Wulin completely merged together. A dazzling nine-color light was shining on the forging table, and a loud dragon roar resounded throughout the forging room, as if the metal on the forging table was cheering.

The fusion forging was completed, which also meant that Tang Wulin was qualified to be officially promoted to the eighth-level blacksmith.

In fact, the requirements to become an eighth-level blacksmith were more stringent than this, but Tang Wulin's situation was too special, so Zhenhua, as the continent's number one blacksmith and president of the Blacksmith Association, opened a back door for him, allowing him to complete the soul-forging-level fusion forging and officially advance to the eighth-level blacksmith.

After all, to be honest, even if Tang Wulin asked Zhenhua for the title of ninth-level blacksmith, which is the title of master craftsman, Zhenhua would be willing to give it to him.

The soul-forging metal forged by this kid is even better than his master, and the overall quality is even higher than his heavenly forging. Zhenhua doesn't even dare to imagine what level the soul-forging alloy he forged is.

"Clap clap clap..."

Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he opened his eyes, he heard a round of applause. Turning back, he saw Zhenhua and Feng Wuyu looking at him with very pleased expressions.

Zhenhua sighed:
"You are not even twenty years old yet, and at this age, you have become an eighth-level blacksmith. This is almost ten years ahead of me, and almost a hundred years ahead of the crazy old man next to me. You are worthy of being my most proud disciple."

"Asshole! I was promoted late because I started late! And don't think I don't know that Wu Lin has only returned to this era in the past few months. You have never taught him before. How can you, who has only been a blacksmith teacher for a few months, have the nerve to brag about his achievements? Moreover, with Wu Lin's talent, even if he is taught by an eighth-level blacksmith, he will not be much slower than you!"

Zhenhua chuckled.

"Hey, it's none of your business. Once a teacher, always a father. Anyway, I am indeed Wulin's teacher. Wulin did learn a lot of forging techniques from me. He also respects me as a master. That's enough. Go ahead and bite me."

"...Why didn't I realize you were so shameless before?"

Seeing Zhenhua's playful look, even Feng Wu Yu didn't feel like arguing with him. He sighed, turned to Tang Wulin, and looked at this young man standing upright, and couldn't help but smile.

"But no matter what, congratulations, Wulin."

"Ah."

Tang Wulin looked warmly at Zhenhua and Feng Wuyu who had just finished their quarrel, and bowed to them respectfully.

"Thank you both teachers for your careful teaching."

Many times, talent does not represent everything. With the guidance of a qualified teacher, learning forging will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort.

The evidence is that before he returned to this era, he had been stuck at the threshold of the sixth-level blacksmith for five years. As a result, once he arrived in this era, in less than half a year, he had already soared all the way from a fifth-level blacksmith to an eighth-level blacksmith like a rocket.

You should know that on this continent, the number of level five blacksmiths is more than a hundred times that of level eight blacksmiths. The huge level gap that most blacksmiths cannot cross in their entire lives was easily crossed by him in just half a year.

Among these, the power of the Dragon God bloodline certainly played a very important role, but without the careful teaching of his two mentors, Zhenhua and Feng Wuyu, it would have taken Tang Wulin at least dozens of times longer to achieve such great growth.

The reason why he is so outstanding now is that he stands on the shoulders of these two predecessors.

Seeing his behavior, Zhenhua and Feng Wuyu felt a little embarrassed.

Just as Feng Wu Yu said just now, in their eyes, Tang Wulin's ability to achieve such exaggerated achievements was more importantly due to his own talent.

Although there are few level eight blacksmiths on this continent, there are still more than a dozen of them. However, there is only one genius with such talent as Tang Wulin in the entire continent in tens of thousands of years.

So they actually feel that they are not worthy of this worship.

But looking at the sincerity in Tang Wulin's eyes, they also understood that this child's gratitude to them came from the heart.

At this moment, both Zhenhua, who likes to joke, and Feng Wuyu, who has a bad temper, felt their hearts soften a lot.

It was worthwhile to recruit this disciple, they thought at the same time.

Even if Tang Wulin did not have such a level of talent, it would be hard for them not to have a good impression of him just because of his character.

Zhenhua smiled, took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand, placed it on Tang Wulin's shoulder, and said to him softly:

"Okay, don't get so excited about this temporary victory. Have you forgotten? You haven't completed your mission today."

"Yes, I know."

Tang Wulin took a deep breath and his expression turned serious.

He turned around and faced the soul-forged alloy in front of him that was glowing with nine colors.

The three of them had been preparing for today's event a few days ago, so the two rare metals they chose this time were not small in size. Therefore, the soul forging alloy forged from these two rare metals is much larger in size than ordinary soul forging alloys.

Tang Wulin wanted to use this piece of soul forging alloy to try to forge the prototype of Huo Yutong's four-character battle armor.

The tasks that blacksmiths have to do are not just refining metals, but also creating shells is part of their job.

However, Tang Wulin did not plan to start immediately. After all, forging the prototype of the four-character battle armor was very different from forging the soul-forging alloy.

Although Tang Wulin was also attempting soul-forging-level fusion forging for the first time today, this step was actually not very different from the previous forging of spiritual alloys. He just needed to grasp that feeling and then keep in mind the teachings and warnings of Zhenhua and Feng Wuyu.

This was the first time that Tang Wulin was able to create a prototype of a four-character battle armor. He had no experience or confidence, so he had to watch Zhenhua demonstrate it to him first.

Zhenhua came to Tang Wulin's side, took out a piece of metal from the storage soul guide, and placed it on the forging table.

When Tang Wulin saw this piece of metal, his heart skipped a beat.

The aura emanating from this piece of metal is fundamentally different from the soul forge he created.

If the soul forge he forged exuded a strong blood force, and was so powerful because of the power of blood, then the piece of metal that Zhenhua took out gave people the feeling of a traditional soul master.

If I have to give an example, the metal forged by Tang Wulin is the same as himself, and its main feature is the power of blood, while Zhenhua's metal is more like Huo Yutong, and its cultivation mainly depends on soul power.

This made Tang Wulin subconsciously recall the teachings Zhenhua had given him before.

"The so-called Heavenly Forging is when the forger draws upon the power of the laws between heaven and earth to thoroughly refine the metal, completely rewriting its origin and allowing it to be reborn."

"If soul forging is to inject soul into metal and completely sublimate it from a piece of metal into a living being, then heaven forging is to make it become a strong being."

"To make an inappropriate analogy, soul forging is like birth for us humans, and heaven forging is like the awakening of our martial souls at the age of six. It is the most critical step on the road to becoming a strong person."

These words were said by Zhenhua when he was teaching Tang Wulin soul forging. Perhaps because Tang Wulin's talent for forging was too amazing, this master craftsman never kept secrets from him. No matter whether it was the content to be learned at the moment or not, as long as it was mentioned, he would explain it very seriously, and as long as Tang Wulin asked him about something, he would tell him everything he knew.

Therefore, when Tang Wulin saw the piece of metal he took out at this moment, he could understand without him emphasizing that this was a piece of heavenly forging-level metal, a miracle that only Zhenhua, the master craftsman, could accomplish.

Zhenhua noticed Tang Wulin's gaze and smiled at him with some complacency.

"Are you ready? I'm going to start."

"Ah."

Hearing his voice, Tang Wulin suddenly recovered from his memories. After nodding slightly, instead of retreating, he took another step towards Zhenhua, and finally stopped at the maximum distance that would not disturb Zhenhua's forging.

Seeing his behavior, Zhenhua couldn't help but smile helplessly in his heart.

To be honest, he also wanted to observe Tang Wulin's forging process up close.

Tang Wulin's forging was different from both his and Feng Wu Yu's. Even in the entire forging world, there was no one else who forged like him. Although Zhen Hua could not forge like him, watching his forging method was still very helpful to Zhen Hua, as he could learn a lot.

It was a pity that he was not strong enough. When Tang Wulin was forging his soul just now, the aura he exuded had already made him feel very depressed. He could clearly feel that if he came to Tang Wulin's side, he would definitely be hurt. However, Tang Wulin was very different from him. He did not distance himself from him, but kept the distance as close as possible in order to perceive the most.

Otherwise, why do people say that strength is a good thing? At this moment, Zhenhua was really envious of this crazy old man Feng Wu Yu.

Zhenhua took out the two hammers from the storage soul guide, weighed them lightly in his hands twice, took a deep breath, drove all distracting thoughts out of his mind, and placed his gaze on the forging table.

In an instant, Tang Wulin discovered that the aura of the middle-aged man in front of him had changed.

The cynical feeling he had originally had disappeared, replaced by extreme focus, as if there were only him and the piece of heavenly forged metal in front of him in this world.

Then, he started to hammer.

The two forging hammers began to strike the sky-forged metal, making pleasant and crisp sounds. It was not as fierce as Tang Wulin's storm, but more like playing a moving piece of music.

However, as he listened to this "song", a look of surprise slowly appeared in Tang Wulin's eyes.

He was able to reach his current level mainly due to the various conveniences brought by the Dragon God bloodline. In terms of forging skills and proficiency, he was actually not particularly qualified.

At this time, just listening to the sound of Zhenhua's forging made him feel relaxed and happy. He could clearly feel that as Zhenhua continued to hammer, the piece of forged metal in front of him soon fell into his control, as if the metal had become one with him.

He is worthy of being the number one in the mainland's forging world. He is simply extraordinary.

Tang Wulin couldn't help but sigh sincerely in his heart, and felt that he couldn't take his eyes away.

Also unable to take his eyes away was Feng Wu Yu, who was watching not far away. He snorted somewhat unwillingly, but his heart was full of admiration.

Even though his strength is far superior to Zhenhua's, and even though Zhenhua's age is only a fraction of his, if they really compare forging abilities, there is still a huge gap between him and Zhenhua, like an insurmountable chasm.

After all, his type is actually very similar to Tang Wulin. He relied on his own powerful strength to reach the level of an eighth-level blacksmith. If we really talk about pure forging technology, he is ranked last among the saint craftsmen.

Zhenhua was able to become the first master craftsman on the continent at such a young age, so his talent was naturally not to be underestimated. He broke countless records during his growth. He was just much worse than Tang Wulin, but compared with other blacksmiths, his talent was overwhelming.

As the two blacksmiths watched Zhenhua's forging with fascination, the results began to show.

Gradually, a shoulder armor shell appeared in front of the three people.

This shoulder armor was emitting a faint golden light. Although it was still being beaten by Zhenhua, it had already begun to emit an extremely powerful aura.

Finally, as the last hammer fell, Zhenhua let out a long sigh, put down the forging hammer, raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face, looked at Tang Wulin, and smiled at him.

"How is it, have you learned it?"

"I am not sure."

Tang Wulin shook his head.

After all, there was a huge gap between the prototype forged by Zhenhua and the prototype he wanted to forge. In addition, there was a huge gap between the two people's forging methods. He was not sure whether he had learned it or not.

But there is one thing Tang Wulin is certain of.

"But I can learn a lot from your forging process."

"Hahaha, that would satisfy me."

Zhenhua smiled with satisfaction, stretched himself and winked at Tang Wulin.

"Then it's your turn next. I believe in you."

Although Tang Wulin encountered many setbacks and failures when learning soul forging, this kid was successful in forging spiritual alloy and soul forging alloy.
Zhenhua believes that this kid with incredible talent will definitely be able to create a miracle again.

"it is good."

Tang Wulin took a deep breath, recalled the feeling he had just had when watching Zhenhua forging, and turned to the direction of the soul forging alloy.

Zhenhua looked at him and nodded with satisfaction.

He gets into the state so quickly, he's worthy of being this guy.

Given his current condition, he might be able to complete it in one go.

Tang Wulin stood quietly in place, staring at the metal in front of him.

Zhenhua and Feng Wuyu did not rush him. They knew that for Tang Wulin, the thinking before forging might even be more important than the forging itself.

Feng Wu Yu came to Zhen Hua and asked him in a low voice:

"Do you think he can complete the work of forging the prototype of the four-character battle armor? There is only a week left before the wedding officially begins, right? Is it really possible in time? How about you help him?"

Zhenhua rolled his eyes at him.

"Crazy old man, when you were young, were there no girls who liked you?"

Feng Wu Yu was stunned for a moment, then his face flushed red and he cursed:

"You, you, don't slander me! And what does this have to do with whether Wu Lin can complete the forging!"

"Yeah, it doesn't matter."

Zhenhua smiled softly, looking at Tang Wulin with eyes full of emotion.

"So whether he can finish it or not has nothing to do with whether he wants me to help."

Feng Wu Yu was stunned again.

"What do you mean? Why are you talking so mysteriously? Just say it if you have something to say."

Zhenhua looked at him speechlessly.

"Even after saying this, you still don't understand? No wonder no girl likes you. This is a gift Wu Lin prepared for his newlywed wife. What's important is not whether it can be completed in the end, but the intention. It's best if he completes it himself. You asked me to get involved. Isn't this tainting this intention?"

"Forehead……"

Feng Wu Yu blinked and found that it seemed to be the case.

He was a little unconvinced for a moment, and after snorting twice, he rolled his eyes at Zhenhua and said:

"Why are you so proud? You still don't have a wife."

Zhenhua: "..."

Seeing Zhenhua's dark face, Feng Wu Yu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I've been teased by this guy all the time recently, and this time I finally got my revenge.

He looked at Tang Wulin and said with emotion:

"Well, you are right. This is a matter between the couple. All we can do is to help them quietly behind the scenes."

Tang Wulin did not pay attention to the interaction between his two teachers. At this moment, he had completely focused his attention on the metal in front of him, completely blocking out everything in the outside world.

He wanted the battle armor he made for Huo Yutong to have three modes.

After all, unlike him whose three martial souls have huge differences, Huo Yutong's combat skills are obviously more diverse. The strength of the three martial souls is actually not that different. If only one of them is amplified, it cannot completely and perfectly match her strength.

If it was another blacksmith standing here, then this might be an impossible task, but for Tang Wulin, it was a possible task.

Because the soul-forging alloy he forged has the advantages of almost all metals, whether it is the adaptability to mental power, the compatibility with the ice element, or the compatibility with divine power, they are all perfect.

In addition, the metal has his aura on it, and as a companion with whom Huo Yutong's martial soul has been fused, his aura is extremely compatible with hers, so there is no need to consider too much about how to match Huo Yutong's power, which leaves a lot of room for other designs.

Recalling how Zhenhua forged the prototype of the four-character battle armor, Tang Wulin took a deep breath again, adjusted his breath, and adjusted his condition to the best.

Then he suddenly opened his eyes, and the clanging sound of hammering echoed throughout the forging room again.

In fact, he also knew how difficult it would be for him to forge a prototype of a four-character battle armor with his own hands in the remaining week.

But this task must be accomplished by him. He wants to pour all the feelings he has harbored in his heart over the past ten years into this four-character battle armor.

He hoped that this gift would bring Huo Yutong the best memories.

Just like that, from that day on, the time Tang Wulin spent in the forging room suddenly increased.

He tried again and again and experienced failure.

Huo Yutong seemed to have sensed something from his unusual behavior. She didn't say much, but she encouraged him with her eyes every time they parted.

Thus, amid the clanging sounds in the forging room, ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

The day of the wedding arrived.

(End of this chapter)