Thousand Forging, Top-Tier Special Effect

"So-called Thousand Tempering means removing all impurities from a metal during the forging process, allowing it to undergo sublimation and develop special effects."

"For example, the Thousand-Tempered Tungsten Steel Hammers in your hands shrink by one-third after undergoing Thousand Tempering, while their strength increases by two hundred percent. Their sublimation effect is a thirty-percent increase in weight, thereby displaying exceptionally high strength..."

Mang Tian spent a long time carefully explaining the knowledge of Thousand Tempering to Long Yuan and Tang Wulin before making it clear to them.

"Thousand Tempering is also called Mental Forging. Every blacksmith completes Thousand Tempering in a different way, each with their own characteristics. In short, forge with your heart, and comprehend with your heart."

Afterward, Mang Tian gave Tang Wulin and Long Yuan a piece of Sinking Silver each.

This metal was produced on the seabed more than a thousand meters below the surface and was extremely rare.

It was very hard by nature, yet possessed great ductility at high temperatures. It was an excellent conductor of Soul Power.

Recalling what they knew about Sinking Silver, Tang Wulin and Long Yuan began forging.

Before long, the workshop was filled with the bang-bang-bang sounds of forging.

Two hours later, Long Yuan's Forging Room rang with hammer strikes that sounded like a symphony.

Then, at a certain moment, the greatly shrunken piece of Sinking Silver began to tremble slightly under Long Yuan's hammer.

With every strike, it seemed to resonate with the Sinking Silver.

The feeling was incredibly strange.

Under Long Yuan's strikes, the Sinking Silver seemed to have come alive.

Immediately afterward, a streak of bright silver light suddenly burst through the confinement of the furnace flames, bathing the entire Forging Room in silvery white.

At the same time, the silver light became even more unrestrained.

At the sight of this, Mang Tian was overjoyed. He flashed to Long Yuan's side, a small knife appearing in his hand as he sliced open Long Yuan's hand.

A stream of blood sprayed out, landing right on the piece of Sinking Silver that flickered with silver light.

As the blood fell into the silver glow, it gave off a series of sizzling sounds.

Wisps of green smoke curled upward, and the flames went out, revealing the metal's true appearance.

After the silver light faded, wave-like patterns resembling ocean tides appeared on the Sinking Silver.

Long Yuan looked at the Sinking Silver and unexpectedly felt as though he was connected to it by flesh and blood.

This should have been the effect of Blood Sacrifice.

Thousand Tempering was complete, and it had taken only a little over two hours.

"Mm, not bad. You've truly surprised me, completing Thousand Tempering in such a short time."

Mang Tian patted Long Yuan on the shoulder, revealing a satisfied smile.

He looked in Tang Wulin's direction. That kid was still hammering away. When he went over to take a look, he saw that Tang Wulin still had a long way to go.

Although Tang Wulin had entered the workshop two years earlier than Long Yuan, Long Yuan had now surpassed him in forging ability.

Besides comprehension, the main reason for this was his Martial Soul.

Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul simply could not provide him with much help.

Still, his strength was quite astonishing.

Six hours later, Tang Wulin's Forging Room also began to ring with mysterious, rhythmic hammer strikes.

Mang Tian Master, who had been standing guard there the entire time, wore an excited expression. Was Thousand Tempering about to succeed? He had already given up hope for Tang Wulin, yet there were actually signs of success.

Sure enough, after Mang Tian entered Tang Wulin's Forging Room and helped him perform the Blood Sacrifice as before—

Tang Wulin barely managed to complete Thousand Tempering as well.

It had just taken rather long—six whole hours, three times as long as Long Yuan.

Moreover, after completing Thousand Tempering, Tang Wulin actually fainted. In the end, Mang Tian personally carried him back.

The next day, Long Yuan and Tang Wulin returned to Mang Tian Workshop.

"Follow me!"

Looking at his two disciples, both of whom had completed Thousand Tempering, Mang Tian revealed a happy smile.

"Do you understand what Thousand Tempering is now?"

Mang Tian led Long Yuan and Tang Wulin into his Forging Room and placed the pieces of Sinking Silver they had Thousand-Tempered the previous day before them.

Judging from the finished products, Long Yuan's was of far higher quality than Tang Wulin's.

Seeing the difference between the two pieces of Sinking Silver, Tang Wulin frowned as a sense of frustration rose within him.

"I felt as though this piece of Sinking Silver came alive while I was hammering it, as though it had gained a life of its own. Every time I struck it, I could hear the sound it made!"

Long Yuan's words brought a satisfied smile to Mang Tian's face. "Tang Wulin, did you feel the same way?"

"Yes, I felt that too!"

Mang Tian stroked his beard and said, "Hundred Refinements purify metal by removing impurities.

"Thousand Temperings create spirit—it is the process of giving metal life. Only metal that possesses life is truly the most precious."

"This is your first Thousand-Tempered work. In the forging world, there is a tradition: when every blacksmith forges their first Thousand-Tempered item, that finished product must undergo a Blood Sacrifice and become part of their personal collection.

"Blood Sacrifice creates a bloodline bond between you, making it like an extension of your body, while also allowing the Thousand-Tempered item to evolve even stronger traits."

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin listened very attentively to everything Mang Tian explained.

Before long, they would be leaving for Eastsea City to attend school. Once they were gone, they would no longer be able to listen to Mang Tian Master's lessons.

"Blood Sacrifice is essentially a binding ritual. It is a rule that a blacksmith's first Thousand-Tempered work must undergo Blood Sacrifice. Aside from that, few people use this method.

"Because once a Blood Sacrifice is performed, that piece of metal can only be used by its owner. No one else can use it."

"So, these two pieces of Heavy Silver belong to you now.

"Before you leave to study in Eastsea City, come here and use your own Heavy Silver to forge suitable Forging Hammers. I also want to see what evolved effects your first Thousand-Tempered works will possess!"

Upon hearing Mang Tian's words, both of them were extremely excited, especially Tang Wulin, who was beside himself with excitement.

Red Mountain Academy had already gone on break, and Long Yuan and Tang Wulin had officially graduated.

For the next period of time, the two of them forged at Mang Tian Workshop.

Their goal was to use Thousand-Tempered Heavy Silver to create Forging Hammers of their own.

Before long, both of them had forged Thousand-Tempered Heavy Silver Hammers for themselves.

They looked dull gray on the surface, but upon closer inspection, dark patterns densely covered the hammers.

Even the hammer handles had rings of spiraling grooves extending downward all the way to their sharp ends.

Tang Wulin's Thousand-Tempered Tungsten Steel Hammers weighed ninety-nine kilograms in his left hand and one hundred and eight kilograms in his right.

Long Yuan's two Thousand-Tempered Heavy Silver Hammers weighed two hundred and eight kilograms in his left hand and two hundred and twenty-eight kilograms in his right.

They were more than twice as heavy as Tang Wulin's.

Naturally, this was because their strength differed, so they could only custom-make Forging Hammers that each of them could handle.

"Both of you, give them a try!"

Under Mang Tian's instruction, the two began forging with their newly made Thousand-Tempered Tungsten Steel Hammers.

As Long Yuan struck again and again, at one moment, when his hammer came down, two afterimages actually trailed behind the Thousand-Tempered Heavy Silver Hammer. The two subsequent booms had been caused by them.

"This is... the Iterative Hammer Effect!"

Mang Tian's eyes widened in disbelief. Pointing at Long Yuan, he said, "You brat are practically a little monster. Even I have never forged a Forging Hammer with the Iterative Hammer Effect!"

"This is a top-tier effect. I'm almost jealous of you."

"So-called iterative hammering means that after one hammer strike, the metal itself uses resonance to produce a second, or even third, striking effect.

"Yours is Triple Iterative Hammer—the strongest form of iterative hammering."

Mang Tian was in high spirits as he continued explaining iterative hammering to the two of them, laying a solid foundation for their future forging in Eastsea City.

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