The Path to Perfection (Please Follow!!!)

Can't repair it?

How could that do?

"How could a forging bear not know how to repair a forging table?" Su Ming asked Little Gold.

Roar? (When did I become a forging bear?)

"Little Gold, you just cooperated with me to complete Thousand Forgings with Spirit. Do you know what that means? In all of Douluo Continent today, only three people can achieve that, and they're all Divine Blacksmiths!"

Little Gold was immediately shocked.

Roar! (Being a Divine Blacksmith is that easy?!)

"No, it's because you're talented, Little Gold." Su Ming said, "Of course, it's also because the two of us worked well together. Otherwise, we couldn't have succeeded on the first try."

Su Ming was certain there was nothing wrong with his forging technique. It was the orthodox path of Spiritual Forging from the future. The key was that he had genuine experience of success; using the successful experience of the future to pioneer this era's Spiritual Forging System, together with Zhen Hua's remote guidance, was why he had succeeded in one attempt.

Of course, Little Gold's contribution could not be overlooked either. He had endured until the very end without giving up recklessly, and that had been crucial as well.

Roar! (Then teach me quickly, Soul Master!)

Su Ming smiled in satisfaction.

Little Gold was quite easy to coax.

"Here, use the hammer. It'll also help train your hammer-swinging fundamentals. This forging table is made of iron too. Just use your strength to hammer this section flat."

Little Gold's eyes lit up.

It was that simple!

Now that he knew he had become a Divine Blacksmith, Little Gold was brimming with motivation to forge.

He immediately swung the hammer himself.

Bang!

One hammer blow landed on the anvil, yet it barely changed at all.

Seeing this, Su Ming burst out laughing.

"You need to heat it first. It'll be easier to hammer that way."

As he spoke, he opened the furnace and placed the anvil upside down over it, heating only the damaged section. Once it had been heated, he returned it to its original position and had Little Gold hammer directly on it.

He found some other tools in the room and went to repair the wall Little Gold had damaged.

A bear's roar coming from his blacksmith shop would not attract much attention. This was a world of Soul Masters, and there was no shortage of Soul Masters with bear-type Martial Souls. Bear-type Martial Souls granted Soul Masters tremendous strength, and quite a few bear-type Soul Masters were blacksmiths, so it was perfectly normal for a blacksmith shop to echo with bear roars.

Roar roar? (Why won't it move?)

"The anvil's material is tough, so you need to use more strength. And it's not that it hasn't changed—it's just changing very slowly. Keep hammering. A thousand or several hundred blows should do it."

Little Gold immediately deflated.

Was it that difficult?

"Think of it as getting intimate with metal. Do you remember when the Sinking Silver's spirituality erupted just now? Why was I able to forge a piece of metal into that? Because I communicated with the metal on a deeper level. That kind of communication is actually the most important thing for you. Only by deeply sensing metal can you understand it better. That'll also strengthen your control over the metal element, and you may even purify your bloodline invisibly through forging."

Roar. (You said too much. I didn't understand.)

"It means that if you can master the forging technique from earlier on your own, you can evolve into a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear."

Roar! (Bear will work hard!)

Little Gold was motivated again.

He could evolve, so what was there to say? He just had to grind!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The hammers in Xiao Ming's Blacksmith Shop rang for an entire day and night.

Feeling his Soul Power nearing exhaustion, Su Ming could not help reminding Little Gold, "Little Gold, you can't just use Soul Power without recovering it."

Little Gold turned around. His expression was somewhat excited; he had nearly hammered the anvil flat again, with only one final little bump remaining.

Hearing Su Ming's complaint, Little Gold scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

Roar. (I got carried away.)

"Now that I'm out of Soul Power, you should go back to the Sea of Consciousness and rest for a while."

Roar. (All right.)

Su Ming took the hammer and looked at the last raised section of the anvil before taking over.

His Soul Power naturally could not have lasted for a day and night. The only reason it had only run out now was because he had been meditating to recover it the entire time.

"To be fair, having Little Gold help me consume Soul Power while I meditate to recover it has quite a noticeable effect on Soul Power growth." Sensing Little Gold's condition as he returned to the Sea of Consciousness and promptly fell fast asleep, Su Ming secretly decided, When I forge in the future, I'll only have Little Gold help provide spirituality. When I'm resting and meditating, I'll have Little Gold practice forging.

As for resting—

"Sleeping is too inefficient. Little Gold has to learn meditation too, so he can recover efficiently. This time, I'll let him sleep properly first."

Dou Er.

"Success!"

Su Ming let out a sigh of relief.

This meant he could draw on the future technologies of Battle Armor and Mecha.

With Battle Armor and Mecha, even without Tian Meng and Electrolux, he could still rise to prominence in this era.

"Spirit System is the key. I already have twenty levels of soul power. I need to hurry up and learn how to condense a Soul Core—I can't delay any longer."

Su Ming eagerly anticipated establishing the Spiritual Forging System in this era.

"The past can't be undone. None of the influence exerted by my Dou Yi self can be reflected in later generations, but everything I do from my current point in time will be projected into the future."

Establishing the Spiritual Forging System—what an enormous title that would be.

Once that identity was firmly established, condensing a Divine Throne would be inevitable.

"And Battle Armor and Mecha—those are both products beyond this era. As long as I develop them properly, becoming the Father of Battle Armor, the Father of Forging, and the Father of Mecha won't be a problem at all!"

To make all of this seem reasonable, he needed to establish himself as a genius Soul Engineer. Fortunately, that would not be difficult—he already was a genius.

"Hmm, if there are Spirit Systems, I wonder if that could in turn become the key to attracting Electrolux..."

Su Ming considered the feasibility of it.

He felt it was not impossible.

"Not just Electrolux, but Tian Meng too. Tian Meng's Wisdom Soul Ring was the predecessor of the Spirit System. If I establish the Spirit System ahead of time, Tian Meng will surely be tempted once he senses it."

"What I need to worry about is being burst apart by Tian Meng without a Mental Attribute, as well as the exchange of memories."

"As for Electrolux, if the Spirit System isn't enough, I'll add the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife into the mix."

Su Ming frowned slightly.

In truth, he had half given up on trying to win over Tian Meng. The exchange of memories during the fusion process was truly a hurdle for him.

"Also, the choice of Spirit System is very important."

Little Gold was not only perfectly suited to serve as a soul ring, but also had a good personality. He was extremely easy to coax; if asked to cooperate with forging, he would cooperate with forging. His potential was great as well, and he could evolve into a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

If Su Ming fused with a Spirit System himself, it could not be inferior. Ideally, it should make up for his weakness in mental strength.

"What kind of Soul Beast should I look for?"

Su Ming fell into thought.

Su Can had chosen his first soul ring for him, and its soul skill was extremely straightforward: Soul Power Amplification.

According to Su Can's plan for him, his Second Soul Skill would continue with Soul Power Amplification, stacking his Martial Soul to the extreme. In fact, it was not only Su Can—after he joined the Body Sect, Du Busi had also given him the same advice after taking him as a disciple.