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Using the materials for a hundred sets of Three-word Battle Armor to build a single mecha? That was insane.

And even then, the mecha would only be made entirely of Soul Forging Metal, still unimaginably far from the theoretical limit.

"Your teacher is trapped by exactly that now." Mu Ye looked helpless as he reminded Su Ming, "Your idea is good, but when you put it into practice, you must be extremely cautious. Don't end up like me."

Su Ming's proposal of equipping soul spirits with battle armor was not entirely the same as Mu Ye's situation. There was no process of the soul spirit merging into the mecha; the core idea was to forge a matching set of battle armor for the soul spirit.

That way, even if he got locked into it, at worst he would only have to make one extra set of battle armor.

Mu Ye's experience confirmed for Su Ming that soul spirit evolution was feasible. Integrating forged Spiritual Forging and Soul Forging Metal into a soul spirit could strengthen it at the Origin level. The principle was the same as a Soul Master using battle armor to directly amplify their Martial Soul.

"The Soul Master World has not developed battle armor thoroughly enough. Your line of thought is one direction for further development. Battle armor consists of metals such as Spiritual Forging Metal engraved with Core Arrays and fused into a living body. Soul Masters can merge with them and use the metals' properties to directly amplify their Martial Souls. Over time, this will also strengthen the Martial Soul itself. That is why the Soul Master World keeps growing stronger. The efforts of one generation of Battle Armor Masters can subtly improve their Martial Souls. As long as a family produces Battle Armor Masters generation after generation, then after ten generations, even a Martial Soul that began as merely intermediate-grade can evolve into a stable high-grade Martial Soul, perhaps even awakening as a top-grade Martial Soul."

Zhen Hua understood forging best. He knew very well that the essence of battle armor was to grant the properties of metal to a Soul Master's Martial Soul.

"By the same logic, soul spirits can also be granted the properties of metal. Over time, their bloodlines can improve, leading to evolution and perhaps even breakthroughs in cultivation during the process."

Mu Ye and Zhen Hua both affirmed Su Ming's idea. They did not stop him, merely warned him to proceed cautiously.

Having received his answer, Su Ming hurriedly promised that he would not mess around.

He did not want to get trapped either.

Even though he would surely strive toward the realm of Divine Blacksmith in the future, he did not dare burden himself with a debt of a hundred sets of Heavenly Forged Metal first.

Thinking of this, he suddenly asked Mu Ye, "Teacher, so you're a blacksmith?"

Mu Ye nodded.

"Your teacher is proficient in all four secondary professions."

Proficient in all of them?

Su Ming was startled.

Wasn't that just like himself?

"At first, your teacher cultivated as both a blacksmith and a Soul Master. Later, I became interested in mechas. Since I was already a Level 6 Blacksmith then and could supply the materials for Red-grade Mechas, I stopped training as a blacksmith and turned to mecha design and mecha manufacturing. I also picked up mecha repair along the way."

Su Ming's mouth twitched.

So the real big shots never followed the rules.

"If your talent is sufficient, of course you can choose freely. But even with talent, achieving anything in each secondary profession requires hard work. Of my four secondary professions, all but blacksmithing have reached Level 9. As for blacksmithing, I remain a Level 7 Saint Craftsman, with no hope of seeing Level 8."

"Don't expect him to teach you much. These days, he only forges the few kinds of Rare Metal he needs himself," Zhen Hua said.

Mu Ye did not refute him.

Right now, he only wanted to upgrade every part of his mecha to Soul Forging Metal as soon as possible. Then he would work as Zhen Hua's chef for a few more years and upgrade more of his mecha's core components into Heavenly Forged Metal.

He estimated that he should then have a chance to break through to Super Douluo.

It would just take quite a long time.

"So, are you planning to equip your soul spirit with battle armor? Your soul spirit is only a thousand years old and not very intelligent. It probably can't bring out the maximum effect, can it?" Zhen Hua asked.

Su Ming shook his head and answered honestly, "I only want to use this method to guide my soul spirit's growth."

It would be best if he could gather an entire set of battle armor, but it would be fine if he could not.

According to his plan, he intended to integrate metals with Time Attribute properties that he forged in the future into his soul spirit.

His soul spirit possessed the Time Attribute, but it was an Artificial Spirit and still required guidance in its growth.

Of course, that was all for the future.

Right now, he could not guide it, because his soul spirit had not even been born yet.

"Enough. Whether you want to equip your soul spirit with a Soul Tool made from Spiritual Metal is your own decision. Learn forging first." Zhen Hua waved his hand, not allowing Su Ming to keep getting distracted.

"You'll only be staying here in Heaven Dou City for three months. Your teacher must teach you everything about forging first."

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

Su Ming returned to Skysea City.

According to Han Tianyi, he had wanted to take Su Ming directly to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters in Shrek City. But Zhang Tianyang persuaded him with various arguments to let Su Ming remain in Skysea City.

Sky Sea Spirit Pagoda could provide all the resources required by Headquarters. If something was needed, they could simply tell Han Tianyi and have him obtain it from Headquarters.

Meanwhile, factional struggles at Headquarters were rather frequent. If Su Ming went there too early, he would be drawn into those disputes.

Zhang Tianyang even suggested that, before Su Ming possessed the qualifications to serve as a Spirit Pagoda executive, he should spend some time studying at Shrek.

Naturally, Han Tianyi rejected that proposal in the strongest terms.

Go to Shrek?

What if they brainwashed him?

When Su Ming returned to Skysea City and arrived at Zhang Tianyang's office, he was slightly surprised.

"Teacher, who is this?"

Su Ming looked at the ordinary-faced girl and hesitated for a moment.

"Haha, let me introduce you. This is Gu Yue. She's from Eastsea City and studies at Eastsea Academy." Zhang Tianyang warmly introduced them to each other.

Seeing Su Ming's puzzled expression, Zhang Tianyang explained a little more.

"Her Martial Soul is also an Elemental Control type. It's called Elementalist, and the elemental attributes she can control are similar to yours. Besides, she has already become the disciple of our Spirit Pagoda's Vice Tower Master. No matter what, it wouldn't hurt for you two to spar occasionally and build a connection."

Su Ming considered the timing.

Gu Yue should have only recently enrolled at Eastsea Academy.

Leng Yaozhu had moved quickly.

Of course, Zhang Tianyang was well informed too. He had managed to call Gu Yue over from Eastsea City, creating an opportunity for them to meet.

"You two can exchange pointers when you get the chance. You both have the talent to control all seven elements—Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, Dark, and Space—so you should have plenty in common." At this point, Zhang Tianyang gave a bitter smile. "It's the same with Teacher. We're both fire-element users, so there's only so much I can teach you."

When Gu Yue heard Zhang Tianyang say that Su Ming had mastered seven elements, her gaze shifted slightly.

She looked at Su Ming in surprise.

"I hope you'll guide me well in the future." Su Ming stepped forward and spoke with complete sincerity.

He truly meant it.

There was no questioning the Silver Dragon King's control over the elements. Su Ming felt that he could learn something, more or less, from Gu Yue.