Return, the Genius Tang San

Oscar and Dugu Yan spent half a month returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Bo and Gai Yue were overjoyed to see Oscar and Dugu Yan.

The two young men had been missing for over a year, and they were naturally happy to be back.

Instead, Gai Yue and Dugu Bo could clearly sense that the two men's strength had increased dramatically, and the faint yet terrifying killing aura they exuded made people feel fear.

Inside the sect's main hall, Gai Yue, Dugu Bo, Oscar, and Dugu Yan gathered together.

Gai Yue looked at the terrifying killing intent that Oscar and Dugu Yan couldn't hide and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "I didn't expect you to complete the training in the Slaughter City so quickly. It's quite a surprise."

Oscar smiled slightly, "Teacher, with my sister's and my strength, we are top-notch even in the Slaughter City."

Dugu Yan covered her mouth and chuckled. Dugu Bo couldn't help but roll his eyes at Oscar: "You brat, but your improvement this time must be quite significant, right? I feel that your Soul Power Level has reached at least level seventy."

Dugu Bo's intuition was absolutely correct, but he never imagined that Oscar had already obtained his Seventh Spirit Ring, because Oscar and Dugu Yan's Soul Power foundation was far superior to that of other Soul Master of the same level.

Oscar replied, "Grandpa, we've certainly had a great harvest this time."

Oscar then recounted his and Dugu Yan's experiences in the Slaughter City the past year to the two elders. The two elders were increasingly astonished as they listened, and when Oscar finally revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Spirit Ring, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Even Gai Yue, who already possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, couldn't help but show envy. Although Oscar's sixth Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring came from the Evil God Pearl, his Seventh Spirit Ring was a genuine Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

As a result, Oscar, who is only at the Soul Saint level, already possesses two Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings! Moreover, Oscar's Soul Power Level has reached a staggering 75, saving him several years of arduous cultivation.

Even more unexpectedly, Oscar actually upgraded his Head Soul Bone to the 155,000-year level?! What kind of exotic Soul Beast is this? In addition, Oscar hasn't even added Soul Ring to his Second Martial Soul yet. Is Oscar going to collect a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring in the future? Plus, with the Divine Slaughter's Domain he obtained after passing Hell Road, Oscar's improvement can only be described as terrifying, right?

They thought Oscar would be extraordinary in the future, but only a little over a year has passed and his improvement has already been so terrifying.

Although Dugu Yan's achievements were not as extraordinary as Oscar's, she still reaped remarkable rewards.

His Soul Power Level has reached the bottleneck of level 70. He is only one Soul Ring away from advancing to the Soul Saint realm. He has also obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain and successfully evolved his External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, to the 30,000-year level.

Such an improvement also greatly enhanced Dugu Yan's strength. The improvement and various opportunities of these two young people were enough to make two super strong people envious and jealous.

Gai Yue and Dugu Bo felt nothing but envy and satisfaction at Oscar and Dugu Yan's advancement. At this rate, these two young men would be famous throughout mainland China in less than ten years.

Perhaps by then, these two old men will be caught up with, or even surpassed! After all, Oscar hasn't attached Soul Ring to his Second Martial Soul yet! After listening to Oscar and Dugu Yan's experiences over the past year for most of the day, Dugu Yan took out the Spirit Bone she had finally obtained from the Hell Slaughter Arena from her Soul Tool.

This Spirit Bone is a ten -Ten Thousand Year Level Left Leg Bone, approximately fifteen thousand years old. Its skills should be related to burst or speed, which is not very suitable for Dugu Yan.

Looking at the Spirit Bone, Oscar hesitated for a moment before putting it away. Since it wasn't suitable for them, there was no need to absorb it. Originally, this Spirit Bone was suitable for Zhu Zhuqing, but she already had the Extreme Speed Stealth Wind Chaser Left Leg Soul Bone from the competition, so she couldn't absorb it either.

After careful consideration, Oscar decided to use this Spirit Bone as a reward, which could be granted at the discretion of the sect to those who made outstanding contributions.

Gai Yue and Dugu Yan had no objections. Gai Yue already had six fully equipped Spirit Bone, so he didn't need this one at all. As for Dugu Yan, this Spirit Bone not very useful and there was no need for her to absorb it.

Therefore, using it as a reward is the most appropriate way to handle it, since it will definitely be used by our own people in the future, which can be considered as keeping the benefits within the family.

However, Oscar did not treat Dugu Yan unfairly. He took out two Spirit Bones of more than 50,000 years that he had been collecting and gave them to Dugu Yan.

This was the result of his careful consideration. He only had one Martial Soul at the time, so he thought of keeping these two Top-grade Spirit Bone so that he could absorb them if he couldn't collect a fully-equipped Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in the future.

But things are different now. Oscar now possesses two Martial Soul, and he will inevitably hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as Soul Ring in the future. Furthermore, due to the Soul Spirit Method, he already has specific ideas, so these two top-grade Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone are no longer needed.

After much thought, it was the perfect opportunity to give them both to Dugu Yan. Both of these Spirit Bones were of the strength and attack type. After Dugu Yan's Martial Soul Evolution into the Jade Scale Dragon Emperor, it possessed both poison control and powerful offensive capabilities. These two Spirit Bones were undoubtedly the most suitable for her.

With the enhancement from these two Spirit Bones, her Seventh Spirit Ring's age can reach at least 80,000 years. If she can obtain another Head Soul Bone, Dugu Yan's Seventh Spirit Ring might be able to absorb Hundred Thousand Year Level.

However, although Oscar has handled quite a few Spirit Bone over the years, Torso Soul Bone and Head Soul Bone are indeed rare, which is something that Dugu Yan cannot satisfy.

However, it's not a big problem. Right now, there happens to be a Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest that is suitable for Dugu Yan. All Dugu Yan needs to do is accept the sacrifice from it. Although it's not Hundred Thousand Year Level beast, it's definitely a top-quality one.

However, before that, Oscar and Dugu Yan both had to go through a period of seclusion, because they had not yet fully mastered the Divine Slaughter's Domain, which required a certain amount of time to mature and refine themselves, which is what is known as washing away the superficiality.

Geng Xin City, known as the metal capital of the Douluo Continent and the headquarters of the Continental Blacksmith Association, is one of the Star Luo Empire Main City, located in the southwest of the Star Luo Empire.

Geng Xin City is not a famous city. Within the main city area, it is only in the middle to lower ranks. Since Douluo Continent is a world of Soul Master, it is normal for it to be neglected as a metal city.

The blacksmiths' status was actually the same as that of ordinary people, and the influence of the Blacksmith Association was only limited to this city.

The Spirit Hall is actually the Spirit Master Association, yet it can influence the situation across the entire continent.

This shows just how vast the gap is between a blacksmith and Soul Master.

Furthermore, due to the special nature of the Soul Master profession, the better the blacksmith, the more likely he is to be Soul Master.

Only Soul Master's extraordinary abilities can make forging more exquisite. Of course, this isn't absolute. There are also some exceptional blacksmithing geniuses who, without the aid of Martial Soul, still achieve great success in the blacksmithing world.

However, such beings are almost as rare as those with Innate Full Soul Power, appearing only once every hundred years.

The status of true Blacksmith Master was still quite good. Although blacksmiths were not valued by the Two Great Empires, they were still needed for the production of weapons, agricultural tools, buildings, and furniture.

Therefore, the more Senior Blacksmith, the more valuable the item.

A month ago, Tang San and Xiao Wu traveled across the continent and came to this city. For Tang San, who was skilled at making Hidden Weapon, this city, a paradise for blacksmiths, was also his paradise.

Because he could buy almost all rare metals in Geng Xin City, he didn't need to worry about the materials for making Hidden Weapon as long as he had money.

The only problem is that Tang San didn't have much savings over the past year, so it wasn't enough to buy Hidden Weapon.

However, Tang San has found a perfect way to solve this problem: he can take the blacksmith certification exam in Geng Xin City. Once he obtains the blacksmith professional certification in Geng Xin City, he can become a professional blacksmith.

He can then work for the Blacksmith Association in Geng Xin City and make some special weapons to sell. This will not only hone his forging skills but also allow him to earn some Gold Soul Coin.

There are seven levels of blacksmiths. From lowest to highest, they are: Junior Blacksmith, Intermediate Blacksmith, Senior Blacksmith, Master Blacksmith Master, Blacksmith Master Blacksmith Grandmaster, and Divine Craftsman.

Tang San learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer from Tang Hao since childhood, and later continued to improve under Oscar's guidance. Coupled with his superb forging skills, Tang San shocked the entire Blacksmith Association during the assessment.

At only fifteen years old, Tang San already possessed forging skills approaching those of Blacksmith Grandmaster, reaching the level of Blacksmith Master.

Even the two disciples of Lou Gao, the current president of the Blacksmith Association and one of the three great Divine Craftsman in the world, have only just become Blacksmith Grandmaster.

Lou Gao's two disciples are considered the youngest blacksmithing geniuses in the Blacksmith Association, but they are both over thirty years old.

And how old is Tang San? A fifteen-year-old child. In their eyes, becoming Junior Blacksmith at that age is already considered genius, right? Even if one cultivates in the womb, it's absolutely impossible to achieve such accomplishments at that age, right? More importantly, Tang San is actually a Soul Ancestor level expert. A fifteen-year-old Blacksmith Master with Soul Ancestor level cultivation—either achievement would be absolutely heaven-defying on the continent. And now these two have actually combined? In just one month, Tang San became a celebrity in the Blacksmith Association. The Divine Craftsman Lou Gao even came out of seclusion to meet Tang San. The two hit it off immediately in their pursuit of forging, and Lou Gao quickly accepted Tang San as his disciple, allowing him to move into the Blacksmith Association headquarters as his closed-door disciple.

Tang San became Lou Gao's apprentice for two reasons: first, to further hone his forging skills in preparation for forging the Tang Sect's unparalleled Hidden Weapon in the future.

Secondly, it was also to take advantage of Lou Gao's identity and status to make the most of all resources. This would not only allow him to quickly collect many materials that he could not even see, but also shorten the time it would take for him to forge the Tang Sect's peerless Hidden Weapon in the future.

Lou Gao's acceptance of Tang San, a peerless genius blacksmith, as his apprentice caused a great stir in Geng Xin City. After all, it was a historic moment for someone so young to have already reached a level close to that of Blacksmith Grandmaster.

What no one knows is that Tang San does have some talent in forging, but that is due to the combined effect of his two lifetimes and the Clear Sky Hammer.

However, in any case, Tang San in this life is indeed skilled in forging, since the Martial Soul techniques are all his own.

At the Blacksmith Association headquarters, Tang San finished a day of forging and took Xiao Wu to the market to browse around, hoping to find some treasures.

Tang San and Xiao Wu are now fifteen years old. In just over a year, they have made significant progress. Tang San's Soul Power Level has increased from level 45 to level 49, and he is just one step away from breaking through the level 50 bottleneck and becoming a Spirit King.

Xiao Wu's improvement is similar to Tang San's, but she now needs to work even harder. Her Soul Power cultivation has now reached level 49, and she is not far from level 50.

"Little San, how are you feeling today?" Xiao Wu, who is now fifteen years old, has grown up a lot and asked, linking her arm with Tang San's.

Tang San smiled and said, "I enjoy every day now, and I've already reached a bottleneck. It won't be long before I break through level 50."

Hearing this, Xiao Wu smiled slightly, "Congratulations, Little San, you're really something!"

Tang San smiled wryly upon hearing this, "You still can't catch up with our Sister Xiao Wu. Back then, your Soul Power was one level lower than mine, but now you've already caught up with me."

Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue. "I don't need to forge iron every day, so I can only work hard to cultivate, otherwise you'll leave me far behind."

Tang San affectionately patted Xiao Wu's rabbit ears. "You've had a tough month. I've been forging every day, so I haven't had much time to spend with you."

Xiao Wu shook her head. "Improvement is the most important thing. Only when you are strong enough can you protect me properly, right?"

Tang San and Xiao Wu acted like an ordinary young couple, strolling through the market while talking about their love, which was the envy of others.

On the second floor of a hotel not far from the two, a middle-aged man with gloomy eyes watched their every move.

The middle-aged man turned to look at his subordinate. "Is that Tang San? He looks quite ordinary."

The subordinate respectfully replied, "Your Excellency, it has been confirmed through multiple channels that he is indeed Tang San, who is wanted by the authorities. He disappeared for a year and only recently made a public appearance in Geng Xin City. Perhaps this is an opportunity given to us by heaven."

Upon hearing this, the bishop revealed a bloodthirsty smile on his gloomy face, "Go and prepare. It's just four Soul Rings. Even if he is exceptionally talented, a genius who hasn't grown up is no different from trash."

The subordinate knelt respectfully and replied, "Yes!"

Tang San and Xiao Wu were looking at a decent piece of ore when Tang San suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He instantly became alert and silently activated his Purple Demon Eye to observe it, but he didn't find anything.

Tang San wondered to himself, "Strange, why do I keep feeling like someone is watching me from the shadows?"

P. S.: Typos will be corrected first and then fixed later.