Fifty-Sixth Chapter: A Hundred-Refined Masterpiece, Officially a Forging Master! (Please Read On!)

The little girl noticed that her father reacted strangely when he heard the name "Su Mu."

"Father, do you know him?"

Wu Lie had indeed heard of and seen this name, but had never met the person himself. The man named in Junior Brother Li Tie's recommendation letter was also Su Mu, but that letter had recommended him for an apprentice position.

Yet this "Su Mu" had now earned such regard from Master Chen. Presumably, passing the official blacksmith examination wouldn't be difficult for him.

There were no tricks to the blacksmith's trade, and certainly no shortcuts.

It had not even been half a year since the recommendation letter was written. Even the three Master Craftsmen back then, or Wu Lie himself, could not have made such terrifying progress in their skills in just a few short months.

Besides, the youngest of those three Master Craftsmen had been twenty-five or twenty-six when he forged a Fifty Refinements Weapon. The boy in the recommendation letter was only fifteen this year, wasn't he?

And if they really were the same person, Su Mu could have entered the Weapon Forging Workshop directly with the recommendation letter. Why go to all this trouble?

"Most likely, they're just two people with the same name... but perhaps I should go have a look?"

As Wu Lie's thoughts raced and he decided to go see this Su Mu, someone hurried into the courtyard.

"Workshop Master, someone from the government is here."

"All right. Take me to them."

By day, Su Mu hammered iron billets; by night, he tempered his body. It was as if he had returned to his days in Qingshui Town, only everything had changed, and those days were gone forever. The young man merely sighed faintly, without dwelling on the sadness.

His life's journey