Beginning to Forge Two-word Battle Armor

Yun Ming looked at the scene before him and could not help but smile—the suspicions he had once harbored about Yun Mu had now all been confirmed.

But he said nothing more, quietly keeping the matter to himself. After all, some secrets were better mentioned when Yun Mu was willing to speak of them himself.

Besides, this information absolutely could not be allowed to reach any other organization.

Seeing that Yun Mu was still asleep, he gently pulled over the nearby blanket and covered him with it. Then he sat cross-legged beside the bed, guarding him as he closed his eyes to cultivate.

But not long after he began circulating his Soul Power, he suddenly froze—his half-formed divine position was actually becoming more complete bit by bit!

Though it was only the slightest trace each time, there was no mistaking the fluctuation of a divine position advancing.

That was a divine position!

Countless Soul Masters spent their entire lives unable to even touch its threshold, yet simply guarding Yun Mu was allowing him to make progress. How could he not be excited?

Early the next morning, Yun Mu had just opened his eyes when he saw Yun Ming packing his things.

"Awake?" Yun Ming smiled at him. "I need to return to Shrek. Cultivate properly on your own here, and don't be in too much of a hurry to raise your level."

Before leaving, he gave him one more special warning. "Yun Mu, when you break through a bottleneck next time, there absolutely cannot be anyone around you. Remember that?"

Yun Mu hurriedly nodded, still muttering to himself inwardly. He had never expected that absorbing a Seed of Destruction would directly let him break through to the four-ring Soul Ancestor level!

He had originally thought that even after absorbing the seed, he would need at least another half month of tempering before advancing.

From then on, Yun Mu stopped going to the Spirit Pagoda with Tang Wulin and the others.

Other than eating and sleeping, he spent nearly all his time in the dormitory consolidating his foundation. After all, this level increase had come quickly through the Seed of Destruction. If his Soul Power was not stabilized, problems could easily arise in his later cultivation.

However, unlike other Soul Masters, his various fundamental abilities had long surpassed those of Soul Masters at the same level. For him, the most important thing at this stage was still raising his Soul Power Level. As long as his foundation was stable, that was enough.

After announcing the final exams, the school also gave them three days off.

"Brother Mu, Wulin, what are you two planning to do during these three days off? Why not come out and have some fun with me?" Xie Xie leaned toward Yun Mu and Tang Wulin, grinning expectantly.

"Go out and have fun? Doing what?" Zhang Yangzi asked as he quickly poked his head over, wanting to join in as well.

Xie Xie rolled his eyes at him, his tone somewhat disdainful. "I wasn't asking you. I was asking Brother Mu and Wulin!"

Zhang Yangzi did not get angry and quickly said with a smile, "What if I pay and treat everyone? Just bring me along. I want to have fun with you guys too!"

"That's more like it. I'll think about it." Xie Xie stroked his chin, then sighed. "Honestly, I'm still jealous of Brother Mu. He doesn't even have to take the first exam. That's way too nice."

"What do you think the second exam will be?" He frowned again as he pondered it, lightly rubbing his chin.

"Who knows? Teacher Wu didn't say." Gu Yue glanced at him, her tone indifferent.

"You can go have fun by yourselves. I won't be going." Yun Mu smiled and waved a hand. "I'm planning to forge during these three days. I want to see if I can forge One-word Battle Armor."

He knew perfectly well that if he said he was already daring to attempt Two-word Battle Armor, this group definitely would not believe him and would question him endlessly. Saying One-word Battle Armor was much more practical.

"Then I'll go to the Blacksmith Association with my brother too. It'll be a good chance to hone my forging skills." Tang Wulin immediately took over the conversation. He was becoming more and more interested in forging now as well.

"Sigh, you two have already chosen your Second Professions. What should the rest of us choose?" Wang Jinxi asked worriedly as he looked at them.

"If we choose Second Professions, it's best if we choose different ones." After thinking for a moment, Yun Mu analyzed it for them. "That way, when we forge our own Battle Armor in the future, we can help one another and complement each other. How convenient would that be?"

"That makes sense!" Xie Xie's eyes lit up. "Brother Mu and Wulin chose forging, so I'll choose Mecha Manufacturing! It may not look very technical, but it requires especially practiced skills. I think it suits my personality well. What about you guys?"

"I might study Mecha Repair." As Gu Yue said this, she quietly glanced at Yun Mu. She thought that when Yun Mu forged Battle Armor or worked on Mechas in the future, he might need someone to repair them. Learning this would let her help him.

"Huh? You want to study Mecha Repair?" Xie Xie looked astonished. "But you're a girl! I thought you would choose Mecha Design. That would be much easier."

"Only someone without a brain would think that." Gu Yue snapped back without any courtesy. "Mecha Repair is far more practical. If something really happens, are we supposed to rely on blueprints alone?"

"Y-you're being way too hurtful!" Xie Xie grew a little flustered from her retort and was just about to argue back.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Yun Mu hurriedly smoothed things over, grabbing Tang Wulin by the arm. "Wulin and I are heading to the Blacksmith Association first. You can discuss it slowly."

Yun Mu simply pulled Tang Wulin along to the Blacksmith Association.

Tang Wulin was delayed for a while because he needed to buy some forging materials.

Yun Mu did not wait for Tang Wulin and instead headed straight for Zhen Hua's private forging room.

This time, he planned to skip One-word Battle Armor and directly attempt to forge Two-word Battle Armor.

At first, he had not been confident either. He had only dared to do this after specifically asking Yun Ming to confirm it.

After all, no one knew whether his body could withstand the energy of Two-word Battle Armor. There was not even anything comparable to use as a reference.

Yun Ming had also judged by the physical standards of an ordinary Two-word Battle Armor wielder that Yun Mu met the requirements, which was why he agreed.

After entering the forging room, Yun Mu picked up the exclusive forging hammer Zhen Hua had given him before, then took a piece of Deep Silver from the materials rack and placed it on the forging table.

He did not immediately bring down his hammer. Instead, he first took a deep breath and slowly injected Soul Power into the Deep Silver. At the same time, he gradually guided his Soul Power to deepen the connection between himself and the forging hammer, making it easier to wield later.

With his current strength, he could actually complete Spirit Forging in a single strike, but he did not do so.

He wanted to evenly seep his creation-attributed Soul Power into every inch of the metal's patterns, little by little. Only then would the Battle Armor he forged be more compatible with his Martial Soul.

So he deliberately slowed the rate at which he injected Soul Power, precisely controlling the force of every hammer strike to ensure that no Soul Power was wasted or concentrated in a single spot.

Zhen Hua stood at the back of the forging room with his arms folded, silently watching and nodding from time to time. Not only was Yun Mu talented, but he was also composed enough to take things slowly and understand that careful work produced fine results. In that respect, he was far better than Zhen Hua had been at the same age.

He did not step forward to disturb him. He merely placed a black metal card on the nearby table. It was an invitation card for the Spirit Ascension Platform during its riot period, something he had wanted to give Yun Mu ever since he obtained it.