"The Hundred Forging Technique is the limit for ordinary blacksmiths. It takes immense time and effort just to barely refine a small piece from ore. But for Soul Engineers, metal of this purity can be extracted from ore in large quantities through a few simple methods."
"Although such methods prevent the metal's spirituality from being developed, ordinary metal at the Hundred Forging level has little spirituality to speak of in the first place."
"And Soul Engineers not only use metal of this grade as material for Soul Tools, they even have enough left over to sell. Greater output, lower prices, so the Blacksmith Association..."
"Only at the Thousand Forging level are the materials produced noticeably stronger than metals extracted through ordinary means."
"But as one of the pinnacles among Soul Engineers, Hall Master Jing should know better than anyone that Soul Engineers also have methods to further purify metal. The difficulty and methods are simply different."
"At the strength of Thousand Forging metal, metal forged by blacksmiths is more cost-effective than metal purified through special methods. But how many blacksmiths can reach the Thousand Forging level? Special purification methods can be used without limit as long as there is enough time and money."
"The only advantage is that Thousand Forging metal possesses somewhat greater spirituality than cast metal."
Long Silou tactfully took out a piece of Thousand Forging metal he had forged himself from his Storage Soul Tool and placed it in Jing Hongchen's hand.
Jing Hongchen examined it carefully and discovered that the internal stress of this metal was far more balanced than that of normally purified metal. The energy within it was also more active and stable, while its capacity for bearing Soul Power was roughly fifteen percent higher.
Compared to metal of the same type extracted through