"What the hell? You want my grandson to become your disciple?"
That night, inside a villa at the Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Jing Hongchen stared at Long Silou, who sat across the dining table and had just made his request. He shot to his feet in shock, and the Soul Power bursting from his body nearly flipped the table over.
Jing Hongchen had never expected that a simple dinner, intended to build rapport with this technician and discuss how special metals could enhance Soul Tools, would suddenly turn into a matter concerning his grandson, Xiao Hongchen.
"Hall Master Jing, please calm down!"
Seeing Jing Hongchen's irritation, Long Silou gave an awkward smile. After examining the Soul Tool technology within Mingde Hall—only its surface-level portion—he had deeply realized just how secure a profession blacksmithing was in this era. He hurriedly waved his hands and explained.
"Hall Master, you may not know this, but your grandson is a forging genius seen once in a thousand years—no, once in ten thousand years!"
"A genius? My grandson has never even held a forging hammer in his life! How is he a genius?" Jing Hongchen glared somewhat angrily at Xiao Hongchen, who was clutching his rice bowl and did not know whether to put it down, then questioned Long Silou.
"You don't understand. A blacksmith's talent is mainly reflected in three aspects. The first is mental strength."
"Powerful mental strength is often displayed through exceptional learning ability and comprehension. At the same time, sufficiently strong spiritual power is also necessary to sense metal and achieve Spirit Forging."
"Second is attribute compatibility. Under normal circumstances, Soul Masters with Gold Attributes or Fire Attributes are more suited to becoming blacksmiths than ordinary Soul Masters. The former can sense metal, while the latter excel at removing impurities."
"Third