"Sure. Then I'll take you there tomorrow. These two tests will count as your final exams."
"I'll have them recorded as part of your final exam scores."
At this point, there was still nearly a month before the final exams.
Wu Changkong had originally planned to wait until then, after taking them to the Rising Spirit Platform one more time, before bringing them to the Tang Sect for testing and, while they were there, persuading them to join.
But Leng Yaozhu's appearance had put far too much pressure on him.
Besides, the Spirit Pagoda forbade its members from joining the Tang Sect.
If the two of them wanted to join the Tang Sect, they would first have to leave the Spirit Pagoda.
The others left first, leaving only Chen Ye and Tang Wulin behind.
Mu Xi didn't come out until half an hour later. The girl's face was rather pale.
Her third, light-purple Soul Ring had now turned a normal purple.
The improvement wasn't as great as that of the other students, but Mu Xi was already quite satisfied.
Seeing Chen Ye and Tang Wulin waiting for her, she awkwardly rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry for the trouble, you two. You've been waiting here for me."
"It's fine, Senior Sister. We were just about to head to the Forging Room anyway, so we can go together." Chen Ye smiled, not minding at all.
He held out his hand to Mu Xi. She placed her hand in his, and he led her outside.
Tang Wulin, standing beside them, froze for a moment, a puzzled look on his face, but he still followed behind them.
A luxury car was already waiting outside the entrance.
The man respectfully opened the car door and let the three of them in, then drove them to the Forging Master Association.
Mu Chen had long since gotten used to Chen Ye coming back with his daughter.
After turning down his daughter's request to train alongside Chen Ye, he took Chen Ye to another Forging Room.
"You've been pretty busy lately, kid. Since you have time today, I'll teach you Thousand Refinements First Grade."
"You've read the book I gave you, right?"
"I have, Teacher. I've finished the whole book on Thousand Refinement." Chen Ye nodded.
"Good. Then I won't go over the details of Thousand Refinement with you. I'll explain the fundamentals instead."
Mu Chen looked pleased, and without further hesitation, he took out a piece of Sinking Silver and set it on the table. Then he summoned his Forging Hammer.
"The fundamental difference between Thousand Refinement and Thousand Refinements First Grade is that one is ordinary forging, while the other requires you to use Spiritual Power to communicate with the metal."
"You told me before that your Spiritual Power is over a thousand points. That's remarkable for someone your age."
"That's enough to meet the standard for resonating with metal."
As he spoke, Mu Chen gave a simple demonstration. With each strike of the hammer, Hundred Refinements was quickly completed, and the metal reached the Thousand Refinement stage.
To help Chen Ye see more clearly, Mu Chen didn't communicate with the metal quickly. Instead, he repeatedly used his Spiritual Power to stimulate it.
Mu Chen's demonstration was thorough, and Chen Ye watched it all closely. His comprehension was exceptionally strong, after all.
After Mu Chen forged two pieces of metal, Chen Ye had already grasped most of it.
With more than a thousand points of Spiritual Power supporting him, communicating with the metal would be almost effortless.
"Let me try, Teacher. This doesn't seem too hard." Chen Ye said casually.
Mu Chen naturally stepped aside. If any of his other disciples had said that—including his own daughter—he would have scoffed.
But Chen Ye had already proven him wrong before.
Some time ago, Mu Chen had demonstrated Hundred Refinements once, and Chen Ye had said he understood. Mu Chen hadn't believed him, so Chen Ye had forged it right in front of him.
With that experience behind him, Mu Chen believed whatever Chen Ye said. Seeing his teacher step aside, Chen Ye didn't hesitate and slowly walked forward.
His fair fingers gripped the Forging Hammer. He brought it down gently, and Hundred Refinements was quickly completed.
When the metal reached the Thousand Refinement stage, his gaze sharpened. His powerful Spiritual Power had already memorized every detail of Mu Chen's demonstration. As he began to use it, his Spiritual Power repeatedly brushed against the metal, gradually making contact with it, while his hammer strikes grew slower and slower.
With one light strike following another, the metal, which had suddenly grown dull, gradually brightened.
Then, as the Spiritual Power merged with it more deeply, the dull metal finally lit up.
A glow appeared. Chen Ye calmly struck the metal with his hammer, his expression unchanged from beginning to end.
His gaze was utterly focused. Mu Chen, standing to one side, nodded.
"This child really is gifted. If I could make him Senior Brother's disciple, he might actually become a Godly Craftsman."
"Ah, my theories may be better than Senior Brother's, but when it comes to technique, I can't compare with him."
Mu Chen's face held a trace of helplessness. Anyone with such a talented disciple would be overjoyed.
The problem was that, for the first time, he felt he had nothing left to teach.
Chen Ye was simply too clever, and he learned far too quickly. In many areas, he even figured things out on his own.
Mu Chen was an Eighth Grade Forging Master, but when it came to basic forging skills and combining different forging techniques, he couldn't match his Senior Brother.
Under the circumstances, having a genius like Chen Ye follow him really would be a waste of the boy's talent.
Mu Chen was lost in thought when Chen Ye's voice rang out:
"Teacher, I've finished. Could you take a look and tell me what I still need to work on?"
"Oh, you're done already? That fast? All right, bring it here and let me have a look."
After leaving the Forging Master Association, Chen Ye and Tang Wulin sat in the car. Tang Wulin gazed outside, his eyes filled with longing.
"Boss, what do you think the Tang Sect is like?"
"I don't know."
"Teacher Wu wants us to take the test. Do you think he's hoping we'll join the Tang Sect?"
"You want to join the Tang Sect?" Chen Ye turned slightly toward Tang Wulin and asked.
"Yeah, I want to join the Tang Sect." Tang Wulin nodded, then lowered his head a little.
He knew his boss belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, so he was afraid Chen Ye would be upset when he heard that he wanted to join the Tang Sect.
But to Tang Wulin's surprise, Chen Ye simply nodded and gave a quiet "Mm."
"I'm sorry, Boss. I really like the Tang Sect. I've been listening to stories about it since I was little..."
"It's fine. It doesn't matter where you go. As long as you still acknowledge me as your boss, you'll always be my little brother."
Tang Wulin thought Chen Ye would get angry, but the truth was, Chen Ye didn't care at all.
His goals had never been focused on such trivial matters.
After transmigrating and gaining the Chronospace Diary as a cheat, his goal was to make good use of the Douluo World's resources and become a god as quickly as possible.
As for the Four Great Organizations, to him they were nothing more than stepping-stones.
If Tang Wulin wanted to join, he could go ahead. Chen Ye needed to place his own people in the Four Great Organizations anyway.
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