Tang San Wants to Learn Forging, His First Hammer Blow Knocks Him Out, Nearly Scaring Everyone to Death

"How is that possible?!"

"What level Soul Ring did you absorb? How could it possibly raise your Soul Power by eight levels?"

"Release your martial soul. Let me take a look."

Soul Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo could hardly believe it.

Ye Ying released his martial soul, and the phantom of the Snow King emerged behind him.

A purple Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet.

The pressure of the purple Thousand Year Soul Ring swiftly spread through the surroundings.

"Purple..."

"A Thousand Year Soul Ring..."

"How could your first Soul Ring be a thousand years old?!"

"You actually absorbed a Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

"How is that possible?!"

Soul Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo was completely stunned.

He did not even possess a Thousand Year Soul Ring himself, yet this Soul Master before him did!

He kept rubbing his eyes.

He would rather believe he had seen it wrong than accept that it was a Thousand Year Soul Ring.

But in the end, he had no choice but to admit that it truly was a Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"What Soul Beast did you absorb? What kind of weak Thousand Year Soul Beast could possibly be absorbed as a first Soul Ring?"

Ye Ying answered calmly.

"Mandala Snake."

Ma Xiunuo repeated, "The Mandala Snake, the most troublesome among low-level Soul Beasts?"

"A thousand years of cultivation..."

"But that should have made your body explode."

Ye Ying shook his head. "It was a Mandala Snake that was a little over four hundred years old."

"But I don't know why it turned purple."

"It was yellow just a moment ago."

"Then it suddenly turned purple."

"Could the Soul Ring have been poisoned?"

Ma Xiunuo had never seen anything like this in his life.

"What?!"

"The age of a Soul Ring can actually change?!"

"Could it have absorbed the Soul Ring of some powerful Soul Beast?"

He did not know what had caused it either.

He let out a heavy sigh and looked at Ye Ying with some envy.

"Although I don't know what happened, this is undoubtedly a good thing."

"Let me congratulate you first."

"I'll report this matter."

Soul Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo then asked a crucial question.

"Would you be willing to join Spirit Hall?"

"You could become a Soul Master affiliated with Spirit Hall. Your Soul Master cultivation would also be transferred directly to a school specially established by Spirit Hall."

Ye Ying immediately shook his head in refusal.

Who knew where that old bastard Tang Hao might be?

"I'm currently studying at Notting Academy."

Ma Xiunuo sighed. "We really were one step too late. Even Spirit Hall has no reason to forcibly poach students from an academy."

When Ye Ying left Spirit Hall, there was now a Soul Master identity token and a Gold Soul Coin in his storage belt.

Just listen to what Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo had said.

Even Spirit Hall had no reason to forcibly poach students from an academy.

Just as Ye Ying was leaving and about to return to the academy, he heard a familiar voice.

It was exactly the same as the one he had heard back home in Holy Soul Village, The sound of hammering iron.

A tall, somewhat rough building bearing a hammer sign.

Rhythmic pounding rang out continuously from within. It was a Blacksmith Shop.

From the outside, this Blacksmith Shop was much larger than the one at Tang San's home, with quite a few customers coming and going.

She also spotted a familiar figure.

It was Tang San.

Tang San was wandering around outside, watching as she tried to learn the techniques of ironworking and forging.

After delivering food to Yu Xiaogang, she had been preparing to go to Spirit Hall to register as a Soul Master when the sounds here drew her over.

If she wanted to forge Hidden Weapons in the future, then ironworking and forging were things she had to learn.

She had not known any of this in her previous life and had relied on people from the Tang Sect to help her. In this life, she could only learn it herself.

Only at a Blacksmith Shop would she have the chance to arm herself. Right now, she did not even have the most basic Sleeve Darts.

Tang San's constant pacing at the entrance eventually drew attention.

"Little girl, get out quickly. It's dangerous here."

The blacksmiths inside hurriedly tried to chase Tang San away.

Tang San declared to the people inside that she wanted to become an apprentice.

Seeing how young Tang San was, they refused to take her in. After Tang San repeatedly begged them, she kept playing up her misery, saying she was poor, that she came from Holy Soul Village, and that her family were blacksmiths as well.

The Blacksmith Shop's owner, Shi San, finally gave in and gave Tang San a chance.

As long as she could strike the iron once with the Forging Hammer, he would take her in to serve tea and run errands.

[Tang San gripped the Forging Hammer with both hands, raised it, and smashed it down onto the iron...]

Seeing this, Ye Ying had to lower Tang San's forging ability a little.

[Ten Points consumed. Ordinary modification attempt successfully exchanged. Current Points: 2,192.]

"Change the iron into a face for me."

[Modification successful. The iron has been changed into a face.]

[Tang San gripped the Forging Hammer with both hands, raised it, and smashed it down onto the face...]

Amid the astonishment of several blacksmiths, Tang San raised the hammer high and brought it down hard on the red-hot iron block before her.

The Forging Hammer struck it with a bang, producing a crisp sound.

Ye Ying was puzzled as well.

"System, did the modification fail?"

[Let the hammer fly a little longer...]

Immediately afterward, the Forging Hammer was launched up by the rebounding force and slammed into Tang San's face with a bang.

With that one blow, blood immediately streamed from Tang San's nose.

Then she toppled to the ground with a thud, completely unresponsive.

Tang San had not yet learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Ye Ying could not help but sigh.

Tang San really had a strong body—she fell asleep the instant her head hit the ground.

Unlike him, who sometimes lay in bed for ages without being able to fall asleep.

"Little girl!"

"Little girl!"

Tang San's actions instantly terrified the blacksmiths.

Shi San kept pinching Tang San's philtrum until he finally woke her up.

Tang San groggily came to.

"Goodness, you scared me to death."

"Are you alright?"

Tang San shook her head.

"Why did I faint?"

"Can I be an apprentice now?"

Shi San muttered to himself, "A hammer smashed into your face. I'd faint too."

He smiled at Tang San and said, "Little girl, you should go cultivate your Soul Power instead."

"Blacksmithing isn't for you."

As he spoke, he hurriedly pushed Tang San out.

Who knew when she might knock herself unconscious again next time?

If her parents came looking for trouble, they wouldn't be able to take responsibility.

[Plot Modification successful. Tang San failed to learn forging. Reward: 100 Points.]

Hearing the system notification, Ye Ying was immediately delighted.

Not bad—he had made a net profit of ninety Points.

He walked forward step by step, pretending to run into Tang San by chance.

"Hey, Little San, why is there a square mark on your face? What happened?"

Tang San instantly felt extremely embarrassed.

Now, not only did it hurt down below, but it hurt up top too.

Even her heart hurt.

Something this embarrassing had actually been witnessed.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Tang San gave an awkward smile and quickly ran away.

Ye Ying also headed back toward the academy in satisfaction.

At the same time, he idly studied something else in the system shop as he walked.

The Lucky Draw Box.