Thousand Refinements Special Effect

Mang Tian turned his gaze back to his two disciples.

"Do you understand what Thousand Forging is now?" Mang Tian's tone returned to its usual calmness.

His way of teaching the two was different from that of ordinary teachers. Usually, he did not teach them too much directly. Instead, he would only offer guidance when his disciples gained some insight through practical work.

Tang Wulin nodded first. "Later on, the Sinking Silver felt as though it had come alive."

Tang Wuyang added, "Um~. With every strike, I could hear it cheer."

The corners of Mang Tian's mouth lifted once again. He nodded. "Correct. You are both right."

"As the saying goes, Thousand Refinements Become Spirit."

"Hundred Refinements Purification removes the impurities within metal, while Thousand Forging is the process of giving metal life."

"Only after Thousand Forging gives it life can the metal itself undergo a qualitative change and evolve its own unique properties."

Hearing Mang Tian's words, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin muttered the four words "Thousand Refinements Become Spirit" in unison, repeatedly recalling what Mang Tian had just said.

Ignoring their reactions, Mang Tian continued, "This is your first Thousand Forging work. In the Forging World, there is a tradition: whenever a Forging Master completes their first Thousand Forging product, they perform a Blood Sacrifice on it, making that piece of metal a permanent personal collection."

Blood Sacrifice?

This brand-new term immediately caught both of their attention.

Before they could ask, Mang Tian took the initiative to explain. "A Blood Sacrifice creates a Bloodline Connection between you, making it like a part of your body. It can also elevate a Thousand Forging product to even stronger properties."

Tang Ziran could not help interrupting from the side. "Brother Mang, if every Thousand Forging work needed a Blood Sacrifice, how much blood would you Forging Masters have to spill?"

Mang Tian rolled his eyes at him speechlessly. "Don't spout nonsense if you don't understand. Do you think every Thousand Forging work is worthy of a Blood Sacrifice?"

"A Forging Master's first Thousand Forging product must undergo a Blood Sacrifice. That is the rule of the Forging World. Aside from that, few Forging Masters use the Blood Sacrifice method."

"Normally, a Blood Sacrifice is only performed when a Forging Master creates a work they are extremely satisfied with and intends to use personally."

"After all, once a Blood Sacrifice is performed, that piece of metal can only be used by the Forging Master who performed it. If anyone else uses it, no matter its purpose, the metal itself will not acknowledge them. Forcing its use could easily cause the metal to collapse outright."

"A Blood Sacrifice is essentially a ceremony of recognizing an owner."

"Therefore, under normal circumstances, Forging Masters do not perform Blood Sacrifices on Thousand Forging products."

"Unless a client requests a Blood Sacrifice for personal use, only then will the metal undergo this ritual."

"Wulin, Wuyang, this is also what I want to emphasize to you. Unless it is something you personally need very badly and have forged exceptionally well, do not use Blood Sacrifice lightly in the future. It will damage your vitality."

"Yes, Teacher Mang Tian!"

Although they answered earnestly, their gazes remained fixed on the Sinking Silver before them.

"Now, these two pieces of Sinking Silver are yours." Mang Tian smiled.

The two turned around at once. Tang Wulin hesitated slightly. "But, Teacher, we can't afford them."

The surprise and excitement in Tang Wuyang's eyes vanished instantly upon hearing that. He lowered his head slightly, looking greatly disappointed.

Mang Tian said, "You don't need to buy them. You have earned them."

"Besides, the Forging World has a rule: no matter who provides the materials, the first Thousand Forging product must belong to the Forging Master."

"Now that you can perform Thousand Forging, the pair of Tungsten Steel Hammers in your hands are no longer suitable. These two pieces of Sinking Silver are too small to make parts from, but they are just right for forging new Forging Hammers."

"Before you report to the Intermediate Academy, forge your own hammers first."

"At the same time, I want to see what ascension special effects your first Thousand Forging works will produce."

"Teacher, you're really giving these two pieces of Sinking Silver to us?" Though he said that, Tang Wuyang's eyes were already filled with excitement.

Tang Wulin also looked at Mang Tian in disbelief, as if confirming whether his teacher's earlier words were true.

"Would I lie to you?" Mang Tian said irritably.

"It's getting late. Go home for today, get some rest, and come back early tomorrow morning to forge your own Sinking Silver Hammers."

After receiving the confirmation, a brilliant smile instantly appeared on Tang Wuyang's face. Together with Tang Wulin, he gave Mang Tian a deep bow.

"Thank you, Teacher!" After thanking him in unison, the two happily picked up the Sinking Silver before them.

The Thousand Refinements Deep Sea Silver felt utterly unlike its appearance when they held it. A tremendous weight pressed down through their arms.

Tang Wuyang silently estimated that although this piece of Sinking Silver did not look particularly large, it probably weighed close to three hundred kilograms.

The instant he touched the metal, he immediately felt the Bloodline Connection Teacher Mang Tian had mentioned. It was as though it had always been meant to be part of his body. The sensation was extremely strange.

Tang Wuyang glanced at his Older brother beside him. Tang Wulin's eyes held the same intimacy as he looked at the Sinking Silver in his arms. Clearly, he was feeling the same thing.

Looking back at the Sinking Silver in his arms, Tang Wuyang could not help feeling full of anticipation. What would it feel like to use a Forging Hammer made from this piece of Sinking Silver?

Over the following days, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin threw themselves wholeheartedly into Forging. Every day after school, they went straight into the room where the two could forge at the same time.

The joy of completing Thousand Forging filled them with motivation.

What Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin did not know was that only after both had completed Thousand Forging did Mang Tian truly recognize them as his inheritors.

At times, he even stopped doing his own work and focused entirely on carefully teaching them.

The reason he had them carry out the following processes in the room where they had completed Thousand Forging was also so he could conveniently guide both of them through their problems while forging.

Three days later, the two pairs of Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammers, forged through Thousand Hammerings and Hundred Refinements, were finally complete.

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin each looked at the pair of hammers on their Forging Tables, their hearts filled with satisfaction.

Forging Thousand Refinements Deep Sea Silver was not considered completion. That was only the embryo.

Only now, after the Sinking Silver had been shaped, could it be considered the two's first Thousand Forging products.

Since both had used Thousand Forging Metal made of Sinking Silver, Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin's Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammers looked extremely similar, differing only in minor details.

A careful inspection would reveal that both pairs of Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammers were covered in wave-like dark patterns along the hammerheads and handles, as if they contained endless power.

In terms of style, they were not even very different from the Tungsten Steel Hammers the two already owned. Even their sizes were exactly the same as before.

Although the Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammers looked no different from their previous Tungsten Steel Hammers at first glance, they were several times heavier.

If their strength had not increased significantly after becoming Soul Masters, simply swinging their Sinking Silver Hammers would not have been easy.

Looking at his finished product, Tang Wuyang held it in his hand and felt it out. A faint smile appeared on his face.

Mang Tian suggested, "Try them both. Let's see what their Thousand Refinements Special Effects are."

A rare look of anticipation appeared in the eyes of this Master Craftsman Level Forging Master.

The Brothers exchanged a glance. Before Tang Wuyang could politely yield, Tang Wulin spoke first. "Wuyang, you go first."

Seeing this, Tang Wuyang did not decline. After nodding, he gripped the hammer handles with both hands. The Soul Power Inside Body was instantly mobilized, and the feeling of Bloodline Connection appeared once more.

A piece of metal that had already been smelted was placed on the Forging Table in front of him.

Tang Wuyang's gaze sharpened, and he instantly became serious. Out of habit, he lightly tapped the metal before him with the hammer in his Left Hand.

However, something strange happened.

Tang Wuyang had clearly only lightly touched that piece of metal once with his left hammer, yet three crisp rings of "ding, ding, ding" sounded out.

Tang Wuyang froze, seemingly not yet understanding what had happened. Tang Wulin tilted his head in confusion beside him, completely unable to make sense of it.

But Mang Tian, standing beside him, suddenly contracted his Pupils. He said urgently, "Wuyang, quickly, try it again!"

Obediently, Tang Wuyang lightly tapped it again with the hammer in his Left Hand.

"Ding, ding, ding." It was still three crisp rings.

"Heavy Strike!" Mang Tian shouted in a deep voice.

Tang Wuyang's right hand followed, swinging down and smashing fiercely into that piece of metal.

"Clang, clang, clang!" Three dull impacts rang out again.

This time, because the swing was wider, all three people in the room clearly saw that the instant the hammerhead struck, two afterimages were dragged out behind the Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer.

The latter two booms should have been caused by them.

"What is this?" Tang Wuyang looked blankly at Mang Tian in the distance.

Mang Tian was also somewhat dazed. He muttered, "Stacking Hammer effect."

"Stacking Hammer?"

Before Tang Wuyang could ask further, Mang Tian shifted his gaze to Tang Wulin beside him.

"Wulin, it's your turn."

Tang Wuyang did not continue asking. Instead, he picked up his Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer and obediently stepped aside.

"Yes."

Gripping his own Sinking Silver Hammer tightly, Tang Wulin walked to where Tang Wuyang had been standing.

Just as Tang Wuyang had done earlier, he raised his left hand and lightly tapped the metal.

"Ding." A crisp chime resonated.

Though it did not ring three times in succession like Tang Wuyang's strike, this sound was clearly different as well.

Mang Tian could no longer maintain his expression. Swallowing hard, he said in a trembling voice, "H-Heavy Strike."

With a low grunt, Tang Wulin swung his hammer with his right hand and smashed it down.

"Boom!"

The instant the Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammer struck, Tang Wulin could clearly feel the Forging Hammer in his hand vibrating minutely but rapidly. Even his right arm began trembling slightly on its own, and the entire Forging Table let out wave after wave of hums.

Faintly, fine powder seemed to be seeping out from the metal that had been struck.

Only after quite some time did Mang Tian force two words from his throat. His voice trembled from extreme shock. "Vibration Hammer?!"

Suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, Mang Tian's gaze toward his two disciples could not help becoming strange.

"You two Kids are practically Little Monsters!"

"Even I have never forged a Forging Hammer with either a Stacking Hammer effect or a Vibration Hammer effect."

He calmed his somewhat rapid breathing, brought on by excitement.

Although Mang Tian had vaguely guessed earlier that Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin's first Thousand Forging products might produce decent special effects, he had never imagined they would be these two supreme effects.

Seeing that the two still did not understand what had happened, Mang Tian explained, "The reason a Forging Master's first Thousand Forging work undergoes Blood Sacrifice is mainly because such a work will usually produce a high-quality special effect."

"Blood Sacrifice allows the metal and its Forging Master to share a Bloodline Connection, elevating its special effect to the utmost limit."

"Therefore, the vast majority of Forging Masters make their first Thousand Forging works into Forging Hammers and keep them by their side for life."

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin immediately understood. When their teacher had brought out those two pieces of Sinking Silver earlier, he had already decided to give them to the two.

Though they did not know the exact value of Sinking Silver, they could tell it was definitely exceedingly valuable, especially such large, intact pieces after purification.

Mang Tian paid no attention to their slightly moved expressions and continued, "Among Thousand Forging Metals, there are some especially supreme special effects. However, these supreme effects can only be fully brought out in suitable forms."

"I have told you before that a Thousand Forging Metal is in its best state only during its first shaping. Once it is reforged into another form, its internal structure will inevitably be damaged, affecting its quality."

"Thus, Thousand Forging products that possess supreme special effects and are shaped into suitable forms on their first shaping are exceedingly rare in the Forging World."

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin looked at each other. "Teacher, do you mean that my Stacking Hammer effect and Older brother's Vibration Hammer effect are both supreme special effects?"

Tang Wulin added, "And they are both especially suitable for Sinking Silver Hammers?"

Mang Tian smiled and nodded. "That's right. I'm even a little jealous of you Brothers. Sinking Silver Hammers with supreme special effects can only be used by you after Blood Sacrifice."

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to the Thousand Refinements Sinking Silver Hammers hanging at Tang Wuyang's sides in his hands.

"The so-called Stacking Hammer effect means that after one hammer strike, the metal itself uses its resonance to produce a second, or even a third, striking effect."

"The ones in Wuyang's hands have three strikes, the strongest type of Stacking Hammer effect."

"Simply put, when you perform Hundred Refinements Purification on metal, three-stage Stacking Hammer can save you at least half the time."

"The two additional Stacking Hammer strikes each carry seventy percent and fifty percent of your initial strength."

Then, Mang Tian's gaze shifted to Tang Wulin's Sinking Silver Hammer.

"As for Wulin's Vibration Hammer, it creates high-frequency vibrations when the Forging Hammer strikes metal, shaking impurities out from within it."

At that, Mang Tian paused. His gaze fell upon the two before he continued, "But whether it is the Stacking Hammer effect or the Vibration Hammer effect, as long as you control them well, whatever you forge in the future, you will achieve Twice the Result with Half the Effort."

Tang Wulin asked, "Teacher, are the Stacking Hammer and Vibration Hammer effects easy to control?"

Mang Tian said, "Ordinarily, they are not easy to control, but each of your pairs of Sinking Silver Hammers has undergone Blood Sacrifice."

"The greatest characteristic of Bloodline Connection is that it becomes one with the Forging Master. Naturally, controlling them will not be too difficult."

"Therefore, you must practice diligently and master the special effects of your respective Forging Hammers as soon as possible."

Mang Tian's expression instantly became serious. He said to the two in a deep voice, "Also, try not to use these two pairs of Forging Hammers in front of others. Though the world of Forging is not like that of Soul Masters, the competition is just as fierce."

"Such supreme Blood Sacrifice Forging Hammers must not be revealed easily before you are strong enough to protect yourselves. Do you understand?"

Tang Wuyang and Tang Wulin were both somewhat bewildered. Although they did not know why, they knew their teacher was definitely saying this for their own good.