Another Encounter with Tang Wulin

By the roadside, a ragged man with Black Marks on his face sat there, looking like a beggar.

But Jiang Yi could tell at a glance that he was not one. He was a Spirit Master.

Around the man were four people who looked like ordinary civilians but were actually Spirit Masters. They were looking around as if searching for someone.

With these five appearing together, it was obvious who the other four were looking for.

"Isn't that Tang Wulin?"

Tang Wulin's powerful Bloodline Power was naturally obvious to Jiang Yi, given his keen perception of Life Force.

"Evading pursuit by Spirit Masters... could this be their new assessment?"

Tang Wulin And Others were so talented that even if they had lost to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, Shrek Academy would never expel them.

So the academy could only give them another assessment task and let them remain at Shrek after passing it.

A faint smile curled across Jiang Yi's lips. He intended to make Tang Wulin's assessment more difficult, and he already had a plan in mind.

He then walked directly past Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin, who had kept his head lowered and softly begged for alms, glanced up. His body immediately stiffened.

"Jiang Yi!"

Why is he here? Tang Wulin grew anxious.

If Jiang Yi recognized him, then he definitely would not be able to pass the assessment again.

Just as he was panicking, Jiang Yi turned a corner and headed in another direction.

Seeing Jiang Yi leave directly, Tang Wulin instead let out a breath of relief. At least Jiang Yi had not discovered his identity.

After walking some distance away, Jiang Yi took out his Spirit Guidance Communicator and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this the Heaven Dou City shelter?"

"It's like this. I passed by Yundou Hotel today and found a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old child begging by the roadside. He was really rather pitiful."

"Besides, it would also have a negative impact on the city's appearance. I hope you can send someone to take him back to the shelter."

After saying that, Jiang Yi directly ended the call on his communicator.

"I wonder whether Tang Wulin will like the extra difficulty I added to his assessment?"

After doing all this, Jiang Yi did not bother with what would happen afterward and returned directly to the Blacksmith Association.

When he returned to the association, Zhen Hua glanced at the badge in Jiang Yi's hand and nodded slightly.

At the same time, he thought of something else: Jiang Yi had not undergone a single Forging Master assessment Until Now.

"Xiao Yi, your progress in forging has been very fast. I'm afraid you won't encounter any bottlenecks before reaching Level 5 Blacksmith."

"When you can complete Spirit Forging and advance to Level 5 Blacksmith, I'll personally make you a Level 5 Blacksmith badge." Zhen Hua smiled.

Jiang Yi smiled faintly. "Thank you, Teacher."

"Okay, now that you've received your badge, continue practicing forging."

"Today, I'll make it a little more difficult for you."

Zhen Hua took out a piece of metal, and Jiang Yi immediately looked over.

The metal emitted a faint blue glow and was covered in rings of irregular patterns. Viewed from different angles, those patterns would change.

Though he had never forged it before, Jiang Yi recognized the metal at a glance.

Blue Pregnancy Copper was a special Rare Metal with extremely strong Soul Power amplification properties. It had to undergo Thousand Refinement before it could be used to make items.

"I see you know this metal. Blue Pregnancy Copper itself contains a great many Impurities, and its internal structure is highly variable."

"It is extremely difficult to forge. You must use Thousand Refinement directly to solidify its properties and keep them in a uniformly dispersed state."

"Okay, start forging now," Zhen Hua said.

Jiang Yi picked up the Blue Pregnancy Copper, placed it on the Forging Table, and lit the furnace to begin forging.

The Sinking Silver Forging Hammer struck the Blue Pregnancy Copper. A force of vibration passed through the hammer and penetrated the metal, directly shaking loose its Impurities.

But it was only a portion. The Impurities contained within the Blue Pregnancy Copper were not so easily removed.

Because of its complex internal structure, Jiang Yi became even more cautious with this forging attempt.

Only after ten probing hammer strikes did he gain an initial understanding of Blue Pregnancy Copper's structure.

Once he had figured it out, he no longer held back. The twin hammers in his hands fell like lightning, and with every strike, the Impurities inside the Blue Pregnancy Copper diminished.

As the forging continued, Jiang Yi had completely grasped the properties of Blue Pregnancy Copper. Every strike landed Just Right, and blue halos rippled across the metal.

At the side, Zhen Hua's eyes gleamed as he nodded in satisfaction without pause.

Every time he saw Jiang Yi completely grasp the properties of a metal in such a short period of time, he found it somewhat unbelievable.

He could do it too, but only after many years of forging had he acquired such ability.

His own disciple had only begun learning forging about a week ago.

Yet he already possessed such sharp perception. It was enough to astonish anyone.

About two hours later, the Blue Pregnancy Copper had shrunk to one-third of its original size.

The blue halo grew increasingly bright, while the patterns gradually stabilized.

Another ten minutes passed before Jiang Yi delivered the final strike. A flash of blue light appeared, and the Thousand Refinement Blue Pregnancy Copper was perfectly completed.

"Hoo..." Jiang Yi exhaled a long breath of stale air.

Although refining this metal through Thousand Refinement had not taken him very long, it had demanded an enormous amount of focus.

Fortunately, his Spiritual Power and Life Force were one and the same. As they nourished each other, they would almost never be depleted.

Zhen Hua walked over, ignored the high temperature, and directly picked up the Blue Pregnancy Copper to inspect it carefully.

"Not bad. Your first time forging Blue Pregnancy Copper, and its quality is already close to third grade." Zhen Hua nodded with immense satisfaction.

"Let's stop here for today. Go upstairs and eat with Mu Ye." Zhen Hua waved his hand.

Jiang Yi was feeling a little hungry as well, so he left the Forge Room directly.

He had only just stepped into the Elevator when Zhen Hua's hearty laughter rang out from inside the Forge Room.

At This Moment, Jiang Yi had arrived at Zhen Hua's private cafeteria.

Mu Ye had already prepared his meal. Naturally, he cared deeply about his disciple.

All the ingredients he had prepared were Thousand Year Spirit Items.

As Jiang Yi enjoyed the delicious food, the television in the cafeteria began broadcasting the day's news.

"Today, an incident occurred in Heaven Dou City involving a Spirit Master disguised as a beggar. For unknown reasons, a Spirit Master pretended to be a beggar in the city, and shelter Staff attempted to take him away."

"Who would have thought that the Spirit Master would directly shove aside the Staff and begin fleeing? During the process, he even knocked down several residents."

"Currently..."

Hearing the news broadcast, Jiang Yi could not help but smile.