Heading to Nuoding City

"Tang Yu, why don't you give forging a try? Let me see if you have any talent for it," Tang Hao said.

Tang Yu looked at the forging table, where sparks were flying, and felt a bit intrigued. He nodded and said, "Alright then, I'll give it a shot."

As he spoke, Tang Yu walked over to Tang San. Tang San handed the iron to him. Once Tang Yu took the iron, he summoned Thor's Hammer and brought it down with a fierce strike.

Bang!

Boom!

The forging table was flattened instantly by Tang Yu's hammer. The scene suddenly fell into complete silence. Tang Yu chuckled sheepishly and said, "Uh, I think I'd better not do this."

Tang Hao felt a wave of regret in his heart; how could he have forgotten the weight of Tang Yu's Clear Sky Hammer?

Seeing the twitching at the corner of Tang Hao's mouth, Tang Yu immediately took off running to avoid getting a beating later.

Tang Yu vanished in a flash, leaving Tang Hao to let out a bitter laugh before picking up a hammer to repair the forging table.

Three months later.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the day to head to Nuoding City arrived. Early this morning, Old Jack came to the smithy and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Tang Yu, Tang San, are you two ready yet?"

Tang San walked out of his room with a bitter smile and said to Old Jack, "Grandpa Jack, please keep your voice down. My father is still sleeping."

Old Jack snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! To be sleeping on such an important day for his own children! Forget about your drunkard father, where is Tang Yu?"

"Uh, my brother is still sleeping too..." Tang San whispered.

"What! On such an important day, and he's still sleeping!" Old Jack yelled, his voice cracking from the volume.

Tang Hao's dissatisfied voice drifted out from the room, "Too noisy!"

Tang Yu, who was still sleeping in, heard the voice and jumped up in a start. He began putting on his clothes while running toward the door.

After stepping out of the room, Tang Yu saw Old Jack's dark expression and immediately chuckled, saying, "Grandpa Jack, you're here so early. I just got back from running two laps outside."

"Heh, and how did you get back into your room?" Old Jack said, speechless.

Tang Yu hurriedly made up a lie, "I climbed in through the window! I love windows the most!"

Old Jack: "...Tang Yu, it's not that I want to lecture you, but look at Tang San—he's obedient, well-behaved, and takes care of the home. Now look at yourself. When you lie, could you at least find a better reason, and could you at least wipe the sleep from your eyes first?"

"Is there sleep in my eyes?" Tang Yu immediately rubbed his eyes, wiped the sleep away, and went to wash his face with some clean water.

After washing his face, Tang San handed a bundle to Tang Yu and said, "Brother, this is your pack. I've already packed your things for you."

"Thanks, Tang San." Tang Yu smiled and took the bundle. He had never had to worry about these trivial matters since he was a child.

The more Old Jack looked at Tang San, the more he liked him, but the more he looked at Tang Yu, the more he reminded him of Tang Hao.

Before long, Old Jack led the two of them out of the smithy and headed toward the edge of the village.

On the way to Nuoding City, Tang San looked at Old Jack and asked, "Grandpa Jack, could you tell me what kind of place the academy is? What do they do there?"

Old Jack smiled and agreed without the slightest hesitation.