Zhen Hua Arrives, Traces of Evil Soul Masters

The next day, early morning.

"Boss, wake up! If you don't get up now, we're going to be late for class."

Xie Xie pushed at the blankets, trying to rouse Tang Heng, who was curled up inside.

Tang Heng pulled the quilt tighter in a daze, muttering softly, "You guys go ahead, I'll sleep for a little longer..."

"Boss, what did you run off to do yesterday?"

"If you don't study hard, how are you going to get stronger?"

Tang Heng curled into a ball and mumbled, "I went to work hard in places you couldn't see..."

In the end, it was Tang Wulin who took action.

Using his freakish strength, he rescued Tang Heng from his blanket seal. After washing up, Tang Heng followed them to class in a sleepy stupor.

In the classroom, the teacher was writing furiously on the podium, speaking with a torrent of eloquence.

Down below, Tang Heng only felt bored; the lecture made him so drowsy he nearly face-planted onto his desk.

But then he thought that might be disrespectful to the teacher's hard work, so he decided it would be better to find something to do to pass the time.

Tang Heng took a cup out of his Soul Tool, a flash of purple crossing his eyes as the water element manifested to fill the cup.

Fishing, fishing~

Holding a miniature fishing rod, Tang Heng hid behind Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, cast his hook into the cup, and waited.

Not long after, bubbles rose in the cup and the float suddenly sank. Tang Heng reeled it in, and a Sharpness III Enchanted Book was pulled out.

My luck is pretty good. Is it because of the Golden Lion's evolution?

I thought I wouldn't be able to fish up anything good, but looking at it now, my luck seems to have turned around. I have to fish hard while I can.

With the teacher lecturing on stage and Tang Heng fishing leisurely below, the class passed quickly, and he harvested quite a few good items.

After class, the classroom, which had been dead silent just moments ago, instantly came to life. Few children enjoyed the dry history lessons.

In just one minute, the energetic children ran out of the classroom and headed for the playground.

Suddenly, Xie Xie walked over, looking at Tang Heng with curiosity:

"Boss, what are you doing?"

Tang Heng copied his notes while holding the fishing rod, not even looking up as he replied:

"Can't you tell? It's just simple fishing."

"Hahaha, fishing in this little water cup? Boss, are you..." Xie Xie stopped mid-sentence, feeling that if he said what he was thinking, he would definitely get beaten up.

It was just such a small cup; you could see the bottom at a glance. How could there be fish in it?

But the next second, the float on the water suddenly sank, and Tang Heng instinctively reeled it in.

A palm-sized cod was pulled up by the rod. In an instant, Xie Xie was shaken to his core, as if he had seen something that could shatter his worldview.

"No way?! That's a real fish."

Xie Xie leaned in and reached out to touch the cod on the rod; the realistic texture told him this wasn't a hallucination, but reality.

Tang Wulin, who had been reviewing in the front row, leaned over and looked at Xie Xie with disdain, his tone mocking:

"How about that? You weren't convinced when I called you a country bumpkin, but look—this is our boss's strength!"

"This, this goes against common sense, okay!"

"Heh, that's just because you haven't seen a true genius."

"I, I, this... sigh!"

No matter how much Xie Xie wanted to argue, any defense seemed pale and powerless in the face of reality.

In the end, he surrendered. No matter what earth-shattering or shocking things his boss did in the future, he would never question them again.

"Do you want to play too?"

Tang Heng stretched and handed the fishing rod to Xie Xie.

"Yes!"

"Play slowly. This is a storage Soul Tool; remember to put whatever you catch inside for me later."

Before pulling Tang Wulin away, Tang Heng tossed a silver-white ring to Xie Xie. It was a storage Soul Tool he had crafted from Sinking Silver not long ago. It didn't have much space—only four or five cubic meters—but it was enough.

"Where are you two going?"

"The small woods."

"Oh, the small woods... wait, Big Brother, Second Brother, what are you going there for?"

Tang Wulin glared at Xie Xie and snapped, "Since when do you ask about our business? Go play by yourself."

East Sea Blacksmith Association, President's office.

"You actually came running over here so eagerly. Are you in such a rush?"

Mu Chen looked at the uninvited Divine Craftsman before him and retorted irritably.

Zhen Hua was not annoyed; he chuckled and said, "I heard there was a promising seedling, so take my advice: the waters of Heavenly Forging are too deep for you to handle. Why not let the boy come to me?"

"Besides, when it comes to the later stages of Heavenly Forging, you won't be able to teach him anyway, so it will have to be me, won't it?"

Mu Chen gave a cold laugh. This old bastard truly had ill intentions, actually running all the way from Tiandou City just to snatch someone away from him!

Why hadn't that group of three-word Battle Armor Masters locked Zhen Hua in a basement and refused to let him out until he forged Heavenly Forging metal?

"Heh, you're too late."

Zhen Hua remained unfazed and continued, "I know you've already taken that child in, so I came here just to see him. From now on, I will be the one to teach him forging."

Mu Chen shook his head, a look of regret on his face: "I did not take Tang Heng in; he is unwilling to be my apprentice."

"Oh? You are a Saint Craftsman, after all. Although you are still a bit inferior to me, you are still one of the giants in the forging world." Zhen Hua thought for a moment and said with a smile:

"Could it be that he wants to take me as his master?"

Mu Chen did not answer directly, instead taking a mechanical part shimmering with a purple halo from his storage Soul Tool.

"Take a look, this was forged by that child."

"Hm? Let me see."

Zhen Hua took the mechanical part Mu Chen handed over. After merely weighing it in his hand for a moment, as a Divine Craftsman, he quickly discovered the unique aspects of the part.

"Hundred-forged Tungsten Steel, and it can possess properties? No, that's not right. This was achieved through some other unknown technique, imbuing this part with new properties."

Mu Chen was shocked internally. Although he was sharp-tongued, a Divine Craftsman was a Divine Craftsman; in just a short moment, he had grasped the special nature of the Enchanted Gold part.

His own cultivation was truly still insufficient.

"Correct. It was through a craft Tang Heng calls 'enchanting' that he imbued this hundred-forged Tungsten Steel with brand-new properties."

"And according to him, one property is not the limit of enchanting. Even he doesn't know what the upper limit of enchanting might be."

Mu Chen smiled slightly, though the smile held a hint of bitterness: "Spirit Forging at seven years old, and he has mastered this brand-new forging craft. I ask you, what qualifications do I have to shamelessly ask him to be my apprentice?"

Zhen Hua's heart was currently churning with stormy waves as he stared at the metal part in his hand, unable to speak for a long time.

After a while, he regained his composure and said, enunciating every word: "Where is that child now? I think it is necessary to arrange a meeting."

"You still intend to take him as an apprentice?"

Zhen Hua shook his head and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window: "Perhaps I can find the hope of a breakthrough in this child."

"Whether it is soul power cultivation or forging, the capable are always the masters. I want to understand the craft of enchanting; how could I let the teacher become my apprentice?"

"If he is willing to teach me this skill, what would it matter if I, Zhen Hua, were to take him as my master?"

Mu Chen was stunned, never expecting that a high-and-mighty Divine Craftsman could say such a thing.

Perhaps this was exactly why Zhen Hua was able to become a Divine Craftsman.

"By the way, I heard Yun Ming mention that Evil Soul Masters have been spotted in Eastsea City recently. You should keep a lookout."

"Evil Soul Masters? How did those vermin manage to sneak in?"