Metal Purification!

"This ability is a little ridiculous, and my strength is still very low."

"Once I get stronger, I'll definitely be even better at purifying and controlling metal."

Li Ang muttered under his breath, then turned to look at Cen Yue.

Cen Yue wore a complicated expression. Shen Ming beside him didn't know what to say, either.

Cen Yue remained silent. He quickly stepped forward, took a piece of Hundred-Refined Metal from the metal cabinet, and set it on the table.

"You're Li Ang, right? Sorry for the trouble, but purify this piece of metal again. Let me see whether you can do the same with other metals."

As Cen Yue spoke, he watched Li Ang. Li Ang merely paused for a moment, then casually walked forward.

As the glow of Rock Element gathered in his hand, the metal, originally about the size of a fist, began to separate as well.

This time, however, the metal that emerged was blue, and there was very little of it.

Only a tiny piece had appeared from the whole block.

"Is this Hundred-Refined Metal really that impure? Hasn't it already undergone Hundred Refinement?"

"How can this metal be so impure?"

Li Ang muttered without thinking. His gaze swept over the metal, finally settling on the larger piece that remained.

Only then did he realize that this was a piece of metal built around another kind of metal as its core.

It seemed that what he had stripped away was the better part of the metal.

As he purified it, the piece of Hundred-Refined Metal before him began to gradually crumble.

The remaining piece, however, now contained a much brighter sheen.

Cen Yue stared blankly at the scene. Then, almost trembling, he reached out and picked up the tiny piece of blue metal.

It was still only Hundred-Refined—a piece of Hundred-Refined Blue Pregnancy Steel.

The impurities from the steel had been completely stripped away. It should have been a complete piece of Blue Pregnancy Metal.

Yet this kind of metal did not exist anywhere in the Douluo World.

The reason was simple. Even after Blue Pregnancy Steel had undergone Thousand Refinement, and even after all kinds of forging brought it to Heavenly Refinement, it would still contain steel.

That was absolutely unavoidable, because steel was one of the components of Blue Pregnancy Steel.

But the true core of Blue Pregnancy Steel was precisely these blue crystals.

These crystals were its core. They were simply so tiny that even with the most advanced technology available today, there was no way to strip them out intact.

But now, looking at this metal, which was like blue crystal, Cen Yue felt his throat bob unconsciously.

"How did you do it? How did you purify this piece of metal?"

Cen Yue's tone was complicated, but Li Ang merely looked at him calmly.

Cen Yue froze for a moment, then understood. The other boy could clearly do this because of his Martial Soul or some other special reason.

He might not even understand the principle himself.

Of course, Li Ang didn't completely understand it, either. Still, he had already learned something about metal purification—or rather, this particular kind of purification.

It didn't involve stripping out the metal. Instead, it broke apart the metal's atomic structure, then extracted the atoms that were needed.

This method was extremely complicated. The technology of Douluo Planet certainly wasn't advanced enough to master it.

Even the world he had originally come from hadn't mastered this technology.

However, the world he had originally come from could extract some of the rarer metallic structures from within metal.

The technology here couldn't do that, even though mechas already existed.

Of course, Li Ang couldn't be bothered to explain any of this.

First of all, there was no way the other man could understand.

And even if he did, Li Ang had come here to ask him to be his teacher, yet the other man was asking him these questions like an idiot. It left Li Ang at a loss for words.

"Let's hammer this metal a little and test your sensitivity to it—or, you could say, your ability to sense metal."

"Of course, whether you succeed or not, I'll take you on as my disciple."

Cen Yue spoke with great seriousness.

Li Ang looked at him and nodded. With a casual beckoning gesture, the metal hammer that had fallen to one side seemed to be drawn toward him and flew straight back into his hand.

Then Li Ang calmly raised his hand and brought the hammer down.

The metal gave off a faint pulse.

Hundred Refinement was, by its very nature, a process of purifying metal and compressing its structure.

It wasn't hard to understand.

What Cen Yue meant was probably the movement inside the metal—in other words, the changes in its layers as they were compressed and pressed together with each strike.

Li Ang had no talent in this area, but he was sharp.

And thanks to the Geo Archon Rex Lapis Template, he had almost complete control over this piece of metal.

As Li Ang brought the hammer down again and again, Cen Yue's gaze gradually grew solemn.

When Li Ang's hammer finally slowed to a stop, he looked at the piece of metal.

Its shape was still flat, but now it seemed purer and more translucent.

The energy it contained had also risen slightly.

Watching this, Cen Yue let out a deep sigh.

He turned his head toward Shen Ming.

Shen Ming stood up as well. His eyes were fixed on Cen Yue, full of questions.

"Old Shen, I don't think I can teach this kid! He and I were never meant to cross paths!"

Cen Yue spoke with a rare trace of dejection on his face.

Shen Ming was a little dumbfounded.

He had assumed Li Ang lacked talent, but Cen Yue's expression didn't look like that was the case.

Before he could ask, he saw Cen Yue carefully pick up the metal and examine it. Then he took Li Ang by the hand and led him straight toward the door.

"Old Cen, what are you doing? Even if the kid has no talent, you don't have to kick him out."

"Who said this kid has no talent?!"

"His talent is almost too outrageous. He's already mastered nearly all the techniques of Hundred Refinement."

"With just a little guidance, he'll master Hundred Refinement in two or three days at most."

Cen Yue's voice rose as he spoke.

He looked at Shen Ming, his eyes more serious than ever before.

"When I say I can't teach him, it isn't because he lacks talent. It's because his talent is too great. It would be a waste to leave him with me."

"If he could study under a renowned master, then in just a few years he could reach a level that ordinary people wouldn't attain in decades."

After speaking, Cen Yue didn't look at Shen Ming again. He dragged Li Ang outside.

Li Ang didn't resist, either. He let Cen Yue lead him into the elevator and straight up to the top floor.

Shen Ming stood outside, bewildered, but he didn't stop them.

This was clearly a good thing for Li Ang. That was enough.

On the top floor, Mu Chen sat in a huge office.

A large teapot sat before him.

Tea was pouring into a cup. He hummed a little tune, his face bright with happiness.

Across from him sat a little girl of about eight or nine. She held her hands together and looked at her father with an exasperated expression.