Are They Using Us or Trying to Control Us?

Once Elder Jin had finished speaking, the Twins understood!

This Seed of Life was Tang Wulin's grandmother—the one who had originally been the Blue Silver Emperor, yet had somehow usurped the position of Lord of Nature! Wasn't this something Elder Jin was supposed to give to Tang Wulin? Why had he handed it to them instead?

Had the ripples they'd caused after being reborn really been so great?

No matter how confused the Twins were, Elder Jin seemed to have made up his mind about them. He handed the Seed of Life to the two of them.

"Life must grow toward the sun. Your Martial Soul is a perfect fit! Infernal Delicate Apricot, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, you must help him!" Elder Jin turned to Jiaojiao and Bajiao and instructed them in a solemn voice.

The two hurriedly nodded. "Yes!"

When the Twins left the golden space and emerged outside the Golden Tree, they still didn't know what to do with the Seed of Life in their hands. Just then, however, sunlight fell on the Seed of Life and Yun Qianzhao's hand.

A searing sting shot through him!

It was an extremely dangerous warning!

Yun Qianzhao froze, staring at the Seed of Life in his hand with wide eyes.

So that was it. He understood now!

Were they planning to use the Twins to make the Seed of Life sprout, perhaps even using it to control or deal with them? The Twins didn't know whether this was one of Tang San's contingencies or the Plane Master's plan.

But using and controlling them wouldn't be so easy!

The Twins discreetly put away the Seed of Life. Just then, Zhen Hua came out of the Sea God Pavilion. When he saw them, he raised a hand and called, "You two! Over here!"

The two looked his way. "Senior Zhen Hua, what brings you here?"

"Oh, I've been here for days!"

Zhen Hua sighed. Feng Wuyu emerged from behind him and explained to the two, "He came to discuss Heavenly Forging with you!"

"Exactly! I've gained some new insights into Heavenly Forging Secondary Tempering, so I wanted to try them out with you two and see if they work." Zhen Hua nodded, explaining why he'd come.

Hearing his reason, the Twins set aside the matter of the Seed of Life for the moment and nodded. "No problem! Elder Feng, would you like to join us?"

The two looked at Feng Wuyu.

Feng Wuyu beamed. "Excellent, excellent! Looks like our juniors still know to favor their own!"

Zhen Hua could only shake his head.

The inner court had a dedicated Forging District, overseen by Feng Wuyu. He immediately cleared all the blacksmiths out of the area, leaving it to Zhen Hua and the Twins.

Zhen Hua took out a piece of Heavenly Forging alloy and used his method to temper it a second time.

Feng Wuyu watched his every move without blinking.

After tempering the alloy a second time, Zhen Hua took out another piece that had not undergone secondary tempering and handed it to the Twins. "Here. I prepared this piece of Heavenly Forging alloy for you."

Yun Qianzhao accepted the alloy and released his Martial Soul, infusing it with the power of the sun.

Bathed in the sun's power, Jiaojiao looked utterly comfortable. She tilted her head slightly and closed her eyes, savoring the nourishment of the sunlight.

What pure, blazing yang energy!

Nourished by this attribute, even stronger than the Ultimate Fire of the Blazing Yang Spring, Jiaojiao's Ultimate Fire attribute steadily improved. The progress was slow, but it was a change that wouldn't have happened even after twenty thousand years at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

Feng Wuyu and Zhen Hua watched intently, carefully sensing how the Heavenly Forging alloy changed as it was infused with the power Yun Qianzhao released.

Purified by Yun Qianzhao's solar power, the Heavenly Forging alloy underwent secondary tempering.

Zhen Hua set the two pieces of alloy, each tempered by a different method, side by side. After studying them closely, he sighed again. "It still can't match the level your Martial Soul can achieve, young man!"

"It's already excellent!"

Yun Qianyue looked at the two pieces of Heavenly Forging alloy and asked, "Wouldn't you say its attributes have improved by a full fifty percent compared with the alloy you forged a few years ago, Senior Zhen Hua?"

"That's true! But it's still a long way from matching the level your Martial Soul can achieve."

Zhen Hua nodded and sighed.

If the two of them weren't Yun Ming's disciples, he would've long since started plotting to lure them over to the Blacksmith Association!

Where there's a will, there's a way!

Feng Wuyu walked over and patted Zhen Hua on the shoulder. "Why not move to Shrek Academy? There's plenty of room here, and you'd have a room of your own."

"I'd like to, but surely the Federation wouldn't just stand by and watch the Blacksmith Association grow so close to Shrek Academy?"

Zhen Hua shook his head. Besides, even if he ignored the Federation, as president of the Blacksmith Association, living at Shrek Academy would make it look as if the association had pledged itself to the academy.

Those in high positions were always bound by circumstances beyond their control.

News that the Twins had emerged from seclusion quickly reached the other elders. By the time Cai Yue'er arrived, the Twins were happily chatting with Zhen Hua and Feng Wuyu. She strode over and stepped between them.

Jiaojiao and Bajiao both took a step back, wary of Cai Yue'er.

Although Feng Wuyu and Zhen Hua weren't much weaker than Cai Yue'er, Jiaojiao and Bajiao instinctively felt she was more threatening than either of them.

"You lot certainly know how to take it easy!" Cai Yue'er looked at them and snorted.

"What is it? Who's made our Dean Cai angry this time?" Feng Wuyu asked with a smile when he saw her expression.

Cai Yue'er glanced at him, then turned to the Twins. "When did you come out of seclusion?"

"This morning!" The Twins answered her honestly.

"You came out and didn't even let me know! I've been conscientiously filling in for you for two whole months! The semester is almost over, and you've only visited your class once. That's no way to be homeroom teachers, is it?"

Cai Yue'er crossed her arms and looked at them with an amused smile.

"That's true..."

Yun Qianzhao rubbed his nose. Beside him, Yun Qianyue hurried over and took Cai Yue'er by the arm. "Oh, Elder Cai! Don't be mad. My brother and I were going to find you right away, but then someone stopped us!"

At those words, Cai Yue'er turned her gaze on Zhen Hua and Feng Wuyu and snorted.

Zhen Hua and Feng Wuyu looked awkward. Feng Wuyu stood up. "Oh, I just remembered—Mu Chen needs me for something. President Zhen Hua, he mentioned it to you too, didn't he? Shall we go together?"

Zhen Hua froze for a moment, then caught on and hurriedly nodded. "Right, right! Together, together!"

The two of them exchanged a few words and hurried off.

Soon, only the Twins and Cai Yue'er were left. Cai Yue'er glanced at Jiaojiao and Bajiao, who had followed behind the Twins, then said to the two of them, "You have a class tomorrow. Go teach it! I've already arranged the lesson."