Heaven-Class No. 10 Forging Room

The Spirit Pagoda's technology park was bustling with people, and everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

Mu Tianchen walked through the technology park, carefully observing every person around him.

The Spirit Pagoda was a massive organization. The Spirit Pagoda Headquarters alone employed more than ten thousand people, including scientists researching Soul Spirits and Soul Tools, as well as Soul Masters who cultivated Martial Souls and possessed formidable strength.

They walked so quickly that they seemed eager to cross dozens of meters in a single step.

Mu Tianchen's small body was not particularly conspicuous among them.

That was just as well. It saved him the trouble of concealing himself.

The sun was blazing overhead. Mu Tianchen glanced at his Soul Tool Watch, which showed that it was exactly noon.

In other words, merging with the four-hundred-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit had taken him a full four hours?

Thinking of this, Mu Tianchen could not help shaking his head. He sighed inwardly that becoming a powerful Soul Master truly was not easy.

He extended his palm, and a cluster of platinum-white Soul Power appeared within it. This was the Soul Power derived from his Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul—Soul Power with the ultimate Light Attribute.

Light Attribute Soul Power was superior in quality to attributes such as fire, water, and ice.

However, the strength of one's attribute could not determine the strength of a person. A truly powerful expert could disregard the differences between attributes.

"I've successfully merged with a four-hundred-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit and officially become a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, but I haven't fully mastered the Vortex Meditation Method yet. Right now, I can cultivate for at most three hours a day."

"Once I cultivate for too long, it won't just be useless—it will harm my body. During the period when I can't cultivate the Vortex Meditation Method, I can probably improve my forging skills first."

Mu Tianchen took a deep breath. He understood well that if he wanted to become a top-tier powerhouse, he could not merely become a Soul Master. He also needed to become a powerful professional in a secondary occupation.

He could become a Blacksmith, a Mecha Designer, a Mecha Manufacturer, a Mecha Repairer, or pursue another secondary occupation.

At his current stage, Mu Tianchen chose to become a Blacksmith. Compared to the other three professions, forging was the hardest to improve at and the most important in the later stages.

The profession of a Blacksmith required a person to devote an entire lifetime to it.

Before this, he had studied forging under Mang Tian for half a year. Although he had decent talent for forging, he had not awakened his Martial Soul at the time, so he had been unable to break through to the realm of Hundred Refinement.

Now, not only had he awakened his Martial Soul, but he had also merged with the powerful four-hundred-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit. It was time to raise his forging skill to the realm of Hundred Refinement.

With that thought, he immediately called Mang Tian, who was far away in Aolai City.

"Hello." About ten seconds later, a rough middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the Soul Tool Communicator.

"Teacher, it's me," Mu Tianchen said softly into the communicator.

"Tianchen?" Mang Tian asked in surprise from the other end.

"Yes, it's me."

Hearing that familiar voice, Mu Tianchen felt somewhat sentimental. Only a few months had passed, yet it felt as though several years had gone by.

Most importantly, too many things had happened during this time.

"What is it? Why are you calling me? I'm busy here."

Along with Mang Tian's voice came a series of loud clangs from the communicator. Someone was clearly forging over there, so it was no wonder he was busy.

Mu Tianchen hurriedly said, "Teacher, it's like this. I've successfully awakened my Martial Soul and merged with a Soul Spirit. I want to ask whether I can begin Hundred Refinement now."

"What? You've already successfully merged with a Soul Spirit?"

The other end of the communicator fell silent for a moment before an utterly astonished voice came through. Clearly, Mang Tian had not expected Mu Tianchen to merge with a Soul Spirit so quickly.

Mu Tianchen immediately explained everything that had happened during this period.

He told Mang Tian about awakening his Martial Soul, joining the Spirit Pagoda, and becoming a disciple of Sky Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu. However, he did not tell Mang Tian that he had awakened with Innate Level 20 Soul Power.

He was afraid he would frighten Mang Tian.

Innate Level 20 Soul Power was indeed rather terrifying.

Yet even so, more than thirty seconds passed before a response came from the other end of the communicator.

Mang Tian sighed and said, "I'd already heard that you awakened a powerful Martial Soul and possessed Innate Full Soul Power. Now you've even become Sky Phoenix Douluo's disciple. From now on, this continent will be yours to roam."

Listening to Mang Tian's words, Mu Tianchen did not know what to say.

Far away, Mang Tian immediately set aside his work and said, "Tianchen, you have excellent forging talent. During the half year you studied with me, you completely mastered the techniques of Hundred Refinement and Thousand Refinement."

"Whether you can perform Hundred Refinement and Thousand Refinement no longer requires my guidance. What you need now is to forge again and again."

"Based on my experience, after a few dozen attempts, neither Hundred Refinement nor Thousand Refinement will be able to stump you. Go ahead and forge!"

After saying that, Mang Tian immediately shut off his communicator. His face was filled with wistfulness.

Thinking back to that little fellow with extraordinary comprehension, he could not help shaking his head.

That little fellow possessed astonishing talent, whether in forging or as a Soul Master.

The Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul was a top-tier Martial Soul capable of standing proudly over the entire Soul Master world!

Although he was not a top-tier Soul Master, he could still sense that, ten or twenty years from now, a supreme expert renowned throughout the continent would emerge.

"Uh... he ended the call?"

Looking at the disconnected communicator, Mu Tianchen was stunned for a moment. However, he was a smart person and quickly understood why Mang Tian had ended the call.

"Since that's the case, I'll begin attempting Hundred Refinement and Thousand Refinement!"

Mu Tianchen's gaze became firm.

Outside the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters building, countless people still came and went. No one paid attention to Mu Tianchen, a six-year-old child. He did not linger outside and went straight into the headquarters building.

Back when Mu Tianchen became Leng Yaozhu's disciple, he had told his teacher that he wanted to choose Blacksmithing as his secondary profession. His ultimate goal was to become another Divine Craftsman after Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.

His teacher, Leng Yaozhu, encouraged this lofty ambition. Leng Yaozhu remarked that although the Spirit Pagoda was one of the Sun Moon Federation's three major organizations, it did not have a powerful Blacksmith of its own.

At present, the strongest Blacksmith in the entire Spirit Pagoda Headquarters was only a level 7 Saint Craftsman, someone who might not even be able to forge a three-word Battle Armor reliably.

Therefore, she gave her full support to her disciple's lofty ambition.

To support her personal disciple's forging, Leng Yaozhu waved her hand and directly applied for a high-end Forging Room for him at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

She also promised to provide one billion Federal Coins in forging funds every year, to purchase rare metals or cover metal consumption.

Mu Tianchen had only one thing to say about that: Teacher, you're so generous!

Looking across the entire original Douluo story, who could possibly be as lavish as him?

One billion in funding every year already put him ahead of 99.9 percent of the Blacksmiths in this world. Even ordinary master craftsmen and Saint Craftsmen did not receive this kind of treatment.

But when Mu Tianchen thought about how even the most ordinary yellow hundred-year Soul Spirit from the Spirit Pagoda sold for one million Federal Coins, he felt at ease.

The Spirit Pagoda truly deserved its title as the richest organization on the Douluo Continent.

His Forging Room was on the nineteenth floor of the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. That entire floor belonged to the Spirit Pagoda's Blacksmiths, and its more than one hundred Forging Rooms were enough to meet their needs.

After arriving on the nineteenth floor of the headquarters building, he activated the Soul Guidance Map on his bracelet and headed toward his Forging Room.

However, the floor was simply too vast. He wandered around for a full ten minutes before finally finding the Forging Room that belonged to him.

"This should be it."

Mu Tianchen raised his head and looked at the Forging Room before him, which was filled with technological elements. He finally let out a long breath, and a smile appeared on his face.

The words Heaven Grade No. 10 Forging Room were engraved before its door.

The Forging Rooms at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters were divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow. Heaven was the highest grade, and there were only ten such rooms in total.

The Forging Room Leng Yaozhu had assigned to him was, astonishingly, a Heaven-grade Forging Room. He had heard that even Saint Craftsmen would be tempted by such a powerful Forging Room.

Filled with excitement, Mu Tianchen walked to the door of the Heaven-Class No. 10 Forging Room. A red light then shone over his face, rapidly verifying his identity.

"Facial recognition successful. Welcome, Blacksmith Mu Tianchen."

A mechanical female voice soon sounded beside his ear.

The doors of the Heaven-Class No. 10 Forging Room slowly opened. Mu Tianchen took one look, then walked in without hesitation. With a click, the doors automatically shut behind him.

The moment he entered the Heaven Grade No. 10 Forging Room, Mu Tianchen was stunned by the various rare metals displayed inside.

"This is... Soul-Forged Sunken Silver?"