Shen Le, You Have This Day Too! Beat It Hard! Beat It With All Your Might! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"Boss, surely it hasn't come to blacksmithing, has it?"

After receiving the instruction, "Help me get a forge, and preferably find a reliable blacksmith too," Old You felt his whole world go dark.

What?

Blacksmithing?

The boss's hobbies were getting more and more outrageous!

Bubble Laboratory was one thing. Tinkering with instruments was one thing. But actually forging iron himself?

Wearing fireproof coveralls and an apron, sweating in front of a blazing furnace, swinging a massive hammer to forge iron—

That really didn't suit your usual style!

No, it was completely incompatible!

"Boss, there are so many iron nails! Whatever quantity we need, can't we just order them directly? That Studio is pretty good—everything's hand-forged by veteran craftsmen, and their delivery is fast!"

"I'd like to just buy new ones too..."

Wouldn't making new ones be better?

Modern materials, modern techniques—guaranteed to look good, guaranteed to reproduce the appearance perfectly!

Look, the ones from last week!

But from the perspective of restoring a spirit artifact, replacing them casually was even less acceptable. You could replace new parts, sure—but try replacing the spiritual aura in old parts.

Shen Le didn't even need to open his Spirit Eye to see the weight of time settled upon those iron nails, along with congealed joy and passion, sorrow and despair.

How was he supposed to grab all that in one handful and move it onto newly bought nails?

Sorry, but he truly didn't have that ability!

"Then—Boss, if that won't work, how about we send these nails to that Studio and have the master craftsmen add some iron and reforge them?"

Old You thought for a moment, then cautiously offered another suggestion. Shen Le shook his head helplessly.

"That really won't work. At the very least, I need to forge the first few nails