They hadn't wandered around for long. After finding somewhere to eat lunch, the three of them decided to head back to the academy.
A break was a break, but half a day of fun was about enough. The rest of the time was for training and cultivation.
Still, some "aftereffects" hadn't yet run their course.
When they got home, Jiang Jiu went straight to the forging room. He got the furnace going, then a gleaming black piece of metal appeared in his hands.
The Iron Essence couldn't withstand the repeated hammering and tempering he needed, so he would have to put this piece of Tungsten Steel to the test instead.
Of the rare metals in his necklace, this piece of Tungsten Steel was the largest. Jiang Jiu hefted it, estimating it weighed around a thousand pounds.
This single lump of Tungsten Steel had been enough to empty Jiang Jiu's pockets. As for the other, even more expensive metals, he'd bought those on credit—so to speak, Ning Rongrong, the little rich girl, had given him a massive interest-free loan.
How about getting her to train with him and giving her some private lessons?
If an auxiliary Soul Master didn't train, her physical strength would be pretty pathetic. A Soul Emperor being unable to lift an eight-hundred-pound hammer with one hand, for instance. Jiang Jiu, on the other hand, could hold a thousand pounds of Tungsten Steel in one hand without much difficulty.
With Jiang Jiu and Xiao Wu as real-life examples, Jiang Jiu's training method was clearly viable. But since Ning Rongrong didn't have a Beast Martial Soul foundation, her progress might be slower.
Outside, in the living room that had been sectioned off, Ning Rongrong took out the clothes they'd bought one by one. Holding each up against herself and