Supreme Thousand Refinement Hammer, Spirit Forged Metal

Bi Ji was no fool. When Gu Yue Na explained it, she understood the power of the Longevity Pill.

"I'll learn how to refine it as soon as possible," Bi Ji promised.

"Today, memorize the pill formula first, then prepare some herbs. Tomorrow, when I refine pills, you can refine beside me. I'll guide you while I'm at it."

"Thank you, Young Master." Bi Ji's eyes lit up as she said gratefully, somewhat excited. With Yun Ze's guidance, her pill refining would definitely improve to the next level.

After giving a few more instructions, Yun Ze dismissed everyone and headed to the top floor himself.

After he swiped his card, the doors slid open to either side, revealing the room within.

The entire floor had been opened up, covering more than seven hundred square meters. Based on its layout, it could be divided into four areas.

There was an open pill refining area without any furnishings around it, a forging area equipped with a forging table, a mecha area filled with mechanical components, and a Soul Tool area.

The room contained many rare metals, all obtained from the Star Dou Great Forest. The mineral resources there were extremely abundant and varied. Metals rarely seen on the market were available there by the ton.

Obtaining these metals had been effortless.

As Yun Ze entered, the lights in the room switched on automatically, and the doors closed behind him.

Yun Ze headed straight for the forging area and took out a fiery red piece of metal from nearby, holding it in his hand. Flames surged from his palm and enveloped the metal.

His method of heating metal was very simple. He did not need a furnace; he simply used his own Phoenix Flames to burn it.

The extreme heat of the Phoenix Flames quickly raised the metal's temperature to over a thousand degrees. Even this fire-attributed Blazing Flame Fire Metal began to soften.

Besides softening the metal, the flames also refined it. Some of the impurities turned to ash and vanished, and even the impurities deep within could not escape.

Yun Ze heated it with Soul Power for more than ten minutes. Under the perception of his spiritual power, there were no longer any impurities within the metal.

He placed the Blazing Flame Fire Metal on the forging table, but the flames did not disappear. The metal continued to burn as the Phoenix Flames merged with it.

Clang! Yun Ze picked up the forging hammer beside him and brought it down. A crisp, pleasant metallic ring sounded as sparks flew from the surface, and the point of impact caved in.

It was as though flames erupted from within the hammer, refining the metal on a deeper level.

Clang, clang, clang! Three successive strikes rang out as the forging hammer's Layered Hammer effect activated. A single blow seemed to strike the metal four times.

The first strike used his full strength, followed by seventy percent, fifty percent, and thirty percent. The Layered Hammer effect made Yun Ze's forging far more efficient.

Ordinary Layered Hammer effects could reach at most three stages, but Yun Ze's forging hammer had four. It was superior even among the finest.

This forging hammer possessed more than just the Layered Hammer effect; it also had a refinement effect. Each strike released fiery energy that refined the metal and enhanced its fire attribute.

The fact that a Thousand Refinement Hammer could possess two supreme effects was related to the blood he had dripped onto it. Even though his cultivation was still weak, his blood was extraordinary. A single drop would cause ordinary metal to explode outright, unable to withstand it.

For that reason, he had diluted a drop of his blood dozens of times. Only then did dripping one drop onto the hammer keep it from exploding.

That single drop of blood had given the Thousand Refinement Hammer these two supreme effects.

Yun Ze repeatedly swung his arm. His body, though only a little over six years old, contained strength far beyond what someone his age should possess. He wielded the hundred-plus-pound forging hammer with ease.

Clang, clang, clang... A dense barrage of impacts rang out. The sounds grew increasingly crisp, like a beautiful melody being played, full of rhythm.

Yun Ze had figured out forging entirely on his own. He had no fixed striking techniques or rhythm; he simply did as he pleased.

Yet it was precisely this casual approach that caused the metal to change toward the shape he desired. Its hardness and fire attribute continued to rise.

Chaotic yet orderly! As Yun Ze's hammer fell, the metal bounced atop the forging table, radiating a cheerful emotion.

After more than a hundred strikes, Yun Ze swung the hammer with his right hand while taking out a bottle with his left. It contained water mixed with his blood.

The blood was evenly dispersed throughout the water, turning the clear liquid fiery red, as if flames were burning within it.

In truth, it did not merely look as though flames were burning inside. There really were flames, but Yun Ze had restricted their temperature so they did not evaporate the water.

Under the control of his Soul Power, the bottle cap opened, and a drop of blood-infused water floated out, landing precisely on the metal.

Boom! The Blazing Flame Fire Metal trembled violently as violent flames erupted, as though a bomb had exploded.

Yun Ze merely glanced calmly at the raging fire. It immediately lost all its force and withdrew in an instant, as if it had never erupted at all.

This drop of blood, diluted dozens of times, fused with the metal and greatly increased the spirituality of the Blazing Flame Fire Metal, bringing about an almost qualitative transformation.

Yun Ze continued hammering. The Soul Power within his body had long since been exhausted, and the strength he used now came entirely from his own vitality.

The metal bounced merrily atop the forging table, like a mischievous little sprite, hopping and leaping about with particular delight.

Clang! Yun Ze delivered the final strike and withdrew his hammer. The palm-sized piece of Blazing Flame Fire Metal, shaped like a breastplate, was still bouncing atop the forging table.

Yun Ze casually set the forging hammer aside. Without paying any attention to the newly forged Spiritual Metal, he walked to the pill refining area, sat cross-legged, and began recovering his Soul Power.

That was right—it was Spiritual Metal. His forging had just endowed the metal with spirituality, allowing it to ascend beyond the category of ordinary metals.

He had completed Spirit Forging, something only a Fifth Level Blacksmith might be capable of accomplishing, with no obstruction whatsoever and no difficulty at all.

However, with his twenty-second rank Soul Power, he was already a Fifth Level Blacksmith and could easily complete Spirit Forging.

A few days ago, his Soul Power had broken through another rank, reaching rank twenty-two. His cultivation speed was undeniably fast.

He had not gone to the Blacksmith Association to register. He did not care much about such nominal matters, so he had no Fifth Level Blacksmith certification.

It took him more than an hour to restore the Soul Power and vitality he had expended.

The Blazing Flame Fire Metal atop the forging table radiated blazing flames. As soon as Yun Ze approached, its flames burned a little fiercer, revealing an emotion of joy.

Yun Ze smiled faintly, picked up the Blazing Flame Fire Metal, and walked to the Soul Tool crafting area. Sitting in a chair, he began using the Fire Pattern Engraving Knife to carve arrays into the metal.

He needed to carve six core arrays and thirty-two ordinary arrays into this metal. It was a massive undertaking, as difficult as crafting a Fourth Level Soul Tool.

Yun Ze seemed to be drawing on the metal, using the Fire Pattern Engraving Knife to trace elegant lines across its surface, each one filled with artistic beauty.

Whenever his Soul Power ran out, he sat cross-legged to cultivate and recover. Then he resumed engraving, working until after three in the morning before finishing everything.

Yun Ze did not wake until after ten in the morning. The forging and the engraving of the Soul Guidance Arrays had consumed quite a bit of his spiritual power, so he slept longer than usual.

Normally, he would get up at eight in the morning. A few hours of sleep were already more than enough for him.

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