Forging Notes
"Erlong, would you like to go to the ' Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain ' training ground together?"
An invitation woke Liu Erlong, who was engrossed in a pile of metal ingots.
When she raised her head, although her fair nose and forehead were stained with a smear of bluish-black metallic powder, it could not hide her exquisite features, which made the inviter's eyes flash with a hint of amazement.
"No, thank you," Liu Erlong calmly declined. "I need to go to the ' Lava Cavern ' to continue my forging lesson later."
"Alright." The inviter clicked his tongue with a regretful look, and helplessly turned and left with his companion.
Even from a distance, a slightly dark-skinned boy couldn't help but turn around to look at Liu Erlong, who had once again lowered his head to study various metal ingots.
Even though he could only see half of the back view, the boy was still mesmerized.
"Smack!"
A strong hand patted the boy's shoulder, and the voice of the person who had invited him earlier rang out. "Alright, snap out of it."
The boy shook off the large hand on his shoulder and instinctively denied, "I didn't..."
"Understand."
The inviter interrupted the boy, saying, "I've been there, I know what you're thinking, but let me give you a piece of advice: Liu Erlong and we're not from the same world. Just think about it and don't get your hopes up—"
The boy pouted upon hearing this, looked at the senior in front of him, and muttered somewhat resentfully, "But you just invited him."
Upon hearing this, the tall, handsome senior shrugged nonchalantly and said, "It's just a normal invitation between classmates. What if it works out?"
The implication is that he also craves it, but his craving is rational, not the toad-like craving of a teenager.
"That's our academy's top Heavenly Craft Tier! In just one year, he's surpassed many veterans in the Blacksmith Association who have studied for over ten years!" the senior student sighed.
As an advanced Soul Master Academy, the students of [Heavenly Craft Academy] are naturally not divided into grades according to age like those of junior Soul Master Academy.
The students in the academy are divided into three levels. The first level consists of newly enrolled students and those whose strength is below level 25, called the Skillful Craft Tier. The level between level 25 and level 30 is another level, called the Divine Craft Tier. Those above level 30 enter the highest level, the Celestial Heavenly Craft Tier.
Teachers are graded the same as students, but the requirements are higher.
The entry requirements for teachers at [Heavenly Craft Academy] are the same as other advanced Soul Master Academy: Soul Power level of 40. Within the academy, teachers with a soul power level between 40 and 50 are considered Skillful Craft Tier; those between 50 and 60 are considered Divine Craft Tier; and those above 60, such as Lou Gao, Hamo Lett, Ah Gu, and Shangguan Tianyou, are considered Heavenly Craft Tier craftsmen.
The boy's name is Han Li, Martial Soul "Clear Water Gourd." He's a new student this year, having just obtained his Second Soul Ring, making him a Grand Soul Master. Naturally, he's classified as Skillful Craft Tier student within the academy. Keep in mind, in the original intermediate Soul Master Academy, he was the most outstanding student of his graduating class!
The senior student, named Lu Qiwen, was among the first batch of students to enroll two years ago. His Martial Soul the "Three-Legged Brass Cauldron," and he is currently a level 29 Grand Soul Master, just one step away from level 30, but he is still at the second level of Divine Craft Tier.
As for Liu Erlong, Lu Qiwen still remembers that when she first enrolled last year, she was already a level 29 Grand Soul Master. After enrolling, she hunted a Thousand-Year Soul Beast for its Soul Ring under the academy's arrangement, becoming Three-Ring Soul Elder and directly promoted to the academy's Heavenly Craft Tier student!
In the following year, he not only defeated his senior classmates who were also Soul Elder in terms of strength and became the number one in the Heavenly Craft Tier, but also made rapid progress in his forging studies at a speed that left all his classmates in awe, thanks to the power of his "Fire Dragon" Martial Soul and its attribute advantages.
Not yet quite clear on what kind of image Liu Erlong held in the eyes of senior students like Lu Qiwen, young Han Li suppressed his inner turmoil and silently made the decision to cultivate and study diligently.
"Let's go, Han Li, we need to hurry. ' Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain ' is so popular. We finally got a turn this time. If we're late and the central area is taken, we'll lose a lot!"
Lu Qiwen urged, and at the same time began to accelerate.
"Senior Lu, is there anything different about the central area?"
Han Li started jogging, asking questions as he ran.
"That's definitely different!" Lu Qiwen replied steadily, taking several meters in a single step. "Although the ' Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain ' area is filled with vitality, accelerating Soul Power cultivation, tempering the body, and allowing for fearless injury during combat training while slowly repairing the body, the effects are better the closer you get to the central area."
"School just started these past two days. You'll find out more when the elective courses start. These things will all be covered in class."
"Oh, right," Lu Qiwen said, as if remembering something, and reminded Han Li, "Since you chose the least popular major, 'Agronomy,' I heard the academy has specially designated an area in ' Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain and Rain' specifically for planting all sorts of flowers, grasses, and greenery."
"But you must remember, in that area, unless you can do things and cultivate at the same time, never use the guise of cultivating there."
"If discovered, the first offense will result in a warning, the second in a major demerit, and the third in immediate expulsion from the academy."
Upon hearing this, Han Li's expression changed several times, finally becoming a mixture of joy and worry.
Seeing this, Lu Qiwen knew what the other person was thinking, and said again, "Alright, this is already a great opportunity that we students who choose other elective courses can only dream of."
"You see, I'm majoring in 'Medicine,' so aside from courses on identifying herbs and practical treatment sessions for volunteers, I can only get involved with the professors in this ' Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain ' process."
"Unlike your 'agricultural science' programs, most of the courses are conducted in Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain, where your body is constantly nourished by the vitality of life. The benefits are numerous!"
Just as Han Li, Lu Qiwen, and several other extras were heading to a mountain valley on the far east side of the college for "Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain".
In the materials room on the first floor of the main teaching building, Liu Erlong finally stopped his research, got up and walked out of the materials room, leaving the teaching building and heading towards the western area of the college.
On the way to the "Lava Cavern", Liu Erlong felt a little excited. She had a premonition that her forging skills were about to make a great leap forward.
Thinking of this, Liu Erlong couldn't help but stroke the three books he was holding in his arms.
As you can see, on the cover of the outermost book, the words "... Forging Notes... Ling Yi" are faintly visible.
These few notebooks, along with more than ten other notebooks kept in her residence, were given to Liu Erlong by Liu Erlong forging instructor, Shangguan Tianyou.
After demonstrating his exceptional forging talent, and after consulting with Lou Gao and Tie Futu, Shangguan Tianyou borrowed these precious handwritten notes from the Blacksmith Association and gave them to Liu Erlong to study.
Thirteen years old, a level thirty-three Soul Elder, a high-level blacksmith who has mastered Five Hundred Refinement techniques.
This is Liu Erlong's data at this very moment.
To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~