Leading the Young Astray

On the last day of Douluo Calendar 2604, Ling Yi stood outside the Cold Wind Grand Camp, watching Lou Gao's short, stout yet imposing figure gradually disappear into the distance.

As the heavy snowflakes fell, obscuring his view and causing Lou Gao's figure to completely disappear from Ling Yi's sight, a powerful and resonant voice rang in his ears:

"I think it won't be long before the Douluo Continent produces its second Divine Craftsman— "

Ling Yi turned his head and saw Jiang Yuan Yuanjiang, the captain, wearing the "Thousand Scale Armor".

"I think so~"

Ling Yi, feeling the inner armor worn over his undergarments, his heart filled with strong affirmation.

Lou Gao is not just about to become Divine Craftsman, he has already become Divine Craftsman!

Several months ago, when Lou Gao was teaching Ling Yi how to smelt various metal alloys, he mentioned that "Gilded Splendor Black Gold" was one of his master's masterpieces, the Divine Craftsman Tie Futu.

When one can perfectly smelt "Gilded Splendor Black Gold" and refine it to its optimal state, the finished product will have reached the level of influencing Soul King Rank battles!

The Soul King is the first hurdle to overcome in obtaining Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Although many Soul King on the Douluo Continent only have purple, thousand-year-old Fifth Soul Ring, this does not diminish the prestige of Soul King.

A weapon or armor that can play a significant role in determining the outcome of a battle at the Soul King Rank can definitely be called a divine weapon!

It should be noted that ordinary Thousand Refinement weapons and armor would break and shatter after only a few hits when faced with a full-force attack from a Soul King Rank.

Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring gathers the energy accumulated by a Soul Beast over ten thousand years. What kind of power does Soul Skill powered by this energy possess?

Not to mention, in addition to quantitative changes, there are also qualitative changes. Just like how Thousand-Year Soul Skill crushes Hundred-Year Soul Skill soul skill, Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill also crushes those below the same level.

Lou Gao told Ling Yi that the "Gilded Splendor Black Gold Inner Armor" could withstand the attack of the Fourth Soul Skill of Power Attack System Soul Master, in order to protect Ling Yi's safety.

It is a sin to have too much when you are weak.

As for the "Thousand Scale Armor," a piece that can be forged to withstand the Third Soul Skill of Power Attack System Soul Master, there's nothing surprising or covetable about the Blacksmith Ling Yi wearing a piece made by a Grandmaster Blacksmith.

It's important to understand that the works of Master Blacksmith and Grandmaster Blacksmith are actually of the same level. It's just that a Grandmaster blacksmith has a wider and more extensive range of skills than a master blacksmith.

In the current era of the Douluo Continent, blacksmiths are not as magical as they are ten thousand years from now; otherwise, they wouldn't be in such an awkward and neglected position.

Compared to ordinary people, blacksmithing is a prestigious profession, but in front of Soul Master, blacksmiths are a lowly existence.

The problem is that skilled blacksmiths are often also Soul Master, making the relationship between them truly strange and contradictory.

As Jiang Yuan walked through the Cold Wind Grand Camp, their two rows of footprints were quickly covered by the falling snow, and the "Blue Silver Grass" that had just been trampled out also disappeared again.

Returning to the forging area of the military industrial camp, Ling Yi went to a furnace, picked up a tungsten steel hammer that was now larger, and began forging once again.

Aside from the set worn by Jiang Yuan, five captains in the Cold Wind Grand Camp alone have placed orders with Ling Yi to customize a set of "Thousand Scale Armor".

The armor materials were provided by each captain, who then gave Ling Yi corresponding amounts of Gold Soul Coin and rare materials as compensation.

As the young president of the Douluo Continent Blacksmith Association and Blacksmith personally certified by the Divine Craftsman Tie Futu, Ling Yi's status within the Cold Wind Grand Camp has visibly improved.

It's important to know that being the fourth Blacksmith in the [Water Wood Duchy] is incredibly prestigious!

With his feet on the bellows lever, the bright red flames began to turn blue and green, reflecting off Ling Yi's face in flickering light.

At this moment, Ling Yi began to reflect on his teaching career with Lou Gao over the past seven months.

Time flowed like water in Ling Yi's eyes, flowing upstream, with scenes of light and shadow flickering within it.

Just then, a conversation suddenly popped up, becoming crystal clear.

"Senior brother, some people say that forging divine artifacts with divine materials isn't a real skill, but rather forging them with ordinary iron—that's Divine Craftsman. What do you think?"

Ling Yi stepped on the bellows, his eyes observing the metal ingots being licked by the furnace fire, while asking Lou Gao, who was standing next to him.

"Fart!"

Lou Gao immediately retorted, "What utter bullshit! Who said that? Is it the God of Crafts?"

"No~"

Ling Yi shook his head, and before Lou Gao could utter another curse, he said, "It's said to be something a Titled Douluo said, I don't know either..."

"Uh..." Lou Gao's open mouth froze, and he said somewhat sullenly, "So what if I'm Titled Douluo? Does being a Titled Douluo Titled Douluo mean I can lie through my teeth?"

"To think that crafting divine artifacts from ordinary iron is the mark of a true Divine Craftsman is utterly misleading!"

Lou Gao spoke the last sentence in an extremely low voice, so low that Ling Yi hearing, would likely have missed it amidst the continuous whirring of the bellows.

"How so?"

Ling Yi became quite interested. In his previous life, this viewpoint was widely accepted and highly praised.

Faced with Ling Yi's inquiring gaze, Lou Gao pursed his lips and finally asked in return, "Tell me, what are the prerequisites for forging a divine artifact from ordinary iron?"

"Uh..." Ling Yi thought for a moment before answering, "Prerequisites... the tempering of ordinary iron? The strength of the forging hammer and the forger himself?"

"That's right!"

Lou Gao clapped his hands, raised his short, thick neck, and said, "To be able to forge ordinary iron into a divine weapon, the prerequisite is that the forger himself is a god-like being. The forging hammer must also be a divine weapon, otherwise how can it transform the ordinary into the divine and forge a mere ordinary iron hammer into a divine material?"

Therefore, it is the master craftsman who can forge ordinary iron into divine artifacts, not the other way around; that makes him Divine Craftsman!

"The order of these words is completely wrong; it's utterly misleading and harmful!"

The indignant shouts from the Lou Gao still echoed in his ears. Ling Yi stared at the gradually softening metal ingot, his eyes flashing with fire, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a smile:

Is this the real story behind the Douluo Continent?

That's true. No matter how outrageous the written descriptions may be, when they become reality, the world will step in and make everything make sense.

One of the three Divine Craftsman of the Douluo Continent?

It's just a fancy-sounding badge that I collect and display in a cupboard.

"The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique"?

This is indeed worth the time and effort to cultivate, after all, for the Tang Family whose Martial Soul is a hammer, it is a pretty good fighting method.

In a sense, what they said wasn't wrong, but those words only apply to the descendants of the Tang Family bloodline.

Without the Martial Soul advantage brought by the Tang Family bloodline, how could one possibly refine an ordinary iron hammer to the point where it could be used to forge a divine weapon?

Everyone is born different. Some people spend half their lives toiling away, only to wander aimlessly on the road, while others are born at a destination that others can never reach in their lifetime.

With these thoughts in mind, Ling Yi raised the tungsten steel hammer in his hand and unleashed the eighty-one moves of the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique"—!

As the hammer blows rained down, Ling Yi felt the level sixteen or higher Soul Power within him. He shook his head to himself, telling himself that he couldn't rush things and that he had to do them one by one.

Although I became Blacksmith a year or two earlier than expected, my skills are still a bit lacking, and it's not the best time to plan for the position of president of the [Blacksmith Association - Water Wood Duchy].

Of course, even becoming Two-Ring Grand Soul Master wouldn't be enough to secure this position; at that time, one could probably barely sit in the vice president's chair.

As Blacksmith, the fourth-ranked figure in the [Water Wood Duchy], and still a teenager, he always receives some preferential treatment.

Now that the orders in the Cold Wind Grand Camp have been completed, it's time to ask for leave and return to ' Wood Plant City ' to report the good news to Master Jin Gang.

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