The hereditary smithing techniques of Gengxin City's blacksmiths naturally could not be used both for forging and defeating enemies like the Clear Sky Sect's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
However, if one considered only their forging effects, quite a few could stand alongside the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and several even surpassed it.
During the practical examination, Tang San had initially intended to reveal only a little of his skill. He swiftly hammered out the impurities in the iron ore and moved on to the next step, but when he casually glanced at the work of someone beside him, he instantly panicked.
Without the support of sufficiently high-quality immortal herbs, Tang San's Purple Demon Eye had not reached the realm it had in the original timeline, but it could still discern the quality of other people's work.
The piece Tang San had glanced at—regardless of anything else—had achieved an impurity-removal effect that came incredibly close to what Tang San could accomplish with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. It was also far superior to the thing Tang San had made so far.
When he looked up at everyone else's work, he was stunned. More than half of them were vastly better in quality than the piece he was nearly finished with.
Tang San hurriedly melted down his steel block and reforged it. Pouring in every ounce of concentration, he unleashed a high-speed version of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and barely managed to produce something comparable to the others' work within the allotted time.
The theoretical examination on the following day could be called Tang San's nightmare even more.
The first few questions were fairly normal, all related to blacksmithing. Tang San had treated smithing as a side profession for so many years, so he had no trouble with them.
But the