A Second Specialty: Forging [Please Keep Reading]

The middle of the back row was the best spot in the entire classroom: a view in every direction and an ear on everything.

As the two sat down, many classmates looked curiously at Li Qingyue, but no one came over to say or ask anything else.

Once they were seated together, the blond boy to Li Qingyue's left waved and greeted him.

"Hello, Li Qingyue. I'm Xie Xie. Nice to meet you."

The blond boy smiled at Li Qingyue.

His gaze was gentle. Though the person before him was a boy, he was so good-looking that anyone would have found him easy on the eyes.

To Xie Xie, this boy was the only one in the class whose looks could rival his own. He might even have been a little better-looking.

Everyone else fell short of his looks, some by a wide margin. Naturally, Xie Xie had little interest in them.

Hearing Xie Xie's words, Li Qingyue paused and studied him with curiosity. He hadn't expected to run into Xie Xie by such coincidence.

After all, Xie Xie would later become Tang Wulin's sidekick, caught between the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings.

Yet things turned out fairly well for him. He survived and built a happy life with Yuanen Yehui.

And as Tang Wulin's brother in all but blood, he was closer to Tang Wulin than Xu Lizhi, Yue Zhengyu, and the others. His standing in the newly rebuilt Shrek Academy would be higher, too.

But Li Qingyue merely smiled at the still-young Time-Space Douluo. He couldn't say he was particularly interested.

After all, he had mainly come here to avoid danger.

He wasn't all that concerned about whether he befriended Tang Wulin or had anything to do with him.

He already had advantages enough to make him seem even more like a child of destiny than Tang Wulin himself. Naturally, none of that interested him.

The junior class moved through its lessons quickly, and classes were held only in the morning.

There were no afternoon classes; the students had the time to themselves.

So after the four morning lessons ended on the first day, they had the afternoon off.

As they left the classroom, Xie Xie followed the two of them, plainly curious.

And wherever Li Qingyue and Na'er went, people looked their way.

People with looks as striking as theirs were rare, and Xie Xie himself was quite good-looking.

Still young, Xie Xie had a fair face, rosy lips, and white teeth. He looked rather cute.

When the three stepped outside, Xie Xie spotted his family's driver and waved to Li Qingyue and Na'er.

"Bye, Na'er! Bye, Li Qingyue!"

"See you next time!"

With that, Xie Xie waved to them both.

Li Qingyue nodded.

After watching Xie Xie get into the car, Li Qingyue waited where he was for Leng Xiaoyue.

Less than two minutes later, Leng Xiaoyue pulled up in a car of her own.

She clearly wasn't used to driving such a cheap wreck, and she handled it somewhat awkwardly.

Once the two climbed in, she drove them home for lunch.

Compared with yesterday, Leng Xiaoyue had plainly calmed down.

She still resisted the arrangement somewhat, but she no longer seemed to mind it as much. Perhaps she had made her peace with it.

After all, even if she hadn't, there was little she could do.

Leng Yaozhu had already sent her here, and Li Qingyue's talent really was astonishing.

Rather than wallow in self-pity, she might as well make the best of this life.

Time passed quickly here. In the blink of an eye, a little over a month had gone by.

With the month past, Leng Yaozhu sent over the first batch of resources.

Besides depositing two hundred thousand Federation coins directly into Li Qingyue's account, she gave him ten century-old spirit grasses and one thousand-year-old spirit grass to use.

Spirit grass, in truth, was not very useful to most people.

Most could not make full use of it. They could only swallow it whole or wear it on their person, drawing on its power as they cultivated.

For Li Qingyue, though, it was entirely different.

He had something no one else did: a check-in system.

His very first check-in, on Gu Yuena, had earned him the God-Tier Alchemy Notes.

Over the past few days, he had spent most of his time studying the notes and the art of alchemy.

As a result, Li Qingyue had developed his own understanding of alchemy, along with clearer ideas and methods.

But despite having the God-Tier Alchemy Notes, he was still far too young.

His soul was already mature, but learning and grasping their contents quickly would still take a great deal of study.

Leng Yaozhu had also arranged for him to take up a second specialty.

She had let him choose it himself.

Li Qingyue had not hesitated for a moment. He chose forging.

His future potential might have no limit.

But whether to protect himself or grow stronger quickly, Battle Armor was something he would have to acquire—or rather, something he would have to possess.

And Battle Armor held the greatest value when its wearer had forged it by hand.

So, without much thought, he chose forging as his second specialty.

Forging would certainly take up time, and Leng Xiaoyue did not support the choice.

Even so, Li Qingyue insisted on it.

His Phoenix Martial Soul gave him Ultimate Fire, a considerable advantage when it came to controlling heat during forging.

He might not be particularly strong, but that advantage alone would help him improve greatly and make him well suited to forging.

After Li Qingyue gave a brief explanation, Leng Yaozhu agreed.

She even called in a favor to secure Li Qingyue a chance to meet Mu Chen.

Leng Yaozhu had initially wanted to use her connections to approach Zhen Hua.

But her position was sensitive, and seeing Zhen Hua would have been difficult in itself.

Moreover, the Qiangu Family had been targeting the Leng Family and watching many of its moves closely.

Leng Yaozhu feared that if she went looking for Zhen Hua, Qiangu Dongfeng would pick up her trail.

He might then send someone to find the boy.

After giving it some thought, Leng Yaozhu decided to ask someone else to arrange a meeting with Mu Chen instead.

Li Qingyue could then study under Mu Chen.

For his part, Li Qingyue did not care where he studied.

With Ultimate Fire alone, his talent for forging could hardly be poor.

And because he knew the full course of events to come, he held advantages in many other respects as well.

Of course, becoming Mu Chen's disciple would be a good thing too.

Mu Chen did not mind a talented disciple having more than one teacher.

Li Qingyue could still take Zhen Hua as a teacher later. And once he became Mu Chen's disciple, he could check in with Mu Xi over a long period.

That would be like taking down two birds with one arrow.