At night, Tang Wulin arrived alone at the Blacksmith Association in Shrek City.
Although the public always saw him and Huo Yutong appearing together, they were not inseparable at every moment.
For instance, this was the time they spent studying separately.
Huo Yutong went to the Tang Sect to study the Soul Engineer theories and techniques that had continued developing over the past ten thousand years, while Tang Wulin remained in Shrek City and continued honing his forging skills at the Blacksmith Association.
The blacksmith badge on his chest had risen another level from Sixth-level Blacksmith a few months ago. He was now a Seventh-level Blacksmith.
A little over a month ago, he had completed Soul Refinement and officially become a Seventh-level Blacksmith.
This meant that his forging had become entirely different from before. He had thoroughly entered a new level.
Among blacksmiths, fifth and sixth levels were called master craftsmen, seventh and eighth levels were called Saint Blacksmiths, and ninth-level blacksmiths were called Divine Blacksmiths. Having completed Soul Refinement and advanced to the seventh level meant that he had entered the ranks of Saint Blacksmiths.
As the universally recognized second profession that was hardest to cultivate on the continent, blacksmithing was extremely difficult to advance in. Even now, there were only a dozen or so Saint Blacksmiths across the continent, while there was only one Divine Blacksmith: Zhen Hua. Yet Tang Wulin had successfully broken through to the Saint Blacksmith level at the age of merely nineteen. This was unprecedented and would likely never be surpassed in the entire history of the Blacksmith Association.
As for the quality of the Soul Refinement metal he forged... according to Zhen Hua, because of the extraordinarily high level of energy contained within it, Tang Wulin's Soul Refinement metal even surpassed Zhen Hua's