Chapter 208 - Comprehension And Mu Xis Advancemen (2/2)
Mu Xi let out a long sigh as she lifted her head, sluggishly gazing at the twinkling silver metal before her. The moment she laid eyes on the heavy silver, she was dazed.
It's thousand refined second-grade!
Although she couldn't compare to grandmaster blacksmiths, her understanding of high-level forging was still extraordinarily deep since she grew up as the daughter of a Saint Blacksmith. She was naturally able to identify the level of the metal she had just forged.
I-is it actually second-grade? She hadn't even grasped the fundamentals of the Thousand Refinements, yet she had somehow managed to forge a second-grade metal? Mu Xi simply couldn't believe it! Furthermore, she just comprehended the true essence of the Thousand Refinements and was now confident in her ability to thousand refine any metal. Taking this into consideration, she knew that she was now a third rank blacksmith.
She turned to Tang Wulin, her eyes welling with all sorts of emotions—relief, admiration, envy, and another emotion she didn't understand.
A teacher guides the way, dispelling the disciple's doubts; that was exactly what it felt like with Tang Wulin leading her. He was the one who elevated her to the third rank, something not even her father had been able to accomplish.
Using his own rhythm to spur her on, Tang Wulin pushed her into that state of complete focus and reveal the path to the Thousand Refinements.
After putting away her hammers, Mu Xi walked over to Tang Wulin's side. She reached out to rub his head and pinch his cheeks, not expressing her grat.i.tude.
“Let's go,” she said, leading the way out.
A smile tugged at Tang Wulin's lips as he watched Mu Xi leave gallantly. At that moment, the two understood each other even without giving voice to their thoughts.
Mu Xi stopped once they left the blacksmithing compet.i.tion grounds. “Are you partic.i.p.ating in the individual compet.i.tion?”
Tang Wulin nodded. “Senior disciple sister, why aren't you partic.i.p.ating? You're definitely strong enough to place highly.”
Mu Xi currently has three rings, and from Tang Wulin's understanding, her martial soul was a powerful one.
“I can't,” she replied and shook her head. “My talent for blacksmithing can't compare with yours, and I've had a change of heart since you arrived. I've been contemplating whether my path is that of a blacksmith, a soul master, or a battle armor master. I want to embrace all three of these ident.i.ties, but I am ultimately destined to be a blacksmith. In light of that, I've decided to focus my time and energy on forging.”
Mu Xi paused for a moment to give Tang Wulin a profound look. “Wulin, you are far more talented than I am, so much so that you're a once-in-century blacksmithing genius. Dad told me that, if you continue to steadily develop like this, you would one day become a Divine Blacksmith. So if you enjoy forging, you need to put even more effort into it from now on.”
Tang Wulin nodded slightly, understanding Mu Xi's intentions. She wished to remind him that, if he wanted to be a blacksmith that stood at the peak, he could not let himself get unnecessarily distracted. However, his goal was to become a battle armor master. That was his dream.
Tang Wulin dreamed of becoming a mecha pilot when he was a child, but after Wu Zhangkong educated him about battle armor masters who stood above mecha pilots, his dream changed. Blacksmithing had initially been a way for him to earn money that he just so happened to enjoy, but now it fueled his hope of one day becoming a battle armor master.
“Senior disciple sister... I love blacksmithing, but my circ.u.mstances are different from yours. Your martial soul is way better than mine. I only have Bluesilver Gra.s.s. People have been telling me that my martial soul is trash since I was six. Even though I've devoted all of my energy into steadily cultivating, the results have been lackl.u.s.ter. Becoming a great blacksmith also requires soul power, so if I want to do that, I have to put in the effort cultivating. Aside from that, my one true dream is to become a battle armor master.”
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