Chapter 348 - Spirit Alloy (2/2)

Suddenly, Tang Wulin dropped one of his hammer-wielding arms and raised the other high into the air.

“Rise!” And he slammed his hammer down.

A beam of light shot out of the metal toward the skies. The golden whirlpool accelerated its spin, a droning buzz filling the surrounding s.p.a.ce.

The light rose five feet into the air!

For a moment it quivered, then tendrils of blue bloomed from its peak. A second later, a dragon's roar shook the room as golden light sprouted from the blue, rising another three feet in height.

“It's thousand refined with spirit, forged together to give rise to the spirit,” Mu Chen proclaimed.

The label of first-grade thousand refined was different between alloys and h.o.m.ogeneous metals. An alloy becoming thousand refined with spirit marked the success of the metal fusion. Or at the very least, an initial success.

A pleased smile formed on Tang Wulin's lips. It was his first successful alloy forging since he began learning about them.

The beam of light shooting from the metal represented its spirit rising and signified a successful alloy forging. That light only appeared when the metals completely fused while retaining their spirit. The act of spirit rising differed for every blacksmith as it was affected by their martial souls. Furthermore, the tendrils of blue light came from Tang Wulin's bluesilver gra.s.s and the golden light stemmed from his Golden Dragon King bloodline.

Since the golden light reached five feet into the air, it was clear as day that his Golden Dragon King bloodline eclipsed his bluesilver gra.s.s. The height of the light correlated with the degree of the metal's fusion and the characteristics of the soul master's martial soul. Generally, a foot-tall light was considered rare. Yet Tang Wulin managed to get it to three feet. This was a blacksmithing miracle.

The light of white, blue, and gold persisted for over twenty seconds before gradually dissipating.

An oval lump of metal sat on the forging table. Its body glistened like jade, the cloud pattern within it dancing like mist. Even though it wasn't spirit refined, it was full of life, a silver aura hovering around it.

This was jade silver!

Mu Chen stood up from his seat, grabbed the metal, and placed it in an apparatus. “The harmony rate is ninety-one percent,” he declared.

“Only ninety-one percent?” Tang Wulin thought his forging had been perfect and was disappointed by how far he was from one hundred percent.

Mu Chen's mouth twitched. “Only? What do you think alloy forging is? Just a sixty percent harmony rate is enough to be considered a success, and with every five percent increase, the level of the metal also increases. The ninety-one percent harmony rate isn't due to solely your blacksmithing skills. No, it's also influenced by your martial soul and bloodline. Without those two, you never would have been able to produce something of this calibre.”

Kid, that's a ninety-one percent harmony rate! Even a Saint Blacksmith like me isn't guaranteed to produce this kind of feat!

Of course, Mu Chen didn't forge alloys as easy as jade silver. In addition, heavy silver and magic silver shared many of the same qualities, which eased the alloy forging process. However, Tang Wulin was only thirteen years old! Once again, he set a new record in the blacksmithing world!

Before he could think further, a voice derailed his thoughts.

“Teacher, can I keep this piece of jade silver?” asked Tang Wulin.

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