Chapter 1147 (2/2)

Mu Chen smiled, and replied, ”I've already gotten what I wanted the most. You've already made your choice, so there's no use regretting it.”

A wry smile appeared on Zhen Hua's face. ”I've been regretting my decision for several decades now, but what good will that do? It's not like we can go back to the past. Besides, even if I were given a second chance, I'd probably make the same choice anyway. This is just a product of my personality; there's no use lamenting over spilled milk.”

Tang Wulin scratched his head, and said, ”Uncle-teacher, if I inherit your forging room, do I have to become the president of the blacksmith a.s.sociation?”

Zhen Hua smiled, and asked, ”Don't you think it's about time I found a successor for myself? Don't worry, I know you have a lot of responsibilities on your shoulders, so I won't force you to constantly stay at our a.s.sociation. However, you have to at least be the president on an in-name basis. After all, by the time you inherit this position from me, you'll already be a Divine Blacksmith, and the a.s.sociation needs a Divine Blacksmith as its leader.”

”Alright, I agree,” Tang Wulin accepted this offer almost without any hesitation.

Mu Chen and Zhen Hua were both slightly surprised by this. Both of them knew Tang Wulin very well, and even though he was quite young, he knew that he definitely wasn't the type of person to make rash snap decisions. There were indeed many precious materials here in Zhen Hua's forging room, but as a Saint Blacksmith, it wouldn't be impossible for Tang Wulin to gather such a collection for himself if he were willing to put in the time and effort.

Tang Wulin smiled at the sight of the surprised expressions on Zhen Hua and Mu Chen's faces, and said, ”It's all thanks to Teacher and Uncle-teacher that I've become who I am today, so I certainly can't s.h.i.+rk my responsibilities when the blacksmith a.s.sociation needs me. As a disciple, it is my duty to share the load with my teachers.”

Zhen Hua burst into elated laughter upon hearing this. ”Good on you, Wulin! I'm very happy to hear that you think that way.”

In contrast, Mu Chen heaved a faint sigh. ”You really have grown up, Wulin.”

He knew that Tang Wulin's words were genuine, but at the same time, he also understood that this arrangement would tie the blacksmith a.s.sociation to Tang Wulin to a certain extent. As such, if he were to truly begin reviving Shrek Academy in the future, the a.s.sociation would be compelled to lend him its a.s.sistance. Hence, Tang Wulin was killing two birds with one stone here.

He had truly already grown up and was no longer the naive child he once was.

Tang Wulin stepped up to the forging bench, and asked, ”Uncle-teacher, what kind of metal will I be using?”

The difficulty of soul refinement differed vastly depending on the type of metal used.

Zhen Hua waved a hand, and a piece of metal rose up from the nearby shelf before landing on the forging bench.

”Use this one. If you refine it well, I'll give it to you free of charge, but if you can't satisfy my standards, then you'll have to pay for it.”

Tang Wulin lowered his head to look down at the piece of metal, upon which a shocked expression immediately appeared on his face. He then abruptly turned to Zhen Hua, and said, ”Uncle-teacher, this, this is way too valuable!”

In terms of pure value alone, the piece of metal that was currently sitting on his forging bench definitely ranked among the top three of the hundreds of types of metals in this entire forging room. On top of that, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was the rarest type of metal in the entire room. Even more importantly, this type of metal was truly extremely useful to Tang Wulin.

He had already prepared the metals for the construction of his own suit of three-word battle armor, and all that was left for him to do was integrate his current suit of two-word battle armor, then mold the shape of the battle armor before carving the core circuits.

The main use for this piece of metal was as an intermediary agent as it could maximize the level of affinity between any metals. In other words, with the addition of this type of uncommon metal, the harmony rate of any spirit alloy that was forged would be raised to 100%, no matter how many types of metals were used to create the alloy. Of course, the prerequisite to this was that the alloy forging had to be successful. Even so, this piece of metal would still drastically decrease the difficulty of metal fusion!

The piece of metal was of a faint blue color, but there were golden thread-like strands within it, making it appear as if it were a combination of golden threads submerged in blue water. As such, it was given the name Goldwater Consonance, and it possessed both metal and water elements, fusing the two perfectly as one.

It had an affinity with all other types of metals and could also fuse with any other type of metal to become a part of that metal. However, it was extremely rare, and its value far exceeded that of the vast majority of metals. As such, no one would be willing to convert it into another type of metal.

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