C265 smithing (1/2)

Of course, for Gu Zong, passing the basic test was not a big problem. The main problem now was, he wanted to see how much potential Fang Chen had in the Dao of Refining.

”The first test will test the strength of the body.” Gu Zong slowly said: ”However, your physical body has long since reached the strength of a two star Dao Body, so you have directly passed this test.”

”The second trial tests the control of the fire.” As Gu Zong's voice fell, suddenly, a blazing flame appeared in front of him. This flame contained a boundless aura.

”You control this flame.” Gu Zong said.

After Fang Chen heard this, he secretly activated his Concept of Fire and began to control the flames.

At the beginning, Gu Zong's expression was very calm, but as Fang Chen controlled the flames and unceasingly flickered, his expression finally became grave.

”Are you sure you haven't learned refining before?” Gu Zong looked at Fang Chen and asked.

Fang Chen shook his head slightly. Gu Zong couldn't come up with anything no matter how he thought about it.

”You've passed the second test.” After Gu Zong finished speaking, he began the third trial.

The third exam was about the strength of a warrior's soul. Generally speaking, during the refining process, the process of nurturing the spirit needed a strong soul in order to succeed.

”Release your soul.” Gu Zong said.

Fang Chen followed Gu Zong's instructions and immediately released his soul.

Suddenly, a red ball of air appeared around Fang Chen. This ball of air, was Fang Chen's soul.

”This... Red... ”

When Gu Zong saw the red ball of air in front of Fang Chen, his face was filled with shock.

”It's actually a Red Rank soul.” Gu Zong cried out involuntarily.

Fang Chen's first two exams had already caused him to be extremely shocked, but he did not expect the third exam to be even more so.

”Genius. He's absolutely a weapons crafting genius that's hard to come by in a hundred years.” After a long while, Gu Zong laughed out loud. He felt that he had picked up a treasure this time.

To reach a 2-star Dao Body before the age of 20, one's control over fire had reached a level of perfection. Even their souls were at the red level.

Perfect, it was too perfect.

Looking at Fang Chen, Gu Zong's eyes released a gold light, he was pleasantly surprised.

”Master, did I pass the test?” Fang Chen looked at Gu Zong and asked.

Gu Zong really wanted to give Fang Chen a slap on the face. What do you want to show off, this is naked showing off.

”I originally thought that if you wanted to become a true refiner, you would need a period of time, but now it seems that at most a month would be enough for you to become a true refiner.” Gu Zong grinned.

In the next moment, Fang Chen learned refining from Gu Zong, because Fang Chen had already memorized all of the knowledge contained in the [Blacksmith's Initiate Book], so in the next moment, Gu Zong asked Fang Chen to read his books.

In Gu Zong's artifact forging room, Fang Chen quietly stood at the side, while Gu Zong appeared on the platform, beginning to refine.

”Fang Chen, look carefully.” Gu Zong said in a low voice.

In front of Gu Zong, there was an artifact forging stage, and atop this stage, a piece of profound iron that Gu Zong had prepared a long time ago was placed. Beside the profound iron was some water that Fang Chen did not recognize.

Just as Gu Zong was about to begin speaking, suddenly, a dense flame appeared on top of his palm. The instant this flame appeared, Gu Zong's hands directly pressed onto the profound iron.

Hiss, hiss, hiss …

The flames were extremely hot, and in the blink of an eye, the sound of sizzling could be heard from above the profound iron. Seeing this scene, Fang Chen could not help but exclaim in admiration.

Even if his Concept of Fire had reached the second small realm, he probably wouldn't even be able to produce such a flame.

The apprentice refiner was unable to condense the spiritual energy in his body into a flame, so they could only use the ordinary flames in nature.

To Gu Zong, a strong practitioner like him could condense spirit flames at will.

At that moment, Gu Zong was using spirit fire, spirit fire. It was many times stronger than normal flames.

Under Gu Zong's powerful flame refinement, Fang Chen soon discovered that the piece of black iron above the refining platform had already begun to melt.

When all of the profound iron had melted into molten iron, Gu Zong's other hand suddenly grabbed onto a bottle of water on the refining platform, and poured it into the black iron.

Hiss, hiss, hiss …

After this strand of water entered the profound iron, Gu Zong very quickly used the scorching flames to begin refining it.

Rumble …

After the black iron and water successfully merged together, the flames on Gu Zong's palm started to grow larger and larger. Under the scorching heat, the liquefied water started to solidify.

Time slowly passed, and the darksteel gradually solidified.

When the profound iron solidified into a crease, Fang Chen finally realized that the weapon Gu Zong refined was actually a long blade.

”What a miraculous refining technique.” Fang Chen could not help but exclaim.

It was just an ordinary piece of black iron, but it was soon refined into a long blade.

Buzz …