Chapter 44

"How do I put it once I go in? I'll help you forge, but I don't know how yet — wait while I learn a bit first?"

Gu Yue Na looked at the room before her, falling into deep thought.

She had recently received quite a bit of guidance from Yuhao; although it had brought them closer, to the point of calling each other by name directly, it had also made her feel the gap.

This can't go on.

Gu Yue Na confirmed this matter.

She had been on the receiving end of favors all along — intelligence about the God Realm, guidance on how to become human, guidance on sub-occupations…

And what she had given Yuhao was only a trace of Silver Dragon King bloodline, optional at best, completely useless to a reincarnated God King.

She couldn't just keep accepting favors and coast along behind Yuhao all the way, could she?

She wasn't that kind of person!

But even if she wanted to do something, what could she do right now?

As the Silver Dragon King, the divine artifacts and origin she possessed couldn't be given.

As an ordinary friend, her Designer capability wasn't of much use, so she could only choose other sub-occupations that might help Huo Yuhao; among the four sub-occupations, the only one she thought useful was Blacksmith.

As for Mecha Repair Master… honestly, if someone can design and manufacture, would they not know how to maintain?

If worst comes to worst, just take it apart and rebuild it!

Recently the Association and the Blacksmith Association have been cooperating, and Yuhao has accepted the arrangement, about to cooperate with a Blacksmith junior; this made her once again give birth to her original idea.

Become a Blacksmith!

Taking a deep breath, Gu Yue Na was just about to knock when she heard a voice from behind her.

"What are you doing holding a hammer?"

Gu Yue Na's face stiffened; she turned to look at Huo Yuhao with a strange look in his eyes, the hammer in her hand clanging as it fell to the ground, a very obvious flush rising on her face.

She had clearly thought it all through before — why, when it came down to it and Yuhao was watching, did she feel… so ashamed?

…

"You want to help me?"

"Mm."

"You feel you owe me?"

"Mm."

"So you want to learn forging?"

"Mm."

Looking at Gu Yue Na sitting in the chair before him, wearing an obedient, well-behaved expression, Huo Yuhao let out a light breath and laughed helplessly:

"Interaction between people isn't all about material value; emotional value is also very important. Sometimes seeing a friend living easily and happily makes you become easygoing too — no need to be like this."

The Silver Dragon King staying obediently at the Academy, not stirring up trouble — he truly felt very happy, happy in every sense.

Gu Yue Na was stunned at these words, looking at Huo Yuhao and falling into silence.

Besides Di Tian and them, there was actually another person telling her to live easily in this world… no, this one is a god.

Huo Yuhao continued: "If you truly want to learn forging, I won't stop you, but if it's merely for my sake, there's really no need. Your bloodline is very helpful to me, and I don't want to owe you too much."

"Helpful?" Gu Yue Na came back to herself, looking at Huo Yuhao with some puzzlement.

"Mm, I'm considering whether I can borrow this bloodline power, plus the Golden Dragon King bloodline, to research a soul spirit carrying the Dragon God bloodline."

Watching Gu Yue Na's gaze gradually turn dull, Huo Yuhao blinked and smiled faintly, "I might take a trace of Golden Dragon King bloodline power from Tang Wu Lin; do you have any objection? If you do, I can give up this research."

Gu Yue Na took a deep breath; she didn't get angry because Huo Yuhao was peering into the Dragon God's power, but her expression turned complex, "Weren't you not interested in the Dragon God's power?"

Huo Yuhao said casually: "That was before; now that I have your bloodline power, of course I'll go with the flow and do some research."

Understood — before there was no interest, because the two signed a contract and gained the bloodline, now a trace of interest has arisen.

Thinking of this, Gu Yue Na's fine brows knitted tightly, somewhat entangled.

A trace of Golden Dragon King bloodline… should be no problem, right?

This person has helped me this much; although he thinks his own bloodline power as compensation is enough, she absolutely couldn't think that way.

Moreover, this way the other party could also help her probe the Sea God's backup measures left on Tang Wu Lin.

Both emotionally and logically, she seemed like she shouldn't refuse this matter…

Seeing Gu Yue Na start to think, Huo Yuhao said no more, taking out the spiritual metal he had been inscribing arrays on since class earlier, and continued inscribing.

Sometimes, retreating to advance is not a bad solution.

Once the Golden Dragon King bloodline is in hand, as long as he still meets Gu Yue Na, it can't be hidden; so better to say it directly. Put the initiative in Gu Yue Na's hands, let her weigh it and make the choice for him.

Gu Yue Na agrees — take it openly and aboveboard.

Gu Yue Na disagrees — take it silently, but cannot use it.

Judging from their interactions this recent period, the probability of the other party agreeing…

"You won't be in danger, right?"

Hearing Gu Yue Na's words carrying a trace of concern, Huo Yuhao's thoughts paused, and he secretly sighed.

This answer… doesn't feel very unexpected either.

Thinking this, Huo Yuhao's tone became much more sincere, "I naturally have confidence; the question is whether you can accept someone else obtaining the Dragon God bloodline — I'll have to attempt bloodline fusion after all."

"A trace of Dragon God bloodline is meaningless, and very hard to synthesize, let alone manufacture a soul spirit; your research will probably end up… hitting a bottleneck in the end."

Gu Yue Na composed herself, shaking her head lightly as she walked up to Huo Yuhao, lowering her head to watch his current operation.

The metal the other party was inscribing the soul guide array on was Spirit Forging Blue Gestation Copper.

The soul guide array on it… she had never seen before.

"Failure can also yield experience — how could it be meaningless?"

Huo Yuhao spoke, glancing at the quiet Gu Yue Na beside him, and swung the final stroke on the spiritual metal.

In an instant, the bright silver Soul Guide Array fully took shape.

Then, Huo Yuhao changed the subject and said:

"As for the matter of Spirits, let's set that aside. If you truly want to learn Forging, you can first understand the principles of Forging with me. Many Blacksmiths only learn Forging techniques, yet don't know what the essence of the Forging process is actually doing."

Watching as the Soul Guide Array took shape, and a trace of silver liquid gradually condensed on the Blue Gestation Copper metal, Gu Yue Na sensed a peculiar vitality from within it, her pupils contracting as she instantly recalled a matter Di Tian had informed her of.

Extracting a certain substance from metal, this technique seems to be...

At this time, Huo Yuhao continued: "Hundred Refinements, Thousand Refinements, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, Heavenly Forging are the Blacksmith's path of advancement."

"But Forging is essentially a process of extraction. The substance extracted has been named Metal Source in Federation history. Up to Spirit Forging, it all belongs to the process of extracting the Source. Only upon reaching Soul Forging does it become a process of changing the Source, letting the metal further sublimate..."

Gu Yue Na looked solemnly at that strand of silver liquid.

She took in what Huo Yuhao said, but she would not forget the core significance represented by extracting Metal Source.

Extracting Metal Source... this is the core technology for the Douluo Federation's manufacture of 12th-Grade God-Killing Grade Soul Cannon Shells!

(End of Chapter)