Chapter 251: Refining Pills and Forging: The Blacksmith Association Has Gone Bankrupt

To refine the Tribulation Pill, Jerry now needs to derive a pill formula suitable for this world.

This is by no means an easy task; it certainly won't work in the Main World, as it would consume too much time.

The Main World has its own path of development, and Jerry has a premonition that disaster is coming; therefore, time is very important to Jerry right now.

He went directly to the Pill World, bringing many seeds with him this time.

After all, every world is different, and the plants that grow are also different. The seeds Jerry brought this time were collected from the Main World and nine other Small Worlds, and there is a great variety of them.

In the Pill World, Jerry chose a desolate, uninhabited deep mountain forest and cleared out 100,000 mu of Medicine Field; to keep birds and beasts away, he also added a Defense Array.

The method for cultivating medicinal herbs is to select the best seeds, which is a long waiting process. To prevent himself from losing his humanity again while cultivating the herbs, Jerry placed a clone here and his main body left directly.

The main body returned to Wuhun City, as there were things to do there as well.

Jerry prepared to research magical artifacts, or weapons similar to magical artifacts.

Wuhun City is quite prosperous, and many things here are convenient to use, so he did not go into the Small Worlds.

As for the type of magical artifact, Jerry did not choose things like swords or blades. Although in some novels, those undergoing tribulation use swords to strike at the Thunder Tribulation, Jerry feels these are just individual cases.

When truly facing the Thunder Tribulation, whether it is a person or a Soul Beast, fear in the heart is unavoidable; this kind of fear is a fear that reaches straight to the bottom of the heart.

Judging from the tribulation situations of his master, Ghost Douluo, his seniors and juniors, and the Soul Beasts before, no matter how high their Cultivation, they all feel fear from the bottom of their hearts when facing the Thunder Tribulation.

Jerry, however, has not felt this kind of fear; he only experienced it during the Heavenly Punishment. Later, after he had clones, the Heavenly Punishment could do nothing to him, and the fear naturally dissipated.

Jerry feels this situation is a matter of state of mind.

People or Soul Beasts in this world do not cultivate their hearts when they cultivate, and their state of mind is insufficient.

The reason they feel fear when facing the Thunder Tribulation is that their state of mind is not strong enough.

As for how to specifically cultivate the heart, Jerry does not know either.

Cultivating the heart is perhaps a realization of life; everyone's situation is different. They might encounter the same thing, but some people feel nothing, while others might achieve a breakthrough in their state of mind from this event.

Different people, different outcomes!

Since Jerry grew up until now, he has had two breakthroughs in his state of mind, and he could feel each one very clearly.

Therefore, Jerry feels that the cultivation of the state of mind exists in this world, but no one has discovered it yet.

However, now is not the time to study this; the main thing now is to study magical artifacts.

In the past, when making Spirit Guidance Devices, he would directly melt the materials with attributes and then shape them; this method definitely won't work.

There is also the Metal Attribute soul skill, which directly extracts metal substances from ores and then shapes them; this method won't work either.

The metal used to make Spirit Guidance Devices, even the hardest kind, can be crushed by Jerry with his own strength, so the method of directly extracting metal is not feasible.

Suddenly, Jerry thought of blacksmithing. Why blacksmith?

Blacksmithing uses vibration to remove impurities from iron.

Then, isn't the metal he extracts now actually the same as the molten iron burned before blacksmithing?

Although the metal he extracts using Metal Attribute power is purer than the molten iron obtained by directly melting ore, there are still other impurities inside.

Iron ore not only contains iron elements, but there are also many other elements.

Some other elements can make the performance of iron better, but some do not.

You said it was iron, but it has other elements; are you sure this isn't an alloy?

Once he thought of alloys—metals synthesized from many elements according to proportions—he didn't have the synthesis formulas. Should he go and research them?

This involves atoms and molecules, and Jerry felt great regret: why didn't he pay attention in chemistry class in his past life?

Once he thought of the periodic table, there were too many combinations: mixing two elements, mixing three elements, or even mixing multiple elements; just thinking about it made his head ache.

He had to admire the people on Earth in his past life for how they managed to research these things in just a few hundred years.

This path is obviously not feasible for Jerry now, so he can only change direction.

Subsequently, Jerry found many natural ores. Take iron, for example: even though they are all iron, the proportions of the components inside are different, the characteristics are different, and they have been given different names.

This saves a lot of trouble; he doesn't need to research alloys himself, just use what is readily available.

Among the many metals, Jerry discovered two types of iron with the greatest hardness: Star Heaven Iron and Flying Flow Fire Iron.

The names were given by others on the Douluo Continent; aren't these just meteorite iron and dead iron similar to meteorite iron from volcanic eruptions?

When the Thunder Tribulation strikes, it generates very high temperatures. Both types of iron are formed after high temperatures, so he can give it a try.

He found the two types of iron; there was still plenty of them, as many meteorites fell and many volcanoes erupted during the last World Advancement.

Because the hardness is too great and it is difficult to melt, there is currently no one using these two types of metal.

However, this is nothing to Jerry. Jerry is someone who has mastered the Metal Attribute Rule; the previous smelting process is completely unnecessary. He can directly extract the metal substances inside using Rule power.

After extraction, the next step is forging.

An ordinary Forging Table might not work, so he directly used Star Heaven Iron to shape a Forging Table and Forging Hammers of different specifications.

Taking out a piece of Star Heaven Iron the size of a door panel, Jerry prepared to forge a sword first to see the effect.

He directly used the Fire Attribute Rule to summon a ball of intense fire, and the Star Heaven Iron was quickly burned red-hot.

Using his divine sense, he moved the red-hot Star Heaven Iron to the Forging Table, the largest Forging Hammer flew over, and then he began to hammer.

Many impurities flew out during the hammering; it was the size of a door panel at first, but as he hammered, it became smaller and smaller.

There is a saying called "a thousand hammerings and a hundred refinements"; let's try hammering it a thousand times first.

A thousand hammerings were quick. The Star Heaven Iron that was originally the size of a door panel was now only one-third the size. Jerry discovered that there were still impurities that could be hammered out, so he continued to hammer.

This hammering lasted all night. When he saw this piece of metal the next day, Jerry's state of mind almost exploded: the material that was originally the size of a door panel was now left with only a strip of metal, thirty centimeters long, five centimeters wide, and less than one centimeter thick.

This is hardly forging a sword; a dagger would be more like it.

However, when he continued to hammer now, no more impurities came out; it seems this piece of metal can be considered very pure.

Jerry didn't know the subsequent steps either, as he hadn't professionally studied as a Blacksmith, so he called for someone to find a few Blacksmiths.

Originally, Jerry thought that just finding any Blacksmith who knew how to hammer iron would be fine, but he didn't expect the person he arranged to find the most powerful Blacksmith in Wuhun City.

The Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao—when did he join Wuhun City? Jerry had paid absolutely no attention to this before.

Speaking of Lou Gao, one must speak of the Blacksmith Association.

Originally, the blacksmith industry on this continent was not developed, and then Jerry created Soul Guidance Devices, making traditional blacksmiths useless.

Take, for example, the pots, kitchen knives, sickles, hoes, and shovels commonly seen in daily life.

As for pots, when Jerry first introduced the Soul Guidance Stove, everyone used it.

Later, a student in the academy had a sudden inspiration: the Soul Guidance Stove was too big and inconvenient in the wild, so it would be great if a pot could heat itself.

After having this thought, they began to research; the Rule Rune for heating was very simple, and before long, the Spirit Guidance Pot was born.

According to their uses, this student made a wide variety of pots: the Spirit Guidance Stir-fry Pot, Spirit Guidance Soup Pot, Spirit Guidance Pressure Cooker, Spirit Guidance Rice Steamer, and Spirit Guidance Roast Meat Pot.

Chrysanthemum Douluo saw these Soul Guidance Devices, thought they were good, and arranged for a batch to be produced and sold to test the market.

The result was an instant hit across the entire continent; they became an essential item for every ordinary household and a must-have for every Spirit Master.

From then on, primitive iron pots were phased out!

As for kitchen knives, there was a Soul Guidance Master who had always cooked for themselves; later, they felt cooking was a bit troublesome and didn't want to eat out (mainly because all their money was spent on researching Soul Guidance Devices), so they began researching Soul Guidance Devices for cooking.

Then the Spirit Guidance Vegetable Cutter, Spirit Guidance Stir-fry Machine, Spirit Guidance Vegetable Washer, and Spirit Guidance Dishwasher were born.

Jerry had always used Spirit Power to do these things and didn't feel it was troublesome, so he hadn't researched these, but people without Spirit Power found it troublesome.

Once the masterpieces of these two Soul Guidance Masters were released, traditional kitchen utensils were all phased out.

As for sickles, there is the Spirit Guidance Harvester.

For hoes and shovels, there is the Spirit Guidance Tilling Machine.

Unless their martial soul is one of these, other people really don't use these tools anymore.

Coupled with the fact that the Spirit Hall now sells numerous Soul Guidance Devices of all kinds, there are even many Battle Spirit Guidance Devices.

For blacksmiths who only know how to forge traditional weapons, this society is full of malice toward them.

There was no other way; the Blacksmith Association could only reform, but under a series of reform measures, there was still no change.

They felt their thinking could no longer keep up with this society; it seemed that every aspect of things would be developed by the Spirit Hall first, and following behind this behemoth that is the Spirit Hall, they couldn't even eat the scraps.

As time passed, the Blacksmith Association became increasingly depressed; there was no fresh blood, and former members were even withdrawing.

Under various external pressures, the Blacksmith Association could not bear the burden and finally announced its dissolution last year.

The president, Lou Gao, brought his apprentices to Wuhun City, wanting to see just how useful these Soul Guidance Devices that caused the Blacksmith Association to collapse really were.

After arriving in Wuhun City, until now, Lou Gao has never had the thought of leaving again.

He learned the production of Soul Guidance Devices, and when crafting the exterior of Soul Guidance Devices, his previous blacksmithing methods gave him an advantage over other Soul Guidance Masters.

Previously, there were several items that only existed as concepts and could never be made using blacksmithing methods; now that he had learned to make Soul Guidance Devices, he solved them very easily.

Because Lou Gao's Spirit Power was good and there were no issues with his identity, he directly entered the Spirit Hall Soul Guidance Master Academy to study.

Among the crowd of students, he belonged to the oldest, but he ignored others' gazes, always studying hard and asking for advice with an open mind, which gradually changed everyone's impression of him.

Some students saw that he was so old and still studying hard, so being so young, what reason did they have not to work hard!

Because of Lou Gao's joining, it indirectly mobilized the Soul Guidance Masters to start competing internally.

Moreover, Lou Gao is now also a student of Chrysanthemum Douluo and can be considered half a junior fellow apprentice; many of Chrysanthemum Douluo's students refer to themselves as half-junior fellow apprentices of Jerry, and Jerry didn't care about this matter when he found out.

This time, Jerry needed a blacksmith, and among those registered in the Spirit Hall, Lou Gao's level was the highest, so he was directly arranged to come over.

Lou Gao knew he was going to help Jerry and was very happy; now, the person every Soul Guidance Master admires most is undoubtedly Jerry, followed by Chrysanthemum Douluo.

The Soul Guidance Master textbooks state that it was Jerry who searched through history and deduced the inheritance of Soul Guidance Masters, and Jerry himself is also a Level 9 Soul Guidance Master.

Like the Soul Guidance equipment used in large-scale buildings today, they were all developed by Jerry personally; this is no secret in the entire Wuhun City, so the worship of Jerry is no less than that of fanatical believers.

Being able to meet Lord Jerry makes them feel even more infinitely honored.

After Jerry learned that the blacksmith who came was Lou Gao, he was also extremely surprised, but after learning the ins and outs, he couldn't help but sigh that fortune truly plays tricks on people!

Jerry told Lou Gao his ideas; the front part of the material had already been handled, and the following part would be operated by Lou Gao.

Very quickly, a short sword was forged, and the test data in all aspects far exceeded the past, which surprised even Lou Gao.

However, this was not enough; Jerry began to arrange an Array on this short sword.

With the hardness of this short sword, it is difficult for ordinary Soul Guidance Masters to carve Rule Runes inside, but Jerry is no ordinary person.

Jerry used a composite Array method to directly carve an Array inside the short sword.

Sharp Metal Array: can make the weapon sharper.

Wind Splitting Array: can reduce the air resistance when the weapon is used.

Swift Movement Array: can increase the speed of the weapon.

Metal Stone Array: can increase the hardness of the weapon.

Firm Array: can increase the sturdiness of the weapon.

Refraction Array: can increase the stealth of the weapon.

Six basic Arrays were combined together and directly carved into the short sword by Jerry.

When he handed the short sword to Lou Gao to test again, Lou Gao was completely dumbfounded.

The Sword Testing Stone is made of a special material that is soft yet hard; whether a weapon is powerful depends on how deep a mark can be left on it.

Lou Gao held the short sword in his hand and stabbed it with force; the short sword pierced through the Sword Testing Stone as easily as splitting bamboo.

He stepped back in surprise, his heart racing, yet he quickly regained his composure, held the short sword, and swung it at the Sword Testing Stone, instantly emitting a crisp sound.

The Sword Testing Stone was as fragile as tofu and was instantly sliced into two halves, the cut smooth as a mirror, which was astonishing.

This directly scared Lou Gao silly, and he kept thinking in his heart, could this short sword be a divine artifact!

Jerry quickly explained it to him and told him it was the effect of the Array; by the time one reaches a Level 9 Soul Guidance Master, many Soul Guidance Devices require the use of Arrays.

Of course, when one doesn't know Arrays, one can use Rule Rune programming instead, but the effect is not as good as an Array, nor is it as convenient as an Array.

Comparing the two, although Arrays are good, they are not easy to learn, and every time one carves an Array, it must be successful in one go, unlike Rule Runes, which can be carved bit by bit.

Upon hearing about Arrays, Lou Gao became more and more interested in Soul Guidance Devices; he had been studying for over a year and was only a Five-Level Spirit Guidance Master now; although his Spirit Power had reached Level 9, his level as a Soul Guidance Master was still far from Level 9, so he hadn't come into contact with Arrays before.

Jerry's notification made him even more determined on the path of a Soul Guidance Master.

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(End of chapter)