Chapter 305: with translation of chapter title

If this kid's forging technique could spread, not to mention making up the gap, even the three countries originally belonging to Douluo could achieve overtaking via a shortcut, and it would not be impossible.

As Huo Yutong watched Xuan Ziwen's expression grow increasingly excited, she revealed a smile without a trace.

She knew that this Xuan teacher of hers was feeling excited from the bottom of his heart.

As the top genius who shortened Shilake Academy's Soul Tool Department's development by a full hundred years, Xuan Ziwen's vision and demands have always been extremely high; earning his approval is no simple feat, let alone making him show such an excited expression.

Even Huo Yutong has achieved this fewer than ten times; Tang Wulin did it as soon as he returned, filling her with immense pride—far greater than the joy she felt when she herself was praised.

Soon, with a booming sound, a golden light burst forth from this luminite stone; the stone seemed to emit a cheer, causing Xuan Ziwen's pupils to involuntarily contract.

He didn't know what Tang Wulin had achieved, but as long as his mind was sound, he could tell that what Tang Wulin had done was certainly not simple.

Meanwhile, Tang Wulin slightly adjusted his breathing, and his gaze became even more focused.

Only he knew that what he had just accomplished was a thousand refinements, and moreover, a thousand refinements of the first grade.

Even a few years ago, when he had just set down his forging tools, achieving a first-grade thousand refinements was not something he could do at will; it required luck, yet now he accomplished it with ease.

Many factors contributed—his increased strength, the aid of spiritual detection, and his mastery of light elements in harmony with heaven and earth all played crucial roles; thanks to them, the now-confident Tang Wulin finally planned to break through to the next realm.

To accomplish spirit forging, the first step is to establish a connection with the metal.

In the future, many soul tool masters find this stage the most troublesome when attempting spirit forging, for while smiths generally excel in strength, this step tests spiritual power.

However, for Tang Wulin, this step is precisely the simplest, especially for him now.

Only seen, Tang Wulin's eyes filled with golden light, turning into golden dragon pupils, and his whole body emanated a powerful aura.

In an instant, the aura on the luminite stone connected with him, and the emotion it conveyed even carried a hint of flattery.

Tang Wulin's control over light elements is not strong, but at this moment he doesn't need to control them; he only needs to intimidate them, and under the Light Dragon King's intimidation, few light-element beings can avoid kneeling in submission.

Having easily completed the step that troubles countless smiths, Tang Wulin immediately began forging.

Establishing a connection is only the first step of spirit forging; the real difficulty lies in maintaining that connection throughout the subsequent forging process without interruption.

Even a slight interruption would cause the metal's grade to plummet instantly; not to mention spirit forging, even the results of a thousand refinements would vanish.

This is also the fundamental reason why most future fifth-rank smiths come from great clans—only great clans can continuously supply rare metals for practice.

But for Tang Wulin, this step still presents no difficulty at all.

The reason is exactly the same as when establishing the connection: other smiths desperately strive to keep the connection from breaking, whereas in Tang Wulin's case, the metal itself dares not let the connection break.

This peculiar state made Tang Wulin's forging instantly become extremely smooth; only seen, he swiftly swung his twin hammers, continuously striking the luminite stone before him.

The luminite stone gradually shrank, and faint golden dragon patterns seemed to appear on its surface.

Finally, after five minutes, Tang Wulin's hammer fell, setting the tone with a single strike; a resounding dragon roar rang out, the luminite stone instantly burst forth with brilliant light, and even a golden dragon coiled around that light, making the already wondrous scene even more fantastical.

Tang Wulin closed his eyes and slowly exhaled.

The myriad refinements of living essence finally concluded; his first spirit forging was successful.

Before he could even open his eyes, his shoulder was suddenly seized.

Xuan Ziwen's eyes flashed with a terrifying light as he spoke anxiously:

"Tang Wulin, how did you do this? What happened to this piece of metal? How is it different from other metals now?"

Facing the anxious Xuan Ziwen, Tang Wulin was somewhat caught off guard by the question, momentarily unsure how to answer.

Seeing this, Huo Yutong reached out and grabbed Xuan Ziwen, saying: "Professor Xuan, how about this: I'll give you this piece of metal for you to study first, while I and Wulin head back—what do you think?"

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"You're willing to give me this piece of metal?!"

Tang Wulin nodded, a little afraid.

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He now understands why Huo Yutong's first reaction upon seeing the enraged Xuan Ziwen is fear; this teacher truly is a research maniac.

Xuan Ziwen immediately gave Tang Wulin a strong hug, his face full of joy.

"Great, I'll go research now; you two head back first, Huo Yutong, come by tomorrow daytime."

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The two instantly relaxed; they had just returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, and if they could rest, they certainly wouldn't want to stay in the Soul Tool Hall.

After returning to Huo Yutong's room in the Sea God Pavilion, Tang Wulin sighed to her, "Teacher Xuan really is a peculiar person."

"Hmm." Huo Yutong nodded, "He is a pure researcher; at least so far, in this obsession, only Ji Juechen I've seen can surpass him."

"That's true." Tang Wulin nodded in agreement, then he noticed Huo Yutong's action and suddenly froze, "Huo Yutong, what are you doing taking off your clothes?"

Huo Yutong's face instantly flushed.

"Because, after all, I just made a promise in the Soul Tool Hall."

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A promise? What promise? Did he miss something?

Seeing his clueless expression, Huo Yutong froze.

"You, you didn't hear that?"

Tang Wulin instinctively nodded.

Huo Yutong's face instantly flushed red, and she flung her clothes onto Tang Wulin.

"You, you get out! I'm going to sleep!"

Despite her determination, Tang Wulin actually didn't hear a thing.

This made her, as a girl, instantly burst with her sense of propriety.

"Yes!"

Seeing Huo Yutong's ashamed and angry expression, Tang Wulin, although he didn't know what had happened, also knew he couldn't talk back then, so he hurriedly left the room.

He gently closed the door, and Tang Wulin sighed helplessly.

It's true he didn't hear what Huo Yutong said, but that doesn't mean he won't guess.

From her expression, he very likely missed a hundred million.

This made his mood somewhat gloomy.

He was about to leave, just then the door behind him opened.

Huo Yutong, her face blushing, poked her head out from inside and softly said to Tang Wulin:

"You, you'd better come in."

"——" Tang Wulin's expression instantly brightened, "Yes!"

Saying that, he darted around Huo Yutong and slipped into her room.

Huo Yutong was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing out loud..

"Really, you lecher."

With a "creak", she closed the door.

This night just passed like that.

(End of chapter)