"Divine Craftsman, it's been a while," Le Hanwen said with a smile upon seeing Zhen Hua.
Zhen Hua nodded slightly, exchanged a few pleasantries with Le Hanwen, then looked at Qian Mo and Gu Yuena, saying impatiently, "I heard that the Holy Angel family has a young genius who is a Level 2 blacksmith at the age of seven. Aren't you going to let me see him?"
Le Hanwen gently pushed Qian Mo forward. Qian Mo understood and stepped forward, respectfully saying, "Junior Qian Mo greets the Divine Craftsman."
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Zhen Hua's scrutinizing gaze fell upon Qian Mo, carefully examining him from head to toe.
As Qian Mo's cultivation progressed, his control over the Six-Winged Seraphim martial soul improved, and the special aura around him became more pronounced.
Standing near Qian Mo, as long as he didn't deliberately conceal his aura, your gaze would be involuntarily drawn to him, and you would inwardly praise him, "What a handsome and extraordinary young man."
For example, Gu Yuena often found herself staring at Qian Mo in a daze, only to be discovered and teased by him.
Zhen Hua extended his large hand, placed it on Qian Mo's shoulder, and squeezed it. A warm current instantly flowed throughout Qian Mo's body.
"Ho, what excellent physical quality," Zhen Hua's expression was somewhat surprised. "If you had a Body martial soul, one of my old friends would likely be very interested in you."
Qian Mo raised his eyebrows. The old friend Zhen Hua mentioned was most likely Mu Ye.
"Come on, let's go to the forging room. Let me see your skill properly."
Zhen Hua stood up and led the three of them into the depths of the highest floor, arriving at his exclusive forging room.
The Divine Craftsman's forging room was simply furnished, with only a large forging platform and several shelves filled with various rare metals.
"Pick any piece of metal and perform Hundred Refinements on it," Zhen Hua instructed Qian Mo, pointing at the shelves. He wanted to carefully observe Qian Mo's forging process.
Qian Mo nodded, walked to the shelves, carefully selected a piece, and finally chose a metal called Thorium.
The biggest characteristic of Thorium is its extreme inclusiveness, capable of accommodating various elements like fire, water, and earth. This perfectly aligns with the diverse combat methods of the divine mask battle armor and is one of the metals Qian Mo will need for his future battle armor.
Qian Mo placed the Thorium on the forging platform, gently stroked it with his left hand, and a raging sacred flame ignited in his right hand.
"Hmm?"
The moment Qian Mo touched the Thorium, Zhen Hua, who was quietly observing from the side, keenly sensed that the piece of Thorium actually emitted a slight sense of compliance.
This discovery greatly increased Zhen Hua's interest in Qian Mo, and his arms, which were crossed over his chest, were lowered.
Qian Mo did not choose the tinder within the forging platform, but instead placed the sacred flame inside the forging platform, allowing it to heat the Thorium.
The sacred flame itself contains the ultimate attribute, which is an ultimate fire. It is already a high-quality tinder. Furthermore, since Qian Mo began learning to forge, he has always used the sacred flame, finding it the most comfortable to use.
"Hoo~~"
Qian Mo exhaled a long breath, his breathing gradually becoming even, his eyes focused. He pulled out a black hammer with his right hand and swiftly swung the first blow.
"Bang!"
At this moment, the Thorium and Qian Mo moved towards each other. Instantly, Qian Mo and the Thorium entered a state of fusion.
The so-called fusion is when the blacksmith and the metal they are forging resonate, entering a wonderful state of integration. In this state, high-quality products are often produced because the forged work contains the blacksmith's emotions and ideas.
Seeing this scene, Zhen Hua was dumbfounded. He felt his worldview being violently impacted. He entered a state of fusion after the first hammer strike. Are you two related by blood or something?
Qian Mo rapidly swung the forging hammer, striking the Thorium continuously like a gust of wind and a sudden rain.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With each hammer strike, Qian Mo received clear feedback on the changes in the internal texture of the Thorium.
With each hammer strike, the Thorium continuously changed shape under the blows, and a humming sound constantly responded to Qian Mo's strikes.
As time went on, the sound produced by the collision of the forging hammer and the Thorium became more and more pleasant.
The Thorium gradually shrunk, but its texture was constantly improving, becoming clearer and more reasonable, seemingly emitting a faint light.
"Clang!"
The last hammer strike fell. The Thorium was now almost a size smaller than before, and the magnificent and complex patterns on its surface seemed to contain a hint of vibrant life.
Qian Mo put away the forging hammer, extinguished the sacred flame, and breathed heavily, his chest rising and falling slightly, and drops of sweat dripping from his forehead.
The forging room fell into a brief silence. Le Hanwen and Gu Yuena, standing in the corner, looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened. Zhen Hua just stared blankly at Qian Mo, the fervor in his eyes becoming brighter. Finally, Qian Mo spoke, breaking the silence.
"Senior, what do you think of my Hundred Refinements?"
"Hundred Refinements?" Zhen Hua smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "You really don't know how lucky you are. This is no longer Hundred Refinements. It's almost Thousand Refinements!"
"Ah!" Qian Mo looked at the Thorium on the forging platform. He had only hammered it according to the method of Hundred Refinements. How could it be almost Thousand Refinements?
"As the saying goes, Thousand Refinements become essence, and Hundred Refinements purify. Thousand Refinements is the initial stage of giving life to metal. A Thousand Refined work is originally a life form created by us blacksmiths. Metal with life is the most precious existence; only then will they sublimate their exclusive characteristics," Zhen Hua explained.
"Your life has begun to merge with the Thorium. Your aura is continuously injected into the 'open-hearted' Thorium, and it automatically begins to give it life, it's just that you don't have this awareness."
Qian Mo pinched his chin, understood Zhen Hua's meaning, and sighed.
"It seems my comprehension is still not enough. I didn't even know Thousand Refinements had begun."
"No, this has nothing to do with comprehension," Zhen Hua said with a serious expression, word by word, "This is your innate talent. If you use it in forging, you will definitely cause a shock in the entire forging world in the future!"
"Child, your name is Qian Mo, right? Are you willing to become my student? I promise I will definitely train you to become the next Divine Craftsman," Zhen Hua said solemnly.
At the same time, he had already made up his mind. He would take this disciple. He would tie him up and make him learn forging under him if necessary.
Upon hearing this, Qian Mo immediately knelt down and performed the disciple-Apprenticeship Ceremony .
"Student Qian Mo greets teacher."
"Good, good, good!" Zhen Hua's face was beaming with an irrepressible smile. He reached out and helped Qian Mo up from the ground. "I don't have so many formalities here. As long as your heart is in it, that's enough."
Le Hanwen, seeing that the matter was settled, also walked over with a radiant smile and cupped his fists, saying, "Thank you, Divine Craftsman, for fulfilling our junior's wish."
"Hahaha, I should be thanking you for bringing such a talented blacksmithing seedling," Zhen Hua said.