Full-Time Magister: The Evil Emperor Descends

Chapter 20 Ideas on Forging Techniques

"pat...pat..."

Footsteps echoed in the dark corridor, and a shadowy figure moved about furtively.

The figure walked until it reached a metal door before stopping.

Beside the metal door, a tablet-shaped monitor was mounted on the wall, with a red glow in the upper left corner.

Pressing the protruding button with your finger, the monitor emits a [beep] sound.

"Brother, brother, are you there?"

Mo Fan spoke softly to the monitor.

As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp, slight explosion came from the other side of the metal door, and the monitor shook.

A moment later, Mo Xie's voice came from the monitor.

"Xiao Fan, you'd better give me a reason that I can accept."

Mo Fan trembled. He knew that Mo Xie was angry, and when the older brother got angry, the younger brother would get beaten up.

"The middle school entrance exam results will be released tonight, they should be out soon."

Mo Fan suppressed his unease and forced himself to speak.

"Oh? It's been that long... Fine, get lost."

"okay!"

Mo Fan ran off in a flash, not daring to linger for even a moment.

Inside the forging room, black smoke was drawn into the exhaust vent, and Mo Xie's figure gradually appeared.

Releasing the button, Mo Xie turned to look at the damaged, armor-like object on the forging table.

"Failed again."

Mo Xie sighed helplessly.

[Forging two acceptable finished products in about a week is already a pretty good achievement.]

"But it didn't achieve the results I expected. We were just one step away from success, but we failed every time."

That's because you made changes in the final step. The processes and methods between the smelting with fire and the electrolysis with lightning are correct. After that, just wait for the magical artifact to solidify automatically, but you chose to use ice to speed up the solidification, which caused the artifact's energy to become unstable.

"This isn't the final solidification time; it's too slow."

Mo Xie touched his hair and chuckled sheepishly.

Using ice to roughly outline the shape of a magical artifact not only speeds up the cooling process but also ensures that the artifact always retains its original appearance.

This was a procedure not found in the original forging method; Mo Xie added it later as an improvement.

Most magical artifact materials are made of special materials, so they must rely on the blacksmith's fire smelting and lightning electrolysis.

All the materials needed for magical artifacts must first be degraded, allowing them to re-solidify and cool into the shapes we need, such as boots, armor, bracelets, pendants, and rings—wearable forms.

Mo Xie carefully stroked the surface texture of the armor, noticing many rough cracks and a lack of the luster that other armors should have.

"Why are there still flaws on the surface of the finished product even after I've made it?"

Mo Xie asked, puzzled.

[A blacksmith's forging requires multiple flames, but you are currently just a lowly novice mage, lacking both spirit-level lightning and fire seeds, and your level is still stuck at level one. You certainly can't compare to a proper blacksmith.]

Furthermore, your ice elemental power lacks a spirit seed, and its level is only beginner level one, making your control over magical energy unstable.

Forging isn't as easy as you think. You haven't even mastered the basics, yet you want to improve the steps in forging methods and techniques? That's just wishful thinking!

Lingyi's lectures never stopped, which really demoralized Mo Xie.

"I know, I know."

Mo Xie understood what Ling meant: the foundation of forging skills must be solid.

He's weak and incompetent, yet he still wants to innovate; it's a classic case of being both bad and playful.

However, whenever she encounters something new, Mo Xie can't help but come up with ideas.

Mo Xie's principle was to act on her thoughts immediately and never procrastinate.

Curiosity is an inherent human trait, and Moye was no exception.

Mo Xie glanced at the few remaining forging materials on the stone platform beside him.

"We're almost out of materials."

Each failure resulted in a huge consumption of forging materials, and without sufficient financial resources, it would be impossible to continue forging.

Aristocratic clans would certainly be very willing to recruit an excellent blacksmith.

First, they have plenty of money and aren't afraid of running out of funds. Second, the blacksmiths bring significant profits to the family; they don't even need to go to auctions to get magical tools. They can simply collect the materials and give them to the blacksmiths, who will then forge the magical tools for the family.

However, most blacksmiths are unwilling to be affiliated with aristocratic families or clans; they prefer to establish their own businesses or join the Magic Association.

Mo Xie doesn't need to worry about funding, and one of Chen Xi's key focuses is on materials trading.

If we don't have enough materials, we can just make a phone call. After all, Mo Xie is the boss.

Mo Xie tidied up the forging table, walked out of the training room, and stretched vigorously.

He was ready to take a shower and get some rest.

A week of forging and its consumption, in a god-like state, sometimes when magic energy is used up, you have to spend time to replenish magic energy yourself.

The amount of magical energy consumed is definitely not as much as that used to cast a spell; otherwise, with Mo Xie's level 1 magic energy, he would have been completely depleted countless times by now.

After taking a bath and changing her clothes, Mo Xie lay on the bed and started daydreaming.

Zero once said that forging requires multiple flames for smelting, and electrolysis also requires good lightning to cooperate.

However, he currently lacks a spiritual seed, possessing only ordinary lightning and fire, which cannot support him in completing further forging.

Even if Mo Xie obtained the spiritual lightning and spiritual fire, he wouldn't be able to absorb them with his current level as a beginner mage. To independently control the unabsorbed spiritual seeds, he would need to possess powerful mental strength.

Therefore, the beginner level of forging is all basic practice. There are no super advanced forging techniques. It is simply about training your control over lightning and fire elements, as well as honing your magical energy circulation.

Believe it or not, after so much forging and training, Mo Xie's magical energy has become much stronger.

As for using ice to accelerate the solidification process, we don't need to think about it for now until Mo Xie reaches the intermediate level.

As she pondered this, a wave of drowsiness washed over her, and Mo Xie slowly closed her eyes.

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Evening, in the study.

A family of four sat around the desk, intently watching the time on the computer screen.

To be precise, there were three people, because Mo Xie was sitting in a chair playing on her phone.

"Time is up."

In the quiet room, Ye Xinxia suddenly said something.

Mo Fan swallowed hard, then looked at Mo Xie.

"Brother, should you go first or should I go first?"

"You first."

Mo Xie said something, but didn't even look up, continuing to play on her phone.

"Alright, Xiao Fan, open!"

Mo Jiaxing waved his hand with great momentum.

Mo Fan nodded heavily, opened the query interface, and entered his exam number.

After a few seconds, the scores for each subject popped up, with the total score prominently displayed in the last column.

"554, I have 554!"

Mo Fan jumped up excitedly.

"Okay, great!"

Mo Jiaxing excitedly hugged Mo Fan.

"That's wonderful, Brother Mo Fan!"

Ye Xinxia also clapped and congratulated.

554 points, that's enough to get into a magic high school.

Mo Xie chuckled softly, then moved his feet, sliding his chair to the computer to enter his exam number.

"what!"

A crisp exclamation interrupted the atmosphere between the father and son, and Mo Fan and Mo Jiaxing both turned to look at Ye Xinxia.

Ye Xinxia covered her mouth, her pupils trembling, staring at the computer in disbelief.

Mo Fan and Mo Jiaxing followed Ye Xinxia's gaze, then their mouths gaped open and they gasped in surprise.

"A...a perfect score?!"

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