Peerless: After traveling through time, who would still want to be Tang San's son-in-law?

Chapter 259: Ji Juechen embarks on the road of forging?

Chapter 259: Ji Juechen embarks on the road of forging?
"Me?" Jing Ziyan pointed at herself in disbelief, "I'm going into your boys' dormitory?"

Huo Yuhao did not explain, but simply nodded.

"Go and go."

Jing Ziyan finally agreed. After all, with Ji Juechen by her side, she didn't have to worry about Huo Yuhao doing anything, let alone rumors spreading.

With the Forging Method tying up Ji Juechen, and Ji Juechen tying up Jing Ziyan, Huo Yuhao chose to trust the two and took them to the Undead Demiplane to raise them.

Otherwise, it would not be very convenient for Huo Yuhao personally if Ji Juechen and the other two went to Shrek by themselves.

"What is this place?"

As soon as they stepped into the Gate of the Dead, they were shocked by the environment they found themselves in.

Not to mention the weird environment, just the weird atmosphere brought by the coexistence of light and undead, there is not even any soul power in the air. For soul masters who are not of light and undead attributes, it is difficult to adapt to this place.

"Welcome to the Undead Demiplane. This is a small world parallel to Douluo Continent that I was lucky enough to obtain..."

After introducing the situation of the Undead Demiplane as usual, Huo Yuhao took the two to the forging room.

"Regarding how I upgraded your sword, to be precise, I reforged your sword. You should have heard of Hundred Forged Iron, right?"

Jing Ziyan snorted, "Isn't that nonsense? Everyone knows that Hundred Forged Iron is still one of the commonly used materials for the outer shells of low-level soul guides."

"Well, since you can understand Baiduan Iron, you should be able to better understand what I am going to say next."

"If rare metals are ordinary iron, then after forging, the quality of rare metals can be greatly improved just like the quality of forged iron compared to ordinary iron."

"And the sword in Ji Juechen's hand is made of meteorite iron that I have forged thousands of times."

"What is Thousand Forgings? Thousand Forgings means forging a rare metal to its best state, which is the ultimate that this rare metal can reach."

Ji Juechen nodded slightly.

Ji Juechen was very clear about the changes in the meteorite sword in his hand.

"Speaking of which, Brother Ji really surprised me. When I studied the forging method of meteorite iron, I found that the sword in Brother Ji's hand has already reached the level of the hundred-forged meteorite iron I forged. Perhaps after a while, even if I don't make a move, the meteorite iron sword can reach the real hundred-forged level."

Jing Ziyan understood Huo Yuhao's subtext, which was that if Huo Yuhao did not take action, Ji Juechen would not be able to rely on himself to sharpen the sword to a thousand forgings.

"Didn't you say that Thousand Forgings is the limit of what rare metals can achieve?"

Suddenly, Jing Ziyan discovered the problem in Huo Yuhao's words.

Then how can Huo Yuhao complete the bargaining chip for inviting them - to continue upgrading the Meteorite Sword?

"That's right. After a thousand forgings, the quality of the metal is not only much better than that of the forged metal, but if the opportunity is right, it can even develop some unique properties."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao took out a forging hammer.

"For example, this forging hammer in my hand, made of Thousand Forged Silver, has a double hammer effect. The so-called double hammer means that after one hammer strike, the metal itself will generate a second hammer strike with 50% of the force through its own resonance."

"From this, we can see that the road of a thousand forgings has come to an end. There is no such thing as ten thousand forgings. Further improvement will only produce unstable products such as characteristics."

"But..."

Huo Yuhao changed his tone and continued, "Some time ago, I acquired a batch of Ice Extreme Divine Crystals. This gave me new ideas about the future of forging."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao took out a piece of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal that gave birth to an Ice Spirit, and a piece of ordinary Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and threw them to Ji Juechen.

"Feel the difference between these two rare metals."

Ji Juechen took the two pieces of metal and immediately set his sights on the rare metal with ice spirit.

"Is this... the breath of life force?"

"No, that's not right. It's not just about vitality... Is this piece of metal alive?"

After coming to this conclusion, Ji Juechen's breathing became heavier.
"You mean... the next step in forging is to give rare metals life?"

"Yes."

Huo Yuhao agreed, “I call this step spiritual forging, which enlightens the initial spiritual wisdom of the rare metal and gives it life.”

"life……"

Ji Juechen stroked the sword in his hand, his face intoxicated, as if he had seen with his own eyes the sword in his hand having life and dancing with him.

Ji Juechen took a deep breath, bowed deeply to Huo Yuhao, and said seriously: "Please teach me the method of forging."

"Brother Ji, there is no need to be so polite. I brought you here just to show it to you in person."

After feeling the temperature of the furnace, Huo Yuhao took out a piece of meteorite and began to heat it.

"From the very beginning, you came here to upgrade the meteorite sword in your hand. Then I will use this meteorite as an example to show you the methods of hundred forging and thousand forging. Just watch!"

After heating the meteorite to a red state, Huo Yuhao picked up the forging hammer and struck the meteorite hard.

"The first step of forging is the hundred forgings."

"Purification through a hundred forgings is like forging iron a hundred times. An important criterion for judging whether a metal has been forged a hundred times is whether there are other impurities in the metal."

According to Huo Yuhao's explanation, the volume of the meteorite became smaller and smaller with each hit, until it reached a limit and no longer shrank.

At this time, Huo Yuhao stopped the forging hammer and handed the hundred-forged meteorite iron to Ji Juechen to feel it.

"The purpose of Baiduan is to purify and solidify the metal. When Brother Ji handed the sword to me, it was already solid enough. The only flaw was that the impurities in it could not be completely removed."

Ji Juechen nodded eagerly.

No one knew the changes in the sword in his hand better than Ji Juechen himself. Compared with the meteorite in Huo Yuhao's hand, the previous sword did have some impurities and was not perfect.

"After the hundred forgings, it's the thousand forgings."

Huo Yuhao took back the hundred-forged meteorite and put it into the furnace again.

"After a hundred forgings, this piece of metal has reached the ultimate purity. So, how can this piece of metal be further improved?"

"This involves the form of metal. It's like the soul power that is all around us. Without guidance, it can't do anything to us. But after being guided by a soul master or a soul guide, it can flow according to certain rules and evolve into soul skills or soul guide arrays."

"Thousand Forgings is to make the chaotic and disordered metal derive its own texture."

"Just like the myriad soul-guiding arrays, each blacksmith's path to a thousand forgings is different, and the finished products are also different. Therefore, there is no unified standard for a thousand forgings. The only thing that determines the degree of a thousand forgings is the metal's spirituality."

"That's right. The Thousand Forgings can bring metal close to perfection and even give it the rudiments of intelligence. Therefore, if you blend your blood into the metal during the Thousand Forgings, it will recognize you as its master and only you can use it."

bump--

As the last hammer fell, amidst a violent roar, a dark light suddenly emerged from the meteorite and rose to a height of more than ten feet.

"This is the sign of the completion of the Thousand Forgings, the spiritual light. The quality of the Thousand Forgings metal can be confirmed based on the length of the spiritual light. One zhang is the first grade of the Thousand Forgings, which is the pinnacle of the Thousand Forgings."

Sensing this piece of metal that seemed to be of the same origin as the sword in his hand, Ji Juechen actually felt a little regretful for a moment.

Ji Juechen regretted not having started learning forging from Huo Yuhao earlier. It would have been great if he could forge the sword in his hand himself and perform a blood sacrifice.

"Tsk, there's really something." Jing Ziyan, who was forgotten in the corner, let out a light sigh.

Although Jing Ziyan didn't play with soul guides, she had eaten pork but hadn't seen pigs run? Jing Ziyan had seen thousands of rare metals over the years, and could easily tell that the difference between the metals before and after forging was like a punishment from heaven.

Just this Thousand Forged Meteorite Iron is probably enough to make an eighth-level soul guide.

"So far, this is my own understanding of forging. I only know the general direction of forging from now on. How to proceed may require us to discuss and research together."

"It's your turn to forge now."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao gave up his position and took out a Thousand-Forged Silver Forging Hammer without any special effects.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao took out a piece of meteorite iron and put it into the furnace to heat it up: "Since you want to forge the sword in your hand from the beginning, then start learning from the meteorite iron."

Although meteorite iron is very rare, Huo Yuhao has collected a lot of it from Mingde Hall over the years, and he has no regrets at all about spending some on Ji Juechen.

Ji Juechen came to the forging table in silence, holding the forging hammer in one hand and stroking the sword in the other, as if he was performing some sacred ritual.

"let's start."

Placing the red-hot meteorite on the forging table, Huo Yuhao took a step back to give Ji Juechen space to perform.

"bump--!"

Ji Juechen hit the meteorite tentatively with a hammer, and the huge force directly dented the meteorite.

"Is the physical strength of a Soul Saint still too exaggerated?"

Looking at this scene, the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched slightly.

I didn't have this much brute force when I first learned forging.

As if surprised by his own strength, Ji Juechen picked up a pair of pliers and bent the meteorite and overlapped them together. After controlling the strength, he smashed it down again.

As Ji Juechen adapted to the force of forging, forging gradually got on track.

"Hey,"

Huo Yuhao felt someone poking him on the back. He turned around and saw that it was Jing Ziyan who came over and was watching Ji Juechen's movements carefully.

"what happened?"

"How is Ji Juechen doing?"

Jing Ziyan spoke in a very low voice, as if she was afraid of disturbing Ji Juechen who was entering into the state.

"Very good. I didn't perform as well as him when I forged for the first time. It seems that the Hundred Forgings can't be a problem for him."

Upon hearing this, Jing Ziyan also showed an expression of both pride and shame, as if the person Huo Yuhao was praising was her.

Huo Yuhao was telling the truth. The first time he completed the Hundred Forgings, he did it very ugly. He relied on mental detection to check whether there were any impurities in the metal bit by bit, and then used brute force to knock out the metal bit by bit. There was no feeling of forging at all.

Later, as I forged more and more, through repeated forging, I also learned how to remove impurities from the metal more effectively.

Ji Juechen had earlier relied on his own will and soul power to make the meteorite nearly 100 times forged. For Ji Juechen, now he was just learning how to use the forging hammer to complete the previous steps.

Furthermore, Ji Juechen is already a Soul Emperor and is almost a Soul Saint. He has a better control over his body and the force he exerts is very accurate without much waste, so he can naturally learn quickly.

In less than half an hour, Ji Juechen stopped the forging hammer and looked at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly and said, “Yes, it’s your first time forging, and you have completed a hundred forgings in just two quarters of an hour. I don’t think anyone will surpass your record in the near future.”

Seeing that there was no problem, Ji Juechen took the initiative to put the hundred-forged meteorite iron into the furnace.

This requires a thousand forgings.

Huo Yuhao looked at the time. It was only twelve o'clock, and there were still six hours before dawn, so he let Ji Juechen try.

As for the Thousand Forgings, there is no special skill required. You just have to practice more. It is not like the Hundred Forgings which has a trace to follow. All the forged ones are the same.

Huo Yuhao himself did not know how he completed the first Thousand Forgings. He only knew that after he got excited, he relied on the Gold of Life to provide vitality, locked himself in the Undead Demiplane and did not eat or drink for several months, hammering until he became completely crazy. Perhaps it was luck that blessed him, as he finally managed to hammer out a Thousand Forgings before he ran out of strength.

By chance, the spitted blood happened to land on that piece of thousand-forged metal.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao still felt that it would be a good idea to mention it, so he told Ji Juechen the original words of the 50th forging teacher in the Legend of the Dragon King:

"Qianduan, there is no technique that can be taught. What I can tell you is that when you are forging, you should treat the metal as a living being and try every possible way to communicate with it during the forging process. Only with perfect communication can it truly recognize you and find its secrets and textures. For you, it is best to treat this piece of metal as your sword and forge it with your heart and experience it."

"Use metal as a sword in your hand?"

Ji Juechen murmured softly, closing his eyes and adjusting his state.

Half a minute later, Ji Juechen opened his eyes again and looked at the meteorite in front of him. It seemed not to be a piece of metal, but...

sword.

That’s right, what Ji Juechen wants to forge is not anything else, but a sword!
The next moment, Ji Juechen moved, in a perfect arc, and hit the forging table with all his strength.

boom!
A huge roar sounded, causing Huo Yuhao, who was watching the show, to become serious.

Could it be that this forging table that I spent so much effort to build was going to be broken by Ji Juechen?

Not at all. This is a forging table made of Thousand Forged Titanium, which is the hardest material that can be found in Douluo Continent. It can't be broken no matter what.

Huo Yuhao comforted himself in his heart.

On the other side, Ji Juechen was still desperately bombarding the metal on the forging table.

Ji Juechen's sword.

It is the toughest sword forged amidst the ridicule and sarcasm.

It is the strongest sword that has been honed through repeated clashes with powerful enemies.

What Ji Juechen wants is a sword that can withstand thousands of blows and remain strong, no matter which direction the wind blows!

With each blow, the hot metal became tougher.

With each blow, the deformation of the metal becomes smaller and smaller.

Until, it stands still.

Accompanied by Ji Juechen's final hammer strike.

"boom--!"

A brilliant silver light burst out.