Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 43 Thousandfold Golden Hand!
Inside the high-rise, exclusive forging room, the furnace roared and the heat was scorching, far exceeding the temperature of ordinary workshops, indicating that the materials that could be processed here were extraordinary.

At this moment, the old master craftsman was like a furnace that had been ignited, his eyes shining, and his whole body radiating amazing heat and focus.

Lou Gao grabbed Lin Xia's stack of blueprints as if they were priceless treasures and walked straight to his huge workbench made of special heat-resistant metal.

"start!"

The sound of the tall building hummed in the hot air.

Lou Gao first selected several high-quality iron ingots and several special alloy billets marked on Lin Xia's drawings, which were used for different parts.

Then, Lou Gao took a deep breath, and his soul power surged like a tide.

"Buzz!"

A flash of yellow light appeared, and his ancient and heavy martial spirit weapon—the Vajra Chisel—with its tip gleaming with an indestructible cold light, suddenly appeared in his hand.

At the same time, Lou Gao grabbed a black forging hammer with his other hand. It was neither gold nor stone and was engraved with strange patterns.

This hammer was clearly no ordinary item; its weight and material far exceeded the one Lin Xia had used before.

Lin Xia held her breath, knowing that she was about to witness the true skills of a master craftsman of her time.

Lou Gao did not immediately heat the material, but instead gently placed the diamond chisel on a specific spot on the refined iron ingot.

A barely perceptible glimmer appeared at the tip of the diamond chisel.

The next moment, the building started moving!

Lou Gao didn't swing the hammer down in a wide arc like Lin Xia did. Instead, his wrist trembled rapidly at an indescribable frequency, and the black hammerhead turned into a blurry afterimage, striking the tail of the diamond chisel with unparalleled precision.

Clang! Clang! Clang clang clang—!
The sound was dense like a sudden rain pattering on banana leaves, yet it carried a strange rhythm, completely unlike the powerful, heavy metallic booming that Lin Xia had made before.

Lin Xia could even see that every time the hammer struck the tail of the diamond chisel, a visible, almost transparent shockwave was transmitted from the chisel tip into the interior of the refined iron ingot!
The refined iron ingot seemed to come alive, and under the "guidance" of the diamond chisel and the "combing" of the vibrating waves, it softened and stretched at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The impurities, as if squeezed and peeled off by an invisible force, turned into fine black powder and fell down in a flurry.

The process that originally required hundreds of forgings to achieve initial refinement was completed in just a dozen breaths under Lou Gao's seemingly casual yet profoundly skillful and powerful guidance!

The volume of the refined iron ingot has shrunk by nearly one-third, and its entire body shimmers with a restrained metallic luster. Its texture is so uniform and dense that it is astonishing.

"This……"

Lin Xia stared in disbelief, her heart churning with turbulent emotions.

This completely overturned his understanding of forging!

This is hardly blacksmithing.

It is clearly the art of turning stone into gold and transforming the rotten into the miraculous!

Lou Gao caught a glimpse of Lin Xia's shocked expression, laughed heartily, and continued working without stopping, adding more purple iron ore and several other alloy materials.

The combination of hammer and chisel is even more exquisite, with each strike carrying a unique wave-like force, the power advancing layer by layer, penetrating deep into the metal core.

Under the guidance of the diamond chisel and the harmonization of the vibration waves, metals of different properties are perfectly integrated and stacked like flowing water, forming the composite material structure required by Lin Xia's drawings.

During the process, the diamond chisel flexibly changed angles and force, sometimes precisely shaping the internal grooves like a carving knife, and sometimes polishing the key contact surfaces like a whetstone. The whole process was smooth and flowing, full of the beauty of a perfect combination of strength and skill.

"Teacher... what... what's this technique called?" Lin Xia couldn't help but ask, her voice filled with excitement and longing.

Lou Gao's hammer and chisel never stopped, his voice loud and proud.

"Haha, kid, are you dumbfounded? This is my unique forging method, 'Thousand-Fold Golden Hand,' which I have painstakingly developed over decades, combining the characteristics of my martial soul!"

"Using the diamond chisel as a guide and the power of vibrating soul as a medium, one can transform immense force into subtle vibrations, drawing it back without releasing it, breaking it down to create something new! It saves effort and penetrates deep into the material, achieving a purity and fusion that ordinary forging cannot reach! Want to learn?"

A strong light flashed in Lin Xia's eyes, and she nodded vigorously.

"Yes, teacher! I will certainly study diligently!"

"Good! Once you have thoroughly mastered those basic texts and your soul power is more stable, I will pass on the Thousand-Fold Golden Hand Technique to you!"

Lou Gao readily agreed, and his subordinates worked even faster.

Under the miraculous effect of the Thousand-Fold Golden Hand, those intricate parts that Lin Xia thought would require a lot of time and effort to complete were given life in Lou Gao's hands, and quickly took shape one by one.

Barrels, slides, firing pins, recoil springs, trigger assemblies... even the tiny bullet casings are perfectly forged with the precise markings of diamond chisels and the vibrations of hammers.

The whole process took less than half a day, and all the parts were neatly arranged on the workbench, gleaming with a cold metallic luster, and their dimensional accuracy was astonishing.

Lou Gao put down his hammer and chisel, picked up the parts, and without needing blueprints, relying solely on his memory of the forging process and his masterful spatial perception, his hands moved like butterflies flitting among flowers.

Click, click... The crisp sounds of the mechanism engaging rang out one after another. In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a pistol with sleek lines, a compact structure, and made entirely of rare metals, gleaming with a dark, grimy sheen, appeared in his hand.

The gun is heavy and cold to the touch, yet it contains a restrained explosive power.

Lin Xia looked at the finished product, which far surpassed any handgun she had ever known in her previous life in terms of "appearance" and "quality," and was filled with awe.

This is practically a work of art, a deadly weapon!
Lou Gao examined the artwork in his hand for a moment, a satisfied look on his face. Then he picked up a few bullets that he had casually forged.

Lou Gao pointed to the two distinctly different bullets and said to Lin Xia:
"Xia, look. This one is exactly as you drew in the blueprints, with a copper shell encasing a lead core, and filled with the gunpowder you prepared."

As he spoke, Lou Gao weighed another type of bullet, which was noticeably thicker and had a bullet tip that was faintly purplish-red.

"And this second one is an improvement I made on your idea. I used harder for the outer shell, added some iron filings to the lead core, and added some crushed fire crystal powder to the gunpowder in proportion."

"Hehe, I've been thinking, since this thing is blasted out by the stuff inside, why not make it blast even harder, and add some special ingredients? Wouldn't that make it even more powerful? How about it, dare to give it a try?"

Lin Xia's eyelids twitched as she looked at the modified bullet.

Purple-light iron powder?

Fire crystal powder?

My teacher really dares to think outside the box!
Is this thing still considered a bullet when fired?
However, this also shows that not everyone who becomes famous on the mainland is like Yu Xiaogang; the vast majority of people still have their own real skills!
"Of course we should try, teacher!"

Lin Xia suppressed the turmoil in her heart, feeling mostly intense curiosity and a hint of anticipation.

Lin Xia also wanted to know what kind of modifications the firearms would take with the help of the master craftsmen of Douluo Continent and fantasy materials!
Lou Gao waved his hand.

"Let's go! To the training ground!"

(End of this chapter)