Douluo Continent: The True Body and Blood Soul, Starting from Blacksmithing

"You are the patriarch of the Power Clan, one of the few three divine craftsmen on the continent—Senior Titan?"

That's right, the powerful Contra-like pressure didn't come from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, whose oppressive aura had been palpable lately. It came from Grandpa Tailong: Titan, whom Lin Yu had interacted with at the beginning of the semester but who had been late in arriving.

The current top craftsmen are, to put it bluntly, the few with the highest soul power among a group of blacksmiths: Titan, Tang Hao, and Lou Gao.

Although the other party's forging skills are different from the forging skills Lin Yu wanted to pursue, as a Soul Douluo, the other party must have some unique experience in blacksmithing.

At the very least, the other party could provide the thousand-fold experience that he wanted, which was of a higher quality than the hundred-fold experience.

As a Contra player, Titan naturally had his pride, and he did not respond to Lin Yu's enthusiastic inquiry.

Titan frowned after carefully examining the situation at Blue Tyrant Academy.

"Your college is far too shabby; you dare to enroll students before even having complete infrastructure?"

Judging from Titan's tone, he's here to cause trouble. Liu Erlong frowned, about to vent his dissatisfaction, but when he thought of Lin Yu's frequent forging failures these past few days and his need for a blacksmith's guidance, Liu Erlong suppressed his anger.

Just as she was about to offer a smile, Lin Yu spoke first.

"Titan is right. Our Blue Tyrant Academy is just a tiny place with incomplete infrastructure. It would be beneath your dignity to stand here at our Blue Tyrant Academy."

"Our temple here is too small to accommodate someone as important as you. Why don't you go outside and look around, see which temple is bigger? Why don't you go to someone else?"

Lin Yu's words drew Liu Erlong's attention: Why is this kid so angry today? What provoked him? Or did the other person's words unintentionally touch a nerve?

Did the other party belittle Blue Tyrant Academy? Or was it something else entirely?

However, she found those words quite satisfying, and she didn't like guys who looked down on others.

Titan, standing to the side, turned ashen-faced after hearing Lin Yu's words.

Not long ago, he was dealing with the Spirit Hall's pursuit of the Power Clan. He had just finished paying the protection fee when he received a letter from his clansmen in Heaven Dou City.

The letter stated that a six-year-old genius at Blue Tyrant Academy was obsessed with forging, and his forging skills rivaled those of most of the clan's blacksmiths. This young prodigy had encountered a bottleneck after completing a hundred forgings and could not complete a thousand, so he sought guidance from the group leader, this "divine craftsman."

The letter not only mentioned the young prodigy's forging skills, but also his perseverance and talent for cultivation.

More importantly, this kid's martial soul is a mutated martial soul called Dragon Blood. With his forging techniques and martial soul, he created a forging method that can be applied to most ordinary people.

The Power Clan is currently in dire straits, first abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect and then hunted down by the Spirit Hall.

In order to settle his people and give the Li clan a chance to catch their breath, he spent all of the Li clan's savings on bribing officials.

At this moment, a blacksmithing genius suddenly appeared, claiming that he could provide a universal blacksmithing method.

If this is true, it can stabilize the precarious situation of the Power Clan.

For the sake of the future of the Power Clan, he rushed to Heaven Dou City, just to capture this genius as soon as possible.

Originally, he was somewhat worried that the current situation of the Power Clan would prevent him from persuading the other party.

But seeing the desolate state of Blue Tyrant Academy, and discovering that this so-called genius blacksmith teacher was actually a Soul Saint, he immediately had other ideas.

If this kid can take a Soul Saint as his master, why can't he take me, a Soul Douluo, as his master?

A Soul Douluo teacher, isn't that more prestigious than some Soul Saint teachers?

To Titan's surprise, the kid got really angry just because he had slightly belittled Blue Tyrant Academy.

Is this kid really that loyal and righteous?

Although Liu Erlong disliked Titan's haughty attitude, he was still a Soul Douluo, and she couldn't afford to embarrass him.

"Senior, my student here has been dealing with too many troubles lately. He's not deliberately targeting you. Shall we speak privately for a moment?"

While politely gesturing for Titan to go to the conference room in the teaching building, Liu Erlong pushed Lin Yu back to his courtyard.

With his teacher smoothing things over, Lin Yu naturally wouldn't refuse and obediently returned to his forging room.

Looking at the hundreds of pieces of metal on the forging table, Lin Yu became increasingly irritable.

Although there is no spirit-forged metal in this world, metals of higher quality than those forged by a hundred do indeed exist.

So what exactly is the difference between forging a hundred times and forging a thousand times?

He possessed both talent and diligence. Furthermore, he had a greater spiritual perception than any other blacksmith in this world.

Judging from his rapid mastery of the hundred-fold forging technique, it is easy to see that his mental perception was indeed a plus during the forging process.

So... what exactly is the difference?

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More than two hours later, Liu Erlong arrived at the entrance of Lin Yu's forging room.

Seeing Lin Yu sitting there looking depressed instead of forging iron as usual, Liu Erlong tiptoed into the forging room and came to Lin Yu's side.

"Xiaoyu, aren't you usually quite gentle with people? Why were you so impulsive towards Senior Titan today?"

Faced with Liu Erlong's question, Lin Yu sighed helplessly, staring blankly at the ceiling, seemingly struggling with whether or not to answer.

But in the end, the frustration in his heart overwhelmed Lin Yu's various concerns.

"Dean, I have something on my mind to tell you, but please don't tell anyone else."

Liu Erlong nodded, indicating that he would keep it a secret.

Lin Yu took a deep breath and pondered her words again, but she still couldn't hide her displeasure.

"Dean, I really don't like that old man!"

"The Power Clan, to put it bluntly, is just a group of blacksmiths under the Haotian Sect. If the Haotian Sect were still around, it would be understandable for the old man to be a bit arrogant."

"But now, the Clear Sky Sect is gone, and the Power Clan is just a bunch of stray dogs being hunted down by the Spirit Hall. Only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a merchant force, is able to hold onto the Heaven Dou Empire and spend money to settle down in Heaven Dou City."

"Their Power Clan has fallen so low that they've become homeless dogs in Heaven Dou City. I really don't understand why Titan still acts like he's the boss of heaven and earth when he comes to our Blue Tyrant Academy."

"The Power Clan is about to be wiped out. Shouldn't they be like stray dogs, keeping their tails between their legs? Why is he so arrogant?!"

After listening to Lin Yu's complaints, Liu Erlong smiled helplessly, and his gaze towards Lin Yu held a hint of...heartache.

"Xiaoyu, I understand how you feel, and I know why you have these thoughts."

"After all... you're now what you call a stray dog. Your home is destroyed, and your parents are no longer alive. Although you may look glamorous now, you've always been acting according to other people's wishes."

"Do you feel that your life as a homeless person is exhausting, and you feel resentful seeing others in the same situation living much more easily?"

"Your idea is correct..."

Liu Erlong's voice was unusually gentle, and it seemed that some of her words were not only for Lin Yu, but also for herself.

But Lin Yu paid no attention to Liu Erlong's subsequent words of comfort; he only heard three words: "I have lost my home."

He finally realized his attitude towards this world since he traveled to the present day.

After transmigrating to this world, in order to integrate into it more quickly, he engaged in reckless, vengeful training as a child, tirelessly cultivated after awakening his martial spirit, and constantly maneuvered between various forces...

So I've always been this pathetic? No, isn't this how I felt when I first graduated from university in my past life and went south to work?