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

After helping the blacksmith shop manager sign the relevant agreements for the work-study program, Wei Min left Lin Yu at the blacksmith shop.

Before leaving, she told Lin Yu, "You don't need to rush to catch up on your academic classes for the remaining month. If you feel unwell, you can go back to your dorm to rest. You can start studying again when you officially enroll next year."

Although the other party was only her temporary homeroom teacher, she was still very responsible.

After watching Wei Min leave, Lin Yu and the blacksmith shop owner locked eyes.

His gaze shifted from the man's wheat-colored skin, but the blacksmith couldn't shake his conscience: "Young man, I can tell you're quite young, and from a poor background. Having soul power to enter a soul master academy is such a blessing, why did you decide to learn blacksmithing?"

Outsiders may not know the inside story of blacksmithing, but he certainly does. He genuinely doesn't want to see the other person's future ruined because of blacksmithing.

"Boss, let me give it a try first. Maybe I have a natural talent for forging?"

Although such an answer might make him seem a bit stubborn, he was determined to pursue the path of blacksmithing!

Seeing Lin Yu's attitude, the blacksmith shop owner had no choice but to settle for second best and put forward a test: "Since you are determined to be a blacksmith, I will give you a chance."

The shopkeeper handed Lin Yu a finely crafted iron hammer weighing three or four pounds and stated his requirements.

"This hourglass will take two hours to run out of sand. If you can swing the hammer three hundred times within those two hours and deform this red-hot iron with each swing, you can stay. If you can't, then you're out."

After testing the weight of the hammer, Lin Yu accepted the challenge: "Give me another hammer, it's inconvenient for me to use a one-handed hammer."

Although Lin Yu had never done forging, he remembered that Tang Wulin in later generations used double hammers when he first learned forging.

The boss casually handed over another hammer of similar weight, while changing the rules: "If using two hammers, you need to swing them five hundred times consecutively."

After finalizing the rules, the boss dismissed an apprentice from beside the furnace, took an hourglass, sat down next to the bellows, and pulled the bellows to control the furnace temperature.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous about forging for the first time.

However, I have a dynamic breathing technique and a main body martial soul with extremely strong endurance and recovery capabilities, so it's not a big problem.

With the boss's command, Lin Yu raised the forging hammer with his left hand and casually struck it to test its hardness.

It's fairly hard; with about 30% of the force, you can leave a small dent on this red-hot iron lump.

boom!boom!boom!boom!

Once he had determined the force, Lin Yu raised the forging hammer and swung it quickly with both arms.

Although he didn't use much force each time, as the number of swings increased, his arms gradually began to ache, and the dense sweat unknowingly soaked the casual clothes Lin Yu had changed into when he left school.

As my arms began to ache, the two points of consciousness that were originally used to control the dynamic breathing technique shifted to the arteries in my shoulder joints.

To relieve muscle soreness, Lin Yu summarized a practical method as improving the utilization rate of oxygen in the blood of the sore areas.

Lin Yu could count the first few dozen strikes calmly, but later on, he focused all his attention on controlling his soul power to nourish his body.

Moreover, this state of focused consciousness significantly reduced Lin Yu's perception of time.

Lin Yu stopped swinging his hammer when his soul power was exhausted and his arms were so sore that he could no longer lift them.

Realizing her lapse in composure, Lin Yu apologized and explained.

"Before coming to the blacksmith's shop, I sparred with my classmates, which left my soul power somewhat depleted. I wonder if you could give me some time to recover?"

Lin Yu's words startled the blacksmith shop owner, who subconsciously looked at the hourglass in his hand.

Seeing that less than half of the sand had leaked out of the hourglass, the boss's expression twisted.

Goodness, in less than an hour, this kid had already landed over a thousand effective hits.

Most importantly, this kid's hammer strikes are always very steady and sustained.

Is this right? I just wanted to make things difficult for him, but it turns out this guy is actually a forging genius?!

"You have good talent and are a promising prospect. If you want to stay, I need to make the terms clear first."

"Work-study students only receive a subsidy of forty silver soul coins per month at the blacksmith shop. In addition to the subsidy provided by the Spirit Hall, they also receive wages for completing forging tasks at the blacksmith shop, but it is paid on a piece-rate basis and settled daily."

"You can get ten copper soul coins for refining one pound of pig iron, fifty copper soul coins for making one pound of rough blanks of various utensils, and one hundred and fifty copper soul coins for forging certain ironware completely."

At the beginning, I can only purify pig iron. One pound of pig iron costs ten copper soul coins. If I do it this way, I need to purify nine pounds a day to make enough for one nutritious meal.

It seems that being a blacksmith is a really unprofitable profession, but I originally only regarded blacksmithing as a form of cultivation, and I would have to think of other ways to make money.

Having agreed to the conditions proposed by the boss, Lin Yu began his forging training that very afternoon.

It turns out that there is a difference between having the strength to swing a hammer and having the ability to forge iron well.

Lin Yu's recovery speed and endurance are achieved by focusing his consciousness on his arms, which means he pays less attention to the iron block.

Even so, under Lin Yu's continued offensive, he still managed to purify two pieces of pig iron weighing one jin each that afternoon.

Having obtained twenty copper soul coins, Lin Yu did not linger in the blacksmith shop any longer.

He couldn't miss the college's three meals a day, as this was his main source of nutrition.

After dinner, Lin Yu did not go to the blacksmith shop, since he had a class that evening.

Although the homeroom teacher said he could skip class, it was somewhat inappropriate for him to skip class on his very first day.

As it turns out, the homeroom teacher's suggestion was not without merit.

In the evening's cultural class, the teacher teaches some common characters on the podium for the first thirty minutes, and then the students read the book on their own. If they encounter a character they don't understand, they can ask other classmates or go up to the podium to ask the teacher.

In short, learning here depends entirely on self-motivation.

Lin Yu only attended a few evening cultural classes, and after learning all the characters, she never went again.

College life is both routine and monotonous.

Every morning around 5 a.m., Lin Yu, who has developed a biological clock, gets up on time, meditates for half an hour, and then goes for a morning run at a small fitness training ground.

I'll go to the school cafeteria for lunch around 7 o'clock, and then go to the academy library to read books about soul beasts.

During the first period in the morning, Lin Yu would go to the combat training ground to spar with other students, improving his combat experience and activating his martial spirit.

During the second period in the morning, I will meet up with my classmates for physical training.

The courses here are not mandatory for all students. Under normal circumstances, as long as you can pass the assessment at the end of the month, you're good to go.

For this reason, Lin Yu often spent the entire afternoon at the blacksmith's shop.

Day after day, until the end of the month, when the holiday is approaching.