I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

After observing the burly new examiner, Xu Xingyu realized that the person in front of her must be Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department in the original work.

However, who the examiner was didn't matter to him, since his goal had never changed: to pass this Soul Guidance Department assessment, nothing more.

The Soul Guidance Department's assessment consists of two tests: a theoretical test and a practical test.

For Xu Xingyu, neither of these tests was particularly difficult. After all, he used to work in engineering on Blue Star, and in recent years he had been helping the Qiling Tower research and create mechs and battle armor.

Therefore, these things were easy for him to pass. Xu Xingyu picked up the theoretical exam paper for soul guidance knowledge and answered all the questions at an extremely fast pace. Qian Duoduo was somewhat surprised to see Xu Xingyu answering the questions so quickly.

It's important to understand that although this theoretical exam only tests the most basic concepts, it's incredible that it can be completed so quickly. Even a level 5 Soul Master would find it quite challenging.

After Xu Xingyu finished the exam, Qian Duoduo quickly glanced at her answers. To his surprise, she answered every question correctly and used the best possible analytical methods. Some of these methods were even beyond Qian Duoduo's comprehension.

If Qian Duoduo were to take this exam himself, he might be able to finish it much faster, but it's important to remember that he is an eighth-level Soul Master and a Super Douluo-level powerhouse.

It would be difficult for him to quickly complete a theoretical exam for a Level 3 Soul Master and ensure that all the answers are correct.

However, Xu Xingyu is only a Soul Master and a Level 3 Soul Instructor, and usually, the pass rate for Level 3 Soul Instructors in their Soul Guidance Department is only about 60%.

Through this theoretical exam, Qian Duoduo realized that the young man in front of him was not only a genuine Level 3 Soul Master, but his theoretical knowledge might have already surpassed the limits of a Level 3 Soul Master.

Qian Duoduo estimated that Xu Xingyu's theoretical knowledge had likely reached the level of a fifth or sixth-level Soul Master.

In reality, Xu Xingyu's knowledge of soul guidance theory is already comparable to Qian Duoduo's. The reason why the knowledge of Blue Star cannot enable him to have soul guidance knowledge above level nine is simply because soul guidance devices above level nine are slightly involved in some of the laws of Douluo Continent.

However, in terms of knowledge content, Xu Xingyu is much more knowledgeable than most people in Douluo Continent, because for Xu Xingyu, who possesses knowledge of Earth, these are no different from junior high school math.

As for making soul tools, for Xu Xingyu it's just like building Lego and doing art. It might be more difficult for those above level seven, but it's not that difficult at this stage.

After Qian Duoduo finished reviewing Xu Xingyu's exam paper, the next practical exam began.

The content of this exam is free to choose. Candidates are required to create a soul tool using materials provided by the academy. After completion, the examiners will check the performance of the soul tool and score it accordingly.

Xu Xingyu originally intended to simply create a fake solution to get through the first challenge, but after looking at the materials provided by the academy, a bold idea popped into her mind.

After making a selection, Xu Xingyu took two rare metals: deep-sea sunken silver and meteorite iron, which made Qian Duoduo, who was watching from the side, feel extremely heartbroken.

This was because he realized that the material box he brought to Xu Xingyu was not for a level 3 Soul Master, but for a level 5 Soul Master.

Otherwise, Xu Xingyu wouldn't have been able to use rare metals like deep-sea silver and meteorite iron in this assessment. Although these two aren't quite at the level of war supplies, they are still priceless rare metals.

However, what Xu Xingyu did next puzzled him. He saw Xu Xingyu take out two hammers from her storage soul tool.

With Qian Duoduo's discerning eye, he could tell that the two hammers were made of sunken silver, but what was he going to do with them now?

Is it going to be forged? In the process of making a soul tool, some metals do need to be forged to remove impurities.

However, this task does not actually need to be done by the Soul Master himself; it can be given to some blacksmiths who are good at their work.

Even Shrek Academy only teaches the basics of refining metals, so that they can connect with each other when they reach the first or second level of Soul Master.

Afterwards, they would be allowed to use metals refined by other blacksmiths, and the students would rarely be allowed to refine them themselves.

Moreover, all the metals given in this exam have already been refined!

But soon Qian Duoduo didn't have time to think about these things, because Xu Xingyu began to raise her double hammers and began to hammer the metal with lightning speed.

To Qian Duoduo's disbelief, Xu Xingyu's forging technique, though fast and powerful, was perfectly timed, without damaging the metal's internal structure.

Moreover, with each tap, Qian Duoduo could see that the metal's luster became even more vibrant.

What he found most unbelievable was that he was forging two rare metals at the same time. Among the people Qian Duoduo knew, only the most skilled blacksmiths could do such a thing!

Soon, the two pieces of metal began to emit a halo, which symbolized the spiritual light of being refined to the highest quality.

The so-called "thousand-times-forged first-grade" metal was called "half-step spirit-forged" ten thousand years later. At this time, the metal was only one step away from having its own unique spirituality and wisdom.

Of course, Xu Xingyu was able to forge these two pieces of metal so quickly not only because of his understanding of the two metals and his own skills, since the two metals had already been purified before.

If a metal has been refined by one blacksmith, it can be difficult for another blacksmith to forge that metal, because everyone's forging techniques are not necessarily the same, so it is easy to make mistakes that could damage the metal's internal structure.

However, in this era, forging technology is not very advanced. In Xu Xingyu's eyes, these two pieces of metal have only undergone a hundred forgings.

In this era, metal that had been refined to perfection was considered the finest forging work.

However, Xu Xingyu's forging did not end with the spiritual light of the Thousand Refinements First Grade. His two forging hammers began to crackle with electricity.

The electric light traveled along the hammer to the surfaces of the two metal pieces, and the moment the light touched the metal, they began to vibrate at different frequencies.

The last two pieces of metal seemed to melt, turning into molten iron. The two different colors of molten iron began to fuse in a wondrous way the moment they came into contact.

This is the forging technology from ten thousand years later! It fuses two different metals through a special forging method while retaining the properties of both metals.

Originally, only blacksmiths skilled in spirit forging could perform spirit forging, but Xu Xingyu used the superior special effects of his Heavy Silver Forging Hammer to complete this field that he shouldn't have been involved in.

Xu Xingyu's forging hammer has a special effect: magnetic field control. It can control the electromagnetic field of the forged metal, thereby enabling the metal to be freely changed in shape.

Back in the Spirit Tower, he experimented with whether his magnetic field effects could allow him to achieve fusion forging without learning spirit forging. After many attempts, he discovered that he could indeed do it.

It was quite difficult, but fortunately he was in good form today and finally succeeded in completing the melting and forging.

And now, the first piece of forged metal, also known as the Spirit Alloy, has been born here! A new piece of Star Silver has been successfully forged!