"Clang, clang, clang." The sound of hammering echoed continuously.

At this point, nearly two hours had passed since Jiang Yi began forging.

Despite the raging fire and intense heat, Jiang Yi remained impeccably clean, clearly unaffected by the movement and temperature.

He raised the heavy silver hammer high in his hand and brought it down onto the metal.

Just then, a silver light burst forth from Shen Yin's body, breaking through the flames.

Zhenhua, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed, realizing that the Thousand Refinements had actually been completed.

According to the rules of the blacksmithing world, every blacksmith who completes the first thousand forgings of metal must perform a blood sacrifice, thus making it a part of the blacksmith's collection.

After a blood sacrifice, it can be connected to the blacksmith's bloodline, becoming a part of the blacksmith's body.

Metal that has undergone a blood sacrifice and been forged a thousand times will, in a sense, develop a slight intelligence that is connected to the bloodline, thereby sublimating into stronger properties.

Jiang Yi has only been learning forging for a short time and may not know this rule, so Zhenhua plans to help him.

Just as he was about to make a move, Jiang Yi inside took out a small knife, cut his wrist, and splattered blood onto the silver.

A hissing sound immediately rang out, and smoke billowed out.

After the smoke dissipated, the appearance of the sunken silver reappeared, but this time it no longer had its previous silvery luster; instead, it had turned grayish.

There is an additional layer of fine, wave-like patterns on it; this is the Thousand-Refined Sinking Silver.

Jiang Yi gazed at the Thousand-Refined Silver, a smile appearing on his face.

At this moment, he fully understood what it meant that the book described "thousand-time forging" as giving life to metal.

In the latter half of the Thousand Refinements process, he had already sensed the breath of life from this piece of sunken silver.

After all, his martial soul, Eternal Heart, constantly exudes a powerful life force, so Jiang Yi is naturally extremely sensitive to vitality.

Whether it is vitality itself or things that carry vitality.

It was precisely because of this keen perception that Jiang Yi was able to finally complete the Thousand Refinements.

At this moment, Zhenhua walked over, took the piece of metal that Jiang Yi had successfully forged, and examined it closely.

"Uncle Zhenhua, do I consider myself to have passed the test?" Jiang Yi asked with a faint smile.

Suppressing his shock, Zhenhua looked at Jiang Yi with a serious expression and said, "You should call me teacher."

"Yes, teacher," Jiang Yi replied directly.

Zhenhua's face lit up with a bright smile. He hadn't been this excited and happy in a long time.

"Xiao Yi, this is your first piece of thousand-refined metal. It's best to forge it into a forging hammer, so you'll be more comfortable using it in the future," Zhen Hua suggested.

"Okay, teacher." Jiang Yi nodded in agreement.

"Come on, tell me everything you know about forging now, and then I'll start teaching you," Zhenhua said impatiently.

Having such a talented disciple with exceptional learning abilities, he couldn't help but want to start teaching him right away.

While Zhenhua was giving Jiang Yi a lesson in the forging room, Mu Ye quietly came outside.

Looking through the small window at the scene inside, Makino smiled.

He knew that with Jiang Yi's talent, Zhenhua would definitely accept him as a disciple.

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One day later, in Zhenhua's forging room.

"Clang." After the last hammer blow, Jiang Yi finally completed the forging hammer he made using his first piece of Thousand-Refined Silver.

Looking at the forging hammer he had just finished forging, Jiang Yi felt a great sense of accomplishment. This was his first real work.

Zhenhua, who was standing to the side, nodded slightly and said, "Every piece of thousand-refined metal will have its own unique thousand-refining effect. Let's see what the effect of this piece of metal is."

Jiang Yi nodded slightly, picked up the pair of hammers, and found that their weight was similar to the ones he had used before. He felt a connection to them.

Jiang Yi took out a piece of metal and began to swing it with his forging hammer.

"Clang~" A long sound rang out, and Jiang Yi and Zhen Hua's eyes lit up at the same time, because they could both tell that it was a special effect.

"I didn't expect it to be vibration. This is an excellent special effect. During the forging process, vibration can quickly remove impurities from the metal." Zhenhua was also happy for Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi also smiled, as top-notch special effects greatly enhance the forging of Soul Masters.

"Alright, let's continue with the Hundred Refinements of Metal. Your talent is excellent, but you haven't been involved in forging for very long."

"The metals they come into contact with are naturally few, and any blacksmith who wants to continue to improve must have a good understanding of every metal."

This was the first time he had ever seen a genius like Jiang Yi, so he naturally had to be more careful in his teaching and make sure to lay a solid foundation.

Otherwise, even the strongest talent may lack staying power.

"I understand, teacher."

He will definitely share his forging knowledge with his other two in the future.

In the world they live in, there is no profession of blacksmith yet.

Naturally, one should learn the details more thoroughly to solidify the foundation and avoid making mistakes later.

For the sake of his future career as a blacksmith, he must do this.

Learning from the only master craftsman on the Douluo Continent, Jiang Yi absorbed knowledge greedily, like a sponge.

His forging skills can be described as improving rapidly.

On his fifth day at Zhenhua, Jiang Yi was already able to perform a thousand-fold forging of seven rare metals.

At this point, he was already qualified to become a level three blacksmith.

Becoming a Level 3 Blacksmith in five days directly broke the Blacksmith Association's all-time record.

And it's likely that no one will ever break this record again.

On the sixth day, Jiang Yi continued to learn forging under Zhen Hua's tutelage.

When Mu Ye suddenly appeared in the forging room, Zhen Hua frowned. He disliked being disturbed when he was teaching.

"Don't rush," Makino said to Zhenhua first.

"Xiao Yi, someone from your department came looking for you. I heard it's from the law enforcement bureau. What happened?" Mu Ye asked, puzzled.

Jiang Yi stopped swinging the hammer and explained, "It must be because of what happened on the train the day I came here."

"The train? You were really on that train?" Makino frowned.

His first thought was of the train that had been attacked.

"That's right, it's because of the train incident that I arrived here so late that day," Jiang Yi nodded in acknowledgment.

Zhenhua and Muye exchanged glances, neither of them realizing that their initial guess was correct.

Makino was about to ask what exactly happened to Jiang Yi that day.

"Let's go down and take a look first," Zhenhua said, and Muye nodded in agreement.

Jiang Yi followed behind them and went down to the first floor together.

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