Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

Although Kong Deming felt he was already very dedicated to soul tools, he felt that he couldn't compare to his disciple in terms of dedication. He even suspected that if someone could come up with the technology to assist in the production of advanced soul tools, Xuan Ziwen might even be capable of betraying the Sun Moon Empire.

"Hmm? Strange metal? I've never seen this before. Ziwen, where did you get this thing?" Kong Deming looked at the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal on the lab table in surprise. He was quite knowledgeable, but he had no recollection of this metal whatsoever.

Xuan Ziwen smiled and said, "Elder Kong, this is the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal given to me by Yuhao. It is an extremely rare metal that even possesses some life force. Yuhao hopes that I can use this metal to create a humanoid soul tool."

However, I'm currently facing some problems, such as the inability to further purify the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and the inability to develop a perfect core magic array.

Upon hearing this, a thoughtful look appeared on Kong Deming's face. He nodded and said, "I'll try to further purify the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal first."

In the Douluo Continent, most metals are not perfect, which is why they need to be purified.

Chapter 253 Forging Techniques of Later Generations

As the number one Soul Master of the Sun Moon Empire, Kong Deming naturally possessed many methods for purifying rare metals.

Therefore, faced with this unfamiliar Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, he naturally took out a furnace with mysterious patterns from his storage soul tool.

This is a specially made level nine soul tool, specifically designed to purify rare metals. Compared to the Conferred God Platform, which is specifically used to capture transformed soul beasts, it has a much wider range of applications.

Of course, if you want to purify a large amount of rare metals, you will need some extremely large purification soul tools.

The furnace was quite large; when Kong Deming placed it on the lab table, it took up almost a third of the table's space.

Kong Deming opened the furnace lid, then put some of the Ice Extreme God Crystals from the lab table into the furnace, and began to infuse it with soul power. Soon, white flames began to rise in the furnace, and then Kong Deming closed the lid.

Kong Deming looked at the silvery patterns on the outside of the furnace, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Alright, we can start the furnace soon and see how pure the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal can be. This rare metal is truly unheard of."

In my memory, aside from the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, it seems only Yuhao's Life Guardian Blade possesses vitality. I hope it can be purified as soon as possible and then used to create a humanoid soul tool for Yuhao, this great contributor.

Xuan Ziwen, who was standing to the side, said, "Elder Kong, it's too difficult to purify this kind of thing. I feel it's hard to purify it in a short time. I've spent many days and still haven't been able to purify the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal."

Kong Deming said confidently, "Don't worry, all the materials I use to make level 10 soul tools are purified using this furnace. After all, during the process of turning the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield into my natal soul tool, I need to add some special materials to improve the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield."

I admit that the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal is an extremely rare metal, but in the world of Soul Masters, there is no metal that cannot be purified.

Now that he has become an unprecedented level 10 Soul Master, he is bursting with confidence. After all, since the profession of Soul Master appeared, there has never been a level 10 Soul Master.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen's face showed a thoughtful expression. He thought to himself, "My teacher has now become a level ten Soul Master. Purifying an Ice Extreme God Crystal shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

A moment later, Kong Deming saw that the patterns on the furnace gradually stopped emitting light, and a chill emanated from the furnace. He immediately opened the furnace and eagerly investigated the situation. What came into view was a pile of ice crystals that had melted and then solidified again.

Near these Ice Extreme Crystals, there are very few black impurities.

"The purification was successful, but the efficiency was too low."

Kong Deming's face was grim. He picked up a piece of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and began to infuse it with soul power, but immediately felt a bit sluggish.

"At this efficiency, it would take a lot of time to purify, and it might not even be able to achieve a near-perfect result."

"One reason is technical, and the other is that the Ice Extreme Crystal is of the ultimate ice attribute, making it quite troublesome to handle."

His standards for perfection are naturally quite high, and the reason for purifying rare metals in the production of soul tools is mainly to improve the efficiency of soul power transmission.

Generally speaking, the higher the purity of a rare metal, the more efficient it is at transmitting soul power. This is one of the important reasons why soul masters purify rare metals.

Therefore, Kong Deming hoped that he could use the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal as raw material to create a humanoid soul tool for Huo Yuhao that was at the level of ten. After all, Huo Yuhao had made a great contribution to the Sun Moon Empire, and he would inevitably become a pillar of the Sun Moon Empire in the future.

As for the threshold for using level 10 soul tools, there are ways to lower it. Although Jing Hongchen's Red Dust Blessing is only a level 9 soul tool, it has no threshold for use.

"Teacher, is there really no other way?" Xuan Ziwen was somewhat unwilling. His teacher was already a level 10 Soul Master, and even he couldn't find a way to quickly purify and purify the Ice Extreme God Crystal with high quality?

Kong Deming looked at the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in front of him and said, "There is no better way at the moment. We can only use time to grind it down. I think it should be no problem to make a level nine soul tool using the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal as raw material, but it would be too difficult to make a level ten soul tool."

"However, I will try to study how to remove more impurities in order to improve the purity of the Ice Extreme Crystal."

"By the way, I don't know if Yuhao has come back yet. Go and find Yuhao. He has the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and the Spirit Detection Sharing Soul Skill, which is actually very suitable for helping us purify the Ice Extreme God Crystal."

After hearing these words, Xuan Ziwen hesitated and said, "Teacher, has Yuhao come back now? I feel like I might not be able to find him if I go looking for him."

He has been staying in the lab these days, so he is in a state of "being oblivious to what is happening outside" and doesn't know much about the outside world.

Kong Deming patiently explained, "Yuhao has already returned. Perhaps he is in seclusion cultivating, which is why he didn't come to find you immediately."

Xuan Ziwen nodded: "Okay, then I'll go find Yuhao now."

Then Xuan Ziwen turned and left. After a while, Xuan Ziwen brought Huo Yuhao to the laboratory.

"Yuhao, you're here. We've run into some problems..." Kong Deming quickly explained the issues to Huo Yuhao, his expression growing increasingly helpless as he spoke.

Huo Yuhao looked at Kong Deming and thought that in the original story, it was Xuan Ziwen and Huo Yuhao who worked together to create the Ice Extreme War God Armor. But now that Kong Deming was helping, the upper limit of this Ice Extreme War God Armor should be raised a lot.

The Ice Extreme War God Armor can actually enhance combat power; even when Huo Gua challenged Di Tian, ​​he wore a set of Ice Extreme War God Armor.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao said, "Elder Kong, I do have a good way to purify the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal. This method is called forging!"

"Forging?" Kong Deming asked, somewhat puzzled.

In fact, forging is already an obsolete technology in the Sun Moon Empire. He admitted that forging does have a purification effect, but the purification effect is too poor and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so most Soul Masters are unwilling to forge rare metals.

Only places like Shrek Academy would have the phenomenon of forging soul tools. However, in Kong Deming's view, this phenomenon was undoubtedly a sign of backwardness, because forging did not have any obvious benefits for making soul tools. He even suspected that the soul tool masters at Shrek Academy did this in order to pay tribute to Tang San.

Huo Yuhao said, "Yes, forging. I know you may not understand forging, after all, it is a relatively outdated technology."

But the forging I'm talking about is slightly different from what you think of forging. The forging I'm referring to can play a significant role in creating soul tools.

Chapter 254 The Shocking Kong Deming

In Douluo Continent III, the status of blacksmiths has been continuously elevated due to the development of forging techniques.

Meanwhile, thanks to the efforts of the blacksmiths, batches of excellent battle armor emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, and human soul masters gained even greater combat power by relying on battle armor and mechs.

Take mecha as an example. At the end of the Legend of the Gods, Di Tian said that even he could not contend with many of the top human mechas, which undoubtedly proves the power of Soul Guidance Technology.

Of course, if we follow the plot of the original work, Di Tian's strength is still very strong. So, when Di Tian said that he "could not fight against too many people", it was probably because he encountered a "righteous gang fight". Otherwise, in a one-on-one situation, even if he was piloting a mecha, there would not be many people who could fight against Di Tian.

Kong Deming looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "Yuhao, can you demonstrate your forging skills for us?"

As far as I know, the people from Shrek Academy are the most skilled at forging in this world. They even use hammers to purify rare metals while making soul tools.

However, this approach has significant flaws. I'd like to see how you address those flaws.

Huo Yuhao looked at Kong Deming with some surprise. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Elder Kong, forging techniques are divided into many levels. I need to spend some time adjusting my state before I can use this technique."

Although he knew forging techniques such as hundred-fold forging, thousand-fold forging, and soul forging.

Knowing and applying are two completely different things.

The original work did not describe every single detail. He could only try forging while adjusting the details of the forging process to ensure that he could bring Dou San's forging skills to the peerless world.

Fortunately, he possesses the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, and his greatest strength lies in observing details.

Among the forging techniques of later generations, the Hundred Forging is the simplest, and it is also the forging technique for beginners.

The so-called "hundred-times forging" simply means using a specific method to swing a hammer and hammer the metal, with almost every part being hammered more than a hundred times.

Of course, simply hammering a hundred times doesn't constitute a hundred forgings. It's essential to master the force applied during the process and to better understand the texture and internal changes of the metal by observing the recoil force generated when hammering and the changes that occur within the metal.

As for Shrek's outdated hand-hammering technique, to be honest, their forging skills are at most at the level of a hundred forgings, and even at that level, their level is not very high.

To put it simply, this stage involves refining the metal through repeated hammering. As for the thousand-times-forged level, it can even give the metal some kind of emotion, which is something that Shrek people can't just hammer out.

To be honest, it's quite strange that the Shrek Academy Soul Masters in the game would use a hammer to strike rare metals to remove impurities and purify them, instead of choosing to use a specialized soul-purifying tool.

After all, since the Peerless Realm doesn't have a technique similar to Soul Forging, there's no need for them to insist on manually forging rare metals.

This behavior seems to be a tribute to Tang San, as if the ancestral laws are immutable.

However, this did indeed hinder Shrek Academy's development of soul tools.

After all, the Sun Moon Empire's method of purifying soul tools is far more efficient than Shrek Academy's artificial refining and purification method.

"Okay, Yuhao, I'll be waiting for your good news." Kong Deming showed no displeasure; he nodded and agreed.

a few days later.

Inside the blacksmith's shop, Huo Yuhao held a hammer, looked at the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in front of him, and subconsciously frowned slightly as he smelled the charcoal fire in the air.

In fact, he has mastered the art of forging in recent days.

To be honest, mastering the Hundred Forging technique is not difficult; it just requires time, and you can definitely master it.

Those with high forging talent or strong skills can master it more quickly.

Huo Yuhao is now a Soul King, with strong mental power and good physical fitness.

It can be said that he was ahead of Tang Wulin in some aspects when he first started learning forging, after all, Tang Wulin was not strong enough at that time.

Therefore, he mastered the Hundred Forging Technique much faster than Tang Wulin. As for the Thousand Forging Technique, Huo Yuhao is currently trying it. If the Hundred Forging Technique is just a threshold, then the Thousand Forging Technique is a small transformation. If he can successfully transform, then his forging skills will improve a little more.

He lit the fire in the furnace and took the Ice Extreme God Crystal out of his storage soul tool.

Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen walked over, both staring intently at Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao, are you sure you can purify the Ice Extreme God Crystal using forging?" Kong Deming had also received the notification before leaving the laboratory and coming here again.

Otherwise, he would definitely continue to stay in the laboratory to research soul tools. Although he has become a level 10 soul tool master, his love for soul tools has not diminished.

“Of course, if it weren’t for this reason, I wouldn’t have let you and Teacher Xuan come here to witness this scene.” Huo Yuhao nodded, then lit a fire, picked up a hammer, and began to hammer the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in front of him.

Soon, clanging sounds rang out, sparks flew, and the Ice Extreme Crystal continued to deform with each strike.

After a while, Huo Yuhao put down the hammer.

The several Ice Extreme Divine Crystals that had undergone a hundred refinements were retrieved by Huo Yuhao and placed on the stone table. Because they were of the ice attribute, they quickly returned to normal temperature.

"Master Kong, Teacher Xuan, I have finished the Hundred Refinements," Huo Yuhao said.

Upon hearing this, Kong Deming quickly walked to Huo Yuhao's side.

He glanced at the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and noticed a pile of blackish impurities nearby. He looked away from the impurities, picked up the crystal, and immediately poured his soul power into it.

Soon, he felt his soul power circulating in the Ice Extreme God Crystal without any stagnation, as if the impurities in the Ice Extreme God Crystal had been removed.

"Outrageous, absolutely outrageous! Forging can be done to this extent? So many impurities were removed by Yuhao's methods in such a short time?" Kong Deming was dumbfounded.

Even his specially made purified soul tool could not achieve this level in a short time.

Therefore, he always believed that although he had successfully purified the material, he had failed in a sense due to the low efficiency.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Kong Deming's mind, and he immediately said, "By the way, Yuhao, I remember you just said that forging is divided into levels."

In other words, this so-called "hundred-times-forging" technique is not the highest level of forging skill?

Huo Yuhao said, "Elder Kong, you are right. The so-called Hundred Forging is actually just an entry-level forging technique."