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

Xuanzi glared at the middle-aged man: "We don't need to talk about morality with the mole Xu Sanshi. Whatever reason can make him anxious to come back, that's the reason we'll use!"

"But what if Xu Sanshi is innocent?" the middle-aged man asked.

Chapter 372 A Thousand Refinements Possess Spirit

Is Xu Sanshi innocent?

How can it be?

My analysis is incisive and thorough; there's no way it could be wrong! Xu Sanshi must be one of the moles within Shrek Academy!

As Xuanzi pondered this, he walked to the window, opened it, looked at the golden tree in the distance, and declared emphatically, "I swear by the ancient golden tree that as long as Xu Sanshi is innocent, I will immediately apologize to him, resign from my position as an elder, and become a free man in the academy from now on!"

The middle-aged man looked surprised, never expecting that Xuanzi would make such a vow. It seemed that Xuanzi was determined to recall Xu Sanshi and interrogate him.

However, given Xuanzi's strength and status, even if he really wanted to resign, Elder Mu would try to persuade him to stay. This kind of scenario, where someone resigns voluntarily and Elder Mu tries to persuade them to stay, has been played out more than once.

He then cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Elder Xuan. However, should we inform Elder Mu about this matter?"

After all, as you know, Elder Mu gave the order that you were not allowed to do anything supposedly for the good of the academy. In my opinion, recalling Xu Sanshi, who is suspected of being the mole, and having him interrogated is also something for the good of the academy.”

Xuanzi frowned: "No need. Elder Mu is currently preparing to return to the scene and restore Shrek Academy's reputation. He's already busy. If we bother him with something so trivial, wouldn't that just cause him trouble?"

I know that if Elder Mu knew about this, he would definitely stop me and tell me not to be so radical.

However, now that a traitor has been discovered, am I to turn a blind eye to it? As the next leader of the Sea God Pavilion, I have a responsibility to strike hard against this traitor!

In Xuanzi's view, he did do a lot for the good of the academy. Although the results were not satisfactory, his original intention was good. It was just that problems arose during the execution.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded: "Yes, Elder Xuan, I will not inform Elder Mu about this matter."

He decided to follow Xuanzi's plan, even if Xu Sanshi was ultimately innocent and Elder Mu was unhappy about it, it wouldn't be a big problem.

On the one hand, it's because Elder Mu is a reasonable person, and the punishment would only be for the mastermind, Xuanzi; he, as a mere errand boy, should be fine.

On the other hand, it was because Elder Mu's days were numbered, and in his view, Xuanzi, as the second strongest in the Sea God Pavilion, would inevitably become the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion in the future, thus becoming the most powerful person in Shrek Academy.

If I offend Xuanzi now, I'll suffer the consequences in the future.

.......

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

In the third laboratory.

Huo Yuhao was hammering the rare metal in front of him, sweating profusely. He wanted to break through the thousand-fold forging skill and reach the spirit forging level, so he had to spend some time on forging.

Anyway, these few days are the competitions of other academies and sects. Only when the top four are gathered can the semi-finals begin. He had little interest in the competitions of other academies and had no desire to watch them. So he stayed in the laboratory forging rare metals.

Generally speaking, forging techniques at the Spirit Forging level require at least a Soul Master with three rings or higher. Huo Yuhao is a Soul Emperor, only one Soul Spirit away from becoming a Soul Saint. If we use the absurd realm settings from some novels in my previous life, he is now considered a half-step peak Great Perfection Soul Emperor.

With his current strength, he has long surpassed the cultivation requirements of Spirit Forging.

The problem is that he has no teacher in forging, so it is difficult for him to improve. However, he doesn't expect to become an expert overnight. To reach the Spirit Forging level, he must first reach the Thousand Forging with Spirit level.

After all, even the highest level of forging has different grades.

Generally speaking, refined metals are divided into three grades: superior, medium, and inferior.

Thousand-refined metals are divided into five grades, with grade one being the highest and grade five the lowest. Among them, grade one thousand-refined metals are what is known as thousand-refined metals with spirit.

In the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, forging techniques were extremely prosperous. Tang Wulin of Douluo III had some teachers to teach him forging techniques, and coupled with his own extremely strong forging talent, he made great strides on the path of forging.

However, Huo Yuhao is quite talented in forging, and his soul skill also enhances forging. With his current mental power, the mental detection sharing he can use can even turn the subtle changes of rare metals after each hammer blow into slow-motion scenes in his mind.

This allows him to better control the force he uses when hammering rare metals.

Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere.

The rhythmic sound of him hammering the rare metal was like a piece of music, accompanied by a constant clanging and banging as he pounded away like a storm.

Not far away.

Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen stared intently at Huo Yuhao. The reason they were there was because Huo Yuhao said he wanted to try to improve his Thousand Forging Technique.

Therefore, they are here to watch, simply to absorb as much forging experience as possible. After all, if Huo Yuhao can really make further progress in forging skills, it would undoubtedly be great news.

The soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire will inevitably be further developed as a result.

But can it really succeed?

Kong Deming was also somewhat uncertain. After all, the progress of any skill requires a lot of time. Take soul tools for example. Ever since the appearance of level nine soul masters in this world, there have always been level nine soul masters researching how to make level ten soul tools.

But all of them ended in failure.

It wasn't until he researched a method for creating a level 10 soul tool and became a Super Douluo with Yuhao's help that he successfully created the level 10 soul tool, Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.

"Yuhao, I hope you can succeed." Kong Deming watched Huo Yuhao's figure, his expression becoming increasingly serious.

Xuan Ziwen, standing to the side, unconsciously slowed his breathing. He also hoped that Huo Yuhao could succeed. After all, given Huo Yuhao's personality, he would definitely pass on more advanced forging techniques to him, so that he could create better soul tools.

Although having students teach teachers might seem like a rebellion against the established order, and it might not sound good to outsiders, Xuan Ziwen didn't care about that. What he cared about was whether he could create a better soul tool.

Huo Yuhao's movements as he hammered the rare silver metal were completely natural, and the size of the silver metal was also shrinking. His expression was extremely focused, as if there was nothing else besides the metal in front of him.

Suddenly, the rare silver metal on the table emitted a silvery halo, and a loud "boom" also suddenly rang out.

The silver halo looked extremely dazzling and lasted for a long time. Huo Yuhao struck it again with the hammer, and it made a "clang" sound.

Then he put away the hammer and walked to the side.

As if in response, the silver rare metal spontaneously emitted a clanging sound even when Huo Yuhao stopped hammering it.

"A thousand refinements possess a spirit!" Huo Yuhao smiled.

Chapter 373 Kong Deming's Surprise

If we classify blacksmiths according to the levels in Douluo Continent III, he should be considered a peak level four blacksmith now, after all, he has forged metal of grade one after a thousand refinements.

Those who can forge second-grade metal with a thousand refinements are considered fourth-level blacksmiths. There is naturally a significant gap between ordinary fourth-level blacksmiths and peak fourth-level blacksmiths.

Only when he masters spirit forging can he be considered a level 5 blacksmith. Thousand forgings have spirit, which, to put it bluntly, means endowing the metals of a thousand forgings with spirituality, but spirit forging is different.

Spirit forging is the fusion of life and metal. It is a process of giving life to metal by using one's own martial soul as a bridge. Compared with Thousand Forging with Spirit, this is undoubtedly a qualitative change.

Even Tang Wulin, the recognized blacksmith genius in Douluo Continent III, took two full years to go from Thousand Refinements with Spirit to Spirit Forging. This was with someone guiding him. Of course, Tang Wulin's cultivation level was not high at that time, so he naturally had to improve his cultivation level before he could achieve Spirit Forging.

After all, every attempt at spirit forging is a huge test of a soul master's soul power and mental energy. If it fails and the practitioner's cultivation level is not high enough, their mind and spirit will inevitably be severely damaged.

However, there is one point worth complaining about regarding spirit forging: the cultivation level required for spirit forging is completely different before and after Douluo Continent III. At first, it was said that at least a three-ring Soul Master cultivation level was required to attempt spirit forging, but during the competition, it was said that at least a four-ring Soul Grandmaster cultivation level was required to attempt normal spirit forging.

If we have to find a way to justify this setting, we can only say that a three-ring Soul Master can try abnormal spirit forging, such as forging spirit forging metal of relatively poor quality.

This is similar to the level 6 soul guide defense shield made by Shrek Academy. It can indeed withstand the attack of a Soul Emperor, but the effect is not that good. Moreover, under the evaluation system of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the level 6 soul guide defense shield made by Shrek Academy will be demoted to the level 5 if the quality is slightly inferior.

"Yuhao, I see a smile on your face. Did you succeed?" Kong Deming walked over and asked with a smile.

Huo Yuhao nodded: "Of course it was successful. I have now forged a first-grade spirit metal. Compared to the previous thousand-refined metal, its biggest feature is that it has spirituality. Therefore, if this kind of metal is used to forge soul tools, the effect will be better than before."

"A thousand-times-forged, first-grade metal with spiritual energy?" Kong Deming was somewhat puzzled, as he wasn't particularly clear about this concept.

Xuan Ziwen also came over at this moment, looking at Huo Yuhao with a puzzled expression.

Huo Yuhao looked at the two of them and began to patiently explain the difference between the grades of Hundred Refined and Thousand Refined. After explaining the matter, he said bluntly: "The biggest advantage of the so-called Thousand Refined Grade 1 Spirit Metal is that it can amplify the soul power of the soul master!"

Generally speaking, the better the soul power conduction of forged metal, the greater the amplification of the soul power of the soul master. The metal I just forged is now a first-grade spirit metal with very few impurities and possesses spirituality.

Based on my forging experience and the feeling after infusing it with soul power, I can deduce that if it is forged into a humanoid soul tool component, it can increase the soul master's own soul power by at least eight percent.

The reason it's called a humanoid soul tool is mainly because it hasn't reached the spirit forging level yet, so it can't create battle armor that can be combined with a martial soul. Battle armor is like inscribing a core magic array on a martial soul; you can think of it as putting a suit of armor on a martial soul.

“Eight percent!” Kong Deming’s face showed surprise. “Doesn’t that mean that the higher one’s cultivation level, the greater the advantage of using a soul tool made of this kind of metal? After all, the stronger one’s cultivation level, the greater the total amount of soul power.”

His breathing became rapid; an eight percent increase in soul power could definitely narrow the gap in soul power between Title Douluos.

It's important to understand that once a Soul Master reaches the Title Douluo stage, there will be a difference in Soul Power with each level up. This difference becomes even greater at level 95 and beyond.

“You could say that.” Huo Yuhao nodded, not denying Kong Deming’s words. However, he continued, “Of course, the main reason is that the soul power conduction of this metal is not good enough. Otherwise, I could have done better.”

"Elder Kong, I suggest we arrange for people to collect rare metals with better soul power conductivity. This way, we can forge humanoid soul tool components with stronger soul power amplification effects."

In fact, in Douluo Continent III, there is a metal called Blue Pregnant Copper. As long as it is forged into a first-grade metal and then used as a component of the battle armor, it can provide at least a 12% increase in soul power.

Kong Deming nodded in agreement: "Yes, Yuhao, what you said makes sense. I will arrange this matter later. However, there is currently no metal in the empire with better soul power conductivity."

However, the Douluo Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire had a poor relationship, making it difficult to send people to explore. Therefore, the Sun Moon Empire could only assemble a fleet to travel to the ocean and see if they could find rare metals with better soul power conductivity from the seabed.

Although assembling a fleet and venturing to the ocean would require a great deal of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, finding a metal with better soul power conductivity would undoubtedly be a huge boost to the Sun Moon Empire's national strength.

"By the way, Elder Kong, tomorrow I will use my ability to glimpse the future through the Eye of Destiny to try and find some storage locations for rare underwater metal minerals," Huo Yuhao said.

With the help of dimensional consciousness, he could naturally know where the rare metal minerals were stored.

If he weren't worried about Tang San discovering it, he could have easily had the plane's consciousness relocate the mine. However, the plane's consciousness couldn't be on guard against Tang San all the time, and relocating the mine would be too noisy. According to the original novel, Tang San was very protective of Douluo Star's mineral resources.

Tang San's reason for implementing the ten-thousand-year plan was that Douluo Star's resources would be overexploited and it would face destruction due to the disorderly development of soul guide technology. How could he not even discover that the mineral veins had been moved?

It's important to understand that mineral veins are quite large, not small things.

Soul Masters need a large amount of rare metals, but they currently do not have the ability to relocate mineral veins, and Soul Beasts have no need to relocate mineral veins either. As for destruction, that is even more impossible.

If Tang San suspects the consciousness of the plane of existence and takes action, that would be troublesome. Even a beggar version of a God King is still a God King.

Kong Deming smiled and said, "Yuhao, with you here, the Sun Moon Empire will surely prosper."

.......

Mingyue Hotel.

in the room.

Ning Tian sat in a chair, leaning back and holding the armrest. She looked at Wu Feng, who was facing away from her and adjusting his clothes, and said hesitantly, "Wu Feng, do you think it's possible for Huo Yuhao to become my future husband?"

Wu Feng was stunned, her body stiffening for a moment. She turned her head to look at Ning Tian, ​​a look of worry on her face: "Ning Tian, ​​Huo Yuhao is now a member of the Sun and Moon Clan. You want Huo Yuhao to become your husband? This... is far too difficult."

Chapter 374 I was here first!

Moreover, Ning Tian, ​​our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School has always stood on Shrek Academy's side.

You should be well aware of the extent to which the relationship between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has deteriorated!