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

Of course, there is no need to worry about the research on formations stopping. In fact, in order to gather wisdom from all sides, Kong Deming has already given Jing Hongchen an order, requiring the researchers inside Mingde Hall to also study formations and learn the forging methods provided by Huo Yuhao. Then, they should use the forged rare metals to make soul tools, combine them with the newly developed formations, and continuously test their compatibility in order to optimize the formations.

The researchers in Mingde Hall were not particularly strong.

However, their innovative capabilities are beyond doubt.

Many of the Sun Moon Empire's advanced soul tools were developed by this group of highly innovative researchers, especially the chief researcher Xuan Ziwen, whose innovative abilities were outstanding even among researchers.

As for the Soul Masters of Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy, well, their innovation ability in Soul Tools is close to zero. Basically, when Sun Moon Academy releases a new Soul Tool, Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy will try their best to research it and then attempt to create a barely usable knock-off version.

“I don’t know if Yuhao can succeed. Since ancient times, any breakthrough in the field of technology has been extremely difficult, especially as you go further. Although Yuhao’s skill in forging is currently better than mine, I still think that it is too difficult for him to make another breakthrough in forging. Ziwen, do you think Yuhao can make another breakthrough in forging today?” Jing Hongchen said in a low voice.

Upon hearing Jing Hongchen's words, Xuan Ziwen was now full of confidence: "With Yuhao's talent and his experience of creating miracles time and time again, I believe he can make another breakthrough in forging!"

After today, Mingde Hall should have brand new forging metals. Hall Master, you simply don't understand what the world of geniuses is like!

Jing Hongchen's face darkened, feeling that Xuan Ziwen was scolding him. To be honest, if we only talk about the innovation of soul tools, he was indeed inferior to Xuan Ziwen. In this respect, Xuan Ziwen was indeed more talented than him.

Although the Red Dust Protection is a rare, trigger-type level nine defensive soul tool that does not restrict the user's cultivation level, it is not his own creation. Many years ago, predecessors had already made this type of soul tool, and he was just learning from them.

While Xuan Ziwen's appointment as chief researcher was partly due to his status as Kong Lao's last disciple, the most important factor was his pure passion for soul tools and his strong research and innovation capabilities.

If the chief researcher, Xuan Ziwen, is just a mediocre person with connections, the other researchers would not be able to be truly convinced of his abilities.

Kong Deming noticed the conversation between Xuan Ziwen and Jing Hongchen, but he did not participate in the discussion. His gaze was completely focused on Huo Yuhao, watching Huo Yuhao's every move during the forging process.

Clang! Clang!

Huo Yuhao swung the forging hammer faster and faster. Suddenly, the Guardian Blade of Life in his Sea of ​​Spirit trembled slightly, and a green light full of life energy flew out from the center of Huo Yuhao's forehead and landed directly on the silver metal in front of him.

Almost instantly, the silver metal was covered by green light, then trembled a few times and shrank into a spherical shape. The silver metal, with its vibrant life force, also emanated from the spherical metal.

A five-foot-long beam of green light rose directly from the spherical metal.

Huo Yuhao's face, illuminated by the green light, also appeared green, possessing a kind of unsettling "beauty." However, a look of joy appeared on his face. The reason was simple: he was not far from successfully completing his spirit forging.

"A thousand forgings bring out the spirit" means that the metal's spirituality must be brought out through the method of a thousand forgings.

Spirit forging, on the other hand, imbues metal with life.

This bright green light undoubtedly signifies a phenomenon—the formation of a spirit.

It is important to understand that once the phenomenon of spiritual formation occurs during the forging process, it means that the life force of the metal has been raised to a state of awakening. If the forging continues, the spiritual forging will inevitably be successful.

So he continued to swing the forging hammer in his hand, hammering the metal in front of him. He kept pouring in soul power and urging the Blade of Life to continuously pour in green light. Because the Blade of Life was closely connected with Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao's whole body was also full of life, he was considered to be connected to the Blade of Life by blood. His blood even had the effect of healing other people's injuries.

Therefore, the life force has now become one of Huo Yuhao's bloodline auras.

With each continuous hammer blow, he even felt that the metal in front of him was alive, and that his hammering was helping this life to be born.

Gradually, the sound of him hammering the metal grew heavier and heavier, and the metal sphere in front of him suddenly emitted a whimpering sound. The next moment, it burst out with a dazzling green light, and the aura of life once again permeated the entire laboratory, filling it with a rich aura of life.

The metal sphere flew up on its own and came to Huo Yuhao's side, nuzzling against his right hand as if it were being affectionate.

At this point, the spirit forging was complete.

Chapter 490 Kong Deming's Excitement

"Elder Kong, Dean, Teacher Xuan, my forging skills have successfully broken through." Huo Yuhao turned his head and looked at the three people behind him.

The three of them immediately stepped forward, looking excitedly at the metal sphere that was constantly rubbing against Huo Yuhao. Xuan Ziwen couldn't contain his curiosity and reached out to try to touch the metal sphere.

However, the metal sphere was connected to Huo Yuhao's bloodline and was extremely dependent on him. Naturally, it was somewhat resistant to the unfamiliar Xuan Ziwen. It directly avoided Xuan Ziwen's touch, hid on Huo Yuhao's shoulder, and then continued to happily rub against Huo Yuhao's neck.

Huo Yuhao felt a little itchy and subconsciously grabbed the metal ball, which did not resist at all.

Seeing this, Xuan Ziwen wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, he looked delighted: "Yuhao, this is no ordinary metal. It's so lively, like a little life. I really want to touch it. Can you ask it if I can touch it, just once!"

As a passionate researcher of soul tools, Xuan Ziwen felt that this metal, which resembled a small life form, would definitely become an excellent material. It would also be excellent for making humanoid soul tools.

As for Huo Yuhao's Blade of Life Guardian, according to Huo Yuhao, that thing was essentially forged from a metal called Life Gold.

Although Xuan Ziwen also felt that it was a very novel metal, it belonged to Huo Yuhao. As Huo Yuhao's teacher, he had no desire to covet his student's possessions. However, he still felt regretful. This kind of metal, which possessed vitality and exuded the aura of life, was extremely rare. To this day, the professionals who explored mineral resources in the Sun Moon Empire had not discovered any new living metal.

Huo Yuhao said helplessly, "Teacher Xuan, it just has vitality and the instinct to be close to the blacksmith, but that doesn't mean it has a very high intelligence. I can't talk to it at all. However, if you want to touch it, I can help you."

As he spoke, he grabbed the metal ball and handed it to Xuan Ziwen. To prevent the metal ball from resisting, Huo Yuhao did not completely loosen his grip, but instead moved his fingers down to give Xuan Ziwen space to grab the metal ball.

Xuan Ziwen grabbed the metal sphere and rubbed it repeatedly, the smooth and warm touch transmitting from his palm to his brain.

"So this is what it feels like." Xuan Ziwen sighed. Although he touched the metal sphere, he could feel it vibrating, as if it was resisting him.

At this moment, Xuan Ziwen, having thoroughly enjoyed his hand, withdrew it and looked at Huo Yuhao with burning eyes, saying, "Yuhao, could you give us a brief introduction to the effects of this metal? Although we can sense the immense life force contained within it, we don't understand much about it."

At this moment, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen's gazes were also focused on Huo Yuhao. They were looking forward to Huo Yuhao giving an answer. Huo Yuhao cleared his throat and said, "This metal is spirit-forged metal. The so-called spirit forging is to endow the metal with life force, so that it can become one with the forger."

"To merge into one?" Xuan Ziwen's face showed a look of doubt, not quite understanding Huo Yuhao's words. Even Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming were completely confused at this moment, not understanding what Huo Yuhao meant by "to merge into one".

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly and began to patiently explain: "The so-called fusion is exactly what it sounds like. In a moment, I will integrate this piece of spirit-forged metal into my forging hammers, so that these forging hammers, which are at the level of Thousand Forging with Spirit, will be upgraded to the level of Spirit Forging. At that time, I will be able to store these forging hammers in my body and summon them at any time."

Furthermore, some creations based on spirit-forged metal can even strengthen a martial soul and merge with it.

Huo Yuhao's words struck Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen, and Kong Deming like a bolt from the blue, causing them to widen their eyes and reveal expressions of shock.

They believed Huo Yuhao's words without a doubt. After all, Huo Yuhao had created numerous miracles and made countless contributions to the Sun Moon Empire. Therefore, Huo Yuhao's words must be true.

Xuan Ziwen exclaimed, "Yuhao, the Spirit Forging Metal is so amazing! Its appearance will surely accelerate the development of Soul Tools, and the Sun Moon Empire will become even stronger as a result."

At this moment, Jing Hongchen was having some doubts about life. He began to seriously consider what Xuan Ziwen had said earlier about not understanding the world of geniuses. Now it seemed that what Xuan Ziwen said was not wrong at all. He had only considered the difficulty of technological breakthroughs and ignored Huo Yuhao's outstanding talent in forging and soul tools. For geniuses, aren't difficult problems meant to be solved quickly?

Kong Deming looked at Huo Yuhao with admiration. The more he looked at his grand-disciple, the more satisfied he felt. He felt that his student Xuan Ziwen's greatest achievement so far was taking on such a good student as Huo Yuhao.

Even though Kong Deming was used to seeing all kinds of storms, he could not suppress his excitement at this moment.

After all, spirit-forged metal is incredibly powerful, and forging has one advantage: it can be mass-produced.

If spirit-forged metal were applied to the creation of soul tools, it would definitely be possible to create soul tools that are stronger than they are now. Moreover, a large number of soul masters would also benefit from this, and their combat power would be greatly enhanced.

Even his own Silver Moon Divine Light Shield could be reforged and enhanced with spirit-forged metal to increase its power, potentially allowing him to reach a higher level of strength!

Looking at the three people's reactions, Huo Yuhao could completely understand their shock at the spirit-forged metal.

After all, the forging technique comes from the legend of the Dragon King. Using the forging technique of Dou San in Dou Er is undoubtedly a unique form of dimensional reduction attack. No one can withstand the technological crushing across ten thousand years.

Huo Yuhao said, "Next, I will teach everyone how to forge spirit-forged metal and compile a textbook to explain in as much detail as possible the forging techniques I have mastered so far. After all, the improvement from thousand-forging to spirit-forging is too great. If we can train one more soul master who has mastered the spirit-forging technique, it will also benefit the development of soul tools."

In fact, the researchers of Mingde Hall and some of the soul masters of the Spirit Pagoda had already gradually mastered the forging technique. However, because the Hundred Forging and Thousand Forging were relatively simple, Huo Yuhao did not compile teaching materials. Instead, he taught the forging technique to some people and had them pass on the forging technique in his own name.

But spirit forging is different; it's much more difficult than hundred-forging and thousand-forging. Huo Yuhao wanted to help others learn forging as much as possible. His purpose in doing so was simple: to collect faith power.

"Oh?" Jing Hongchen's eyes lit up. "Yuhao, have you decided what to name this textbook?"

Chapter 491 Wang Dong'er's Pain!

Huo Yuhao casually said, "Let's call it 'This is Forging, Listen to Huo Yuhao's Explanation'."

He then talked with Kong Deming and the other two for a while, and began to teach and instruct them in the art of spirit forging.

During this time, he also incorporated the spirit-forged metal he had just forged into the forging hammer, allowing the forging hammer to directly achieve a leap in level.

In the following days, in addition to continuing to teach spirit forging techniques to others, he even began to compile teaching materials and pondered how to quickly create battle armor and soul-guided mechs. Battle armor and soul-guided mechs ten thousand years later would have accumulated profound knowledge and advanced technology, far surpassing the current technology. Therefore, Huo Yuhao could only lead the researchers of Mingde Hall to study diligently, while Kong Deming led a group of worshippers in the research.

Since the war hasn't broken out yet, the main task of the Imperial Guard is simply to protect the Emperor of the Sun and Moon. Naturally, he has plenty of time to research new technologies in the Ming capital. As for the Imperial Guard leaking secrets, that is undoubtedly impossible.

The worshippers were all extremely loyal to Kong Deming. In their hearts, Kong Deming was a much higher priority than the Sun and Moon Imperial Family.

After all, Kong Deming is quite old now. Before he even started researching and creating level 10 soul tools, and before the elders were strong enough to become level 9 soul masters, these elders were already receiving guidance from Kong Deming.

Some of the worshippers were students of Kong Deming, while others, though not his students, were in a master-disciple relationship without the formal title.

Kong Deming's status in the hearts of these elders is self-evident. Now, with Huo Yuhao's help, Kong Deming has even become a Super Douluo and advanced to an unprecedented level ten Soul Master, so his status in the hearts of the elders is naturally even higher.

In the original novel, Xu Yunhan's three-eyed white tiger martial soul is so obvious that he is not from the Xu family.

After all, Xu Tianran's martial soul is the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon, one of the two martial souls inherited by the royal family, while Ju Zi's martial soul is orange.

Even if the child of the Emperor and Empress God of War had a mutated martial soul, it was impossible for him to mutate into a three-eyed white tiger. Isn't this clearly a case of the already dead Xu Tianran being cuckolded?

The fact that the officials still stood with Kong Deming, nurtured Crown Prince Xu Yunhan, and even later supported Xu Yunhan to ascend the throne of the Sun and Moon Dynasty and become the Sun and Moon Emperor, is enough to show how high Kong Deming's prestige was.

Of course, Huo Yuhao had no intention of working as 007. He felt that his life needed a balance of work and rest, otherwise his mental health would suffer sooner or later. After all, in the original novel, Huo Yuhao had some physical and mental health problems because he never rested, and he needed others to comfort him.

During this time, he also went to find Feng Ling, who was already under his control.

Many teams from Douluo Three Kingdoms are now trapped in the Sun Moon Empire, which means that the rescue plot from the original work will still unfold.

He went to find Feng Ling not to ask her to stop the rescue operation, but to ask her to go to the border and meet Yan Shaozhe of Shrek Academy, and to make others misunderstand Yan Shaozhe as much as possible through words and actions.

Yan Shaozhe and Feng Ling have a special relationship; they were once in love.

Since Huo Yuhao hoped that Shrek Academy would develop internal rifts and endless infighting, thereby further undermining Shrek Academy's reputation and making his process of collecting faith power smoother.

After all, even though Shrek Academy's reputation has been damaged and its prestige has declined, the prestige that Shrek Academy has accumulated over thousands of years has not yet been completely destroyed.

He chose to start with Yan Shaozhe mainly because Yan Shaozhe's relationships were indeed complicated.

Yan Shaozhe is the descendant of Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. He also had romantic relationships with Feng Ling and Xian Lin'er, and was even married to Cai Mei'er.

Moreover, Yan Shaozhe is also Mu En's student, as well as an elder of the Sea God Pavilion and the dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy.

People with such intricate and complex relationships, like a spider web, are natural entry points.

As for Xuanzi, who was released long ago, he was a bomb planted by him for Shrek Academy. With a little provocation, Xuanzi would naturally become more suspicious of Yan Shaozhe, who was suspected of being a traitor.

The conflict between the two will continue to intensify.

As for Shao Zhe, due to his complicated relationships, he naturally gains the support of some people, but he is also more likely to be suspected. Under such circumstances, the internal strife within Shrek Academy will become increasingly fierce, and his plan to suppress Shrek Academy's reputation and better collect faith power will become more and more successful.

Of course, there is another very important point: if Shrek Academy's reputation falls to a certain level, even Tang Buddha's reputation will be affected and decline as well.

......

Shrek Academy.

In a dormitory room.

Wang Dong'er, who has temporarily returned to wearing women's clothing, is currently leaning against Xiao Xiao's chest.

Her eyes reddened, and tears slowly streamed down her face. Her voice choked with emotion: "Xiao Xiao, I've only ever told you that I'm a woman, that Wang Dong is an alias, and that Wang Dong'er is my real name. But what if one day, Tang Wutong starts possessing my body more and more frequently, until she takes over my body permanently? Will I, as Wang Dong'er, disappear from this world completely?"

During this period, Wang Dong'er experienced several more instances of missing parts of her memory. Even though she was always strong, she was now in pain. After all, based on what she learned afterward, she knew that during the time she had lost her memory...

The narrator identifies herself as Tang Wutong and gets furious when others say she is Wang Dong. She has even had a series of unpleasant incidents with Shrek Academy students and teachers.

What Wang Dong'er didn't know was that Tang San usually used a strategy of separating her divine consciousness because of a series of events. However, if someone were to inspect Wang Dong'er's situation, Tang San would immediately merge Wang Dong'er's divine consciousness with that of the young Xiao Qi.