Douluo: Ant Power Breaks the Sky

Chapter 46 Hair Crystal
After Tang San and Xiao Wu left, Shi Yi looked at Ning Rongrong in confusion.

"Miss, aren't you going shopping?" Shi Yi asked with some confusion.

Ning Rongrong snorted and held Zhu Zhuqing's arm without saying anything. Shi Yi looked at Dai Mubai who was still standing there not far away, wanting to say something but stopping himself, and smiled slightly. He probably understood what Ning Rongrong meant.

Dai Mubai, who had offended the eldest lady Ning Rongrong, was obviously always remembered by Ning Rongrong, so Ning Rongrong did not want to give Dai Mubai the opportunity to speak.

There was a hint of gloom in Dai Mubai's eyes as he looked at Ning Rongrong. There were some things he had to confirm personally.

Then Dai Mubai slowly came to Zhu Zhuqing, feeling extremely nervous. He looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a very gentle gaze and said softly, "Zhuqing, can we talk alone?"

Before Zhu Zhuqing could speak, Ning Rongrong opened fire: "I have seen many people like you in Tiandou. Zhuqing has nothing to talk about with you."

Dai Mubai looked at Ning Rongrong with cold eyes, but he didn't dare to get angry in front of Zhu Zhuqing. He secretly clenched his fists and said to Zhu Zhuqing patiently, "Zhuqing, this is a matter between the two of us. Don't involve outsiders, okay?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Dai Mubai, a hint of relief flashed in her cold eyes, and a hint of hesitation appeared on her face, as if she was thinking about what to say so as not to hurt Ning Rongrong's good intentions.

"Zhuqing, don't be fooled by Se Lao Hu's sweet words. When he escaped from Xingluo, he never thought that this was a matter between you two. After you caught up with Tiandou, did Se Lao Hu ever care about you? He is not even as good as that guy Shi Yi." Ning Rongrong said to Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Rongrong lost in such a humiliating way, and every word she said hit Dai Mubai's pain points accurately. Such humiliation made Dai Mubai unable to control his emotions any longer. As the sound of a tiger roared, white light appeared around Dai Mubai.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing quickly protected Ning Rongrong behind her and shouted, "Dai Mubai, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? Others are afraid of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, but I, Dai Mubai, am not!" Dai Mubai stared at Ning Rongrong and said in a deep voice.

Shi Yi frowned slightly when he heard this. He didn't know if there were anyone from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect nearby, but this was no joke.

Just when Dai Mubai was about to attack, Shi Yi instantly stood in front of the two of them and said calmly: "If you want to die, no one can stop you, but her, you can't move."

"What does this have to do with you?" Dai Mubai stared at Shi Yi and said.

"You've been in Tiandou for a few years, but you still don't know whose territory Tiandou belongs to?" Shi Yi looked at Dai Mubai and asked back.

Just when Dai Mubai was about to say something, in an instant, he felt the temperature around him drop a few degrees, as if he was being watched by the god of death.

Looking at Dai Mubai's appearance, Shi Yi understood that Dai Mubai had obviously been targeted by the masters of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. If Dai Mubai dared to make any unusual movements, he would probably be killed on the spot even at the entrance of the crowded fighting spirit arena.

"If you want to stay in Tiandou, I suggest you be more obedient." Shi Yi also slowly moved away and walked towards the direction of Shrek Academy.

Ning Rongrong also snorted and said, "Come on, Zhuqing, let's go shopping together."

After saying that, Ning Rongrong pulled Zhu Zhuqing away without caring whether Zhu Zhuqing agreed or not. Before Zhu Zhuqing left, she looked at the figure who was still standing there, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes.

Dai Mubai stood in place, feeling a slight tingling sensation in the palm of his hand, and a warm and slightly sticky feeling invading his palm.

Ning Rongrong walked along Soto Commercial Street holding Zhu Zhuqing's arm.

Looking at Zhu Zhuqing who was somewhat absent-minded beside her, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask, "Zhu Qing, are you still thinking about what happened just now?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Rongrong and nodded slightly, saying softly: "Family, martial spirit, let our fate be connected. I am very glad that I can come to Shrek. Here I see the hope of changing my fate, but he still stays where he is, arguing over trivial matters all day long. Maybe this is my fate."

"Zhu Qing, do you like him?" Ning Rongrong asked softly.

"People like us who can't even control our own destiny, what qualifications do we have to talk about love?" Zhu Zhuqing sighed softly.

"I'm sorry, Zhuqing." Ning Rongrong said in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed.

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head slightly and walked quietly with Ning Rongrong.

The next day, Shi Yi was running around the village as usual, and happened to see Flanders coming back with the Shrek people.

"Good morning, teachers and students." Shi Yi chuckled.

All of Shrek's teachers nodded in response. Flanders joked to Shi Yi, "It's a good thing we didn't go directly to Tiandou Royal Academy, otherwise we would have forgotten about you."

"Oh? It seems that you had a good chat with Senior Qin Ming." Shi Yi said with a smile.

"You don't seem surprised." Zhao Wuji said.

"I know the teacher very well. If he keeps staying in such a small place, he will have no future. With the relationship with Senior Qin, and such a good opportunity, can the teacher let his lovely disciple have no future? Besides, your little treasury, dean, is almost empty, otherwise the second phase of training will not be actual combat training." Shi Yi chuckled.

Yu Xiaogang and Flanders' faces froze when they heard this, and they both looked at Shi Yi with dark faces.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, we at Shrek will move in two months." Flanders said to Shi Yi unhappily.

Shi Yi also smiled and nodded, and ran away soon.

When Shi Yi finished his training, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were already waiting in front of the cabin.

Shi Yi looked bitter when he saw this and said, "Didn't we agree to take a half-month vacation?"

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Shi Yi and said calmly: "Just let Xiao Yi out."

Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing's arm and said with a smile: "I'm here to train with Zhuqing." Shi Yi said helplessly: "Okay, but let me make it clear first, it will be very noisy here during this period, which may affect your training results. And I also need an environment where I won't be disturbed. I can't cook for you during this period."

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Shi Yi and nodded, while Ning Rongrong asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about it. You won't understand even if I tell you. If you gave me enough hair crystals, you would know what I did." Shi Yi chuckled.

Ning Rongrong snorted and said, "This is an order given by me personally. It is definitely the biggest one they can find in a short period of time."

"Then you just look forward to my surprise. If I don't come out to eat at mealtime, please Zhuqing help me get some food. This will be your reward to me." Shi Yi chuckled.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded after hearing this. Then, Shi Yi called out Xiao Yi and said to Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, you should play with Zhuqing these days."

After explaining everything, Shi Yi entered his own small blacksmith shop, which was equipped with a calcination furnace, anvils for hammering, and forging hammers.

In a corner of the house, there was a large pile of charcoal.

Then Shi Yi took out the plate crystal hair crystal that Ning Rongrong had asked someone to find from his soul guide. Compared with the one found in Flanders' shop, this one was indeed much larger, but the content of hair crystal in it depended on luck.

Over the past few days and months, Shi Yi has made many attempts on Hair Crystal and has almost understood the properties of the metal. Hair Crystal is a very magical metal. It is soft and tough without any external interference and has very strong plasticity. But at the same time, it is extremely sensitive to soul power. With the blessing of soul power, it will become extremely hard. This is why Tang San, a great soul master in the original work, can use the dragon beard needle to break Zhao Wuji's defense.

Of course, the factors that influence this result cannot be ruled out, such as Tang San's strength, techniques, soul power and the pressure brought by the shape of the dragon beard needle, but even under the influence of soul power in ordinary environments, the hardness of the hair crystal is still very high.

Shi Yi picked up the forging hammer from the table and blasted it hard at the crystal plate. With a loud bang, golden spots of light scattered in the room, extremely dazzling.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, who were outside the room, were both surprised when they heard the loud noise in the room, and then they fell silent.

Looking at the room full of golden spots, Shi Yi collected them patiently. After a while, Shi Yi looked at the pile of hair crystals in the corner that was taller than charcoal and nodded. This amount was enough for him to do many things.

"Let's make a carving knife first. Natural things are not easy to customize. A carving knife that can change its shape at will by injecting soul power can even carve a core magic array as small as a hair." Shi Yi murmured.

Unlike making ordinary things, making rare metals has extremely high requirements for temperature control, and Shi Yi has to do things like pulling the bellows himself.

The rhythmic, powerful sound of the bellows began to echo in the hut. After a short while, the red flames rose and the forge began to resume its function.

Put that little bit of golden light into the fire, and soon, the gold gradually turned red, like an extremely huge ruby. Only when it was completely burned red could the impurities contained in it be seen. Although rare metals are of higher quality than ordinary metals, it does not mean that there are no impurities at all.

The forging hammer was slowly picked up, and its dance began.

Dang, dang, dang, dang..., rhythmic and rhythmic knocking sounds came from the hut. Shi Yi began his forging.

From that day on, Shi Yi, apart from eating and meditating, repeated the forging every day. When he was tired, he sat down to cultivate his soul power. Once his energy was restored, he continued his work.

No one knew what Shi Yi was doing. The only person who had entered the cabin was Zhu Zhuqing. Watching Shi Yi hammering the metal in front of him with great concentration every day, Zhu Zhuqing never stopped him, but just silently put the warm meals aside.

Ning Rongrong was very curious about what Shi Yi was doing, but the answer she got from Zhu Zhuqing was just two simple words: forging.

As time passed, the knocking sounds in the forging room only became more frequent. Every day when Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong arrived, no one knew how long it had been ringing. Shi Yi was very regular and would only stop at mealtimes and to restore his soul and physical strength.

There was a faint light in the distant sky, and dawn came again.

Shi Yi walked out of the hut, his messy hair had covered most of his ears, and his fair face seemed to be stained with some carbon ash. His shirt was tucked into his waist, leaving his upper body naked, and his strong muscles were particularly obvious.

He quietly raised his hands, and as he clenched his fists, the steel-like muscles in his body suddenly tightened, like a cheetah ready to attack, full of power and wild beauty.

"It's done." Shi Yi slowly spread out his palms, and a golden bead the size of an eye socket appeared in the center of Shi Yi's palms. As Shi Yi injected his soul power, the golden bead changed, instantly changing into the shape of a carving knife, but without a blade.

"Without a core array, it is still very difficult for ordinary people to condense an extremely sharp blade by relying solely on the soul master's personal soul control. Next, try to carve a core array on the hair crystal to make the soul power flow more efficient and easier to control. It is more difficult to carve a core array on this highly plastic metal. If no soul power is injected, it is too soft, affecting the accuracy. If too much soul power is injected, it will become too hard, increasing the difficulty of carving."

With this in mind, Shi Yi returned to his room, washed up briefly, and began to study the core magic array suitable for hair crystal.

Each type of metal will often show the same pattern in the hands of the same forger. The core magic array constructed according to the pattern after forging will have a higher success rate and better results.

This is why every powerful soul guide is unique, because of different forging techniques, different understandings of metals, and different carved magic arrays.

Shi Yi took out the sharp feather from his soul guide and began to try it out.

"No, it's too hard. I can't carve this thing. Make it softer."

Shi Yi kept adjusting the injection of his soul power, from hard to soft, until the feather could leave a mark on the hair crystal.

"In order to make the soul power flow more efficient and the soul power control stronger, the core magic array needs to cover the entire hair crystal. This way, no matter what shape you want it to be in, the soul power can reach the right place quickly and accurately." Shi Yi said secretly in his heart.

With a specific idea in mind, Shi Yi also started to work on the hair crystal, but Shi Yi was still a little nervous. After all, he had spent so much effort to forge the hair crystal, and if he broke it, he would have to send it back to the furnace for remaking.

This is just the most basic pure metal soul guide, which is very easy to recycle and is also the most elementary soul guide. It does not involve the structure of the device. If it were in Huo Gua's era, those soul guides with complex structures like hidden weapons would basically be scrapped if there was a problem with the core formation.

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(End of this chapter)