Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 687 The Eternal Breeze and Tang Wulin
"Why don't you take me to see that child?" Qian Gu Qing Feng suddenly said.

After listening to Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Huangyu talk about their own descendants, Qian Gu Qingfeng also had an impulse to try to cultivate a junior, just in case it could bring some fun to his life?
"Big brother, you've changed your mind?" Qian Gu Huang Yu asked with a smile.

Qian Gu Qingfeng said, "Perhaps it's time to find someone to inherit my mantle, otherwise it's not good to always be the one being asked to forge things."

Qian Gu Dongfeng laughed and scolded, "Come on, how many years has it been since you took on any external forging orders? You just occasionally forge metal for the juniors of the Spirit Pagoda to practice your skills, don't you?"

Qian Gu Qingfeng said, "Didn't I want to retire completely? Although Zhenhua has good talent, he has reached the end of his path as a Soul Master."

"That's all there is to his life. In fact, based on my observation, he probably won't be able to do the Heavenly Forging in another twenty years. His physical condition won't allow it."

"It's time to train a successor to help me share the burden. If you need anything in the future, go find him, don't come to me."

...

Donghai College, playground.

Today is Class 5's practical lesson. The promotion challenge will be held one month after the start of the semester, and the higher-ranked class will naturally receive more resources.

With only a week left before the promotion challenge, Wu Changkong finally couldn't sit still any longer and began organizing the promotion team for Class 5.

Although he always seemed aloof, he actually cared a lot about the students' growth.

Finally, after a brief intra-class battle, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and another classmate were selected as participants in this promotion competition.

After letting the others train on their own using the methods he taught them, Wu Changkong began to specifically teach Tang Wulin and the other two to prepare for the promotion competition.

"Teacher Wu." Jia Lin arrived just as Wu Changkong was giving his lesson.

Wu Changkong naturally knew Jialin, or rather, it would be difficult for him not to know her. As someone who had already surpassed many graduates upon entering the university, she was simply too authoritative.

Moreover, his wife Long Bing also praised Jia Lin highly, which made Wu Changkong take notice.

Wu Changkong nodded slightly, which was considered a greeting.

“Teacher Wu, the teacher asked Wu Lin to come over, saying that she has found a blacksmithing teacher for him,” Jia Lin said.

"Ah! Has the blacksmithing teacher that my teacher found for me arrived?" Tang Wulin said excitedly.

For the past three weeks, he has followed Qian Gu Huang Yu's instructions and has not gone to the Blacksmith Association. Even when Mang Tian asked, he just kept making excuses.

Wu Changkong frowned and said, "It's class time now."

Although Wu Changkong has a high opinion of Jialin, it doesn't mean he will go against his principles.

The reason he acted so freely at Donghai Academy was not only because he was confident in his own abilities, but also because he felt that what he learned from Shrek Academy was more suitable for children than what Donghai Academy taught.

As he spoke, Wu Changkong gave Tang Wulin an annoyed look, the meaning of which was simple: I didn't say to practice properly after class.

Tang Wulin nodded reluctantly, then turned around and resumed sparring with Xie Xie.

Three weeks have passed, and Wu Changkong naturally knows that Jialin and Tang Wulin are senior and junior brothers, so he naturally has high expectations for Tang Wulin.

But he also had the same dissatisfaction with them, namely that they, like himself, did not take school rules seriously.

I don't follow the school rules so that I can teach you better; if you don't follow the school rules, it's because you're too disobedient!
Unbeknownst to Wu Changkong, he had inadvertently picked up Shrek's inherent double standards.

Take Tang Wulin for example. Because he had made up his mind to pursue the path of forging, he skipped all of Wu Changkong's second professional courses.

This greatly displeased Wu Changkong. How dare you not attend a class taught by a dignified two-word battle armor master?
"Teacher Wu, the teacher has already asked for leave for Tang Wulin," Jialin said.

At this moment, Wu Changkong's stubbornness flared up, and he said, "get out of class is about to end, I will naturally let him go after class."

"I know you're in class, but my time is more valuable," a nonchalant voice said.

Wu Changkong frowned, wanting to see who was so bold as to speak to him like that.

When he saw who it was, Wu Changkong instantly lost his composure.

“Eternal… Gentle breeze…” Wu Changkong subconsciously took a step back.

The reason why Wu Changkong looked down on the people from Donghai Academy and always did things his own way was not only because of his own strength, but also because he came from Shrek Academy.

But Qian Gu Qingfeng is someone that even his teacher, Zhuo Shi, cannot afford to offend, let alone himself.

Wu Changkong's pupils suddenly contracted. He had thought that Su Youli would find a good forging teacher for Tang Wulin, but he did not expect her to play such a trump card right from the start.

As a former top student of Shrek Academy, Wu Changkong naturally understands that in the world of forging, Qian Gu Qingfeng is now the highest mountain and the longest river. Soul Masters who forge four-word battle armor will go to Qian Gu Qingfeng instead of Zhenhua if they have a choice.

“I want to see how well he forged it,” said Qian Gu Qing Feng.

“Yes, please go ahead.” Wu Changkong said blankly.

What happened today has begun to challenge his understanding.

Without Wu Changkong's obstruction, Qian Gu Qingfeng easily took Tang Wulin away.

"Your martial soul is a mutated Clear Sky Hammer?" It was because Qian Gu Huang Yu had just told Qian Gu Qing Feng about the Golden Clear Sky Hammer that he couldn't hold back and came directly to him.

Tang Wulin was taken aback. He hadn't told anyone about the Golden Haotian Hammer except for Qian Gu Huang Yu, not even Wu Changkong.

However, since it came from Qian Gu Qing Feng's mouth, Tang Wu Lin chose to believe Qian Gu Huang Yu's judgment.

“Yes, the teacher said my Clear Sky Hammer has a golden bloodline,” Tang Wulin said.

Qian Gu Qingfeng said, "Then you can try to learn some hammer techniques in the future. This will not only enrich your combat skills, but also benefit your forging."

"Yes!" Tang Wulin replied.

"Let's go," said Qian Gu Qing Feng. "The academy's forging workshop has been temporarily lent to me by the principal. Go there and show me your skills."

...

After seeing the ancient Qingfeng, Wu Changkong returned to his dormitory somewhat shaken.

Although Yu Zheng and Long Hengxu were very dissatisfied with Wu Changkong, they still arranged a couple's dormitory for Wu Changkong and Long Bing, which was considered one of the best among the teachers.

Long Bing had finished her classes and was cleaning at home. Although the promotion competition was about to begin, as the homeroom teacher of Class 1 and having Jia Lin by her side, she felt no sense of crisis at all.

Upon seeing her lover return, Long Bing was about to greet him when she noticed Wu Changkong's unpleasant expression.

Long Bing was startled and quickly asked, "Chang Kong, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"

Wu Changkong said, "Today I met the eternal breeze."

"Qian Gu Qing Feng? That number one master craftsman on the continent?" Long Bing asked in surprise. "Qian Gu Qing Feng, the number one master craftsman on the continent, His Majesty's brother, why would he come to a small place like Donghai City?" Long Bing asked in astonishment.

Wu Changkong said, "I heard from Jialin that Su Youli found Tang Wulin a forging teacher."

"A blacksmithing teacher? Qian Gu Qingfeng?" Long Bing exclaimed in surprise, "He's hired the number one blacksmith on the continent as his blacksmithing teacher, what exactly is their relationship?"

Wu Changkong shook his head and said, "I don't know, but ordinary connections wouldn't be enough to get Qian Gu Qingfeng to do it. He stopped publicly accepting Tianduan's business a long time ago."

"The quotas released every few years are basically all used by the Spirit Pagoda to win over allies."

"Moreover, unlike the master craftsman Zhenhua, he is not physically unable to withstand the Heavenly Forging Tribulation, but simply does not want to."

"It's really hard to imagine that someone as capricious as him would be willing to teach Tang Wulin."

Long Bing sighed and said, "I originally wanted to recommend Jia Lin to take the Shrek Academy entrance exam three years later. Jia Lin's martial soul is very suitable to inherit your teacher's mantle."

Zhuo Shi's martial soul is the Blazing Fire Dragon, while Jia Lin's is the Fire Dragon King; in some ways, they do share some similarities.

Yes, it refers to the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

“Teacher…” Wu Changkong’s eyes flickered upon hearing this, and the image of Zhuo Shi involuntarily appeared in his mind.

He hadn't seen the world of turbidity for almost ten years since he left Shrek City.

After being rescued by Qian Renxue and Ya Li, Wu Changkong learned the whole story from Long Bing.

But he was too stubborn; he didn't want to go back and admit his mistakes without having achieved anything.

Over the years, he and Long Bing stayed at Donghai Academy. Besides exiling themselves as punishment, they also wanted to find some promising talents to recommend to Zhuoshi in the future.

This can be seen as his atonement for the corrupt world.

Jia Lin had already surprised Wu Changkong greatly, as he felt she was the most suitable person to inherit Zhuo Shi's mantle.

Later, Tang Wulin appeared. Although his martial soul was only a mutated Blue Silver Grass, it was powerful enough and he worked hard enough.

But once this is associated with the Spirit Pagoda, everything changes.

Others may not know, but as former students of Shrek Academy, they all know that the relationship between the current Shrek Academy leadership and the Spirit Pagoda leadership is far from good.

...

Donghai College, Forging Room.

Qian Gu Qingfeng picked up the heavy silver forged by Tang Wulin, his eyes gleaming.

At first, Qian Gu Qingfeng was just trying his luck, letting Tang Wulin choose the metal he was most familiar with and forging it to the best of his ability.

Unexpectedly, Tang Wulin actually completed the Thousand Refinements directly, and judging from the light that just rose, it was even the first grade of the Thousand Refinements.

"Completed the first grade of the Thousand Refinements at the age of nine, not bad, not bad," praised Qian Gu Qingfeng.

Achieving a first-grade level of Thousand Refinement at the age of nine is nothing short of historic. Even Zhenhua, another master craftsman of our time, could not have accomplished such a feat at the age of nine.

However, Qian Gu Qingfeng was not envious of this. He started too late back then. If he had started forging at the age of six, Qian Gu Qingfeng did not think that his achievements would be inferior to Tang Wulin's.

"Big brother, I told you Wu Lin has talent!" Qian Gu Huang Yu laughed from the side.

Qian Gu Qingfeng nodded slightly, Tang Wulin had earned his recognition through his strength.

The ancient breeze said, "Tang Wulin, would you be willing to become my disciple?"

The expected scene of ecstatic apprenticeship did not occur. Instead, Tang Wulin was somewhat troubled. He first looked at Qian Gu Huang Yu, and then at Qian Gu Qing Feng.

Qian Gu Huang Yu raised an eyebrow, having probably guessed Tang Wu Lin's thoughts, and said, "Speak freely."

Tang Wulin lowered his head and said with some guilt, "Teacher, actually I have another teacher in forging, so I cannot become your apprentice."

According to the rules of Douluo Continent, initially a person could only have one teacher in their lifetime. However, as time went by, Soul Masters needed to learn more and more, so the upper limit for having only one teacher was no longer limited to one.

Take Huo Yuhao, the founder of the Spirit Pagoda and the elder brother of the Eternal Phoenix Feather, as an example. Tang Ya was his teacher in terms of sect, while Mu En, the then head of the Shrek Sea God Pavilion, was his teacher in terms of soul master.

Xuan Ziwen was his teacher in soul tools, while Electrolux was his teacher in necromancy.

Simply put, as long as you don't have two teachers in the same area, there won't be any problems. For example, if someone has two teachers in the field of soul tools, they will inevitably be scorned by the entire soul master community.

Qian Gu Qingfeng frowned. If it weren't for Qian Gu Huang Yu being there, he probably would have stormed off.

Over the years, countless people have begged him to teach them, but he refused to. Even the master craftsman Zhenhua only broke through to become a master craftsman after receiving his instruction.

"Hahaha—" Seeing Qian Gu Qingfeng suffer a setback, Qian Gu Dongfeng burst into a heartless laugh.

Just as Qian Gu Huang Yu had promised Qian Gu Qing Feng, ever since Qian Gu Qing Feng became a divine craftsman, he had an aura of superiority whenever he saw Qian Gu Dong Feng again.

You said you wanted a four-word battle armor? Sorry, I've been busy lately and don't have time to forge one for you.

You said you wanted to equip your spirit with a four-word spirit armor? Sorry, I'm not in a good mood lately and don't feel like forging.

You said your son has become a Title Douluo and you want to get a four-word battle armor? Sorry, I'm going on my honeymoon with my wife soon, so I don't have time.

Qian Gu Dong Feng felt that it had been a long time since he had laughed at Qian Gu Qing Feng so freely.

"Boy, do you know who he is? He is the eternal Qingfeng, the most outstanding master craftsman of our time. Even another master craftsman, Zhenhua, has to address him as his disciple."

Despite the mockery, Qian Gu Dong Feng still tried to save face, considering that his grandson's four-character battle armor still needed to be forged.

Tang Wulin is no longer the naive boy who just entered the world of Soul Masters; he naturally knows what the title "Divine Craftsman" means.

A warm feeling welled up in Tang Wulin's heart. He never expected that when Qian Gu Huang Yu said he wanted to find a teacher for him, he would actually invite the Divine Craftsman directly.

Even so, Tang Wulin still did not agree to become Qian Gu Qingfeng's disciple.

"I never thought you'd get rejected." Qian Gu Dongfeng patted Qian Gu Qingfeng, whose face was growing increasingly pale, without a shred of sympathy.

Seeing this, Qian Gu Huang Yu quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, alright, Wu Lin, go back and think it over carefully. The opportunity to become a disciple of the Divine Craftsman is not easy."

"If you feel bad about it, you can ask your teacher for their opinion."

Qian Gu Dongfeng interjected, "You're still young, so you might not understand what the title 'Divine Craftsman' means in the world of Soul Masters."

"Just ask your teacher. I dare say, even your teacher would love to become a disciple of the master craftsman."

(End of this chapter)