Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 64 The Master Craftsman
Lin Xingyu pushed open the door and stepped into the living room. The morning light streamed in through the window. He glanced up and saw Duanmu Yan sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast. He sat upright, his eyes lowered, focused on his plate, his hands moving slowly and steadily.

Last night, after the two got drunk, they found a hotel nearby and booked two rooms to rest.

Duanmu Yan saw Lin Xingyu coming out and said, "Come and have something to eat. I think your identity has been approved. I'll take you back to get it later."

After hearing what Duanmu Yan said, Lin Xingyu didn't say much. He sat down opposite him neatly, picked up the cutlery and started eating.

After breakfast, Lin Xingyu followed Duanmu Yan back to the base of the Temple of War God.

Duanmu Yan walked into a small room and quickly came out. He smiled at Lin Xingyu and said, "As expected, it has been approved. I've given you a special upgrade to level six authority, which is already the limit. If it's higher, the other students will probably be unbalanced. However, the subsidy you are given is for level five authority. In addition, there shouldn't be a teacher specializing in mecha design at the moment, right?"

After receiving a positive response from Lin Xingyu, Duanmu Yan continued, "Here is another soul guide communication number. Add it and it will be the number of a ninth-level mecha designer. If you have any questions, you can ask him directly. He is not here at the moment. You can contact him. If you are willing, he can be your instructor in mecha design."

Lin Xingyu didn't expect that the service provided by the Temple of War God was so good.

He took out his soul guide and added this number.

Duanmu Yan looked at Lin Xingyu and said with a smile: "How is it? Is there anything else you need? I'll take a look at the situation and I can arrange it for you."

Lin Xingyu thought for a moment and said, "Brother Duanmu, I want to go to Tiandou City next. I want to meet the legendary master craftsman Zhenhua. Can our War God Temple help me arrange it?"

Duanmu Yan smiled and said, "This isn't an ordinary request. You probably think you have a great talent for forging and want to learn a few tricks from him, right?"

"Zhenhua's status and position are no less than those of the Ultimate Douluo. Meeting him is no easy task. Even if the War God Temple arranges it for you, it will take a considerable amount of time, and you will still owe them a great deal of favors. You have to know that sometimes debts of favor are the hardest to repay."

"But if you really want to meet him, I can give you an idea. Listen to it first. If you are willing, you can give it a try. If not, you can wait for the War God Temple to arrange it for you."

Lin Xingyu's eyes lit up and he nodded, "You talk, I'm listening."

"Zhenhua gave a public lecture in Tiandou City a few days ago. He prefers to train the younger generation, and he spends most of his time in Tiandou City. You probably haven't certified your forging level with the Blacksmith Association yet, right? If you have, we have the corresponding records here."

"Indeed not, I don't make money from this." Lin Xingyu nodded and said.

"That's easy. Go to the Tiandou City Blacksmith Association now to certify your blacksmith level. Start with level three, then move on to level four. Your information will be sent to Zhenhua's desk based on your age. If you want to learn blacksmithing from him, you'll have the opportunity then."

"It doesn't matter if you can't see him. You can stay in Tiandou City for two days at most. Then ask the War God Temple to help you contact him."

"But I have one more thing to remind you of." At this point, Duanmu Yan's expression suddenly became serious. "You have a great talent in cultivation, and your talent in your secondary profession is also very high. I've never even heard of someone like you. I still want to remind you that cultivation is the foundation of a soul master. As for your secondary profession, it's enough to be able to create battle armor for yourself and others."

"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter. I mostly study my secondary profession after my cultivation, and it has never affected my cultivation," Lin Xingyu assured him. Douluo Continent is ultimately a world where the strong prey on the weak. Being reminded here that personal cultivation is paramount is a rare reminder for Lin Xingyu.

Duanmu Yan felt even more tired after hearing Lin Xingyu's words. Why would such a monster appear in this world?

In the following time, Lin Xingyu asked Duanmu Yan in detail about the various rules and benefits in the Temple of War God.

At noon, the two had another meal together. This time, Lin Xingyu treated them. Although he had expected this, he never expected that the meal Duanmu Yan treated him to yesterday cost nearly one million federal coins.

Think about it, Tang Wulin only saved tens of thousands of federal coins after three years of blacksmithing, but here a meal costs tens of millions of federal coins.

This cost is really like a day in heaven and a year on earth.

When Lin Xingyu left, he specially packed a batch of fruit wine. The fruit wine here tastes really good.

Afterwards, Lin Xingyu bid farewell to Duanmu Yan. Duanmu Yan didn't try to persuade him to stay, but simply said, "Tiandou City is a famous historical city. It has preserved culture and architecture from thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago. You can explore it carefully when you go there. And you can always come and see me tomorrow."

At noon that day, Lin Xingyu boarded the train to Tiandou City. The train did not arrive in Tiandou City until the early morning of the next day.

Fortunately, I didn’t have the bad luck to encounter a train accident. This is really a happy thing.

After getting off the car, Lin Xingyu saw the original appearance of Tiandou City. The first thing that caught his eye was the city wall that was one hundred meters high and one hundred meters wide.

"This is truly a wonder! In the previous life, it would be enough to be called a world wonder, right?" Lin Xingyu murmured to himself.

After looking around and nodding, Lin Xingyu looked towards the southwest, where he could see mountain ranges one after another. That was the former Sunset Forest, and also the location of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.

"It's a pity that the Tang Sect has completely occupied that place, and there are people from the Tang Sect everywhere. There's nothing to gain by going in." Lin Xingyu thought regretfully.

He thought carefully again about the various opportunities in the legend of the Dragon King of the original time and space. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any other opportunities that could be easily intercepted, except for the bear claw that he had already intercepted.

He immediately cursed in his heart. He really relied on the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King from beginning to end. There was really no good opportunity.

Shaking his head and getting rid of all the messy thoughts in his mind, Lin Xingyu found a snack bar and had a big meal.

Then he went directly to the Blacksmith Association to apply for the third-level blacksmith assessment.

The staff asked if he had a guarantee from a senior blacksmith. If he did not have a guarantee from a senior blacksmith, he could only start from the assessment of a first-level blacksmith.

He came here alone, so where would he find a high-level blacksmith? And he didn't even know anyone in Tiandou City!

In the end, Lin Xingyu was speechless and could only run to apply for the first-level blacksmith assessment in dejection.

"I'm just doing what Brother Duanmu said." Lin Xingyu complained helplessly in his heart.

Finally, I signed up for the first-level blacksmith assessment and followed the staff to the assessment room, where various types of metals were placed.

The first-level blacksmith's assessment required a hundred forgings. Lin Xingyu didn't waste any time after entering. He simply chose the tungsten steel he was most familiar with, took out his forging hammer, and performed a hundred forgings, stunning the evaluators. He received a perfect score. He passed the second-level blacksmith's assessment with the same procedure.

Then, amidst the evaluators' numb expressions, Lin Xingyu entered the same examination room for the third time. The Tiandou City Blacksmith Association had so many examination rooms, yet he ended up in the same one three times.

Man, what a fate we have!
The assessor said, "The assessment for a Level 3 Blacksmith is a Thousand Forgings. The metal you choose and the result of your final forging will determine your score."

After listening to the reviewer's words, Lin Xingyu chose tungsten steel as usual. He was very familiar with this thing because he often forged it and used it to feed his first soul skill.

Seeing Lin Xingyu's choice, the reviewer nodded.

From this moment on, Lin Xingyu really started to take it seriously.

Once his "high-dimensional vision" was activated, every texture inside the metal became clearly visible to him.

If forging metal is like chasing a girl, then he, with his "high-dimensional vision," is like holding a detailed guide, knowing every hobby and characteristic of the girl. All he has to do is follow the steps.

In this state, he could even clearly see the spirituality inside the metal and the detailed process of the blacksmith awakening the metal spirituality.

Boom! Lin Xingyu's first hammer strike was followed by a fierce collision between the hard metal and the hammerhead. The crisp and powerful sound, like the opening notes of an exciting movement, reverberated and spread throughout the room.

Lin Xingyu concentrated intently, sensitively adjusting the force of each blow according to the subtle changes in the metal's internal grain. The sound of metal striking metal was sometimes passionate and high-pitched, sometimes low and soothing, like a moving piece of music with ups and downs, fully demonstrating the wonderful changes in rhythm and melody.

Finally, Lin Xingyu's final hammer landed with pinpoint precision, its head striking the metal with a long, crisp final note. The metal-on-metal clash that had once resonated throughout the room like a vibrant movement slowly faded, bringing this unique "musical performance" to a perfect conclusion.

Thousand forgings are complete!

The evaluator stared blankly at the young boy in front of him. Here, he had seen so many blacksmith assessments.

In the forging industry, no junior blacksmith could match Lin Xingyu's fluid, seamless movements. Every drop of the hammer, every adjustment, seemed perfectly natural, and within the rigid forging process, an indescribable, unique beauty naturally emerged.

The evaluator carefully placed the piece of metal on the instrument, and suddenly a spiritual light of more than one foot appeared, a thousand-forged first grade!
The reviewer asked excitedly, "Kid, can you tell me how old you are?"

Lin Xingyu smiled and said, "Nine and a half years old."

"You passed the assessment perfectly. You are the youngest third-level blacksmith, right?" The evaluator silently glanced at the piece of Thousand Forgings Grade One metal and changed the third level to the fourth level in his mind.

Lin Xingyu turned around and went out to apply for the fourth-level blacksmith assessment. The evaluator immediately rushed out to report the matter to his superiors. He had discovered a genius, and his performance this year was successful!
After Lin Xingyu applied for his fourth-level blacksmith assessment, he quietly found a place to meditate and restore himself. A hundred forgings were nothing, but even a thousand forgings consumed some of his energy.

When it was Lin Xingyu's turn to take the fourth-level blacksmith assessment, this time he finally changed the forging room and the evaluator.

Lin Xingyu looked at the various metals in the room and asked, "I'm ready. What is the content of the fourth-level blacksmith assessment?"

This time, the assessor was a woman. She looked at Lin Xingyu and said, "The assessment for a fourth-level blacksmith requires you to forge six metals a thousand times. Of these six metals, you must be able to forge at least one of them to the first level of a thousand times."

The evaluator looked at Lin Xingyu and said, "Kid, don't force yourself. Forging is a very energy-consuming process."

Lin Xingyu glanced at the reviewer in surprise and said, "Thank you for your concern."

Lin Xingyu walked to the metal rack and selected six kinds of metals: tungsten steel, white iron, sinking silver, Tianlong iron, blood gold, and flame gold.

Boom! As Lin Xingyu took out the forging hammer and began to strike the metal, the rhythmic sound echoed in the forging room again.

Lin Xingyu's blood, soul power, and mental power all began to circulate throughout his body. Six consecutive thousand forgings were also a considerable consumption for him.

Just as Lin Xingyu was forging thousands of pieces of metal in the forging room, his personal information was reported to Zhenhua's desk through layers of reports.

"Qian Duan, nine and a half years old!" Zhenhua became excited instantly. He had never accepted a disciple until now. Now that such a genius came to his door, he naturally wanted to see how he performed. If he performed well, he might be able to accept him as a disciple.

When he arrived at the door and heard that Lin Xingyu was already taking the fourth-level blacksmith assessment, he quietly walked outside the evaluation room and listened quietly to the sounds coming from inside.

At the same time, he asked someone to investigate the child's background. If there was no major problem, he could accept him as his disciple.

From the rhythmic sounds of forging, Zhenhua instantly determined that the forging skills of the person inside were definitely not bad. Even if it was spiritual forging, it was probably not far away.

As Lin Xingyu hammered down one hammer after another, he easily completed the Hundred Forgings and Purification, and the Thousand Forgings and Spiritualization. Thousand Forgings and First Grade! Completed within twenty minutes!

Lin Xingyu took a breath and picked up the next piece of metal.

After an hour of forging, all six pieces of metal were completed! And all of them were first-class!
The reviewer looked at Lin Xingyu excitedly: "You will be a level 4 blacksmith in the future." Such a young level 4 blacksmith, she felt like she was witnessing history.

At this moment, the door of the examination room was opened from the outside. The door was locked during the examination and could only be opened after the examination was over.

A middle-aged man with white hair, jade-like hands and simple clothes walked in.

The middle-aged man took a look at the six works forged by Lin Xingyu as soon as he came in. He had already seen another one of Lin Xingyu's thousand-forged first-grade works outside, but he didn't expect that he had forged it six times in a row, no, seven times.

"Master Craftsman!" The reviewer greeted Zhenhua respectfully when he saw him.

Lin Xingyu was suddenly surprised. He didn't expect Zhenhua to come so soon and pay so much attention to the younger generation of blacksmiths.

"You go out first, I have something to talk to this kid about." The moment he saw Lin Xingyu, Zhenhua roughly estimated the child's age. The youthful vigor in him could not be hidden from others.

But he still needed to feel the situation out to see if there were any major problems, so Zhenhua chose to have a chat with the child first.

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