Douluo Continent: I can nurture soul beasts and even perform super evolution.

Chapter 117 Forging Exclusive Weapons (Two Chapters Combined)

"Ho~~~"

The hurricane tore at the pieces of flesh, stuffed them haphazardly into its mouth, smacked them a couple of times, and looked quite pleased with itself. But the peace was shattered the next moment when the Azure Swan rushed over and gave the waist a vicious peck.

Startled, Hurricane rushed behind Xiao Jin in a few seconds.

Swan stared intently at Hurricane, especially at the pieces of meat in its hand. Although it had been rinsed with water, the fishy smell was still particularly strong in its Poké Ball.

The Emerald Swans are naturally kind and tolerant of carnivores, but they cannot tolerate trespassing on their territory and defiling this blessed land.

"Put it away." Su Wen looked at the hurricane and shook his head helplessly.

"But... you don't seem to have a name yet?"

He looked at the Azure Swan.

Since returning to the college, I've completely forgotten about these things.

"Then let's call you Qingluan. Anyway, your future evolved name will have the words 'Qingluan' in it, which is easy to pronounce." After the protests of the first few soul beasts, he realized his shortcomings in naming, so he simply used an existing name instead.

Qingluan nodded in satisfaction.

Its elegant neck rested against Su Wen's side, and it quietly lay down. Perhaps it was Su Wen's own scent that made it like to stick close to him.

Su Wen grinned and stroked the swan's neck; those tufts of blue feathers were quite comfortable.

"roar?!!"

But the next moment.

Xiao Jin stared at Su Wen in disbelief.

He pointed to himself, then to Qingluan.

The implication is obvious.

Do you dare to say again what name you gave me?
Why should I be so hasty?

"Isn't 'Xiao Jin' a good name? Don't be unreasonable." Su Wen frowned and forcefully suppressed the protest with righteous indignation.

"Roar……"

Xiao Jin couldn't believe it either.

Look me in the eyes!!! Who's being unreasonable?!
It's clearly the most powerful one here, but its name is the most carelessly chosen.

That sounds so low-class! Ugh!
Su Wen lay on Qingluan, which, including its neck, was about four meters long and could be considered a huge creature. But at this moment, it was like a pillow, letting Su Wen sink into its soft feathers.

The hurricane chuckled and then jumped onto the ancient trees around the lake to swing on.

This is Qingluan's territory, and it rarely comes here.

Su Wen noticed the hand of the hurricane.

The sharpness of the fingertips has faded, replaced by hands as dexterous as those of humans. Is this the direction of evolution?

He rested his chin on his hand and pondered.

He is currently at level 49.

Almost everything has reached its limit.

Take the upcoming competition as an example. If you want to improve your strength during this period, apart from your own cultivation and having your pets devour the Heavenly Dream Silkworm and the Ten Thousand Year Frost Jade Marrow, everything else will come to an abrupt halt. There is still more than a month left, and it will be difficult to even advance one level.

The other pets' soul bone skills.

He had basically reached the maximum level. After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, he obtained a jade swan soul bone from Bi Ji. Over the years, there had been many who had stopped growing and died of old age because of their talent, so the soul bone was naturally taken in by Bi Ji, the clan leader.

[Holy Light: Within one minute, all injuries on the target, except for those that are severed from the head or have a damaged heart (and other irreversible serious injuries), will be completely healed. (Single target)]

Then there are the three trump cards that Xue Di taught him.

Emperor Sword Emperor Palm Emperor Hantian.

With the double buffs of Emperor Hantian (Su Wen) and Eternal Frozen Domain (Ice Emperor), and the fact that the opponent is weak while I am strong, I can use Emperor Sword and Emperor Palm to instantly kill a Soul Emperor.

The Emperor Sword's strength lies in its ability to freeze, but its difficulty lies in its accuracy.

Not to mention the Emperor's Palm, which requires close contact with the opponent's body to be released, making it extremely dangerous.

The reason why he was able to kill Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren in an instant was purely because he and Wang Dong activated the Martial Soul Fusion Technique, which seemed to summon a divine consciousness and then use the skill. He was only able to succeed because the opponents were careless.

It would be difficult to replicate it again.

Besides, he and Wang Dong weren't always together; the drawback of the Martial Soul Fusion Technique was quite obvious, and they couldn't rely on it too much...

I did the math.

The Azure Phoenix healer, the Hurricane agile attacker, the Ice Emperor support controller, and the main tank Little Gold are basically comparable to a powerhouse who has just entered the Soul Saint realm—after all, the latter can possess the Martial Soul True Body.

But this seems to be his current bottleneck.

Aside from soul power, improving any other combat strength, even slightly, would be extremely difficult.

"and many more!"

Su Wen was stunned for a moment.

"Let's go find Dean Yan."

……

"..."

Su Wen arrived at Yan Shaozhe's office.

Sitting among them was a middle-aged man with a chiseled face, cold eyes, and a burly build exuding a murderous aura, and a beautiful woman dressed in brocade robes, who was weeping.

"Dean Yan, I hope the academy can reconsider this matter."

Dai Hao took a deep breath and lowered his proud head slightly.

He had fought in the southern part of the empire for many years and was already a renowned marshal of the Star Luo Empire. Not long ago, he even squeezed into the realm of Title Douluo. However, he had to lower his posture in front of Shrek Academy.

Because there are definitely more than two hands' worth of people here who are stronger than him.

Take this person in front of me, for example.

Despite his seemingly unassuming smile, Yan Shaozhe is a figure of immense prestige throughout the entire continent—the Dean of the Martial Soul Department.

"Of course, as long as you can convince him..."

Yan Shaozhe took off his gold-rimmed glasses and gently wiped them with a cloth on the table, while pointing to Su Wen beside him.

“Him?” Dai Hao raised an eyebrow.

He has already adopted a very humble attitude.

But Shrek Academy insisted on expelling Dai Huabin.

Just for a son born out of wedlock?
He glanced at the sobbing, beautiful woman, his eyes darkening. "I put you in charge of the household, but you've made a complete mess of it and left me with such a huge mess. You're truly... useless."

"May I ask who this young man is?" Dai Hao composed himself and forced a smile.

"Su Wen".

Su Wen smiled.

These two are very famous characters in the original work.

The former is Tang Shenwang's main means of restraining Huo Gua—to keep Huo Yun'er hanging, while the latter will be offline in a few years (to eliminate hatred). To be honest, neither of them are good people, but unfortunately, he and Fan Yu are mortal enemies. Ever since he crippled Zhou Yi, Fan Yu has kept himself in check and kept a very low profile...

Is this all over?
impossible.

Once the opportunity arises, it becomes a matter of life and death.

He knew that the reason Yan Shaozhe wouldn't budge was because Fan Yu was causing trouble. His almost personal disciple was being hunted down and was now missing. Fan Yu was naturally furious and wouldn't let it go, even if the other party was the White Tiger Duke.

So although he wasn't interested in either side, everything is relative. He still remembered Fan Yu's shot. It seemed like Xiao Jin took it without any trouble, but it was a level seven long-range soul-guided cannon, and he still got injured and had to rest for a while.

and so……

"So it's Brother Su Wen." Dai Hao was shocked.

He was naturally aware of the cause and effect of the matter—his eldest son had already written a letter explaining it.

This is a true genius of the inner court.

The existence of a successor to the Sea God Pavilion across generations.

The key figure implicated in this matter is also him...

However, to be targeted by those evil soul masters, who disregarded their reputation and sent the Three Evils of Zhongli to surround and intercept him, he was indeed quite extraordinary. What's even more outrageous is that he actually survived their pursuit, something even he might not be able to do.

"I have no objection." Su Wen grinned.

As for Huo Yuhao—since he never got his revenge in the original story anyway, what difference does it make whether he gets it or not?
Enemy? Don't kneel down and acknowledge him as your father next time you meet. In the original story, didn't Huo Yuhao magnanimously let Dai Huabin, the murderer of his mother, go? The so-called revenge only resulted in the death of one person, and that person was himself... He really found this kind of plot of everyone making dumplings together hilarious.

As for Fan Yu, since things have already turned ugly, there's nothing more to say.

"you sure?"

Yan Shaozhe raised an eyebrow.

"uh-huh."

Su Wen nodded.

Dai Hao and the noblewoman thanked each other again before leaving.

"Alright, tell me, what's the purpose of your trip?" Yan Shaozhe asked with great interest.

"Forge a weapon for the hurricane."

"We would like to ask one of our academy's master blacksmiths to help us," Su Wen said.

"A forging master? Old Master Du?" Yan Shaozhe suddenly realized.

Blacksmiths have always existed in this world.

For example, Lou Gao in Douluo Continent I is one of the reasons why Tang San was able to forge Tang Sect hidden weapons. His skill level is very high. Even Tang Hao is a legendary forging master. However, in the original work, he only gave Tang San some pointers and rarely showed his forging skills again afterward.

The battle armor that appeared ten thousand years later was a derivative of the forging technique, but it was combined with a soul tool.

It has undergone a complete transformation.

Although current forging technology cannot reach the level of combining with soul tools ten thousand years later, it is still possible to forge a decent weapon by combining it with the unique metal materials of this world.

However, the cost was high, and they were almost wiped out by the impact of soul tools, so that now low-level blacksmiths have almost disappeared, with only some high-level ones remaining, but the selling price is becoming increasingly high.

"Forge a weapon for a hurricane?" Yan Shaozhe was taken aback.

"Ah."

Su Wen nodded.

Actually, it wasn't just the hurricane; he wanted to forge exclusive weapons for all his other pets, but unfortunately, his idea was good, but reality was harsh.

In a game, having a unique weapon would be incredibly convenient, as it could boost health, mana, or attack stats, and might even grant special skills. But this is reality.

Instead of having Xiao Jin carry a heavy armor, it would be better to make two invincible shields, which are more useful and flexible.

Making a special weapon for Hurricane is purely a matter of the fact that soul tools are unlikely to achieve the desired effect, and they will be constantly phased out and replaced over time.

Truly good weapons are said to possess a soul and resonate with the user's mind.

"...Okay, come with me."

Yan Shaozhe waved his hand.

……

North of Shrek City.

In a secluded little courtyard.

The room was cluttered with all sorts of weapons, quite messy. We continued forward, deeper into the room.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The sound of a hammer striking metal rang out.

Dull and powerful.

It felt like it struck right at the heart.

A burly, dark-skinned old man stood beside the furnace, holding a nearly two-meter-long iron hammer. His powerful arm struck the fixed metal, a piece of mithril, which grew smaller and smaller under the old man's constant hammering.

"eighty!"

"eighty!"

Su Wen couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"boom!"

The final hammer fell.

The old man turned his head, bared his teeth, looked at Yan Shaozhe and Su Wen, and said with a headache, "What do you two want from me? Forging weapons? Your Martial Soul Phoenix doesn't need them, and that kid is a beast tamer... You want to forge weapons for your soul beasts?"

"Yes! I'd like to trouble you, Elder Du, for a favor."

Su Wen smiled.

"Hiss... for that monkey?" Old Du scratched his head.

“Yes, it seems that he is the only one who is best suited to the weapon,” Su Wen nodded.

"Want a stick?" Old Du raised an eyebrow.

"You guessed that?" Su Wen asked in surprise.

"Nonsense, modern forging techniques place more emphasis on the word 'spirit.' Once forged, it will gradually resonate with the user's soul over time, creating a tacit understanding. This is something that soul tools can never match," Elder Du said proudly.

"So many top experts have taken weapons from me."

"Alright, leave it to me. I'll give it to you before your competition."

"You even guessed that?" Su Wen was speechless.

"Hmph, get lost. Come back in half a month to collect it." The old man waved his hand and continued hammering the mithril. Flames roared and rose, as if trying to engulf the old man as well, but he still stood there, hammering the mithril, as if the forge itself was forging his body...

"Old Master Du's martial soul is Furnace Fire, a type of flame. He can be considered a natural forging genius. However, it is a pity that since he entered the Super Douluo realm, he has lost the will to continue to advance and has become completely obsessed with forging. Otherwise, with his talent, it would be very easy for him to take another step forward. However, no one dares to claim to be the number one blacksmith on the continent."

Yan Shaozhe sighed.

"Don't worry, any weapon forged by him will be of the highest quality, enough for Hurricane to use for a lifetime."

"Can it be used even in the realm of gods?" Su Wen raised an eyebrow.

"..."

Yan Shaozhe's face twitched.

"You're quite the braggart, aren't you?"

……

Empire of the Sun and Moon.

Holy Spirit Church.

Zhongli Wu looked at the panicked boy and gently comforted him, "Don't be afraid, child. The vast majority of us in the Holy Spirit Cult have had the same experience as you, or even more tragic. We poor people should stick together."

"Child, you are a born evil spirit master..."

"Get a good night's sleep. When you wake up, you can start a new life."

"We will do everything we can to nurture you."

"Then... I will send you to the White Tiger Duke's mansion to cut off the heads of the White Tiger Duke and his wife, so that your mother's spirit may rest in peace and you may fulfill your long-cherished wish for revenge."

"revenge?"

Huo Yuhao stared blankly at Zhongli Wu.

Seeing the latter nod with a smile and solemnly promise to help him avenge himself, his aversion to the Holy Spirit Church was not so deep anymore.

Anyway, I can get revenge.

It seems... there's no difference anywhere?
……

Dai Hao and his wife arrived in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Rumors circulated in the outer courtyard, but were quickly suppressed.

Huo Yuhao's disappearance, which was already invisible, didn't cause much of a stir, and the classmates seemed to have forgotten about it.

"Alright, all core disciples under the age of fifteen, proceed to the Soul Battle Zone..."

Mu Jin smiled and said.

"Everyone, keep up the good work!"

He made a hand gesture as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)