Douluo: The Thousand-Faced Angel in the Dragon King

Chapter 16 Forging Assessment, Becoming an Apprentice to Zhenhua

"Your Excellency, Master Craftsman, it's been a long time." Yue Hanwen greeted Zhenhua with a smile.

Zhenhua nodded slightly, exchanged a few pleasantries with Le Hanwen, and then looked at Qian Mo and Gu Yuena, eagerly saying, "I heard that the Holy Angel Family has produced a little genius who became a Level Two Blacksmith at the age of seven. Won't you let me meet him?"

Le Hanwen gently nudged Qian Mo, who understood and stepped forward, respectfully saying, "Junior Qian Mo greets Your Majesty, Divine Craftsman."

Zhenhua looked at Qianmo with a scrutinizing gaze, carefully examining him from head to toe.

As Qianmo continued his cultivation, his control over the Six-Winged Seraph Martial Soul improved, and his unique aura became increasingly apparent.

Standing around Qian Mo, as long as he doesn't deliberately conceal his aura, your gaze will be involuntarily drawn to him, and you'll think to yourself, "What an exceptionally handsome young man!"

For example, Gu Yuena often stares intently at Qian Mo, only to be discovered and teased by him.

Zhenhua reached out his large hand and placed it on Qianmo's shoulder, giving it a squeeze. A warm current instantly flowed through Qianmo's entire body.

"Wow, what outstanding physical attributes." Zhenhua looked somewhat surprised. "If you were a physical spirit, an old friend of mine would probably be very interested in you."

Qianmo raised an eyebrow. The old friend Zhenhua mentioned was most likely Mu Ye.

"Come on, let's go to the forge and see what you're capable of."

Zhenhua got up and led the three of them into the depths of the top floor, into his private forging room.

The workshop of the master craftsman was very simple, consisting of only a huge forging table and several shelves filled with various rare metals.

"Choose any piece of metal and refine it through a hundred forgings," Zhenhua instructed Qianmo, pointing to the shelf. He wanted to carefully observe Qianmo's forging process.

Qianmo nodded, walked to the shelf, carefully selected a metal called serpentine.

The most distinctive feature of serpentine is its high versatility; it can contain various elements such as fire, water, and earth, which perfectly matches the diverse combat style of the Divine Mask. It is one of the metals required for Qianmo's future battle armor.

Qianmo placed the cerium on the forging table, gently stroked the cerium with his left hand, and a blazing holy flame ignited in his right hand.

"Um?"

The moment Qianmo touched the cerium, Zhenhua, who was quietly observing from the side, keenly sensed that the cerium was emitting a slight sense of acceptance.

This discovery greatly increased Zhenhua's interest in Qianmo, and he lowered his arms from his chest.

Instead of choosing the fire source inside the forging table, Qianmo placed the Holy Flame inside the forging table to heat the thorium.

The Holy Flame possesses ultimate attributes; it is an ultimate fire, inherently of extremely high quality. Moreover, Qianmo has been using the Holy Flame since he began learning forging, and he is most adept at using it.

"Phew~~"

Qian Mo exhaled a long breath, his breathing gradually becoming even. With a focused gaze, he pulled out a black hammer with his right hand and swiftly swung it with the first blow.

"Bang!"

At this moment, Serin and Qianmo rushed towards each other, and instantly Qianmo and Serin entered a state of fusion.

The so-called fusion refers to the resonance between the blacksmith and the metal they forge, entering a wondrous state of harmony. In this state, masterpieces are often created, because the forged work embodies the blacksmith's emotions and vision.

Zhenhua was stunned by what he saw. He felt that his worldview had been violently impacted. The first blow had brought them into a state of fusion. Are you two related by blood or something?

Qianmo swung his forging hammer swiftly, relentlessly pounding the cerium like a storm.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With each hammer blow, Qianmo could clearly perceive the changes in the internal texture of the thorium.

With each hammer blow, the cerium changed shape with each strike, its humming sound echoing Qianmo's blows.

As time went on, the sound of the forging hammer striking the thorium grew more and more melodious.

The thorium gradually shrank, but its texture was continuously improved, becoming clearer and more realistic, seemingly emitting a faint glow.

"when!"

With the final hammer blow, the thorium was now almost a size smaller than before, and its ornate and intricate patterns seemed to contain a vibrant life force.

Qianmo put away the forging hammer, extinguished the holy flame, breathed heavily, his chest rose and fell slightly, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

A brief silence fell over the forging room. Le Hanwen and Gu Yuena, standing in the corner, looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened. Zhenhua just stared blankly at Qianmo, his eyes burning with increasing intensity. Finally, it was Qianmo who broke the silence.

"Senior, what do you think of my Hundred Forging technique?"

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"A hundred refinements?" Zhenhua gave a wry smile and said helplessly, "You really don't know how lucky you are. You've already surpassed a hundred refinements; you're almost at a thousand!"

"Ah!" Qianmo looked at the cerium on the forging table. He had only been hammering it according to the method of a hundred forgings, how come it was almost a thousand forgings?

"As the saying goes, a thousand forgings refine the metal, and a hundred forgings purify it. A thousand forgings is the initial step in giving the metal life. A piece of metal that has been forged a thousand times is essentially a living entity created by us blacksmiths. Metal with life is the most precious thing, and it is only then that it can develop its own unique characteristics," Zhenhua explained.

"Your life has begun to merge with Thorium. Your breath continuously flows into the Thorium that has opened its 'heart,' and it begins to automatically give it life, but you are not aware of this."

Qianmo pinched her chin, understood Zhenhua's meaning, and sighed.

"It seems I still lack comprehension; I didn't even realize the Thousand Refinements had begun."

"No, this has nothing to do with comprehension," Zhenhua said solemnly, enunciating each word clearly. "This is your innate talent. If you use it for forging, you will surely shock the entire forging world in the future!"

"Child, your name is Qianmo, right? Would you like to become my student? I promise I will train you to become the next master craftsman," Zhenhua said solemnly.

At the same time, he had already made up his mind that he was determined to take this apprentice under his wing and make him learn forging.

Upon hearing this, Qianmo immediately knelt down and performed the apprenticeship ceremony.

"Student Qianmo pays his respects to his teacher."

"Alright, alright!" Zhenhua's face beamed with a smile he couldn't hide. He reached out and helped Qianmo up from the ground. "I don't need so many formalities. The thought is what counts."

Seeing that the trip was successful, Yue Hanwen walked over with a bright smile, clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Excellency the Divine Craftsman, for granting my juniors this honor."

"Haha, I should thank you for sending such a talented blacksmith prospect," Zhenhua said.

(End of this chapter)