Douluo: The Holy Radiance of the Dragon King

In the primary Ascension Platform, the battle ended quickly.

The lush, towering trees leaned precariously, and the hundred-year-old Crimson Fire Monkeys either wailed and whimpered or transformed into spiritual energy, flying towards the hammer-wielding youth who was reaping the battlefield.

"Bang!"

With a swing of his hammer, Feng Zaixing smashed the head of the twentieth Crimson Fire Monkey, absorbed its spiritual energy to ascend to higher levels, and slowly exhaled.

He squinted at the thousand-year soul ring shimmering with a magnificent purple light at his feet, and a pleased smile appeared on his lips.

Purple spirit rings are more pleasing to the eye than yellow spirit rings.

"Awoo, human, your efficiency satisfies me greatly! Yes, that's the feeling! Keep going, kill a few more thousand-year-old soul beasts!"

Within the sea of ​​spirit, the Heavenly Winged Tiger grinned, revealing a set of menacing fangs, its tiger eyes gleaming with the wild joy of a violent maniac.

Just now, it clearly felt streams of rich energy surging into its body, increasing its cultivation by four hundred years.

This was the energy it had been dreaming of. If it weren't for the Spirit Pagoda's strict protection, it would have already devoured several thousand-year-old soul beasts as a feast.

Feng Zaixing chuckled inwardly, reminding him, "Don't be too optimistic. You were lucky to encounter a group of Crimson Fire Monkeys this time, but you might not be so lucky next time."

"I don't care. At worst, I'll lead you to find the soul beast. If you sign a contract with me, you have to make sure I'm well-fed. In your words, it's called a win-win cooperation. Awooo."

The Celestial Winged Tiger roared, indicating its willingness to lead the human lords, and chuckled sinisterly as it coaxed them:

"Besides, human kid, you should know the benefits of upgrading a hundred-year soul skill to a thousand-year soul skill, right? You don't want your martial soul's potential to be underutilized, do you?"

"...Of course not. If you had told me you could lead the way, I wouldn't have needed to do any reconnaissance. From now on, the search and surveillance work will all be yours."

Feng Zaixing was speechless, thinking to himself that he hadn't expected you to be such a cultured tiger.

Come to think of it, this tiger is older than the legendary Dongfeng Emperor, so it must know many secrets and there are many areas yet to be explored.

"Alright, I'll show you something. I won't make things difficult for you this time; just raise your cultivation to two thousand years. I'll come back when I'm more comfortable with the thousand-year realm."

The Heavenly Winged Tiger grinned, swishing its tail, seemingly unconcerned about the problem of selling the recipe.

"It's a deal, the future Tiger King for 100,000 years."

Feng Zaixing readily agreed, looking forward to their bright future.

At this moment, he heard Xu Miao's shouts echoing in his ears, as the latter was engaged in a one-sided battle with the Crimson Fire Monkey King.

"You beast! Your grandfather, a powerful defensive Soul Master, is standing right here, and you dare to ambush my little brother instead of attacking him? I'll kill you ten times over, ten times over..."

With a slight chuckle, Feng Zaixing walked towards Xu Miao, who was swinging the monkey king's tail around, and said with a wry smile, "That's enough, let's give it a quick death."

Xu Miao didn't compete with him for the Hundred-Year-Old Crimson Fire Monkey; he simply grabbed the Monkey King and started beating him up.

"Alright, for your sake, brother, I'll give it a quick death."

Xu Miao swung the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield and smashed it into the monkey's head, turning the Crimson Fire Monkey King into a meat patty in one blow.

He clapped his hands, looked at Feng Zaixing with surprise, and said:

"I didn't expect you to be so physically strong. At your cultivation level, I'm no match for you."

Feng Zaixing hung the double hammers behind his back and said modestly, "I'm lucky. My teacher is one of the top chefs on the mainland, and I get nutritious meals every day. My fellow disciples also take good care of me and often teach me practical combat skills."

Compared to Aruheng, the Hundred-Year-Old Red Fire Monkey is like paper.

"I see. I've long heard that the Body Sect's combat skills were once the best in the world, but unfortunately it declined for various reasons. It seems that it will soon be revived. Congratulations!"

Xu Miao sincerely praised Feng Zaixing, then pointed with considerable interest at the other's twin hammers and asked:

"Your hammer-wielding movements are quite skillful, as if you're used to using a hammer. Is your secondary profession a blacksmith?"

"Yes, to be honest, I'm a first-level blacksmith, which makes me one of the youngest members in the association."

Feng Zaixing smiled and agreed, making no attempt to hide his forging skills.

After awakening his past life memories, his comprehension increased dramatically. Under the guidance of Zhenhua and Muye, he completed the Hundred Refinements using the power of his blood and qi, breaking the record set by Zhenhua.

For him, forging is both a side job and a way to toughen his body and utilize his vital energy.

Upon hearing this, Xu Miao immediately gasped. He had only asked casually, never expecting to uncover a peerless genius who would break the record for blacksmiths.

If someone becomes a blacksmith at the age of six, wouldn't their previous forging skills have relied entirely on blood and qi, without the aid of soul power?

The successor of the original body is terrifyingly powerful!

"Hey bro, tell me secretly, your teacher isn't the Master Craftsman, is he?"

At this moment, Xu Miao seemed unlike a genius; he was acting strangely, and his initial air of superiority had completely crumbled.

Feng Zaixing nodded honestly: "It's just luck. I have the advantage of being close to the source, with two teachers to guide me. Becoming a first-level blacksmith is really nothing special."

"Come, come, brother, the weather looks nice today, how about we become sworn brothers?"

Xu Miao's eyes burned with an intense longing.

As it turns out, the title of the successor of the master craftsman was very intimidating. A genius who was quite famous throughout the continent lost his composure on the spot, which was both laughable and absurd.

Feng Zaixing's lips twitched slightly. He thought to himself that the rankings were indeed cursed, and changed the subject:

"My spirit tells me there's a group of wind baboons not far away. Shall we go and kill them?"

"Kill, kill, kill! Even if you find a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and ask your brother to fight it, I won't even flinch."

Upon hearing this, Feng Zaixing turned his head and said meaningfully, "I really came here looking for excitement, brother, you're not joking, are you?"

"Brother, what are you talking about? I am a well-known young genius on the mainland, and my word is my bond."

Xu Miao was filled with pride, and his gaze toward Feng Zaixing no longer held any contempt. He was determined to cultivate a good relationship with him, since his teacher was a master craftsman and he could very well be the future master craftsman!

The old master craftsman's Heavenly Forging technique is not available to him, but the new master craftsman's can!

"Hehe, if those idiots in the Long family knew that Brother Feng's forging teacher is His Majesty Zhenhua, they'd probably regret it to the core, right? This might be my only chance in this life, I must seize it, a four-word battle armor is not a dream..."

Xu Miao hurried along, his mind filled with anticipation.

……

Inside the Spirit Pagoda, Mu Ye and Han Tianyi appeared calm and collected, but in reality, they were both observing the expressions of the two family heads in their own ways.

The Xuanming Sect Master beamed with joy. He had naturally thought of everything Xu Miao could think of. Feng Zaixing was such a young prodigy, with the potential to become a new master craftsman. With this insignificant connection, how could he possibly be afraid to ask for a four-word battle armor?

"Brother Mu, your disciple and my son get along quite well. What do you think about having them communicate more and exchange information?" He took the initiative to transmit his voice to probe Mu Ye's opinion.

The Xuanming Sect's initiative to establish a relationship was exactly the situation Mu Ye wanted to see.

"Brother Xu's words are exactly what I think. Young people should interact more. There is still much to learn from Zaixing."

"Brother Mu is right..."

Compared to the Xuanming Sect Master's smile, Long Zhan's face looked as if he had swallowed a dead fly.

Various thoughts raced through his mind; today he had to make a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes.

Long Zhan suddenly looked up and said seriously to Han Tianyi:

"Your Majesty, the expenses of the Body Sect and the Profound Nether Sect today will be charged to my account. What do you say?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them looked at him with some surprise, then immediately understood.

The power of the master craftsman and his successor is so great that it's enough to make Long Zhan change his mind.

After a bit of back and forth, Long Zhan successfully paid for the two tickets to the Spirit Ascension Platform and the bill for Xu Miao's second soul spirit—of course, Mu Ye wouldn't mention that Feng Zaixing had only fused with his soul spirit today.

Despite spending a large sum of Federal Currency, Long Zhan felt at ease, pondering:

"Nothing is more important than the four-word battle armor. When he comes out, I'll say a few nice words to him. It's not worth offending a forging genius with the potential to become a master craftsman.

"As for Chen'er... it's good for young people to experience more setbacks. Losing to the successor of the Divine Craftsman is not shameful."