Douluo Dragon King: The Hammer Nurtures All Things, Starting with Gu Yuena

"I never expected this, I absolutely never expected it, thank you for the gift, teacher."

As he spoke, Lin Jin immediately put on the seventh-level Starfall storage soul tool that Mu Chen had given him. It was cool and refreshing, and after feeling the space inside, he couldn't put it down.

Moreover, after he bound himself to this Starfall Storage Soul Tool under Mu Chen's guidance, he immediately scanned everything in the space with his mental power—the storage space of one thousand cubic meters was filled with various rare metals in the center, like a small mountain.

"Teacher, this..."

"These are some rare metals I just picked out for you. They'll be enough for you for the next three years. Don't think it's too little; there will be more when you run out."

Our Blacksmiths' Guild has no shortage of rare metals.

"My revered teacher, please accept my bow."

He felt he had made the best decision ever. What he needed right now was rare metals, not for blacksmithing, but for cultivating his own metal soul beasts. It was like a pillow being delivered just when he was sleepy.

How much would that cost?

The Blacksmith Guild is truly wealthy and powerful. This Starfall Storage Soul Guide Necklace alone is incredibly expensive; he can't even imagine how many Alliance Coins it's worth.

These rare metals, each of which could fetch a high price on the market, were being given to him by Mu Chen as if they were free.

"Don't just thank me. These were all approved by your teacher, Zhenhua. Without his approval, I wouldn't dare to misappropriate so many rare metals."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhenhua." Lin Jin bowed respectfully to the virtual Zhenhua. He really had to thank him; he was a great benefactor in his life, practically an angel investor.

"Alright, I've finished giving out my gifts. Now comes the main event. Your teacher, Zhenhua, is much more generous than me."

You possess innate full soul power and twin martial souls, therefore you can now absorb two soul spirits.

"Have you tested your mental strength?" Mu Chen asked.

Lin Jin shook his head:

The Soul Master Academy basically only helps Soul Masters awaken their Martial Soul for free; the mental strength test is mostly conducted at the Spirit Pagoda.

Mu Chen had clearly anticipated this, and immediately took out a set of equipment for testing mental strength from his storage soul tool: "Come on, let your teacher see how much mental strength you have? Can you absorb two hundred-year-old soul spirits at the same time?"

"Okay, teacher." Lin Jin obediently followed Mu Chen's instructions, walked into the testing equipment, put on the metal helmet, and lay down in the half-open metal chamber.

The next moment, electric current and soul power surged. Stimulated by the helmet, Lin Jin's mental power began to radiate outward, and the numbers on the display screen continued to soar.

At this moment, Mang Tian, ​​Mu Chen, and Zhen Hua were carefully watching the numbers on the screen when they spoke.

"How much mental strength do you think he has?" Zhenhua asked.

"With twin martial souls and innate full soul power, even if he is not a spirit-attribute soul master, he must at least be at the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm. It should be no problem for him to accommodate two hundred-year-old soul spirits. If he is even stronger, he might even be at the Spirit Connection Realm."

Mang Tian also showed a look of affirmation at this moment:

"His martial soul is very special. He can summon it even when he hasn't awakened his martial soul. So although he has only just awakened his martial soul, he has actually been awakening his martial soul for a full three years."

"What did you say?" Mu Chen exclaimed in surprise.

"Why didn't you tell us about something so important?"

Both Zhenhua and Muchen showed expressions of shock.

This is unprecedented in the world of Soul Masters. How could someone summon their Martial Soul before awakening it? Is there anyone who can get ahead of time?

However, Mang Tian didn't think much of it. After all, so many miracles had already happened to Lin Jin. Compared to that, this early awakening of his martial soul didn't seem like such a big deal.

"Senior brother, there used to be divine-level martial souls on the continent. Martial souls are extremely mysterious, and no one can understand them. It is normal for one or two special cases to appear."

After hearing his explanation, Mu Chen and Zhen Hua thought to themselves that this was the only possible explanation.

However, they paid more and more attention to Lin Jin and began to look forward to seeing what his mental strength level was.

Forging can continuously improve one's spiritual power. Even someone as "trash" as Mang Tian relied on continuous forging to improve his spiritual power and eventually became a Soul Master with four rings. Otherwise, with his talent, he would have just been an ordinary person for the rest of his life.

Three years of honing, coupled with twin martial souls and innate full soul power, this buff has truly been stacked to the max.

They all believed that Lin Jin's initial mental strength must have been quite high.

However, they did not expect it to be this exaggerated.

What happened next was completely beyond their control.

On the screen, the numbers were jumping wildly, from two white digits to over one hundred, turning into yellow numbers, and then starting to beep frantically.

The test of mental strength gives a prompt, which means that a certain stage has been reached. Both small and large stages will be skipped. It is obviously not the kind of large stage that the Spiritual Connection Realm crosses over to the Spiritual Sea Realm. It just beeps once every hundred numbers, but it is still amazing.

The yellow number jumped from two hundred to three hundred, then from three hundred to four hundred, and finally, to their astonishment, the number turned increasingly purple. Accompanied by a loud notification sound, they witnessed the most unbelievable scene of their lives.

A person who hadn't absorbed a single soul actually jumped from the Spirit Origin Realm to the Spirit Connection Realm in his initial spiritual level. Then, he skipped the beginner, intermediate, advanced, and peak levels of the Spirit Connection Realm and jumped all the way to the Spirit Sea Realm, where the number stabilized at 501.

Those three purple numbers felt so unreal to the three of them.

Zhenhua, in particular, said, "Junior brother, is there something wrong with your communication device? I feel like I'm hallucinating."

"Senior brother, I'm not hallucinating, because what I saw was also 501, initial mental level, early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm."

"Junior brother, quickly pinch me to see if I'm dreaming."

Mu Chen said absentmindedly.

Mang Tian obediently cooperated and pinched Mu Chen hard.

A wave of intense, tingling sensation shot straight to the top of his head. Mu Chen gave him a resentful look, then quickly rushed to the mental strength testing device:

"Is this thing broken? How could it possibly reach the Spirit Sea Realm? Even a spirit attribute soul master with twin martial souls, even if he has two spirit martial souls, could not possibly stack his initial spiritual power to the Spirit Sea level."

Test it again, test it again.

Unconvinced, Mu Chen pulled Lin Jin to take the test again and found that Lin Jin's spirit value was still 501, and his spirit level was the initial stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.

The three of them immediately stared at Lin Jin as if they'd seen a ghost, while Lin Jin himself was equally bewildered: "What's wrong? Why are you so excited about testing your mental strength?"

However, when he saw the numbers on it, his face showed shock: "This, how is this possible!"

The only one who remained calm at that moment was Xiaoying, who was drinking milk from her bottle, with a smile on her face.

Hehe, silly dad, you don't know yet, I not only gave you soul power, but also mental power!

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