Douluo Continent: Xiao Xiao, I'm going to control you fiercely!

I smoothly finished watching the uninspired CG.

Xu Shu manipulated Xiao Xiao back to her own courtyard.

The system prompts will pop up in a timely manner.

【Ding--】

[Player character completes achievement: First Glimpse of Brilliance. Gains 160 strands of Sun and Moon Essence.]

The player reputation system is now open. Current reputation level: Revered (100/3000)

That's right, the rewards for achievements are more generous than those for rice.

Xu Shu nodded in satisfaction.

After repeatedly confirming that there were no to-do items or tasks, Xu Shu summoned the clock and moved it to the next day.

[Character's martial arts techniques have been changed.]

[Character cultivation speed has been changed to: 4 levels/year (outside world) - 6 levels/year (inner world)]

[Character Soul Power Compression Ratio has been changed to: 2.0]

"No wonder my cultivation speed increased a little; it turns out it's because I've increased the compression of my soul power even more."

"Such a complex technique is only at level 2.0, requiring twice the soul power of an ordinary soul master, which is only at the level of an ordinary Shrek Seven Devils. The rules are quite restrictive."

"Fortunately, there is the Moon Sea Grotto-heaven. With diligent cultivation, I should be able to reach level 20 next year."

What is Moon Sea Cave Heaven?

Xiao Xiao had some doubts in her heart.

"Retrieve email".

As the sound around her rang in her ears, the scenery before Xiao Xiao's eyes suddenly changed.

A bright moon, a vast sea, and buildings in the style of a Jiangnan water town, comparable in scale to the Zhenhun Sect.

A separate little world!

That's quite a grand gesture.

What surprised Xiao Xiao even more was that the concentration of elemental energy in this world was three times that of the outside world.

With such a separate little world, it's no wonder that god was so sure she would break through to level 20 next year.

"Put the miscellaneous items in the small square by the entrance for now."

"Let's choose the villa at the very front for the dormitory."

In a few words, God decided on her dwelling place.

Under God's guidance, she went to the first villa to verify her identity.

After she was guided around the villa to familiarize herself with its luxurious decor and furniture, she briefly recognized each room.

The entire small world began to shrink before her eyes, and golden light gradually appeared on the horizon.

Before she could even see clearly, in the blink of an eye, Xiao Xiao found herself, along with the miniature model of the small world, back in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Through the information transmitted by that phantom, she could usually contact the Moon Sea Cave Heaven, which was independent of the void, by triggering the miniature model in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Then, using this connection, one can teleport oneself or any objects one comes into contact with into the cave.

Aside from training and avoiding potential enemies, she could use this place as a super-large storage soul tool.

Don't be too cool!

"The Soul Guidance Room has been built; the progress was quite fast."

After familiarizing himself with the unique home system of the Douluo game, Xu Shu controlled Xiao Xiao to enter the Soul Guidance Room and, following the instructions shared by other users on the forum, swung the hammer once.

[Player has been detected to have completed the prerequisites for a secondary profession at a specific location.]

[Secondary Profession: Blacksmith has been unlocked. Secondary Profession Initial Passive: Enhanced Metal Perception has been unlocked.]

You can now unleash your creativity and start forging metal to your heart's content.

A blacksmith...isn't a forger a blacksmith?

With his doubts in mind, Xu Shu opened Xiao Xiao's secondary profession panel and compared it with the messages previously posted by group members on the forum.

After a detailed comparison, Xu Shu confirmed that these two were indeed not the same profession.

The blacksmith profession has both active and passive skill trees that can be unlocked.

Furthermore, when you first try forging, there will be detailed guidance on how to inject soul power, at which stage the soul power should be kept in which range of the stability bar, and there are special mini-games to increase the character's metal resonance value, etc.

As for the blacksmith.

Compared to a blacksmith, this profession is like a dog on the street.

There's nothing there.

They just give you a big, muscular stick and a basic metal impurity elimination game function, and that's it.

What!

Did you know that in the original story, forging metal required infusing soul power and spiritual power?

There are no bars displaying the specific values ​​for Metal Soul Power and Mental Power stability; you'll have to figure it out yourself.

What!

Did you know that in the original work, metals forged a thousand times or more need to resonate with each other?

Sorry, there's no passive ability. You should try to increase your metal resonance or mental strength first before trying again.

Having learned everything, Xu Shu could only say this:

Fujiko!

Well done!

This job awakening condition setting will likely mislead a large number of people for a long time.

He, on the other hand, could use this time of pioneering to gradually accumulate his own advantages.

Turn off the secondary profession panel.

Xu Shu manipulated Xiao Xiao, who had been standing still for a long time, to take out an ordinary iron block prepared by the family next to him.

Before "thousand-times forging" is "hundred-times forging," which is the level of processing of metals by regular Soul Masters.

All that is needed is for the metal to be 30% pure when forging it.

After stabilizing at the hundred-fold forging stage, one can then attempt to reach the thousand-fold forging stage. During the hundred-fold forging process, one continuously injects spiritual power to resonate with the metal, exploring its internal structure and guiding the continuously injected soul power to alter its microscopic properties, bringing its purity to 90% and activating the metal's spirituality.

Failed products that have not been forged a thousand times are classified into three grades of forged metal: superior, medium, and inferior, based on their purity.

This was Xu Shu's first time playing the metal forging game, so he naturally practiced with ordinary iron blocks to improve his skills.

The forging mini-game interface is not much different from the previous mini-game for absorbing soul rings and soul bones.

It simply changed from intercepting fixed soul beast models to eliminating disordered impurity stars in a fixed area of ​​starry sea.

In addition, you need to pay attention to the Soul Power and Spirit Power stability bars on both sides of the game interface from time to time, and click the "Inject Soul Power" or "Inject Spirit Power" button below when they drop to bring them back to the normal range.

Perhaps it was because the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Soul Bone gave Xiao Xiao an extra boost in metal perception.

Xu Shu didn't need to click the injection button frequently, and the impurities and stars in the iron block appeared exceptionally bright.

Xu Shu completed the hundred-fold forging process with ease.

[Forging successful, character forging level has reached 100 (beginner) (1/30)]

[Once a character's forging level reaches 100 (Proficient), the forging process can be skipped.]

I'm a caveman who has to cook a certain number of times to unlock recipes and then cook automatically. It's been like this for so many years, and it's still the same routine year after year.

resignedly.

Xu Shu had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue playing the mini-games.

Forging takes 2 Douluo hours per attempt. Considering the time needed to recover soul power and stamina, Xiao Xiao can only forge 4 times a day.

Then it got completely dark, and Xiao Xiao needed to enter the Moon Sea Cave to cultivate, skipping the AFK time.

7.5 days.

100 (Proficient) (1/100)

It can only automatically forge common metals to a purity of up to 70%.

Another 25 days.

Mastery (0/30)

Once the forging skill reaches this stage, the system will force players to forge rare metals and will also require them to replay the mini-game 30 times with increased difficulty.

At this moment, Xu Shu finally realized the sinister intentions behind the game.

Anything that qualifies as a rare metal is considered a 3-star yellow item in the game.

If you don't choose a good character in the game, and you're not from a wealthy family, you won't be able to reach the level of "Thousand Refinements" in the early stages.

Unless you spend a lot of money on gacha pulls.

Think about the next stage of Hundred Refinements (Expert) (0/100)

合计130个3星稀有金属，扣掉10连保底、45连保底和额外出货，运气最差的玩家也需要148抽才能完全获得。

Those with better luck might need 180 draws or more.

My god, this is an amazing pay-to-win plan!