Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 73 The Master Craftsman of Blacksmithing

Tang San has many plans for the future, but for now, his main focus is on cultivating the techniques on the Xuan Tian Bao Lu (Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record), refining his control over his soul power, using the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to temper his physique, striving to master the laws of vibration, and researching the theory of martial soul cultivation.

As for the other transmigrators in this world, Tang San no longer cared.

A simple analysis leads to the following conclusions:

If they time-traveled early but didn't cause any trouble, could it be said that they lacked the ability to cause trouble? Or were they afraid of disrupting the so-called plot and thus timid and hesitant?

Regardless of the situation, this type of time traveler is not a threat.

Secondly, there are those who traveled through time around the same time as him, such as Mu Tian. If they don't have any powerful cheat codes and just want to rely on their imagination without considering the actual situation to outmaneuver him, they should just go to bed early.

"I'm going to practice my control over my soul power. What are your plans for later? Going to the blacksmith's shop to work on some blacksmithing?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Yes, physical training is very important." Tang San nodded. "I've researched the principles behind Wang Sheng's Tiger King Blood Transformation and figured out some deeper aspects. I've come up with a better way to transport blood and qi. I want to combine it with the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to see if it will have an even greater effect on body training."

"Also, I want to try making soul tools. This thing might be one of the futures of this world."

After parting ways with Xiao Wu at the entrance of the Spirit Hall, Tang San arrived at the blacksmith shop in Notting City. The shop was located in the south of Notting City, near the city wall, and there was a ditch nearby.

The blacksmith shop was located here because there were relatively few people and the houses were not connected, so if a fire broke out, it would not spread to other houses in a short time. In addition, the nearby ditches made it easy to get water.

Generally, these private blacksmith shops are located far from the city center, not for any particular reason, but simply for safety reasons.

"Tang San, you've arrived."

The blacksmith shop owner was a kind middle-aged man, shirtless and muscular. Although he wasn't a Soul Master, his muscular physique alone was extremely intimidating.

In terms of strength, this boss is much stronger than ordinary soul masters, except for those soul masters whose martial souls are large animals.

"Boss Li, how's business lately?" Tang San asked.

"It's alright, but the kitchen utensils and short weapons you forge are very popular among commoners and commoner Soul Masters. Even some nobles and soldiers from the Spirit Hall come to buy swords and the like," Boss Li said with a smile. "By the way, Tang San, you're a Soul Master, you won't be forging blacksmiths forever, will you?"

"No." Tang San spoke the truth, laughing and saying, "I forge iron mainly to strengthen my body. After all, a Soul Master needs a strong physique. Recently, whale glue has been sold at exorbitant prices. A commoner like me can't afford it, so I can only forge iron to strengthen my body."

"That's true. I heard that the master who studied the theory of martial soul cultivation is also named Tang San, the same name as you." Boss Li laughed and personally lit a fire for Tang San's furnace.

"They just share the same name."

Tang San shook his head and laughed, "If it were really me, why would I need to come here to forge iron? I would have already used the gold soul coins issued by the Spirit Hall to buy the Thousand-Year Whale Glue to eat."

"Indeed, but I heard that whale glue in other cities has been sold out. You can't buy it even if you have money." Boss Li laughed and occasionally told jokes to Tang San and the other blacksmith apprentices to pass the time while forging iron.

While Tang San was forging iron, he used the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to borrow the force of the blows and move his qi and blood to combine the two. However, he found that he was consuming energy very quickly.

It consumes physical strength, not soul power.

But after eating, his physical strength improved slightly, and he became a little stronger.

Combining the Qi and Blood circulation technique with the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique was clearly effective, but Tang San knew that this was only a preliminary result, and he was far from completing the true method of Qi and Blood circulation.

Tang San couldn't help but think of the standing meditation he had seen in short videos in his previous life. He felt that he could imitate it, but the specific techniques, the unique breathing method used in that standing meditation, and the rhythm of the muscles throughout the body during the standing meditation were things that he needed to experiment with himself.

Fortunately, Wang Sheng's first soul skill is Tiger King Blood Transformation. When using this soul skill, Wang Sheng's breathing frequency will also change. Tang San can record it and gradually modify it to suit his own style.

Once perfected, Tang San estimated that he could create a cultivation technique that involved circulating qi and blood to train the physical body, which he could then pass on to Xiao Wu and Guang Ling.

However, everyone's physique and martial spirit are different. Even if they obtain them, they will probably need to modify them according to their own circumstances to make them more suitable for them.

In Tang San's view, a true divine skill manual should be something that people can understand and adjust according to their own circumstances when practicing it.

After all, everyone's physical condition is different. Even if the location of the meridians is similar, there are still some differences.

Can you say that the meridians of a six-year-old child are located in the exact same place as the meridians of an adult?

Ding Ding Ding!

During the process of circulating qi and blood and forging the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, Tang San seemed to have found a pattern in the vibration. He began to move, and the forging hammer in his hand struck the iron block, gradually forging out the impurities within it.

Finally, under Tang San's constant hammering, the red-hot iron block actually emitted a sliver of silver light.

Boss Li and the other blacksmiths noticed this scene and all showed incredulous expressions, staring in shock at the iron block that Tang San had forged.

"This is the legendary Thousand-Refined Technique!"

Boss Li's mouth dropped open, and he muttered to himself, "Legend has it that only a master craftsman could achieve the Thousand Refinements technique!"

The master craftsmen of this era cannot be compared to those in the Legend of the Dragon King. If we were to make a comparison, the master craftsmen of this era would only be equivalent to the fourth-level forging masters in the Legend of the Dragon King.

Perhaps the master craftsmen of this era also had the ability to perform spirit forging and fusion forging, but before the emergence of battle armor, the blacksmiths did not have a high status and did not think about further exploring the forging skills. Even Lou Gao, the master craftsman of Gengxin City, stopped at the thousand-forging level.

However, in the original story, Lou Gao threw himself into the furnace to create the Rain of Pear Blossoms Needle. That piece should be considered a fusion forging, or even a soul forging.

Tang San himself did not intend to become a blacksmith. As he said, he only forged iron to find the pattern of vibration and to train his body.

An additional gain is the opportunity to learn about the various metal materials in this world, so that we can research soul tools in the future, reproduce them, and then industrialize and popularize them.

As for forging skills, they certainly cannot be lost. We can take the high-end route. After all, if the forging skills reach the Heavenly Forging level, the weapons created can rival divine artifacts.

"Phew~"

Tang San stopped, took out food from his storage wristband, and wolfed it down, chewing it thoroughly before swallowing to regain his strength.

For him, forging a thousand times is quite strenuous at the moment.

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The editor had already sent a message on Wednesday, but I was too busy to notice until yesterday when I saw the message from the back office asking me to discuss the listing with my editor.

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(End of this chapter)