Peerless Tang Sect: God Emperor Haotian

Life at the academy was unusually peaceful, and three months passed in the blink of an eye. Thus, from the day he enrolled, Ye Sen had been at the Dark Water Soul Master Academy for half a year.

In the following three months, Yesen made some further progress.

In terms of soul power, after increasing his soul power by one level through meditation, his soul power reached level sixteen.

According to his own estimation, even considering the bottleneck from level nineteen to level twenty, it would take him at most a year and a half to reach level twenty soul power and become a true Great Soul Master, and at that time he would only be eight years old.

At eight years old and twenty levels, not to mention outsiders, even he himself couldn't help but feel a sense of awe whenever he thought about it.

During these three months, he also mastered all the basic movement techniques and practical combat skills taught by the academy's teachers. His proficiency even surpassed that of many senior students who had studied for two or three years. His rapid progress even surprised the dean.

After personally inspecting the performance, Li Mu immediately gave Ye Sen a very high evaluation.

However, from then on, Ye Sen's college life gradually became dull and boring because there was nothing left to learn.

As a junior soul master academy, the things that Mingshui Soul Master Academy can teach are really limited.

Although he knew this day would come sooner or later from the day he enrolled, he didn't expect it to come so soon. Ultimately, it was because his learning ability was too strong.

"It's better to rely on yourself than on others; perhaps I can figure it out myself."

With this thought in mind, Ye Sen sprang from the bed and stared into thought as he looked at the Haotian Hammer in his hand.

After some thought, Ye Sen quickly came up with his own ideas.

Although both are offensive types, weapon spirits and beast spirits have very different development paths.

Beast Martial Souls have high base stats and provide a significant boost to the Soul Master's physical body, thus generally having a higher minimum potential than Weapon Martial Souls.

However, it is precisely because the enhancement of Beast Martial Souls is too comprehensive that it leads to a lack of specialization.

In contrast, weapon spirits are completely different, possessing the sharpness of swords, the defense of shields, or the power of hammers. Weapon spirits mostly specialize in a single area, and through in-depth cultivation, they are more likely to reach the ultimate realm of that area, thereby mastering the power of intent.

Therefore, weapon-type martial souls often have a higher potential than beast-type martial souls.

"In that case, as a weapon spirit master, I should also develop in this direction."

"The power of artistic conception!"

"A sword has its own sword intent, a knife has its own knife intent, a staff has its own staff intent, and a hammer should also have its own hammer intent. So my current goal should be to comprehend the hammer intent that is uniquely mine." Ye Sen narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.

Although he had a goal, Ye Sen was also very clear that comprehending such willpower was not easy, in fact, extremely difficult. Without the guidance of a master who was skilled in this area, let alone comprehending it, ordinary soul masters probably wouldn't even know what willpower specifically was.

Although Ye Sen did not have a famous teacher by his side at this moment, as a transmigrator, his knowledge and experience were incomparable to those of ordinary soul masters, enough to make him his own teacher.

Having found a clue, Ye Sen immediately went to Dean Li Mu.

Li Mu looked at Ye Sen, who had rushed over in such a hurry, with surprise, and asked in confusion, "You want to borrow my studio?"

"Um."

Ye Sen nodded immediately.

Upon seeing Ye Sen's affirmative answer, Li Mu immediately frowned and hurriedly said, "You don't want to become a Soul Master, do you? With your talent, you're more suited to be a Soul Master."

Outside of the Sun Moon Empire, both Soul Masters and Soul Instructors almost universally share a unified view: that Soul Masters are held in a higher position than Soul Instructors.

Most people believe that only support-type Soul Masters with slightly less talent or who are not good at combat would consider taking the path of Soul Master. Letting true geniuses walk this path would be a complete waste!

Ye Sen explained, "Grandpa Dean, I don't want to become a Soul Master. I just want to borrow your forging furnace. I want to temper my body and increase my strength through forging. I also want to improve my hammering skills."

Upon hearing this, Li Mu immediately showed a look of realization and said, "I thought you were up to something else, but it turns out that's what you're doing. Your idea is good. I can lend you the workshop, and I also know a little forging. Come with me, and I'll teach you myself."

"Okay, thank you, Grandpa Dean," Ye Sen said quickly.

The two then went to Li Mu's workshop where he made soul tools.

Ye Sen was still somewhat concealing his true purpose for borrowing the studio from Li Mu. As a physically demanding job, forging could indeed strengthen the body, and one could even say it could hone hammering skills, but these were not Ye Sen's real intentions.

His real purpose was to comprehend his own unique hammer intent through this method.

For a hammer, forging is the core, and it is entirely possible to understand the essence of hammering through this process.

Upon arriving at the studio, Li Mu immediately began demonstrating to Ye Sen himself.

He first selected a piece of dark gray metal, then lit the furnace and started a fire. Next, he picked up a half-foot-long forging hammer and began to hammer away. While forging, he imparted his years of accumulated experience to Ye Sen without reservation.

Although Ye Sen's true purpose was not forging itself, he did not waste or disappoint Li Mu's kindness, listening very carefully from beginning to end and keeping it in mind.

After finishing one round of forging, Li Mu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his left hand, handed the forging hammer to Ye Sen with his right hand, and said, "I just demonstrated it once, now you can try it."

Ye Sen did not take Li Mu's forging hammer. A dark light flashed in his hand, and Ye Sen showed off the small iron hammer in his hand, and said with a smile, "No need, I plan to use this."

Looking at the Clear Sky Hammer in Ye Sen's hand, Li Mu nodded and said, "Using your Clear Sky Hammer is indeed fine. Legend has it that the Clear Sky Hammer itself is a forging hammer, and the soul masters of this sect are very skilled at forging."

Ye Sen did not reply, but walked to the forging furnace on his own, selected materials, lit the furnace and started the fire. The previous steps were almost the same as Li Mu's. However, when he started forging, Ye Sen paused for a moment.

"The essence of the sword and the intent of the blade are to merge the characteristics of the blade and the sword with one's own will, so that the ethereal power of the will has real destructive power. The difficulty lies in how to merge them."

"Since forging is the core of the hammer, then to fuse the characteristics and willpower of the Haotian Hammer and comprehend its essence, the method of fusion must be related to forging!"

With this thought in mind, Ye Sen immediately swung the miniature Haotian Hammer in his hand.

The clanging of metal echoed continuously in the workshop. Ye Sen hammered away while intently observing the Haotian Hammer's reaction during the forging process. Before he knew it, a round of forging was over.

Li Mu nodded and smiled, "I must say, you actually do a pretty good job at forging. As expected of the successor of the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, you really do have a talent for forging."

Ye Sen said, "Grandpa Dean, I'd like to give it another try."

Li Mu did not object, but readily handed the studio key to Ye Sen, saying, "Here's the key. You can use this studio as long as you want, and you can come anytime."

Upon hearing this, Ye Sen accepted the key without hesitation.