Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 132 Settling (Please subscribe!!!)

What are you going to teach me?

Xu Yuan looked completely bewildered.

He never expected his uncle to say such a thing.

A review of fundamental technologies?

Haven't I been laying a solid foundation over the past three years?

If it weren't for the need to solidify his foundation, Xu Yuan could have already attempted to break through to the Spirit Forging realm, given his abilities, and he would have had a real chance of succeeding!

So why do we still need to review the basics?

Over the next three days, Xu Yuan learned what it meant to "organize the basics".

The so-called "basic sorting out" means changing his basic approach to blacksmithing from the auxiliary methods of forging to helping him sort out the orthodox blacksmithing methods and build a foundation.

Previously, Xu Yuan's forging skills were ultimately developed for auxiliary forging, and his hammering techniques were focused on rare metals, with his actual hammering skills not being particularly outstanding.

According to Zhenhua's opinion, Xu Yuan's skill level was sufficient to complete the forging of two rare metals into first-grade rare metals within eighteen hammer blows, and the quality would not be affected in any way. However, because his forging techniques were all basic techniques in auxiliary forging, rather than the basic techniques of orthodox blacksmiths, he wasted thirty-six hammer blows to complete this step.

For three days, Xu Yuan put aside all other cultivation practices and devoted himself entirely to learning the orthodox blacksmithing techniques.

At first, he did have the idea of ​​learning supplementary exercises to reduce his own study burden, but as he continued to learn, he found that he still had the energy to spare!

At this moment, returning to the orthodox training of a blacksmith is actually quite to his liking.

After three days of learning, Xu Yuan could feel that his forging skills had improved further, and he was very confident that he could succeed in spirit forging.

However, he doesn't need spirit forging yet.

Spirit Forging, Spirit Forging—Xu Yuan intended to reserve his first Spirit Forging attempt for the one that was most meaningful to him.

It already possesses spirituality and even intelligence, but its original form was still a spirit alloy forged from rare metals after being refined to the highest grade. Through the soul spirit induction technology, its spirituality was stimulated, giving birth to intelligence and the characteristics of a soul spirit. It can form a contract with a soul master and be given a soul ring.

Its original form is still at the first-grade level of the Thousand Refinements, but its foundation is already quite solid. If its original form is spiritually refined, its foundation will instantly surge, its spirituality will be more abundant, its understanding of spear techniques will be more profound, and its integration with Xu Yuan will be more profound.

Spirit-forged metal inherently possesses the ability to fuse with Soul Masters!

With the addition of the Soul Contract, the Blood Contract, and the fusion of the two in various aspects, Xu Yuan believed that he and Jue would become even better partners.

The three days were just for learning basic forging techniques.

Over the next week, under Zhenhua's guidance, Xu Yuan underwent hundreds of forgings and thousands of forgings, gradually controlling his forging techniques, correcting his habits, and returning to the ranks of those who had achieved the highest level of craftsmanship through thousands of forgings.

"I feel that my forging skills are more powerful than ever before," Xu Yuan exclaimed.

Zhenhua slapped him across the face in annoyance.

"You kid, you still have a long way to go. Putting everything else aside, you're still a divine punishment away from achieving the 99% fusion you're aiming for."

Although it's only one percent, the step from ninety-eight percent to ninety-nine percent is not something that can be achieved easily.

Throughout the history of forging on the mainland, those who were able to accomplish this were all master craftsmen!

That's right, they are all master craftsmen!

This also means that to increase the fusion rate of two rare metals to 99% during fusion forging, one needs to have a level of understanding at the Heavenly Forging level.

Even Zhenhua, after becoming a master craftsman, only had a handful of successful cases in the decades that followed.

However, upon carefully recalling his experience of achieving a 99% fusion rate in the ultimate alloy by forging two pieces of metal each time, Zhenhua had to admit that this process did not require any laws and had no necessary connection with the Heavenly Forging technique. The most crucial point was the application of the power of heaven and earth.

Although Xu Yuan was only a Soul Master and his forging level was at the stage where he had not yet tried spirit forging, he could mobilize the power of heaven and earth!

The Heavenly Origin Brush was secondary; Xu Yuan's Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique, which used the nurturing and inducing effects of heaven and earth to guide the fusion of rare metals and promote the spiritual fusion within the spirit alloy, was more appropriate, but it gave him an opportunity.

"Your current task is to first achieve a fusion rate of 98% without relying on the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method, and then stabilize the fusion rate of 98% using the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method. The requirements are not high; you only need to achieve a fusion rate of 98% once in ten forging attempts. Then you can have another intensive training session and come to me to try to achieve a fusion rate of 99%."

Zhenhua's arrangement was very reasonable, and Xu Yuan also agreed with it.

However, each goal in this seemingly simple task plan is so distant for the blacksmith.

With a fusion rate of 98%, how many blacksmiths can be certain that they have a chance to successfully fuse and forge even once?

Even the most skilled craftsman couldn't guarantee it.

Mu Chen, an eighth-level Saint Craftsman, has never achieved a 98% fusion rate in forging a spirit alloy. Perhaps, when his forging skills advance further and he can achieve this, he will truly have the level to challenge for the Divine Craftsman and can attempt Heavenly Forging.

There was definitely a reason why Zhenhua believed Xu Yuan had the potential to become a master craftsman.

"Continue your training here for another week." Zhenhua didn't let Xu Yuan leave: "You don't know how short your training time is each day when you go back to the academy. Only by training here around the clock can you better hone your fundamentals."

He pointed to the forging table in front of Xu Yuan.

continue!

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and swung his double hammers.

Boom!

The dull pounding sound rang out again.

Another week passed, and Xu Yuan finally finished his hellish training camp.

Over seven days, he forged more than ten times a day, for a total of more than eighty times.

During these eighty-plus forging attempts, Xu Yuan strived for perfection, using a full ten pieces of divine alloy.

Two pieces have a fusion rate of 95%, one piece has a fusion rate of 96%, and seven pieces have a fusion rate of 97%.

As it turned out, his Heaven and Earth Furnace Method stabilized the improvement in the forging of divine alloys at two percentage points.

According to Zhenhua, the process of successfully forging a divine alloy with a fusion rate of 97% each time should normally be at a level of 95%.

If he himself has 96% skill level, I dare not say whether he can achieve 98% fusion with the help of the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method. But if Xu Yuan himself has 97% skill level, then he should have a chance to achieve 98% fusion with the help of the Heaven and Earth Furnace Method.

The further you go, the more difficult it becomes to improve by even one percentage point.

"Alright, your next task is to raise the success rate to this level without using the Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique, and then come to Tiandou City to train with me for half a month, using the Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique to help you reach a fusion rate of 98%."

Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He approached Makino.

"Teacher, how's your work on the mecha transformation technology?"

"It's all prepared. Go back and study it yourself. You'll probably learn faster on your own than I can teach you." Makino handed a document to Xu Yuan.

(End of this chapter)