I collect fragments in Douluo Continent

Chapter 6 Debt Collection at the Door

A rooster's crow awakened the sleeping village.

"Clang, clang, clang"

The blacksmith's shop was filled with the constant sound of hammering.

Tang San swung his iron hammer, his clothes soaked with sweat, each strike making a powerful gust of wind.

"Stop for a minute. If you keep pounding it like this, you won't be able to make it the size of a fist even after a year," Tang Hao said.

"Dad." Tang San stopped swinging the iron hammer in his hand and looked at his father with a puzzled expression.

Although Tang Hao interrupted Tang San, his astonishment did not subside. When Tang San was Tang San's age, he couldn't even lift a forging hammer.

"As expected of someone with innate full soul power!" Tang Hao thought to himself.

"Tell me, when you're forging iron, what part of your body exerts force first?" Tang Hao said coldly.

Tang San thought for a moment and said, "It should be the waist. Starting from the waist, it moves the back, and then the arms to swing the forging hammer?"

Just as Tang Hao was about to correct Tang San's statement, a series of urgent knocks came from outside.

"Bang bang bang"

"Tang the blacksmith, are you home?" Lu Feng's voice came from outside the door.

"Bang bang bang"

"Coming, coming!" Tang Hao walked impatiently to the door and pushed it open.

"What brings you here so early in the morning?"

Before Tang Hao could finish speaking, he suddenly saw Lu Feng carrying half a pig's head.

His face immediately brightened, and he laughed loudly, "Haha, Lu Feng, you came all this way, why did you bring a gift? Did you run out of arrows last time?"

Before Lu Feng could speak, Tang Hao snatched the pig's head from Lu Feng's hand.

After arriving at Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao missed his deceased wife all day long and could only numb himself with alcohol.

Gradually, he actually got used to this kind of life.

In the past, Tang Hao wouldn't have even glanced at pig's ears. But now, he thought they were the most delicious snack to accompany drinks on the continent.

"Oh, Tang San is home too," Lu Feng said with a smile.

"Judging from this, it must be Tang Hao instructing Tang San on blacksmithing. It's truly a case of timing is everything!" Lu Feng thought to himself with delight.

"Lu Feng, what's wrong?" Tang San asked guiltily.

Tang San had actually forgotten about the time he cut corners, since so much time had passed.

However, when Lu Feng came to visit again, Tang San suddenly remembered everything.

"He shouldn't be that petty, right?" Tang San prayed silently.

"Yes, I do need a new batch of arrows," Lu Feng replied casually.

Seeing Tang San's awkward manner, Lu Feng couldn't help but find it amusing. Tang San was, after all, a transmigrator; how could he lack even this basic mental fortitude?

Lu Feng ignored Tang San and turned to Tang Hao, saying, "Hey Tang the blacksmith, you're supposed to be the best blacksmith in our village, how come you let someone set you up?"

"Huh?" Tang Hao was immediately confused upon hearing this.

"Lu Feng, what do you mean?"

Lu Feng took out several broken arrows from his pocket and handed them to Tang Hao. "These are the arrowheads you made for me before, right? Take a look, aren't they made of inferior materials?"

"I encountered a wild boar last time and shot it in the head with an arrow. But it was still alive and kicking, and charged straight at me."

As he spoke, Lu Feng pointed to the half-pig's head on the table, "Here, that's it."

Upon hearing this, Tang Hao picked up Lu Feng's arrow and examined it carefully.

As one of the three greatest craftsmen of his time, Tang Hao's forging skills were far inferior to the other two. This title was more of an honor to him.

However, this does not mean that his forging skills are poor.

"This is scrap metal. It's not even good enough to make arrowheads, let alone farm tools," Tang Hao said slowly.

After saying that, Tang Hao glanced at Tang San.

Meeting Tang Hao's gaze, Tang San immediately felt extremely uncomfortable, and his face turned bright red.

Upon seeing this, Tang Hao immediately understood the general situation.

Given Tang San's forging skills, he shouldn't be unable to distinguish even scrap iron. It's most likely that he deliberately saved on materials and used inferior ones to forge his gadgets.

"Sigh, it seems the mistress still has a lot to learn," Tang Hao thought to himself.

"That damn blacksmith Zhang dared to sell me inferior materials. Hahaha, kid Feng, I misjudged you this time. I'll personally forge you a batch of top-quality arrowheads later," Tang Hao said heartily.

"Come on, mistress, give me the hammer!"

As he spoke, Tang Hao walked to the forging table and took the iron hammer from Tang San's hand.

"Lu Feng, I won't charge you this time. Consider it compensation."

Tang San's eyes reddened slightly when he saw his father apologize on his behalf. Having lived two lives, this was the first time he had felt his father's love so clearly.

"Clang clang"

A series of knocking sounds rang out.

While forging, Tang Hao taught Tang San blacksmithing techniques, without any hesitation about Lu Feng, an outsider.

After all, in the Douluo Continent, blacksmiths have a very low status.

"Mistress, remember this. If a person wants to unleash their full potential, it requires both their calves and heart to work simultaneously."

"Watch this!" Tang Hao gave a slight push with his forging hammer and shouted in a low voice.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

He turned halfway around, his feet firmly planted on the ground, and his two calves, exposed outside his tattered trousers, tensed instantly, making him look like a tiger poised to pounce.

With a thrust of the legs and a twist of the waist, the casting hammer was brought back invisibly.

"when!"

With a loud bang, the red-hot iron block was smashed and nearly a third of it collapsed, with extremely obvious deformation.

"good!"

Looking at Tang Hao's forging skills, Lu Feng couldn't help but cheer.

This method of exerting force is not only applicable to forging, but can also be used in combat.

A series of orbs of light flashed by:

Found 1 Yellow Skill [Forging] Fragment

With a thought, Lu Feng synthesized the [Forging] skill. Thanks to Tang Hao's superb skills, the synthesized forging skill was directly of yellow quality.

The excess [Forging Fragments] were broken down by Lu Feng into skill points, which he would save for future upgrades.

Fragments cannot be upgraded before they are combined.

After synthesizing a complete cultivation technique, skill, martial spirit, or item, you can use fragments of the same type to upgrade it.

Techniques can only be upgraded using 'Technique Points'.

Martial Souls can only be upgraded using 'Martial Soul Points'.

Furthermore, high-quality light spots can upgrade low-quality skills.

Back then, Lu Feng spent a full 100 "white skill points" to upgrade [Hunting] from white quality to yellow quality.

If Lu Feng wanted, he could spend 10 "yellow skill points" right now to upgrade his white-quality [Farming] skill to yellow quality.

Perhaps because of Lu Feng's cheers, Tang Hao struck the hammer with even more vigor.

As the hammer bounced back due to the reaction force, Tang Hao suddenly turned around, still using his lower leg to generate power. He swung the rebounding hammer in a circle in the air.

"Bang!" Another loud noise.

This attack was not only incredibly fast, but also more powerful than the first one.

The hammer bounced high into the air, and Tang Hao's movements and the height of the hammer's bounce were perfectly synchronized.

At the perfect moment, just as the hammer was about to reach its highest point after bouncing up, Tang Hao's body caused the hammer to spin once before crashing down again.

Lu Feng's eyes lit up immediately; this was clearly a method of using someone else's strength to his advantage.

At the same time, a deep purple ball of light fell down:

Found 1 fragment of the purple skill [Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique] (1/10)

"Keep these safe. The materials used for this batch of arrowheads are all top-quality refined iron."

Tang Hao wrapped the arrowhead in burlap and handed it to Lu Feng.

"Tang the blacksmith truly lives up to his reputation as the number one blacksmith in Holy Soul Village; his skills are truly exceptional!"

As he spoke, Lu Feng gave Tang Hao a thumbs up.

"Hahaha, get lost, I've really lost big this time!" Tang Hao laughed loudly.

Lu Feng didn't linger. He thanked Tang Hao and turned to leave the blacksmith shop.

This trip was incredibly fruitful!

However, he hadn't gone far when he suddenly heard Tang San's cries behind him.

Lu Feng looked back and saw that the blacksmith shop's door had been closed at some point.