Chapter 4 Learning BlacksmithingAlthough she is not very old, Naer's appetite is extremely terrifying, several times that of her peers. Seeing Na'er eating with relish, Liu Yixuan and Meng Qianxue also started eating happily. Soon, the table full of delicious food was finished by several people. Because Liu Yixuan had been attacked by gangsters before, Meng Qianxue no longer allowed Liu Yixuan to walk to school. Although the school was not far from their villa, Meng Qianxue still drove Liu Yixuan to school. Because he had encountered gangsters before, Meng Qianxue did not dare to let Liu Yixuan go on the road alone again. After sending Liu Yixuan to school, Meng Qianxue took Na'er to buy clothes and daily necessities. …… Time passed quickly, and Liu Yixuan spent a day learning soul master knowledge from Lin Ximeng at the Junior Soul Master Academy. After school in the afternoon, Meng Qianxue came again to take Liu Yixuan home. Looking at the soul-guided car going away, Tang Wulin opened his mouth, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes unconsciously.
How come this guy Liu Yixuan is so rich? What exactly does their family do? Can you actually afford the latest version of the soul-guided car? To be honest, Tang Wulin had no idea how much Liu Yixuan's soul-guided sports car was worth, but a knowledgeable classmate explained it to him and the minimum price was five million, which shocked him. He really didn't expect that Liu Yixuan's family was so wealthy! Five million, his father might not be able to earn that much even if he didn’t eat or drink for his entire life! This made him envy Liu Yixuan but also unconsciously develop a sense of inferiority. After returning home, Liu Yixuan originally planned to go shopping with Na'er to cultivate their relationship, but he unexpectedly received a call from Mang Tian halfway and had to go to learn forging from him. As for Na'er, she is taken care of by Meng Qianxue. Aolai City was not big. Liu Yixuan drove his soul-guided sports car in less than ten minutes and arrived at a small storefront. The exterior of the storefront looked a bit shabby, and a sign on it read "Mangtian Studio". While the maid was waiting, Liu Yixuan got out of the car and walked to the door. He immediately smelled a pungent metallic smell. He frowned and adjusted for a while before ringing the doorbell. Not long after, the door opened and a middle-aged man walked out. The middle-aged man is tall, dark-skinned, and has a beard that looks a bit fierce. "Yixuan, you're here." He said with a smile, his voice deep, powerful and resonant. "master!" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan smiled slightly and greeted Mang Tian respectfully. "Well! Come in with me!" Mang Tian nodded, then turned and walked into the room. "Ok." Hearing this, Liu Yixuan's eyes flashed and he immediately followed. Following Mang Tian into the studio, the hall of the studio was in a mess, with various metal parts placed everywhere. Liu Yixuan could only barely recognize that many of these parts should be parts of the soul guide mecha.
Mang Tian did not stop and continued to walk inside, and Liu Yixuan hurried to follow. The storefront is not big, but the space inside is quite large. After passing through a corridor, Mang Tian brought Liu Yixuan to a room. There was a workbench in the room. With Liu Yixuan's current height, he was only a head taller than the workbench. At this time, Mang Tian stopped and turned to look at Liu Yixuan. Suddenly he noticed his height change and asked in surprise, "How did you get so much taller?" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan scratched his head and said, "I'm not sure either. It seems like I suddenly got taller." Hearing this, Mang Tian frowned, then he flashed and put his hand on Liu Yixuan's shoulder. After checking, he found that there was nothing wrong with the other person's body. He looked energetic and his blood was extremely vigorous. Seeing this, Mang Tian asked in surprise: "How did your Qi and blood increase so much?" Liu Yixuan shook his head and pretended to be puzzled: "I don't know either." Hearing this, Mang Tian did not doubt anything, but just sat down, covered his chin with one hand, thought for a while, and said: "I think you may have awakened some powerful bloodline." "Or maybe your bloodline has undergone a benign mutation. This situation is quite common in the Xing Luo Empire. After their martial spirits awaken, they can often awaken some powerful bloodlines at the same time." "This should be good for your future, so don't worry too much!" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan was stunned and thought: Although you didn’t guess it right, you are close to the truth. Then, he pretended to understand and said, "So that's how it is!" Looking at Liu Yixuan, who was full of energy and vitality, Mang Tian smiled and said happily: "Originally, I didn't have much confidence in training you to be an excellent blacksmith. After all, you have never suffered since childhood, and your physical fitness is also average. Now that I see that your energy and blood have improved so much, I have a lot more confidence!" "How strong are you now?" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan said, "My punching power is already one thousand pounds!" "what?" Hearing this, Mang Tian was shocked. He really didn't expect that Liu Yixuan's strength would be improved to this level. A thousand pounds! Many first or second ring power-type soul masters can reach this value by using their martial souls and soul power, but Liu Yixuan is only a soul master now! Moreover, he is only six years old this year, and he is not a rational power-type soul master, but just a weak auxiliary soul master! Seeing this situation, Mang Tian instantly realized that the Spirit Pagoda had made a mistake and did not recruit Liu Yixuan at the first time. If they knew Liu Yixuan's current situation, they would definitely regret it. Thoughts raced, Mang Tian thought of Liu Yixuan's somewhat mysterious father, and felt that he had found the answer. Brother Liu, I didn't expect that your son also has such extraordinary talent since childhood. It's true that a good father will have a good son! Too bad you didn’t see this! Shaking his head, Mang Tian suppressed his thoughts and said to Liu Yixuan with admiration: "Yixuan, you must have awakened some extraordinary bloodline in your body! You are worthy of being Brother Liu's son!" "I don't know how talented you are at forging, but your natural divine power is undoubtedly a great help." "I will teach you how to forge from now on. I hope you will not slack off, but study hard and become a holy craftsman in the future." "Yes!" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan nodded excitedly. His goal was to become a master craftsman, but Mang Tian did not dare to have such high expectations, because becoming a master craftsman was too difficult, and it was not just determined by talent.
A bit of luck is also needed, which is the most important part of becoming a master craftsman. Therefore, there are many saint craftsmen in Douluo Continent, but there is only one master craftsman. Seeing Liu Yixuan's excitement, Mang Tian smiled and asked, "Yixuan, do you know what forging is?" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan shook his head in confusion. He had never learned it before, and although he had some knowledge, he didn't dare to say much, because Mang Tian didn't seem to want him to express his own opinions, but was going to explain to him the meaning of forging. Hearing this, Mang Tian stood up, picked up a forging hammer from the workbench, and said lightly: "Forging in a narrow sense is to forge iron and remove impurities in the metal. But real forging is--" As he spoke, Mang Tian looked at Liu Yixuan and said with a burning gaze: "Create life!" "Oh!" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan's eyes lit up, and he felt that the door to a new world was slowly opening to him. Mang Tian looked at Liu Yixuan, his eyes becoming more stern: "I hope you can become a true forging master and master the power to create life." "Of course, these are still far away for you. The first thing you need to learn is blacksmithing. Every day of a legendary blacksmith starts with blacksmithing." "You are born with divine power, which gives you a great advantage in this area, but don't slack off. There are many blacksmiths in this world who are more talented than you." Liu Yixuan nodded and said solemnly: "I will definitely work harder, Master." "Okay, now pick up that forging hammer and forge iron for me until the volume of this piece of tungsten steel is reduced by one twentieth." Mang Tian pointed to a pair of black forging hammers and a three-foot-long piece of tungsten steel in the corner of the room and motioned to Liu Yixuan. Hearing this, Liu Yixuan swallowed his saliva and felt that this task was a bit difficult. Tungsten steel was originally very hard. To reduce its volume by one twentieth, who knows how many times it would take, but his strength increased greatly last night, so he still had some confidence. "Ok!" Thoughts racing, he immediately agreed and picked up the pair of black forging hammers. He immediately realized that the two hammers were not light. The weight of each forging hammer was estimated to be more than one hundred kilograms. If it weren't for his increased strength, he would not be able to rotate the two big hammers. Placing the tungsten steel on the forging table, Liu Yixuan immediately swung his two hammers and began forging like a storm. "Dang! Ding! Ding!" The deafening sound of metal knocking rang out and instantly spread throughout the entire forging room. Hearing this voice, Mang Tian instantly realized that Liu Yixuan was not lying. He really possesses a thousand pounds of divine strength. With the help of the forging hammer, his strength is estimated to have reached a terrifying two or three thousand pounds. This is already ten times that of an ordinary adult. I can’t imagine how big he will grow in the future. "It's a pity that your martial soul is not a power-type martial soul, otherwise you would definitely become a soul master who terrorizes the continent!" Sighing, Mang Tian continued to observe Liu Yixuan. Soon, he was pleasantly surprised to find that this little guy could actually adjust the strength and angle by himself to facilitate better exertion of force, and the opponent's force seemed to be very stable. At this time, a tall young man in his twenties walked over. He is Mang Tian's disciple. He has good talent, but he is not particularly outstanding. Originally, he was forging next door, but soon he heard the deafening sound of metal knocking, and then Brother Long couldn't help but run over to check the situation. "Master, who is this young man?" Looking at Liu Yixuan's violent forging, his face was suddenly filled with shock. Hearing this, Mang Tian glanced at Brother Long and said, "He is your junior fellow apprentice, Liu Yixuan!" "Liu Yixuan?"
Hearing this, Brother Long scratched his head and said with shock: "This junior fellow's strength is really terrifying! I remember that pair of tungsten steel forging hammers each weighed 120 kilograms." "How old is he now?" Mang Tian said: "Six years old!" "What? So small? That's a real monster." Brother Long smacked his lips, feeling inexplicably shocked. Looking at Liu Yixuan swinging the sledgehammer easily, he suddenly felt a strong sense of loss and frustration in his heart. The gap between people is really bigger than the gap between people and pigs! The power of this little junior brother is so terrifying that it’s scary just to look at it. No wonder the master would accept him as his disciple! At this time, Lang Yue came to visit with her adopted son Tang Wulin. She wanted Mang Tian to accept Tang Wulin as his disciple and teach him the art of forging. Mang Tian saw Tang Wulin's frail appearance and did not think that he could become an excellent blacksmith. But he had promised Tang Ziran before, so he couldn't just drive her away. So, Mang Tian took Tang Wulin to a forging room. Then, he picked up two small metal hammers from the metal table next to him and handed them to Tang Wulin. "See that round metal block? Use the two hammers to hit it a thousand times, five hundred times on each side. The counter will only count when you reach a sufficient force. It's about the force you need to fully swing the hammer up and then smash it down. When you're done, I'll tell you what forging is. If you're not done, you don't have to come tomorrow." After saying that, Mang Tian turned around and left. He gave Tang Wulin a task that was very difficult for a six-year-old, which was a tactful refusal. But Tang Wulin had a natural tenacity to not give up, and he completed the task even at the cost of his physical exhaustion. Mang Tian finally recognized Tang Wulin's efforts and accepted him as his disciple. "I didn't expect to meet two children born with supernatural powers today!" "Tang Wulin's strength is a little lacking, but his personality is quite good." As he spoke, Mang Tian ran to see Liu Yixuan, and when he saw that he had completed the forging, he smiled with satisfaction. At this time, Liu Yixuan was exhausted and panting. Although he used the Body Tempering Technique to mobilize his Qi and blood and restore his strength while forging, he was still very tired because the tungsten steel was too hard and it was very laborious to forge it. "Not bad. I didn't expect you to be so strong. And you can persist for so long. You have completed the task brilliantly. You already have the most basic qualities to become a blacksmith!" "Next, I will tell you how to forge it? How to exert force?" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan instantly perked up, and listened seriously to Mang Tian pointing out his shortcomings in forging. Mang Tian shared his forging experience with Liu Yixuan and taught Liu Yixuan how to better purify metals. He was pleasantly surprised to find that Liu Yixuan was a very quick-witted child. He understood everything he said very quickly. Even if there were some difficult-to-understand professional terms, after he explained them, they could quickly understand and apply them. What a rough diamond! Mang Tian felt pleasantly surprised in his heart, but the expression on his face became more severe. Because of Liu Yixuan's talent, he had higher expectations of him and taught him more attentively.
It was not until the evening that Mangtian let Liu Yixuan go back to eat and told him to come over early. Liu Yixuan returned home by car with a tired look on his face. After having a big meal prepared by Meng Qianxue and her people, he regained some energy and immediately took Na'er to the amusement park to play. Although he was very tired, he still did not forget to cultivate his relationship with Naer. At this point in time, Na'er was at her weakest and most innocent. If he didn't seize the opportunity, he would have no chance in the future. The grown-up Silver Dragon King was very cold and difficult to approach. Even if he spent more time in the future, he might still fail or even get nothing. Tang Wulin was exhausted after forging for an entire afternoon, so he fell asleep right after dinner. Perhaps because a tiny bit of the essence sealed by the Golden Dragon King leaked out, his energy recovered quickly and he became full of energy the next day. After finishing school, Tang Wulin went to learn forging from Mang Tian, where he was surprised to see his classmate Liu Yixuan! "Liu Yixuan, why are you here?" Hearing this, Liu Yixuan smiled slightly and said, "Why can't I be here?" Hearing this, Tang Wulin was stunned for a moment and said, "That..." "Okay, Tang Wulin, let me introduce you. This is your senior brother." "Yixuan, you should know this person. His name is Tang Wulin, and he is also the disciple I accepted yesterday. From now on, you will learn forging with me. You must be united and help each other. I don't want you brothers to have any conflicts..." "Yes! Master!" x2. Hearing this, Liu Yixuan and Tang Wulin nodded at the same time. Afterwards, Mang Tian began to teach the two how to forge. But after a while, Mang Tian decided to guide Liu Yixuan first, and then guide Tang Wulin, because Tang Wulin's understanding and talent were still far behind Liu Yixuan. Therefore, Tang Wulin was sent to study with Brother Long, while Liu Yixuan continued to learn Hundred Forging from Mang Tian. Seeing this situation, Tang Wulin couldn't help feeling disappointed, but there was nothing he could do, because his talent and comprehension were indeed much worse than Liu Yixuan's. He could only work hard silently, wanting to surpass Liu Yixuan and attract the attention of his master Mangtian. ………… ………… I'll stop here for today.
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