Chapter 27

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Tang Wulin stood at the classroom door, took a deep breath, and firmly gripped the secret letter his mother had given him.

Tang Wulin's left hand grasped the forging hammer, the spiral pattern on the handle pressing into the soft flesh and calluses of his palm, holding it exceptionally firmly.

Taking a deep breath, he half-turned and suddenly swung the hammer, as if all his strength had concentrated in his arm at that moment. At the instant of full exertion, Tang Wulin felt a warm current surge from his coccyx, instantly filling his spine. The forging hammer, with a sharp and piercing whistle, struck down forcefully.

"Bang—"

The mercury column instantly shot up, the loud impact causing both Tang Wulin and Mang Tian to experience a brief ringing in their ears.

Mang Tian rubbed his eyes, seemingly wanting to confirm that he hadn't seen wrong. At this moment, the electronic device of the strength tester automatically reported the result.

"Striking force, 483 kilograms." The electronic voice was cold, but both Tang Wulin and Mang Tian were stunned.

Last year, when Tang Wulin tested his right arm, the 200 kilograms of force he exerted had already left Mang Tian in shock, a value that had surpassed the already adult Long Ge.

In just one year, his strength had more than doubled, and this was with his left arm... A nine-year-old child, with a single full-strength strike from one arm, could produce nearly a thousand kilograms of force. This was truly a born prodigy.

"Right arm." Mang Tian tried to keep his voice as emotionless as possible.

Switching the hammer to his right hand, Tang Wulin took another deep breath. A faint golden light flashed in his eyes. Similarly, he turned his body and swung his arm, and the warm current surged in his spine once again. The sharp whistle of the hammer became even more piercing, accompanied by a series of faint air explosions.

"Boom—"

The entire room seemed to tremble slightly. This time, Mang Tian covered his ears first, but the intense shock still made the forging room vibrate slightly.

"Striking force, 543 kilograms." 543, breaking 500 kilograms?

Mang Tian was now in a daze. Although he had already guessed that Tang Wulin's strength had increased significantly, he never expected it to grow to such an extent.

With a thousand kilograms of strength in both arms at the age of nine, this was already a monstrous existence. Although this was explosive strength and the force generated by swinging the hammer, the strength tester would automatically deduct part of the force attributed to the hammer. To be able to reach around 500 kilograms in an instant, even a general power-type Great Soul Master might not be able to achieve this. At least, his own strength had never reached this level before becoming a Soul Sage.

With this level of innate strength, why is his soul beast Blue Silver Grass? It should be a power-type soul beast. If his soul beast were also a hammer, he would truly be a genius.

Tang Wulin was also shocked by his own strength. Although he didn't know what 500 kilograms meant, he was clear that this kind of strength was probably unmatched by the soul skills of most one-ringed Soul Masters when using a forging hammer.

"Teacher, can I start learning thousand-forging?" he asked tentatively.

Mang Tian came to his senses and nodded, "I didn't expect your strength to have reached such a level. Go to your forging room."

Returning to Tang Wulin's forging room, Mang Tian took out a piece of silver-white metal, "I have already taught you what types of metal can undergo thousand-forging. This is a piece of deep silver, which has excellent malleability and very good soul power conductivity. Only through thousand-forging can its full potential be realized. Next, you will use it for practice."

"Thousand-forging is not simply hammering a metal a thousand times. It involves continuously hammering to remove all impurities from the metal, increasing its density, and most importantly, achieving sublimation. Only by causing the metal to sublimate during the forging process can it be considered true thousand-forging."

"For example, the thousand-forged tungsten steel hammer you use. Tungsten steel is already very strong, but after thousand-forging, its volume decreases by one-third, and its strength increases by 200%. Its sublimation effect is a 30% increase in weight. Only by undergoing a qualitative change can a metal increase in weight, thus demonstrating its ultra-high strength."

"The sublimation of the tungsten steel hammer is the simplest. Excellent thousand-forging can produce some special sublimation effects. The better the sublimation effect, the higher the value of the thousand-forged metal. At the level of thousand-forging, the metal must first be thousand-forged, and then the same technique is used to shape it. Therefore, anything made from thousand-forged metal is worth more than a hundred times that of hundred-forged metal. Only by reaching the level of thousand-forging can a blacksmith be considered to have truly entered the profession."

Tang Wulin didn't know that the "entry" level Mang Tian mentioned was something that 90% of blacksmiths could never achieve in their lifetimes.

Thousand-forging not only requires strength but also insight, especially insight into metal.

Tang Wulin had studied diligently for three years, and with his innate strength, he had finally earned the right to attempt thousand-forging today.

"Teacher, are there any techniques for thousand-forging?" Tang Wulin asked.

Mang Tian shook his head, "There are no techniques I can teach you. What I can tell you is that when you forge, you must treat the metal as a living being and try to communicate with it during the forging process. Only perfect communication can make it truly recognize you, allowing you to find its secrets and its grain. Thousand-forging is also known as mental forging. Each blacksmith completes thousand-forging in their own unique way. Forge with your heart, and experience it."

"Yes." Tang Wulin nodded.

He had originally thought that Mang Tian would at least demonstrate the process for him, but it seemed that his teacher had no such intention and was leaving everything to him.

Opening the forging stand, he placed the deep silver into the forging furnace to begin heating it.

This piece of deep silver was about a foot square, shimmering with a gentle silver glow. As it entered the forging furnace, Tang Wulin began to recall the characteristics of deep silver that Mang Tian had once described.

Deep silver is only found in the depths of the ocean, over a thousand meters deep, and is a very rare metal. It is very hard and has excellent malleability at high temperatures. It is an excellent conductor of soul power, and high-quality deep silver can even increase the transmission of soul power by 5% to 10%.

Whether used in industry or mecha manufacturing, it is an invaluable material.

However, deep silver also has its problems, primarily its high density and weight. A piece of deep silver about a foot square could weigh over 200 kilograms, or even 300 kilograms.

Therefore, even if its production were sufficient, mechas could not widely use it due to its weight, which limits its application in mechas. It is used more frequently in large solid soul conductors.

Deep silver is relatively rare in inland cities but more common in coastal cities, serving as an important source of income for some large coastal cities.

The piece of deep silver given by his teacher looked very perfect, with a uniform color, clearly a high-grade deep silver that had already been purified. Its weight might be even greater.

Deep silver is hard, but after being heated to high temperatures, it becomes more malleable, making it suitable for forging.

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