Chapter 73: Striking Iron, Thousand Forging, Divine Craftsman

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 Tang San had many plans for the future, but for now, his main focus was to cultivate the Xuantian Record, train his soul power control, and strengthen his body with the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method. He also wanted to master the laws of vibration and study the theory of martial soul cultivation.

As for the other transmigrators in this world, Tang San no longer cared about them.

After a simple analysis, he came to the following conclusions:

If they had transmigrated earlier but didn't cause any trouble, could it be said that they didn't have the ability to cause trouble? Or were they afraid of disrupting the so-called plot, so they were timid and cautious?

No matter which of the above situations it was, this type of transmigrator was not to be feared.

Secondly, there were those whose time of transmigration was similar to his, such as Mu Tian. If they didn't have a powerful cheat and only wanted to rely on their imagination without considering the actual situation, thinking they could play with him, they should go to bed early and wash up.

"I'm going to train my soul power control. What are your plans later? Are you going to the blacksmith shop to forge?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Yes, body training is very important." Tang San nodded. "I've studied some deeper principles behind the principle of Wang Sheng's Tiger King's Blood Transformation. I've come up with a better method of channeling blood energy. I want to combine it with the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method and see if it can have a better body-forging effect."

"Also, I want to try making soul tools. These things might be one of the futures of this world."

After parting with Xiao Wu at the gate of the Spirit Hall, Tang San arrived at the blacksmith shop in Nuoding City. It was located in the south of Nuoding City, near the city wall, and there was a ditch nearby.

The blacksmith shop was set up here because there were fewer people here, and the houses were not connected. If a fire broke out, it would not spread to other houses in a short time. Moreover, the nearby ditch made it convenient to fetch water.

Generally speaking, such private small blacksmith shops were built far from the city center. There was no particular reason for this, but it was for safety considerations.

"Tang San, you're here."

The owner of the blacksmith shop was an amiable middle-aged man. He was bare-chested and muscular. Although he was not a Soul Master, his muscle strength alone was very intimidating.

In terms of strength, this boss was even stronger than ordinary Soul Masters. Of course, some Soul Masters whose martial souls were large animals were excluded.

"Boss Li, how's business recently?" Tang San asked.

"It's just like that, but the kitchen utensils and short weapons you forged are very popular among civilians and civilian Soul Masters. Even some nobles and soldiers from the Spirit Hall will come to buy swords and the like." Boss Li said with a smile. "Speaking of which, Tang San, you're a Soul Master. You won't be forging all the time in the future, right?"

"No." Tang San told the truth and laughed. "I'm mainly forging to train my body. After all, to become a Soul Master, one also needs a strong body. Recently, the price of whale glue has skyrocketed, right? I, a civilian Soul Master, can't afford it. I can only forge to train my body."

"That's true. I heard that the Grandmaster who studies the theory of martial soul cultivation is also called Tang San. He has the same name as you." Boss Li laughed and personally lit the fire for Tang San's furnace.

"It's just a coincidence."

Tang San shook his head and smiled. "If it were really me, why would I need to come here to forge? I would have long since taken the gold soul coins issued by the Spirit Hall and bought thousand-year whale glue to eat."

"Indeed, but I heard that the whale glue in other cities has already been sold out. You can't buy it even if you have money." Boss Li laughed and occasionally told jokes with Tang San and the other blacksmith apprentices to pass the time while forging.

While Tang San was forging, he used the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method to borrow strength and channeled blood energy at the same time. He wanted to combine the two and found that his consumption was very fast.

It wasn't soul power that was being consumed, but physical strength.

However, after eating a full meal, his physical strength increased slightly, and his strength became a little greater.

Combining blood energy channeling with the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method obviously had an effect, but Tang San knew that this was only the initial effect. He was still far from completing the true blood energy channeling method.

Tang San couldn't help but think of the stake he had seen in short videos in his previous life. He felt that he could imitate it, but the specific method, the unique breathing method used in that stake, and the muscle movements of the whole body when performing the stake needed to be tested one by one by himself.

Fortunately, Wang Sheng's first soul skill was the Tiger King's Blood Transformation. When using this soul skill, Wang Sheng's breathing rate would also change. Tang San could record it and slowly change it to the most suitable way for him.

After it was perfected, Tang San estimated that he could create a cultivation method that used blood energy channeling to cultivate the body. He could pass it on to Xiao Wu and Guang Ling.

However, everyone's physique was different, and their martial souls were different. Even if they obtained it, they would probably need to modify it according to their own situation to make it more suitable for them.

In Tang San's opinion, a true divine skill secret manual should allow people to understand it and adjust it according to their own situation when cultivating.

After all, everyone's physical condition was different. Even if the location of the meridians was roughly the same, there were still some differences.

Could it be said that the meridians of a six-year-old child were exactly the same as those of an adult?

Clang, clang, clang!

In the process of channeling blood energy and practicing the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method, Tang San seemed to have found a trace of the law of vibration. His whole body danced, and the forging hammer in his hand struck the piece of iron. The impurities within it were forged out bit by bit.

In the end, under Tang San's continuous hammering, the red-hot piece of iron emitted a silver light.

Boss Li and the other blacksmiths noticed this scene. They all revealed expressions of disbelief and looked at the piece of iron that Tang San had forged in shock.

"This is the legendary thousand forgings!"

Boss Li opened his mouth wide and muttered to himself, "In the legends, only a Divine Craftsman can achieve the Thousand Forgings!"

The Divine Craftsmen of this era were far from being comparable to the Divine Craftsmen in the legend of the Dragon King. If a comparison were to be made, the Divine Craftsmen of this era were only equivalent to the fourth-level forging Grandmaster in the legend of the Dragon King.

Perhaps the Divine Craftsmen of this era also had the ability to perform spirit forging and fusion forging, but before the invention of battle armor, the status of blacksmiths was not high. They did not think of further excavating the art of forging. Even Lou Gao, the Divine Craftsman of Gengxin City, stopped at the Thousand Forgings.

However, Lou Gao in the original work threw himself into the furnace and created the torrential pear blossom needle. That work should be considered fusion forging or even soul forging.

Tang San himself did not intend to become a blacksmith. As he said, forging was only to find the law of vibration and train his body.

An additional gain was to understand the various metal materials in this world. In the future, he would use this to study soul tools, recreate soul tools, and then industrialize and popularize them.

As for the art of forging, it could not be lost. It could take the high-end route. After all, once the art of forging reached the level of Heavenly Forging, the weapons it created could be comparable to divine weapons.

"Whew~"

Tang San stopped and took out food from his storage wristband. He wolfed it down but chewed it thoroughly before swallowing it to recover his physical strength.

The Thousand Forgings were quite strenuous for him at the moment.

(End of the chapter)