bdsm-fiction Chapter 249 They didn't even exchange a word, and this is how it is? What will happen in the fu
Chapter 249 They didn't even exchange a word, and this is how it is? What will happen in the fu
Chapter 249 This happened without even a word; what will become of them in the future?
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuhan calmly placed her teacup back on the table and continued speaking:
"Manager Li, since that boy named Ling Bing already possessed the cultivation level of a Soul Master at the age of twelve, and he specifically came to Xingluo City at this time."
His goal is clearly to participate in the Soul Master Competition a week later, and thus make a name for himself. In this situation, do you think he might be from the Green Skull organization?
Manager Li's expression stiffened slightly; he clearly understood the meaning behind Lin Yuhan's words immediately.
To participate in the Soul Master Competition, one must pass the rigorous review by the Star Luo Royal Family.
If the other party really is from the Green Skull organization, then his current behavior is no different from walking into a trap.
Chang Gongyan waved his hand and said, "Manager Li, I will take full responsibility for this matter from now on."
Go and relay my order: in fifteen minutes, I will be giving a lecture in the public media room on the second floor.
"I'll personally test him then to see if he's truly capable."
"Yes, Vice President."
Manager Li nodded in agreement, then bowed respectfully and left the room.
Seeing the door closed again, Chang Gongyan finally let out a soft sigh.
Having reached his position, he naturally has a deeper understanding of the so-called Soul Master Competition and the "Divine Test" it represents than ordinary people.
In his view, even if this boy named Lingbing really was from the Green Skull organization, it didn't matter at all.
The so-called identity verification for the Soul Master Competition was just a show for the people of the empire, to tell them that all the contestants were one of the empire's own people.
But in reality, the Star Luo royal family probably wished that those hostile forces would send all the geniuses they had painstakingly cultivated to the stage of the Soul Master Competition.
In any case, once you enter the Land of Divine Trials and are marked with the mark of the Divine Trials, even if you are the most loyal spy in the Green Skull organization, you will eventually become a member of the Empire under the subtle influence of the faith of the mark of the Divine Trials.
Under such circumstances, such a brilliant young man could not possibly be a spy.
Rather, what leader of any faction would be foolish enough to let a genius of this caliber become an undercover agent whose life hangs in the balance?
What Chang Gongyan truly sighed about was not this point.
Rather, it was the way his precious apprentice had stood up to defend him without hesitation when Manager Li questioned him.
They've only met a few times, and haven't even exchanged a single word, yet they're already protecting each other like this.
If this continues in the future, what will happen?
He wondered if he should find some time to talk to Yuhan's father in advance.
……
Before Chang Gongyan's thoughts could continue to wander, Steward Li's steady voice rang out at the right time, waking him from his reverie.
"Vice President, it's almost time. The media room is all ready and we can enter at any time."
"Um……"
Chang Gongyan nodded slightly, suppressing his inner turmoil, and then strode out of the lounge.
"Vice President, the Vice President is out!"
Almost the instant Chang Gongyan appeared at the side door of the podium, the previously quiet public media hall erupted into a deafening roar of cheers.
Chang Gongyan walked in unhurriedly with a gentle smile on his face.
He walked straight to the specially made forging platform in the center of the stage, raised his hands, and waved to the hundreds of blacksmiths below.
The already enthusiastic cheers grew even louder, and the entire hall seemed to tremble slightly in the sound.
Fortunately, the walls of this public media room were covered with soundproofing material, which prevented the deafening sound from reaching outside the association and disturbing ordinary people.
The cheers from the audience lasted for several seconds. After the crowd calmed down a bit, Chang Gongyan on the stage raised his right hand again and made a downward pressing motion.
Instantly, the entire public media hall fell silent again.
"I understand your excitement right now, and I understand why you took time out of your busy schedules to come here."
With a very friendly smile on his face, Chang Gongyan said in a loud voice, "So, I won't waste any more time on pleasantries, let's get straight to the point."
As he spoke, he placed his broad, calloused hands on the forging table.
"As everyone knows, 'hundred-times forging' is not as simple as repeatedly hammering a rare metal a hundred times. 'Thousand-times forging' is even more so."
"The biggest difference between a thousand forgings and a hundred forgings, and the most crucial difficulty, is that the metal itself must undergo a 'sublimation' effect."
But regardless of which method of sublimation you choose, the ultimate goal is to unleash the latent spirituality within the metal itself, imbue it with the breath of life, and ultimately awaken its intelligence…”
Chang Gongyan's voice, imbued with powerful soul energy, ensured that every word he uttered was clearly transmitted to the ears of every blacksmith present.
As Chang Gongyan's explanation deepened, Tianmeng's voice, filled with deep doubt, quietly rang out within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.
"Yuhao, putting aside the development before the collision between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent, how come no one has ever discovered that blacksmithing can turn out like this in the more than four thousand years since the collision?"
Tianmeng had witnessed Huo Yuhao personally making soul tools before.
The first step, too, requires forging and purifying the metal before shaping it; this can be considered the foundation for making all soul tools.
Previously, when the hundred-fold forging evaluation was being conducted, Tianmeng did not have many doubts.
Because Huo Yuhao's actions at that time were not much different from when she was forging in her memory.
The only difference might be the strange light that flashed across the metal at the end.
But what Chang Gongyan is talking about now is far too mysterious.
Metals themselves possess a life force, a fact Tianmeng naturally understood, especially treasures like the Living Gold, whose life force was even more extraordinary.
But it is ultimately an inanimate object, and does not possess any intelligence.
But now, according to what Chang Gongyan said, blacksmiths can actually give metal a spiritual quality through forging.
To Tianmeng's limited understanding, this was practically no different from creating life.
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment before replying in a deep voice, "It's not that they didn't discover it before, but that the laws of the plane underwent some unknown changes at a certain point in time."
According to the existing historical trajectory, not long after I ascended to the God Realm, a level nine Soul Master inadvertently discovered the path to Thousand Refinements during the preliminary forging of a Soul Tool.
With his spiritual power at the ninth-level Soul Master Title Douluo realm, even in that era when there was no perfect method for cultivating spiritual power, he still possessed the spiritual power cultivation level of the Spirit Sea Realm.
Coincidentally, the process of "thousand-fold forging" is also known as "forging with intention." When one's mental strength resonates with the metal, it is easy to find the metal's inherent spirituality.
"Wait, Yuhao, if you say that..."
Tianmeng seemed to realize something instantly, and exclaimed, "You mean, it's Tang San's doing again?"
After all, nothing comes into existence out of thin air, especially something that involves changes to the laws governing the plane itself.
"As far as I know, the only deity closely related to Tang San and connected to the power of forging is his father, Tang Hao."
Huo Yuhao's voice remained calm as he proceeded with his analysis in a clear and logical manner.
"And what's more coincidental is that Tang Hao and his wife, A Yin, had always lived in seclusion on the Douluo Continent and had not chosen to reside permanently in the God Realm."
If I'm not mistaken, even though the realm of gods has vanished, those two are probably still hiding somewhere in the plane, plotting some new scheme.
Even though he had previously glimpsed some of the original destiny lines through the power of the Eye of Destiny, the current destiny lines had already changed again more than two thousand years ago.
Those original futures can now only be considered as references at best.
Fortunately, although Tang Hao and Ah Yin possessed the strength of second-level gods and had been hiding in the shadows, they were still within the Douluo plane.
Under the constraints of the laws of the entire plane, even if the opponent wanted to unleash true god-level power, the price they would have to pay would be extremely high.
Moreover, with the divine realm gone and unable to replenish their divine energy, it remains unknown how much divine power they still retain.
Meanwhile, on the platform, Chang Gongyan's booming voice still echoed throughout the hall.
"According to the summaries of our predecessors in the Blacksmiths Association, the core of Heavenly Forging lies in drawing upon all kinds of elements in the world, while Soul Forging is about giving metal a soul and a talent that can be passed down."
As for spirit forging, it uses our own martial spirit as a bridge, employing our own life force to awaken the spirituality hidden deep within the metal—a process of creating life from nothing.
"People often say that dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes. To us blacksmiths, every piece of rare metal that we forge with our own hands is no different from our own child."
Spirit forging is undoubtedly the most important first step in the process of awakening intelligence in rare metals, much like a helpless infant crying for milk.
Chang Gongyan paused slightly at this point, a hint of confidence in his eyes.
"Of course, there are many different methods of spirit forging, each with its own merits."
Over the years, my main research direction has been to use the Martial Soul as a bridge during the Spirit Forging stage, and to give rare metals additional innate characteristics in advance through a special resonance method.
This ensures that its quality in spirit forging is no less than that of ordinary soul forging metal.
It should be noted that many blacksmiths are stuck at the fourth level, never even touching the threshold of spirit forging, let alone soul forging, in their entire lives.
Now, Chang Gongyan has actually said that he has found a way to make spirit-forged metal reach the level of soul-forged metal, which is tantamount to opening up a new path.
His words immediately caused most of the blacksmiths in the audience to erupt in excitement once again.
Chang Gongyan took in the reactions of the vast majority of people in the audience, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.
But when his gaze swept over the white-haired boy and saw that the other remained calm and unmoved, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
During the waiting period, he personally watched the surveillance video of Huo Yuhao forging the weapon.
Even with his level eight master craftsman's eyesight, he couldn't detect any fakery whatsoever.
Surely the other party isn't actually from Douluo Continent, so they've already seen far more advanced forging theories and look down on his little tricks?
After forcibly suppressing the inexplicable emotions in his heart, Chang Gongyan cleared his throat and spoke again: "As the ancient sages once said, what you learn from books is never enough."
Originally, I planned to have my disciple demonstrate for everyone. However, she just passed the Level 4 Blacksmith assessment today, and her mental energy was greatly depleted; she is not suited for high-intensity forging.
"Therefore, I would like to find a blacksmith with elemental attributes in his martial soul to come up on stage and follow my rhythm to forge with me."
This is so that I can better demonstrate the operational process and core elements of my method to everyone present.
Hearing that a master craftsman was actually preparing to personally bring another blacksmith to follow the rhythm was an extremely rare opportunity.
After all, this kind of guided forging takes a huge toll on the mind and spirit of the person in charge.
Unless it's their own closed-door disciple, few high-level blacksmiths would be willing to do this.
Such a precious opportunity prompted the vast majority of people present to excitedly raise their hands.
Although the Longbow Divination restricts the martial soul from having elemental attributes, in reality, the martial souls of the vast majority of soul masters have elemental attributes to some extent.
Even if you don't have a martial soul at the beginning, you will gain a certain elemental affinity after obtaining a soul ring.
Under the watchful eyes of so many people below the stage, Chang Gongyan calmly raised his hand, pointed in Huo Yuhao's direction, and smiled:
"Young man, would you be interested in coming up on stage and forging something with me?"
Swah——
In an instant, everyone's eyes followed the direction Chang Gongyan was pointing and converged on it.
The crowd, who had been completely absorbed in the lecture by the master craftsman, all gasped in surprise the moment they saw the figure.
The other person's otherworldly demeanor completely overwhelmed this group of rough old men who spent their days forging iron.
I didn't know better; I'd have thought he was some rich young master from a powerful family who had run away to experience life.
But when their gaze fell upon the Level 2 Blacksmith badge pinned to the boy's chest, even deeper doubts arose in everyone's minds.
"A level two blacksmith? Am I seeing things?"
"Let a level-two blacksmith go up on stage and train the vice president in forging? Isn't that ridiculous?"
"Yes, even if the vice president is willing to mentor the younger generation, this is taking too big a step. Anyone we randomly pick here is of a higher rank than him."
(End of this chapter)