All sorts of elements in the surrounding space excitedly encircled him . He could clearly sense the changes in the metal attribute . His Spirit Domain rank spiritual power allowed him to sense even the most minute of the changes . On the other hand, all sorts of nature attributed elements were actually producing its effect and continued to influence the metal along with his forging process .
He could even sense the changes and influence on the metal caused by the bloodline fluctuation between his breaths . This was the benefit of high spiritual power . The spiritual power could reflect its influence on the soul master's abilities in almost all areas . Whether it was in the soul master's battle or the soul master's subsidiary professions, there would be a good rise when the soul master's spiritual power was powerful enough .
Thus, almost all the soul masters equipped with outstanding abilities in their subsidiary professions had a rather strong spiritual power . Even as such, there was almost no Saint Craftsman-rank blacksmith who had his or her spiritual power cultivation base in the Spirit Domain realm .
Even Tang Wulin's first Saint Craftsman Teacher Mu Chen had spiritual power cultivation base only one level lower than himself . That was already enough for blacksmiths .
Tang Wulin used his Spirit Domain spiritual power cultivation base to experience the profoundness in forging . His spirit was completely immersed in the sensation and perception of metal . The comprehension allowed his entire person to completely conform with the metal . At this level of soul forging, every time he entered the soul forging process, it was equal to him creating or endowing life and intelligence to the metal . This was also the reason why the number of high-end blacksmiths was way lower than designers, makers, and mechanics .
A living metal with a rich life and intelligence would become a battle armor or mecha after the design, make and mechanic process . The later part was focused solely at molding the metal, while there was only the first process that involved creation .
It had already been quite a long period of time since Tang Wulin had entered the Saint Craftsman rank . His power of comprehension in forging was impressive, yet even as such he had done nothing but just entered the door of creating lives .
His comprehension of life force back when he was at Demon Island and also every forging task he was engaged upon becoming a Saint Craftsman provided him with very important moments to experience and learn . He was walking even further down on the path of a Saint Craftsman .
On the other hand, the true moment that allowed him to advance from rank-7 Saint Craftsman to rank-8 Saint Craftsman was this very one . His Spirit Domain rank spiritual power allowed him to fully connect with every metal element such that he could experience the difference between a metal element and other natural elements in an even more subtle manner . As a result of this experience, he was continuously improving . He felt like he was the parent for the metal forged before himself as he continuously transformed the embryo and infused the genes that belonged to himself to it .
The process of forging was long and lasting, but it felt nothing but just a split second in Tang Wulin's perception . Every stream of gentle radiance and spiritual fluctuation that was filled with excitement and intelligence covered Tang Wulin's entire body to offer him feedback . Only then had he regained consciousness from the complete immersion .
Tang Wulin inhaled a deep breath and stored the soul-forged heavy silver hammer in his hands . He gazed at the metal placed before himself as his lips cracked into a faint smile . He stretched out his left hand and pressed gently onto the silver metal that appeared nothing out of the ordinary and a peculiar scene emerged .
The silver metal soundlessly softened . It crept and rose upward from his fingertips . In a split second, the silver metal covered his palm, followed by his forearm, elbow and then all the way to his arm like a layer of battle armor .
It was even more peculiar that Tang Wulin could sense the longing affection radiating from the metal . It was just like the affection of a child joyous upon seeing the father and revealing his abilities to his father .
Tang Wulin shifted his consciousness . A layer of diamond-shaped scales had miraculously formed onto the surface of the metal that had the shape of his golden dragon scales . It appeared as vivid as life and the scales were even texturized .
He raised his hand and shook gently . Tang Wulin could not help smiling . There was utterly no need for him to use his forging hammers to complete the foundation shape of this metal at present . He could easily complete the two steps of shaping and forming just by using his thought control . The only problem that he could possibly face was the unwillingness to part with this metal .
Every piece of soul-forged metal felt like his own child . It was truly difficult to part with the child that was meant to be given to another person! No wonder Teacher Mu Chen once told him that the higher a blacksmith's rank was, the more unwilling the blacksmith would be to selling his forged products . Perhaps, this was the reason .
The forging missions were soon completed . Even though it was a rather common soul-forging request, at his rank it would still cost astronomical figures . Moreover, it was so costly there was no fixed market rate for it .
It was already dusk when he came out of the forging workshop . He did not only spend time on forging, but a huge portion of the time was spent on self-reflection and comprehension .
Time was passing more quickly for Tang Wulin now as compared to before . There was not much opportunity for him to contemplate his forging experience in a profound manner like today . However, he had still benefited a lot from today's forging process . Tang Wulin could feel that he would certainly advance to rank-8 Saint Craftsman when he could completely fuse his Spirit Domain spiritual power into the forging process .
It was a level that countless blacksmiths pursued their entire lives, yet could never achieve .
The service staff received the products from Tang Wulin's hand and it was brought to a specialized laboratory for precision monitoring .
Soul forging was no trivial matter for it costs a lot . If the product was a counterfeit, not only would it cause heavy losses to the Blacksmith's Association, but it would also result in a decline of the Blacksmith's Association's reputation at the same time .
Tang Wulin was brought to a reserved lounge to wait so he decided to make use of the time to ponder one step further about his gains from the forging process earlier .
It did not take long before someone came knocking on the door . The person that returned from the outside was not the receptionist from before, but it was a very old man .
The old man's eyes were glimmering with vigorous spirit as he walked in through the door . His gaze fell upon Tang Wulin .
"Sir, may I ask your name? I'm basically acquainted with the Saint Craftsmen in the association, but I am not familiar with you . Please forgive my ignorance," said the old man in a straightforward manner .
Tang Wulin could tell that the person standing before himself was supposed to be a Saint Craftsman based on his experience . He could even possibly be the director of Mingdu Blacksmith's Association . Otherwise, he would not be speaking to Tang Wulin in such a calm manner despite being aware of Tang Wulin's status as Saint Craftsman .
Tang Wulin smiled . "I'm a junior with superficial skills . I've recently advanced to Saint Craftsman and I'm the disciple of Teacher Zhen Hua . My teacher discouraged me from publicizing my identity before finishing my apprenticeship . I have just recently finished my apprenticeship . "
As he was speaking, he passed the Saint Craftsman badge pinned on his chest to the old man .
The old man received the badge and touched it ever so lightly . His expression immediately revealed respect . How could he not recognize a Saint Craftsman's technique in forging?
The old man burst out laughing . "So you're the disciple of the association's president . No wonder you're capable of forging such remarkable products . I'm Yao Ling and I happen to be the Mingdu branch's president . May I inquire for your name, sir?"
Tang Wulin smiled and spoke, "I'm Gu Yue . " He was supposed to address himself as Long Yue, but subconsciously used Gu Yue's name when he spoke . He was even surprised at himself, but the feeling was accompanied by some faint bitterness .
"Gu Yue?" Yao Ling thought to himself . In his heart, the man's name was rather unfamiliar . It seemed like this person was the secret disciple of association's president . He looked about forty years old at most but judging from his forging technique and products his standard was already very close to a rank-8 Saint Craftsman . He could even possibly be a rank-8 Saint Craftsman already . The forging missions were overly simply so maybe he could not reveal his true forging ability .
"Brother Gu Yue seldom comes here to our Mingdu branch . Do stay for a few days so that you and I can have a good exchange of our experiences . It's been a long time since I last met the president of the association, is he still well?" asked Yao Ling .
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