The Legend of the Dragon King - Chapter 298

Chapter 298

Chapter 298 – Meteoric Iron

“Hey!” Yuanen shouted . Seeing that he was about to be left behind, he quickly ran after the two . After all, he still needed to get his first-grade thousand refining .

Tang Wulin’s surroundings blurred as they flew . He struggled within the man’s grasp, but the scorching energy enveloping him made all attempts futile . Several seconds later, his body lightened and he found himself standing in an unfamiliar location .

It was in a large, messy room . Two shelves lined the walls, filled with an assortment of metals that made Tang Wulin’s eyes light up . If not for his teacher back in Eastsea City, it would have been near impossible for him to obtain some of the truly precious metals on the shelves .

A large forging table stood in the center of the room, its sparkling silver exterior a clear testament to its grade .

T-this workshop is enormous!

“You can spirit refine?”

Tang Wulin turned around and came face to face with the red-haired eccentric . “Who are you? Why did you bring me here?”

“Answer my question first . Can you spirit refine?” the man insisted .

Tang Wulin answered, “I succeeded once by chance . ”

The red-haired man’s brows jumped, then he pointed to the forging table . “Good . Then show me your luck again . ”

Tang Wulin shook his head . “No, I won’t try it . Last time was a fluke . I don’t even have three soul rings yet, how can I even hope to succeed? I’ll be gravely injured if I fail . I’m not doing it . ”

“You don’t have your third ring yet?” Taken aback, the red-haired man scratched his head as he took in this piece of information .

“That’s right, I’m only thirteen years old right now! You can’t expect everyone at my age to have three soul rings . ” Tang Wulin exclaimed .

“Indeed, that’s a bit too low . ” The man nodded seriously . “Then thousand refine for me . I want to watch . ”

Tang Wulin instantly hatched a scheme in his devious mind . “Alright, I’ll thousand refine for you . But I have a condition . ”

The red-haired man rubbed his forehead . “You have a condition for me? Fine! I’ll accept one condition . Tell me, what is it?”

“You let me forge any metal I like in here and keep it after I’m done,” Tang Wulin stated .

“No problem . ” The man answered without the slightest hint of hesitation as he nodded .

“Then can you tell me how to use this forging table? I’ve never touched one this expensive before,” Tang Wulin said .

The man used a few simple words to explain the mechanics of the forging table . With his years of forging experience, Tang Wulin instantly grasped how to use it .

“Okay . I’m going to start now . ” Tang Wulin walked over to the shelf of metals as he spoke .

Just a while ago he had agreed to first-grade thousand refine for Yuanen . Now, luck had practically delivered a shelf full of metal to his doorstep . Although he also had the metals obtained from participating in the competition on behalf of the Eastsea Blacksmith’s Association, those were his own . It was best if he didn’t use them, as he still needed to make money and earn contribution points at the Tang Sect . Fortunately for him, he had obtained some rare metals for a relatively cheap price back in Eastsea City

Tang Wulin sood before the shelf and inspected each metal . When he spotted two chunks of metal on the lowest shelf, he smiled anddidn’t hesitate to take them .

“Hey! Not those ones,” the red-haired man shouted .

The two chunks of metal Tang Wulin held in his arms were ashen-gray, as remarkable as random stones on the ground .  

“Didn’t you say I can choose anything? Are you going back on your word now?”

“Only those two won’t do . You only need to thousand refine once, what do you need two for?” The man’s cheeks ached as he tried to conceal his agitation .

“Why can’t I use two? Efficiency is important to us blacksmiths, so to save time I usually forge two metals at once! Since I have a one hundred percent success rate, this is the most efficient way for me to forge . ”

Tang Wulin put the two chunks of metal in the forging table as he spoke and began the calcining process .

This forging table was truly advanced . With enough space to calcine five different metals at once, any blacksmith of sufficient skill could continue forging without stopping with this table . Moreover, its advanced soul battery meant it could reach higher calcining temperatures .

“You…” The man anxiously rushed over when he saw what Tang Wulin was doing, but he was too late . The two metals already entered the furnace .

Tang Wulin beamed at him .

Anger blazed in the red-haired man’s eyes . “If you can’t thousand refine, no, if you can’t least second-grade thousand refine it, then you’re dead! You’ll work for me until you pay off those two chunks of meteoric iron . ”

Meteoric iron was a first-rate metal that didn’t form naturally on the Douluo Continent and could only be extracted from meteorites . It was extremely dense and heavy, but its most interesting trait was the unusual energy contained within it . Weapons forged from meteoric iron possess a penetrating effect, so it was a common material for the weapons of powerful mechas .

However, meteoric iron was just too rare . Few were fortunate enough to even lay their eyes on it . Even Tang Wulin was only able to recognize this unassuming metal because of the countless detailed lectures on metals found within the world Mu Chen had given him .

Although this piece of meteoric iron had a dull gray appearance, Tang Wulin’s Purple Demon Eyes would never let the dark golden lines running through them go unnoticed . These two chunks were undoubtedly the most precious metals in the room and were the only pieces of meteoric iron present . It was no wonder that the red-haired man was distressed .

Of course, Tang Wulin also had another reason for choosing it . Meteoric iron was impossible to spirit refine, so it was only used for one-word battle armor or mechas . This trait drastically lowered its value, such that only mecha pilots and a few battle armor masters would use it .

If not for this fact, the red-haired man never would have permitted Tang Wulin to forge it .

The calcining soon finished, and Tang Wulin pressed a button to make the blazing-red chunks of metal emerge .

“I’m going to start then?” Tang Wulin glanced at the man .

The man nodded . “Kid, you better be careful with that . ”

Tang Wulin responded with a radiant smile, choosing to let his actions speak for him . Two hammers appeared in his hands in a flash of golden light . Then he struck down .

A series of booms reverberated throughout the room, pleasantly surprising Tang Wulin .

Last time he had been fortunate to forge his thousand refined hammers to spirit refined, but hadn’t had the chance to test them out yet . This single strike, however, was all he needed to determine the wonders his spirit refined hammers .