Blacksmithing deals with the metal directly and enhancing its properties. There are six ranks of blacksmith.
The first rank most popularly known as the amateur rank, attainable by anyone that can become a tier one expert is called the refining metal realm. There are two stages in the refining realm, the first stage is to purify the metal. After purifying the metal, chaotic meridians will be able to show in the metal or crystal. That's where the second step comes in, reshaping the meridians and at the same time using qi to stimulate them. It takes a few years to be attainable by tier-one experts. Even people who are not talented will be able to achieve it if they can spend ten years or more while genius can get to it within one year.