Chapter 352: Feng Wuyu’s Forging Technique

Xu Yuan glanced around and spotted an unexpected figure.

"Uncle Master?"

Zhen Hua nodded at Xu Yuan.

Indeed, even the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua had been invited to observe Feng Wuyu's forging demonstration at Shrek's inner court.

Xu Yuan was surprised, further convinced that this forging session might be extraordinary.

Before they could exchange words, Feng Wuyu's voice caught their attention.

"Everyone, I will be conducting a week-long forging session here!"

A week?

The crowd was astonished.

Xu Yuan also looked shocked.

Even Zhen Hua was secretly taken aback.

What did this mean?

Every time a blacksmith forged, they poured a tremendous amount of essence, energy, and spirit into the process. For powerful individuals, recovery was relatively easy, but for some weaker blacksmiths, it drained their vitality.

Zhen Hua fell into the latter category.

Each attempt at heavenly forging placed an immense burden on him.

The reason was simple: his cultivation level had been forcibly raised, making his title as a Titled Douluo somewhat watered down.

In ancient times—ten thousand or twenty thousand years ago—this distinction wouldn't have mattered as much.

But in the current era, with only one soul core as a Titled Douluo, he clearly couldn't compete with the top-tier powerhouses. Relying on external forces to break through left his foundation shallow.

Achieving divine craftsmanship despite this was a testament to his innate talent in forging.

As for Feng Wuyu, he was a genuine Level 98 Super Douluo, with an overwhelming reservoir of soul power. His martial soul was the True Fire Dragon—a true dragon martial soul.

The burden of an Eight-Level Saint Craftsman's forging process wasn't significant for him.

However, every forging session consumed a considerable amount of blood qi. To forge continuously for an entire week, he would need an astronomical amount of rare medicinal herbs and treasures to aid his recovery.

"Could Elder Feng really be nearing the threshold of heavenly forging?"

Xu Yuan was filled with doubt.

If that were true, then his influence on this situation was far greater than expected.

"Whether it's passion or natural talent in forging, Feng Wuyu is undeniably a genius," Zhen Hua said, seemingly aware of Xu Yuan's thoughts and offering an explanation. "Combined with his cultivation level, if he succeeds in heavenly forging, I wouldn't doubt it. But heavenly forging isn't something achieved overnight. This forging event is likely his attempt to consolidate his understanding before attempting to break through to heavenly forging."

Xu Yuan understood.

At the same time, he had already reasoned things out for himself.

The ripple effect he caused wasn't large, but it had precisely impacted a critical point.

The most crucial aspect of heavenly forging was comprehending and utilizing the laws of heaven and earth to thoroughly transform metals.

Comprehending these laws required spiritual power to reach the Spirit Domain realm, and Feng Wuyu's spiritual power had previously been stuck just below that threshold.

Had he found a breakthrough recently?

If so, with his accumulated knowledge, perhaps he could directly perceive the laws?

As for using the mastery of these laws to manipulate heaven and earth to transform metals, this was likely what Feng Wuyu gained from his trip to the Demon Plane.

Xu Yuan knew how to use elimination reasoning.

The only major factor that could have significantly advanced Feng Wuyu's abilities was this trip to the Demon Plane.

Strictly speaking, aside from assisting Yali in a battle early on, Feng Wuyu had mostly stayed behind to guard Shrek City.

If there was any opportunity for enlightenment, it might have come from the difference between the two planes—their respective heavens and earth—and how experiencing both deepened his understanding of them.

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Feng Wuyu's soul power surged.

Intense flames roared to life outside his body, swiftly engulfing him. A mighty dragon aura was embedded within the flames.

This was Feng Wuyu's unique forging method.

The dragon aura fused into the flames, and during the metal-forging process, the dragon aura began tempering the metal.

This unique forging technique couldn't even be passed down to Tang Wulin.

There was no way around it—Tang Wulin's martial soul lacked fire attributes. Even though the Golden Dragon King's bloodline contained a dragon aura far surpassing Feng Wuyu's True Fire Dragon martial soul, it still wasn't suitable for inheriting this dragon aura tempering method.

Behind Feng Wuyu, a massive dragon roared toward the sky, spewing flames. Within the scorching heat, multiple rare metals were simultaneously tossed into the terrifying inferno.

Feng Wuyu's nickname, "Old Madman," wasn't without reason.

(T/N: Also a play on his name, 'Feng' can also mean crazy, mad etc. which sounds the same as his family name. So in Chinese, his nickname could also be interpreted as 'Old Feng')

He was eccentric and utterly obsessed with forging, taking unconventional paths. Not only did he warp the entire forging association's culture at Shrek, encouraging blacksmiths to learn fusion forging early, but he also developed numerous peculiar forging techniques.

Multiple rare metals were thrown into the airborne flames.

Within the flames, the dragon aura condensed into a fixed shape, weaving through the fire and continuously hammering each piece of rare metal.

This dragon aura–imbued fire dragon thoroughly forged the rare metals from all angles.

This single technique alone left all the observing blacksmiths in awe.

Even Zhen Hua was astonished by Feng Wuyu's skill.

It wasn't just about flashy techniques.

This was pure strength!

And it was highly practical.

Sure enough, after just half a minute of being hammered by the dragon aura–imbued fire dragon, the metals nearly simultaneously softened and rapidly fused together under the dragon aura's entwining.

The dragon aura permeated the entire metal.

The flames subsided.

Boom!

Feng Wuyu seamlessly transitioned.

A pair of massive golden-red hammers appeared in his hands. The preliminarily fused alloy landed on the forging platform, greeted by a torrential barrage of hammer strikes.

Unlike Xu Yuan and Zhen Hua, who aimed for fewer hammer strikes to achieve better results, Feng Wuyu, who seemed reckless, actually employed an incredibly meticulous fusion-forging method.

The effect of each hammer strike was minimal.

However, the accumulation of countless subtle effects reduced the forging error to an extreme!

Of course, this also depended on his cultivation level.

If someone struggled to complete even a basic level of forging—like Tang Wulin once did, exhausting all his strength and substituting blood qi for soul power to barely finish the process—they certainly couldn't use this forging technique.

Couldn't handle ten hammer strikes? Want to switch to a hundred-strike forging method?

Don't joke around.

Each strike's effect might be smaller, but that didn't mean each hammer blow was easier.

On the contrary, this placed even greater demands on the blacksmith.

Xu Yuan held his breath, feeling that he was about to learn something invaluable today.

Many of Feng Wuyu's forging techniques would benefit him.

Zhen Hua's eyes flickered as he closely observed each of Feng Wuyu's hammer strikes.

No matter how gifted Xu Yuan was, he was still only a Level 6 blacksmith who hadn't yet mastered soul forging, and his cultivation level was still lacking.

But Zhen Hua was different.

He was analyzing every one of Feng Wuyu's hammer strikes.

From each strike, he saw perfection.

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