Chapter 64 Extremely High Fusion Forging Rate
In the Shrek City Forging Association,
a silver-white room filled with various forging instruments and equipment, the air was now filled with the sounds of hammering.
Mu Chen stood quietly at the door, watching. Although he regretted it, he only complained to Zhen Hua on the surface.
In fact, he and Zhen Hua grew up together and entered the forging industry together. Both of them possessed the same extraordinary talent and brilliance in forging. They were best friends and once the biggest rivals.
Zhen Hua was instructing Lin Xiu Ran in forging. Although Lin Xiu Ran's hammering technique was haphazard, improving his skills would still be very beneficial.
Not only could it save effort, but it could also maximize the force used. Because of the principle of leveraging force, even a small amount of Lin Xiu Ran's strength could be amplified significantly. Therefore, it was also very important to him.
These days, due to reaching level 40, Lin Xiu Ran's forging skills had also improved by leaps and bounds. Now, he was almost certain of success in fusion forging, and the fusion rate was very high.
Seeing that Lin Xiu Ran had finished forging a piece of rare metal, Zhen Hua nodded slightly and then explained, "There are many kinds of alloys that can be forged on the continent, and there are even quite a few for civilian use. This has always been an important topic of official research on metals. Some alloys can be obtained through processing, but in the eyes of us blacksmiths, those are not true alloys. They are just different metal elements that are fused together by melting, which destroys the nature of metals and damages life. Therefore, we call such alloys spiritless alloys, while the alloys forged by us blacksmiths are the true alloys, also known as spirited alloys."
"Now, let's begin forging the spirit alloy using the spinning forging technique."
Zhen Hua had extremely high expectations for Lin Xiu Ran and directly chose to have him perform spinning forging.
Under normal circumstances, even with Lin Xiu Ran's level 40 soul power, it wouldn't be enough to support him in completing spinning forging; at least level 50 soul power would be sufficient.
But Lin Xiu Ran was different; with the help of the Phoenix True Fire, the difficulty of forging would be greatly reduced. Therefore, in Zhen Hua's view, spinning forging was nothing to Lin Xiu Ran. Lin Xiu Ran
nodded. Since he was going to forge, he would forge the best spear he could currently produce, using his best metal.
In fact, spinning forging was just one type of forging, only more time-consuming, but not much more difficult. Moreover, he believed that with his current skills, the Phoenix True Fire, and the hammer techniques taught to him by Sister Wu, he could handle it.
Lin Xiu Ran held his double hammers, placed the two rare metals in the center, and took a slight breath.
With the Phoenix True Fire, he didn't need to perform the forging process; he could simply forge directly.
Each of his hammer blows contained flames, each flame evenly distributed across the metal. He calculated each strike precisely, ensuring the flame was just right on the last, bringing the metal to its perfect state.
Pre-firing, compared to Lin Xiu Ran's method, had the drawback of less precise control over the heat, a problem he completely avoided.
Of course, it's worth noting that not all fire-type soul masters can forge like Lin Xiu Ran.
Ordinary flames cannot fuse with rare metals, easily destroying the metal's components and organic molecules, rendering it lifeless—essentially a death sentence.
This is why Zhen Hua, Mu Chen, and Feng Wuyu all vied to take Lin Xiu Ran as their disciple; his Phoenix True Fire was arguably the most suitable for a blacksmith. In other words, he naturally possessed the greatest advantage to become an excellent blacksmith.
Furthermore, Lin Xiu Ran's soul power cultivation was rapid, fully supporting his progress in forging. It's worth noting that a large number of blacksmiths' forging skills stagnate due to insufficient soul power.
At first, Lin Xiu Ran just smashed the giant hammer wildly without any method, using as much force as he could. However, during the forging process, the metal gradually shrank until the two pieces were roughly the same size. Lin Xiu Ran's hammering then lightened.
A gentle tap with his left hammer on the side caused the two pieces of metal, stuck together, to move. His right hammer followed immediately, moving them. The two rare metals, now fused together, began to rotate.
Alloy forging is not just about the surface; it's about internal fusion. Forging requires the fusion of soul power, using it as a bridge to allow the alloys to fuse together, preserving their spirituality while sublimating.
A white light suddenly rose from the vortex of soul power used for forging, instantly increasing the vortex's rotation speed and emitting a piercing buzzing sound.
The white light rose a full five feet long!
The first grade of the thousand-fold forging was completed quickly, naturally easy for Lin Xiu Ran who had applied the Phoenix True Fire.
But this left the continent's only divine craftsman watching in stunned silence. Lin Xiu Ran's speed was incredible; he had completed the thousand-fold forging in less than thirty minutes.
Completing the thousand forgings means that the spirit alloy has essentially been initially declared a success.
Even the master craftsman before us needed an hour to complete the thousand forgings in his time. For
a normal blacksmith, it would take three or four hours, or even five or six hours, which is quite normal.
But clearly, Lin Xiu Ran's speed was too fast, which was probably due to the effect of the Phoenix True Fire.
As Lin Xiu Ran's soul power increased, his bloodline also improved, and while the power he could control with the Phoenix True Fire wasn't yet sufficient for combat, he had reached a point of complete mastery in forging. He could use the Phoenix True Fire flexibly with every hammer blow.
Another half hour passed, and with the final hammer blow from Lin Xiu Ran, the entire process was flawless; he hadn't even shed a drop of sweat.
The two originally square pieces of metal had now been completely smoothed, becoming an oval shape.
This metal now seemed to have come alive, radiating a rich life force, and the surrounding white light hadn't yet dissipated.
Zhen Hua, being the person he was, immediately recognized that the alloy's integration level was exceptionally high.
He quickly took out his testing equipment and began testing the metal's integration level.
"Ninety-four!"
Zhen Hua was slightly surprised; such integration was hard to imagine coming from Lin Xiu Ran's first attempt at rotary forging.
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