"You want to try it too?"
Seeing Su Ming's eager expression, Dugu Bo knew exactly what he was thinking.
"Of course. Is it not possible?"
"If your soul isn't strong enough, the pressure you'll face when separated from your body is immense."
"My mental power is still—"
Before Su Ming could finish, Dugu Bo interrupted him.
"No matter how strong your mental power is, it takes time for that to be reflected in your soul. It's like your Qi and Blood power; because of the Blood Source Power, it has exceeded your physical body's level, driving your body's growth, but it can't instantly raise your body's strength to the corresponding level.
"The soul is the same. Strong mental power drives the soul's growth, but it's not instantaneous; it requires time.
"It's like the growth of a human body; the soul must also grow. Even if your Qi and Blood is powerful, your body is only twelve years old—that is also a measure of your physical development. Naturally, your soul is the same; your soul is also only twelve years old.
"Moreover, the soul is different from the body. The body can directly absorb nutrients, which are easy to obtain. The soul, however, can only be tempered through long periods of time."
That made sense.
But it was useless.
Su Ming's soul was not twelve years old.
However, he didn't directly ignore the risks and try it in front of Dugu Bo, as that would be tantamount to slapping the old man in the face.
He simply had his Douluo 2 and Douluo 3 selves attempt it.
"Be good and cultivate normally for now. Sensing all that isn't very useful for you at the moment. However, with your configuration, you should still experience it before you reach the seventieth rank, before obtaining your seventh Spirit Ring. It will be beneficial for your seventh Spirit Skill."
"Alright."
Su Ming returned to the area near his forging platform and began meditating.
"After absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Vine, plus the residual medicinal efficacy from the Velvet Chrysanthemum, my Spirit Power is only at the forty-fifth rank."
The Velvet Chrysanthemum had directly boosted Su Ming from the thirty-sixth rank to the fortieth. That was only four ranks.
By Su Ming's estimate, at least two more ranks of Spirit Power were still stuck.
Calculating it this way, a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring had only increased his power by three ranks.
Only three...
Who knows what Dugu Bo would think if he knew Su Ming's thoughts.
The sun rose and the moon set.
Su Ming once again entered a routine of cultivation.
His forging skills were also gradually being perfected through his and Little Gold's efforts. The dependence of the ultimate realm of Spirit Infusion on the Ice and Fire energies of the Ice Fire Two Eyes was also decreasing.
"This is a technique I completely pioneered. Even if used in Douluo 3, it would be a technology that transcends the era."
[Douluo 3]
Heaven Dou City.
Blacksmith Association Headquarters.
"Little Ming always has some strange and interesting ideas."
Zhen Hua listened to Su Ming's idea about Spirit Infusion, chuckled, and didn't pay it much mind.
What was the purpose of Spirit Infusion? To bestow spirituality upon rare metals.
But rare metals already possessed spirituality naturally. Why would they need any 'infusion'?
"But Teacher, what if the process of Spirit Infusion could allow the metal itself to enter an energy state?"
"What do you mean? Explain in detail."
Zhen Hua became interested.
"It's like this: take a piece of rare metal without spirituality. We use the spirituality of a Spirit Soul to transfer, to ferry it into the rare metal. During this transfer process, if we can make the foreign spirituality perfectly absorb the characteristics of the rare metal, we could simultaneously remove other impurities from the metal, completing its energy transformation."
A sharp light flashed in Zhen Hua's eyes.
Assuming there were rare metals without spirituality, this method would indeed be reasonable.
The spirituality inherent in rare metals was, of course, already fully integrated with the metal itself and couldn't turn around and 'devour' the metal's characteristics. But what about foreign spirituality?
"An interesting idea. It's a pity there are no rare metals without spirituality now."
Su Ming certainly knew this.
But since he had brought this idea to Zhen Hua, he naturally had a workaround in mind.
"The basic idea is sound, but we can also adapt it. For example, find two different rare metals and graft their spiritualities onto each other."
Su Ming spoke with great enthusiasm.
"For example, take one piece of Heavy Silver and one piece of Magic Silver. We guide the spirituality of the Heavy Silver into the Magic Silver, then guide the spirituality of the Magic Silver into the Heavy Silver. Then, using the Spirit Infusion technique I just mentioned, forge both pieces of rare metal into an energy state. It seems troublesome, but the technique itself isn't highly difficult. It could lay a better foundation for subsequent Fusion Forging of multi-component Spirit Alloys and Soul Refinement."
Zhen Hua frowned, pondering the feasibility.
Based on what Su Ming said, he roughly deduced the skill level required for this forging technique—approximately that of Spirit Refinement and ordinary Fusion Forging. It wouldn't be very useful for even a Level Six Blacksmith, but for subsequent three-component Fusion Forging, four-component Fusion Forging, and even the higher-level Soul Refinement, it could have a very profound impact.
Starting from the very beginning with energy-state spiritual metal forging would lay a better foundation for both Spirit Refinement and Fusion Forging, naturally benefiting subsequent Fusion Forging as well.
"Haha, a very inspired idea!"
Mu Ye's voice came through.
Along with his voice came a rich, aromatic fragrance.
Su Ming turned his head and saw Mu Ye pushing a small food cart towards them.
"Teacher Mu Ye, what are we eating today? It smells amazing."
"Today I caught you a Thousand-Year Sea Serpent Dragon. I added some previously saved Thousand-Year spirit herbs into the mix," Mu Ye said with a laugh. "Haven't you been clamoring to enhance your physique, kid? The serpent dragon tendons and meat are both great supplements, very useful for body tempering."
With a wave of his hand, he produced a dining table and placed all four dishes from the cart onto it.
The three of them sat down, continuing their discussion while savoring the delicious food.
"The theory of Spirit Infusion is good, but guiding two different rare metals to exchange spiritualities is still too demanding on one's control."
Mu Ye's words caught Su Ming's attention.
"Then, Teacher Mu Ye, do you have a simpler and more direct method?"
Su Ming knew full well that this teacher of his was also a Spirit Master with ideas; the one who thought of integrating Spirit Souls into mechas was also a talented individual.
"Haha, of course I do. The foundation of your Spirit Infusion is rare metal without spirituality, right? Then use metal without spirituality." Mu Ye raised his hand, signaling Su Ming and Zhen Hua not to speak yet, and poured out his idea in one go. "Yes, rare metals all have spirituality. Why not try ordinary metals then?"
Ordinary metals?
"Spirit Infusion, Spirit Infusion. Since spirituality can be infused into metal after the fact and can also devour characteristics, then why can't we have spirituality devour characteristics and integrate them into ordinary metals?"
Su Ming was stunned.
For a moment, he forgot to chew the Serpent Dragon tendon in his mouth, swallowing it whole before speaking. "Teacher Mu Ye, are you saying we should... create Artificial Rare Metal?"
"Something like that." Mu Ye chuckled. "If the Spirit Transmission Pagoda can create artificial Spirit Souls, isn't it perfectly reasonable for our Blacksmith Association to create artificial rare metal?"
Su Ming gave a thumbs-up.
"I think it's feasible."
The corner of Zhen Hua's mouth twitched.
What do you mean, you think it's feasible?
Who would ultimately be the one to research and develop this idea?
Zhen Hua could guess the answer with his backside.
"Hehe, Teacher Zhen Hua, the task of developing this Spirit Infusion technique might have to fall to you."
"What do you mean, fall to me?" Zhen Hua's face stiffened. "You two have good ideas, but have you considered where the characteristics would come from? Would we dismantle the characteristics from existing rare metals to artificially transform ordinary metal into rare metal?"
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