The sudden explosion sound from the burning coal pulled Aos Qin out of his memories.
Glancing at the color of the flames in the furnace, Aos Qin stood up and pulled the bellows to raise the temperature again.
After two months of cooperation, Aos Qin could always coordinate at the right time to assist his uncle, Aubert, in completing the metal refining work.
Time flowed like water through his fingers, and in the blink of an eye, another three years had passed.
It was still Uncle Aubert's blacksmith workshop, and Aos Qin was still helping there.
However, he was no longer just helping to pull the bellows. The sharpening of weapons was now also done by him.
Sometimes, when his uncle rested, he would swing the hammer a few times with the aid of soul power to get a feel for it.
For this reason, he had specially spent eight silver soul coins to ask his uncle to forge him a pair of refined-iron casting hammers according to the style shown in the All-Knowing Library.
As for those eight silver soul coins, they were part of the wages he had earned over the past three years by helping his uncle. Excluding these, he still had twenty-two silver soul coins left.
Of course, the hammer-swinging work had only started last year — that is, when Aos Qin was five years old.
At that time, he was finally able to lift the casting hammer with the help of soul power, so naturally, Aos Qin began the practical operation process of soul tool manufacturing.
The metal-forging method given to him by the All-Knowing Library was not the famous Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique, but a dual-hammer forging method — holding a smaller hammer in the left hand and a larger one in the right.
That was why he had to ask his uncle to make him a pair of forging hammers.
Because this forging method was different from the traditional one, his uncle had questioned him about it, but when he saw Aos Qin use it properly, he did not say much more.
Since he had never seen the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique, Aos Qin could not compare the two methods, but he himself was quite satisfied with the results of the dual-hammer forging.
This forging method required standing in a bow stance, starting the force from the calves, using the right-hand hammer for the main forging, while the left-hand hammer mainly flipped and adjusted the shape as auxiliary work.
During the forging process, one must pay attention to infusing one's soul power evenly into the metal through the forging hammers.
This could enhance the metal's affinity with his own soul power and allow him to better sense the state of the metal, making it easier to forge spirit-forged metal.
Such high requirements made Aos Qin suffer quite a lot during practice — he spent an entire year laying the blacksmithing foundation.
If not for the existence of the simulated training ground in the All-Knowing Library, Aos Qin wouldn't even know where to find enough materials for practice.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. Just last night, Aos Qin finally completed his first spirit forging of metal inside the All-Knowing Library.
Today, when his uncle took his rest, Aos Qin could try his first real full-power metal refinement and forging in reality. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a bit excited.
Of course, Aos Qin's progress over these three years was not just limited to this.
As his meditation became more proficient and his soul power grew, Aos Qin no longer needed guidance within the Library to complete meditation.
Now, he meditated on his own before sleeping; once he felt mentally tired, he would enter the Library again to practice soul tool production — although at this stage, it was more like blacksmithing.
He discovered that as long as he entered the Library, his mental fatigue would reset, so Aos Qin chose this method to improve his learning efficiency.
Not only that, but through his morning training, Aos Qin had also become very proficient in circulating his soul power during combat, running both the minor and major cycles.
Most importantly, two months ago, he felt a bottleneck — that feeling where no matter how long you meditate, your soul power would not increase.
Aos Qin understood that he had reached the limit before obtaining his first soul ring — which meant that if he awakened his martial soul now, he would be one of those "geniuses" with innate full soul power.
Thinking about this and that, the entire morning passed. After lunch, as usual, it was Uncle's rest time.
Oh, and it should be mentioned that Oscar was no longer staying in the smithy. When he was four years old, he went with Obkin and Yun Shuangshuang, the married couple, to help at their snack stall in town.
Now, only Aos Qin and Aubert remained in the smithy.
That afternoon, when his uncle went to rest, Aos Qin walked alone into the workshop, selecting an ordinary piece of iron about as big as the large pot used on a rural stove.
Circulating his soul power, he strained to move it onto the furnace for heating. As the iron gradually turned red, Aos Qin became more focused. He wanted to forge this ordinary iron into spirit-forged refined iron and make it into his right-hand casting hammer.
With the All-Knowing Library's scanning ability, Aos Qin closely monitored the heating condition of the iron.
At the moment the iron was fully heated, he lifted it with his left hammer and placed it onto the anvil for forging.
Bow stance, force from calves — the right hammer struck heavily onto the iron while channeling a wave of soul power into it.
Taking advantage of the rebound, the left hammer also tapped on the same spot, infusing another wave of soul power into the iron.
Then again, the right hammer struck down with force from the calves — and this process repeated continuously.
If one listened carefully, one could notice that the sound of Aos Qin's hammering was denser than that of Aubert's, with alternating heavy and light beats, full of rhythm.
With the scanning ability of the All-Knowing Library, Aos Qin could clearly sense where the impurities in the iron were denser, whether the infusion of soul power was even, and whether the heat was sufficient.
All these factors greatly improved the quality and efficiency of Aos Qin's metal refining.
Yet even with such convenient assistance, Aos Qin still spent more than two hours hammering nonstop to finally complete this forging.
To be honest, in the last half hour, Aos Qin was relying purely on willpower — his physical strength and soul power had both reached their limits.
If not for his determination not to let his first real-world forging end in failure, Aos Qin would have given up long ago.
So, at the moment the forging was completed, both of Aos Qin's hammers slipped from his hands and fell to the ground.
His face was covered with sweat — whether from exhaustion or overexertion — and his complexion was pale from soul power depletion.
However, all of this no longer mattered, because on the forging table, the right-hand hammer emitted a steady spiritual glow.
Following the instructions from the All-Knowing Library, Aos Qin pricked his fingertip and let a few drops of blood fall onto this, his very first, and what would accompany him for a long time — spirit-forged refined-iron casting hammer.
At once, a subtle feeling rose in Aos Qin's heart. Instinctively gripping the hammer with his right hand, in that moment, the hammer seemed like an extension of his arm — the sensation was so marvelous that it felt as though the hammer's weight didn't exist at all.
After a brief excitement came a deep sense of fatigue. Without caring about anything else, Aos Qin found a clean corner in the workshop, sat down, and began circulating his soul power to regulate his breathing, especially focusing on his arms to prevent hidden injuries.
"It seems the left-hand hammer will have to wait until the day after tomorrow to be made," was Aos Qin's last thought before entering a meditative state.
Three days later, in front of his uncle, Aos Qin used his spirit-forged twin hammers to create a refined-iron kitchen knife in ten minutes.
As soon as the quenching was done, his uncle snatched the knife from Aos Qin's hands.
After carefully inspecting it, Aubert's face was full of praise:"Remarkable, truly remarkable, Little Qin! Your metal refining skills are already no worse than those of the big blacksmiths in the city.
The key is that your speed is fast! There's still one month left before your martial soul awakening.
Whether you have soul power or not, that's another matter — but this month, let's work together: you refine the metal, and I'll do the forging.
Let's try to produce a batch of high-quality weapons and armor, make a name for ourselves in Soto City, and we'll split the profits fifty-fifty."
Naturally, Aos Qin had no objections to this. He still needed such training.
Moreover, he could feel that his soul power, through constant cycles of depletion and recovery, was becoming tougher and more resilient.
He believed that once his martial soul awakened and he obtained a soul ring, it would surely bring him a pleasant surprise.
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