Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting-Novel

Chapter 411 – Fifth Rank Blacksmith Yang Yingming

TL : GoldenLung

“Wahahaha, hahaha, this is too awesome. Awesome. Junior, you’re my lucky star!” Yang Yingming’s excited laughter resounded in the room, shaking the entire room.

Seeing that it was him, Lan Xuanyu gave up on resisting and said helplessly, “Senior, put me down first.”

Yang Yingming was dancing with joy, and he looked like he was about to go crazy. After Lan Xuanyu’s continuous calls, he finally let him go.

Lan Xuanyu looked at him in confusion. “Senior, what happened to you?”

“I did it, I did it, I did it! Hahaha, I’m at the fifth rank. I’m a Fifth-Rank Blacksmith now. With that piece of Heavy Silver you gave me just now, I gave it a try. Who would have thought that I would actually succeed in one try and complete my first Spirit Refinement in my life. You know about Spirit Refinement, right? It allows the metal to truly gain sentience and possess its own soul. It can be said to be a complete evolution. If a Spirit Refinement were to fail, the metal would be crippled. The hardest part for us blacksmiths is the Spirit Refinement. It requires way, way too many resources. This is my first time succeeding! I did it, my Spirit Refinement succeeded. Spirit Refinement success means that I am now a Fifth-Rank Blacksmith. Wahaha, my title as the number one in the Outer Court is well deserved. Our Outer Court doesn’t have a Fifth-Rank Blacksmith yet.”

Lan Xuanyu said in surprise, “Congratulations, Senior. After your first success, it will be much easier in the future.”

Yang Yingming was already grinning from ear to ear. “I’m going to show off, I’m going to my class to show off. Hahaha, with this Fifth-Rank Blacksmith title, I’ll have a higher chance of entering the Inner Court next year. I’ll leave first, brother. Thank you for bringing me luck.” With that, he turned and ran.

Fifth-Rank Blacksmith, Spirit Refinement, huh?

Lan Xuanyu couldn’t help but look forward to it.

So there were so few blacksmiths in the Outer Court! There wasn’t even a single Fifth-Rank Blacksmith ?

However, he was able to analyze the situation from Yang Yingming’s words. There was no doubt that forging was the most difficult of all the auxiliary professions. The issues of success rate and resources for rare metals were extremely troublesome.

Furthermore, even if one could do Thousand Refinements, one could only make One-Word Battle Armors. According to Shrek Academy’s requirements, Two-Word Battle Armors had to be Spirit Refined at the very least. It was too difficult to cultivate to the Spirit Refinement realm, which meant that if one wanted to make a Two-Word Battle Armor during his time in the Outer Court, he would have to do it by himself. The difficulty was so high, and it required a lot of time and effort. Naturally, very few people would choose it.

Lan Xuanyu wasn’t sure before, but he was able to analyze it now. He couldn’t help but feel grateful towards Mr. Le. If not for Mr. Le’s guidance, he wouldn’t have improved so quickly. He didn’t expect that he would be able to do Thousand Refinements after a few months of hard work. He didn’t know when he would be able to do Spirit Refinements.

After resting for a while, Lan Xuanyu forged the two pieces of Thousand Refined Heavy Silver into hammers before leaving the Blacksmith Association and returning to his dorm.

Today was a Saturday, and tomorrow was a rest day. The day after tomorrow, Monday, they would be taking their final exam. This term’s final exam was their first one, so it was naturally quite important and also a summary of their entire semester.

Ever since they defeated the third years, Lan Xuanyu and the rest had kept a low profile and didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. They only worked hard to cultivate and improve their strength. But at the end of term, the attention of the first years naturally converged on them. The results of the final exams were undoubtedly the best opportunity to test everyone.

Lan Xuanyu was very clear that almost all the students were holding their breaths, hoping to surpass them during the final exam.

But would they really have this opportunity?

“Di di di.” Right at this moment, Lan Xuanyu’s soul communication device suddenly rang.

He looked at the number and a smile appeared on his face as he answered the call. “Qianqiu.”

“En. We’re going to the auction tomorrow, right? I want to eat coconut jelly.” Dong Qianqiu’s gentle voice came from the other side.

“Alright, I’ll treat you tomorrow.” Lan Xuanyu smiled.

“En. See you tomorrow evening then,” Dong Qianqiu said.

“En.”

Other than attending classes, they only met on weekends. The rest of the time, everyone was busy cultivating. After a few months, the relationship between the six members of their small team had become closer. Their friendship was growing.

Lan Xuanyu’s victory with his Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd had completely established his position as leader of the team. Even Lan Mengqin was amazed by his strength.

Although Yuanen Huihui was the strongest, he wasn’t coveting his position at all, especially after getting Lan Xuanyu’s help so many times that now he was practically at his beck and call whenever Lan Xuanyu said something. Furthermore, Lan Xuanyu’s decisions had benefited the entire team and strengthened everyone’s confidence in him.

Teamwork was the most important, followed by strength.

There were only a total of 30 people among the first years, how many teams such as theirs could be formed ? Actually, there were other students who wanted to join as well, such as Bing Tianliang and his team, as well as those who could use Martial Soul Fusion skills thanks to Lan Xuanyu. But because there were already too many people in the team, if they joined, the team would have become too big. Lan Xuanyu rejected them and only said that they were classmates and would definitely help each other in the future.

Tang Zhenhua had told Lan Xuanyu in private that the first semester’s final exam was very important. Not only did they have to get good results, but it was also the first time the higher-ups of the school would have their eyes on them. If they could get good results during this exam, it would lay the foundation for their future in the school. If they wanted to get more resources from the school, they had to display sufficient abilities.

There was no doubt that their team had already gained a lot of attention through the match against the third years. In that case, whether or not they could continue to receive attention was extremely important for this final exam.

It was only right for them to go to the auction tomorrow. They had quite a bit of savings and they could use the auction to obtain some resources. It was obviously necessary to use some for the final exam.

The biggest problem with Lan Xuanyu’s team was that they didn’t have any pure support-type soul masters, which meant that their battle endurance would be weaker.

Food-type soul masters in this aspect were the best; they could strengthen, recover, and sustain everyone. However, food-type soul masters were rare, so they had to do some preparations as compensation.

Sunday was free time, and Lan Xuanyu struck while the iron was hot. He spent the day forging Heavy Silvers in the Blacksmith Association to familiarize himself with the feeling of a rare metal.

After switching to his pair of Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammers, forging was indeed different. If one wanted to do a good job, one had to be proficient with his tools first. With the Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammers, his soul and bloodline powers could be transferred into the metal more easily, and the feedback returned by the metal to him was many times clearer. After a whole day, he had forged a total of 10 pieces of Heavy Silver, and each piece was successful. The one with the best effect even had a halo of five feet.

Even Lan Xuanyu was surprised at the speed of his improvement. He knew that this had a lot to do with his bloodline power. Whether it was for stabilizing the metal or strengthening his recovery and stamina, it was the key to success in forging. Of course, more importantly, there was Uncle Le’s guidance.

A piece of Thousand Refined Heavy Silver could be sold for at least five white emblems. Ten pieces was equivalent to 50 white emblems. He had earned at least three yellow badges in a day. This was definitely the path to wealth!

However, Lan Xuanyu clearly remembered how difficult it would be for him to attempt Spirit Refinement in the future, so he didn’t dare to sell his Heavy Silvers now. He planned to save up a little more. There was still time, and he planned to only use First-Grade Thousand Refined Heavy Silver for he and his team’s One-Word Battle Armors. He believed that it wouldn’t be long before he reached that level. Another semester should be enough.