"Mm."
Gu Yue nodded.
She naturally assumed she was instructing Su Ming.
Zhang Tianyang watched the two grow closer and chuckled, "Young people, you should interact more with others your age."
Zhang Tianyang said to Gu Yue, "I've already opened all the permissions for the Soul Spirit Research Institute you wanted to access. Later, I'll personally take you there to familiarize you with the environment. There are only seven Soul Spirit Research Institutes in the Spirit Transfer Pagoda in total, and the Tianhai Alliance only has one in Tianhai City. If you are truly interested in Soul Spirit research, you can come here for school."
Gu Yue shook her head.
"Donghai Academy is quite good."
"Alright, I won't force you. In that case, you can only come during holidays. Fortunately, transportation is very convenient in this era. Donghai City is quite close to Tianhai City; it won't even take two hours to go back and forth by spirit tool train."
"Thank you, Pagoda Master Zhang," Gu Yue said.
"Let's go, I'll take you," Zhang Tianyang said.
Su Ming was not interested in Soul Spirit research.
He just didn't expect Gu Yue to immediately activate these permissions as soon as she joined the Spirit Transfer Pagoda.
It only showed that her purpose in joining the Spirit Transfer Pagoda was very clear.
"Teacher, did you say Gu Yue is from Donghai City?"
Zhang Tianyang hadn't left yet. Hearing Su Ming's words, he turned back to look at Su Ming and said, "Yes."
"Then, when Gu Yue leaves, please tell me. I'll go with her. Teacher Zhen Hua asked me to deliver some things to the Forging Master Association in Donghai City."
"I, your teacher, will personally see you two off," Zhang Tianyang said.
...
Su Ming didn't just wait. He returned to his cultivation room and, having enough time, performed a Thousand Forging.
His luck was very good; he completed a Thousand Forging First Grade.
Forging depends on luck, but it also relies on skill.
If the forging technique meets the standards, even the probability of Soul Forging can be increased.
The same goes for Thousand Forging First Grade. Su Ming had only broken through to Thousand Forging First Grade three months ago. He had learned many techniques from Zhen Hua, but he hadn't fully digested them yet, so his success rate for Thousand Forging First Grade was only forty percent.
The spiritual light before him was contained. Su Ming tested this metal, then disappointedly threw it into his storage bracelet, planning to sell it later.
"It's not a time-related characteristic again."
Su Ming fell into thought.
"Time-related characteristics are too rare. Besides the first piece of Thousand Forging that successfully forged a silver with delayed effect, I haven't succeeded a second time in these past few years."
Su Ming in dou one also completed the first Thousand Forging of that era through blood sacrifice, but it did not produce time-related characteristics.
"It has little to do with blood sacrifice; it's mainly other aspects."
"Luck is one part, skill is another. I must have not adjusted my state correctly somewhere."
Su Ming reflected for a while.
After reflecting, Zhang Tianyang had just finished showing Gu Yue around the Soul Spirit Research Institute and told Su Ming to go to the rooftop.
An hour later.
Donghai City Forging Master Association.
Su Ming and Zhang Tianyang jumped out of the mecha. Zhang Tianyang waved his hand, retracting the mecha into his storage spirit tool.
Gu Yue had already been sent back to Donghai Academy halfway.
"Let's go."
Su Ming entered the Forging Master Association in front of him.
"Hello, how may I help you?"
"I'm looking for President Mu Chen," Su Ming said.
The receptionist was slightly surprised.
She didn't doubt Su Ming, after all, Su Ming and the senior behind him had just jumped out of a red-level mecha.
Soon, the receptionist dialed the president's office.
"Hello?"
On the other end of the line, a deep voice came through.
"President, someone is looking for you."
"I know, bring them up."
"Gentlemen, please follow me."
The receptionist led the two to the elevator, arrived at the top floor, and brought them to the door of the president's office.
She knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Mu Chen's voice came from inside the door.
Su Ming looked inside the door and saw his Martial Uncle Mu Chen. Beside him were a man and a woman. The man was about his age and looked very... beautiful, and the girl was much older.
"Pagoda Master Zhang, what brings you to my Donghai City Forging Master Association?"
Mu Chen recognized Zhang Tianyang. He had seen the red mecha through the window just now.
When Tang Wulin saw the red-level mecha, he was so envious he almost drooled while pressed against the window. Mu Chen, feeling disappointed, told Tang Wulin that Zhang Tianyang was ostentatious, flying around in a red-level mecha, and would be shot down sooner or later.
"It's not me looking for you; it's my disciple looking for you," Zhang Tianyang said.
Mu Chen then focused his gaze on Su Ming, scrutinizing him, and was slightly surprised: "Is this your disciple? This spirit power fluctuation, he can't be a Spirit Grandmaster already, can he?"
Tang Wulin and Mu Xi beside him were both shocked.
Spirit Grandmaster?
"He's the same age as me, yet he's already at level twenty-something!" Tang Wulin felt an inexplicable immense pressure.
Mu Chen scanned Su Ming, noticing traces of frequent forging on him. He had a guess in his mind, and immediately, as steady as an old dog, he asked, "What do you need me for?"
"My forging teacher asked me to come here to deliver something to Martial Uncle."
Forging teacher?
He already has a teacher?
Then why is he looking for me?
These thoughts flashed through Mu Chen's mind.
Wait, he called me Martial Uncle?
Who is my Senior Brother?
Zhen Hua?
"Are you Zhen Hua's disciple?"
"Yes."
"What did he ask you to bring me?" Mu Chen instinctively felt something was off.
Given Zhen Hua's personality, if he specially sent a disciple to bring him something, it was probably not...
Because he also vaguely had the same thought, he had a premonition of some kind in his heart.
"This junior doesn't know, it's all in this storage bracelet."
Su Ming took off a large bracelet from his right hand and handed it to Mu Chen.
Mu Chen took the bracelet in his hand, injected spirit power into it, sensed the contents, and his mouth twitched.
Inside was a batch of Thousand Forging metals, not a large quantity, unlike support from headquarters to a branch.
The aura of this batch of Thousand Forging metals was similar, as if from one person's hand, a full fifty pieces, all at the Thousand Forging First Grade level!
"Very good, Martial Uncle is very satisfied with this gift." Mu Chen forced a smile and said to Su Ming, "You can come to Donghai City more often when you have time in the future."
"I will," Su Ming said.
"What's your name?"
"Su Ming."
"Mm, how old are you?"
"Nine years old."
Mu Chen was silent for a moment.
"Wulin, you are the same age."
Tang Wulin didn't know what was in the bracelet, he just responded, "Yes, Teacher, I am also nine years old."
"In the future, you two can communicate more. Only through mutual competition will there be motivation," Mu Chen said.
Tang Wulin was puzzled.
"Since you are Senior Brother's disciple, as your Martial Uncle, it should be no problem for me to see your forging technique, right?"
"Of course, no problem."
"Let's go, Wulin, you follow along too. Learn more from your Senior Brother Su Ming."
Tang Wulin followed in a daze.