Blue Silver Grass Strategy

"That 'Haotian Douluo' Tang Chen is also a blacksmith, or rather, he also knows the blacksmith's forging skills, right?"

"Or is it that this 'Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique' was originally a special technique used by blacksmiths to hammer metal materials?"

Being able to forge and master the blacksmith's techniques does not mean that one is a blacksmith, so Ling Yi added this later.

After hearing Ling Yi's analysis, Wang Meng seemed a little dazed and was unable to react for a long time.

It's not Wang Meng's fault for making a fuss. Even though he is nearly forty years old, he has spent most of his life swinging hammers by the furnace and in front of the forge. It is obvious that he is not a knowledgeable or smart person.

Another thing is that Ling Yi's inference is based on his memories of his previous life, which is why he can come up with it so smoothly and quickly.

Perhaps without the memory data from his previous life, Ling Yi's flexible thinking developed in this life can still allow him to make correct inferences step by step, but it may not be so accurate that he can come up with it right away.

In addition, people in the Douluo Continent worldview are generally not well educated, and there is no cultural education system specifically for soul masters and ordinary people.

In the worldview of extraordinary martial arts, everyone’s first cognition is to learn all the knowledge related to martial spirits.

Those soul masters with innate soul power qualifications would like to devote all their time to the study and practice of martial souls. Cultural cultivation, the shaping of world outlook, values, strategies, economics and people's livelihood...all come behind, and only those with low qualifications among the nobles are qualified to learn these.

Under this, just like the technical school in Ling Yi's previous life, everyone learns a certain skill as a means of making a living, and becomes a screw in the human gathering places such as towns and villages of all sizes on this Douluo Continent, ordinary and mediocre, common and easily replaced.

For example, in the original timeline, Tang Hao asked Tang San to go to [Yuexuan] to cleanse the murderous aura that was easily out of control. So who are the people in [Yuexuan]?

Those with excellent martial spirit aptitude all go to [Tiandou Royal Academy] to attend classes. Those who learn aristocratic manners and skills are used as tools for marriage. By the way, this is also a way to distinguish themselves from ordinary nouveau riche and low-class peasants.

Tang Yuehua said that Tang Hao did not have her wisdom. If she were in Tang Hao's shoes, she would probably not be in the same situation as Tang Hao.

This is true. If Tang Hao can form alliances and get other sects or even the two empires to stand on the same front, and with the remaining deterrence of Tang Chen behind him, even if Qian Xunji had the courage of three others, they would not dare to directly attack the gate of the Haotian Sect.

After all, he is the most outstanding successor of the [Haotian Sect] and the new generation of 'Haotian Douluo'. How can he be rejected by his blood relatives in the sect when he returns to the [Haotian Sect] with Ah Yin?

But Tang Hao took Ah Yin to live in seclusion in the mountains, all alone, so naturally he was blocked by Qian Xunji and his men.

In the original timeline, whether it was the five elders in the [Haotian Sect] or the four clans with single attributes, they all had such strong opinions about Tang Hao. The main reason was that after Qian Xunji's death, all of them suffered heavy losses in the face of the crazy revenge of the [Spirit Hall], and many of their relatives and close friends died tragically, which made them full of resentment.

Of course, these are already established facts in the original timeline and cannot be changed. No one can answer Tang Yuehua's "what if" question.

But if you really think about it, if Tang Yuehua had Tang Hao's qualifications, would she still be able to possess the skills that she is proud of?

Besides practicing, does she still have the energy to learn aristocratic etiquette, the art of speaking...?

All of these are unknown.

Thinking of this, Ling Yi couldn't help but think of the cases of two film and television characters in his previous life.

Xiang Yu: Familiar with the Art of War, burn your boats and burn your cooking pots, avoid the strong and attack the weak, attack the enemy and rescue them...

King of Western Chu: On the battlefield, I am invincible. The army is approaching, and the advantage is mine...

Superman: Super Brain, what should I do?

Super Brain: Use your super power~

Chapter 43: The Broken Cloak

Chapter 43: Chaotic Cloak: Remnant

"Fifth Brother~Fifth Brother~~~"

At Ling Yi's gentle calls, Wang Meng, who was a little shocked, finally came back to his senses. He looked at Ling Yi with a complicated expression and was speechless for a long time.

Reluctantly calming down, Wang Meng shook his head, and tightened his hand holding the forging hammer, making his heart more at ease.

He nodded at Ling Yi and said, "Your analysis is very good... um..."

Wang Meng paused as he spoke, organizing his words while continuing:

"When my master was learning his craft in the metal capital 'Gengxin City', his master once said that the Tang family of the [Haotian Sect] is the only place on the Douluo Continent, apart from the [Blacksmith Association] in 'Gengxin City', that has the complete inheritance of the 'Chaos Cloak Hammer Method' -"

"And the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Method" is indeed the most powerful casting technique for us blacksmiths to remove metal impurities!!!" (Note 1)

Having said that, Wang Meng's originally confused emotions once again turned into a deep sense of pride, and his entire mental state calmed down a lot.

Seeing this, Ling Yi stopped provoking him. Instead, his eyes sparkled, and he looked at Wang Meng eagerly: "So~~Fifth Senior Brother, do you and Master know the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique"? "

"nature!"

Wang Meng raised his head, lifted his chin, opened his mouth and smiled: "Master learned the forging skills in Gengxin City back then. From my master, I learned the thirty-six styles of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique!"

"That...that..."

Although he was a little disappointed with the number "thirty-six styles", Ling Yi still looked at Wang Meng with longing and expectation.

Wang Meng was very pleased with Ling Yi's eyes and expression. This time he did not directly say what Ling Yi expected. He just shook his head and continued with a sigh: "Unfortunately, I am not qualified enough. I have only learned thirteen moves. I can't continue the combo of the fourteenth hammer..."

Having said that, Wang Meng couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, and immediately he lost interest in showing off in front of Ling Yi.

Without further ado, Wang Meng picked up the forging hammer he had been holding in his hand, walked to the forging table next to Ling Yi, and gestured to Ling Yi, "Xiao Yi, I'll demonstrate it to you first, and then I'll explain it to you in detail later..."

After saying that, Wang Meng used tongs to pick up the dark red iron ingot that had been licked by the fire and placed it on the anvil.

Wang Meng first took a deep breath and assumed the same posture as before when forging. Then, Wang Meng suddenly exerted force with his feet.

Under Ling Yi's spiritual induction, the muscles in Wang Meng's two calves contracted and swelled violently, and a huge force surged from bottom to top, along his thighs, waist, back, arms, and finally to the forging hammer in his hand...

"clang--!"

With the sound of golden and jade resonance, the forging hammer in his hand hit the iron ingot. When it bounced back due to the reaction force, Wang Meng turned around along with the force, exerted force with his calf again, and swung the forging hammer tightly held in his broad hand. There was another loud bang amid the strong whistling sound of the wind, and the hammer head fell on the iron block again. This blow was not only incredibly fast, but also slightly more powerful than the first one!

Next, every time the forging hammer bounced high and was about to reach the highest point, Wang Meng's body would draw an arc, driving the forging hammer in his hand to circle around and then smash it down again. The whole person's movement reached a nearly perfect match with the amplitude of the forging hammer's bounce.

Ling Yi inexplicably felt that the scene before him looked familiar.

However, Ling Yi did not concentrate his mind on thinking deeply. He just took note of this familiarity and focused more on every movement and every detail of Wang Meng in front of him.

After more than seven years of traveling through time, I finally came into contact with the native land of Douluo Continent. The first secret skill besides martial spirit and meditation was also a secret skill that occupied a considerable amount of space in the protagonist's mid-to-late battles in the original novel, so naturally I had to pay some attention to it.

From the second blow onwards, the force of each blow exceeded the full force of Wang Meng's first blow, but through that magical posture, the increasingly strong force was still under his control. The perfect and coordinated movement posture avoided the rebound force to the greatest extent possible, and instead added this force to the next hammer blow.

Wang Meng's movements gradually accelerated, and the forging hammer in his hand turned into a continuous arrow and hammered on the iron ingot, causing the iron ingot to deform rapidly. And Wang Meng's hammering position was not fixed in the same position, but fell evenly on every corner of the iron ingot. When the iron ingot was hammered to a quarter of its original thickness, when the forging hammer in Wang Meng's hand fell and rose, a sticky force appeared, sucking the iron ingot and turning it upside down, and the next hammer hit the original back of the iron ingot.

Ten breaths, just ten breaths!

When Wang Meng slammed down with his last hammer, a deafening sound of metal clashing was heard. He stood there gasping for breath. Only ten breaths had passed since he raised his hammer to strike the first blow!!!

The speed of the first three hammers was okay, almost one hammer per breath, but starting from the fourth hammer, Wang Meng's speed became faster and faster. In less than seven breaths, he instantly struck out the next ten hammers in succession.

Ling Yi shifted his gaze from Wang Meng, who was breathing heavily, to the iron ingot on the anvil that was still dark red.

If you look at it roughly, the iron ingot has not changed much. It seems to be smaller than before, but also not smaller.

But Ling Yi's five senses were extremely sharp, and with the help of his mental power, he immediately discovered that the iron ingot was about one-thirtieth smaller in size than before!

"Hu——Hu——" Wang Meng's breathing gradually slowed down. He looked at the iron ingot in front of him. His years of blacksmithing experience and eyesight allowed him to easily distinguish the changes in the iron ingot.

He smiled with satisfaction at first, but then as if he had thought of something, Wang Meng shook his head helplessly, turned to look at Ling Yi, with a bit of pride on his face, and said: "This is the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Method"!"

To be honest, this was the first time Ling Yi had seen such an expression in the month since he had met Wang Meng.

Obviously, the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" really has a special meaning to Wang Meng.

"Great!"

Ling Yi gave Wang Meng a thumbs up and praised him vigorously, "Fifth Senior Brother, if those great soul masters in the academy saw what you did just now, they would be stunned!"

"Hehe~"

Hearing Ling Yi's words, Wang Meng's face was still full of smiles, but his arrogance was suppressed, as if the completely different look just now had never appeared. His signature shyness reappeared, and he waved his hands and said quickly: "Not really, not really. This skill of mine can only be used in forging, not in combat..."

"Besides, Master said that the complete "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Method" can swing 9981 hammers in a row. He only learned 36 hammers back then, so he learned a fragment~

I can only swing thirteen hammers, which is a fragment of a fragment..."

Without waiting for Ling Yi to say anything, Wang Meng asked first, "How is it? Xiao Yi, after reading it just now, what do you think of the "Chaos Cloak Hammer Technique"? "

Ling Yi's mind at this moment withdrew from the perception of the scene when Wang Meng just performed the incomplete form of "Chaos Cloak Hammer Method", and at the same time he also recalled the source of the previous familiar feeling - "Farmer's Three Forms" swinging hoe form! .

Thoughts surged in his mind, and Ling Yi did not delay his reply to Wang Meng's question: "Based on your body movements just now, Fifth Brother, the principle of this "Chaos Cloak Hammer Method" seems to be a method of using force to exert force. Through the rotation of the body, arms, and forging hammer, the reaction force is resolved and transformed into the next strike...

However, it is easier said than done! "

"It's more than not small!"

Even though Wang Meng was somewhat immune to Ling Yi's amazing wisdom, he was still stunned when he heard Ling Yi's words. Then he smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Just grasping the timing of the recoil force has stopped many people. There are no less than a hundred apprentices who have been taught the "Chaos Cloak Hammer Method" by the master. All of them started as high-level blacksmiths, but less than thirty people have finally mastered this step!"

"And the only ones who can swing more than ten hammers in a row are our twelve direct disciples!"

If an ordinary soul master, a great soul master, or even a soul master can use his or her own powerful strength to forge a hundred-forging tools, he or she will be evaluated as a high-level blacksmith.

Then, the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" is not something that a soul master can learn by force.

This involves forging skills and experience, as well as a certain level of talent in order to master the mysteries involved.

Therefore, in a sense, in addition to being an extremely powerful forging and combat secret technique, the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" is also an excellent means of verifying the talent and skills of a blacksmith.

Next, under the guidance of Wang Meng, Ling Yi began to practice the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" for the first time.

Based on what Wang Meng had learned from observing Ling Yi over the past month, with Ling Yi's talent, it wouldn't take long for him to master the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique".

As for how long it would take to reach the same thirteenth hammer as him, Wang Meng was a little uncertain.

But Wang Meng thinks it will take at least half a year~

After all, learning this secret skill requires practice, which requires a lot of practice.

After Ling Yi has mastered it almost completely, he will take it to his master, Grandpa Jin, to learn the following content.

The old man is old, and he only swings the hammer occasionally in recent years to keep his hands sharp.

Only when a big customer comes to the store will he call his disciples to assist and personally open the furnace for forging.

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Note 1: In the original work, it is indeed casting.Because the author used the word casting at the beginning, but was pointed out by book friends that the difference between casting and forging is explained here.

The following is from Baidu:

Casting is a one-time forming process. After the metal is melted into liquid, it is poured into a casting cavity that is adapted to the shape of the part, and after it is cooled, solidified, and cleaned, a part or blank is obtained. The casting major focuses on the metal smelting process and the control of the process during the casting process.

Forging is a slow forming process. It is a processing method that uses forging machinery to apply pressure to metal blanks, squeeze, hammer, etc. to make metal materials in a plastic state become workpieces with a certain shape and size. Forging is plastic forming in the solid state, which can be divided into hot processing and cold processing. Extrusion, drawing, roughening, punching, etc. are all forging.

Chapter 44: Three Years Passed in a Flash

Winter comes and summer goes, summer goes and autumn comes.

"Muzhi City", [Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy].

As the familiar bell rang, Ethan Lillian and Ethan Anno, who were now in the fifth grade, walked out of the classroom with several classmates, talking and laughing.

Three years ago, neither Lillian nor An Nuo would have believed that among their classmates who were happily chatting with them, there would be self-funded students.

But at this moment, no matter who it is, they all feel that this scene is so ordinary.

"Lillian, I heard from my brother that Brother Yi cultivated his soul power to level ten a few days ago. Is that true?"

Because he started school a year later, Ling Yi is a few months older than Lillian and An Nuo, but one grade lower.

Logically speaking, the relationship and address between them, who are in the fifth grade, and Ling Yi, who is in the fourth grade, should be that of senior and junior.

But now three years have passed, and now the entire student body of [Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy], except for the sixth-year seniors, will affectionately call Ling Yi "Ayi", all the first-year students and fifth-year seniors, when facing the fourth-year Ling Yi, will call him "Brother Yi" from the bottom of their hearts.

Three years later, Lillian, now ten years old, has grown up a lot, and her facial features are less childish. In addition, the relationship between classmates in the academy has become more friendly, and she has many girlfriends to talk about everything. The little girl always has a bright smile on her pretty face. Because of her martial soul "Emerald Bird", the little girl with emerald green hair and a petite figure, jumping around like a happy lark.

Hearing her best friend's question, Lillian immediately puffed out her chest, her face full of pride, and answered loudly, "That's right! Brother Yi broke through to level ten three nights ago. When I told Teacher Yuan about it the morning before yesterday, Teacher Yuan was shocked!"

“Oh my god—!”

“It’s actually true—?!”

“This is amazing!!”…

As Lillian finished her words, the surrounding students, both male and female, showed expressions of surprise, admiration, and worship.

Compared to the sentimental worship of the little girls, the boys gathered around An Nuo and chatted with this fellow villager of Brother Yi.

“As I remember, Brother Yi’s innate soul power seemed to be only half level, but now his training speed is probably comparable to those excellent students with innate soul power level three or four, right?” A freckled boy exclaimed with shining eyes.

"Almost." Hearing this, An Nuo nodded and said, "Yun Lan from Brother Yi's class is at the third level of innate soul power, and he only broke through to the ninth level two months ago..."

"It's hard to imagine that Brother Yi's "Blue Silver Grass" martial spirit actually has such characteristics..." said another boy with envy.