Chapter 48: Forged Like Fine Steel

  "Thousand Forgings and Hundred Refinings?" Du Fei looked at the words on the wordless heavenly book in surprise, filled with doubt.

  "Right, it's tempered a thousand times, what about it? Is there some kind of problem?" the Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Yes, I don't understand at all. Is this like a mortal blacksmith picking up a hammer and striking?" Du Fei asked.

  "That's right, that's the benefit of doing it this way, by constantly pounding the material to remove impurities from it. The better your pounding technique is, the cleaner the impurities will be removed from the material, and the greater your chance of refining a treasure will be. Do you understand what I mean?"

  Du Fei didn't respond, and just nodded as if he understood or not.

  "Look inside your container and see if there is a black hammer, take it out." The wordless heavenly book wrote. Du Fei immediately closed his eyes and searched for the hammer in the container, and soon a pure black hammer appeared in Du Fei's hand. As soon as the hammer appeared, Du Fei prepared to grab it, but at the moment he grabbed the hammer, he slid to the ground with it. A loud "bang" sound came from the ground. At this time, Du Fei was pressed to the ground by the hammer handle and struggled to get up, his head hung down and several cracks had appeared on the ground, apparently caused by the hammer's impact. Du Fei finally managed to move the hammer handle away and stood up, panting heavily: "Oh, what is this thing, it's so heavy!"

  "This is the casting hammer left by your father. Look at the bottom of the hammer head, isn't there your father's name." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  Du Fei carefully examined the hammer, which was over a meter long, with a pure black glossy surface that looked ancient and elegant. The color and material seemed to be naturally formed, but it gave off an extremely domineering feeling. Du Fei grasped the hammer firmly and said, "Wow, this thing weighs at least several hundred kilograms, I don't know what it's made of!" Du Fei followed the momentum and looked down at the bottom of the handle, where a few protruding characters appeared: "Jin Jia Yi Tian". On another side, it read: "Hammer Name Ba Tian". Du Fei was shocked, his hands loosened, and the hammer fell to the ground with a loud crash, blasting out several cracks on the surface.

  "This is really my father's hammer, and there's even his name on it. Hmm? But don't you have several hammers over there? I can use those too." Du Fei said as he pointed to the several hammers lying on the casting platform.

  "No way, you can forget about those few hammers, just use this one. This is a treasure left behind by your father." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Oh. Is this hammer a treasure? I really can't do without it, tell me what's so special about this hammer?" Du Fei asked curiously at this time, also hearing about his father's affairs.

  "This hammer is called the Bátián Hammer, it's used to remove impurities during casting. I don't know anything else about it. You'll get familiar with this hammer later on, and when you practice Master's hammering techniques with it, the effect will be much better than those inferior products, got it?" The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "What are you saying? Are you telling me to use this guy to practice the thousand-hammered and hundred-refined techniques of your old master?" Du Fei said with a wry smile.

  "What? Are you saying that I should use my hands to pound the material? Using your hands is also possible, as long as you transform the Golden Demon-Subduing Fist of the Jin family into the third level." The Scripture of the Void wrote.

  "You think you're so great, looking down on people everywhere." Du Fei's face now looks even uglier than a bitter melon.

  "It's up to you whether you practice or not." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Who says I'm done for? I've come and that's it." Du Fei said with renewed spirit and full confidence.

  "You'd be impressive if you could smelt that piece of quick iron ore into refined iron." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Is this it?" Du Fei said, pointing at a piece of dark iron ore.

  Du Fei walked to the casting platform and picked up an iron ore, placing it on top of the platform. With great effort, he lifted the Baxian hammer and placed it beside the casting platform, looking at the already-written thousand-refined heavenly book: "Thousand refinements, hundred refinements, inferior hammers do not come out, refined hammers break through the sky..."

  Du Fei didn't look for a while, and then he remembered the method of Qian Chui Bai Lian in his heart. According to the method of Qian Chui Bai Lian, he started to wield the Ba Tian hammer with great force towards the iron ore. Du Fei suddenly released the fire element onto the surface of the Ba Tian hammer, which was also a unique technique of Qian Chui Bai Lian's. With minimal consumption of yuanqi and elements, it achieved the best effect. The usual method of forging was to burn the ore to a certain temperature with flames before forging, but this was too wasteful of yuanqi, elements, and time. Qian Chui Bai Lian's method was to concentrate the flames onto the hammer during forging, using the most effective striking technique to remove impurities from the ore. Of course, not only did one need Qian Chui Bai Lian's method, but also a hammer of extremely high quality and the person wielding it needed to have an extremely high level of control over the flames. Fortunately, Du Fei was not lacking in any of these aspects.

  With flames, the heavy hammer fell down. Just as Du Fei was about to raise the Tyrant's Hammer above his head, he stumbled and lost his balance, letting go of the hammer with a loud clang, shouting "Ah no, it's ruined!" Before Du Fei could even react, the hammer had already fallen heavily onto the casting platform. Du Fei closed his eyes tightly, afraid to look at the mistake he had made. After a while, he finally dared to open his eyes slightly and look towards where the hammer had landed. His eyes widened in shock as he saw that the hammer's head was now stuck firmly on top of the Wordless Heavenly Book. Du Fei's heart sank as he thought "Oh no, did I just smash this thing stupid?" Just then, a bright white light burst forth from the Wordless Heavenly Book, and Du Fei rushed to the casting platform, grabbing the hammer with all his might and staring at the book in concern, saying "How are you? Are you okay?"

  "You'd better study hard, you little brat, or you'll end up like a fool." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  Du Fei carefully looked at the wordless heavenly book and gently touched it, saying: "I didn't smash my brain, did I?"

  "You damn thing, you've smashed me, and now you won't even listen to what I have to say. I'm fine now, you little brat, just watch it." The words on the Wordless Heavenly Book were crooked and upside down.

  Du Fei saw the wordless heavenly book and scolded himself, also letting out a sigh of relief: "Oh, it's nothing, I thought you were smashed to pieces by a hammer, but honestly, you little brat are quite tough."

  "Your father is fine, your little tricks can't hurt me, hurry up and study seriously." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "Alright, this time I won't be so careless. Here it comes." Du Fei raised his eyebrows confidently and faced the wordless heavenly book, taking a few steps back to steady himself, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing, and then opening them wide to let out a loud "Hah!" As he spoke, Du Fei began to swing his hammer fiercely at the iron ore on the casting platform. Compared to his first attempt, Du Fei was much better this time, although still struggling, but he knew how to adjust his body balance now. A loud "Bang" sound echoed through the air as Du Fei's hammer struck the iron ore with great force, sending sparks flying everywhere and some black impurities were knocked out of the ore. Seeing his success, Du Fei couldn't help but smile in satisfaction, saying "Again!" before continuing to swing his hammer at the iron ore...

  The moonlight had gradually shone into the casting room where Du Fei was. At this time, Du Fei was already sitting on the ground with his back against a corner of the casting table, his mouth half open and his eyes staring blankly at the Overlord's Hammer and the Wordless Heavenly Book on the ground. He didn't even have the energy to speak, and all the beast skins on his body were soaked in sweat. Du Fei had been practicing the Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements in the casting room for three hours, and now the Wordless Heavenly Book emitted a white light. Du Fei looked at the Wordless Heavenly Book: "Little one, do you know what's going on?"

  Du Fei blinked his eyes with effort, not saying a word. The words on the Wordless Heavenly Book changed again: "You spent several hours today and only managed to smash thirty times, and you still haven't processed that iron ore properly. How embarrassing! From now on, stop being so arrogant!"

  Du Fei finally couldn't bear it anymore, and with extreme weakness said: "You... you... you damn bastard, wait till the day I cultivate successfully, the first one... the first one I'll... I'll smash is you."

  "Oh, you little thing, you're still threatening me? Aren't you very fierce? How come now you're acting like this? Come on, pick up your hammer and hit me! Come on!" The words on the Wordless Heavenly Book occasionally moved, intentionally provoking Du Fei."

  Du Fei saw the words on the wordless heavenly book but didn't say a word, he tilted his head to one side and ignored the wordless heavenly book, closed his eyes and soon started snoring, with saliva dripping from his mouth. At this time, the wordless heavenly book emitted a white light, which slowly shone towards Du Fei, who was sleeping soundly under the illumination of the white light, his facial fatigue completely disappeared, his limbs fully relaxed, looking extremely comfortable as he let the white light shine on him. At this moment, Du Fei was in a state of complete relaxation and deep sleep, unaware of what the wordless heavenly book had done to him.

  At this time, the font on the wordless heavenly book changed to a golden yellow font: "It's really hard for him, at such a young age he has to bear such hardships, I hope my choice is correct." Not long after, the font on the wordless heavenly book changed again to a black font: "Master, I believe in your decision, because Master is an unattainable peak that no one can surpass." A moment later, the golden yellow font appeared again: "Hehe, you just take good care of him and pass on all my lifelong knowledge to him, help him complete what I couldn't finish, and it will be a perfect ending. I am now just a residual soul left from my past life, and I won't last long, I won't be able to do anything for him anymore, everything depends on you." The black font changed again: "Master, please rest assured, Tian Xi will do his best to fulfill Master's wishes." The golden yellow font appeared again: "Hehe, I know, you teach him well, I'm leaving now." Not long after, the golden yellow font disappeared, and only the black font was left, transforming into teardrops flowing on the book surface...

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