"Even the Holy Spirit Douluo can't restore your master's foundation, what can we do?" Mu Chen said helplessly. Because of Zhenhua, Yali had made countless trips to the Soul Engineer Association in Heaven Dou City.
"Xia Yi! Why don't you take a look?" Mu Xi turned to Xia Yi.
When Leng Yaozhu designed her three-word battle armor, she had heard her mention that Xia Yi and their sisters' cultivation of the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) was itself a form of medical practice.
"I'll take a look." Xia Yi walked over to Zhenhua, placing his finger on his wrist to check his pulse.
"With your condition, you're still trying to forge with the Heavenly Forge?" Xia Yi looked at Zhenhua in surprise.
He could sense that Zhenhua had recently experienced severe depletion.
This was definitely caused by the full-powered Heavenly Forge.
The Heavenly Forge itself required complete concentration, severely draining both physical and mental energy, and on top of that, it required resisting the Heavenly Tribulation, which was always dangerous.
With Zhenhua's condition, attempting to use the Heavenly Forge was practically suicidal.
"You can tell I've recently used the Heavenly Forge just from checking my pulse?" Zhenhua looked at Xia Yi with curiosity.
"If I couldn't figure that out, Xi'er wouldn't have asked me to take a look." Xia Yi smiled.
Zhenhua nodded and said, "I no longer accept any Heavenly Forge commissions. The recent forging has been unavoidable. These were commitments I made previously. People came to me for the materials, and I couldn't back out."
"Who is it, forcing you to forge when your health is like this?" Mu Xi gritted her teeth and asked.
"No one forced me. They already told me they're willing to wait for the next divine blacksmith. It was I who insisted on forging the promised Heavenly Forge metal. I want to leave no regrets in this lifetime." Zhenhua shook his head and said, "I know my body. With the Spirit Douluo's prescribed method for recovery, I won't die in the short term."
"No matter what, you can't use the Heavenly Forge anymore." Xia Yi took a deep breath. Zhenhua's condition was far worse than it had been when he was in the Spirit Hall.
Even Yali, who had studied the first part of the Huangdi Neijing (Medical Chapters), couldn't help, which showed just how severe his condition was.
It wasn't just his vitality that was depleted; even his mental energy had been drained.
If he used the Heavenly Forge a few more times, he might not survive.
"Right, master. Your body is in this condition, so how much Heavenly Forge metal have you still promised to others? When Xia Yi becomes a divine blacksmith, he can forge it for you." Mu Xi grabbed Zhenhua's hand and said.
"Alright, master will listen to you." Zhenhua looked up at Xia Yi and nodded seriously.
Mu Xi was taken aback when she saw Zhenhua's attitude.
She had only said that casually and didn't mean anything by it.
But unexpectedly, Zhenhua misunderstood, thinking she wanted him to pass on the Heavenly Forge technique to Xia Yi.
"As long as the senior no longer uses the Heavenly Forge, the method the Spirit Douluo left for recovery should gradually help restore your body. Although it won't fully heal you, it won't leave you in the state you're in now." Xia Yi paused, turned to Mu Xi, and then added, "The senior is a Title Douluo. As long as your body improves a bit, your lifespan will exceed that of ordinary humans. Once Jiu'er creates the new God Realm, if the Spirit Douluo ascends to godhood, healing the senior will be no problem."
"I'll wait for that day." Zhenhua laughed heartily, then asked, "What's your current cultivation level?"
"Soul Saint." Xia Yi smiled. He understood what Zhenhua meant and turned to Mu Xi. "Xi'er, let your master take a look at your battle armor."
Xia Yi didn't want Zhenhua to pass on the Heavenly Forge technique to him because of Mu Xi.
Mu Xi was already very suited to becoming a divine blacksmith.
Moreover, when Mu Xi learned it, she could teach him.
It was true that only one divine blacksmith could exist at a time in the Douluo Plane.
But Xia Yi had the Origin of Creation.
Once Xia Yi advanced to divine blacksmith, he could go to the Origin of Creation for his work.
In the future, Mu Xi would be the divine blacksmith for the Douluo Plane, forging Heavenly Forge metals to help humanity, while he would be the divine blacksmith of the Origin of Creation, helping soul beasts forge.
Given Mu Xi's current strength, she wouldn't fall into the same trap as Zhenhua, depleting her body from overuse of the Heavenly Forge.
"Oh!" Mu Xi nodded, immediately understanding Xia Yi's intentions. A spark of flame appeared from her body, and the exquisite red battle armor, made of amber-like material, reappeared on her.
If Xia Yi wanted to become the next divine blacksmith, she wouldn't compete with him.
But if Xia Yi wanted her to become the divine blacksmith, she wouldn't refuse either.
Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai had helped Xia Yi, and she didn't want to just be a decoration.
She wasn't as skilled in forging as Mu Chen yet.
But that was because she had been in seclusion recently.
Her soul power foundation was now solid, and her mental power even surpassed Zhenhua's. As long as she spent some time on it, she would soon catch up with Mu Chen.
The bright, fiery, crimson battle armor gave an ethereal, dreamlike impression, its surface full of texture. When Zhenhua saw Mu Xi's battle armor for the first time, his eyes were full of disbelief.
"Did you forge this yourself, Xi'er?" Zhenhua asked, echoing the same question as Mu Chen.
Mu Chen placed his hand gently on the shoulder armor of Mu Xi's battle armor and tapped lightly. A faint glow rippled across the surface, seamlessly fitting together, clearly not a simple piece.
"Uh, yes, though I took a little shortcut." Mu Xi scratched her head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"A shortcut? That's a term that bastard invented." Zhenhua snorted coldly. "A blacksmith's journey starts with choosing the right forging hammer to make the process easier, more efficient, and to forge better metals. If that's a shortcut, then it's a skill too."
"Come on, let's go to the forge room. You forge something for your master to see." Zhenhua's gaze became fiery. Before, he had worried that passing on the Heavenly Forge technique to Mu Xi might affect her cultivation.
But after seeing her strength, he no longer had such concerns.
Mu Xi's talent had already surpassed every blacksmith in history.
"Let's go, we'll watch too." Mu Chen still wanted to see how Mu Xi forged such a perfect metal, so he immediately followed.
They soon arrived at the forge room. Standing in front of the forge, Mu Xi took a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes, calming her mind.
After a few breaths, Mu Xi slowly opened her eyes. Having been exposed to forging since childhood, she didn't need anyone to remind her. She skillfully took a piece of Solar Gold and placed it into the furnace, then summoned her Three Flames True Fire, enveloping the Solar Gold.
"What is this?" Zhenhua and Mu Chen's pupils contracted sharply.
Mu Xi wasn't using a Solar Martial Soul like Mu Chen, but the flame she was producing was much stronger than the Sun Martial Soul.
Could it be that Xia Yi had helped Mu Xi's Martial Soul undergo a beneficial mutation?
No, that wasn't right.
When Mu Xi had released her Martial Soul in Shrek City, Mu Chen had clearly felt that while her Martial Soul had become stronger, it hadn't mutated.
Mu Xi smiled. This wasn't the time for explanations. Though she had only brushed the surface of Three Flames True Fire, it was enough for forging.
Under the flames, the Solar Gold quickly began to turn red. Mu Xi made a gesture, and a pair of forging hammers appeared in her hands.
Clang! Clang! Clang! A series of crisp sounds rang out.
Mu Xi's twin hammers moved in sync, striking the Solar Gold with the precision of raindrops on banana leaves.
At the same time, faint sparks emerged from her body, flowing into her arms, and then into the hammers, eventually channeling into the metal she was forging.
With two loud bangs, a burst of flame shot up from the Solar Gold, rising over a meter high!
"This has surpassed the level of Thousand Forgings First Grade." Zhenhua and Mu Chen were both stunned, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The Thousand Forgings First Grade was the highest level ever recorded.
For a master blacksmith to reach Thousand Forgings First Grade, as long as their cultivation followed, they would surely become a Holy Craftsman.
Some Holy Craftsmen, though they had already reached the Holy Craftsman level, couldn't guarantee that every forging would achieve Thousand Forgings First Grade.
But Mu Xi had already surpassed it.
Even Zhenhua and Xia Yi had never done this.
(End of this chapter)