Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

Thousands of years ago.

"This meditation method from later generations is indeed more sophisticated. It may seem unchanged, but it must have been optimized in countless ways."

In the past, Su Ming cultivated using the meditation method of his future self, and his progress was extremely rapid.

In just two months, he advanced from level five to level six, and another month passed without his cultivation speed slowing down.

At this rate, he has a good chance of reaching level nine within six months, and level ten within a year is not a problem.

"It's been three months. Notting College is starting today, and I have to go report for classes."

With Old Jack's help, Su Ming secured a work-study student position shared by several neighboring villages.

"I hope my studies will go smoothly in the next few years."

He only wanted to study peacefully at Notting College for a few years, and to delve into a side profession when he had nothing to do. He had no intention of causing any trouble.

There was a knock on the door, and Old Jack's voice came through.

"Su Ming, get up quickly. We're going to Nottingham City today, so we need to leave early."

Chapter 6 Forging

"Once you arrive at the Soul Master Academy, you must listen to your teachers and become a Soul Master as soon as possible. Our Holy Soul Village will finally have a Soul Master this time."

Old Jack was happy the whole time.

Tang San awakened his innate full soul power, and Su Ming also had level five innate soul power. No matter what, the two of them could become soul masters.

Anyone who is a Soul Master is a superior being.

The enrollment process was just as expected: a difficult gatekeeper, a master who happened to be passing by, and a private conversation between Tang San and the master who took Tang San away to become his disciple.

Su Ming didn't pay any attention. After registering and tidying up his dormitory, he took a stroll around the academy.

After becoming familiar with everything, he also found a suitable place for his cultivation—the back mountain.

"A martial spirit is a martial spirit, and a body is a body. When the two become intertwined, the body will affect the martial spirit, and the martial spirit will also affect the body."

Su Ming closed his eyes and meditated, pondering the characteristics of his original martial soul.

"As I cultivate my soul power, my body will definitely become stronger and stronger, and my martial soul will naturally be enhanced as well. However, the human body has its limits, and the martial soul will also be trapped. It is even possible that after reaching this limit, it will in turn trap my soul power cultivation."

"This is the original martial soul."

What is the limit under normal conditions?

Su Ming is thinking

Is this the point before the second awakening?

The simplest model is that the Soul Master and Martial Soul grow in tandem, reaching their limit at the Soul King or Soul Emperor stage. Then, the Soul Master completes the second awakening of their Martial Soul, breaking through this constraint and continuing their cultivation.

But are the limits of the human body really that high?

"My body influences my martial soul, and conversely, my martial soul should also influence my body, helping it break free from its limitations and allowing it to unlock greater potential, surpassing the capabilities of ordinary soul masters."

"The only ways I can think of for a martial soul to affect the physical body are soul rings and soul skills."

Needless to say, each spirit ring represents a comprehensive transformation of a spirit master, with a tremendous impact.

Soul skills are another key point.

The original martial soul is derived from the body, yet it is also in the form of a martial soul.

It is only that the martial soul and the soul master's body have an intersection, rather than a complete overlap, and it also has characteristics that are entirely unique to the martial soul.

“The physical body and the physical body martial soul are different, they are fundamentally different.” Su Ming thought to himself, “The physical body martial soul is much more maneuverable. It can be tempered in all aspects with soul power without worrying about not being able to withstand it. And as long as the tempering effect is synchronized to the physical body, it is the supreme body tempering method.”

"Therefore, the Body Sect is good at all kinds of combat skills, which should be because they use martial spirits to temper their bodies in reverse."

"Twenty thousand years later, a system of Qi and Blood Power was developed, which further maximized the influence of Martial Soul on the body."

Su Ming had figured out these essential points himself, but he didn't have the practical methods to achieve them.

"Wait, wait until I join the Body Sect ten thousand years from now, then I can learn combat techniques. (ps: When the protagonist is thinking, it's from the perspective of the protagonist thinking from ten thousand or twenty thousand years from now, or ten thousand or twenty thousand years from now.)"

"Of course, I cannot give up developing combat skills on my own, that is, creating my own soul skills."

"What I actually possess is not the Soul Master skills and cultivation experience of this era, but the experience of 20,000 years later. Creating my own Soul Skill is not impossible."

In the blink of an eye, the sky darkened, and Su Ming opened his eyes, stopping his meditation.

After finishing my meal, I went back to my dorm and continued meditating.

the next day.

Su Ming got up early, left the academy, and went to a blacksmith shop not far from the academy.

He had made up his mind. Since he possessed a martial soul, he was the most suitable person for the secondary profession of blacksmith. Now he would begin practicing blacksmithing.

It's not just a matter of the martial soul configuration; an important factor is the environment of the era he lived in.

In an environment where rare metals are already hard to find, he can only find enough suitable metals in Gengxin City, the metal capital.

This era is not devoid of rare metals, and the Douluo Continent is not entirely free of rare metals either; it's just that the quantity is small, and there is no effective way to utilize the properties of these rare metals.

The best way to find suitable metals in Gengxin City is to join the association there.

"The biggest problem is not learning forging or finding rare metals, but whether there is a forging system in this era."

Forging is not something that can be achieved in one step.

The blacksmith system only emerged at a specific juncture.

Su Ming suspected that the forging system could only be established through the evolution of the laws of the plane.

"Boss, are you hiring apprentices?"

Duan's Blacksmith Shop.

Three or five burly men, shirtless and swinging iron hammers, all looked up and glanced at Su Ming's childish voice.

"Little kid, you're too big to even swing a hammer, are you?"

Su Ming said, "I have awakened my martial soul and have soul power. My martial soul can also enhance my body in all aspects, so I should still be able to do some apprentice work."

Upon hearing Su Ming's words, Duan Tie, the blacksmith shop owner, handed over the sledgehammer in his hand.

"Come on, let me see what strength you have."

Su Ming stepped forward and reached out to take the hammer.

Duan Tie slowly loosened his grip, feeling the hammer sink slightly but then he held on. He let go completely.

Su Ming possessed his martial soul, and soul power flowed through his body.

The sledgehammer that Duan Tie handed over was very heavy. The handle alone was 1.2 meters long, and the hammer itself was a rectangular prism with slightly rounded edges. It was bigger than three Su Ming's heads combined.

"it is good!"

Duan Tie saw Su Ming take the hammer and cheered.

"Let's see if we can swing it."

Su Ming nodded, gripped the hammer handle with both hands, slowly raised the hammer, and then slammed it down hard on the table, repeating this action more than ten times.

Duan Tie could tell from Su Ming's hammer-wielding movements that he had no forging experience, but he didn't mind.

All you need is strength.

Since he's just an apprentice, his usual job is to serve tea and water, and occasionally give him some easy forging tasks.

"It's much tougher here than going to school. If you can accept the environment here, you can become my apprentice. There will be no wages at the beginning, since your skills are too poor to take orders. But you can eat as much as you want. Once your skills are up to par, I will give you one silver soul coin a month, just like everyone else. I will increase the amount when business is good."

Su Ming said, "Thank you, Boss."

Duan Tie laughed and said, "There aren't many Soul Masters interested in forging these days."

Students at the Soul Master Academy, even those on work-study programs, have tasks to complete. They can clean the academy every day, which is enough to support them in the academy. They don't need to go out to forge iron to earn money.

Su Ming comes to the blacksmith shop either to experience it or because he is interested in forging.

"You didn't have any forging skills before, did you?"

Duan Tie told the other blacksmiths to continue working, and then took Su Ming inside alone.

"No," Su Ming replied truthfully.

"I won't pay you wages for the time being. As for the forging hammer, you can use the one I discarded before." Duan Tie said, scanning the iron blocks in the room and choosing a suitable one.

Su Ming stepped forward, picked up the forging hammer that Duan Tie had mentioned, and tried it out.

This hammer is much lighter than the one outside, but it still requires a lot of effort to swing.

"Your task today is to hammer this piece of iron into a long strip. Don't use brute force; take your time. It would be best if you could find the right technique."

In Chapter 7, it was ultimately the original martial soul that bore the brunt of everything.

Duan Tie told Su Ming to practice and find his own feel for it.

Su Ming also had some talent, and he had also read about relevant techniques and experience in the Complete Guide to Blacksmithing. He completed the task given by Duan Tie in just one hour.

The essence of this task is not to have him hammer the iron block into a long strip, but to let him explore the techniques such as the angle of hammering.

Duan Tie was very satisfied after inspecting it.

"Okay, let's break it into a cube."

He assigned another task and then went back to work.

Another hour passed, and Su Ming completed his task.

"Sure," Duan Tie said, quite surprised after the inspection.

He then had Su Ming use several small hammers to hammer the largest fist-sized iron block for more precise shaping.

He first took out a few simple molds, such as swords and knives, and asked Su Ming to be in charge of forging them.

By the end of the day, Su Ming was completely exhausted.

He felt weak and sore all over.

But it was precisely this kind of training that allowed him to quickly become familiar with the various points of force exertion in his body. Combined with the teachings in the basic manual, he also used the training process to activate all the joints and muscles in his body, thereby improving his physical fitness.

This is a technique that will become very popular in the forging industry in the future, allowing forge masters to exercise their bodies while forging.

Different blacksmiths have different skill ceilings.

This is just a basic skill, not a particularly advanced one. In the cultivation of Soul Masters, who have their own methods to improve their physical fitness, it's not even a small detail that needs to be elaborated on.

Unfortunately, Su Ming didn't have his own method to improve his physical fitness, so he could only focus on the small details first.

After eating and drinking his fill, Su Ming returned to the college and went straight to Dormitory 7, where he fell into deep thought.

"My whole body was sore and weak, but after being soothed by the soul power, I felt really comfortable."

As he enjoyed this comfort, he pondered what he could do during his cultivation.

Because his initial focus in exploring the cultivation of his physical spirit was to transfer the progress of his physical spirit to his physical body, his starting point was also predetermined at this time.

"Today, my martial spirit did not suffer, but my physical body was exhausted."

"I wonder if I can transfer the various sensations of my body to my martial soul."

If the results of a martial spirit can be transferred to the physical body, can changes in the physical body be simultaneously transferred to the martial spirit?

Even more so, it can be transferred to the Martial Soul.

The physical body doesn't have to bear the cost, but the martial spirit does?

Martial spirits are a special form that can recover very quickly. As long as they don't exceed the limit, they can recover ten or even a hundred times faster than the original body.

If you have an idea, do it.

If you do it, you do it right.

Martial spirits are very convenient in some ways. They are an integral part of a soul master, but unlike ordinary organs, they are not something a soul master cannot control subjectively.

When Su Ming thought of transferring the pain in his body to his martial soul, his idea was soon to be realized.

This is also thanks to the original spirit. If it were another spirit, it would always be somewhat incompatible with the spirit master's original body, and the pain could not be perfectly transferred.

"recover!"