Aiko didn't buy the Forging Skill yet since she wanted to know how different it would be with and without Skills.
Aiko easily levitated the tal and used the Cauldron provided by Old Lei.
Heating the whole thing was easy, thanks to her Grandpa Fla.
Old Lei's face twitched when he saw that ridiculous fla that stared at him.
'What the hell is that Spiritual Fla?' Old Lei caressed his chin.
"Anything else?" The tal was already heated enough, but Aiko wanted to combine them.
"Oh, right." Grandpa Fla nodded. "Let's get to it."
The Cauldron heated up even more, and the heat inside the room started to rise.
Fang Jia was concerned that the whole room might get too toasty, but Aiko had the ti of her life.
[Thermal Regulation: Mastered]
She already watched it rise previously, but she didn't pay too much attention to it since the difference was negligible.
However, things have now changed.
[Thermal Regulation] turned from mildly useful to incredibly useful in the span of a few monts.
Once it reached the Mastered stage, Aiko could feel like she was not too hot or cold. It was the perfect temperature, which allowed her to focus the best!
Aiko imdiately worked on her tal more closely. She was supposed to mix them together carefully, but since this was her first try, she didn't know the exact process.
So resources inside her Cauldron just didn't want to mix together.
It was not because Aiko lacked Divine Sense, but because the tals inherently resisted being mixed together.
This puzzled Aiko since she went from "sowhat easy to do" to "impossible to accomplish".
Moon Aiko tilted her head a few tis before she ca up with a way to allow her to do this.
The resources were not allowed to touch the walls, but that was not an issue.
Aiko would create a whirlpool inside the Cauldron, forcing those tals and resources to mix together.
Of course, there was an issue that the tals would try to 'run away' from the centre, but Aiko's Divine Sense was powerful enough that she could create a containnt space for it.
She would not allow the resources to move from the centre, and the whirlpool would force those resources to mix together.
"Hooo." Old Lei ca next to Aiko, admiring what she was doing.
"Is there sothing wrong?" Aiko tilted her head, while Old Lei mixed those tals together with his Divine Sense and hamr. She didn't have one.
As such, she had to co up with her own way to do this.
"This is a very unique way to do this, and you would not be able to accomplish this if you didn't have a powerful Divine Sense." Old Lei nodded in appreciation.
"I might've underestimated just how ridiculous your Divine Sense is." He smacked his lips. "Keep at it, and let's see how well it will mix."
There was not enough information about this kind of technique that Aiko was using. Most would take those resources and knead them like dough until everything was mixed together.
Then, they would use their specialised hamrs to evenly spread all materials.
anwhile, Fang Jia was having so trouble with this part. Her Divine Sense was not powerful enough to cope with the heat and heavy resources.
"You are doing well for your first try, but if you feel like you are in too much pain, just stop. We can always take out another Forging Cauldron." Old Lei was gentle in his approach, so much so that Fang Jia doubted her ears.
"What do you an by that?" Fang Jia didn't believe that the stern Old Lei vanished just because Aiko stord into this place.
"You will injure your Mind and Soul if you keep going like this." Old Lei added before returning to his position to observe both of them at the sa ti.
...
Aiko kept mixing, increasing the spinning force in order to continue to mix them together.
But she realised sothing strange.
'It's not mixing together, but rely creating its own 'camps'.' Moon Aiko had activated both of her eye Abilities, making it exceptionally easy to see that those resources actually didn't mix together.
'It seems I will fail this one.' She noticed that Grandpa Fla didn't increase the temperature any more, which ant the resources would not be able to bear more heat than this.
This limited Aiko in what she could achieve, but at the sa ti, made her wonder what was wrong with it.
...
After an hour, Fang Jia was finished, and Aiko gave up. The tals just didn't want to mix together, and they were in this strange stage of seemingly 'mixed' together.
"Oho." Old Lei nodded.
"You have both mixed it perfectly, but why didn't you pause sooner?" Old Lei glanced at Aiko.
"What do you an by that? It's far from being mixed." Aiko shook her head.
"Is that what you believe?" Old Lei paused.
"It's what I can see. It's not really mixed together, but they form small camps and just nudge each other away." Aiko tried to explain what she saw, but it was difficult since she couldn't co up with a good comparison.
Old Lei blinked, startled by Aiko's words. He couldn't understand where she was coming from, since this tal was perfectly mixed.
However, Aiko was adamant that it was not actually mixed.
'It feels like when you try to combine water with oil.' Aiko clicked her tongue. It seems like Forging Cultivators are either unable to see it, or they believe it's perfectly mixed and nothing is wrong with it.
She didn't believe they couldn't see it, so it was probably passed down as Forging Cultivators' knowledge, and nobody questioned it.
Or they might've questioned it but were dismissed as crazy.
Aiko couldn't co to a conclusion yet and observed Old Lei's knowledge and dedication.
Old Lei took those mixed resources and placed them away.
"We will do this three more tis, with different resources, and lastly, we will try to create Treasures!" Old Lei proclaid. His students were very smart and very enthusiastic, so he would allow them to see how difficult it was to create a Treasure.
"May I try this one? One more ti?" Aiko asked about the first mixing again since she wanted to buy Forging Skill with her Skill Points.
"Sure." Old Lei didn't reject Aiko since those tals were too small to put a dent into anything, and the Treasure would be likewise of a low quality.
However, this would allow them to understand tals and get better at mixing them.
[Forging Mastery]
-10,000 Skill Points
Aiko bought the Skill and imdiately got to work.
She instantly noticed a small difference in the handling, but the most startling thing.
[[Forging Mastery] is interacting with [Appraisal]!]
[Materials inside the Cauldron are not compatible. Mixing won't be successful.]
[Appraisal: Lv.3->4]
Aiko was startled, but she kept doing it since Old Lei seed like he was not doing this on purpose.
He genuinely believed that this was the right thing to do.
Aiko didn't question him for the ti being and finished all the mixing.
...
"You have done exceptionally well, considering this was your first ti." Old Lei nodded happily at his Disciple and student.
"But we both fudged one of them." Fang Jia sighed. She was distracted for a mont and ruined a Cauldron, while Aiko was the sa.
'I didn't fudge it...' Aiko rolled her eyes but didn't try to correct them.
What she was trying to do was to compress those materials to the best of her abilities, but she applied so much pressure that it just blew up in her face.
"That is still perfect. Most would struggle for a few tis or run out of Divine Sense, causing them to drop the whole thing." Old Lei shook his head. These two had such ridiculous talent that it was unbelievable.
Especially Fang Jia, who didn't have a Beast's Divine Sense.
She had limited resources, but she used them so well that most Forging Sects would try to poach her for themselves.
'Patriarch will have a hard ti keeping her in one place.' Was what Old Lei believed when he saw her in action.
'Moreover, she is more enthusiastic now that she has a companion.' Old Lei smirked at them.
"What is it?" Aiko narrowed her eyes on him.
"Nothing. You will improve over ti, but now it's ti to create your own Treasure." Old Lei proclaid, changing the topic. "It will be a pretty bad Treasure since it will be small and won't have as many precious materials as normal Treasures would have, but it will be your first attempt, so this would be perfect."
He turned towards Fang Jia. "You will have to rest for now since this would require significant Divine Sense."
"En." Fang Jia nodded and sat down, observing the two of them.
"I will show you how Treasures are created. We are aiming for the most normal and basic Treasure since anything more significant would require more resources." Old Lei proclaid and rolled up his sleeves.
"Watch for now, and I will answer your questions later." He lifted his hamr before placing his handmade resources into the forge so that they heat up properly.
...
"Once it's heated like this, you will take it out and squish it for the desirable shape. If you are creating sothing like armour, it's better to make it into a long sheet. If it's sothing like a sword, then a long and narrow ingot would do the trick." Old Lei explained as he progressed.
"I'm currently creating the most basic Qi Gathering Treasure. It will be pretty la, but it's easy to make, and you can see the process." Old Lei focused on his work as he advised them.
"As you go through this process, you will notice that the resources will try to actually stick with each other." Old Lei showed the ingot that he created out of all the materials.
They indeed stick together, but Aiko could still see that they were not mixed together.
"With this, you keep heating it up until the Treasure is almost lted. Then you will shape it into a desirable shape to finish it off, and here you have it." Old Lei quickly cooled the Treasure with water in order to showcase his work.
Aiko was impressed with his skill, but she was not impressed with what he created...
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