Chen Ming unceremoniously accepted the forging compendium with a smile and, in his heart, silently gave Lou Gao a thumbs up. After all, he planned to travel to other continents in the future to gather faith-based power, and in this era, the Douluo Continent was undoubtedly the central stage of the Douluo Star. Even the Sun and Moon Continent, with its heritage of soul tools, could not surpass the developnt of the Douluo Continent.
The two other continents ntioned briefly in the original story, which were later occupied by Star Luo and Dou Ling, were even less comparable—likely still stuck in a primitive societal stage.
This forging compendium alone could allow Chen Ming to harvest a significant amount of faith on new continents, potentially even forming the prototype of a divine position as the God of Forging or Civilization.
After all, a divine position prototype was only slightly inferior in quality to a semi-divine position. With Chen Ming's insights and unique attributes, as long as the faith gathered was sufficient, forming one wouldn't be particularly difficult.
After accepting this generous gift, Chen Ming continued the conversation with Lou Gao. Lou Gao shared his insights on forging, while Chen Ming spoke of his understanding of the natural laws of the world.
Lou Gao's insights were of limited use to Chen Ming, but Chen Ming's understanding was incredibly precious to Lou Gao. So overlooked flaws in forging were magnified in Lou Gao's mind, and solutions to previously unresolved issues began to erge.
After a long conversation, Lou Gao introduced a small soul-forged tal ball in his possession.
Lou Gao opened his palm and placed the small soul-forged tal ball on the table. In an instant, the ball spread out, transforming into a shape resembling a sli. Its bright silver body pulsated rhythmically, absorbing the soul power from its surroundings.
When Chen Ming poked the tallic sli with his finger, it instinctively emitted a faint sense of confusion.
Lou Gao then took out a small pouch filled with tal fragnts. He pinched a handful and sprinkled them on the tallic sli. The mont it sensed the fragnts, the tallic sli beca excited, like a real sli, and devoured the tal fragnts scattered on its body. It then softened and entered a digestion state.
The seemingly soft, squishy liquid-tal-like body was incredibly tough. It expanded and contracted, drawing on the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth to convert it into soul power while assimilating the tal fragnts within itself.
Despite lacking facial features or organs to express emotion, Chen Ming could perceive, just by looking, that the tallic sli was very happy.
Lou Gao gestured for Chen Ming to feed it so tal fragnts as well. When Chen Ming sprinkled the fragnts on the tallic sli, the sli displayed a clear sense of hesitation.
After looking at Chen Ming, it slowly inched closer to Lou Gao, seemingly confirming that Lou Gao's expression hadn't changed. Only then did it cautiously begin to absorb the tal fragnts Chen Ming had offered.
It even seed to have the concept of not eating food from strangers.
Chen Ming couldn't help but feel that this creature was remarkably intelligent. If it were left in a tal-rich, soul-power-saturated environnt for a few centuries, it might even evolve to produce its soul rings in the future.
Lou Gao, while gently poking the tallic sli with his finger, began explaining its characteristics to Chen Ming.
"This little one, Xiao Yin, was forged using sixteen top-grade tals, each one rich in spiritual essence. Every piece underwent preliminary processing, with impurities removed and its spiritual qualities activated."
"This creature has many traits. For instance, it inherited the stealthy nature of Hidden Silver Iron, which makes it difficult to detect with spiritual and soul power. It also has the corrosion resistance of Hundred-Forged Fla Gold, the density of Thousand-Layered Iron, the soul power conductivity of Cloud Pattern Steel, and the malleability of Adamantite."
"However, it's a sha. Due to my lack of skill and the excessive variety of tals used, while it possesses many traits, it only inherited small, unstable fractions of each. It's not particularly strong or stable."
"In the beginning, its spirituality wasn't as developed. Sotis, it even showed signs of collapse. After careful examination, I began formulating specific feeds for it, attempting to purify it further by removing unstable traits and guiding its growth in a specific direction."
"Over the past few months, I've primarily fed it a mixture of Cloud Pattern Steel and Hidden Silver, occasionally supplented with so Adamantite. Its traits have begun to stabilize, and so tallic properties have been gradually eliminated."
"Now, its three main traits are: the stealthiness of Hidden Silver, the soul power conductivity of Cloud Pattern Steel, and the malleability of Adamantite."
"Oh, by the way, during the forging process, it absorbed about 20 years of my lifespan. Although it can't be considered a true independent lifeform like a human or soul beast, it has indeed developed so biological characteristics because of this."
"That said, it's still technically a material rather than a finished product. Its current state makes it difficult to classify as complete. Unfortunately, I cannot further refine or forge it."
At this point, Lou Gao appeared both proud and frustrated.
This blob, nad Xiao Yin, exceeded soul forging but fell short of fusion forging. While it possessed spirituality and life, it had failed to awaken its innate potential.
Eventually, Lou Gao ca to terms with the issue. His skills were insufficient, and the materials used were too nurous and varied, leading to this bottleneck.
Now, Xiao Yin's complex structure made it impossible to reforge. Doing so would destroy its life and spirituality entirely. Reviving it afterward would require forging skills not just at the level of a Divine Craftsman but infinitely close to one.
After understanding these issues, Chen Ming beca intrigued. He picked up Xiao Yin, who was still digesting its al on the table. Despite its reluctance, Chen Ming forcefully probed its internal structure and left his mark on it.
At first, the tallic sli resisted, but under Chen Ming's control, its body gradually cooperated. Eventually, even its spirit was imprinted with Chen Ming's essence.
The little lifeform, Xiao Yin, completely forgot its creator, Lou Gao and its internal structure shifted to reflect Chen Ming's presence. When Chen Ming infused it with soul power, the tallic sli trembled faintly in response.
Under Chen Ming's will, Xiao Yin transford into a liquid wrapped around Chen Ming's wrist. It then shifted into the shape of a bracer. With Chen Ming's precise control, lifelike patterns of the Five Phosphorous Beast began to appear on the bracer.
Witnessing this transformation, Lou Gao's mouth hung open, his expression a mixture of shock and complexity.
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