Chapter 13: Thousand Forgings Sublimation
Looking at the knowledge about ice crystal ore, Gu You took a deep breath and picked up the pair of Thousand Forged Life Hammers.

After only a few minutes of burning, the ice crystal ore reached the point where it could be forged. Its surface had become very soft, like iron, but it did not flow like molten iron, but was fixed as a whole.

Ice crystal ore can also be forged without burning, but only master-level blacksmiths dare to try it.

He lifted the ice crystal in front of him from the forging furnace and fixed it in place. Gu You stretched out his forging hammer in both hands. His eyes instantly became fixed. He raised the hammer slightly and gently tapped the ice crystal, making a clear ding-ding sound.

This hammer is called a test hammer. Before the blacksmith starts forging, he will use this method to check the toughness of the ore or metal and his own preliminary understanding of the impurities in the ore.

Seeing how focused he was, Feng Wu Yu nodded secretly. He had not taught Gu You how to test the hammer. He learned it all from the complete explanation of ore forging just now. This was enough to show that the child had a very high level of comprehension and attention.

The Qianduan in front of him was undoubtedly an opportunity for him to examine his forging talent. From the moment Gu Youneng forged Qianduan by accident, Feng Wu Yu actually already knew in his heart that the child in front of him would be able to reach a position that even he could not reach with kind training.

However, this also made Feng Wu Yu sigh. Gu You could not pass on the Yi Yi to him. He could not teach this child, and he could not teach him because he did not know how to do Tian Duan. It was impossible to accept Gu You as his official master. Even if he agreed, Yun Ming would not agree after knowing it. The only person who could be the master of this child was that person. However, accepting him as a nominal master was more glorious.

As for tricking Gu You into calling him master just now, it was purely out of interest and for fun.

He is only six years old this year. If he succeeds in the Thousand Forgings this time, I am afraid he will break the myth. The current world record is held by a saint craftsman who is ten years, six months and four days old.

Gu You certainly didn't know what Feng Wu Yu was thinking. He was now concentrating his whole body and all his mental energy was focused on the ice crystal in front of him.

He hammered with both hands, and with a "chi!" sound, the ice crystal was deformed and flattened in a funny way like a rice cake. Before the ice crystal could react, he used both hammers again, seemingly without any rhythm, and hit randomly. However, it was Gu You's extraordinary understanding of the high temperature and softness of the ice crystal. Since you are unstable, he will beat you until you are stable, and then heat you up again until there are no impurities in you.

Although he had never performed the Thousand Forging, Gu You had already incorporated all the forging knowledge of the past two days, plus the few practical lessons he had learned, into his mind. Thinking of how he had performed the Thousand Forging by accident, Gu You's brows furrowed, and he came up with his own method of the Thousand Forging, which was to infuse vitality into the ore metal in advance, adding his own unique understanding, and completing it in one go!
Although this kind of metal has never been forged, according to Gu You's own philosophy, since some metals are adaptable, most of them should be the same.

After continuous forging and multiple heating in the forging furnace, a hundred sections have been initially formed. Although it is a hundred sections, Gu You hammered it more than a hundred times, and he had to use his maximum force each time. Otherwise, although the ice crystals would be deformed after one hammer blow, they would soon return to their original shape.

With the blessing of his soul power martial spirit, Gu You felt that the power of his punch should be around 200 pounds.

The Hundred Forgings are the foundation of the Thousand Forgings. Only after completing the Hundred Forgings purification can you continue with the previous forging purification.

The two hammers were swung again, Gu You's face flushed, and he was breathing heavily. It was not only because of the high temperature around the forging furnace, but the most important thing was that the maximum force of each hammer consumed too much physical energy, just like Feng Wu Yu's training yesterday, but this time with the blessing of soul power, it became more durable. Moreover, the life force had to be added to the ice crystals, and Gu You didn't absorb much at all. Naturally, the special effect of the Life Essence Hammer on the master was gone. It was not just a disadvantage. After all, the addition of life force to the ice crystals greatly increased the success rate of the Thousand Forgings.

In the middle of forging, Gu You began to slow down, not only because he wanted to preserve his strength, but the main reason was that the impurities in the ice crystals were basically gone. Generally speaking, it is impossible to completely remove the impurities after a hundred forgings, but the ice crystal ore is special. It has been preserved in the Far North for many years. The natural ice element makes this ore have very few impurities. It also means that if the goal of hammering a thousand times and sublimating at the same time is achieved, a thousand forgings can be completed, which is easier.

What even Gu You didn't know was that the level of mental strength actually determined his comprehension. After experiencing the pain of hammering, Gu You's mental strength increased significantly. Mental strength would undoubtedly make Gu You more focused when forging, and his focus time would also become longer.

When Long Yali at the Spiritual Tower tested his mental strength, it had already reached seventy-four, and now it might be approaching a hundred.

An hour later, the ice crystals began to solidify, and a faint golden light began to emanate from the snow-blue ice crystals.

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Three hours later, the volume of the ice crystal had shrunk by two thirds and it was now like a square sapphire with a watery white surface and a golden glow at the door.

Gu You's clothes were soaked with sweat, and he had to stop for a while after each blow to recover his strength.

Although the process was slow, Gu You had completed the communication with the ice crystals within these three hours.

If you look closely, you will find that on the surface of the ice crystal, there are small depressions in each of the four corners, all of the same size, and each corner must have been hammered countless times.

Every tiny recoil, every sound produced by the knock, and the vibration itself when struck, all tell Gu You about its characteristics.

Gu You took a deep breath and was about to start exerting his strength!

After two hours of careful experience, he has figured out the properties of this metal, and it is time to forge it through the Thousand Forgings to sublimate it.

Immediately afterwards, loud forging sounds rang out one after another.

The fire intensity button is at the bottom. Press and hold it to turn it to the maximum. Orange-red flames will spew out from a circle of nozzles around it, burning the ice crystals.

Although he was very tired, whenever Gu You's arms began to ache, a warm current would come from his spine and instantly flow into his limbs and bones, relieving the pain in his arms. He also constantly mobilized his soul power and injected it into his arms to maintain his strength.

Perfect purification? Feng Wu Yu was shocked. This also showed that as long as Gu You continued to forge and sense the ice crystals, he would be able to forge a thousand times successfully. As for sublimation? The life force of the Life Essence Hammer constantly flowing into the ice crystals was the best proof. No sublimation special effect could compare to having a continuous breath of life. In other words, sublimation was destined from the beginning during the hammering of the Life Essence Hammer!
Although he already had the answer in his heart, how could Feng Wu Yu not be shocked by the appearance of the six-year-old thousand-forged boy in front of him.

(End of this chapter)