Bi Ji wasn't foolish. Hearing Gu Yue Na's words, she immediately understood the power of the Longevity Pill.
"I will learn how to refine it as quickly as possible," Bi Ji promised.
"Today, you should first memorize the pill formula and prepare some medicinal herbs. Tomorrow, when I refine the pills, you can refine alongside me, and I can guide you."
"Thank you, Young Master," Bi Ji's eyes lit up, and she expressed her gratitude with some excitement. With Yun Ze's guidance, her pill refining skills would definitely reach a higher level.
After Yun Ze gave a few more instructions, he dismissed everyone and went up to the top floor himself.
He swiped his card, and the large door retracted to the sides, revealing the scene inside the room.
The entire floor had been opened up, spanning over seven hundred square meters, and could be divided into four areas based on the layout.
There was an empty space with no furnishings around, designated as the pill refining area; a forging area with a forging table; a mecha area with many mechanical components; and a Soul Tool area.
The room was filled with many rare metals, all sourced from the Star Dou Great Forest. The mineral resources there were extremely rich and diverse. Metals rarely seen on the market were available there by the ton.
Getting these metals was simply effortless.
As Yun Ze walked in, the lights in the room automatically turned on, and the door behind him closed.
Yun Ze went directly to the forging area, took out a piece of fiery red metal from the side, and held it in his hand. Flames surged from his palm, enveloping the metal.
His method of heating the metal was very simple; he didn't need a heating furnace, just his Phoenix flames to burn it.
The extremely high temperature of the Phoenix flames quickly raised the metal's temperature to over a thousand degrees Celsius. Even this fire-attributed Blazing Flame Fire Metal began to soften.
Besides softening the metal, the flames also served to temper it. Some impurities turned into ash and disappeared; even the innermost impurities couldn't escape.
Yun Ze heated the metal with his Soul Power for over ten minutes. Under his spiritual perception, there were no impurities left inside the metal.
He placed the Blazing Flame Fire Metal on the forging table. The flames didn't disappear; the Blazing Flame Fire Metal was still being burned, and the Phoenix flames were merging with the metal.
"Clang!" Yun Ze picked up the forging hammer next to him and brought it down with a strike. A clear and pleasant clang echoed, sparks flew from the metal's surface, and the point of impact dented.
It was as if flames erupted from within the hammer, further tempering the metal.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Three consecutive sounds rang out. The Layered Hammer effect of the forging hammer activated. One hammer strike felt like hitting the metal four times.
The first strike was with full force, followed by strikes with seventy percent, fifty percent, and thirty percent of the force respectively. The Layered Hammer effect made Yun Ze's hammering twice as effective.
Generally, the Layered Hammer effect only had a maximum of three stages, but Yun Ze's forging hammer had four stages, making it even more exceptional than a top-grade one.
This forging hammer didn't just have the Layered Hammer effect; it also had a tempering effect. With each strike, flame energy would surge out, tempering the metal and enhancing its fire attribute.
A Thousand Refinement product could possess two top-grade effects, which was related to the drop of blood he dripped. Even though his cultivation was low now, his blood was extraordinary. If he dripped a drop, normal metal would simply be unable to withstand it and would explode directly.
For this reason, he diluted a drop of his blood dozens of times. Only then, when he dripped a drop onto the hammer, did it not explode.
This single drop of blood gave the Thousand Refinement Hammer these two top-grade effects.
Yun Ze swung his arms continuously. His six-year-old body contained strength far exceeding his age, and he swung the hundred-plus-pound forging hammer with ease.
"Clang, clang, clang..." Dense sounds of impact rang out, becoming clearer and clearer, like a beautiful piece of music being played, full of rhythm.
Yun Ze's forging was entirely self-taught. There were no specific hammering techniques or rhythms; he did it as he pleased.
Yet, it was this casual approach that caused the metal to change into the shape he desired, with its hardness and fire attribute increasing.
Disorderly yet orderly! The metal danced on the forging table with Yun Ze's hammer strikes, exuding a cheerful emotion.
After hammering over a hundred times, Yun Ze swung the hammer with his right hand and took out a bottle with his left, which contained water mixed with drops of blood.
The blood was evenly dispersed in the water, turning the clear water fiery red, as if flames were burning in the water.
In fact, it wasn't like flames were burning, but that flames truly existed. However, Yun Ze had limited the temperature of these flames, preventing them from evaporating the clear water.
Under the control of Soul Power, the bottle cap opened, and a drop of bloody water floated out, landing precisely on the metal.
Boom! The Blazing Flame Fire Metal trembled violently, and raging flames erupted, like a bomb exploding.
Yun Ze merely glanced at the flames, and the raging flames lost all their power, instantly receding as if they had never erupted.
This drop of blood, diluted dozens of times, merged with the metal, greatly increasing the Blazing Flame Fire Metal's spirituality and causing a near-qualitative improvement.
Yun Ze continued to swing the hammer. His Soul Power had long been exhausted, and the strength he was now using came from his own vital energy and blood.
The metal danced happily on the forging table, like a childlike sprite, bouncing and jumping around, exceptionally cheerful.
"Clang!" Yun Ze struck the final blow and withdrew the hammer. Two palm-sized pieces of Blazing Flame Fire Metal, shaped like chest armor, were still bouncing on the forging table.
Yun Ze casually placed the forging hammer aside, not bothering with the newly forged spiritual metal. He walked to the alchemy area, sat down cross-legged, and began to recover his Soul Power.
That's right, it was spiritual metal. His forging just now had endowed the metal with spirituality, causing it to sublime and transcend the realm of ordinary metals.
The Spirit Refinement, which would normally require a Fifth Level Blacksmith to complete, he had finished just like that. The entire process encountered no obstacles whatsoever and was completely effortless.
Despite having only Twenty-second Level Soul Power, he was already a Fifth Level Blacksmith, capable of easily completing Spirit Refinement.
A few days ago, his Soul Power had broken through a level, reaching Twenty-second Level. His improvement speed could not be described as slow.
He hadn't registered with the Blacksmith Association. He didn't care much for those nominal things, so he didn't have the certification of a Fifth Level Blacksmith.
It took him over an hour to recover the Soul Power and vital energy he had consumed.
The Blazing Flame Fire Metal on the forging table emitted scorching flames. As soon as Yun Ze approached, its flames intensified slightly, revealing a joyful emotion.
Yun Ze smiled faintly, picked up the Blazing Flame Fire Metal, and walked towards the Soul Tool crafting area. He sat down on a chair and began to engrave arrays on the metal using the Fire Pattern Engraving Knife.
On this metal, he needed to engrave six core arrays and thirty-two ordinary arrays. It was a massive project, comparable in difficulty to crafting a Fourth Level Soul Tool.
Yun Ze was like painting on metal, using the Fire Pattern Engraving Knife to outline beautiful, artistic lines on the metal surface.
When his Soul Power was exhausted, he would sit cross-legged to cultivate and recover, then continue engraving. He kept going until past three in the morning before finishing all the engravings.
Yun Ze slept until past ten in the morning before getting up. The forging and the engraving of the Soul Tool arrays had consumed a significant amount of his mental energy, so he slept a bit longer.
Normally, he would get up at eight in the morning. A few hours of sleep was already sufficient for him.
(End of Chapter)