"Forging, huh..." Arthur scratched his head. "Speaking of that, Soul Forging is so difficult. I haven't succeeded even once yet."
Soul Forging is a threshold, a qualitative change. Even with his Intuition, Arthur hadn't completed it. He was always just a little short.
"You little rascal." Mu Chen shook his head and laughed. "How can Soul Forging be that easy? Do you know the earliest recorded age for Soul Forging?"
He slowly uttered a number: "Thirty-four years old."
"You're still young, no need to rush."
Mu Chen's educational philosophy always focused on the basics, taking one step at a time. Success would naturally follow.
"Enough of that." Arthur took out his soul guidance communication device and sent a few messages, then said to Mu Chen, "Since you're here, Teacher, it'll be much easier."
"What do you mean?" Mu Chen suddenly had a bad premonition... Before long, Tang Wulin led the Forging Group from their class to the Association, standing in a line.
Their eyes gleamed, and their breathing quickened as they watched Arthur continuously pour various rare Materials onto the ground, sack after sack.
"Attention, everyone!"
Arthur cleared his throat, raised his hand, and pointed to the Forging room behind him. "According to your abilities! Take as much as you can. Those who can do Thousand Forging should try their best to complete Thousand Forging, to be used as Materials for future battle armor."
"Those who can't do Thousand Forging, help with purification and assist."
"Awoo!"
The students of the Forging Group rushed forward like they were injected with stimulants.
In fact, Shrek Academy itself has a dedicated Blacksmith Association.
However, that association is independent of the Federation's Blacksmith Association and is directly under Shrek.
If Arthur were there, he would ultimately be somewhat restricted. After all, Mu Chen and Zhen Hua had no authority over that place.
So, Forging at the external association was more convenient... Time flowed, and the First Year's full battle armor plan was in full swing.
The progress of crafting the battle armor was very smooth.
In just one month, more than half of the students owned a battle armor component. Although some couldn't bear the weight, they at least had one. Almost everyone slept hugging their battle armor at night.
Looking back at every new student intake in Shrek Academy's history, this was an incredible feat.
It made history.
The reason for this was Arthur.
This guy, Arthur, Forged iron without rest!
Cultivate? Meditate?
Sorry, he was already fully automated.
And the consumption of Forging?
Red Dragon said, you just breathe, leave the rest to me.
This month, Arthur transformed into a merciless iron-Foring machine.
The most difficult step in crafting battle armor, the battle armor Materials, actually overflowed.
Instead, the Design Team and Manufacturing Team lagged behind.
Gu Yue's brain was already smoking. She barely kept up with Arthur's rhythm.
As for the Manufacturing Team... many people fainted from exhaustion this month, yet still couldn't keep up.
On this day, in class.
Wu Zhangkong looked helplessly at the students in the classroom.
No one was paying attention to the lecture.
He rambled on and on at the podium, while the students below were busy with their own things.
The students of the Design Team, especially Gu Yue, had more than a dozen blueprints covered in patterns spread out before them, her pen tip rapidly moving across the paper, her brows furrowed into a 'river' shape.
Gu Yue was dedicated to this, as it greatly helped her advance her designer profession. Her original plan was to one day design battle armor for Spirit Beasts.
The Manufacturing Team was even more chaotic.
Several students slumped in their chairs, their faces pale, still clutching unfinished parts.
"No, I can't do it anymore,"
A boy waved his hand weakly. "The class monitor's efficiency is inhuman. We work for three days and can't even use up half of his daily output."
Ye Xinglan, on the other hand, lay on her desk, eyes closed.
She seemed to be resting, but in reality, she had been asleep for a while.
Wu Zhangkong had no solution for the scenes before him. battle armor was indeed more important than these courses. It was the most crucial standard for graduation.
"Quiet down first."
Wu Zhangkong's voice wasn't loud, but it suppressed the noise in the classroom.
He walked to the center of the classroom, his gaze sweeping over every tired yet energetic face.
Finally, his eyes fell on the piles of parts and blueprints, and his tone softened a few degrees: "The battle armor plan's priority is indeed higher than regular courses, but you must remember that your body is fundamental."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Next, get some good rest."
"Because soon, our First Year and Second Year will have an exchange event. The theme of the event is an all-around competition, including Forging, design, manufacturing, repair, and other aspects. Finally, there will be Actual Combat."
As soon as these words were spoken, the students who were previously listless instantly came back to life.
"exchange event? Competing with Second Year?"
"Competing with us in Forging, design, and manufacturing? Hilarious, how many battle armors have they made? Competing with us?"
"Let's crush them!"
"There's Actual Combat too? Now we can properly spar with our seniors!"
After Wu Zhangkong explained the rules, he instructed, "I won't interfere with who participates. You decide among yourselves. Arthur will be responsible for compiling the list and reporting it to me."
Upon hearing this, Arthur immediately stood up from his seat and began to pick out participants: "Quiet. I will personally handle the Forging. Gu Yue will be in charge of the Design Team; her abilities this past month should be obvious to everyone. Every battle armor component in your hands has her involvement."
"As for the Manufacturing Team... you all should rest well. The competition isn't important; don't overwork yourselves."
"The Repair Group can choose among yourselves."
"As for the final Actual Combat."
Arthur looked at Wu Zhangkong: "Teacher, according to the rules, the Second Year will have one less person participating than us, right?"
Wu Zhangkong nodded slightly: "That's right. According to the old rules of the Academy exchange competition, the number of participants is decided by you, and the Second Year sends one less person."
"That's too boring." Arthur shook his head. "It's already a case of many bullying few, and if they have one less person, they'll be at too much of a disadvantage."
"Wait." Wu Zhangkong didn't quite understand: "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean by many bullying few?"
"Hehehe." Arthur smiled innocently, but what he said was like a devil's whisper: "All of us First Year students will participate!"
People really do laugh when they are utterly speechless. Shen Yi, beside him, was so annoyed she laughed: "All of you participating? Do you know how many people there are between the two grades?"
"What are you trying to do?!"
"And this doesn't follow the rules."
Doesn't follow the rules? Arthur pretended not to understand: "I don't care about that. If there are any problems, tell them to go find Ya Li."
Arthur: If you have anything to say, go tell Ya Li!
Ya Li: If you have anything to say, go tell Yun Ming!
Yun Ming:... "This will be much livelier." Arthur continued, "But we're still at an advantage. After all, the Second Year must have eliminated some people, so their total number is less than ours."
"How about this, the Third Year can also join in. We'll take a bit of a disadvantage and fight all of the Second and Third Years."
As soon as these words came out, not only Shen Yi but even the classmates in the class began to feel uneasy.
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