Chapter 19: Spiritual Refining
Huo Yuhao was not satisfied looking at this piece of Thousand Refined Deep Silver.
One-Word Battle Armor is divided into two types: one is the ordinary One-Word Battle Armor used temporarily, which needs to be completely replaced when advancing to Two-Word Battle Armor.
The other type is the Spirit One-Word Battle Armor, which needs to be forged from Spirit Refined metals and can be advanced to Two-Word Battle Armor through further forging.
The difference between the two lies in the materials used; Spirit One-Word Battle Armor requires Spirit Refined metals, and to be integrated into the body, it even needs Fused Refined rare metals.
Ordinary One-Word Battle Armor, however, only needs to be directly forged from Thousand Refined metals.
Huo Yuhao's physical quality, enhanced by his Spirit's secondary awakening, the Ice Empress's torso bone, and spirit gold, had long reached the Spirit Emperor-level physical quality required for Two-Word Battle Armor.
Therefore, meticulously crafting an ordinary One-Word Battle Armor was meaningless; if not for the need to hone his crafting skills, Huo Yuhao would have prepared to directly forge a Two-Word Battle Armor.
After thinking it through, Huo Yuhao decided to first practice his forging techniques, then craft some ordinary One-Word Battle Armor to sell at the Academy.
After all, Fan Yu's gold coins were limited, and if he were to practice without restraint, even several Fan Yus wouldn't be able to sustain it.
Immediately, the clang of hammers echoed in the forging room once more.
In the days following the end of the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao had been researching forging and had made significant progress.
Because the incident Huo Yuhao caused this time was too significant, the rewards for the freshman assessment were not distributed with great fanfare; instead, the freshmen were called to the director's office one by one to receive them privately.
Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao met again in Du Weilun's office.
"Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, this is your reward for this freshman assessment: a Spirit Bone from an Ethereal Demonic Leopard."
Huo Yuhao picked it up, glanced at it casually, and then threw it to Xiao Xiao, "You two can decide how to split it; I'm not interested."
Wang Dong was alright; after all, she didn't care for a thousand-year Spirit Bone, but Xiao Xiao was extremely excited.
Spirit Bones are actually not common, and many Titled Douluo haven't been able to equip a complete set of Spirit Bones.
Huo Yuhao no longer paid attention to Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's discussion, continuing to listen to Du Weilun speak.
"Alright, don't get excited yet. Next, I'll announce the second matter: all three of you will become core disciples of the Spirit Department."
"As for student Huo Yuhao, after discussion at the Sea God Pavilion meeting, you will become the first ever dual-core disciple in Shrek Academy's history."
After Du Weilun finished his announcement, he expected to see a thrilled Huo Yuhao, but instead found only calmness on Huo Yuhao's face.
"This was within my expectations, Director Du. Is there anything else?"
Noticing Du Weilun's curiosity, Huo Yuhao explained, intending to return to his forging room to forge metals.
"Student Huo Yuhao, the Dean of our Spirit Department wishes to meet you and discuss something."
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was about to leave, Du Weilun quickly conveyed what Yan Shaozhe had told him.
"Okay, I understand. Let's go now then. I don't know where Dean Yan's office is, so if you have time, please take me there."
Huo Yuhao roughly guessed what Yan Shaozhe wanted to talk to him about and didn't plan to delay, directly asking Du Weilun to take him to the Dean's office.
Inside the Dean's office, Yan Shaozhe looked at Huo Yuhao with a gentle expression, "Yuhao, I, as the Dean, have a small matter that I need your help with. What are your requirements? Feel free to state them."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao asked directly, "Even a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone?"
Yan Shaozhe heard this and found it within acceptable limits, "Naturally, no problem. As long as you are willing to help, a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone are not an issue."
"Then please tell me what the matter is first." Huo Yuhao replied indifferently, guessing it was about Ma Xiaotao's Spirit.
As expected, Yan Shaozhe's next sentence was about purifying the evil fire.
"I have a disciple whose Spirit has a flaw and requires extreme ice to suppress the evil fire within her. Yuhao, can you help?"
"Yes, but Dean, I estimate I will soon need the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone from our transaction. My main Spirit's secondary awakening has awakened a trace of Destiny Power in me, and it's highly unlikely to be wrong. You should prepare in advance."
Thinking of the hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress embryo that would soon appear at the Star Luo auction, Huo Yuhao prepared to have Yan Shaozhe help him acquire it directly.
The Snow Empress was still relatively important for Huo Yuhao's development; he didn't plan to wait until Mingde Hall was attacked to obtain her. In fact, Huo Yuhao intended to coordinate this matter with the Star Luo Imperial Family before the auction.
Hearing Huo Yuhao agree so readily, Yan Shaozhe also breathed a sigh of relief, not caring at all about the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone.
It wasn't that he doubted Huo Yuhao's mention of Destiny Power, but rather because investing in Huo Yuhao was a guaranteed profit.
Huo Yuhao was already an heir of Shrek Academy; the stronger he became, the more beneficial it would be for Shrek Academy.
After arranging the time to suppress the evil fire with Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yuhao once again began his grand forging endeavor.
As Huo Yuhao continuously increased the quantity of Deep Silver he forged, the quality of his forged metals also became higher and higher.
Currently, the Deep Silver Huo Yuhao forged was basically stable at the level of Thousand Refined First Grade.
Next, was Spirit Refined, which was a watershed for blacksmiths.
Spirit Refined metals possess properties far superior to Thousand Refined metals and are essential raw materials for crafting Spirit One-Word Battle Armor and Two-Word Battle Armor.
Huo Yuhao activated his Purple Demon Eye, continuously sensing the life aura of the Deep Silver with his mental force. As long as he awakened its life aura, the Spirit Refined process would be complete.
Through numerous past failures, Huo Yuhao gradually discovered his problem: he was too eager to craft the Battle Armor, and thus lost the anticipation of forging Spirit Refined metals.
As the forging hammer continuously fell, this time Huo Yuhao no longer thought about whether this piece of Deep Silver would successfully become Spirit Refined or not.
Instead, he adjusted his mindset, somewhat looking forward to witnessing the birth of the first piece of Spirit Refined metal.
Huo Yuhao's heart calmed down. Then, he heard a cry, a symbol of the Deep Silver gradually resonating with him. As that urgent call grew stronger, Huo Yuhao responded to it, striking hammer after hammer.
A cloud pattern appeared on the surface of the Deep Silver. Huo Yuhao immediately used his spirit power to replenish the consumption caused by the Deep Silver's birth of Spirit.
As his spirit power continuously depleted, the light emanating from the Deep Silver grew brighter and brighter, and a layer of ice-blue gradually appeared on it, which was the influence of Huo Yuhao's extreme ice spirit power on it.
With Huo Yuhao's final hammer strike, an ice-blue light ascended from the Deep Silver, and Huo Yuhao finally completed his first Spirit Refined.
Looking at the long-lingering blue light, Huo Yuhao finally felt confident about crafting the Two-Word Battle Armor.
Spirit Refined rare metals were sufficient to create Two-Word Battle Armor of a general standard.