---The dark night has illuminated my golden eyes, but I cannot use them to seek light.
Dragon Emperor Douluo, Tang Lingluo's famous quote.
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"Puchi!" Beside him was another plump man. "Look at him, his face is red." Little brother. Brother, your eyes are really beautiful.”
Sweet. "Yanyan, don't mess around," the girl rebuked. Little brother. Brother, you want to evaluate the blacksmith's rank?”
Tang Lingluo nodded and said uneasily,""Yes, I am!"
Sweet. "Where's your master?" the young girl asked. Or do you have a teacher with you?"
Tang Lingluo shook his head." The teacher told me to find a master named Cen Yue myself.”
Upon hearing the name Cen Yue, the two girls 'faces turned sweet. "Then wait a moment, I'll help you ask Master Cen Yue if he has time now." Have you ever contacted Master Cen through the soul communicator?”
Tang Lingluo shook his head again. They didn't have any soul communicator! Although soul communication was convenient, the communication fees and equipment fees were extremely expensive. Even at home, there was only one fixed soul communicator. He was still planning to find a coin-operated soul communicator to call his parents to inform them that he was safe.
"Master Cen, there are two children looking for you. Yes, that's right. They have big eyes and are dressed plainly.”Sweet. The girl dialed a number.
Hanging up the communication, sweet. The young girl turned to Tang Lingluo and said,"Little brother. Brother, Master Cen is free. Come with me.”
As she spoke, she led Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin to one side of the hall. The young girl Yan Yan looked at their backs and stuck out her tongue. "I couldn't tell!" he muttered to himself. These two little fellows actually knew Master Cen.”
When the metal door of the soul elevator opened in front of the brothers, Tang Wulin was startled. It was his first time seeing something like this. Tang Lingluo looked at the elevator and sighed in his heart."The Douluo Continent's technology ten thousand years later is really advanced!”。
"Come, come up." Sweet. The young girl did not tease them, but smiled gently.
Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin came to her side.
Sweet. "My name is Yun Xiaoling. Master Cen's office is on the fifteenth floor. I'll bring you to him first, then he'll take you to take the blacksmith's rank test."”
"Thank you, sister." Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin said politely.
Yun Xiaoling sized up the two of them. Although the two children were dressed very plainly, they were very good-looking, especially their big eyes that were enough to make all girls envious. Moreover, they had a rare golden pupil. Although they were plain, they were very polite and easily gave people a good impression.
"Ding!" The elevator stopped on the fifteenth floor and the door opened.
The walls were made of silver-white metal while the ceiling and floor were white. It was clean and tidy. This was Tang Wulin's first impression of this place.
"I think I've entered the White House of the Americans?”That was Tang Lingluo's feeling.
Outside the elevator was a corridor, and on both sides of the corridor were doors.
Yun Xiaoling led them to the side and stopped in front of a door with Cen Yue's nameplate on it. She pressed the button on it.
"Master Cen, I'm Yun Xiaoling. I brought the two children over for you.”
"Yes." A low voice sounded, and the door opened.
This was an office of about 30 square meters. A huge wooden table took up almost a quarter of the area. Behind the wooden table stood a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. This man was not tall, but he was very burly. His shoulders were especially broad, and his deltoid muscles held up his black shirt.
At this moment, he was looking at a blueprint on the table.
"Grandmaster Cen." Yun Xiaoling called out softly.
"Yes." Cen Yue raised his head and looked over.
His gaze landed on Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin with curiosity." You're Mang Tian's disciples?”
"Yes, I am! Hello, Master Cen. Teacher asked us to send his regards to you.”Tang Lingluo said respectfully.
Cen Yue frowned." Mang Tian has always been arrogant. Why would he take in two young disciples? Let's go, I'll take you to the blacksmith's ranking test."”
Blacksmiths usually lived in the world of metals and did not care much about the outside world. Although he was puzzled as to why Mang Tian would accept two young disciples like Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin, the test would prove everything.
"Master, I'll go down first." Yun Xiaoling said.”
"Yes." Cen Yue nodded at her. Yun Xiaoling smiled at Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin before turning around and leaving.
Cen Yue led Tang Ling, Luo, and Tang Wulin out of the door as well. They arrived at the soul elevator again and took the same elevator as Yun Xiaoling. However, he pressed the button for the third floor.
As the elevator descended, Cen Yue asked Tang Lingluo,""Little brat, did Mang Tian tell you what rank of blacksmiths the two of you are at?”
Tang Lingluo shook his head." The teacher didn't say anything. He just said that Wulin and I will take the test so that we can take on some jobs.”
You can accept jobs? Yun Xiaoling could not help but look surprised. To be able to accept work, one had to be at least a second rank blacksmith. First rank blacksmiths were not allowed to accept work directly. They had to be assigned work by a higher rank blacksmith.
"Then do you know about the blacksmith's ranking system?”
This time, it was Tang Wulin who nodded." Teacher said that blacksmiths are divided into nine ranks. The first and second ranks are the master ranks. Level 5 and 6 were Master Craftsmen, Level 7 and 8 were Saint Craftsmen, and the highest was Level 9, Divine Craftsman.”
"Yes." Cen Yue nodded.
At this moment, the elevator had reached the third floor.
"Goodbye, sister." Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin bid Yun Xiaoling farewell and followed Cen Yue out of the elevator.
Compared to the quiet fifteenth floor, the third floor of the Blacksmith's Association was a little noisy. The familiar 'ding ding dang' sounds of forging could be heard one after another.
Cen Yue brought Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin to the front desk and said to the staff,"Give me two testing rooms and invite an appraiser over.”
"Grandmaster Cen, are these two your disciples? She's so young! Are you twelve years old?" The staff member looked at Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin curiously.
Cen Yue took the form from the staff member and handed it to Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin." You guys fill in this form first.”
"Yes."
Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin took the forms and filled them in seriously.
Cen Yue read it out from the side," Tang Lingluo, Tang Wulin, native of Glorybound City, nine years old, Eastsea Academy's intermediate division's first year freshman. You are only nine years old?"
This time, both he and the staff were shocked.
It had been many, many years since someone who came to the Blacksmith's Association to participate in the Blacksmith's Assessment at the age of nine. In history, the Blacksmith's Association's youngest examiner was eight years and six months old. As for that person, he was already working on the top 30th floor of the Blacksmith's Association. He was a genius blacksmith that was out of this world.
The two children in front of him were only nine years old. If they could pass the blacksmith's rank test, what would it mean?
Cen Yue had even more thoughts. Tang Lingluo had just said that Mang Tian had asked them to accept the mission directly. This meant that these two children were likely to be second rank blacksmiths. Was this a sign that they were going to break the record?
"Master Cen, test room number three.”
Cen Yue narrowed his eyes and picked up Tang Lingluo and Tang Wulin's forms." Follow me."”He wanted to see just how powerful Mang Tian's two disciples were.
The so-called testing room was actually a forging room. Of course, the blacksmith's test would be conducted here.
Cen Yue called an examiner to bring Tang Wulin to the forging workshop on the other side.
Tang Lingluo's nervous mood immediately relaxed as soon as he entered the forging workshop. The forging equipment here was similar to Mang Tian's workshop. This was the first time he had encountered an environment he was familiar with since he arrived at Eastsea City.
The appraiser was a middle-aged woman. She obviously knew Cen Yue." Master Cen, you personally brought people here to test! I just heard that this child is only nine years old. If it was a little smaller, would he be able to break the president's record?”
"Let's test it first."”
The examiner nodded and said to Tang Lingluo,""There are fifteen types of metals here. Choose one of them to refine. I'll give you a score based on the metal you choose and the degree of purification. If you score more than sixty points, you'll be promoted to a rank-1 blacksmith.”
"Yes." Tang Lingluo nodded and walked to the metal shelf.
Fifteen types of metals, each one of them was one foot square.
These metals were of different colors and different texture. The Blacksmith's Rank Test might seem simple as it only required one round of refinement, but in reality, it tested many things.
The appraiser didn't tell him what these metals were. This required him to have a sufficient understanding of the various metals. At the same time, he had to choose the metal that he could forge.
The quality of the metal and the effect of purification complemented each other.
Tang Lingluo looked around and recognized all the types of metal. He thought for a moment and took out a piece of metal from the rack in the middle.
The metal shined with a faint silver light. Seeing his choice, Cen Yue and the appraiser revealed a hint of surprise. They did not expect Tang Lingluo to choose such a heavy and dense metal.
"I choose this Heavy Silver." Tang Lingluo placed the Heavy Silver on the forging table silently.
Mang Tian's requirements for Tang Wulin and him were very high. One of them was that apart from forging, no sound of metal colliding could be heard.
A piece of Heavy Silver that was about a foot square weighed about 300 kilograms. It was very heavy, but Cen Yue could tell from Tang Lingluo's expression that it did not seem like much of an effort.
"Little guy, you're quite strong!" The examiner was also surprised. She was starting to believe that this little guy who wrote that he was only nine years old could really complete the test.
"Masters, may I begin?" Tang Lingluo asked.”
"Let's begin." The appraiser nodded. You have one hour. Within an hour, you must try your best to purify this Heavy Silver. The degree to which you can purify it will be the corresponding score.”
"Yes, sir!" Tang Lingluo did not think about anything else and immediately started operating the machine skillfully.
He turned on the forging table, raised the temperature, and placed the Heavy Silver into the furnace for roasting. The time taken to refine the metal was also included in the purification time. There was no room for trickery in the blacksmith's ranking test. The Blacksmith's Association had very strict requirements for every blacksmith because once they reached a certain rank, they could take on missions to forge. The products produced would affect the reputation of the Blacksmith's Association.
Tang Lingluo did some stretching exercises and took a few deep breaths to adjust his soul power.
The reason why he chose Heavy Silver was not because he wanted to show off, but rather because the last time he had smithed in Glorybound City had been with the Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammers. After that incident, he had a very deep understanding of the characteristics of Heavy Silver. The piece of Heavy Silver he chose was very similar in quality to the Heavy Silver he had smithed previously. Under the circumstances where he was excited by the prospect, he naturally made his choice.
However, he still remembered Mang Tian's words. He was not allowed to use the Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammers unless he was forging alone. He was not allowed to reveal the Thousand Refined Heavy Silver Hammers to outsiders before he turned fifteen.
Looking at the temperature of the metal displayed on the forging table, Tang Lingluo's breathing gradually became even, and his eyes became focused.
Cen Yue stood at the side and did not give any advice. He had been paying attention to the child in front of him, especially his eyes.
When he saw Tang Lingluo's eyes become focused, he couldn't help but praise in his heart. Mang Tian, oh Mang Tian, you've picked up a treasure.
Among the blacksmiths, Cen Yue was the one who advocated focusing on forging the most. He did not have any outstanding talent. He had entered this industry because he liked it. It could be said that he had walked step by step until today. Relying on his passion and focus on forging, he had earned himself a place in the world of forging.
Tang Lingluo was only a nine-year-old child! For a nine-year-old child to be so focused meant that he really knew how to forge. Cen Yue's impression of this child immediately improved.
Tang Lingluo's left hand quickly pressed a button, and the Heavy Silver that had reached the right temperature for forging slowly appeared on the forging table.
The appraiser wrote something on his record.
As the examiner of the Blacksmith's Ranking Test, she had been through a lot of evaluations. From Tang Lingluo's reaction, she could tell that this was not the child's first time smithing Heavy Silver. However, was Heavy Silver something that an unregistered blacksmith could forge?
Tang Lingluo started!
His arms shook slightly on both sides of his body, and two streaks of black light appeared in his palms at the same time. They were the pair of Thousand Refined tungsten hammers. The hammer in his left hand lightly tapped on the Heavy Silver, producing a " ding ding " sound.
Cen Yue's eyes landed on Tang Lingluo's ears. He could clearly see that his ears quivered slightly.
He was listening, listening to the feedback of the metal. Good kid!
At that moment, Tang Lingluo swung his hammer. He swung the hammer in his right hand at lightning speed, and the air in the forging room instantly became tense. With a low whistling sound, the tungsten steel hammer smashed heavily on the edge of the Heavy Silver in the next moment.
"Bang!" The tungsten steel hammer bounced up, and the Heavy Silver slightly caved in.
Tang Lingluo's golden eyes lit up almost at the same time. He swung the hammer with his left hand.”There was another explosion.
The two explosions caused a series of echoes to echo in the blacksmith's ears. Cen Yue's eyes widened. This was…a Thousand Refined tungsten hammer?
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