Chapter 36: The Master Craftsman's Disciple
Douluo calendar year 2598, September 1st.
In the east of "Muzhi City", the [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy] has started.
Six grades and six classes, each class has about 30 to 40 students. The total number of self-financing students and working-study students in the school is almost more than 200.
To be honest, the number of such students is quite small.
With this, the number of students in [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy] is already ranked second among the four junior soul master academies in 'Mu Zhi City'.
[Shuimu Principality] In the area of the capital "Muzhi City", the number of children with innate soul power born in the past six years, if not counting the descendants of noble/soul master families, totals less than a thousand.
According to past experience, there may not even be half of the nearly a thousand children who can eventually cultivate their soul power to the tenth level, and then obtain the first soul ring and become a soul master.
Among them, the number of those who can go a step further and reach level 20 to become a second-level great soul master is reduced by more than two-thirds!
If you include those who died in the mouths of soul beasts while hunting souls, those who were attacked and killed by other soul masters, and those who had conflicts and vendettas...the soul master reserves born in the past six years have been for decades. The number of people who can successfully cultivate to Soul Master and become a new noble can be counted on one hand!
[Shuimu Principality] was founded less than a century ago, and most of the nobles today are the families who followed Grand Duke Muxiao back then. Only a small number of them were newly born from the land of [Shuimu Principality] in the past few decades.
The martial soul system of Douluo Continent really relies on bloodline qualifications. If you want to rely on mutation factors to develop high-quality martial soul qualifications, it is no less likely than Ling Yi's chance of winning a lottery ticket in his previous life.
Well, the probability of a small prize of a few dollars, dozens of dollars, or even hundreds of dollars is relatively higher compared to a large enough base. But when it comes to targeting an individual, the chance is pitifully small...
For this reason, in the junior soul master academy, unless a good-quality martial soul or a higher innate soul is awakened at the beginning, strength, otherwise they would basically not be attracted by those nobles who placed bets in advance.
More often, some self-financed students, relying on their good family conditions and more or less soul master backgrounds, bully and humiliate some work-study students with ordinary or even low qualifications. Behavior.
In their understanding, the emergence of working-study students takes up part of the resources of self-financed students. Whether it is the educational resources from teachers or the help provided by the college during the unified soul hunting in the later period, it will be diluted by the working-study students.
Conflicts piled up year after year, until later, the opposition between self-financing students and working-study students became a tradition.
Of course, it is unknown whether some nobles contributed to this.
After all, as far as Ling Yi knows, the vast majority of nobles have their own set of teaching methods suitable for inheriting martial arts. When their children reach a certain age and strength, they will be sent directly to advanced soul master academies. Among them, one is to obtain certain resources that cannot be provided by the family, such as "mimic training environment" and high-end soul ring hunting; the other is to meet some companions of similar or even higher levels to expand the family's connections.
It would be even better if we could find a person of the opposite sex with good talents and qualifications, marry them, and give birth to a better inheritor of the martial spirit bloodline~
Let’s go a long way and return to the [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy].
Through channels such as college teachers, work-study students, and some self-financed students with good intentions, Ling Yi initially discovered some subtle relationships in the college, and also formulated a plan for the next college career. series of response plans.
......
In the past few days before and after the start of school, a piece of gossip spread inadvertently among the [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy].
“Have you heard?”
During class, a little boy with windy ears turned around and asked the little girl with rabbit teeth at the back table.
The little girl was a little confused and looked at the boy curiously: "What did you hear?"
"Hey~" the little boy first looked around, then lowered his voice and said with a beaming expression on his face. : "Among this year's freshmen, there is a guy who entered the sect of Master Jin, one of the 'Three Great Craftsmen'. I don't know whether to call him lucky or self-destructive..."
"Master Jin? That Master Jin who is a blacksmith?" Next to him, a boy with slanted bangs interjected and asked.
Hearing the sound, the boy with windy ears glanced at the other person and nodded: "Yes, that's Master Jin~"
"Tsk~" The boy with slanted bangs smacked his lips noncommittally, shook his head and said, "I heard that Master Jin is already over seventy years old, and it's hard to say how much strength he has left at the Soul Master level. That guy can't be real. Are you going to learn blacksmithing?”
“What’s wrong with blacksmithing?”
Suddenly, a tall boy who came to the side of the three of them at some unknown time said: “What if I become a blacksmith?” If you become a blacksmith at the blacksmith level, you can also become a big shot in the principality..." As these words fell, the boy with windy ears, the boy with slanted bangs, and the girl with rabbit teeth who listened quietly realized that they were already around them. There were seven or eight classmates gathered around. They were all children of some local merchants and small families in Mizhi City, and they were also self-funded students in the college.
The person who just spoke was the son of the owner of a blacksmith shop in the east of the city. His father is also an apprentice under Master Jin. Now he is only one step away from a senior blacksmith. If he is not old and has limited potential, even if he becomes a senior blacksmith, he has little hope of becoming a master blacksmith. He wants to look forward to it. Let’s take a look at the identity of Master Jin’s thirteenth direct disciple.
"Tch—" the boy with slanted bangs glanced sideways at the tall boy: "Is it so easy to become a blacksmith?"
"Anyway, until now, I have never heard of Master Jin's twelve A direct disciple, who has been promoted to the level of blacksmith——"
"Ha!" Hearing this, the tall boy sneered, "James, I heard that the sword your father used was Master Jin. Made by the fifth disciple of Master Wang, a senior blacksmith..."
James's father is a twenty-seventh-level great spirit master with a martial spirit of "Iron-backed Baboon". His strength is the highest among the parents of students in his class. The strongest.
While holding the sword made by a high-level blacksmith, James' father can directly fight against level 29 attack weapon soul masters and unbeatable beasts, and even suppress unarmed beasts of the same level. Soul master!
Hearing the tall boy's words, James opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything to refute. Although he felt from the bottom of his heart that the soul master was more noble, he would not offend a senior blacksmith by talking nonsense.
If someone spread the word, James' father would probably beat him up and take him to Master Wang to apologize.
Please note that forged weapons are different from weapon souls, which will wear out.
What should I do if it gets worn out?
Of course, you need to find a blacksmith to repair it, even if there are conditions. When the blacksmith's skills improve or better materials are available, you can recast a stronger weapon!
You said that if you offend Master Wang, the worst thing you can do is find a senior blacksmith. If you have money, you can't find a blacksmith to take action?
Oh, if James had spoken nonsense just now, he would not have just despised a certain blacksmith, but the entire blacksmith profession.
Although, he did know this in his heart, and many students present may not think so in their hearts.
Even the tall boy and his father believed that the soul master was more noble.
If there is hope, I still hope that my son will take the path of a soul master. If it doesn't work out, he can go home and inherit the blacksmith shop and become a blacksmith.
You know, if a blacksmith wants to become a soul master, it depends on his destiny, but it is easy for a soul master to change his profession to a blacksmith.
The power of soul power alone is more powerful than the physical strength of ordinary people who work hard.
In addition, soul power can also bless a person's five senses, which is also a great convenience when learning blacksmithing skills.
Unfortunately, most soul masters would rather spend all their time on soul master training, learning about martial arts and soul beasts, honing combat skills, and other soul master-related subjects.
Blacksmithing?
What a waste of time!
As for blacksmithing, can you exercise your body?
Are there any beasts with stronger martial souls? Is it stronger with the blessing of soul rings and soul skills? After the strength is improved, is it convenient to improve the physical quality through the baptism of soul power?
Being a blacksmith can only be chosen by those guys who have no hope of becoming a soul master!
This is the perception of almost everyone in Douluo Continent today. This is also the reason for the embarrassing status of blacksmiths.
However, if you want to become a high-level blacksmith, only a soul master can do it.
Otherwise, ordinary people cannot temper and forge materials that can compete with the power of soul masters above the soul master.
(End of this chapter)