“Plop!”
A pebble struck the water’s surface, stirring up ripples.
Mu Xi sat on a lounge chair in the park, her eyes vacant, mechanically repeating the throwing motion.
At this moment, a familiar aura approached, and then the person beside her quietly sat down next to her.
And she naturally and gently leaned against that shoulder, which, although slightly thin, already vaguely revealed a sense of composure.
“A-Yue, do you think my Talents are very poor?” Mu Xi’s voice was soft, like a gentle breeze sweeping through the park.
Xu Yue looked at Mu Xi like this, and his voice also turned gentle.
“How could that be?
Who in the Blacksmiths Association doesn’t know Sister Muxi’s reputation as a Genius Damselette?”
“You became a Grade 1 Blacksmith before the age of eleven, and Uncle Mu even said you were stronger than he was back then.”
“In my opinion, you aren’t much different from Uncle Zhen Hua either.
If I were him, I’d definitely cry and beg to take you as my apprentice.”
“Pfft!” Mu Xi couldn’t help laughing at Xu Yue’s words, her low Spirits dissipating quite a bit.
“How am I as good as you say?
Uncle Zhen Hua dotes on me because I am his niece, not because my Talents are so high.”
However, in the next second, Mu Xi’s tone shifted, turning dejected again, “But…
I really love blacksmithing!”
Xu Yue could clearly tell that these words came from the bottom of her heart.
If Mu Xi felt only surprise and joy towards Xu Yue regarding Talents like Innate Full spirit power and Innate Domain, then the aspect of being a Blacksmith had thoroughly dealt a bit of a blow to her.
Starting from the age of five, Mu Xi began swinging a specially made small hammer.
At first, Mu Chen only thought she was playing around, but she persisted for a full two years, day after day imitating her father’s movements.
Xu Yue saw all of this in his eyes.
“A-Yue, do you know?” Mu Xi said softly, “These past few days I’ve always been thinking, with Talents as great as yours, you will definitely become a Limit Douluo in the future.”
“By that time, you will definitely need a four-word battle armor too!
I also want to strive toward becoming a Divine Craftsman…
Hoping that in the future I can personally forge the most suitable battle armor for you.”
She paused, her tone carrying a hint of complexity, “I just didn’t expect that your blacksmithing Talents would actually be this good…”
“So, Sister Muxi, are you jealous of me?” Xu Yue didn’t deny it, smiling and teasing.
“Jealous?” The beautiful head resting on his shoulder shook slightly, carrying a trace of bitterness.
“Jealousy is for those targets you can still chase.
With someone like you, I can’t even produce the thought of jealousy.”
For a moment, the two fell silent.
At that very moment, Mu Xi’s peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of a dazzling starlight.
In front of her, resting quietly on Xu Yue’s opened palm, was an exquisite blacksmithing hammer.
“A-Yue, this is…
Your piece of Spirit Forged starfall meteorite?!” Mu Xi recognized the material and exclaimed in shock.
“Yeah, I forged it into a hammer.” Xu Yue nodded, placing the hammer into Mu Xi’s hands, “Sister Muxi, it’s for you.”
“No way!
This is your first work with extraordinary significance, I can’t accept it!” Mu Xi quickly refused.
Xu Yue insisted on pressing the hammer into her palm, while starlight lit up on his other hand once more: “Look, I have one too!
That piece of starfall meteorite was big enough, so I forged two of them.”
Feeling the resistance in Mu Xi’s hands weaken, he continued.
“Wanting to be a good Blacksmith, how can you not have a good blacksmithing hammer?
I’ve tested the special effect of this starfall hammer, it’s called’Star Spirit’.”
“If a Blacksmith has a starry-type Spirit, using it can grant different effects based on their own Spirit’s characteristics, which should make your blacksmithing smoother.”
“Besides,” he changed the subject, “I still have a way to help you improve your blacksmithing skills even faster.”
“Really?” Mu Xi’s eyes lit up.
“Of course it’s real.” Xu Yue said solemnly, “However, the premise is that you must accept this starfall hammer.”
“…Alright, I’ll accept it.” Mu Xi hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, “A-Yue, quickly tell me, how do I improve?”
“Of course——” Xu Yue’s voice paused, and an invisible Gravity Domain descended instantly, causing Mu Xi’s body to sink, “Training under my Domain.”
“It’s a universally accepted principle in the Blacksmiths Association: the higher the Physique, the faster blacksmithing techniques improve.”
“You want to become the first female Divine Craftsman and also help me forge battle armor, you can definitely persist, right?”
An outstanding Blacksmith naturally cannot rely solely on brute force; they also need Comprehension Ability, technique, perseverance, and so on, but none of these were problems for Mu Xi.
Although the Bright Sun Martial Soul provided some blessings to blacksmithing aspects, it couldn’t enhance her Physique, which became the fundamental restriction preventing the improvement of her skills.
“Of course!” Determination flashed in Mu Xi’s eyes as she gripped the starfall hammer in her hand tightly. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
The two hammers reflected each other’s radiance, as if blessing the two of them.
Seeing Mu Xi regain her confidence, Xu Yue smiled and said: “Sister Muxi, let’s go home, Uncle and Auntie must be waiting anxiously.”
However, Mu Xi narrowed her beautiful eyes, her tone carrying a hint of coyness.
“No, the exam was too tiring, I want to stay for a while longer.”
Although she said that, whether she wanted to stay in the park or spend a little more time with the person beside her, both of them knew it in their hearts.
Deep into the night, bedroom.
Xu Yue sat cross-legged, with the Star of Eden floating quietly before him.
As spirit power was injected, the deep blue sphere instantly turned black and red, emitting invisible gravitational fluctuations.
Using the Gravity Domain to assist in training was not a spur-of-the-moment idea to comfort Mu Xi, but a thought born from careful consideration while cultivating his Spirit over the past few days.
No matter what kind of training environment or auxiliary equipment there was, there were always places it couldn’t cover.
But gravity is different; it can penetrate every corner of the human body.
Whether it was muscles, bones, internal organs, or every single cell, all would be affected under gravity.
As long as it was controlled within a certain range, he could efficiently enhance his Physique without damaging his body.
However, his conception of gravity went far beyond this.
“I currently only have one Spirit Ability, the Jade Shield, and it remains unknown whether I can obtain offensive Spirit Abilities in the future.”
“But my methods must never be limited to the Spirit Master system of the Douluo Continent, otherwise it would be too much of a waste.”
He thought of how in the Honkai Impact 3rd World, the Herrscher of Earth of both eras failed to truly display the might of gravity.
But the previous Herrscher of Earth at least had the record of devouring the Mu Continent and causing the deaths of one-sixth of the World’s population.
Yet Chen Tianwu of the current era, as soon as he appeared, became Fusion material, undergoing Body Integration with Ann to become the Herrscher of Rimestar.
On the contrary, successive Herrscher of Reason figures carried gravity forward to greatness.
“I can completely emulate Welt’s development of the Star of Eden to create gravity skills.”
“For example, Gravity Confinement, Gravity Slash, and even the three Rated Powers…
However, game settings cannot be copied directly.”
“The Simulated Black Hole clearly possesses all the physical properties of a real black hole, yet in the Second Honkai Eruption, its coverage was limited only to the Siberia battlefield.”
“Perhaps regarding this point, I can combine the physical knowledge I’ve learned to carry out deeper development.”
Thinking of this, Xu Yue focused his gaze on the Star of Eden.
The next moment, the black-and-red gravity field was no longer evenly distributed; instead, it began to condense and compress.
The air in his palm twisted slightly, and vaguely, a tiny black-and-red electric arc danced and flickered in his palm.