Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

However, Brother Du Bai had only just broken through to the Fourth Stage, and his spiritual power was already transforming toward liquefaction. Even without the Purple Demon Eyes, with just the Heavenly Fox Eye, he probably would have just needed more time to achieve this.

Truly worthy of being a first-rate Demon God Transformation bloodline! It really is powerful.

"Congratulations, Brother Du Bai! This appears to be an indication of your spiritual power liquefying. Liquefied spiritual power is much more formidable. Do you have any new sensations with your Heavenly Fox Eye?" Tang San asked.

Du Bai nodded and said, "I perceive a lot more now. I can see luck quite clearly. For instance, I feel that your luck today is particularly good. But for some reason, looking at your luck feels different from looking at others\', one reason is I immediately get a sense of closeness, and also, your luck appears more elusive compared to others\' more tangible sensations."

Tang San thought to himself that this must be related to his own possession of the Heavenly Fox Eye. It seemed the teachers\' judgment was correct; entering the Fourth Stage of the Heavenly Fox Transformation had an effect that was radically different from the Third Stage. And such changes would continue to improve as Du Bai\'s spiritual power kept increasing, gradually bringing forth the potential of this top-tier Demon God Transformation.

"Sister Chengzi\'s changes are quite significant too. How do you feel?" Tang San asked Cheng Zicheng.

"I\'m not doing too badly either. My body has become much tougher. Just like you said, with the Golden Winged Cloak providing more toughness, my flying speed has increased. Plus, with the breakthrough in my cultivation base. Now, using the Golden Wing Cloak Slash has become much easier. Its power has also clearly increased," Cheng Zicheng said happily.

Du Bai sighed and said, "Money really does make the world go round! You need money to speed up cultivation."

Watching his companions all making progress, Tang San felt nothing but joy. Their advancements were equivalent to his own; their strength was the limit of his own individual bloodline power.

During regular classes, since the other teachers were absent, the focus was still on physical training. Having eaten the Dragon Tendon Fruit, Tang San clearly felt that the physical training class had become much easier, and he voluntarily added more to his routine to better absorb the benefits of the Dragon Tendon Fruit.

In the morning, physical training; in the afternoon, no classes—a rare rest. It just so happened that Tang San had already made an appointment with his mentor Elder.

After lunch, he headed straight to Zhang Haoxuan\'s residence.

"You ate the Dragon Tendon Fruit?" Zhang Haoxuan looked him over a few times and immediately discerned the changes in him.

Tang San nodded and said, "The effects are quite noticeable. I can feel my body becoming tougher."

Zhang Haoxuan smiled and nodded, saying, "The effect of the Dragon Tendon Fruit really is good. Although it\'s not a top-tier heavenly material, it\'s also rare. Our academy acquired only so much. It\'s a pity it can only be consumed once; the effect diminishes greatly the second time around. You really do need to strengthen your body, but don\'t be too hasty about it; after all, you are still young. As long as you regularly eat Demon Beast Meat and grow normally, by the time you are fourteen or fifteen, your body\'s resilience should be almost like that of an adult."

"Yes."

"Let\'s go, I\'ve already made arrangements at the blacksmith shop. Are you sure you want to do the crafting yourself?" Zhang Haoxuan asked.

Tang San nodded and said, "I want to give it a try, Teacher."

"Okay. Then give it a try." Zhang Haoxuan had a lot of confidence in Tang San. Although the boy hadn\'t been there for long, the impact he had made on Zhang Haoxuan was quite considerable, even refreshing Zhang Haoxuan\'s understanding of human cultivation.

Zhang Haoxuan was also increasingly able to feel the miraculous effects of the Mysterious Heaven Method that Tang San practiced. He had tried it secretly, but had not managed to operate it at all. If he wasn\'t afraid of leaking secrets, he really wanted to find a human child without the Demon God Transformation to try it out.

Since Tang San\'s arrival at the academy, not only had his own cultivation base increased rapidly, but also the other students around him had seen significant improvements. Especially Du Bai\'s Heavenly Fox Transformation and Gu Li\'s Time Variation Seal, which were the academy\'s longstanding difficult issues. Tang San took them out for a training excursion, and upon their return, they had all made breakthroughs. To call him the lucky star of Redemption Academy was truly well-deserved.

Walking into the blacksmith shop, the first thing that greeted him was a wave of hot air. The warm current circulated in the air, and several muscular blacksmiths were busy working.

Seeing Zhang Haoxuan leading Tang San to the shop, the blacksmiths put down their work and greeted Zhang Haoxuan.

Those who could live in the town of the academy were naturally vassals. With a quick glimpse of Tang San\'s eyes, his Spirit Rhinoceros Eye could tell that these blacksmiths had strength-type Demon God Transformations. They weren\'t very powerful, around Third Stage, but they were sufficient for blacksmithing.

"Hmm, you guys take a break, leave this place to us for a while," Zhang Haoxuan said.

The blacksmiths, who clearly respected their town chief, nodded at him and then all went out.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Haoxuan turned his head to ask Tang San.

Tang San replied, "I\'ll need Teacher\'s help with the tempering, then I\'ll try my hand at forging."

"Hmm, okay. What do you want to temper?" Zhang Haoxuan curiously asked.

Thereupon, Tang San took out the Black Crow Stones he had purchased.

"Black Crow Stone? What do you want to temper this stuff for? Other than being hard, the Black Crow Stone doesn\'t have any special properties. It doesn\'t contain any energy. It is collected because of its hardness. But because it\'s so hard to work with, it\'s basically useless. This stuff can only be used to repair fences. The small shop has had that Black Crow Stone gathering dust for who knows how long," Zhang Haoxuan said with a puzzled look at Tang San.

Tang San replied, "Teacher, this is it. I want to try and see if such hard ore, when tempered, can be refined into something even harder. I want to craft a weapon to test."

Zhang Haoxuan shook his head helplessly, "That\'s wild speculation. If you want a weapon, it would be better to forge one from a superior metal. What use could there be for Black Crow Stone?"

Tang San insisted, "Please, Teacher, help me try." As he spoke, he had already placed the Black Crow Stone into the Temperament Furnace.

He had bought a considerable amount of Black Crow Stone, which nearly filled the entire furnace.

"Let\'s give it a try then," Zhang Haoxuan said somewhat resignedly.

Picking up a forging hammer from the side, Tang San stood by as Zhang Haoxuan approached the furnace. Raising his right hand towards the furnace from a distance, he unleashed the Flaming Tiger Transformation. His body visibly swelled, and a fierce flame burst from the palm of his hand onto the Black Crow Stone, beginning the high-temperature tempering.

Tang San stood beside him, watching intently, waiting silently for the Black Crow Stone to transform.

The Black Crow Stone seemed to have a high melting point, and after Zhang Haoxuan tempered it for a while, aside from turning slightly red, there were no other changes.

Just as Zhang Haoxuan was about to say something, Tang San had already preemptively said, "Teacher, increase the temperature."