Blacksmith: You Are Making Mjolnir For The Forging Exam? - Chapter 383
383 Ways to Improve Strength
Xu Wuyue did not express his concerns in his previous conversation with Wu Mo because Wu Mo was a man of great importance.
He was afraid of crushing Wu Mo’s confidence.
The culture in the Red Heart province was different from that of the White River province. It was located in the south of the Nine Provinces, where the air was warm and the soil was fertile as well as moist.
Since the Red Heart province covered a large area, it had many natural unpolluted forests. Therefore, its production of materials far exceeded that of other provinces.
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Not only did this allow Red Heart’s economy to flourish, but it also made the cultivators and blacksmiths in the region much stronger than those in other provinces.
For example, in the White River province, cultivators around the age of twenty was on average at the early stage of three stars.
The strength of the younger-generation cultivators in the nearby provinces was similar. They were basically all in the early or middle stage of the three-star rank.
Only a small number of disciples from aristocratic families or those with extraordinary talent could reach peak three stars before the age of twenty.
However, in the Red Heart province, the average strength of the cultivators around the age of twenty was peak three stars. Their foundation was slightly better, and it was not difficult for them to reach the four-star rank.
The strength of the younger-generation cultivators and blacksmiths in Red Heart was one or two levels higher than those in the other provinces. As such, they were able to top the list every year.
Therefore, the blacksmiths of Red Heart would almost always rank in the top three during the federation’s Annual Blacksmith Exchange Conference.
The other provinces could only fight for the fourth to tenth positions.
In contrast, the young blacksmiths that the White River province sent out every year would often not even place in the top 10.
The blacksmith’s exchange conference had been held for so many years, but only three of the blacksmiths from White River had managed to enter the top ten.
The competition was too intense, and every segment of the exchange was linked. Plus, the young blacksmiths from Red Heart and the other provinces already had a head start.
Hence, Xu Wuyue was worried that Wu Mo’s performance would be affected for various reasons after the exchange conference.
He had already done what he could. Wu Mo would have to depend on himself to achieve results at the exchange conference.
Xu Wuyue sighed and returned to his desk to resume his unfinished work.
Meanwhile, Wu Mo had also returned to his villa.
The villa had not been taken care of for two months, and most of the flowers, as well as trees, in front of the courtyard had withered. Only a few cold-resistant shrubs were left, and this added a touch of green vitality to the courtyard.
Since it had been snowing a lot recently, the flower beds on both sides of the courtyard were covered in a thick layer of snow.
Wu Mo took the key out of his Interspatial Ring and opened the villa’s door. Then, he raised his head and looked around. He had been away for two months, but everything still felt extremely familiar to him. There was also a touch of warmth and ease that came from returning home.
“I’m finally back.”
Wu Mo sat down on the couch in the living room and took out the letter that Academician Xu had given him.
A trace of anticipation appeared on his face as he looked at General Liao’s handwriting.
“After half a year of constant work, I finally managed to obtain a spot in the exchange conference.”
Wu Mo felt a little excited when he saw the invitation card in the envelope.
A chance to participate in the conference was one of the reasons why he had been able to tirelessly repeat boring tasks every day.
Wu Mo had managed to endure working for such a long time because he had a goal and desire in his heart.
The final results were very gratifying as he successfully received an invitation card three days before the conference.
Wu Mo put the invitation back into the envelope and carefully stored it in his Interspatial Ring again.
After that, he slowly closed his eyes and gradually calmed his mind.
Soon, his senses were cut off, and his body was seemingly suspended in the stream of time.
Some time later, he began to regain control of his body.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in a chaotic dark purple space.
“System, is there anything else that can increase a blacksmith’s spirit power apart from rising up the ranks?”
He stood in front of the worktable and examined the familiar equipment.
“Host, so far, there are only three ways to effectively increase the limit of a blacksmith’s spirit power.”
[Method 1: Surpass your current rank. Once you rank up, your spirit power will increase greatly, and this will improve the quality of all the equipment in the forging space.
[Method 2: Read books that can help you increase your spirit power. In real life, some rare books contain the forging path of predecessors. If you learn and master them, you’ll be able to boost your spirit power. Note: This type of spirit power upgrade will not increase your current rank.
[Method 3: Wear equipment that can increase your spirit power’s upper limit. Some equipment also have special effects that can increase spirit-related attributes. Note: This type of spirit power upgrade will not increase your current rank.]
As Wu Mo read the words that kept appearing before him, he felt a little confused.
“What do you mean? In other words, apart from relying on myself, there’s no other way to help me advance?”
“The other two ways to boost spirit power can help you level up, such as from the early stage to the middle stage. However, they can’t be used to increase your rank.”
The system’s voice rang in his mind, and he finally had a general understanding of the situation.
Now, his strength had been stagnant at the peak of five stars for almost half a year without any fluctuations.
Although he had never stopped developing high-quality equipment, only his theoretical knowledge and forging skills had improved.
On the other hand, his spirit energy had not improved at all aside from becoming more condensed.
This was the reason why Wu Mo was so eager to participate in the smithing conference.
His main purpose was to use this opportunity to break through to the six-star rank.
However, from his previous conversation with the system, he roughly understood that he could not use any other methods to improve his current situation.
He could only rely on himself to break the barrier and reach a higher rank.
This answer disappointed him a little, but Wu Mo was not discouraged. Instead, he was even more excited that he was about to participate in the exchange conference .
This was because if the conference could not improve the strength of the younger blacksmiths, the federal government would not spend so much effort and money to organize it every year.
Even if he could not reach a new rank straight away, he should be able to reduce the difficulty of the process with the federal government’s help.
Anyway, Wu Mo had no other choice now. He might as well concentrate on preparing for the conference. It would be good to see more of the world.
Wu Mo sighed as he looked at the furnace and workstation’s upgrade options, which he had yet to unlock. Then, he quickly exited the Divine Forging Space.
