This required Ausin to meticulously sense every tiny change occurring during the mutual penetration and fusion of the metals.Normally, achieving this step already required the involvement of spiritual power.
But Ausin possessed the scanning ability of the Omniscient Library,so he could save his precious spiritual power and instead use it later in the "Spirit Awakening Growth" phase after the spiritual nature integration was complete.
The continuous sound of hammering lasted for a full two hours before Ausin finally felt a harmonious aura emanating from the metal in front of him.
Through the scan of the Omniscient Library, Ausin discovered that the two rare metals—Mithril and Fei Spirit Gold—had now completely merged into one, forming a brand-new metal with unique properties.
His spiritual power rapidly flowed outward, probing into the metal.Through the feedback transmitted back through his spiritual power's tendrils, Ausin clearly sensed that a new spiritual nature was being born.
What Ausin needed to do now was to use timely hammer strikes to make contact between his spiritual power and this newly-forming spiritual nature, guiding the metal's emerging spirit to grow steadily until the spiritual nature transformed into a soul.
During this process, the hammering was not to shape the metal's structure,but to assist communication between spiritual power and the metal's spirit.Thus, the force and position of each strike had to be done with great caution—otherwise, the fragile emerging spiritual nature could easily be destroyed.
His spiritual power continued flowing without pause.Ausin's eyes unknowingly closed, and his mind noticed nothing else—all of his attention was focused on the tiny flame-like spiritual nature,as if it were a small fire flickering in a raging storm.
Twenty minutes passed.The small fire gradually stabilized, but was still not strong enough.
Thirty minutes passed.The small fire had grown significantly, yet it still wasn't enough—if Ausin withdrew his spiritual power now, the fire he had worked so hard to nurture would extinguish in a short time, never to ignite again.
Forty minutes passed.Just as Ausin's spiritual power was reaching its limit,the small fire suddenly burst into resplendent radiance, illuminating every corner of the metal.
When the light receded, a jade-colored rhombus crystal appeared within the metal still wrapped by Ausin's spiritual power.At the same time, he sensed a special soul fluctuation emanating from the metal before him.
From this unique soul fluctuation, Ausin felt a strong sense of intimacy.Exhaling deeply, he retracted his spiritual power and stopped his work.
Opening his eyes, he saw that the metal before him did not show the obvious external glow that soul-forged metals typically displayed.It looked just like an ordinary piece of metal.
But Ausin still wore a happy smile.This lack of outward glow was the hallmark of successful Soulforge Metal—because the fully formed metal spirit—also called the spiritual core—absorbed all spiritual light into the metal itself, preventing any outward leakage.
If one approached this metal not with their eyes but with their spiritual power,they would clearly sense the abundant, orderly, and condensed spiritual waves inside it.
Satisfied, Ausin placed the result of his hard labor into a jade box for safekeeping.He then put away his forging hammer and walked toward the door.
Although there was still some time before lunch, Ausin truly had no strength left to do anything else.The consumption of spiritual power left him unusually exhausted—it was time to go to Oscar's place to mooch some sausages to eat.
After barely holding on until lunch, Ausin took a straightforward bath, then collapsed onto his bed.He planned to sleep straight until dinner—and no one was allowed to disturb him.
In fact, not just this afternoon—Ausin planned to do nothing tomorrow either.These past few days, in order to complete his plan, he felt his liver-power had been severely overdrawn.
Thinking of the coming "devil training period,"Ausin decisively gave himself a vacation.Only by resting properly could he have the energy to train well.
Seeing Ausin leisurely wandering around campus, the other students' eyes lit up with excitement.
They knew Ausin had been working on an extremely difficult soul tool these few days.Now that he appeared relaxed, didn't that mean the soul tool was finished,and they could go watch the show?
Action followed thought— Oscar was the first to find his little brother,and before lunch, the students of Shrek Academy had already heard the news:
Ausin's forging skill had broken through to Soulforge.He could now forge metal with a soul.
This was unbelievable.The moment Ausin stepped into the cafeteria, he was surrounded.Everyone wanted to see the metal with a soul.
To eat in peace, Ausin simply handed them the jade box containing the Soulforge metal formed from Fei Spirit Gold and Mithril.
However, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the others who could not yet release their spiritual power were simply unable to sense the unique spiritual fluctuations within the metal—and so they were all disappointed.
But Ausin noticed that a clear purple light flashed in Tang San's eyes—after which his expression showed sudden understanding and shock.
Obviously, Tang San, who possessed the Purple Demon Eye, could see the secret inside the metal.
But recently, Tang San had barely spoken a word.He remained distant from everyone, with no intention of interacting or trying to understand others—only occasionally speaking with Xiao Wu.
Truthfully, Xiao Wu had long been worried about Tang San's state.She believed Tang San shouldn't treat the academy's students this way.
Xiao Wu had tried speaking with Tang San, but could not change him.So she thought of letting others explain to Tang San that no one was rejecting or isolating him.
Everyone simply needed time to磨合 and understand each other.She hoped Tang San could think it through and take the initiative to blend into the team.
But when Xiao Wu first approached Ausin,Ausin stopped her from seeking out the others.
At that time, Ausin said to Xiao Wu:
"Tang San's current state is entirely caused by himself.He is the one isolating everyone—not the other way around.
He still hasn't truly recognized his own problem.
The feeling I get from Tang San's behavior right now is that he's waiting for an opportunity—waiting for the moment when everyone encounters a difficulty they cannot overcome,so that he can step in, lead everyone to break through it,and use his own strength to gain everyone's approvaland earn a place in the team.
But this idea is fundamentally wrong.
Our reason for not accepting him has absolutely nothing to do with his strength.It's because the team he imaginesis completely different from the team we believe in.
In my view, a team is a group of people who share the same mindset or goals.The abilities of its members may differ,but each person must be able to contribute meaningfully to the team.
Team members should observe each other in daily life,identify their roles,and while not hindering their own performance,help maximize the performance of the others.
In this way, the team can exert power far beyond what its numbers suggest—achieving tasks that a single person could never complete.
Tang San right now has no intention of cooperating with us.I don't think this is due to arrogance or anything like that—he genuinely believes this is how he should integrate.
In his subconscious,he must have always considered himself the absolute core.To him, the presence of others in the team—whether they're there or not—doesn't seem to affect him much.
In terms of strength, I must admit Tang San has what it takes to be the core of our team.But we also have our own expectations and requirements for team members.
With how he completely avoids interacting with us in daily life,we can't understand him enough to trust him within the team.
And because he doesn't understand us either,even if he leads us in battle,he won't be able to bring out each person's strength.
It might look like teamwork on the surface,but in essence it's still just Tang San fighting alone."
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