Wangchuan: Male (Blacksmith) (Hunger 57/100)

Strength 8+1; Attack 3-3

Agility 8; Defense 1.6; Speed +8;

Stamina 8+1; Health 90/90;

Spirit 8: (Not Activated).

Life Skill 'Hundred-Tempered Steel Forging Art': Beginner Level, next stage Minor Accomplishment 0/100;

Current Location: Tiannan Continent, Nanyu Kingdom, Sanhe Commandery, Huishui County, Blackstone Village.

Wangchuan summoned his Status Panel and noticed a new suffix next to his name.

His former identity as a villager had now changed to Blacksmith.

His gaze fixed on the word Blacksmith, and he received feedback:

Profession Attribute Bonus: +1 Strength, +1 Stamina.

He had gained 2 attribute points.

Wangchuan was ecstatic.

After studying this game for many days, he hadn't seen any traditional game levels and couldn't obtain any information outside the village.

Unexpectedly, due to the 'Hundred Temperings into Steel' task, he had acquired the life profession of 'Blacksmith,' instantly gaining 2 attribute points.

With increased strength, his attack power was enhanced, which would greatly help with strength-based heavy labor like mining and hammering.

With increased stamina, his health cap was raised, allowing him to endure more than an average person.

Wangchuan was overjoyed.

Indeed!

Staying at the Blacksmith Shop was the right choice.

His hard work, staying at the shop and tirelessly hammering for six hours a day for the 'Hundred Temperings into Steel' task, had paid off.

Wangchuan looked further down.

A life skill 'Hundred-Tempered Steel Forging Art' appeared after his attributes, at the Beginner Level.

The feedback he received was:

"You can forge rough Hundred-Tempered Steel Ingots."

Wangchuan immediately thought:

Does this mean that as long as he has the materials, he can independently forge Hundred-Tempered Steel Ingots and sell them for money?

Blacksmith Sun beamed at him and said:

"Wangchuan, out of all the apprentices I've taken, only you have the patience and ability to inherit my skills and successfully complete the 'Hundred Temperings into Steel' task."

Blacksmith Sun's tone was enthusiastic:

"Haha... From today onwards, you are my formal disciple."

"Take a rest today; I need to plan carefully whether to forge Hundred-Tempered Spearheads or Hundred-Tempered Sabers for the village..."

Wangchuan replied with a smile:

"It's all thanks to Master's careful guidance."

He was very happy.

The increase of 2 attribute points meant that he could mine faster in the future, and there was hope that his monthly bonus would increase again.

This was a tangible benefit!

Before logging off, he specifically counted his assets.

Since he had just passed the newcomer adaptation period and hadn't yet submitted his income to the company, he had a total of 1,400 copper coins in hand—he had already repaid Lin Dahai's loan.

Even if all this money was converted into Large Copper Coins, it would be a substantial and rather unsafe amount of one hundred and forty.

"I need to deal with this batch of money quickly."

"A game so realistic that it doesn't even have an inventory or backpack, and they didn't even issue a Storage Bag, what a hassle."

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This was Wangchuan's complaint after logging off.

Finally managing to leave the game early, Wangchuan looked at the equipment in his apartment, which had been gathering dust for several days, and suddenly felt inspired to get familiar with it again, lest his core strength deteriorate.

The result...

While doing pull-ups, he was quite shocked.

Usually, he could only complete a hundred pull-ups consecutively before getting out of breath, and at most, he could persist to one hundred and fifty before needing a short rest.

But today, he effortlessly completed one hundred and fifty... and his body was still in a cool state, without overheating.

"What's going on?"

Wangchuan was very surprised, stopping to look at his hands, then at the pull-up bar.

Puzzled.

He grabbed hold again and pulled himself up!

He did over a hundred pull-ups again, easily.

"Three hundred!"

"How is that possible?"

"How did I suddenly break through?"

Wangchuan couldn't believe his eyes, feeling like he was dreaming.

He knew very well that increasing from one hundred and fifty to two hundred was already a huge leap, and now he had done three hundred consecutively...

And he felt he could continue.

Wangchuan touched his biceps, falling into deep thought.

After a while, he went to the vertical bar connecting the floor and ceiling and seamlessly performed a set of space walks...

Then he did three hundred push-ups.

All the exercise routines had surpassed his previous limits, and by a large margin.

Especially the bench press, where the weight of the iron plates increased from two hundred kilograms to two hundred and twenty kilograms.

It was as if he had suddenly unlocked his body's potential.

"Good thing I didn't start a live stream, otherwise my fans would think... I'm on a daily dose of stimulants."

"But."

"Why is this happening?"

"Could it be that mining in 'Spirit Realm' also affects the real world, enhancing my abilities?"

Wangchuan was baffled, the only connection he could make was that he had acquired the 'Blacksmith' life profession, which came with a +1 Strength and +1 Stamina effect.

With this question in mind, he drifted into sleep.

The next day, Wangchuan acted as if nothing had happened, greeted Lin Dahai and the others, and then went mining...

Only, while mining, he clearly felt that he had changed.

With a body boasting 9 points of strength, he had a stronger and more powerful physique, making the iron pickaxe feel light, requiring only eighty percent of his usual effort to break the iron ore.

His hunger level decreased more slowly.

What used to be heavy labor was now easy and simple.

Even when the convoy came to collect the ore, he could stand up with a two-hundred-pound basket without needing help...

That day, he mined twelve hundred pounds of iron ore, earning two hundred and forty copper coins.

Lin Dahai and the others looked at him as if he were a monster.

Wangchuan shrugged and explained:

"Just lucky, today there was more iron ore."

Everyone seemed to understand, as if that was the only explanation that made sense.

Back in the village, Wangchuan was greeted with a new task from Blacksmith Sun.

As a formal disciple, he could now choose between two tasks:

Task One:

The 'Hundred Temperings into Steel' task, continue forging Hundred-Tempered Steel Ingots, earning 20 copper coins for each successful ingot;

Task Two: Forge a regular longsword, earning 100 copper coins.

Master Blacksmith Sun reminded him: "If you choose to forge a regular longsword, you can share in the profits of the Blacksmith Shop, and I can teach you all the forging techniques."

He then explained that forging a finished weapon required mastering everything from smelting to tempering pig iron, casting wrought iron, controlling the bellows and furnace temperature, to casting molds and shaping the blade, which needed to be done independently and could take a month or even longer.

Upon hearing this, Wangchuan chose the former without hesitation.

What he needed now was to make money, quickly accumulate funds to increase his salary bonus, not to learn weapon forging and trigger the main quest.

The company wouldn't allow that.

Moreover!

He deduced that by continuing the 'Hundred Temperings into Steel' task, he could likely advance his life skill 'Hundred-Tempered Steel Forging Art.'

Laying a solid foundation would make forging finished weapons much more efficient.

It's like building a skyscraper on solid ground; as an apprentice blacksmith, he could only forge ordinary ironware; his master, a seasoned blacksmith, could forge Hundred-Tempered weapons, but above that, there must be even higher-level craftsmen, even master-level blacksmiths, who could forge extraordinary legendary weapons!

First, lay a solid foundation.

After all, Task Two could be taken at any time.

"Ding! Accepted the 'Hundred Temperings into Steel' task."