I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 171 - 171 162 Only strength is the eternal answer

?Chapter 171: 162 Only strength is the eternal answer Chapter 171: 162 Only strength is the eternal answer “There are three steps in armor crafting: skinning, tanning, and the third step is shaping with smacks and beats.”

Mr. Cao looked at Lin An with satisfaction, “Do you still remember what I taught you?”

Lin An nodded, “I remember, the Furnace Anvil and the Palm Hammer!”

With that, he stripped off his shirt, baring his chest and assuming a not very standard Deer Play Stance, but it didn’t matter because Mr. Cao always said the stance wasn’t important.

Lin An started to adjust the extremely complex Breathing Skill that Mr. Cao had explained.

Soon, his chest began to emit bursts of orange-red light, and so did his hands.

Unlike the orange-red light produced by the Tanning Skill, this light seemed more ‘ferocious.’

“Remember, skinning is sharp, tanning is gentle and lingering, and shaping is strong and heavy!”

“The same Breathing Skill Furnace power, but the force is completely different.”

“The third step, shaping, requires an extremely firm determination. You should have encountered some knowledge of sorcerers, so you should know how important this determination is for invoking the power of a sorcerer.”

Lin An nodded, reached into the water trough to lift out the leather, and forcefully draped the heavy material over himself.

This was the ‘vest armor’ style, simple in design and more convenient for beginners like Lin An.

He began to twist his chest, swinging his arms as if they were ‘rattle drums,’ continuously striking the leather.

Bang bang~

Bang bang bang bang~

His palms struck down time and again, like two large two-sided hammers beating on the Furnace Anvil covered in leather.

“Remember,” Professor Cao glanced at Doctor Zhang not far away calling for him but ignored it, focusing only on Lin An with a serious tone, “It’s not your palms forcefully striking the leather!”

“It’s the power from your chest spreading to your palms, shaping the leather!”

“You said you liked Whip Skill, and you had some breakthroughs in the flowing force of the Whisking Skill. I need you to apply that here.”

“The palms and arms are merely the point where the force extends to and is released, not the source of effort.”

“This action may seem to use the body as the anvil and the arms as hammers to shape the leather, but you should understand that’s not really it!”

“It’s your chest that strikes the leather, and your chest that endures the striking!”

“Inside your chest, what generates the force is your Furnace!”

“Because of the unique nature of your Sorcerer’s Bloodline, I predict that during this period your Furnace will show the effects of a sorcerer’s ‘Emotional Fluctuation Period,’ the emotional wildfire that flares up when a sorcerer first awakens.”

Professor Cao extended his stout palm and slapped his chest hard, producing a sound like a big drum, “Do you hear that deep echo? It has a double resonance effect.”

“It’s because the chest is colliding with itself, resulting in the twin reverberation.”

“The three steps of crafting armor, whether it’s skinning, tanning, or shaping, all involve a Mind Gambit with the emotional residue and obsessions left in the Sorcerer Zombie’s body.”

“In the shaping step, your Furnace, your wildfire of emotions, creates a dual rhythm internally, which will incite interactions with the emotions present in the Sorcerer Zombie’s leather.”

“So it’s back to what we talked about earlier, determination!”

“Do not let the emotional obsession on the Sorcerer Zombie leather kindle the wildfire of emotion within you. Instead, let your emotional wildfire erode the leather and forcefully interfere with the emotional obsession in the Sorcerer Zombie leather.”

“This is the most important feature of the Furnace.”

“I’ve told you before, no matter what emotions we go through, we must subdue them, tame them into the form of Lu Jiao, and it starts from this step!”

“Maintain inner balance. You need to fully engage the insights from the period of Tanning Skill to try to make the atmosphere in your Furnace calm and neutral.”

“Tame the lingering obsessions of the Sorcerer Zombie, make them serve you, and then smelt them!”

“Subdue the unruly ‘Heart Monkey and Willful Horse.’ We start with the ‘Heart Monkey and Willful Horse’ of external things because they aren’t yours, which allows you to be sufficiently ruthless!”

“When you’re a beginner, try your best to go all out, without holding back.”

“Don’t think about leaving room for maneuver, don’t think moderation is best, remember, when you’re learning, I want you to exert all your strength, to the point of hysteria!”

“This way, you can maximize the stimulation of your own spiritual power!”

“I certainly don’t want to see you, working on this piece of armor, end up being overpowered by the Sorcerer Zombie’s hide. That would be the most laughable outcome!”

Lin An pursed his lips and nodded, continuously swaying his chest and flinging his arms.

This way of exerting force was too unique, different from the spinal force in the Spirit Cat Spinal Stretching Technique, or the waist and abdominal force in the Thirteen Roping Skills. It was about using the chest as the source of power.

Though the angle of force seemed difficult, Lin An was able to do it easily.

Because at this moment, there truly surged a terrifying wildfire of emotions in his chest…

Fear!

And anger!

These were his emotional wildfires during the Emotional Fluctuation Period, as well as the wildfire of fear that arose from being influenced by the ‘rabbit mask sorcerer.’

Once again, they emerged within him.

It was chilling. Damn, they hadn’t been completely digested, no, they were even stronger than before!

It was a unique realization. At first, these forces of ‘fear’ and ‘anger’ seemed very tame, as if they were simply the powers he had mastered now.

But as they were gradually stirred, they began to show the potential like a wildfire spreading through his spirit, rippling, making him desperately want to take some action.

Lin An didn’t use the usual methods of suppressing or releasing the emotions he was accustomed to. Instead, he continued to pry into this spiritual force, hammering the leather on his body.

Feeling them being vented out bit by bit.

Particularly intriguing.

He still knew too little about everything concerning wizards!

But one thing was certain, his grasp on the spiritual aspect was becoming stronger and stronger.

As two kinds of emotional wildfires surged, the Thirteen Roping Skills’ Whisking Skill, the large-scale force of the black cat, and the pliability and resilience of the Soft Body Skill were all mobilized. The first thing he felt was a stream of Spiritual Energy seeping into his body from an unknown dimension.

Clearly, the Breathing Skill Furnace of the Witch-hunting Knight also involved the participation of Spirit World Aura.

And such stimulation by Spiritual Energy made his perception of spirituality extremely acute.

Boom~

Streams of blackish-gray smoke rose from Professor Cao’s body, turning into flame-like shapes, within which a deer head, seeming both of bronze and ink jade, appeared especially lively.

The same went for Doctor Zhang, who was standing at a distance, waiting and observing.

It was the first time Lin An heard this kind of exchange at the core of the Furnace.

From Doctor Zhang— “Mr. Cao, are you really teaching with dedication?”

From Professor Cao— “Yes, I am teaching with all my strength!”

From Doctor Zhang— “Mr. Cao, dare you say you don’t have any selfish motives? An is such a good kid, you…”

From Professor Cao— “Enough! I don’t know, I can’t think clearly, I follow my instincts in many things, I… What can I do!”

From Doctor Zhang— “Ha, is it a professor’s instinct to educate his students, or the instinct to struggle for survival?”

From Professor Cao— “I… I don’t know… One’s destiny must be fought for by oneself, I must, Lin An must, and the future… I don’t know either!”

From Doctor Zhang— “I just don’t want you to do anything foolish, remember the spirit of protection and sacrifice inherent to a Witch-hunting Knight. The subveins of Lu Jiao are becoming fewer and fewer due to the method of sacrifice. If you end up severing the lineage of the ‘Jia’ Vein…”

Professor Cao did not speak, but looked at Doctor Zhang with a deep gaze.

Eventually, he sighed deeply, and his large, iron-like stature turned and walked straight towards the outside.

Thump thump~

Thump thump~

Thump thump~

In this corner, nothing remained but the dull sounds. Witchcraft aura was being stirred up continuously, instantly sinking into the leather material on Lin An’s body, going unnoticed by anyone.

Doctor Zhang stood on the spot with a complex expression, looking at Lin An from a distance, for a long, long time…

Lin An kept his mouth pressed shut, not speaking.

Entering the Supernatural World for such a short time and having experienced so many things, he managed to maintain a calm attitude when facing many situations.

Everyone has a beast-like demon residing in their hearts; he had also fleetingly thought about Mr. Cao maybe passing away and then bestowing the Deer Play legacy onto himself.

But he quickly dismissed the thought.

Because Mr. Cao had really treated him very well, compared to Chen Xinmi, who demanded a transaction for every piece of information, and Chen Shuyun, who agreed to teach him out of guilt yet was somewhat preoccupied with her own affairs, the things Mr. Cao had done for him were enough to make him earnestly call this person— Master.

Even if the young boss told Lin An to beware of Professor Cao, even after hearing such words today.

As long as nothing had happened yet, Lin An wouldn’t take someone else’s passing words or thoughts as problems that were set to occur.

Worldly affairs change easily; people act, and situations evolve unpredictably. He became increasingly fascinated with the marvelousness within.

Strength!

Only strength is the support for changing everything!

Whether to be buffeted by the changing circumstances or to control the situation with strength, even guiding and dominating the situation.

Strength is always an eternal answer!

He maintained such a vow for the coming time and was willing to put in all the effort necessary.

Thump thump~

Thump thump~

Lin An was like a tireless pile driver, relentlessly pounding on the leather on his body and beating his own chest.

Anger and fear continually stimulated his mind, evoking every memory tied to these emotions deep within him.

Then, Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Realm was drawn in, gradually forging the unique Sorcerer’s Bloodline Furnace concept from Professor Cao.

There was no one else who could provide Lin An with more guidance for his future path than Mr. Cao.

Lin An was filled with anticipation for the future, his heart brimming with the vitality of life that never ceased.

This vitality…

Seemed to come from within himself as well as from the Spirit Cat residing in his body.

Or rather, it stemmed from the choices made now, as well as from every path walked in the past, every decision made, every mark left on life.

The Furnace…

Seemed to be allowing him to consume the Spirit Cat born from his own mind.

Yes, it wasn’t the Furnace that was consuming; it was he who was consuming!

This was the subtle change that Lin An, with his increasingly sharp spiritual senses, was able to discern.