As a professional wizard, Palin's magic power was much stronger than that of wrought iron.
Especially in recent years, for some reason, his magic power had suddenly increased rapidly, and even his own strength had improved by leaps and bounds. Five years ago, he was just an ordinary wizard who had just stepped into the intermediate level, but now, he had reached the level of a senior wizard and was even close to the peak of the senior level. Not only was his magic power as strong as a surging river, but there were also a lot of spells in his mind inexplicably, as if someone had injected power and knowledge into his body.
He once asked Sui Xiong about this, and Sui Xiong studied it and finally concluded that the problem was with his soul.
In fact, Palin had already died in the trap of the Cloud of Death. Later, when Sui Xiong arrived, his soul had already left his body and entered the underworld. At that time, Sui Xiong did not know how to recall the soul, so he used the remaining thoughts in his body to resurrect him using the methods of earth science. In other words, at present, he was actually not complete. Strictly speaking, he was just a moving body, similar to the undead monsters such as zombies and skeletons.
But Palin was not one of those low-end things. He was still alive and retained his complete life functions. Even his body and his soul still had a connection that was difficult for even gods to detect.
Perhaps because of this connection, when his soul became extremely powerful, it fed back to his body, causing it to rapidly become stronger.
But … to be able to improve his body from the original intermediate wizard to the peak of the senior level, and it seemed that it was still continuing to improve. It seemed that he was going to break through the legendary realm in one breath … How powerful was his soul?
Sui Xiong and Javier the Know-It-All talked about this. Javier thought that perhaps Palin's soul was not in the underworld, but had gone to hell and become a big shot in hell.
Hell was a special world. It was located at the edge of the "Material Plane" of the Ring of the World, adjacent to the "Negative Plane". At the same time, it was connected to the "Spiritual Plane" through the Styx, and there were even many places in it that led to the "Positive Plane". It could be said to be extremely strange.
The main border of this world was the underworld and the abyss. In fact, it was a point of separation between the underworld and the abyss.
Evil souls were supposed to fall from the Underworld into the Abyss after death and become demons in the Abyss. However, Hell stopped them and punished the evildoers. After this punishment cleansed the evil in the soul, it would be sent into the River Styx to start the cycle of reincarnation.
Every time the demons from the Abyss wanted to invade the material plane, they would have to pass through hell first. Apart from some very special demons, most demons did not have the ability to break through the barriers of the World Ring, and to reach the material plane from the 'Negative', they could only pass through the Mount Hua in hell.
Every time this happened, Hell's army would move out in large numbers to stop them and mercilessly destroy them, repelling the invasion of the devils again and again.
In other words, hell was not only the final trial for punishing evil, but also the frontline against Chaos.
When Sui Xiong dragged a world from the Abyss back to the Material Plane, he had the support of the God of Justice Yorgaardman, and the Master of Order had sent a number of "positive" small worlds to neutralize the "negative" power of the world he was dragging, so he could easily break through the barrier of the Ring of the World. This was a special case and could not be used as proof.
Generally speaking, the more powerful a demon was, the stronger the "negative" power in them was, and the harder it was to get rid of the "negative" power. Although it was easier for the weak demons to get rid of the "negative" power, they were not strong enough. Therefore, no matter whether they were strong or weak, if they wanted to invade the Material Plane, they could only go through hell.
Then, there was no then.
The supreme rulers of hell were ten strong men known as the "Kings of Hell." They were all powerful even among the gods. They were the supreme judges and the supreme leaders.
Below them were the judges known as the "Dukes of Hell," the border commanders known as the "Marquises of Hell," and the local lords known as the "Earls of Hell." These three did not have a particularly strict corresponding relationship with the titles of nobility in the human world. It was probably just a little bit similar in terms of status, that was all.
Further below them were the political officials known as the "Viscounts of Hell" and the military officials known as the "Barons of Hell." They often worked in pairs and ruled a region together.
Under their command, there were many powerful soldiers known as the "Knights of Hell." Each of them was transformed from a powerful soul. These Knights of Hell patrolled the territory day and night, not letting go of the slightest sign of trouble or leaving behind any clues. Not a single evil soul could escape their pursuit, and not a single demon could break through their blockade.
Because of the frequent battles, the sinless souls in hell often improved their strength very quickly, especially those souls who served in the border areas. Some of them could even advance from a mortal to a baron or even a marquis in just a few decades.
Javier guessed that perhaps after Palin's death, his soul came to hell and became a knight who fought against the invasion of the demons at the border. After more than ten years, he had made a lot of military achievements, and his strength had greatly improved. Recently, he had even been recognized by a marquis and became a Baron of Hell.
If this was the case, the feedback he received from his soul could greatly strengthen his physical body, so that his strength could advance by leaps and bounds and reach the current level.
Of course, all this was just speculation. Hell was very resistant to the visits of gods. Although it would not be as aggressive as the Abyss, if a god came to hell, he would definitely be surrounded by the inhumane and powerful Kings of Hell, and it would not take long for him to get out of here dejectedly.
Sui Xiong felt that he was thick-skinned enough, and he had once planned to go to hell to look for Palin's soul. But Javier advised him to give up this idea.
"What if you find him?" Javier asked at that time. "Let him return to his physical body and resurrect? Don't be silly! He is already a soldier of hell, and he may even be a high-ranking Baron of Hell. Maybe in the future, he will become a Marquis of Hell or something … Why should he give up everything and return to the human world to be a wizard who looks after the library? "
Sui Xiong thought about it, and it seemed to make sense, so he gave up this idea.
Later, he told these things to Palin. Palin also felt that since he was living well and had lived without a soul for so many years, there was no need to find his soul. And if he found his soul, which one would be the master, the soul or the physical body? This problem was very difficult to solve. Anyway, he did not want to bow down to the guy who might fight and kill in hell for more than ten years, not to mention that he might be swallowed or even destroyed.
So this matter was over. For Palin, the only impact was that his strength had been greatly improved, which was a great benefit for him.
At this moment, with his strong magic power, it only took him a very short time to fill the magic furnace needed. Then, under the guidance of Wrought Iron, he started the furnace. The originally dark furnace glowed red, and a strong magic power flowed in it. Soon, an amazing high temperature was generated, and the iron ore inside was melted.
The rocks with low melting points melted first, and they turned into viscous magma. When all the rocks were melted, Wrought Iron instructed Palin to open the discharge port and discharge the magma.
After the magma was initially discharged, the discharge port was closed, and the second part of the magic array on the furnace was activated. The temperature in the furnace was further increased, and the compound iron slowly melted and mixed with the remaining impurities. During this process, a large amount of poisonous gas would be produced. Fortunately, the furnace had a filtering function, so he just needed to be careful not to be burned by the hot gas discharged.
After another period of time, the iron in the furnace was completely melted. At this time, the third part of the magic array was activated, and the molten iron and useless residue were separated. The molten iron flowed through the discharge port into a stone trough covered with soil to isolate the high heat, and was turned into iron ingots. The residue was then poured into the waste pit.
After a set of processes was completed, it was time to clean the furnace as usual. Wrought Iron did not allow Palin to do this. Even though Palin had become very strong, he was still thin and weak. Cleaning the furnace was not an easy job, and it was not suitable for a weak scholar like him.
In the next few days, Palin lived in Wrought Iron's blacksmith shop. He opened the furnace twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon. In the rest of the time, he carefully thought and studied, pondering the principle of iron making, and thinking about the problem of the "blast furnace" studied by His Majesty Void Mask.
He drew a lot of pictures, analyzing and studying the magic furnace from various angles. Then, he compared the dwarf's smelting technology with the magic furnace, trying to find the similarities between the two.
He also went to other blacksmith shops, paid the blacksmiths some money, and learned their smelting methods.
Of course, those blacksmiths could not afford a magic furnace, so they used traditional techniques. First, they made iron blanks that were full of holes, like a sponge, and then forged them into strong iron ingots.
Palin kept learning and studying, trying to integrate all kinds of techniques, and finally integrate them into the "blast furnace".
This was a long project, and until the day of his retirement ceremony, he still could not find much clues.
These days, if he had any achievements, apart from some fragmentary notes of no value, it would be the many extra iron ingots in the blacksmith shop.
At least for a long time in the future, Old Wrought Iron would not need to open the furnace to make iron anymore, and these iron ingots would be enough for him to use for a long time …
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