Su Ming's Lack of Security
"My apprentice."
Zhu Jiuyang said this with a proud tone.
"He was also the pioneer of the new Forging system."
Originally, Zhu Jiuyang was worried that revealing these things would put Su Ming in danger, but after Su Ming's persuasion, he actually said those words, and he felt very relieved.
Look, this is my apprentice!
Yue Guan narrowed her eyes.
Pioneer?
"Did you create Spiritual Metal?"
The Gui Mei standing nearby exclaimed in surprise.
This news is absolutely shocking.
"A bit of luck plus a little bit of chance." Su Ming raised his right hand and gestured with his index finger and thumb.
"Alright, without further ado, you should now understand our association's situation. Spiritual Metal and teach Forging techniques, but only by joining our Blacksmith Association can you learn them, and only by cooperating with our Blacksmith Association can you conduct transactions related to Spiritual Metal."
Zhu Jiuyang didn't let Yue Guan continue asking Su Ming questions, and went straight to the point.
Yue Guan remarked, "You're still the same as before, so direct."
He adjusted his tone and said seriously, "Cooperation is naturally no problem. Spiritual Metal is beneficial to the entire Soul Master World. Since its establishment, our Spirit Hall has upheld the responsibility of promoting the development of the Soul Master World. Now that your disciple has pioneered a new Forging system that benefits the Soul Master World, our Spirit Hall will naturally provide assistance."
"However, before discussing how to cooperate, I'd like to understand the current level of Forging technology."
Yue Guan looked at Su Ming with a slight smile and asked, "Su Ming, right? I wonder how far you've perfected your Forging skills?"
Zhu Jiuyang was somewhat surprised that Yue Guan asked Su Ming directly, but he didn't interrupt.
"Thousand Forgings with Spirit."
"So, this piece of Spiritual Metal in my hand is already the Limit of your current technology?" Yue Guan took out a piece of Thousand Forgings- Sinking Silver.
This was obtained by Gui Mei from Zhao Tieshan.
"No," Su Ming said.
Yue Guan looked surprised.
In fact, he wasn't surprised; he had expected it.
"Above this, there are even higher technologies?" Yue Guan stared at Su Ming.
"We have a direction; my teacher and I call it 'Spiritual Forging,' which aims to give metal true Life. We haven't yet figured out how to achieve it."
"Didn't it work?" Yue Guan looked disappointed. "So why did you say this piece of Spiritual Metal wasn't your Limit?"
"Your Majesty has reached the pinnacle of Forging a single Rare Metal, but in addition to Forging a single Rare Metal, we have also discovered Spiritual Alloy Forging by fusing multiple Rare Metal."
alloy?
Yue Guan was not in the mood.
Does fusing multiple metals have any special effects?
The improvement is unlikely to be significant.
Su Ming could tell what Yue Guan was thinking just by looking at his expression, so he took out a piece of Thousand Forgings Jade Silver.
"This is the Spiritual Alloy; Your Majesty may wish to give it a try."
Su Ming handed the Thousand Forgings Jade Silver to Yue Guan.
When Yue Guan received the Thousand Forgings Jade Silver, his expression immediately changed. He looked down at the Thousand Forgings Jade Silver in his hand, and his breathing became rapid.
The Gui Mei noticed the change in the Yue Guan and showed curiosity.
Then he understood why Yue Guan had lost his composure, because he had personally witnessed the Thousand Forgings Jade Silver in Yue Guan's hand, a piece of metal, transform into Light Cluster and slowly merge into Yue Guan's hand.
"What do you two Your Majesties think?"
"Good, very good!"
Yue Guan laughed heartily, very satisfied with the effects of the Spiritual Alloy.
He tried to mobilize his Soul Power and was able to sense the presence of the Thousand Forgings Jade Silver within his body.
"Tell me, how do you want to cooperate?"
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Yue Guan and Gui Mei returned satisfied.
The two left Gengxin City without stopping, and left without making a sound.
"The Blacksmith Association's ambitions are so obvious, and you just agreed? They plan to establish branches in Suotuo City, Heaven Dou City, and Star Luo City before building an association in our Spirit City."
"So what if they have ambition? The Blacksmith Association is, after all, an organization that provides technology, unlike our Spirit Hall."
Yue Guan didn't care at all about the question posed by the Gui Mei.
Even though the Blacksmith Association was wary of the Spirit Hall and didn't want to be annexed, the fact that the Spirit Hall ultimately failed to annex the Blacksmith Association didn't prevent the two from coexisting.
Since they are different in nature, there is naturally no entanglement between them.
Once the Blacksmith Association begins to degenerate and becomes a violent organization, the Spirit Hall will certainly not sit idly by. At that time, not only the Spirit Hall, but other forces will also not allow the Blacksmith Association to continue to degenerate in this way.
"Furthermore—" Yue Guan sneered, "The Spirit Hall's pool of Soul Master far surpasses that of any other Soul Master organization, and its influence within the Blacksmith Association will only grow stronger."
Even if one invests late, as the association expands and flourishes throughout the mainland, this trend will inevitably emerge.
This is the Spirit Hall's most natural advantage.
"The cooperation with the Spirit Hall was much easier than I expected," Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Jiuyang explained to Su Ming with a smile.
What he said was very similar to what Yue Guan said.
Su Ming neither confirmed nor denied this.
Honestly, he didn't think that far into the future.
Because he felt that in the distant future, he was already invincible, and there was no need to argue about who owned the Blacksmith Association.
Spread out?
Blacksmith Association can build the three branches he envisioned, that would be considered fast.
How long does it take to train a Blacksmith?
These things all take time to evolve.
"Speaking of which, Ning Tianya seems to have had a breakthrough after what happened the day before yesterday. This morning, he successfully attempted to forge Ordinary Metal Thousand Forgings," Zhu Jiuyang said.
"Thousand Forgings? Then let's pass on all the Spirit Infusion techniques to him. Teacher, shall we do it, or shall we?"
"Let Little Gold teach him, so he can solidify his skills."
"Alright."
"The Star Luo Royal Family is moving too slowly; no one has arrived yet."
Su Ming was getting impatient, wanting to resolve the various cooperation matters quickly so he could begin the next step of his "research."
Tang Hao's appearance cast a shadow over his heart, making him severely insecure.
Three days later, representatives of the Star Luo Royal Family arrived in Gengxin City and finalized a cooperation agreement with the Blacksmith Association. The Empire would cooperate with the Blacksmith Association to search for Rare Metal Vein within its territory.
In the distribution of Rare Metal, the Blacksmith Association holds 50%, while the remaining 50% is distributed among the Star Luo Empire 20%), the Spirit Hall (20%), and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect (10%).
The Rare Metal obtained by the association will naturally be used to train the Blacksmith within the association. It goes without saying that they will take 50%, since they will all end up in the hands of various factions anyway.
However, the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect each took a share, which greatly angered the Star Luo Empire representative.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect claimed it would provide all the funds, but during the negotiations Su Ming acquiesced to Chen Xin's request on the association's side, and the Star Luo Empire representative's attempts to persuade him were futile.
One reason was the murderous intent Tang Hao exuded, which was too intimidating for Su Ming. He lacked a sense of security and although he had a next step in his plan, he needed time to "study" it. During this period, he lacked bodyguards, so he had to let Chen Xin stay in the association.
As for the other reason, it was naturally because he had an agreement with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that he would receive a portion of all the Rare Metal the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect obtained.
Although the original agreement between Su Ming and Ning Fengzhi that one-tenth of the Rare Metal acquired by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would belong to him, the two parties still had this foundation. Therefore, Su Ming smoothly reached a new agreement with Chen Xin, in which one-tenth of the Rare Metal obtained from mining would also unconditionally belong to him.
Two more chapters are being written.