Suddenly, feeling her palm being patted, Ju Zi froze.
Her heart immediately began pounding wildly.
Xu Tianran's words struck Ju Zi's ears like thunder.
"Ju Zi, I know you can hardly wait. This Soul Master Tournament is the perfect opportunity to wipe out the living forces of the Douluo Three Kingdoms." Xu Tianran sighed and said softly, "But you need to understand that within Mingdu, the strongest force is no longer the royal family."
The cooperation between the Blacksmith Association and Mingde Hall ran too deep. It had reached the point where Mingde Hall no longer sought the royal family's approval on many matters.
And it was not only Mingde Hall. Most Soul Engineers now held a faint reverence for the Blacksmith Association.
This was an influence that had seeped in unnoticed.
Forging was simply too important to Soul Engineers.
A piece of Thousand Forgings with Spirit metal could allow a Soul Engineer to create a Soul Tool a whole tier stronger than before. What an enticing technique that was.
But that was not all. Ever since its founding, the Blacksmith Association had maintained absolute strength, so no one dared entertain any unsavory thoughts.
The Association's blacksmiths had also cooperated with Mingde Hall to establish a new field of cultivation for Soul Engineers. The forging portion had been taken over by the blacksmiths. Soul Engineers themselves had it easier, yet became even more dependent on blacksmiths.
After several years, blacksmiths had become another synonym for nobility in people's hearts.
In the Sun Moon Empire, Soul Engineers were now nobler than ordinary Soul Masters, while blacksmiths stood faintly above Soul Engineers themselves.
Under such circumstances, the Blacksmith Association's blacksmiths and Soul Engineers had always divided their work and cooperated, researching the field of Battle Armor while helping Soul Engineers reform the