It wasn't that the entire Blood God Legion had no one from the Spirit Pagoda. It was simply that none of the powerhouses in the Blood God Camp came from the Spirit Pagoda.
This was the result of a balance between the various factions.
There was no helping it. The Spirit Pagoda accounted for far too many people in the research institute.
Strictly speaking, the Spirit Pagoda, like the Tang Sect, was a research organization. The Spirit Pagoda's research covered a broad range of fields, while the Tang Sect specialized in weapons research.
In the legion's research institute, many high-ranking researchers came from the Spirit Pagoda.
Thus, the Spirit Pagoda had at most one seat in the Blood God Camp, and more often than not, their powerhouses were stationed elsewhere across the continent, overseeing individual Spirit Pagodas.
After seeing Blood Nine off, Su Ming began forging.
"For the intent of speed and slowness, aside from choosing the Rare Metals, I'll also temper them with river water."
Nine-in-one Soul Forging was not difficult. The difficult part was controlling the force and ensuring that Heavenly Forging did not succeed.
This differed from ordinary Divine Blacksmiths.
Normally, when Divine Blacksmiths attempted Heavenly Forging, they found the earlier forging process insufficiently perfect and ultimately had to abandon the Heavenly Forging in order to ensure Nine-in-one Soul Forging.
Su Ming was the complete opposite.
He rented a forging room and spent the next few days inside. The constant clanging of metal barely ceased.
During that time, in order to keep him from being disturbed, Blood Nine specifically helped him complete the other procedures. Even the date of his rank conferment was postponed.
And so, three days later.
Su Ming arrived at the Blood God Camp with a full set of Nine-in-one Soul Forging Metal required