Ning Fengzhi's Apprehension (Please Follow!!!)

Although Su Ming was surprised, he smoothly accepted the golden card.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was indeed generous.

Those ten sets of armor had been high-end custom pieces. When Su Ming had made them, he considered that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been ordering armor from him for three consecutive years, so he had melted in several pieces of somewhat inferior Thousand Forgings metal.

Unexpectedly, the armor's quality turned out to be exceptionally good. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had even directly made up the difference, treating the several thousand Gold Soul Coins from before as mere small change.

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With a sigh in his heart, Su Ming put the gold card into his bracelet.

This one million Gold Soul Coins would indeed be useful to him—enough to acquire rare metals for some time to come.

He understood all the varieties of rare metals, but this era had not excavated enough of them, so he still had to gather them from all over.

Although their specific uses had not been researched, certain noble lords enjoyed collecting such things. As a result, many rare metals whose uses had not even been identified were also sold at inflated prices.

It was only because he was in the Metal Capital that he had not lacked common rare metals such as Sinking Silver over the past few years.

But if he wanted to induce Devour-type traits, the few common rare metals on the market would not be enough.

His gaze shifted as he watched Ning Yuan turn to leave.

"Uncle Ning, wait a moment."

Ning Yuan turned back, looking at Su Ming with a puzzled expression.

"Is there something else?"

"Ahem, aren't you planning to order a few more sets?" Su Ming asked.

Ning Yuan looked surprised.

"You mean you can replicate the quality of those ten sets?"

Su Ming chuckled but said nothing.

Seeing this, Ning Yuan stroked his chin.

"I'm only a minor deacon. I can't make a transaction worth over a million Gold Soul Coins so casually. How about this? I'll return and report to the Sect Master to see whether we can continue our cooperation."

At present, every Support System Soul Master in the sect had a set of fine armor, and the warehouses were still piled with plenty of emergency reserves.

And now, just after they had finished placing the order, the previous armor was already going to be scrapped?

Ning Yuan was utterly speechless.

Still, he did not think it would be a loss.

After all, if they truly intended to equip every Soul Master in the sect with this special armor, the sect would likely not be stingy. That would mean millions of Gold Soul Coins at a time, while all the previous armor combined had only cost several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. Compared to those millions, that was nothing.

A loss was a loss.

"Uncle Ning, take this piece of metal and show it to Sect Master Ning. I think we can cooperate more deeply going forward."

Su Ming took out a piece of Thousand Forgings First Grade metal and handed it to Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan hurried off, preparing to return to the sect and make his report.

Watching Ning Yuan's departing figure, Su Ming rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Roar?" (Did he leave?)

Behind him, Little Gold poked his large bear head out from the forging room.

Su Ming turned around and patted Little Gold's head.

"You won't need to hide from people anymore."

"Roar."

Little Gold was not as excited as Su Ming had expected.

Right now, he only wanted to devote all his energy to cultivation. Showing himself off in front of others was never something he enjoyed doing.

Even when he had been a Soul Beast, he had not liked interacting with humans. Becoming a Soul Spirit had not changed that view. Besides, he was very busy and truly had no time to show his face in public.

"Haha, then go cultivate first. You can slow down on forging for now. We'll wait until I gather a batch of Spirit Abyss Iron."

Spirit Abyss Iron was a rare metal that had been produced on the original Douluo Continent. It was produced in the era of Dou San, and it had actually existed in the era of Dou Er as well, though in extremely small quantities. No corresponding ore veins had been discovered, but occasional pieces of Spirit Abyss Iron could be found in Soul Beast forests. It had also existed in the era of Dou Yi. Su Ming had seen two pieces in Gengxin City and bought them. He had forged those two pieces, but unfortunately, they had not developed Devour-type traits.

Spirit Abyss Iron itself was black as an abyss and could devour light, while also possessing an ability to draw in certain energies. This externally displayed special ability had made it highly sought after, and many iron ore enthusiasts had collected it.

There was very little Spirit Abyss Iron on the market now. Su Ming would have to find a way to search through the collections of certain collectors.

And where was the greatest collecting family on the continent?

Naturally, it was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The direct line of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect all possessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul. It was a divine treasure-seeking tool, and it was precisely because of this that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possessed the greatest wealth on the continent. Their so-called talent for business came only afterward.

A few days later.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi played with the piece of Thousand Forgings First Grade metal Ning Yuan had submitted.

"It seemed the blacksmiths had made a breakthrough in recent years. Hard to say about the Blacksmith Association, but Su Ming's branch—the line of Zhu Jiuyang—had likely improved their forging methods."

"Xiao Ming's Blacksmith Shop changed its name to the Forging Shop over a year ago. This improvement in forging methods may have existed for even longer. Their ambitions are not small—they intend to use this ability to restore the blacksmiths' former prestige. Forging Shop, Forging Shop... I imagine they will no longer call themselves blacksmiths in the future."

Ning Fengzhi gazed thoughtfully outside the main hall, seemingly lost in thought.

"Fengzhi, after saying all that, are we taking him in or not?" Gu Rong asked.

He meant that Ning Fengzhi had rambled on at length without expressing his stance.

Ning Fengzhi shook his head.

"Taking them in will most likely be impossible. Su Ming is still young, but there is absolutely no way we can bring his teacher under our wing."

"The effects of this Thousand Forgings First Grade metal are extremely remarkable. Not only can it allow a Soul Master's Soul Power to merge with it perfectly, it can also resonate with the Soul Master. If it were all made into armor or weapons, the enhancement for Soul Masters below the Soul King rank would be considerable," Chen Xin said.

Even for a Titled Douluo, wearing a full suit of armor forged entirely from this Thousand Forgings First Grade metal and resonating with it through Soul Power would provide a certain degree of defensive benefit. Though it could not determine the outcome of battle, it was still incredibly powerful.

"More than that," Ning Fengzhi said. "If it is nurtured with Soul Power and continues resonating with this Thousand Forgings First Grade metal, perhaps over time it will produce an effect similar to a contract."

Chen Xin and Gu Rong's eyes lit up.

There was that aspect too?

Then they had to obtain it.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Bone, Zhu Jiuyang stands behind him. The Zhu Family behind Zhu Jiuyang has intermarried with the Qian Family for generations. Although their relationship is strained now because of Qian Xunji, the Qian Family is ultimately at fault. Given Qian Daoliu's personality, if Zhu Jiuyang truly ran out of options and returned to Spirit Hall with the Zhu Family, Qian Daoliu would not hold it against him."

At the mention of Qian Daoliu, a sharp gleam flashed through Chen Xin's eyes, and sword aura began to leak from his body.

Yet despite looking full of fighting spirit, he quickly reined in his emotions, revealing a sense of defeat.

Qian Daoliu... he could not beat him.

Gu Rong also fell silent.

What Ning Fengzhi said was actually rather conservative.

If Zhu Jiuyang were truly pushed into a corner, Qian Daoliu would help him resolve the crisis the moment he received word. Zhu Jiuyang might not even need to admit fault or reconcile with the Qian Family.