Ling Luo, the Versailles Tycoon

Zhen Hua kept stroking the metal in his hand as though he were touching a rare treasure, his eyes filled with fascination.

Ling Luo did not disturb him.

He knew exactly what someone excessively obsessed with a field would feel when encountering something that interested him.

After a long while, Zhen Hua handed the metal to Yuanen Yehui and turned his gaze back to Ling Luo.

"Young Master Ling, this method of yours is truly astonishing!"

Zhen Hua praised him from the bottom of his heart.

He had never seen such a miraculous method before.

Although it had dealt a slight blow to his Dao heart, Zhen Hua had to admit that the metal improved through Ling Luo's method possessed strength that even surpassed his own forging.

Moreover, by observing the process and finding common ground between the two methods, Zhen Hua had gained a faint spark of inspiration.

Though it had flashed through his mind as briefly as a wisp of lightning.

For a Forging Master of his level, however, that was already an exceptionally rare opportunity.

"Young Master Ling, if I am not mistaken, your method directly uses pure Life Energy to help metal undergo a qualitative sublimation, correct?"

As expected of a Divine Craftsman, Zhen Hua's understanding of metal had reached a level ordinary people could not comprehend.

He had roughly guessed the principle behind it.

Yet even so, Zhen Hua's admiration for Ling Luo's technique had not changed in the slightest.

After all, it sounded simple enough, but Zhen Hua knew just how unimaginably difficult it was in practice.

"Yes." Ling Luo nodded.

"However, this method cannot be widely promoted."

"Because its most fundamental prerequisite is Ultimate Life."

"Indeed." Zhen Hua nodded regretfully.

He had already anticipated Ling Luo's explanation after watching the entire process.

The Life Energy required to improve metal's quality through such a method had to be extraordinarily pure.

Ultimate Life...

Let alone in the current Soul Master World.

Even across the entire history of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent, there had only been a handful.

And this was merely the threshold for the method.

This was why Ling Luo said that it could never become as widespread as forging or form a truly separate path.

It was simply too difficult, and the requirements were far too harsh.

Then Zhen Hua suddenly realized something else.

"Young Master Ling, can you now improve metal to the level required for Three-Word Battle Armor?"

Only then did he suddenly remember that Ling Luo's Three-Word Battle Armor had been made through this very method.

In other words, this fifteen-year-old youth, who had already left everyone else far behind in cultivation, had also reached a standard at least equivalent to Soul Forging?!

"Yes." Ling Luo nodded.

Zhen Hua immediately asked again, "What about Four-word Battle Armor?"

"I will probably need some more time," Ling Luo said softly.

"I have tried, but I ultimately failed."

"To reach that step, I will probably need around two more years. My talent is simply limited."

Ling Luo let out a soft sigh.

"Other than Ultimate Life, this method's only requirement is control over Life Power."

"The higher the grade of metal one wants to improve, the stronger one's control over Life Power must be."

"I am still some distance away from that stage."

Ling Luo seemed rather dissatisfied with his current state.

But in Zhen Hua's eyes, this was pure Versailles.

The corner of the Divine Craftsman's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Limited talent?

You would reach, perhaps even surpass, the standard of a Divine Craftsman in roughly two years, and you called that limited talent?

How old would Ling Luo be in two years?

Seventeen!

At that age, he could not even see the shadow of Heaven Forging. He had still been struggling toward Soul Forging!

Comparisons really did make people furious.

That phrase had once always applied to him and other Forging Masters.

But only now did Zhen Hua finally understand how those Forging Masters he had left far behind had felt.

And the person making him feel this way was not even a Forging Master!

"Young Master Ling is too modest. Looking across the entire history of the Soul Master World, there is no second person with such progress," Zhen Hua said, forcefully suppressing his urge to complain.

"But regarding a Second Profession, Ling..."

Zhen Hua stopped halfway through his sentence.

He abruptly slapped his forehead, as though he had suddenly remembered something.

"Ah, look at my memory."

"Young Master Ling has developed such a method, so I suppose there is no need for you to cultivate any Second Profession."

"That is not the case."

Yuanen Yehui explained from the side, "Senior Divine Craftsman, my boss has always had a Second Profession."

Zhen Hua was slightly stunned by her words.

He had assumed that Ling Luo, with such extraordinary achievements in cultivation and an unprecedented method of his own creation, could not possibly have had more time to pursue a Second Profession.

But he had not expected Yuanen Yehui to suddenly say that.

He turned his head somewhat stiffly.

"Could it be that Young Master Ling, you..."

What entered his sight was Ling Luo's handsome face, carrying a faint smile.

Ling Luo smiled slightly and said softly, "I am untalented, but not long ago, I became a Level Nine Mech Designer."

Zhen Hua was completely speechless.

He had seen exceptionally gifted geniuses, but he had never seen such a Prodigy.

A fifteen-year-old Soul Saint, the creator of an entirely new path for making Battle Armor, and a Level Nine Mech Designer?!

In Zhen Hua's view, every one of those accomplishments, aside from talent, undoubtedly required an enormous amount of time.

What, did this one have more time than everyone else?

In truth, Ling Luo did not need to spend too much time on them.

He merely needed to focus on cultivation and occasionally set aside time to study mech design.

As for his metal sublimation method, it improved alongside his control over Life Power and his level of mech design.

It could be said that it was part of Ling Luo's cultivation and studies. There was no conflict between them at all.

"Young Master Ling, I have an impertinent request."

"Please speak, Senior."

"The next time Young Master Ling plans to improve Battle Armor, could you notify me so that I may come and observe?"

"Of course, it will not be free. I am willing to forge two sets of Four-word Battle Armor for you, including the necessary metals!"

As expected of a Divine Craftsman, Zhen Hua's offer was lavish from the start.

Two sets of Four-word Battle Armor, even including the necessary metals.

That was absolutely an astronomical sum.

Even for a top-tier force such as the War God Hall, it would count as a major expense.

Ling Luo, who had been about to state his conditions, was momentarily stunned by Zhen Hua's initiative.

Then he grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Rest assured, Senior. It is only a small matter."

"When I am able to perform the improvement, I will certainly notify Senior to be present."

"Thank you." Zhen Hua cupped his fists.

Today, merely by watching Ling Luo complete the final step for Yuanen Yehui's One-Word Battle Armor, he had already gained some insight.

If it were an improvement at the level of Four-word Battle Armor, Zhen Hua believed that he would certainly comprehend even more.

For that, this Divine Craftsman was willing to pay any price!