The next morning, when Luo Can opened his eyes, he finally didn't feel any pain in his back or body. He glanced at the two witches who were sleeping soundly beside him, slipped out of bed quietly, left the room, and started chatting with the innkeeper downstairs.
The boss was a talkative old blacksmith. Seeing that Luo Can had gotten up early, he got him to talk about a lot of anecdotes about Gengxin City and the various ways in the Blacksmith's Association. Luo Can also listened happily and learned a lot of useful information.
Unknowingly, Qian Renxue and Ju Zi also finished washing and went downstairs. Luo Can saw that it was almost time, so he paid the rent with the two of them, left Luhuozhijia Inn, and walked towards the Blacksmith's Association.
The three people quickly arrived at the Blacksmith's Association headquarters, submitted their qualification certificates, and the guards respectfully led them into the main hall of the association.
Different from the side hall yesterday, there were far fewer people here, but they all had extraordinary bearings. The blacksmiths present were all at least Grandmaster level figures, and the finished products displayed on the booth were all top-grade in the blacksmithing world, and each piece was full of ingenuity.
The three of them quickly found their own booth, placed yesterday's Sniper Ray Gun in the center, and took out two Level 3 Soul Tools from Storage Soul Tool as auxiliary displays. After a simple arrangement, they waited quietly for the exhibition to begin.
As time gradually approached, Si Long and Oscar were the first to walk into the hall, followed by a group of elders and master-level blacksmiths from the association. After entering the door, the group spread out and circulated among the booths, commenting on the displayed finished products, and occasionally exchanging a few forging experiences with the forger.
Not long after, two figures walked towards the booth of Luo Can and the others. They were the two junior brothers of Si Long and the other two direct disciples of Lou Gao.
"Are you the forging genius that Xiao Yu said, who used Soul Tool to participate in the appraisal meeting?" One of the men wearing a gray Fitted Outfit spoke first, his eyes falling on the Soul Tool on the booth with a bit of inquiry.
"Don't dare to call yourself a genius. It was Ju Zi who built these Soul Tool. The two of us are just second-in-commands." Luo Can smiled and held his hands in a humble tone.
"I am Si Di."
"I am Si Kai."
The two of them announced their names and said hello. Si Di stared at Soul Tool on the booth with burning eyes and said, "Can we pick up these Soul Tool and take a closer look?"
"Of course you can." Luo Can made a gesture of invitation.
Si Di and Si Kai immediately picked up a Soul Tool. Their fingertips touched the cold metal shell and carefully examined the lines and structure. They even injected a trace of soul power and felt the energy flow inside. After checking it inside and out, the two looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
"It's a very good craftsmanship, the details are handled extremely delicately, and the soul power flows without any stagnation." Si Kai put down the Soul Tool in his hand and sighed sincerely.
"It's just such a pity." Si Di frowned, with a bit of regret in his tone, "With your forging skills, if you focus on traditional forging, you will definitely be able to achieve great achievements in the future, instead of being obsessed with heresy like Soul Tool."
After saying that, the two turned around and walked towards the next booth.
Compared with the politeness of Si Di and Si Kai, the attitudes of the other elders who came to inspect were much sharper. They either picked on Soul Tool in various ways, or made sarcastic comments about "crooked things". What's more, they simply frowned and turned away, not even willing to take another look.
Time passed by minute by minute, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye, but Lou Gao, who was supposed to show up, did not arrive for a long time. Whispers gradually sounded in the hall, and many people looked puzzled.
"Strange, why is President Lou Gao late today? He has always been the most punctual."
"Could it be that you were forging some top-notch weapon and lost track of time for a moment?"
"Perhaps I have encountered some forging bottleneck and am currently studying it."
It wasn't until nearly noon that there was a rush of footsteps at the entrance of the hall.
Lou Gao finally arrived late, followed by Si Yu. Both of them had heavy dark circles under their eyes, but instead of being tired at all, their eyes were full of excitement and enthusiasm that could not be concealed.
As soon as Lou Gao entered the hall, he raised his eyes and glanced around. His eyes passed over many exquisite traditional forged products. Without stopping for a moment, he strode straight towards the booth of Luo Can.
"You are the builders of that Sniper Ray Gun?" Lou Gao stood in front of the booth, staring at the three of them with copper bell-like eyes, and said in a strong and authentic voice.
"I made it." Ju Zi took a step forward, met Lou Gao's gaze, and spoke in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
Lou Gao's eyes fell on Ju Zi. He looked up and down carefully for a long time before suddenly asking, "Tell me, what is the future of casting?"
Ju Zi raised his head, his eyes extremely firm, and replied word by word, "Soul Tool."
Three simple words, like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly caused the entire hall to explode.
All eyes were focused on Ju Zi. Some people frowned, some showed displeasure, and some had obvious disgust in their eyes. There were also faint scolding sounds.
Lou Gao seemed not to hear the movement around him. A trace of interest flashed in his eyes and asked, "Oh? Why do you feel so?"
"Because the power of traditional iron tools has an upper limit after all, but Soul Tool has no upper limit." Ju Zi picked up the Sniper Ray Gun on the stand and said, "Everyone can see the power of this Soul Tool. It only requires Soul Ancestor The soul power of level can be activated, and it can achieve ultra-long-distance sniping that is extremely difficult for Spirit Master of the same level. In addition to this finished product, the junior is also designing a Soul Tool that is more powerful and can threaten Spirit Emperor level.
"Is it Energy-Gathering Piercing Cannon?" Lou Gao asked.
When Ju Zi heard this, there was a flash of surprise in his eyes, and he looked up at Lou Gao: "How do you know?"
Lou Gao winked at Si Yu behind him. Si Yu immediately stepped forward and placed the metal iron box on the stand yesterday with a hint of apology on his face. "Sorry, Ju Zi Grandmaster, I am not the only one who has seen the drawings I borrowed yesterday, but you can rest assured that no other person has seen these drawings except me and the master."
Lou Gao took over and looked at Ju Zi with burning eyes. "Last night, at the bottom of these drawings, I saw a completely different design drawing from Sniper Ray Gun. Your new design is very bold, and the concept is more avant-garde than Ray Gun. There are even several new Soul Tool Array Patterns that I have never seen before. It is simply a work of genius!"
"There's just one thing I still can't figure out." He changed the topic and his tone became serious. "There are at least three unreasonable structural designs in the drawings, and there is also a core contradiction in energy transmission. If these problems are not solved, it is impossible to build this thing. Even if it is built reluctantly, it will never reach the theoretical power of your design."
Hearing this, Ju Zi had a well-placed wry smile on his face, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from President Lou Gao. To be honest, I did encounter these bottlenecks when designing Energy-Gathering Piercing Cannon. I thought hard for a long time but didn't have a clue, so I didn't start building it for a long time."
Lou Gao stared at Ju Zi. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly spoke with a hint of urgency in his voice, "So, can you let me join in? I want to study with you, and I want to see with my own eyes how powerful this finished product of Energy-Gathering Piercing Cannon can be!"
These words were like thunder, exploding in the hall.
The entire main hall fell into a brief silence. All the blacksmiths were stunned and looked at Lou Gao in astonishment, their eyes full of disbelief.
Who would have thought that the president of the Blacksmith's Association, one of the three major Divine Craftsmans in mainland China, would actually propose to study Soul Tool with a young girl, which they regarded as a "heterodox"!
And this is exactly the result that the three Luo Can want.
Ju Zi pretended to ponder for a moment, as if making a difficult decision, then bit his lip and said, "President Lou Gao, as Divine Craftsman, his forging and design skills are far superior to mine. Maybe he can really find a solution to the problem. Okay, I agree."
After receiving a positive reply, a big smile appeared on Lou Gao's face. He immediately turned his head and waved to Si Long who was not far away. "Aaron!"
Si Long walked quickly, and before he spoke, he heard Lou Gao say, "Today's appraisal meeting, I will leave it to you to take care of it. These three friends and I will go to my casting room!"
Si Long Even though his heart was full of shock, he did not dare to disobey his teacher. He quickly bowed and nodded. "Please rest assured, teacher, this disciple will handle everything properly."
After saying that, Lou Gao couldn't wait to make a "please" gesture to the three Luo Can, and took the lead to walk towards the casting room at the back of the hall.
The three Luo Can looked at each other and smiled, then followed in the footsteps of Lou Gao, and slowly walked out of the main hall of the Blacksmith's Association in the eyes of countless blacksmiths who were stunned, confused and even angry.