In this way, the three Luo Can moved to Lou Gao's residence.
In the days that followed, Ju Zi and Lou Gao almost lived and ate in the casting room. They circled around Energy-Gathering Piercing Cannon's drawings all day long, focusing on solving those "legacy" technical problems.
One of the two has Divine Craftsman level forging skills, and the other has Soul Tool knowledge that far exceeds this era. They worked together very well, and it only took seven days to completely finalize the shape of Energy-Gathering Piercing Cannon.
On the second day after the drawings were finalized, all kinds of rare metals and ore materials needed for casting were hauled into the yard one cart after another, almost half of the good stuff in the Blacksmith's Association's warehouse was moved over.
The giant forging furnace in the foundry room has never been extinguished since then. It is burning Lie Yan day and night, and the clanking sound of steel forging has never stopped from morning to night.
Among them, Lou Gao is responsible for the overall casting of the gun body and the forging and purification of materials, while Ju Zi is responsible for the fine carving of the core components and the characterization of Soul Guidance Array. The two have a clear division of labor and are so busy that they can't even take care of food.
In a blink of an eye, another half month passed.
That night, Luo Can and Qian Renxue just came back from outside. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they felt a strong Soul Power Wave coming from the casting room. They looked at each other, quickly opened the door of the casting room and walked in.
In the casting room at this time, Lou Gao and Ju Zi were busy working around a giant cannon that was half a man tall and more than three meters long. The cannon was made of silver and gold metal, and the cannon body was covered with fine Soul Tool Patterns, giving off a strong sense of oppression.
"The energy circuit conduction is normal and there is no leakage!"
"The structure of the energy-gathering ring is stable and there is no sign of cracking!"
"There is no abnormal vibration in the gun body as a whole, and the stress is evenly distributed!"
After all the inspections were over, Lou Gao and Ju Zi looked at each other and saw uncontrollable excitement in each other's eyes. They jumped up and down on the spot.
"It's done! We really built it!"
"Hahaha! Let's go! Go to the testing field now and try the power of this thing!"
As the two of them talked, they didn't even notice Luo Can and Qian Renxue next to them. They hurriedly raised the silver cannon and walked out happily, heading straight to Lou Gao's exclusive testing ground in the backyard of the Blacksmith's Association.
Luo Can and Qian Renxue didn't say anything, and followed behind them with a smile.
In the testing field, a huge iron ball made of Hundred-Refined Iron Essence has been placed. It is as tall as a person and its hardness is comparable to the full defense of Spirit King.
"Are you ready? Ju Zi Grandmaster!" The smile on Lou Gao's face faded, and his expression became extremely serious.
"Yes, ready." Ju Zi nodded, inserted his hand into the soul power interface in the back hall of the cannon, took a deep breath, and began to slowly inject soul power.
As the soul power poured in, a faint light began to gather at the front of the barrel, starting from yellow, slowly turning into purple, and finally settling into deep black. This is the iconic soul power color of Level 5 Soul Tool.
The energy in the cannon body gathered more and more, and the entire cannon made a slight mechanical sound, and the energy pipes inside lit up one by one along the lines.
"Buzz--"
A low buzz sounded, and a dazzling bright white beam of light burst out from the muzzle, hitting the big iron ball hard the next second.
But the extremely hard big iron ball didn't even last a moment, and was melted into a pool of molten iron by the beam. The remaining energy remained unabated, and directly blasted a huge hole in the thick iron wall behind the iron ball.
"This power! It's amazing!" Lou Gao's voice was trembling with excitement, "Don't talk about Spirit King, even if Spirit Emperor comes and doesn't activate the defense Soul Skill, he will be seriously injured on the spot if he receives this blow!"
"Don't be too happy yet." Ju Zi said calmly, "We still have to do a continuous emission test. If cracks appear in the core of Star-Patterned Mithril within ten times of excitation, then this thing is still not considered a success."
"Yes! That's the truth!" Lou Gao nodded immediately, reached out and pressed the button on the wall of the test field. Soon, the robotic arm sent several large iron balls that were exactly the same as before, and placed them on the target position one after another.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
Beams of light were fired from the muzzle one after another, and the dull buzzing sound continued to echo in the test site.
After ten consecutive activations, Ju Zi immediately stepped forward to check and found that except for the slightly heated barrel of the entire Energy-Gathering Piercing Cannon, the core structure and energy circuit were all intact. She breathed a sigh of relief, with a satisfied smile on her face, "This gun is done!"
"Awesome! Congratulations to President Lou Gao, congratulations to Ju Zi!" Only then did Luo Can smile and walk forward, cupping his hands to congratulate the two of them.
Lou Gao quickly waved his hand and said with a serious face, "I am just a blacksmith. I am only responsible for casting things. The core design and the carving of the formation patterns are all the credit of Ju Zi Grandmaster. I don't dare to take this credit."
"You can't say that." Ju Zi also immediately replied, "Without your superb casting skills, which can temper the cannon body and core components that are both strong enough and have excellent soul power conductivity, it is impossible for us to turn the drawings into reality in such a short period of time.
Lou Gao grinned and stopped competing with Ju Zi for credit. He just looked at her and said with expectation, "Ju Zi Grandmaster, besides this piercing cannon, do you have any other Level 5 Soul Tool designs? I want to try it again!"
Ju Zi smiled and nodded, "Of course."
So in the next ten days, the two people plunged into the casting room again, Disintegration Cannon, Freezing Ray Gun, Portable Soul Power Shield... Level 5 Soul Tool one after another, were created from the casting room one after another.
As these novel and powerful Soul Tools continue to appear, Lou Gao has been completely immersed in the world of Soul Tool and cannot extricate himself. He even put down his pretensions to Divine Craftsman and actively begged Ju Zi to teach him how to portray Soul Guidance Array, just like a student who is thirsty for knowledge.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Ju Zi looked at Lou Gao who was studying the formation patterns with the drawings. According to the plan he had made with Luo Can before, he asked, "President Lou Gao, do you want to pursue higher-level Soul Tool technology?"
"Yes! Of course I do!" Lou Gao nodded immediately without thinking, his eyes full of enthusiasm, "As long as I can touch the more powerful Soul Tool threshold, I am willing to do anything!"
"Okay." Ju Zi looked at him and said word by word, "Join us Fate Defying Pavilion."
The smile on Lou Gao's face froze for a moment. He was stunned for a long time before he said with embarrassment, "This... I am the president of the Blacksmith's Association. This association has been my lifelong effort. I really..."
Seeing that he was about to refuse, Luo Can walked up to him, raised his hand and looked at him, and said, "President Lou Gao, do you want to see with your own eyes the true pinnacle creation of Soul Tool?"
Lou Gao looked at Luo Can in astonishment, hesitated for a moment, and nodded heavily. "Yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Can's right arm was instantly covered with a layer of golden armor. It was the Battle Armor component that was unlocked after fusing Golden Flame Dragon Right Arm Bone. Dragon patterns flowed on the golden armor, exuding terrifying pressure.
"This thing is called Battle Armor. It can be completely integrated with Spirit Master, truly integrating human and machine. As for its power, you have to wait and see." Luo Can said, raising his right arm and aiming at a hill in the distance of the test site.
A dazzling golden flame spurted out from the dragon head mouth of the armor's shoulder armor, and disappeared into the hill in an instant.
The next second, a deafening explosion sounded, and a pillar of fire shot straight into the sky. The entire hill was instantly reduced to ashes in the flames. Hot air waves swept away in all directions, leaving only a huge pit with a diameter of 100 meters and bubbles of magma.
Lou Gao stood there, staring at the scene in front of him in stunned silence. His whole body froze, and he didn't even notice that the drawing in his hand fell to the ground.
Luo Can took back Battle Armor and looked at the absent-minded Lou Gao with extremely serious eyes. "Lou Gao Grandmaster, I now officially invite you to join us. Enter Fate Defying Pavilion, and in the future, you can work with Ju Zi to study the ultimate secret of Soul Tool, and together create a second set of Battle Armor that can integrate with people."
There was a long silence in the foundry, with only the slight sound of molten bubbling in the distance.
After a long time, Lou Gao slowly bent down and bowed deeply to Luo Can. His voice was extremely solemn. "I, Lou Gao, am willing to join Fate Defying Pavilion!"