Starlight Gemstone
The success of the "Azure Wood Battle Armor" means that the Blacksmith Association can now shed its label of being bad at combat.
Although limited by the forging threshold of spiritual metals and the difficulty of inscribing Soul Guidance Array Patterns, only Tie Futu, Lou Gao, and Ling Yi are currently able to forge them and cannot mass-produce them. However, by working together, the three of them still managed to forge eleven sets of "Azure Wood Battle Armor" at a rate of one set every three days.
It wasn't that Lou Gao and the others didn't want to continue building, but the cost was too high. Including the first set, a total of twelve sets of "Azure Wood Battle Armor" had almost emptied nearly half of the Blacksmith Association's savings accumulated over hundreds of years.
Continuing to squander resources like this would be a serious blow to the Blacksmith Association.
Ling Yi: "All I can say is, after hundreds of years, this is all the wealth the enormous Blacksmith Association has accumulated?"
This was the thought that came to Ling Yi's mind as he stood in the secret vault dozens of meters underground in the headquarters building.
To be honest, when Ling Yi took Yang Shelly and Ah Yin to the No. 2 Forging Room early this morning after they finished their training, and asked Lou Gao for a new batch of raw materials for the "Azure Wood Battle Armor," Ling Yi was taken aback when Lou Gao shrugged and said that the guild was out of money.
Admittedly, the raw materials for forging the "Azure Wood Battle Armor" are mostly relatively rare metal ores. Even without considering the craftsmanship fees charged by Lou Gao and his team as Divine Craftsman, the value of these metal ores alone is approximately 100,000 Gold Soul Coin!
One hundred thousand Gold Soul Coin can be exchanged for a Soul Emperor- level combat power.
Well, within the Blacksmith Association, you can still find a dozen or twenty veteran Blacksmith at the Soul King Rank or above. Wearing the "Azure Wood Battle Armor," they would definitely have the combat power of a Soul Emperor.
This deal is something that all the forces in the entire Douluo Continent, whether it's the two great empires, the Spirit Hall, or the various sects, would absolutely covet!
Think about how Ning Fengzhi placed an order with Tang San for 500 sets of Hidden Weapon for 10,000 Gold Soul Coin in the original novel.
Even so, Tang San provided the blueprints for the parts Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School crafted it themselves, and Tang San was ultimately responsible for assembling and delivering it...
Five million! Gold Soul Coin!
What level of combat power can a set of Hidden Weapon generate?
Soul Ancestor? Soul King? Or Soul Emperor?
Of course, one reason Ning Fengzhi was willing to pay five million Gold Soul Coin was to compensate Ning Rongrong for Martial Soul Evolution into the "Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda." As for that immortal-grade "Beautiful Silk Tulip," five million Gold Soul Coin wasn't really expensive.
However, Ning Fengzhi can casually toss out five million Gold Soul Coin, even though he's from the prestigious Blacksmith Association...
Wait a minute, I almost forgot. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is known as the richest family on the continent. The Ning Family, whose direct lineage is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, a Martial Soul version of the "Golden Eye," could write a Douluo Continent- style novel about getting rich by finding a bargain.
On the Douluo Continent, the power of capital is still in its primitive stage. There are no figures like Fan Li, Lü Buwei, or Shen Wansan here. Even if similar ideas have sprouted, without sufficient strength, it would be difficult to survive in this world where strength reigns supreme.
Therefore, the "poverty" of the Blacksmith Association is not so hard to accept.
As his thoughts raced, Ling Yi sorted out the cause and effect, and began to look at this secret vault that had existed for hundreds of years with a new, objective perspective.
After glancing over the dozen or so boxes of Gold Soul Coin, Ling Yi focused his attention on the rows of shelves against the wall.
The wealth in this secret vault is currently not even comparable to that of the [Blacksmith Association - Water Wood Duchy] after Ling Yi unified the country, but its true foundation lies in the treasures displayed on the shelves.
"Cold Heart Iron Essence", "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother", "Volcanic Copper Marrow", "Thunderous Purple Gold Stone", "Ten Thousand Year Parasol Tree Heartwood", "Earth Core Earth Element Crystal"...
One by one, these peerless treasures, whose value was no less than that of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, were displayed there so openly that Ling Yi was somewhat dazzled by them and subconsciously swallowed.
"So, what do you think? Our Blacksmith Association does have some resources, doesn't it?"
Lou Gao came to Ling Yi's side and said with a smug look on his face.
"This is more than just a little bit—" Ling Yi' struggled' to look away, glancing at Lou Gao beside him, and said, "These precious materials alone are worth at least ten million Gold Soul Coin, right—"
Ling Yi recalled Lou Gao's action of storing the two boxes of Gold Soul Coin into his Storage Soul Tool, and then looked at the untouched treasures, and couldn't help but complain:
"Senior brothers, you guys are really like the mythical creature Pixiu. With so many precious materials, how can you resist the urge to move?"
"Otherwise what?" Lou Gao glared at Ling Yi, annoyed, and said, "These treasures are good, but besides us, who else in the entire Douluo Continent would be willing to pay such a high price for them?"
"Even if someone buys it, nine times out of ten they'll take it back and put it in their treasure room for safekeeping. What's the difference between that and keeping it here?"
Upon hearing Lou Gao's words, Ling Yi remained silent.
Indeed, in the Douluo Continent today, the only two Divine Craftsman Divine Craftsman, as well as him, who has not yet been certified and announced, are all in Gengxin City.
To put it arrogantly, apart from Ling Yi and his two companions, no one else on the entire Douluo Continent has been able to bring out the true value of these peerless treasures!
Therefore, when these precious materials are put up for auction, the actual auction price is definitely less than half of their intrinsic value. They are basically bought by nobles as rare collectibles and used as decorations.
"Over the centuries, each president and Divine Craftsman has put in the precious materials they have collected."
Lou Gao led Ling Yi to a row of shelves, saying as they walked, "During this time, although there were some consumptions, they were usually just a small amount, and the vast majority were kept."
"Even we Divine Craftsman sometimes hesitate when faced with these unparalleled treasures."
"Just like this ' Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother,' its toughness is terrifying. Even the fire of volcanic lava cannot melt it. If you want to use it to forge tools, you must use unparalleled strength to forge it by force!"
"That kind of power, no one in the Blacksmith Association has ever been able to possess in hundreds of years. My master said that he and his grandmaster tried it together back then, and even with the Martial Soul Avatar, they could only make the ' Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother ' deform a little bit..."
"Not only that, according to the original plot, not only does it require the assistance of Tang Xiao, the Level 97 ' Heaven-Howling Douluo,' to refine it, but it also requires you, a Soul Saint- level Divine Craftsman, to sacrifice yourself in the furnace and use your blood energy to activate the sharpness of the ' Torrential Pear Blossom Needle '..."
Ling Yi added in his mind, once again harboring some doubts about the authenticity of the martial arts world Tang San had lived in his previous life.
"Huh—"
Ling Yi paused as he walked up the Lou Gao, looking down at the third shelf in front of him.
Lou Gao followed Ling Yi's gaze and saw a fist-sized, light blue gemstone with shimmering halos on it. Its strange brilliance was mesmerizing, like starlight.
Still typing~
The next chapter will be tomorrow at noon.