Life Plans
Even though he was hampered by his own shortcomings, Lou Gao still earned the title of "King of Divine Craftsman" from the proud and arrogant Tai Tan.
It is evident how profound Lou Gao's skill in forging was.
In the original novel, Lou Gao spent ten years and countless experiments to select eight rare metals from a wide variety of rare metals and fused them in a special ratio to create a unique, stretchable memory metal. The "Eight Treasure Ruyi Soft Armor," made by drawing and shaping this magical metal, is extremely elastic. Even if a Beast Soul Master's body doubles in size after using Martial Soul, it can still stretch out to achieve the same defensive effect.
The "Eight Treasure Ruyi Soft Armor" is strong enough to withstand the Sixth Soul Skill Power Attack System Soul Master!
This point can be represented by Qian Renxue, the daughter of two generations of Pope of the Spirit Hall and the new generation Angel God in the original timeline!
Such an existence is undoubtedly worthy of the title of divine artifact throughout the thousands of years of history of the Douluo Continent!
The Sixth Soul Skill, Soul Emperor! In a world where even Soul Elder can be granted the title of Baron and Soul Ancestor Masters the title of Viscount in the Heaven Dou Empire, what does it mean to be Soul Emperor?
With the strength and Martial Soul quality of Qian Renxue, who was able to withstand the Sixth Soul Skill of Power Attack System Soul Master, even though she was weakened layer by layer in the battle with Tang San, was the full-force attack she used to kill Tang San just ordinary level 60 power?
The "Eight Treasure Ruyi Soft Armor" that withstood such an attack and left the wearer Xiao Wu unharmed was one of the two finished products that Lou Gao spent ten years developing and crafting.
To be honest, in the original novel, if Lou Gao hadn't been tricked into creating some kind of supreme hidden Hidden Weapon of the Tang Sect, exhausting his efforts and even sacrificing his life to activate the sharpness of the "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother" with his own blood energy, thus creating Tang San's number one hidden Hidden Weapon of the world, the "Torrential Pear Blossom Needle," then in those five years, he could have focused on creating the "Eight Treasure Ruyi Soft Armor" and probably even formed a special forces team capable of killing Titled Douluo!
I really don't know how Tang San's previous incarnation managed to create the "Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus," which required the assistance of Super Douluo Tang Xiao and the personal intervention of Soul Saint-level master craftsman Lou Gao.
Ling Yi still remembered that Tang San was twenty-nine years old when he jumped off the cliff to prove his resolve in his previous life.
Then, after twenty years of hard work, he completed the pinnacle of the Tang Family's outer sect Hidden Weapon – "Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus"?
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Putting aside his confusion about some aspects of the original work that were hard not to criticize, the moment Ling Yi met Lou Gao and saw his strange and unique appearance, upon hearing the names "Gengxin City" and "Lou Gao," he made a decision: he was determined to latch onto this powerful figure!
Lou Gao, now only in his forties, is already a high-level Soul King, just one step away from becoming Soul Emperor. In addition, he possesses the skills of a Grandmaster Blacksmith, theoretical knowledge inherited from the Divine Craftsman Tie Futu, and the position of the young president of the Blacksmith Association, whose headquarters are located in Gengxin City of the Star Luo Empire but whose influence extends throughout the entire Douluo Continent and affects every blacksmith to some extent. For Ling Yi, currently confined to a corner of the world, this is nothing less than an excellent passage to a higher level in the Douluo Continent!
Although Ling Yi would not rashly go to the central stage of the Douluo Continent, where experts gathered, before his strength had improved to a certain level and his own foundation had become solid enough, having a ticket but not entering the venue and standing outside with no way in are two different things!
With this in mind, Ling Yi approached the study of the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" with a 200% dedication, fully mobilizing his mental energy to activate his brain, focusing his mind intently, and directly learning and practicing in a "Superego State".
He demonstrated to Lou Gao what it meant to master the 81 moves of the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" at lightning speed after just one look and one question. It would normally take a whole day to fully learn all of them.
After a small, "Ling Yi- style" shock, Lou Gao's attitude of just going through the motions immediately changed.
If we disregard the relationship between his master and Ling Yi's master, who are considered to be fellow disciples of the same generation, Lou Gao would have already considered taking him on as a disciple.
Even if he can't take on apprentices, with such a gifted junior brother, Lou Gao can already imagine how he'll act all tactful the next time he sees Tai Tan.
For Ling Yi, Lou Gao, aside from being the ticket to the central stage of the Douluo Continent, is like Yu Xiaogang to Tang San, possessing forging skills and a vast knowledge base of metal alloy formulas and the properties and characteristics of various metals on the Douluo Continent.
The difference is that Yu Xiaogang himself is weak, and apart from a wealth of unused knowledge about Martial Soul and Soul Beast, he can offer Tang San very little help.
The bond of gratitude between the two stems from the "Ninth Grade Purple Zoysia," Immortal Herb that enabled Yu Xiaogang to break through the bottleneck of level 30, allowing him to overcome a bottleneck that had hindered him for decades and even his future life. In fact, Yu Xiaogang should owe Tang San a debt of gratitude for changing his fate.
But for Ling Yi, the Lou Gao was completely different.
In the [Water Wood Duchy], Ling Yi's original plan for advancement was to spend five to six years in the military camp, reach the level of Grand Soul Master, and gradually hone his forging skills to the level of Blacksmith.
Then, carrying the most advanced forging techniques of the Duchy, he returned to "Wood Plant City," forming alliances and consolidating all the blacksmiths in the entire "Water Wood Duchy" to establish a "Blacksmith Association - Water Wood Duchy Branch" without arousing the resentment or suspicion of other forces in the Duchy.
At that time, although their strength will still be somewhat lacking, they will still be considered the leader of a small force, and the material and human resources they can mobilize will naturally be incomparable to what they were before!
After that, the Blacksmith Association - Water Wood Duchy Branch developed peacefully, serving various forces in the Water Wood Duchy while using the branch's resources to accelerate the collection of resources needed for its own growth.
During this period of dormancy, Ling Yi estimated that it might take him about ten years to raise his Soul Power to the level of Soul Elder, or even Soul Ancestor!
If you calculate the time, Ling Yi was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old at that time.
At twenty-five or twenty-six years old, Soul Ancestor is someone who can be considered quite accomplished, no matter where you are in the Douluo Continent.
At that time, Ling Yi would consider, as the president of the Blacksmith Association - Water Wood Duchy Branch, traversing thousands of miles across the Douluo Continent to reach Gengxin City in the Star Luo Empire to proceed with the next step in his life planning...
However, the sudden arrival of Lou Gao led Ling Yi to discover a shortcut in his life's development!
This is the second time Ling Yi has prepared to revise his life plan.
The first time was through a letter of introduction from Master Jiang in North Mouth River Town, which allowed Ling Yi to establish a relationship with Old Master Jin, one of the three great craftsmen of the Water Wood Duchy.
Similarly, it was also because of Old Master Jin's existence that Ling Yi gave up his plan to stay at the Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy for a few more years and then enter the Principality's military through the route of Master Huang, a retired veteran in North Mouth River Town.
Compared to retired veteran Master Huang, Old Master Jin's connections are naturally on a much higher level, and the various overt and covert conveniences he brings are far more beneficial.
Now, let's start by thoroughly scouring the entire database of blacksmithing traditions in Lou Gao!
Lou Gao, a high-level Soul King, is a treasure trove of golden light to Ling Yi, possessing advanced forging techniques, the secrets of various metal alloy formulas, and even information related to Martial Soul and Soul Beast!
He wants them all!
But is Lou Gao willing to teach?
Hehe, Senior Brother Lou, you don't want your master's disciple's unparalleled blacksmithing talent to be buried, do you?
Lou Gao, who will become Divine Craftsman and the president of the Blacksmith Association in the future, values the profession and identity of blacksmithing with a belief and awareness that he is willing to entrust his Life to vindicate the profession of blacksmithing!
Even though he hasn't reached that level yet, this seed was planted deep in his heart the moment he became a blacksmith, a disciple of the Divine Craftsman Tie Futu, and the young president of the Blacksmith Association!
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