Gengxin City was one of the Star Luo Empire's major cities, located in its southwestern territory, somewhat closer to the empire's interior. It was certainly not a particularly famous city, and its prosperity ranked only in the lower-middle tier compared with the other major cities.
After all, the Douluo Continent was a world of soul masters, whose weapons were their martial souls. Aside from soul tools, they generally did not use other weapons in battle.
Thus, it was perfectly normal that this city of metals had once received little attention. Ten thousand years ago, the many blacksmiths in the city held essentially the same status as ordinary commoners, and the so-called Blacksmith Association had any standing only within this city.
Yet ten thousand years ago, Gengxin City had held immense strategic significance for the entire Star Luo Empire. After all, soul masters were still a minority compared with the continent's commoners, and wars between nations still depended on ordinary soldiers.
As the capital of metals, Gengxin City was also the Star Luo Empire's largest producer of military equipment. More than half the equipment used by the empire's several million soldiers came from Gengxin City.
Thus, to the Star Luo Empire of ten thousand years ago, Gengxin City was no less important than its densely populated cities or grain-producing military strongholds. The empire also kept the city's many blacksmiths under close protection, treating them as strategic national talent.
Ten thousand years ago, Sea God Tang San had visited Gengxin City and incorporated the entire Blacksmith Association into the Tang Sect, establishing the sect's Power Hall. However, after the Sun Moon Empire invaded several thousand years ago and the Tang Sect's hidden weapon business gradually declined, the Blacksmith Association broke away from the Tang Sect once more and returned to Gengxin City.