Spirit Hall's Divine Punishment Saintess! Winning Over Divine Craftsman Lou Gao!

At sunrise, the sun rose.

Several major events erupted in Gengxin City today. First, half the people in Spirit Hall's Gengxin City branch had been directly killed, their corpses hung high from Spirit Hall's flagpoles.

The words "Enemies of the People" had been written on their bodies.

The blacksmiths who had long suffered under Myers's oppression felt as though they had finally vented their rage.

"Pah! That bastard Myers! He finally died! None of those Spirit Hall bastards are any good!"

"Hey, you can't put it that way. On the Douluo Continent today, aside from Spirit Hall, which still treats people like us as human beings, the two great empires both see us as worthless livestock."

"Myers may have been a bastard, but that doesn't prove all of Spirit Hall is the same. Look, this time, it was Master Lou Gao who reported it upward. Spirit Hall's seniors saw through everything and acted decisively, crushing them all!"

"Really? Then I really did wrong Spirit Hall. I thought they were just a pack of colluding beasts, but who would have thought... If I'd known earlier, would Myers have lived until today?"

Meanwhile, inside Divine Craftsman Lou Gao's Metal House.

Lou Gao looked at Myers's corpse kneeling before him and clenched his sweat-soaked palm.

While it felt immensely satisfying to have his great vengeance avenged, Spirit Hall's entire Gengxin City branch had actually been reorganized overnight, with a new bishop sent to take office. Just how high was the status of the person behind this within Spirit Hall?

"Master Lou Gao."

Tuoba Xi walked in, interrupting Lou Gao's thoughts.

Seeing Tuoba Xi, an eighty-ninth-rank Soul Douluo, Lou Gao's heart trembled, and his doubts deepened. "Sect Master Tuoba, to what do I owe the honor of your visit...?"

"No, don't misunderstand."

To Lou Gao's surprise, Tuoba Xi actually brushed aside his apology, slightly bent at the waist, and bowed to him.

"I am deeply sorry. Due to Spirit Hall's oversight, the blacksmiths of Gengxin City suffered such humiliation."

Lou Gao scratched his head. "Actually, it's not really..."

"Please rest assured, Master Lou Gao. Spirit Hall will compensate every blacksmith in Gengxin City. Bring them in."

Tuoba Xi gave Lou Gao no chance to refuse. He clapped his hands, and dozens of large chests were promptly carried in from outside.

Tuoba Xi raised a hand in invitation. "This is the compensation Spirit Hall offers to Master Lou Gao and the blacksmiths of Blacksmith City. Master Lou Gao, please accept it."

"This..."

Lou Gao was greatly shocked. He opened the large chests one by one, and his jaw instantly dropped.

Besides an enormous amount of Gold Soul Coins beyond counting, the chests contained even more of what blacksmiths like them needed most!

Rare metals!

And they were all the most precious varieties! Spirit Hall had delivered dozens of chests in one go!

This... this was far too generous.

"Master Lou Gao, what do you think? Is this enough compensation? If it isn't, I will report it to our Spirit Hall Saintess."

"Enough, of course it's enough. It's simply... Wait, who did you just say?"

Lou Gao froze for a moment, then hurriedly turned to Tuoba Xi.

Tuoba Xi smiled, stepped aside, and respectfully saluted the person behind him. "Greetings, Saintess."

"Divine Craftsman Lou Gao, hello."

Bing Jiu slowly walked over. Even Lou Gao's breath caught sharply at the sight of her peerlessly beautiful face.

However, he quickly came to his senses and shook his head. "S-Saintess? You are Spirit Hall's Saintess?"

"Yes."

Bing Jiu nodded and waved behind her. A group of black-clad men quickly removed Myers's corpse.

"Spirit Hall failed in its oversight. Here, I offer Master Lou Gao my apologies."

Bing Jiu walked to the table and took out a teapot that had already been brewed from the storage Soul Tool on her hand, the Jade Beauty Flute. She personally poured a cup of tea.

The Jade Beauty Flute was a Soul Tool Bibi Dong had given her.

Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, where does the jade beauty gaze and play her flute?

This Soul Tool had another matching Soul Tool, Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, but it had already been lost.

"Master Lou Gao, if you drink this tea, it will mean that all past grievances between you and Spirit Hall have been set aside. How does that sound?"

"This..."

As Bing Jiu personally offered him tea, Lou Gao did not know how to describe his current feelings.

The person before him was Spirit Hall's Saintess. Someone like her had not only personally executed the scum who had wronged him, but had also prepared so many rare metals for him and even poured him tea herself.

This... was this really still Spirit Hall?

"Master Lou Gao, I've been holding this for quite a while. Are you going to drink it?"

"I'll drink it, of course I'll drink it. My apologies, Miss Saintess."

Lou Gao rubbed his hands together, then accepted the teacup from Bing Jiu with both hands. Tilting his head back, he drained it in one gulp.

"Very good."

Bing Jiu nodded in satisfaction. "In that case, Master Lou Gao, Spirit Hall has written off all past matters between us. Now, I have some forging techniques for you to look over."

As she spoke, Bing Jiu took several sheets of paper from the Jade Beauty Flute.

Lou Gao accepted them and looked them over, his eyes instantly widening.

"This... this kind of forging technique... Saintess, what you want me to forge isn't iron at all. It's a Soul Tool, isn't it?"

"That's right."

Bing Jiu did not deny it. She raised her hand and pointed at a Soul Cannon on the first blueprint.

"The firearms currently possessed by the two great empires are not only cumbersome, but also extremely costly to manufacture. Their power is not even one-tenth that of this Soul Tool. If you had to choose between the two, which would you choose?"

"Saintess, of course I know how formidable Soul Tools are, but..."

Lou Gao scratched his head awkwardly. "I don't think I quite know how to make them."

"Don't know how? Divine Craftsman Lou Gao, I won't have you figuring things out behind closed doors."

Bing Jiu smiled and flipped open the remaining blueprints.

Compared to the broad descriptions on the first page, the remaining dozen or so blueprints were marked with black text, detailing every step of forging the metals and crafting the Soul Tools.

"This..."

Lou Gao was a Divine Craftsman. He could tell at a glance just how profound the creator of these blueprints was.

Heavenly craftsmanship! This was simply a technique only ghosts and gods could possess!

Lou Gao was so shocked that his head was covered in sweat. As he looked at Bing Jiu now, his eyes held a trace of fear.

He swallowed and asked in a nearly trembling voice, "Saintess, were these all made by you...?"

Bang!

"Senior Lou Gao."

Bing Jiu slammed her fist onto the table. At the same time, behind her, dozens of black-clad men, along with Tuoba Xi, simultaneously revealed blades glowing with white light.

The sight nearly scared Lou Gao out of his wits.

It was not Tuoba Xi and the others' intimidation that frightened him, but the weapons in their hands. Every single one nearly surpassed the finest work of his entire life.

Since when had Spirit Hall possessed such powerful weapons?

Bing Jiu looked at Lou Gao for a few moments, then put on a kind expression again. She raised a hand and helped him up from the ground.

"My apologies, I lost my composure. But Senior Lou Gao, there are some things you should not know, and even less should ask about. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand."

Lou Gao fearfully wiped the sweat from his face. How could he dare say even half a word of refusal now?

Bing Jiu chuckled softly and patted Lou Gao on the shoulder. "Good. From today onward, I will await good news from Senior Lou Gao. Tuoba Xi, leave another fifty million Gold Soul Coins for Senior Lou Gao."

"Yes."

After Bing Jiu left with Tuoba Xi, Lou Gao looked at the countless treasures and metals around him, as well as the blueprints so shocking they defied belief, and let out a deep sigh...

Spirit Hall had truly produced an absolute monster genius.