People in Douluo, the mastermind behind the scenes

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In a workshop of the Shrek City Forging Association, a girl less than 1.6 meters tall was standing on a metal box, hammering the metal on the chopping board with the forging hammer in her hand.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Peiya dropped the forging hammer in her hand, stepped down from the metal box, and faced the green-haired girl beside her. She made a gesture of invitation to the metal that had been forged on the workbench, "The first thousand-forged product is complete. Miss Zheng, come and check the goods."

Zheng Yiran nodded, then took a step forward, climbed onto the metal box with some difficulty, put on special gloves, picked up the metal on the chopping board and looked at it carefully.

The height of the workbench is designed for a 1.8-meter-tall man. Although Zheng Yiran is not as tall as Ning Peiya, who is only 1.5 meters tall, she is less than 1.7 meters tall, so she has to stand on tiptoe to pick up metal on the chopping board.

As the eldest daughter of the Green Phosphorus Snake family, the elegance of an aristocratic woman is engraved in her DNA. How could she possibly do something that is beneath her status?

After an unknown amount of time, Zheng Yiran put the metal in his hand back on the chopping board, then turned around and looked at Ning Peiya in front of him, saying with appreciation: "Not bad, not bad. This finished product is the best one among all the Thousand Forgings Grade One finished products I have seen. If the full score is ten, this finished product can definitely reach more than nine points."

"Student Ning Peiya, are you interested in joining our team?"

As he spoke, Zheng Yiran stretched out his right hand with a smile.

Ning Peiya did not directly accept Zheng Yiran's invitation, but... used her beautiful eyes to constantly look at the green-haired girl in front of her. "After knowing that I would most likely not be able to break through level 80 in the future, those people wanted to avoid me, fearing that I would consume too many of their resources and ultimately fail to reach the level they wanted."

"You think that your family is too big to retain a forger with the talent of a master craftsman, so you have to settle for the next best thing and target me, right?"

Zheng Yiran: "..."

What nonsense are you talking about?

"You are right. With our Green Phosphorus Snake Zheng family, even with the addition of Old Xingluo City, we cannot afford to support a Heavenly Craftsman-level blacksmith. It's not that we don't have enough resources, but that our strength doesn't allow it."

Zheng Yiran took a step forward and grabbed Ning Peiya's hands. "Sister Xiaoya, I know you are resentful. The once glorious three sects have completely turned into a patch of yellow earth under the trend of the battle armor era. The number of Seven Treasures Glazed Tower spirit masters left in the entire Douluo is conservatively estimated to be less than two handfuls."

"You are very strong. As a woman, you have achieved what many men can only look up to. But... On the other hand, even if you can't break through level 80, with your Soul Saint cultivation, you are already qualified to equip the three-word battle armor. The set effect of the three-word battle armor can forcibly increase your strength to the level of Titled Douluo. Coupled with your powerful physical skills and... your hatred of the battle armor era, I can't imagine how many people will be terrified by your existence."

Zheng Yiran stopped talking abruptly, and did not make her words too clear, leaving Ning Peiya enough room for imagination.

After hearing Zheng Yiran's words, Ning Peiya fell silent for a moment.

An assassin without any ties is terrifying.

She also didn't know whether she would have evil intentions in the future. Seeing that she could not destroy the Battle Armor Era, she would attack the younger generation of the major forces... No one would entrust their life and property to the kindness of others.

Thinking of this, Ning Peiya nodded with a smile. "Sister Yiran, please... give me more guidance in the days to come!"

…The scene changes to the black market in Shrek City.

Ning Peiya and Zheng Yiran walked arm in arm in front of the stalls in the black market.

Some people always misunderstand the word "black", thinking that a black car is a black car. This is wrong.

The so-called black cars are actually private cars that do not have operating qualifications. The word "black" here means illegal.

Similarly, the black market is not a market that only operates at night, but also sells some goods that are not suitable to be sold openly.

What, what do you call a market that is open only at night? Haha, there must be people who haven't heard of night markets, right?

The stalls in the black market are varied and there is nothing that is not sold in the Shrek City Black Market, unless you can imagine it.

Some stalls even display old sub-dragon souls. These souls are not from the Spirit Pagoda, but are the practice works of powerful folk. Their main feature is instability.

Of course, although it is unstable, the price is half of the official souls of the Spirit Pagoda. Some students who do not have a family backing and whose strength is not outstanding will choose to buy souls on the black market.

Zheng Yiran dragged Ning Peiya to the black market purely because she was attracted by the treasure-appraising ability of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit. Although the Green Phosphorus Snake family, with its size, would not look down upon the bargains, this method could bring the two closer.

Just like that, the two women stopped in front of a blind box stall. It was called a blind box stall, but in fact, it was just some scrap copper and iron dug out from nowhere, placed on a layer of waterproof cloth, and sold at extremely low prices to those soul masters who wanted to take advantage.

Ning Peiya did not show her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit. It was common knowledge that the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit had the ability to appraise treasures. If she showed her spirit, the stall owner would definitely bargain for the items she liked, and she would lose the fun of finding a bargain.

The moment Ning Peiya's eyes fell on the rusty sword, she felt her soul trembling, and there seemed to be a voice in her heart persuading her to buy the sword.

The expression on Ning Peiya's face remained calm as water. She calmly selected a few items that seemed to be of considerable value. When her hand passed over the sword, it paused for a few seconds before she took the sword in her hand.

"I want this sword."

Accompanied by a slightly deep male voice, a big hand gestured to grab the long sword, and Ning Peiya hurriedly held the long sword in front of her.

At this moment, Ning Peiya was very glad that she was a woman.

Seeing that the other party no longer tried to snatch the long sword in her arms, Ning Peiya breathed a sigh of relief. She subconsciously looked back and saw... Huo Yuhao was staring at the long sword in front of her with a fiery gaze.

The next moment, Huo Yuhao suddenly took a step forward, bowed in the direction of the stall owner, and said, "Uncle, this sword is yours, and the price should be determined by you." (End of this chapter)