In Douluo, there is a way to die.

Chapter 106 Recruitment
"You...!!" Titan's slightly protruding, lightbulb-like eyes glared, and the hair scattered behind his back like a savage fluttered without wind, making him look ferocious.

"I'm coming, Miss Yinlan," Bai He finally arrived, running out of the back room with a jade box in his hand. He was shocked when he saw the scene before him, "Old gorilla, what's wrong with you?!"

"Hmph!" Titan had no choice but to suppress his anger again and sat back in his seat, gritting his teeth. "Old White Bird, you'd better give me an explanation later!"

"What the hell?" Bai He was completely bewildered. He had no idea what had happened during the short time he was away. He could only tell that Tai Tan didn't seem to get along well with his guests. He looked at Yin Lan and the other two and apologized, "Don't bother with that reckless man. He has a bad temper and had some misfortunes recently. Please understand."

He didn't want Titan to ruin his business.

"That's all right." Yin Lan nodded. How could she not understand? She understood perfectly well, because she was the one who had caused the other party's misfortune. Titan had been forcibly preventing many blacksmiths from enjoying a good life. It would be strange if he wasn't kicked out by the Blacksmith Association.

Titan raised his head and pretended not to see it.

"Come on, the three of you," Bai He breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. He immediately opened the jade box impatiently, revealing the contents. It was a ginseng plant over a foot long, blood red, and crystal clear. "This is the herb I've collected for many years, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng."

"Old White Bird, you...!" Now it was Yang Wudi's turn to widen his eyes and stand up from his seat.

"Old goat, you don't need to say anything. I've made up my mind," Bai He said firmly. "I feel bad for taking care of me all these years. No matter how precious this herb is, I've decided to sell it!"

Yang Wudi felt a pang of pain in his heart when he looked at the crystal blood dragon ginseng, but he didn't say anything. He knew the value of the crystal blood dragon ginseng. With the wealth of his Poyi clan, he could never buy this rare medicine.

However, as a good brother, Bai He didn't know the value of this herb, so how could he not know? It was no problem for him to help Bai He check it, so he also looked at Yin Lan and the other two with a slightly scrutinizing look.

"Chief Baihe, let's talk it out." Yin Lan also glanced at Yang Wudi. There was someone knowledgeable here, but it didn't matter. She was best at convincing people with reason. Originally, Yang Wudi was also one of her targets this time. She deliberately chose this day to trade with Baihe.

"Although your crystal blood dragon ginseng is precious, there are almost no people in the world who understand its value. I am the only one who knows its value and can afford to pay for it. And your Min clan is in need of money." Yin Lan said.

"What do you mean?" Bai He had a guess in his mind and asked tentatively.

"In this transaction, we both seek what we want. It's fair and just, and I won't cheat you." Even without Yang Wudi, Yin Lan had never intended to cheat him from the beginning. Now, she didn't think anyone else in the world could surpass her. This wasn't arrogance, but the self-knowledge of a strong person, a fact. She looked at Bai He calmly, "You need money, I need medicine, but otherwise, your crystal blood dragon ginseng will just rot in your hands."

It seems that this treasure of his is more valuable than he imagined... Bai He became more and more certain of this guess, but as Yin Lan said, no matter how much this crystal blood dragon ginseng is worth, he needs money, and they each get what they need, so he has to sell this crystal blood dragon ginseng!

"Old White Bird isn't going to sell it to you," Bai He was about to nod in agreement when Yang Wudi stopped him. "If he hands this Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to me, my Poyi Clan will not only be able to take care of the young and old of his Minyi Clan, but we might even be able to use this Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to refine something, and perhaps even improve our cultivation even further!"

What he said was pure nonsense. The medicinal power of the crystal blood dragon ginseng was extremely strong and it was beyond the tolerance of ordinary people. It had to be neutralized by some other medicines. However, Yang Wudi's research on medicine was by no means the best in the world. Once there was any mistake, the crystal blood dragon ginseng would be useless. Therefore, Yin Lan was not intimidated by his threats at all.

"You also said that it was just a 'maybe'," Yin Lan said as he took out a small porcelain bottle and a gold soul coin card from the storage bracelet on his wrist, "and what I'm bidding on is this!"

Bai He closed the jade box, and then took the two items from Yin Lan's hands. The first thing that caught his eye was the gold soul coin card, which showed a balance of one million gold soul coins. His breathing stopped for a moment, and he almost suffered cardiopulmonary arrest.

He had never seen so much money in his life! Even if the four major clans with single attributes were put together, they probably wouldn't be able to come up with so much money!
"Old White Bird, don't be satisfied so easily. The value of your Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is definitely more than one million gold soul coins." Yang Wudi came over to take a look, then took the other object that Bai He had taken in his hand, the small porcelain bottle, and looked at Yin Lan with suspicion. "I guess you don't think this thing can convince me, unless you are treating us like fools! Then this is the only thing..."

He opened the porcelain bottle and was immediately stunned.

"What is it, old goat?" Hearing the meaning of Yang Wudi's words, Bai He knew that the thing in the porcelain bottle was probably more valuable than the gold soul coin card. He hurried over to take a look. The porcelain bottle contained three water-blue pills with fine special patterns on the surface, emitting a faint fragrance like dew.

"Xuan...Xuanshui Pills! Three!" Yang Wudi cried out, turning his head sharply to look at Yin Lan. "Who the hell are you?"

Two Xuanshui Pills were recently sold at the Tiandou Auction House for the high prices of 4.5 million and 7 million gold soul coins respectively, and were acquired by the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family and the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect respectively!
The effects of this Xuanshui Pill…increase cultivation speed, expand meridians, strengthen the body and replenish essence, eliminate impurities, prolong life, and most importantly, increase innate soul power by one level! And, there are no side effects!

Although only spirit masters below level 20 would receive a level increase in their cultivation after taking this medicine, spirit masters above level 20 would only receive one level of innate cultivation, which wouldn't improve their cultivation much...but that was innate cultivation! How many spirit masters couldn't cross that chasm because of insufficient innate cultivation? He, Yang Wudi, would never be able to refine this kind of medicine in his lifetime!
Although this Xuanshui Pill had only been auctioned once in the Tiandou Empire, its fame spread far and wide, even to the Po, Min, and Yu Clans living in the Xingluo Empire. Bai He's hand trembled upon hearing this, and he almost dropped the jade box. "Those three Xuanshui Pills are my offer. I'm afraid you'll still be penniless after taking them, unable to convert them into real value. These one million gold soul coins are a bonus," Yin Lan extended his hand toward Bai He. "If you agree to the deal, bring me the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. I'm not cheating you."

Although Xuanshuidan was not a rare treasure in later generations, that is, in the era of Dou Er, that was in later generations, and one had to have a relationship with Xuanming Sect to obtain it. In this era, the only person who could refine Xuanshuidan was her, and there was no other branch.

In the past six years, Yin Lan has begun to study some things that will only appear in the future. After all, those things have always existed, but no one has discovered them yet, such as soul cores, soul guide technology, elixirs, and battle armor.

There is no idea about the soul guide for the time being. The method of making this thing is almost completely lost. Yin Lan has no way of studying the soul guide unearthed by the archaeologists and finding out the method of making this thing out of thin air. If she wants to find out, she has to start from the Sun and Moon Continent. Therefore, she has asked Gu Yuena to set off first to find the Dragon Valley that periodically moves around Douluo Star, and to see if she can learn the technology there and bring it back.

Yin Lan was unexpectedly talented in making pills, but she also had a problem. She could not teach her method of refining pills to others. She purely used the power of creativity to extract the beneficial parts of various herbs and condense them into pills. Therefore, she actually had no idea whether what she refined was the Xuanshui Pill or not. It was just that the effect was similar to or even stronger than that of the Xuanshui Pill. She was too lazy to give it a name, so she simply plagiarized someone else's name.

As for the final battle armor… it was truly too abstract. While Yin Lan was equally adept at strength, this thing was *dragon gate curse* impossible for a human to master! For example, the material produced by "Thousand Forgings" reduced in size while increasing in strength—she could understand that, but why would the mass also increase?! How could *dragon gate curse* mass not be conserved?!

In the original history, when Mang Tian was teaching Tang Wulin how to forge, he only used a few mysterious words like "communicate with metal", and then Tang Wulin learned how to forge.

Tang Wulin's explanation of the Thousand Forgings is that the internal structure of metal is granular. During the Thousand Forgings process, he can gradually feel the changes between these particles and reduce the gaps between them as much as possible. When the gaps are infinitely close to zero, the Thousand Forgings are basically completed.

Damn, if Yin Lan understood correctly, he meant that he could use the same ironworking method to reduce the distance between metal molecules?!

It's just outrageous. According to Yinlan's understanding, with their method of forging iron, it is not a problem to use a forging hammer to hammer out a "water drop". Yes, it is the famous "water drop" in "The Three-Body Problem".

Not to mention the even more miraculous spiritual forging that would later lead to something like giving life to metal. Jin Yinlan, the Living Spirit, could still somewhat comprehend what it was, as she already had it within her, but what the hell was this about hammering life into metal with a hammer?!
The master craftsmen of this era could not even reach the standard of a thousand forgings. According to the standards of the later Dou San era, they were only second-level blacksmiths. It was not because Lou Gao and others were not skilled, but because of the limitations of the times. Even they could not figure out how to improve the forging technology. Yin Lan, an outsider, was even more confused. She was not a blacksmith in her previous life, and Dou Kai was not a necessity for her in this life. Instead of that, she might as well concentrate on practicing and improving her level.

"Deal!" Bai He was very tempted. To be honest, even without the three Xuanshui Pills, he would be satisfied with just the one million gold soul coins. Just like Yin Lan said, no matter how precious this crystal blood dragon ginseng was, it would be useless to him if he couldn't find a buyer and convert it into actual value.

"Wait, don't be impatient." At this time, Yin Lan suddenly changed the subject.

"What? You want to go back on your word?" Yang Wudi frowned. Now even he would not stop the transaction. In his eyes at this moment, this transaction was indeed as "fair and just" as Yin Lan said.

"That's not the case. I just wanted to make a suggestion," Yin Lan finally began to unleash her ambition. "You'll need the Mysterious Water Pill someday, and one million gold soul coins will eventually run out. Or someone with ulterior motives will plot against you. How will Chief Baihe respond then?"

"What? Are you threatening me?" Bai He's heart sank. If these three people spread the news that he had the Mysterious Water Pill... there would surely be another bloody storm. How could his Min clan stop it? They couldn't always rely on the connections of the four major clans with a single attribute, could they?
Upon hearing this, Titan was about to take action when he was stopped by Niu Gao next to him.

"That's not the case. I don't need to use such means to deal with you." Yin Lan chuckled. He didn't take the crystal blood dragon ginseng, but instead extended his hand to the clan leaders. "After leaving the Haotian Sect, the four single-attribute clans are just strong on the outside but weak on the inside, feeling powerless. I believe you know this better than me. I intend to recruit you. What are your opinions?"

"Become mine," Yin Lan glanced at the Xuanshui Pill in Yang Wudi's hand again, almost explicitly saying, "I will provide you with enough resources. With my power, I will ensure that your family has no worries in this world."

Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao were all stunned.

Every word Yin Lan said struck a chord with them, and it truly resonated with them. Furthermore, after joining forces with the other side, the four single-attribute clans would remain united, inseparable. With a backer, they wouldn't have to live such a hard life anymore...

"Hmph, I guess this is your purpose?" Titan's face looked ugly. Before the other three clan leaders could say anything, he was the first to reject the olive branch thrown by Yin Lan.

"I, Titan, have and will always have only one master, and that is Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao! In my eyes, my master is always an indomitable being, and no one can compare to him!"

As he spoke, he pointed his thick finger at Yin Lan.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you provoke me?"

(End of this chapter)