Douluo: Legend of the Dragon King - The Voice of the Purple Emperor

Jiang Wuyue is already twenty-eight years old this year. How can there be such a big difference in strength between them, who are ten years apart?

Soul Masters grow fastest before the age of thirty. After the age of thirty, as their bodies solidify and their own genes are no longer enhanced, their cultivation speed will decrease significantly.

Therefore, almost all Title Douluo-level powerhouses laid a solid foundation before the age of thirty. The top powerhouses could even reach the eighth ring of cultivation before the age of thirty, and some even became Title Douluos directly.

Jiang Wuyue was confident that she would reach the Title Douluo level in the future, but that would be at least after she turned forty. With Gu You's current resources, however, she could probably break through to the Title Douluo level before she turned twenty-eight!

But what he didn't know was that Gu You was much younger than he had imagined...

This guy's future is far beyond what he could have imagined.

"What happened?" Long Yuxue asked angrily as she dragged Gu You out of the battle room.

"It's just a friendly spar. I'll win merit points," Gu You replied simply.

Long Yuxue looked at Gu You with a skeptical expression, "Really?"

"Really!" Gu You nodded slightly.

Long Yuxue snorted, "That guy is always reckless; avoid him in the future. Are you alright?"

"No, I'm perfectly fine." Gu You turned around.

Long Yuxue, who hadn't witnessed their fight, said, "That guy's strength is unmatched. But so are you. In that respect, you're part of the same system. No wonder he values ​​you so much. But remember, you're from our Special Operations Department, understand?"

"Yes, sir."

Long Yuxue said, "I just found you a client, but Qiyue called me over. Let's go to the forging room; the client has already gone ahead."

"Okay!"

The forging room is also in the living area, but unlike the operations room, it is in a more secluded location on the other side. There is limited soundproofing material here, so this is the only place we could choose so as not to disturb others.

As Long Yuxue walked, she said to Gu You, "I've invested all my savings in you. If you can't fulfill their requests later, don't agree to them easily. Don't ruin things or damage your reputation; otherwise, there really won't be any way to fix it."

Gu You won't elaborate further; facts will always prove everything.

When they arrived at the forge, there was indeed someone waiting at the door. It was a female officer who looked to be around thirty years old, with the rank of lieutenant colonel on her shoulders. She had a gentle demeanor, and although she wasn't particularly beautiful, she had a kind of approachable quality.

"Sister Rooney," Long Yuxue called out affectionately, quickly taking two steps forward and taking the female officer's arm.

Rooney smiled slightly, but her gaze fell on Gu You. "The blacksmith you mentioned, is this the young man?"

Long Yuxue nodded. "Yes, he's new here, he just recently received his rank. He's doing basic training with me now. He's a pretty good blacksmith."

A flicker of surprise crossed Rooney's eyes. A recruit directly promoted to second lieutenant? She'd never heard of such a thing. Although Gu You looked very young, she didn't question his forging abilities. Instead, she politely said, "Then I'll trouble you."

Gu You quickly saluted and opened the door to the forge. "Please come in, officers."

In the center of the forging room was a forging table, and on the metal shelves on both sides were various rare metals, most of which were found for him by Long Yuxue.

Rooney glanced at the various rare metals on the metal rack and smiled, "You've got a very complete set of equipment here! I just wonder, to what extent can you produce it?"

Gu You smiled and said, "I can forge according to your requirements. What kind of metal do you want? Or what do you want to forge? I should be able to do it."

He didn't directly explain his forging level, fearing it might frighten people, and besides, people's first reaction would certainly be disbelief. It was better to let the facts speak for themselves.

"I'm very confident! My request isn't difficult." As she spoke, Rooney's hand flashed with light, and a metal tube appeared.

The metal tube is about one meter long and has a cross-sectional diameter of about ten centimeters. It looks like the barrel of a gun.

Rooney said, "My rapid-fire cannon barrel is a bit deformed from overuse. Could you repair it for me? If possible, could you add some suitable rare metals to increase its strength? That would make my rate of fire faster and last longer. A good barrel is very important."

Gu You took the metal tube and looked at it.

From the outside, the rapid-fire cannon barrel appears largely unchanged, only slightly twisted. However, looking through the holes reveals that the inside of the metal tube is pitted and uneven, clearly a result of continuous high-temperature burning. This cannon barrel is no longer usable.

"Sir, how many merits are you prepared to spend on this cannon barrel?" Gu You rubbed his hands together.

Rooney was taken aback, then chuckled, "Shouldn't pricing be something you blacksmiths do?"

Gu You nodded. "Yes, but I have a few different solutions for repairing this cannon barrel, and the merit points required vary. Generally speaking, there are three options. The first is direct repair, which only requires 100 merit points. The second is, as you mentioned, adding some other metals to make it stronger. I see that the material of your cannon barrel itself is quite good; it's probably made of high-melting-point purple iron. The fact that it still melted like this under these conditions suggests that your weapon must be very powerful. Therefore, even if other metals are added, it may still break in the future. So, my third option is to forge a completely new cannon barrel for you, according to its specifications, to solve the overheating and melting problem once and for all."

Rooney became interested after hearing him say that. "How much will you charge for the latter two methods? Can you solve my problem of high barrel temperature once and for all? That's probably a bit difficult. You know, I'm using a super-powered rapid-fire cannon."

Gu You scratched his head. "I don't know much about weapons like cannons, but I think it shouldn't be a problem. The second method will cost you 1,000 merit points, and the third method will cost at least 5,000 merit points."

Rooney was shocked when she heard Gu You's offer. A thousand merit points could do a lot of things, and five thousand merit points would be enough for Gu You to be promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. That was no small sum.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Long Yuxue, who was listening nearby, became anxious. She and Rooney were very close, and Rooney was also very popular in the legion. The reason she invited Rooney over was because... (End of this chapter)