Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo

Qibao City is located only a few dozen kilometers east of Tiandou City.

This place was originally a fiefdom granted to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School by the Heaven Dou Empire. After hundreds of years of development, the area around the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's mountain gate gradually developed into a city.

As the location of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a powerful and wealthy merchant group, the city's most distinctive feature is its extremely wide roads, bustling with activity and thriving commerce.

Located atop a mountain in the center of the city, a magnificent castle-like building serves as the mountain gate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

If we're talking about the most heavily guarded place in the entire Douluo Continent, besides Spirit City, it has to be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's mountain gate.

As one of the three established sects with both strength and wealth, the number of Soul Masters within the sect has exceeded five thousand. Although some of them are scattered throughout the continent for trade, the regular defensive force alone numbers at least three thousand Soul Masters.

No force dared to cause trouble for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Of course, this also meant that entering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was tantamount to entering a tiger's den or a wolf's lair. Lu Mingfei stood at the entrance of the mountain gate at the foot of the mountain and glanced at the top of the mountain. Then he cupped his hands to the disciples guarding the gate and said, "Please announce that Lu Mingfei has something to ask Sect Master Ning."

The disciples guarding the gate all had their pupils shrink instantly upon hearing the name Lu Mingfei. When Lu Mingfei took off his straw hat, revealing his golden eyes, they couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

"Mr. Lu, please wait a moment, we will go and inform them immediately." As a famous figure in mainland China a few years ago, Lu Mingfei's name was known to everyone in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi was discussing sect affairs with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo in his study when he suddenly received a message from his disciple that Lu Mingfei had appeared, which made his heart skip a beat.

The other party disappeared without a trace for three whole years. Why did they suddenly appear today, and why did they come looking for their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?

"Go and take him to the council hall, but don't let anyone else know," Ning Fengzhi immediately ordered in a deep voice. Their relationship with Wu Tianzong was very delicate at the moment. He needed to figure out Lu Mingfei's purpose first before deciding whether to let Rongrong come out and reminisce with him.

"Yes, Sect Master." The subordinate immediately disappeared.

The Sword Bone Douluos in the room looked at each other in dismay. According to Tang Xiao and the others, Lu Mingfei had an unparalleled expert behind him who fought against two opponents and severely injured Tang Wu, causing his death. Of course, they had to be extremely cautious.

Ning Feng, however, secretly rejoiced. No matter what, Lu Mingfei and their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had some personal connections.

The Spirit Hall puts a lot of pressure on them, but the Clear Sky Sect is also a significant threat, especially since once Tang San's twin spirits grow up, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School might become a vassal of the Clear Sky Sect.

With Lu Mingfei keeping them in check, Wu Tianzong would have to remain vigilant at all times, allowing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to maintain its neutral and detached position. They just didn't know what Lu Mingfei wanted with them today. Having known each other for so many years, Lu Mingfei had never asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School for a single favor. Lu Mingfei followed a man dressed as a steward to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's mountain gate, passing several sentry posts along the way. When they entered the council hall, Ning Fengzhi was initially taken aback, then immediately stood up to greet him: "Young friend Lu, it's been three years. How have you been?"

"Sect Master Ning, Senior Sword Douluo, Senior Bone Douluo, how have you been?" Lu Mingfei greeted them with a cupped-hand salute.

"Please sit down." Ning Fengzhi waved his hand, and then, after the servants brought tea, he gestured for the others to leave.

"It seems that young friend Lu has made considerable progress over the years," Ning Fengzhi remarked with a smile.

Neither he nor Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo could see through Lu Mingfei's current cultivation level, which was simply unbelievable. It seemed that he had encountered some extraordinary opportunity. Could it be that he had already been granted a title?

"Sect Leader Ning, you flatter me." Lu Mingfei shook his head. He wasn't here to reminisce. He went straight to the point: "To be honest, I've come today to trouble the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School with something."

"Oh, please speak freely. I've already said that Fellow Friend Lu is a good friend of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. If you need anything, I will definitely do my best to help you," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Then I'd like to thank Sect Leader Ning for his kindness. Actually, I've come here to discuss a business deal with Sect Leader Ning. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School travels the world as a merchant, so I'm sure you have a lot of rare metals. I'd like to buy several thousand kilograms of them. In addition, I also need a few storage soul tools with as much space as possible," Lu Mingfei said with a serious expression.

Rare metals are incredibly expensive on the Douluo Continent, and their production is extremely limited. Large-capacity spatial soul tools are even more priceless. Apart from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the two great empires, he couldn't think of anyone else he could trade with.

His reason for purchasing rare metals was entirely inspired by his battle with Poseidon; he planned to equip his Martial Soul True Body with a unique weapon.

Although his research on alchemy has not made any substantial progress in recent years, the Zealot weapon in his hand is already enough to kill ordinary Title Douluo. If he could use alchemical weapons when he is in his Martial Soul True Form, his combat power would definitely be even higher.

"Several thousand kilograms?" Ning Fengzhi almost spat out his tea when he heard this. If you could produce several thousand kilograms, would it still be called a rare metal? Moreover, the value of this kind of thing is immeasurable.

"I know this will put your sect in a difficult position, so this is the price I'm offering." As he spoke, Lu Mingfei took out two soul bones from Tang Wu's body from his soul tool: a right arm bone and a left leg bone.

A surge of soul power instantly spread throughout the council hall.

Ning Fengzhi's teacup fell to the ground, and Douluo's gaze sharpened, a hint of greed flashing in Bone Douluo's eyes. Tang Wu's soul bones were of astonishingly high quality, at least fifty thousand years old.

For the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, these two soul bones were far more precious than so-called 100,000-year soul rings, since they could be passed down through generations. Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, concealing the greed and desire in his heart.

He could sense that both soul bones were undoubtedly power-oriented and of extremely high quality. If he wasn't mistaken, they probably came from the body of the fallen Tang Hao.

"Young friend Lu's generosity has truly exceeded my expectations," Ning Fengzhi sighed. "However, even if I were to take out all the rare metals in my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's inventory, plus my best storage soul tools, it would probably only be enough to cover the value of this one and a half soul bones. But if you give me a month, I should be able to raise the full amount."

"No need to trouble yourself. I have extra Gold Soul Coins, which I plan to use to travel to the Metal Capital, Gengxin City," Lu Mingfei said, directly refusing the offer.

He wasn't short of that half a soul bone, and too lazy to go through all that trouble. A trip to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and Gengxin City should be enough. As for the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, even a dog wouldn't go there. He'd heard that Xue Beng had officially been made Crown Prince, so he wasn't about to bother with that.