Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 261 The Blacksmith's Capital: Gengxin City

Hearing those powerful words, Bibi Dong's heart raced, as if she were witnessing the greatness of thought.

Is everyone a torch?

In other words, even if the Spirit Hall ultimately fails, as long as someone inherits this will, someone will rise up again, one after another, forging ahead without hesitation.

If that's the case, then the Spirit Hall will no longer be the Spirit Hall of the Angel lineage, but the Spirit Hall dominated by that ideology and will!

turn out to be--

Revenge can be this grand and magnificent!

But does such a mindset really exist?

Tang San continued, "Ants on the ground are insignificant, while swans in the sky soar high. We must proclaim: even if we are born as insignificant as ants, we should still aspire to great things."

Even if a martial soul lacks soul power and cannot become a soul master, one can still utilize their own talents.

"I think His Holiness the Pope knows best that ordinary people, apart from having less talent in martial spirit than soul masters, are no weaker than soul masters in other aspects, especially in terms of intelligence."

"It was only because they lacked access to higher knowledge and the corresponding education, and were confined by poverty and hardship, that they were despised by the nobles."

"The Spirit Hall is based on Spirit Masters, but the largest group in the world is ordinary people. Ninety-nine percent of all the wealth on the continent is created by them, and they are also the foundation of productivity."

"If the Pope wants to establish a nation, he must base it on them, not on the Soul Masters."

Bibi Dong was shaken and it took her a while to recover before she asked, "Then how should we promote it?"

"Based on what I've said, His Holiness the Pope can discuss with the others in the Spirit Hall, make adjustments and modifications, announce it, then arrange for the appropriate personnel to promote it, and send grassroots staff of the Spirit Hall to the countryside to set up Spirit Academy... Along my journey, I've found that many staff members of the Spirit Hall are quite idle; it's time to let them do more work."

Bibi Dong: "...The Spirit Hall is short of funds."

"We can apply to the two great empires. After all, isn't that what the Spirit Hall did before? The Pope can hold a press conference and say that he's speaking up for the people and helping the mainland residents better understand some common sense, so that he can talk to the emperors of the two great empires." Tang San offered a "bad" idea. "Then the residents of major cities will be able to see it. If it succeeds, the people will side with you, and the Spirit Hall will naturally have the support of the people; if it fails, they will think it's the fault of the emperors of the two great empires."

"The Mother-Child Soul Guiding Photography Sphere? This thing has truly changed the situation on the continent." Bibi Dong sighed inwardly and said quietly, "However, in doing so, I'm afraid the veil of mystery surrounding me as the Pope will be completely torn off."

"Whether it's the current Pope of the Spirit Hall or the future Emperor after the establishment of the nation, they must frequently appear in people's sight. Otherwise, how will the people know who the Pope or Emperor is? In some remote areas, they might not even know that the Pope or Emperor has changed." Tang San had his own set of explanations.

This is indeed a problem.

Furthermore, Bibi Dong knew that the heads of a small number of the city's Spirit Hall branch halls only learned more than a year ago that she was the current Pope of the Spirit Hall.

It's estimated that if it weren't for the appearance of the soul-guided camera, the soul-guided photography box, and the mother-child soul-guided photography sphere, a small group of hall masters of the Martial Soul Branch Hall would never have known what happened in Martial Soul City.

The speed at which information spread also brought about a problem: even if the Spirit Hall wanted to establish a nation or wage war in the future, it would need a more suitable and justifiable reason.

"Very well, then the world will know me, the Pope of the Spirit Hall!" Bibi Dong pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. She then brought up another matter, "Tang San, I wish to betroth Nana to you. What do you say?"

"I don't accept arranged marriages," Tang San said righteously. "Besides, I don't know her well at all. We'll talk about it when we get to know each other better."

Bibi Dong was speechless for a moment.

Does this mean I've accepted it?

Or did you refuse?

"Never mind, I won't force you." Bibi Dong asked about something else, "I heard you've been forging recently. I wonder if you've created any divine weapons?"

"I'm just tempering metal." Tang San took out the patterned metal, lifted it in front of Bibi Dong with his soul power, and introduced his unique patterned forging method.

Bibi Dong listened carefully and poured her soul power into the three pieces of patterned metal in front of her. She found that the metal had excellent conductivity for soul power, especially the five-patterned copper, which was so full of spirituality that it was like a living creature.

"Speaking of which, if this metal were to actually come into being later, could it be killed? Would it drop a spirit ring after it dies?" Bibi Dong suddenly had this thought.

"Um..." Tang San hadn't really considered this point, but considering that the non-human creatures in Douluo Continent that could cultivate could drop spirit rings, he guessed, "It should be possible, but it would probably be difficult to kill them. After all, even if they come into being, their essence is still metal. To kill them, you would need to transform the metal into other substances or destroy the energy flow patterns on it. In that case, this piece of forged metal would probably be ruined."

"That's roughly the estimate." Bibi Dong nodded, her beautiful eyes carefully examining the patterned metal. She exclaimed in amazement, "If weapons were forged from this metal, and these weapons could automatically grow, they could probably become true divine artifacts!"

"Weapons forged from this metal could even be considered divine artifacts!"

Tang San humbly replied, "I wouldn't call it that, but I do indeed want to forge a divine artifact... Your Holiness can wait and see."

"Oh? Then I'd like to see what kind of divine artifact you can forge." Bibi Dong waved her hand, and the three pieces of soul-forged metal fell back in front of Tang San, who put them into his storage wristband.

"Your Holiness, I assure you, the divine artifact I'm forging will enable a Soul Saint-level expert to contend against a level 100 expert!" A glint of brilliance flashed in Tang San's eyes...

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Gengxin City.

Three days later, Tang San and Ning Rongrong traveled at breakneck speed and arrived at the blacksmith capital located within the Star Luo Empire.

Compared to other cities, this place has a bit of an Industrial Revolution feel to it.

The buildings in the city have taken on the appearance of modern high-rise buildings, square and upright, filled with steam and turning gears, as if the whole city were a living fortress.

However, this also makes the temperature in this city one or two degrees higher than the outside temperature.

"The time has come for you to show your prowess, Miss Rongrong."

Tang San led Ning Rongrong to the market where minerals were sold, made way for her, and asked her to choose minerals.

Ning Rongrong, born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, is able to sense valuable minerals and gems through her martial soul, which is why she was taken along on this shopping trip.

"Hmph, my talent can finally be put to use!" Ning Rongrong walked to a stall and bought a piece of black metal.

Tang San was able to sense the fire attribute energy within it... In fact, with Tang San's current mental strength, he might not recognize all metals, but he could still perceive the density and attributes of metals, making his treasure-hunting ability no worse than Ning Rongrong's.

The reason for bringing her along was, of course, that having more people to help would make things easier and allow for the purchase of more rare metals.

This time, he and Ning Rongrong brought a storage soul tool that could hold nearly 10,000 tons of goods!

Of course, it's not just one storage soul tool, but a whole bunch of storage soul tools. Once the purchase is complete, the local Spirit Hall Master can transport them to Spirit City.

This is also the advantage of the Spirit Hall's ruling model—no matter what is purchased, it can be transported by the local Spirit Hall, saving time and effort.

Tang San and Ning Rongrong's large-scale purchases also attracted the attention of the local forces in Gengxin City.

Blacksmiths' Association.

The tall, muscular young man found the short, stout old man who was swinging a hammer, making sparks fly from the mithril on the forging table.

This person is none other than Lou Gao, the universally acknowledged master craftsman of Douluo Continent.

The young man was his disciple, Silong.

Knowing that Lou Gao was completely focused on forging, Si Long did not disturb him, but simply stood aside and waited for Lou Gao to finish forging.

An hour later, Lou Gao stopped swinging his forging hammer and laughed, "Not bad, I've forged another piece of Thousand-Refined Mithril, and it even faintly shows a trace of spirituality. It seems my forging skills have improved again."

"Congratulations, teacher!" As Lou Gao's disciple, Si Long also devoted everything to forging. He was naturally delighted that his teacher could make further progress in forging, because it meant that his forging skills could also improve in the future.

"Haha, it's just a minor improvement, nothing to mention." Lou Gao suddenly became serious again, lecturing Si Long, "At this time, weren't you practicing your blacksmithing skills? Why did you come to me? I've taught you everything I could. I only recently figured out the forging method that gives metal a touch of spirit, and I haven't yet figured out exactly how to forge it 100%... By the way, when did you become so well-informed?"

Faced with his teacher's suspicion, Si Long felt ashamed and said, "Teacher, it's not that. It's two people who came from the city to buy a large quantity of rare metals."

"A large quantity?" Lou Gao's expression turned solemn, but his voice carried a hint of mockery. "Only two people. It seems like a secret purchase. Could it be that the two great empires are about to go to war? I haven't heard any rumors about it."

"These disciples don't know, but I do know the identities of those two people. They are the champions of last year's Continental Elite Tournament," Si Long said. "One of them is Ning Rongrong from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, who joined the Spirit Hall in her own name. The other is Tang San, the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Team. He was born a commoner but has the Haotian bloodline. He is most likely the son of that person and is now the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall."

"Tang San, it's actually him!" Lou Gao exclaimed in surprise.

When it comes to Tang San, Lou Gao has only one opinion:

Inhuman!

Fighting a level 98 Super Douluo with a Soul King level... Isn't that going a bit too far by fighting someone of a higher level?

However, what Lou Gao cared about most was Tang San's strength. Through the video of the Continental Elite Tournament that was still being played, he could keenly sense that Tang San was also a blacksmith, and his use of strength was extremely exquisite, even surpassing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique of the Clear Sky Sect.

"Please ask him to come to the blacksmiths' association..."

"No! I'll go myself!"

During the first Douyi era, Lou Gao's forging skills could be described as divine craftsmanship, but compared to Douyi III, he was at most a spirit forger, which is equivalent to a level five blacksmith.

Finally, in order to forge the Peacock Feather, he threw himself into the furnace as a sacrifice, perhaps having reached the level of fusion forging.

(End of this chapter)