Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 262 The Blacksmith Classification in Douluo Continent III, Lou Gao's Excitement

After seven days of purchasing, Tang San and Ning Rongrong had a great haul, including a piece of Living Gold the size of a human head among the many rare metals they had collected.

Although the Gold of Life is extremely hard, it cannot be said to be entirely metal. Rather, it is a wondrous substance created by the convergence of life force, which can be consumed and refined by Soul Masters to directly enhance their Soul Power, physical constitution, and even spiritual power.

Of course, it would also be excellent to polish it into weapons or the like.

Tang San did not intend to absorb this piece of living gold, but rather planned to use it as the core of a "Divine Throne" in the future.

"Third Brother, could you slow down a bit next time? I can't take it." In the early morning, Ning Rongrong lay on Tang San's strong chest, complaining softly.

During these seven days, Ning Rongrong not only did shopping, but also treated it as a date with Tang San. In the end, she climbed into Tang San's bed, won him over, and gave him everything.

Ning Rongrong finally understood why Xiao Wu was willing to be with Guang Ling.

That's incredible physical strength!

It's practically a perpetual motion machine!

"Really? Who said we needed to hurry up last night?" Tang San asked疑惑地, and amidst Ning Rongrong's exclamation, he began his morning training. "Your physical body is a bit weak; let me use my qi and blood to help you cultivate!"

"Oh~"

Amidst soft moans, the room was filled with joyful laughter...

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After the two finished getting ready, Ning Rongrong's blush hadn't faded yet. When she saw Tang San wanting to train with her a second time, she backed away in fright, but there was a hint of anticipation in her eyes: "No, we're already dressed."

"That's what makes it interesting."

"I never imagined you were this kind of person!"

"I didn't hide it, and besides, don't you like it?"

"I like it, but it's already dawn."

However, their playful banter eventually stopped when Tang San sensed someone approaching from outside.

"Knock knock knock!"

The door opened, and Tang San saw a young man who was over 2.3 meters tall. Beside him was an old man with a white beard, who was only about 1.6 meters tall but looked a bit fat.

However, Tang San judged from the bulging muscles on his arms that the horizontally long body was not fat, but muscle.

More importantly, the short, stout old man had the badge of the president of the Blacksmiths' Guild on his chest.

Without a doubt, the person before me is the master craftsman Lou Gao!

"Hello, Brother Tang San, would you mind coming with me to visit the Blacksmith Association?" Lou Gao went straight to the point and extended an invitation to Tang San.

"Of course it's possible." Tang San readily agreed.

If possible, he wanted to win over Lou Gao.

Although Gengxin City is located within the Star Luo Empire, it is one of the few independent cities and is not directly governed by the Star Luo royal family.

As the president of the Blacksmiths' Association, the vast majority of blacksmiths on the continent would heed his call. Only if he could join the Spirit Hall could the Spirit Hall at least have its own weapon production factory.

However, what Tang San valued most was the blacksmiths' skills and production capacity.

Once industrialization is achieved and corresponding mechanical equipment is established that aligns with the development model of the Douluo Continent, efficiency will inevitably be greatly improved.

These people are the foundation of industrial development!

"However, please wait a moment, Rongrong and I need to take the rare metals we purchased to the local Spirit Hall and deliver them to Spirit City," Tang San continued.

"It's alright." Lou Gao indicated that he had plenty of time, and even kicked Si Long beside him, saying, "What are you standing there for? Help me out!"

"Huh? Oh!" Si Long realized what was happening and immediately pushed the huge pile of storage soul tools out of the room. He then followed Tang San and Rong Rong out of the inn and headed towards the Spirit Hall.

The head of the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Gengxin City is named Nora. She is a female powerhouse at the Soul Saint level, but she is quite old, already fifty-six years old.

He was recently appointed, within the last six months.

The previous palace master was replaced because he was too greedy. Evidence such as footage of him being filmed was sent to Wuhun City, and Bibi Dong ordered him to be replaced.

Such incidents have become increasingly common recently, with many branch hall masters of the Spirit Hall being replaced, punished, or even expelled from the Spirit Hall.

This also made the local, simple residents realize that there are differences between different Spirit Halls, and that there are good people and bad people among them.

Originally, Si Long didn't have a good impression of the Spirit Hall, after all, the previous hall master of Gengxin City was too arrogant and always went to the blacksmith association to cause trouble.

But now that the Spirit Hall has a new Hall Master, the atmosphere in Gengxin City has improved considerably. This made Si Long realize that the reason why the Spirit Hall was disliked by the blacksmiths of Gengxin City before was because of the previous Hall Master's personal reasons, rather than because the entire Spirit Hall acted so arrogantly.

It has to be said that one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.

"Greetings, Your Holiness." Nora bowed in greeting.

"No need to be polite. Just help me transport these storage soul tools back to the Soul Martial Manor in Wuhun City." Tang San took the cart from Si Long and pushed it in front of the local branch hall master. Then he took out a soul card. "This is the shipping fee, 10,000 gold soul coins."

"How dare I ask the Holy Son for a fee?" Nora said fearfully, but after Tang San's persuasion, she finally accepted the soul card. Her sincerity became more natural, and she said more respectfully, "Please rest assured, Holy Son, I will definitely have someone deliver it to your manor."

After leaving the Spirit Hall, Lou Gao sighed, "I've really seen something new: even the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall has to pay to transport things."

"After all, I haven't done anything, and I feel bad about letting others give it to me for free," Tang San said with a smile. "Moreover, for a large power, the details must be handled well. Otherwise, once they get used to ease and free things, it will be difficult to change their ways later."

Lou Gao sensed the hidden meaning in the words, but he wasn't interested in them. Instead, he introduced the history of the blacksmith city, saying, "Gengxin City was established by the first blacksmith guild and has a history of a thousand years. Unfortunately, it is now declining. It is only during wartime that our place is most popular."

In this age of cold weapons, a place that gathers the most blacksmiths in the world could only hope for war to break out if it wanted to develop. Only then could they receive a large number of orders for weapons, armor and the like.

In ordinary times, most blacksmiths can only make a living by forging farm tools, kitchen utensils and the like. Only a small number of blacksmiths do not have to worry about food, clothing and shelter and can continue to study forging.

"Although it's not quite right to say it like that, the truth is that most of the blacksmiths in Gengxin City are hoping for war to break out on the continent," Lou Gao sighed. "With the rise of the Spirit Hall over the past three hundred years, there have only been minor skirmishes between the two great empires, and Gengxin City has become increasingly decadent. My father once told me that three hundred years ago, Gengxin City was very prosperous, and the emperors of the two great empires would even personally visit the Blacksmiths' Association. But now, the local city lord rarely comes, and only the former head of the Spirit Hall branch often comes to seek attention."

"Does Senior Lou Gao also yearn for war?" Tang San asked quietly.

"Of course I don't crave it." Lou Gao immediately shook his head. Putting aside the fact that he was the kind of person who studied forging techniques, even if he really craved war, he couldn't say it out loud.

Otherwise, it would be inhumane!

However, for most people in the city, war was the best opportunity to showcase their talents and to make a lot of money.

"Is the Holy Son also a blacksmith?" Lou Gao changed the subject. "I watched the videos of the Continental Elite Tournament; your use of power was extremely skillful. I wonder if you can achieve the Hundred Forging Technique?"

"Even soul forging is possible." Tang San revealed a confident smile.

"Soul Forging? What's that?" Lou Gao instinctively realized that it was a realm of forging. His breathing quickened, and regardless of whether it was true or not, he stared straight at Tang San, hoping he would explain it clearly.

"I have divided forging into the following levels: First, there is ordinary forging, which is forging iron that can be used to make farm tools, kitchen utensils, and the like; second, there is forging rare metals, which is for preliminary purification of rare metals; third, there is hundred-fold forging, which is forging metals that can be used to make weapons and armor. The armor and weapons of the Soul Master Knights of the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire are all made of hundred-fold forging materials."

"And the fourth stage is the thousand-times-forging."

"A thousand-times-forged metal possesses a spirit. Weapons and armor made from such metal are already extremely precious. They can transmit soul power, and if they can be combined with one's own martial soul, they can enhance a soul master's defense and attack power."

Lou Gao nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, I can achieve the Thousand Refinements."

Seeing Lou Gao's smug expression, Tang San suddenly realized that the master craftsmen of this era, if placed in Dou San, would only be equivalent to a level four or five blacksmith.

"And after the Thousand Forging, comes the Spirit Forging."

"That is, to imbue metal with the energy of heaven and earth, so that it can truly radiate spirituality."

"After that comes the sixth stage, forging, infusing one's own blood, soul power, or will into the metal."

"The seventh stage, Soul Forging, is equivalent to imbuing the metal with a soul, but it doesn't give the metal real life. It's just a metaphor. It roughly means making it full of spirituality, capable of producing divine abilities. It can then be used to forge true divine artifacts, not the kind of divine weapons you're familiar with, but the kind of divine artifacts wielded by a level 100 god!"

"The eighth stage is still Soul Forging, but under normal circumstances, only experts who have reached the Title Douluo level can do it. Therefore, to save trouble, we call it Supreme Soul Forging."

"And the final step is Heaven Forging, which is to imbue the metal with the laws of the metal plane, making it a true divine metal."

Even though he didn't know exactly how to do it, Lou Gao's whole body trembled as he listened, as if he was about to enjoy a "big sword" service, and he was so excited that he couldn't control himself.

Si Long, standing to the side, thought Tang San might be bluffing, but considering his status as the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall and a master of spirit theory, he didn't refute him.

When a person's status and position are established, they must think twice before acting, regardless of what others say or do.

(End of this chapter)