Douluo Continent: Half-level Innate Realm, but a Sword Cultivator with a Heart-Only Mind

After paying the gold soul coins, Qi Dao followed Lou Gao directly to the blacksmith association's warehouse and put all the rare metals he had purchased into his storage soul tool.

Rare metals have extremely high density; even tens of tons of rare metals do not have a large volume.

Qi Dao's soul tool is no longer the Azure Ring with only nine cubic meters, but a top-tier soul tool called the Azure Sea Ring with thirty-six cubic meters.

Of course, the Canghai Ring was also a gift from Qianrenxue.

Since Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Qi Dao, she no longer needed to hesitate to give Qi Dao overly valuable treasures because of her status.

A top-tier storage soul tool with a capacity of thirty-six cubic meters—there are few storage soul tools in this world that can compare.

The people on the high floor were shocked and envious when they saw Qi Dao wave his hand and put all the rare metals weighing tens of tons into his Canghai Ring.

This single storage soul tool is probably more valuable than those 360,000 gold soul coins.

After the transaction was completed, Lou Gao took the initiative to invite Qi Dao and the other three to dine at a hotel outside.

Qi Dao didn't refuse and readily agreed.

During the meal, he also learned a lot of other information about Gengxin City from Lou Gao.

For example, why is Gengxin City known as the Metal Capital, and where did all the metal in the city come from?

According to Lou Gao, Gengxin City is known as the metal capital because there are several large-scale metal veins underground around the city, which allows it to continuously produce various metals.

In other words, since Soul Masters are a profession in Douluo Continent, the Empire's control over metals is not very strict; otherwise, Gengxin City would never have been able to sell metals on such a large scale.

Upon learning that there were metal veins in Gengxin City, Qi Dao immediately made a verbal agreement with Lou Gao to come to Gengxin City every six months to purchase rare metals.

In addition, rare metals such as iron oxide, which can be forged artificially, are even more desirable.

Lou Gao and his four disciples were all overjoyed when they heard this.

Now, in their eyes, Qi Dao is no longer the peerless king of the Heavenly Dou Empire, who is adorned with numerous honors, but their god of wealth.

Although they were master blacksmiths and divine craftsmen, they certainly wouldn't lack money.

But maintaining the development and operation of the blacksmiths' association always costs money, right?

In particular, Lou Gao and his group all hoped that the blacksmith profession would flourish on the mainland, so they naturally wouldn't complain about the low pay.

Moreover, they don't need to worry about Qi Dao exploiting them like the Martial Soul Hall of Gengxin City did before, because they don't need that kind of money at all.

After reaching a verbal agreement, both parties naturally enjoyed themselves at the dinner table.

...

After the meal, Qi Dao declined Lou Gao and his disciples' earnest attempts to persuade him to stay and returned to his temporary lodgings.

After Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan entered their respective rooms, Qi Dao looked at Li Luo and said, "Senior Li Luo, I'd like to trouble you to come all this way and collect all the evil deeds committed by the Martial Soul Main Hall of Gengxin City over the years. I will make sure they die knowing why."

"Okay!" Li Luo replied in a deep voice, then turned and left.

Qi Dao then took out all the metal he had acquired from the Blacksmith Association that day and piled it up in the courtyard. He then used his fifth soul skill, Devouring Gold Fang, to devour all the rare metals.

As his strength increased, his digestion speed became faster and faster.

He can absorb and digest all of these twenty or thirty tons of rare metals in two or three days at the latest.

In addition to these rare metals, there were also the ores that Ning Rongrong had identified using the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

The lowest quality of those ores is black iron and various iron mothers.

These are the main reasons why Qi Dao improved the quality of the Peerless Sword.

However, those ores were still covered with a layer of stone coating, so Qi Dao was not in a hurry to absorb them immediately. Instead, he planned to deal with the parasites in the main hall of the Martial Soul Hall in Gengxin City before making any further plans.

Of course, it didn't take long, because Li Luo was very fast and collected the crimes of everyone in the Gengxin City Martial Soul Main Hall in just half a day.

Especially Miles, the master of the Martial Soul Hall in Gengxin City.

While his crimes may not be countless, he was certainly a scourge.

Although he was not of high rank, he became a local tyrant in Gengxin City because he had the backing of the Spirit Hall. He abused his power, bullied men and women, and committed all kinds of evil deeds.

After reading the record of Miles' crimes handed to him by Li Luo, Qi Dao slammed it to the ground with a dark face.

"How can the Spirit Hall grow stronger with such a bunch of insects?"

After saying that, he looked at Li Luo with murderous intent.

"Senior Li Luo, let's go to the Martial Soul Main Hall in Gengxin City together. Kill those who deserve to die, and if they all deserve to die, then kill them all and send new people over."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo couldn't help but swallow hard.

Wushuang Wang may appear amiable, but his bloodthirstiness is truly considerable.

Although the Martial Soul Main Hall of Gengxin City is not considered important, it still houses dozens of Soul Masters.

Besides Miles, who is a Soul Emperor, there are five other Soul Kings.

If they were all killed, it would be a significant loss for the Spirit Hall.

Soul Kings and Soul Emperors can already be considered mid-level forces of the Spirit Hall.

...

In the center of Gengxin City, about two or three miles from the Blacksmiths' Association, stands a magnificent palace.

At the entrance of the main hall, two Soul Masters leaned sluggishly against the stone wall next to the gate, looking listless and weak.

Qi Daoyuan shook his head slightly upon seeing this.

If these two Soul Masters guarding the gate are so lazy, what about the others in the main hall?

After all, what goes up must come down. If those at the top are corrupt, it's normal for them to influence those below.

It wasn't until Qi Dao and Li Luo approached the main gate of the Martial Soul Hall in Gengxin City that the two Soul Masters guarding the gate reacted, yawned, and wore a somewhat arrogant expression.

Who are you two?

"This is not a place for you!"

Qi Dao ignored the two men and casually waved his hand. A powerful force instantly slammed them against the wall behind them, knocking them unconscious.

Qi Dao and Li Luo swaggered into the Martial Soul Main Hall of Gengxin City.

At the same time, the commotion outside also attracted the attention of other soul masters inside the Martial Soul Main Hall of Gengxin City.

Ta-da!

Along with a series of rapid footsteps came an impatient shout.

"Which fool dares to cause trouble at my Martial Soul Main Hall in Gengxin City?!"

Before long, more than twenty figures arrived from all directions and immediately surrounded Qi Dao and Li Luo upon seeing them.

Qi Dao looked around and stomped his foot.

boom--

An invisible wave of energy erupted, carrying wisps of invisible sword energy, and all Soul Masters below the Soul King level fainted at that moment.

At this moment, the cautious few people in the Martial Soul Main Hall watched this scene in horror, swallowing hard and retreating secretly.

At that moment, a faint voice rang out.

"Whoever moves, dies!"

In an instant, the group froze, no longer daring to make the slightest move.

The elderly man at the head of the group, dressed in a magnificent robe, trembled as he asked, "Who are you, daring to trespass into the Spirit Hall? Aren't you afraid of retaliation from the Spirit Hall?"

"Leave now, and I won't stoop to your level!"

"Heh, you dare to represent the Spirit Hall?" Qi Dao sneered, then took out the record of Miles's crimes and smashed it hard on his head.

The force was so great that it smashed his head open, causing him to bleed profusely and fly seven or eight meters away.

The other five Soul Kings who were still standing were so frightened by this scene that they dared not even breathe, thinking to themselves, "Could this ferocious man be here to seek revenge on His Excellency the Bishop?"

After Miles tremblingly finished reading the record detailing his crimes, his expression changed drastically, and his look towards Qi Dao instantly turned terrified.

"You...you were sent by the Papal Palace?"

"May I ask your honorable name, sir?"

"I have some connection with Lord Sirah, so please spare me for Lord Sirah's sake."

Upon seeing his criminal record, Miles knew that the two men in front of him were definitely after him, which is why he hurriedly revealed his backer.

Qi Dao looked at Li Luo beside him.

The latter immediately understood.

"Sila is one of the four Platinum Bishops of my Spirit Hall."

Qi Dao nodded upon hearing this.

"I'll remember him!"

Then he looked at Miles.

"Judging from your appearance, what's recorded there must be true!"

"Then there's nothing more to say, just die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Dao casually made a gesture with his fingers.

puff!

Not far away, Miles' head was instantly severed by a sword aura, blood gushing from his neck, his face still showing a hint of astonishment.

The scene was completely silent. Under immense pressure, two people suddenly knelt down with a thud, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads.

"Sir, we were all forced by Miles. As for the money he embezzled, I didn't spend a single penny of it; it's all kept at home."

"I was terrified of being poor when I was a child."

Qi Dao glanced at it.

"So you're admitting you embezzled funds?!"

The person who spoke suddenly froze.