From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 34 Papal Decree! [Please read on! Please vote!]

"Is Brother Hong really not going to school with me?"

Moonlight filtered through the gauze window into the room, casting faint shadows of trees on the wooden planks outside.

The somewhat weary purple-eyed girl put down the yellow soul ring in her hand, quietly rested her head on the shoulder of the little boy beside her, and murmured softly.

Chen Hong interrupted his meditation, gently lowered his head to look at the little girl beside him, who was quietly leaning against his small shoulder. A hint of something else flashed in his eyes, which were as deep as the night.

How come my mom is so amazing?

"I'm not going. I have more important things to do," Chen Hong said expressionlessly.

Ye Lingling was going back to Tiandou City, which was quite far from Soto City. It was separated by the Kingdom of Silves and the Kingdom of Hagendas, and she needed to cross Jiajing Pass to finally reach Tiandou City.

Chen Hong didn't even go to Wuhun City, which is relatively close to Soto City, let alone to Tiandou City, where he was completely unfamiliar with the place.

"However, if I have the chance, I might go to Tiandou City and come see you then."

Chen Hong thought about his next plan and explained it to Ye Lingling.

"Then let's pinky swear!" Ye Lingling placed her little finger in front of Chen Hong. In the darkness, the girl's pale purple eyes shone with a unique brilliance.

"..." Chen Hong looked at the little finger in front of him and hesitated for a moment. He was not sure when he would arrive in Tiandou City, so he dared not make a private promise with the girl.

"Okay, let's pinky swear." Chen Hong extended his little finger and hooked it with Ye Lingling's little finger, then smiled and said, "I plan to build more roads in this world. When the roads start from Soto City and reach Tiandou City, I'll come see you."

"Who knows when Brother Hong will be able to come! If you don't come, I'll come find you after I graduate!" The girl with neat, short hair and bangs rolled her eyes at the boy, then suddenly turned around and gave him a light hug.

Chen Hong could feel the little girl lying on his chest rapidly warming up; her fair, pink earlobes seemed to be flushed with a peony red.

"Brother Hong, cultivate diligently! I'm leaving!"

The girl gently hugged Chen Hong, then blushed and ran out without looking back, leaving Chen Hong lying blankly in bed, his eyes glazed over as he stared at the bright moonlight outside the window.

What is this?

Chen Hong asked himself this question slowly in his heart.

hum~

The yellow spirit ring behind Chen Hong emitted a soft glow. Chen Hong leaned against the window, silently gazing at the starry universe outside.

From a rational perspective, this is a feudal, backward, and ignorant behavior that should be resisted.

Reason returned to Chen Hong's mind. He looked at the moonlight outside the window. If there were cigarettes in this world, he should light one for himself, then he would smoke half of it, Feng would smoke half of it, and Ning Lu would smoke him all night.

"Let nature take its course. Indeed, I must quickly spread the light of the 'Sage' across the land, so that the children of this world will stop thinking about strange things and instead focus on studying hard and making progress every day."

Chen Hong leaned against the window, gazing out until the moon set, the stars faded, and the sun rose. Only when a carriage slowly disappeared into the orange-red dawn did he come back to his senses and get up to head to Chen's Iron Shop.

These past few days, Chen Hong has been working on one thing: upgrading and transforming the organizational structure of his father's blacksmith shop, establishing the [Technology Chamber of Commerce], and simultaneously producing corresponding Soul Motion products based on the Soul Motion engine.

Blacksmithing? Cold weapons?

Let Haotian Sect and Gengxin City handle that kind of low-end manufacturing; their Technology Chamber of Commerce wants to move into high-tech industries.

There's already some progress on the Baiyun mining area. The Spirit Hall is taking six-tenths of the profits, the Heaven Dou Empire is taking three-tenths, and the remaining one-tenth is reserved for the [Technology Chamber of Commerce].

Furthermore, as a sign of respect for the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce, the Spirit Hall bestowed upon Chen Hong something that he found somewhat unbelievable.

"What? I went to great lengths to get this for you, and you're not satisfied?"

Inside the shop, now renamed the Technology Chamber of Commerce, Hu Liena, accompanied by a group of Spirit Hall Soul Masters, smiled as she looked at the somewhat dazed young man before her. The young man held a token in his hand, upon which was a Spirit Symbol composed of six different designs: a sword, a hammer, a crown, an incomplete human figure, a dragon, and a chrysanthemum.

The Papal Decree! Also known as the Six Emperors' Decree!

Anyone who holds this token will possess the prestige of an elder of the Spirit Hall, as if the Pope himself were present!

"Ah, this..." Chen Hong looked at the papal decree in his hand and felt it was burning hot.

"Surely not, Saint Hulena. Isn't this thing far too precious?" Chen Hong looked at the papal decree in his hand with disbelief, his gaze shifting between the token and Hulena.

"Hehe~" Seeing Chen Hong's expression, Hu Liena's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness. She chuckled and said, "Don't misunderstand! This is only temporarily borrowed from your merchant guild! If your guild doesn't strive for improvement in the future, then I will personally represent the Spirit Hall to reclaim this token!"

This papal tablet was not obtained out of thin air, nor was it suddenly awarded by the Spirit Hall. Rather, Hu Liena persuaded her teacher to let her borrow it.

In order to sell himself for a good price, Chen Hong naturally explained to Hu Liena his later use of soul motivation - road construction!

When Hu Liena returned to Wuhun City and told the current Pope Bibi Dong about Chen Hong's soul-guided device and the subsequent plans of this genius boy, her teacher was clearly stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he finally highly praised the development concept of the Technology Chamber of Commerce and, at the same time, lent one of his papal decrees to the Technology Chamber of Commerce in accordance with Hu Liena's request.

"This thing can indeed improve the situation of the Technology Chamber of Commerce. Thank you, Hu Liena." Chen Hong thought for a moment. Although the Technology Chamber of Commerce currently has the implicit support of the Blacksmith Association, the Spirit Hall, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, having a Papal Decree is not a bad thing. Moreover, the Papal Decree is for the Technology Chamber of Commerce as an organization, not an individual. This means that the Technology Chamber of Commerce's future actions will have the backing of the Spirit Hall, making them easier to implement.

"Don't thank me yet, the Spirit Hall has requirements!" Hu Liena interrupted Chen Hong, a shrewd glint in her eyes, and said softly, "We need your soul motion technology blueprints!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present, whether they were newly recruited employees of the Technology Chamber of Commerce or other Soul Masters from the Soto City Martial Soul Main Hall who had come to offer their support, instinctively paused, and the scene instantly became quiet.

Hu Liena looked at Chen Hong firmly. The Spirit Hall could not be controlled by others forever, which was why they were so good to the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

Because this is a transaction.

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