Douluo Dragon King: I am the Lord of the Abyss, the King of Eternal Night

"Let's go, the teacher is waiting for us." Ye Xinglan glanced at Tang Wulin and the others indifferently, shook his golden hair, and walked out very efficiently.

"Wulin, I'm leaving first. Let's meet again in the evening." Xu Lizhi gave Tang Wulin a finger and immediately followed Ye Xinglan. With an honest look, there was a hint of admiration in his eyes as he looked at Ye Xinglan's back.

"Oh, okay." Tang Wulin nodded slightly. He had some similarities with Xu Lizhi, a fellow glutton whom he had just met.

"Wulin, come here." At this time, the aloof Wu Changkong came from a distance and waved to Tang Wulin.

"Teacher, what's wrong? Is there any competition to arrange?" Tang Wulin followed Wu Zhangkong until they stopped in a deserted place.

"It's not about the competition," Wu Zhangkong shook his head slightly, looking at Tang Wulin with a complicated look. "Wulin, the teacher has used all the connections he can, but has not found any trace of your parents."

"..." Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin fell silent for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice, "Teacher, will my parents..."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. The teacher will definitely help you find your parents." Wu Zhangkong's face darkened and he interrupted with a wave of his hand. "What did your parents do for a living? Or do they have any special skills? The more details the better."

"What do they do..." Tang Wulin was slightly stunned. "My parents used to be pharmacists. The letter they left me also said that they worked as pharmacists for a large company and that they wanted to earn enough money for me to buy a soul."

Wu Zhangkong raised his eyebrows slightly and whispered silently, "Pharmacist..."

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Inside the Blacksmith Guild's exclusive hotel.

Jiang Xiu sat cross-legged on the bed, black mist swirling in his hands. A tall figure slowly stood up from the shadows, his scarlet eyes filled with coldness.

But the moment he saw Jiang Xiu, he immediately became loyal and came to Jiang Xiu with a grin.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

Jiang Xiu raised his eyes to look at the Ant King and pointed to the chair beside him and asked him to sit down.

As one of his two generals, the Ant King was always kept by his side to protect his safety because of his extraordinary perception of danger.

"How's the situation with Emperor Ba?" Jiang Xiu asked softly.

Mentioning Ba Huang, the Ant Emperor's expression suddenly straightened. "It has been half a year since Ba Huang and Lie Di's sparring match. During these months, Ba Huang has not left his palace. I guess he has been training and preparing for the sparring match six months from now."

"Half a year is enough time to prepare." Jiang Xiu nodded thoughtfully.

After returning to the Holy Spirit Church, Dark Bell sent him a message that the Holy Spirit Church was indeed preparing the materials for the Blood River God-killing Formation, but had not yet informed them of the specific layout of the formation.

However, Dark Bell guarantees that the formation can be arranged within a month.

Jiang Xiu has also handed over the vitality and resentment needed for the Blood River God-killing Formation to the Six-clawed Demon Emperor. In the abyss plane, there are enough providers of these things. After all, the thing that the abyss lacks the least is abyss creatures.

And they don't need too much. They don't have to reach a true god-level formation. Just enough to kill Emperor Ba will be enough.

"Has that thing been condensed successfully?" Everything went according to his plan. Jiang Xiu looked at the Ant King, then expanded the King's Domain, isolating it from the outside world.

"Don't worry about me." The Ant King grinned, placed his hands on his heart, and a diamond-shaped abyss crystal slowly floated out.

"Buzz!"

Abyss energy burst out from the Ant King's hands and slowly poured into the Abyss Crystal. The purple-black crystal slowly opened a hole, and a strand of white, almost transparent silk thread slowly floated out of it.

This transparent thread is quite mysterious. It does not belong to any of the soul power, blood, or abyss energy, but it faintly exudes an alluring breath and floats quietly in the air.

"My lord, this is the power of faith that you asked me to gather, although it is only a little bit." The Ant King held it in both hands and handed it to Jiang Xiu.

The moment Jiang Xiu saw the transparent silk thread, his eyes suddenly lit up and he took it solemnly.

Because this power of faith was the key to his participation in the East China Sea competition. Students like Yu Yuanheng and others from Shrek Academy were merely stepping stones; he wanted to lure out the bigger fish.

"My lord, you know that although our Ant King clan and Bat King clan have many members, there are very few who are wise. The power of faith can only condense these temporarily." After handing it to Jiang Xiu, the Ant King explained with some reassurance.

"Well, you have done a great job." Jiang Xiu observed the power of faith in his hand, with a slight smile on his lips, and began to praise.

"It's good to be able to share the master's worries." The Ant King replied in a serious voice with a very firm look in his eyes, although he was a little confused in his heart.

Not long ago, Jiang Xiu suddenly asked him if he could condense the power of faith. As for the power of faith, having experienced conquering many dimensions, he naturally knew the existence of this special energy.

This requires extremely devout believers, and as the king of a clan, he naturally has loyal subordinates, but he has never cared about this kind of power in the past.

Because they want to make a breakthrough in their cultivation, they can only rely on the race promotion war and upgrade fundamentally from the plane level. After all, their origin is closely connected with the abyss plane, and the power of faith is extremely useless to them.

What's more, although there are many races among them, not many of them are intelligent. The wisdom of the races mentioned above is indeed much higher, but the number of races is extremely small, and they cannot become a big force at all. Therefore, in the entire abyss, they are not interested in the power of faith.

Compared to the power of faith, vitality is plundered faster.

"Now everything is ready, just waiting for the competition to begin."

Jiang Xiu's purple eyes turned into blood-red pupils, looking into the distance through the king's domain.

In this world, the only one who can directly sense the power of faith is that Holy Spirit Douluo...

Chapter 115: Willing to take the bait, active subordinates

"Lord, are you collecting this power of faith for some big task?"

The atmosphere in the room was solemn. The Ant King was guarding Jiang Xiu. After hesitating for a long time, he finally broke the silence.

According to their Saint Lord of the Abyss, the Douluo Continent has a special kind of shackles, like a restriction. It is impossible for gods to exist, and no mortal can break through the gods. Therefore, in his opinion, the power of faith is extremely useless in the Douluo Continent.

Jiang Xiu retracted his gaze and saw through the Ant King's thoughts at a glance. He couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "The right things should be shown to the right people, but never underestimate the determination of some powerful people to break through."

"During this period, talented people emerged in large numbers, but their ceiling was locked, preventing many from ever taking that step. They could only watch their lives slowly ebb away, turning into a pile of bones underground. The more this happened, the greater their ambition to become gods grew...

Likewise, they will resort to any means necessary.”

Jiang Xiu's slender fingers moved the floating power of faith, a glint of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "And at this time, if you give them a glimmer of hope, they will be like sharks smelling blood, trying their best to grasp it."

Initially, the Federation vigorously cultivated Yali because it valued Yali's ability as an angel of prayer to collect the power of faith and to see if it could use the power of faith to create a god.

But later Yun Ming attacked the Federation and took Yali away, so the plan was forced to be shelved.

The reason why the Federation did not start a large-scale war at that time was that it was afraid of Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, as well as Yun Ming's personal extraordinary combat power.

Secondly, although Yali's angel of prayer can collect the power of faith, this is passively absorbed after Yali saves the dying and the wounded. It is difficult for her to actively control and utilize this power of faith, and even the improvement of her cultivation is passive.

Therefore, the Federation did not pursue the matter too much. Moreover, Yali was still stuck at the 98th level Super Douluo for so many years and had not even broken through to the Ultimate Douluo, which also confirmed the Federation's conjecture.

What Jiang Xiu had to do now was to let Yali see this concentrated power of faith, and let her see the key to unlocking her own power of faith...

However, Jiang Xiu needs to micro-manage the timing to get it just right so as to complete the most critical part of his plan.

Although he didn't understand the power of faith, he could use it to fish. As for whether the fish would take the bait, it all depended on Yali's own decision.

But he believed that Yali would make the right choice...

"So that's how it is." The Ant King nodded in understanding, then became a little worried. "Then, my lord, will your safety be in any trouble?"

"Nothing is foolproof, so you must be fully prepared," Jiang Xiu said calmly, but a hint of confidence shone in his eyes. "And your master, I have never put myself in danger."

In public, he is now the disciple of the leader of the Western Legion, the disciple of the leader of the Body Sect, and the successor of the master craftsman Zhenhua, the president of the Federal Blacksmiths Association.

In the dark, he has the help of the Emperor and the King of the Holy Spirit Church.

This is the only way to win over both black and white, and before he can fully grow up, he must make good use of the forces behind him.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You'll understand when the time comes." Jiang Xiu waved his hand, then looked at the Ant King's strong physique and asked suggestively, "Are you very strong?"

The Ant King was slightly stunned at first, then a hint of pride immediately appeared on his face, "My Lord, the thing that we Ant Kings lack the least is strength."

After saying that, the Ant King also showed off his sturdy arms and exaggerated pectoral muscles.

Ordinary ants can lift weights several times greater than their own, and this is even more so for the abyss ants. As the ant king, his strength is beyond doubt.

"Not bad, not bad," Jiang Xiu nodded with satisfaction and instructed, "Don't waste this energy. From now on, you will be forging metals."

"Hmm?" The Ant King froze. "Master, you're not asking me to fight, are you?"

"Why fight? Your contribution to metal forging is far greater than your contribution to fighting. Just listen to my arrangements. You will definitely have a place among the Ten Emperors of the Abyss in the future." Jiang Xiu raised his eyebrows, patted the Ant King's shoulder, and said earnestly.

Now that he had broken through the spiritual forging, he could start preparing for his own battle armor. He could pass on this breakthrough experience directly to his legion commander through the Shadow King Martial Spirit, allowing him to quickly master it.

After all, the metal needed to forge battle armor is both basic and fundamental. He also needs to design a battle armor design that better suits him, research higher-level forging techniques, and plan other things. He doesn't have much time left.

Therefore, he can just leave the basic things like forging metals to the Ant King. As the commander of his legion, the metal forged by the Ant King is completely suitable for him and can be directly connected to his bloodline.

This idea had already sprouted in his mind when Makino asked him about his career choice, which was also the reason why he dared to choose four careers.

After all, it is definitely better to let yourself or your own people forge your battle armor than to let outsiders do it.

"Is it true, my lord?" When the Ant King heard about the Ten Emperors of the Abyss, his heart instantly became hot. Wasn't he striving to become stronger?

"Indeed." Jiang Xiu nodded heavily, "You must familiarize yourself with this feeling as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiu passed on his insights into spiritual forging to the Ant King through the Shadow King.

Thousand Forgings of the First Grade is the material for making one-word battle armor, while Spirit Forging Metal is the material for making two-word battle armor, and the higher Soul Forging corresponds to three-word battle armor, and Heaven Forging corresponds to the highest level of four-word battle armor.

"I guarantee to complete the mission!" After the Ant King gained insights, he instantly became eager to try.

Liu Zhua is still struggling in the abyss to win over the Abyss King, but he has already embarked on the road to success.

"However, in order to avoid being eliminated by other stronger Abyss Kings in the future, I have to strengthen my position in the master's heart." The Ant King said with a cautious mind.

After all, the Shadow Legion will only grow stronger and there will be more and more powerful people.

"Master, you can also give me the secret manuals of Soul Forging and Heaven Forging. I can figure it out myself. After all, a subordinate who doesn't share the master's worries is not a good subordinate..." After thinking for a moment, the Ant King came up with a plan and smiled at Jiang Xiu.

"Oh?" Jiang Xiu exclaimed lightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect that there would be someone who would actively ask to exploit him.

The Ant King is truly loyal!

"This is for you." Jiang Xiu did not discourage the Ant King's enthusiasm, and directly handed the secret book on soul forging in his hand to the Ant King. After all, he could pass on his insights on soul forging to the Ant King, and the Ant King could also pass on his insights on forging directly to him through the Shadow King's martial spirit.

The minimum requirement for soul forging is to be a seven-ring soul saint. He still has a long way to go before he can become a soul saint. If the Ant King can comprehend it before him, then when he breaks through the seventh ring, he can directly forge soul forging metal.

This way, he can save a lot of time.

"Master, is there only the secret book of soul forging?" asked the Ant King in confusion.

"Heavenly forging requires guiding the power of heaven and earth, and requires teaching by words and deeds. You must first achieve soul forging." Jiang Xiu's expression froze, and he held his forehead with his right hand.

Sometimes, it is not a good thing for subordinates to be too active.

"Is that so..." The Ant King said with some regret, but then his mind became more active. It was difficult for people in the Douluo Plane to mobilize the power of heaven and earth, but as the king of the Abyss Plane, he himself possessed the origin of that plane, so it might not be difficult for him to mobilize the power of heaven and earth...

But the Ant King did not speak out, but suppressed it in his heart, and asked with some itch, "Master, where can I forge it?"

"Go ahead, the rare metals are all there." Jiang Xiu pointed to a room in the house. Since he lived in the residence provided by the Blacksmith Association for blacksmiths, each house had a separate forging room.

And these are just the most basic facilities for the Blacksmith Association.

In such a vast federation, apart from the Spirit Pagoda, the Blacksmith Association is the most profitable.