Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

Four months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiaoming Forging Shop.

Ning Yuan stepped into the forging shop with his left foot and then heard the boy's sigh inside.

"He's ten years old and still hasn't become a Soul Master."

Ning Yuan's lips twitched slightly.

this.

"It's Uncle Ning, placing another order?"

Su Ming stretched and walked towards the door to greet today's distinguished guest.

When Xiaoming Blacksmith Shop first opened, Ning Yuan was his first and largest customer. He continues to place large orders with him to this day, and it can be said that 98% of his forging income comes from Ning Yuan.

“Hehe, although I come from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, I don’t have that many forging orders. Our sect has its own blacksmiths.” Ning Yuan said speechlessly, “If it weren’t for the fact that the quality of your finished products is really good, even if I were the steward in charge of the sect’s procurement, I would have no reason to keep placing orders with you.”

"If you don't have any orders, then what are you doing here?" Su Ming asked in surprise.

“Add more money,” Ning Yuan said. “The ten sets of armor you recently crafted are all top-quality. The sect leader specifically instructed me to make up the difference for you.”

"Uncle, please come inside."

Su Ming brought Ning Yuan a stool.

Ning Yuan waved his hand and said, "I won't stay long."

As he spoke, he took out a gold card and handed it to Su Ming.

"This gold card contains one million gold soul coins."

"Seize the young master?"

"One million gold soul coins. The sect leader said that the metal used to forge those ten sets of armor is very special. Soul masters can integrate their soul power into it very smoothly and even enhance themselves at will. He is temporarily calculating the price at 100,000 gold soul coins per set. This one million is your reward. You don't need to return the few thousand gold soul coins you had before."

It seems a bit too drawn out; we haven't even gotten to the main storyline yet. There are just too many developmental milestones before age twelve. I'll try to get to the main storyline tomorrow and start connecting with the original characters.

Chapter 43 Ning Fengzhi's Trepidation

Although Su Ming was surprised, he still easily took the gold card in his hand.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is indeed very generous.

Those ten sets of armor were high-end custom-made. When Su Ming was making them, he thought about it and realized that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had been ordering armor from him for three years. So he fused in a few pieces of inferior thousand-refined metal.

Unexpectedly, they discovered that the armor was of exceptionally high quality, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would even directly reimburse the price difference, treating the previous few thousand gold soul coins as pocket change.

With a sigh in his heart, Su Ming put the gold card into the bracelet.

This million gold soul coins were indeed useful to him, enough for him to acquire rare metals for the next period of time.

He was familiar with all kinds of rare metals, but the excavation of rare metals in this era was insufficient, so he had to collect them from all over the place.

Although the specific effects have not been studied, some noblemen enjoy collecting them, so the prices of many rare metals, even those whose effects have not been identified, have been driven up.

In other words, he is in the metal capital, where there has been no shortage of common rare metals such as sunken silver in recent years.

However, if you want to induce phagocytic properties, the few rare metals commonly available on the market cannot meet the requirements.

He watched Ning Yuan's departing figure, his gaze flickering.

"Uncle Ning, wait a moment."

Ning Yuan turned around and looked at Su Ming with a puzzled expression.

"Any thing else?"

"Ahem, aren't you planning to order a few more sets?" Su Ming asked.

Ning Yuan looked surprised.

"You mean you can replicate the quality of those ten sets?"

Su Ming chuckled but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Ning Yuan stroked his chin.

“I am just a minor deacon and cannot make such a decision on a transaction involving millions of gold soul coins so easily. How about this, I will go back and report to the sect leader to see if we can continue our cooperation.”

Every support-type Soul Master in the sect now has a set of high-quality armor, and the warehouse is piled high with emergency supplies.

As a result, the order had just been placed and the previous armor was about to be scrapped?

Ning Yuan was utterly speechless.

But he didn't feel like he was losing money.

After all, if the sect were to arm all its Soul Masters with this kind of special armor, the sect would likely not be stingy, which would cost millions of gold soul coins. The previous armors only cost a few hundred thousand gold soul coins, so they are nothing compared to these millions.

If we lose money, we lose money.

“Uncle Ning, take this piece of metal and show it to Sect Leader Ning. I think we can have a deeper collaboration in the future.”

Su Ming took out a piece of high-grade metal and handed it to Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan left in a hurry, preparing to return to his clan to report.

Watching Ning Yuan's departing figure, Su Ming stroked his chin, lost in thought.

"Huh?" (Did they leave?)

Behind him, Xiao Jin poked a large bear head out of the forging room.

Su Ming turned around and patted the little golden head.

"You won't have to hide from people anymore."

"Roar."

Xiao Jin wasn't as excited as I'd imagined.

He only wants to focus all his energy on cultivation now; showing off in front of others is not something he likes to do.

He didn't really like interacting with humans when he was a soul beast, and he hasn't changed that now that he's a soul spirit. Besides, he's very busy and really doesn't have time to show his face in public.

"Haha, then you go and cultivate first. You can take a break from forging for a while while I collect a batch of Spirit Abyss Iron."

Spirit Abyss Iron is a rare metal that was produced in the original Douluo Continent. It was produced in the Douluo III era, and it was also produced in the Douluo II era, but the output was very small, and no corresponding mines were found. However, occasionally a small amount of Spirit Abyss Iron could be found in the Soul Beast Forest. It was also produced in the Douluo I era. Su Ming saw two pieces in Gengxin City and bought them. He forged those two pieces, but unfortunately, they did not develop any devouring characteristics.

Lingyuan Iron is inherently as black as an abyss, capable of absorbing light, and also possesses the ability to attract certain energies. This unique external ability makes it highly sought after and collected by many iron ore enthusiasts.

There's very little Lingyuan Iron left on the market, so Su Ming has to find a way to search for it in the collections of some collectors.

Where is the largest family of collectors on the mainland?

Of course, it's the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

The direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School all possess the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, which is a treasure-hunting artifact. It is because of this that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has the greatest wealth on the continent, while its so-called business acumen is ranked second.

a few days later.

Qibao Glazed Sect.

Ning Fengzhi played with the first-grade metal that Ning Yuan had handed over.

"It seems that the blacksmiths have made a breakthrough in recent years. It's hard to say about the Blacksmiths Association, but Su Ming's branch, which is Zhu Jiuyang's lineage, should have improved the forging method."

"It's been at least a year since Xiaoming Blacksmith Shop changed its name to Forging Shop. It's very likely that the forging method has been improved for more than a year as well. Their ambition is not small. They are preparing to use this ability to rebuild the image of blacksmiths. Forging Shop, Forging Shop. I guess they won't call it blacksmith anymore."

Ning Fengzhi gazed leisurely at the outside of the main hall, seemingly lost in thought.

"Fengzhi, after saying so much, should we recruit him?" Gu Rong asked.

He said that Ning Fengzhi rambled on and on without expressing his own attitude.

Ning Fengzhi shook his head.

"It's highly unlikely that we can recruit him. Su Ming is alright, he's not very old, but we definitely can't recruit his teacher."

"The effects of this thousand-times-forged, first-grade metal are remarkable. Not only can it perfectly integrate a Soul Master's Soul Power, but it can also resonate with the Soul Master. If it were all made into armor or weapons, the amplification would be significant for Soul Masters below the Soul King level," Chen Xin said.

Even a Title Douluo, wearing a suit of armor made entirely of this kind of thousand-refined first-grade metal, can exert a certain defensive effect through soul power resonance. Although he cannot dominate the battle, it is still incredibly powerful.

“More than that,” Ning Fengzhi said. “By using soul power to nurture it, it can continue to resonate with this first-grade metal, and over time it may produce an effect similar to a contract.”

Chen Xin and Gu Rong's eyes gleamed with intense light.

Is that all?

Then you'll get it even more.

“Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, behind him is Zhu Jiuyang. The Zhu family behind Zhu Jiuyang has been intermarried with the Qian family for generations. Although the two sides are not on good terms now because of Qian Xunji, the Qian family is ultimately in the wrong. Given Qian Daoliu’s personality, even if Zhu Jiuyang is really desperate and takes the Zhu family back to the Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu will not hold it against him.”

Upon hearing Qian Daoliu's name, a glint of light flashed in Chen Xin's eyes, and his sword energy began to emanate from him.

Although he appeared full of fighting spirit, he quickly suppressed his emotions and revealed a sense of defeat.

Qian Daoliu is no match for him.

The ancient banyan tree also fell silent.

Ning Fengzhi's statement was actually quite conservative.

If Zhu Jiuyang is truly pushed to the brink, Qian Daoliuguang will receive the news and step in to help him out of his predicament. It's even possible that Zhu Jiuyang won't need to admit his mistake and can reconcile with the Qian family.

Chapter 44 Cooperation

Gengxin City.

Xiaoming Forging Shop.

Since Ning Yuan left with a piece of top-grade, thousand-refined metal, ten days have passed, and there has been no sound of forging coming from Su Ming's forging shop. Only a bear and a young man remain seated cross-legged, meditating and cultivating.

"Roar!" (I'm in!)

Su Ming closed his eyes and frowned.

Xiao Jin has gone astray.

"Roar!" (Soul Master, quickly release your Soul Ring, my Dark Gold Power is about to enter!)

"Bang bang bang."

The knocking interrupted the cultivation of the man and the bear.

Su Ming opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them.

He sensed a faint but palpable pressure of soul power emanating from outside the door.

Very strong.

Two people.

One is extremely powerful, while the other is powerful yet possesses a touch of tranquility.

Su Ming was initially surprised by the speed at which the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School acted, but then he relaxed.

He guessed who the visitors were: Ning Fengzhi, the fragile sect leader, and Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo who professionally played the villain for him.

The sect leader risked assassination to personally visit, which already showed great sincerity. In addition, the one who came was Gu Rong, who was good at playing the bad cop and was a defensive type, rather than Chen Xin, who was good at attacking.

Regardless of whether this sect is ruthless in reality, at least it shows sincerity to those in front of them.

Even before the doors were officially opened to welcome him, Su Ming was already filled with anticipation.

"Huh?" (Who's here?)

Xiao Jin also opened her eyes and looked towards the door.

Having been taught by Su Ming for so long, he has memorized many rules and can usually control himself, refraining from causing trouble or getting angry easily.

The Soul Master said that his nature should be wild and violent, but simply venting is not conducive to meditation and cultivation. If he can control his nature, cultivate his mind and character in ordinary times, meditate and cultivate to accumulate power, and enter a berserk state during battle, he will more deeply experience the exhilaration of his nature exploding.

Xiao Jin was forced at first.

But ever since that evolution, he has restrained himself. During that evolution into the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, he felt as if all the blood in his body was burning out after just a few roars, and he felt an indescribable pleasure all over his body.

By always maintaining one's natural instincts and releasing them after holding it in for a long time, the latter is surprisingly comfortable.

Of course, it's really uncomfortable to hold it in.

Despite the discomfort, under Su Ming's guidance, he meditated daily and often trained until he was exhausted, without even the strength to fight back. Naturally, he persevered and it became a habit.