Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

This is why he didn't fly into a rage when he was suddenly interrupted, even though he had finally gotten a feel for it and was about to truly control Su Ming's first spirit ring.

"Come back, there's no need to hide anymore."

Su Ming pressed Xiao Jin down, letting him continue to sit and cultivate, while he got up to open the door.

Having learned what he could gain for his future selves, he changed many of his plans.

The first aspect is the dissemination of the technology one has mastered.

Can one improve oneself by adhering to the techniques refined through countless trials?

No.

Can you get rich by guarding the soul technology?

No.

On the contrary, by dispersing these two points, he can secure a position for himself in the future.

The spirit-enchanting technique he mastered relies on the soul, so the dissemination of forging techniques cannot be separated from the dissemination of the soul-enchanting technique.

Spreading this now will not only bring future recognition, but also create an information gap. Since outsiders are still unaware of the true strengths of these two technologies, it will be safer to spread.

For example, after forming a soul contract, one can directly open up the sea of ​​spirit, which is beneficial to the cultivation of a soul master's spiritual power. This is something that no one except Su Ming and his apprentice knows. Now that he has revealed the existence of the soul spirit, if he doesn't take the initiative to say it, other soul masters will not know. On the contrary, Su Ming's emphasis on the difficulty and disadvantage of obtaining the soul spirit will make the soul spirit the exclusive possession of blacksmiths who want to master the Thousand Refinements of Spirit in the very early stages of its exposure.

As for Douyi Era losing its advantage due to the spread of its technology?

Su Ming has the future in his grasp, a mature system, not these two basic technologies.

So what if other Soul Masters have Soul Spirits? So what if they are equipped with weapons and armor made of spirit metal? Will this primitive use of Soul Spirits be an obstacle for Su Ming?

The first step in spreading these two technologies was to reform the Blacksmiths' Association, making it the core location for the Soul Spirit and Thousand Forging Spirit technologies. The second step was to gain the support of several major powers to achieve a balance of power.

In this way, if outsiders discover something "surprising" about these two technologies in the future, they will only marvel at the genius of Su Ming's creation of the two systems, rather than harboring malicious thoughts such as covetousness.

Having figured these things out, Su Ming was able to hold Xiao Jin down today.

Xiao Jin can expose herself in front of outsiders.

At the same time, Ning Fengzhi's personal visit today is also crucial.

If Ning Yuan were here today, Su Ming would simply continue to operate slowly and gradually guide cooperation.

But since Ning Fengzhi has come and shown his sincerity, he should go all the way.

If he were truly blind, and the situation spiraled out of control, Su Ming would have the fundamental confidence to perish together with Ning Fengzhi.

Upon opening the door, Su Ming found the two people he had guessed were there—Ning Fengzhi, dressed in an elegant manner, and Gu Rong, a gaunt-faced, shriveled man with an astonishingly large frame.

Ning Fengzhi scanned the room, and besides noticing Su Ming, his gaze also locked onto Xiao Jin, who was cultivating not far away.

His gaze narrowed.

Realizing something, he quickly turned back to look at the banyan tree and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the banyan tree had not done anything out of line except for its confusion.

It's not a soul beast in human form.

Seeing Ning Fengzhi's reaction, Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sect Leader Ning, please forgive me for not welcoming you properly." Su Ming took the initiative to speak, "This is Xiao Jin, my partner, and he is also related to the content of our upcoming negotiations."

A hint of surprise flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

He glanced down at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School emblem on his chest and chuckled.

This little boy is really clever.

“Since you’ve guessed it, I’ll get straight to the point. Can you reliably forge that first-grade metal?” Ning Fengzhi asked. “Also, you’re about the same age as my daughter. If you don’t mind, you can call me Uncle Ning. There’s no need to keep calling me Sect Master Ning.”

"Uncle Ning."

Su Ming called out, and Ning Fengzhi offered to call him Uncle Ning, which helped him relax further.

After secretly complaining to himself that Ning Yuan had gotten a huge advantage, Su Ming answered Ning Fengzhi's previous question.

"A thousand-times-forged, first-grade product can be mass-produced."

"Kid, take us to see your teacher. Surely you're not going to be cooperating with us, are you?" Gu Rong interjected at this moment.

“What you need is spirit metal, and I can forge it, so why not cooperate with me?” Su Ming retorted, then said, “Besides, it’s no use talking to my teacher. I’m the only one who currently possesses the Thousand Refinement Grade 1 technique. Of course, if you’re willing to wait, my teacher should be able to master it soon.”

Ning Fengzhi looked puzzled.

He really didn't react.

What do you mean by "Now only you have mastered it, but soon your teacher will be able to master it"?

Is it the other way around?

He paused for a moment, then realized something and looked at the little golden creature behind Su Ming that was cultivating.

"If I remember correctly, you just said that he was related to what we were going to talk about, so is it because of him?"

"Correct."

Su Ming turned around and called to Xiao Jin behind him.

"Little Jin, you don't need to cultivate anymore, come over and show yourself."

Little Jin's ears twitched, and she got up and tiptoed to Su Ming's right side.

As for why it's the right side, it's because Su Ming's left side needs to directly face the ancient banyan tree.

"what!"

As they got closer, Ning Fengzhi observed carefully and noticed Xiao Jin's unusual behavior.

"He is not a physical entity!"

“That’s right,” Su Ming said. “It is a new form of soul ring that I created by accident.”

"Soul Ring form?"

Ning Fengzhi was confused once again.

How did it get involved with spirit rings again?

"That's right, Xiao Jin is actually my spirit ring. During the process of me absorbing the spirit ring, his soul was preserved and signed a contract with me. My spirit ring carried his origin and eventually became his current spiritual form. I call him a spirit."

Ning Fengzhi listened to Su Ming's introduction and marveled at it.

The Douluo Continent is truly full of wonders; absorbing a spirit ring can actually lead to such an experience.

"The prerequisite for mass-producing spirit metals is the spirit-engraving technology, which is inseparable from the soul. So far, there is only one soul on the continent, Xiao Jin, which is why I said that I am the only one who has mastered the forging method of Thousand Refinements of Grade One."

“But you said your teacher will learn it soon,” Ning Fengzhi said.

He analyzed a lot of things. First and foremost, Zhu Jiuyang had broken through to level 80 and was trying to obtain his eighth soul ring. Secondly, it seemed that the unexpected occurrence of this soul spirit could be replicated.

"Uncle Ning, let's talk about our cooperation first. I wonder what form you plan to take?"

"Do you have any idea?"

Ning Fengzhi didn't come with a complete prepared speech this time either, but rather to hear Su Ming and Zhu Jiuyang's thoughts.

Based on his intuition, Su Ming and Zhu Jiuyang might have special plans to change the status of blacksmiths, and might make some special demands regarding cooperation.

"I have two models here. One is to continue the previous cooperation model, where I am responsible for forging, you make your requirements, and finally we exchange money for goods. Of course, on this basis, my reward is rare metals. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School should have collected quite a few metals with special properties, and these are the rare metals I need."

A glint of light flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

Metals with special properties!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda possesses a talent for treasure hunting, always sensing treasures when it encounters them. Using this ability, it has collected a large number of treasures, including metals with special properties. However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has also conducted extensive research on these metals with special properties, but apart from their inherent special properties, they have not discovered anything particularly special. Moreover, none of their inherent special properties are particularly useful, only producing a peculiar effect similar to the glowing of a luminous pearl.

Although they haven't figured out anything yet, since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda always reacts to these metals, it means that these metals are treasures, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should still collect them.

Now it seems that these metals are indeed very special. With the Thousand-Forging First-Grade technique, Su Ming seems to have figured out the uses of these metals.

Could it be that these so-called special properties are merely outward manifestations before they are activated, and what abilities they will transform into after activation?

"What about another model?"

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"Another option, of course, is for you to send a master blacksmith to me to learn the craft, and I can teach him the techniques in full."

Ning Fengzhi narrowed his eyes and stared at Su Ming.

Are you sure you can share your technology?

"Why not?" Su Ming countered.

If he's the only one in need of rare metals, then it's too easy for him to be targeted. The price of rare metals will be driven up to the sky, and he won't be able to bring it down.

Of course, he could raise the price of spirit metals, but spirit metals haven't provided that much of a boost to Soul Masters so far. Ning Fengzhi's current offer is already at a peak in some respects.

A price war?

Su Ming is a Soul Master whose goal is cultivation; getting too involved in the business world would be a huge disadvantage.

On the contrary, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has many channels and is convenient for acquiring metals, so cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is indispensable.

Besides the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Su Ming will also try to establish cooperation with the Spirit Hall, but so far he has not seen an opportunity.

As for the losses caused by the transfer of technology?

The future of the Spirit Forging System is in Su Ming's hands. He has a mature path for further advancement, which allows him to unlock the limits of his abilities. Even if other blacksmiths at this time learn the Thousand Forging with Spirit, it will have little impact on him.

Besides, is it really too late to train blacksmiths now?

In the era of Dou San, "Thousand Refinements with Spirit" was the threshold for a Level 3 blacksmith, which was also the threshold for a blacksmith master. However, in the current era, it means a divine craftsman!

Despite the limitations of materials and technology, mastering the Thousand Forging technique was not easy even during the Douluo Continent III era. As far as Su Ming knew, apart from himself, Tang Wulin, and a genius girl from the Star Luo Continent, it would take at least five years to master the Thousand Forging technique from scratch.

Even now, it would take at least ten years.

Therefore, becoming a master blacksmith is theoretically easier if you want to quickly become a blacksmith.

Their skills are there, but what they lack is a lot of practice material.

On the other hand, all the existing master-level blacksmiths are already Soul Saints. To obtain a Soul Spirit, one must at least break through level 80. Is that easy?

"Boy, how dare you?" Gu Rong's voice was hoarse, carrying a strong sense of oppression as his soul power locked onto Su Ming.

"Why wouldn't I dare?" Su Ming asked calmly.

He possessed the physical attributes provided by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Even though he was only a Great Soul Master, the soul power pressure that could cause him to show pain was at least at the Soul King level.

Gu Rong is just testing the waters now, and she's holding back. The pressure she's putting on is only at the Soul Master level, which Su Ming can easily withstand.

Gu Rong was secretly alarmed by Su Ming's posture.

"You dare to say these things out loud? Aren't you afraid I'll forcibly take you away?" Gu Rong said, "Your teacher isn't here right now."

“Since Uncle Ning is so sincere, coming all the way to my place to discuss cooperation, I naturally trust you as well,” Su Ming said with a smile.

Ning Fengzhi, you've already appeared before me. If you still have any ulterior motives, then Su Ming can only say that Ning Fengzhi is incredibly bold.

He also prescribed the right medicine for the right disease.

Since Ning Fengzhi personally came forward, he naturally revealed the relevant technologies to the greatest extent possible and discussed possible collaborations.

It's just a piece of metal refined to the highest grade. It's not battle armor technology, nor does it have the level of soul tool technology. It's just pure metal that can resonate with soul masters, nothing more.

"You mean you can hurt him under my protection?" Gu Rong understood Su Ming's subtext.

Su Ming stared directly at the ancient banyan tree.

He slowly stepped forward, came to the ancient banyan tree, and then stepped back, counting aloud.

"One, two, three, seven!"

After the seventh step, he drew a line and moved it back a little.

"Seven paces away, the gun is fast."

Su Ming pulled out a soul-guided ray gun from somewhere and instantly fired a laser beam, aiming it directly at Gu Rong.

As a titled Douluo, Gu Rong naturally reacted before Su Ming even took out his Soul Guidance Ray Gun. However, he only had time to release his soul power before the laser beam was already in front of him.

The next moment, his expression changed slightly.

The laser actually penetrated his soul power and attacked his abdomen directly.

He touched his charred clothes, his face grim.