Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

"This is a soul tool that my teacher and I obtained from some ruins. Senior, could you withstand a single shot from a Soul King just now?"

"No."

"Can Uncle Ning withstand it?"

"No."

"Was it possible to stop your posture just now, senior?"

At this point, Gu Rong's face turned grim.

Seven steps away, and even though Su Ming had indicated that he was going to use his methods, Su Ming could only react by releasing his soul power to block most of the laser's damage, but he was still affected by it.

Although he was contemptuous, his contempt only intensified before Su Ming showed that he was going to demonstrate his abilities, and he didn't even think that Su Ming would dare to resist.

A gun is fast from seven paces away, but what about within seven paces?

Fast and accurate!

Ning Feng stared intently at the soul-guided ray gun in Su Ming's hand.

“Senior, times have changed,” Su Ming said.

This is his bottom line.

The techniques used in the second and third stages of the Warring States period were a devastating blow when applied to the first stage.

The technology of battle armor is on a completely different level from that of ordinary soul tools, and the difficulty of making them is also on a completely different level. He was exhausted from making Xiao Jin's claws, but making a level four soul tool was a piece of cake for him.

He displayed the Soul Guidance Ray Gun, and secretly also deployed a Level 5 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon.

Not only that, he is also equipped with an invincible shield!

The invincible shield has unparalleled defensive power and is not difficult to make. The key is a kind of golden crystal. In the Douluo Continent II era, this golden crystal was a specialty of the Sun Moon Empire, but the Douluo Continent's search and mining technology was not advanced enough.

In fact, even during the second Douluo Continent era, a few pieces of golden crystals occasionally surfaced. The golden crystal used to create Su Ming's invincible shield was something he unexpectedly obtained while wandering around Gengxin City.

Su Ming did not continue to explain the Soul Guidance Ray Gun, and turned to continue discussing cooperation with Ning Fengzhi.

"Uncle Ning, what form of cooperation are you planning to adopt?"

Ning Fengzhi looked at Su Ming's empty hands, a hint of regret in his eyes. If Su Ming had offered to sell that soul tool, he could have easily paid five million.

Taking a deep breath, he also brought his thoughts back to the discussion of cooperation.

"If your skills can be shared, is the learning curve steep?"

"Of course, my Thousand Refinements with Spirit only solves the problem of materials, not reduces the technology required for forging. Thousand Refinements with Spirit was once considered a masterpiece of a master craftsman, so if you want to learn my Thousand Refinements with Spirit, you must first become a master blacksmith before you come to me to learn. I will not take on apprentices from beginning to end."

Hearing Su Ming's words, Ning Fengzhi's lips twitched slightly.

He looked Su Ming up and down.

You're so young, and you're already thinking about taking on apprentices.

Can the two modes be used simultaneously?

"can."

“Then let’s proceed with both modes of cooperation simultaneously. Following the previous cooperation model, I will first order ten sets of this style of armor and weapons, all made with your Thousand-Refined Grade One metal. My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can offer 500,000 gold soul coins per set.”

As Ning Fengzhi spoke, he took out a design drawing, which showed the armor and weapon designs he had requested. The armor was similar to the designs from their previous collaborations, and the weapon was a long spear.

"It's impossible for a 1000-forged first-grade item to be completely perfect."

Su Ming shook his head and took out an ordinary thousand-refined work and handed it to Ning Fengzhi.

"Uncle Ning, take a look. This is an ordinary thousand-times-forged work, but it is also metal that has been forged a thousand times and has a spirit."

Ning Fengzhi carefully examined ordinary thousand-times-forged metal and discovered the difference between it and first-grade thousand-times-forged metal.

However, it falls within an acceptable range.

"can."

Having discussed the normal forms of cooperation, let's move on to another type of cooperation.

“My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will do its best to train a few blacksmiths. Once their skills are up to par, I will arrange for them to come here to learn. But you wouldn’t hand over your skills for no reason, would you?”

Ning Fengzhi's gaze was intense as he looked at Su Ming, already prepared for the transaction.

Chapter 46 The deal is concluded

In this era, the concept of the soul is groundbreaking, but its significance is limited.

If he hadn't developed the Thousand Refinements of Spirit using his soul spirit, the significance of the soul spirit to this era would have been limited to the existence of another form of soul ring.

After all, the influence of spirits on the spirit master world needs to accumulate. Only through the evolution of ten thousand years from Douluo Continent II to Douluo Continent III can the spirit master world be improved, rather than having benefits as soon as spirits exist.

In order to obtain a Soul Spirit, would you rather have an extra combat partner and go to great lengths to persuade a Soul Spirit in a perilous place like the Star Dou Great Forest?

interesting.

Soul-based techniques aren't particularly groundbreaking, so why can't they be passed on?

Besides, Su Ming wasn't trying to sell anything; he was simply letting the spirit appear. You can discover any incredible advantages the spirit might have once you acquire it.

All Ning Fengzhi knows right now is the disadvantage.

“Of course, after all, it’s my patent.” Su Ming met Ning Fengzhi’s gaze and said, “Before we determine what I need, let me give you a heads-up: although the soul contract can be semi-forced, it is limited to thousand-year-old soul beasts, while the spirit-enhancing technology requires the full cooperation of the soul.”

"Soul spirits can serve as an aid to soul masters, but the abilities they can exert depend on the soul master, and there is a risk of them backfiring on the soul master, such as retaliating by disintegrating the soul ring, or even preventing the soul master from using the soul skills of the soul ring they have given them in battle."

“Soul transformation is not difficult; the difficulty lies in finding a soul that can cooperate with the forging process,” Su Ming said.

Ning Fengzhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"This is not difficult."

Animal taming, you know.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is a large and powerful family, and it also has such a small department, which has a few tamed thousand-year-old soul beasts.

"By the way, imbuing a spirit is not only a test for the blacksmith, but also a test for the soul. It also requires talent. Without talent, even if you try for years or decades, you may not be able to find the feeling of imbuing a spirit."

Hearing Su Ming say that, Xiao Jin, who was standing to the side, perked up.

See? Xiongxiong is the talented one.

And this person has such an exaggerated talent that they succeeded on their first try!

Ning Fengzhi's expression changed slightly.

This puzzled him.

However, the problem lies with him, and it is one that can be solved.

He looked at Su Ming and said directly, "I can tell that the soul contract is the key, followed by the skill of spirit empowerment. So this second form of cooperation can be seen as a transaction between these two aspects."

“Yes, Uncle Ning.” Su Ming nodded and said, “I don’t need anything else. First of all, in our transactions today and in the future, I hope that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will use rare metals for settlement, and at the current market price.”

“Okay.” Ning Fengzhi replied without hesitation.

"In addition, I need to borrow your sect's Sword Douluo."

Borrowing a titled Douluo?

Ning Fengzhi looked puzzled.

“My teacher’s eighth ring requires absorbing a soul spirit. He has been searching for a long time but cannot find a soul beast with special circumstances, so the only thing I can think of so far is to subdue it first,” Su Ming said.

Zhu Jiuyang has been searching for a spirit ring for a long time, but he hasn't found one yet.

Su Ming could only share his teacher's burdens.

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

Zhu Jiuyang actually figured out how to get his eighth spirit ring on his own, without asking the Spirit Hall for help.

In that case, having Sword Douluo accompany them and help with the Soul Hunt would be an excellent opportunity to win them over.

"can!"

Without any hesitation, he agreed immediately, looking at Su Ming and waiting for Su Ming's next request.

"The new forging system will inevitably reshape the status of blacksmiths in the future. Rare metals will no longer be useless, and their prices will inevitably rise. Given the size of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Uncle Ning will definitely take advantage of the fact that the prices have not yet risen to buy up rare metals in large quantities after he returns, right?"

Ning Fengzhi nodded, making no attempt to hide this thought.

indeed.

Since they know this thing will be valuable in the future, they will definitely acquire it first.

All businessmen would do the same.

"I want 10% of all the metals that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will acquire in the next ten years," Su Ming said.

"Kid, aren't you afraid of overeating?" Gu Rong couldn't help but say.

The first two requests were harmless, but this one is outrageous.

“I think the price of rare metals will at least double. Uncle Ning, you guys can buy rare metals ahead of time because of my information. The profit will be substantial. I only need 10% of the metals, but even so, you will still have at least 80% profit.”

"can."

Ning Fengzhi agreed.

He could tell that Su Ming was confusing the concepts.

They only talk about profits, not the costs.

With such a large scale and extensive network, how terrifying must the amount of metal the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have acquired be?

"You brat, that's enough, isn't it? Three conditions already," Gu Rong couldn't help but say.

"Senior, don't be in a hurry. After all, this involves the key technology of Thousand Refinement with Spirit. Being able to forge yourself and having someone else forge are two different things." Su Ming said with a smile, "My fourth request is not difficult. It is that the blacksmiths you train in the future need to join the Blacksmith Association. The learning and training process will also be carried out in the association. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School recognizes the authority of the association in the forging world. Of course, it is currently called the Blacksmith Association. After a period of time, it may be renamed the Blacksmith Association."

Ning Fengzhi understood.

Sure enough, this was a move to change the blacksmith's professional environment.

Blacksmiths are looked down upon and are considered to be at the bottom of society. Su Ming is planning to use Thousand-Refined Metal to change the status of blacksmiths.

Blacksmith

That's very clever.

Soul Masters are blacksmiths, while ordinary people are blacksmiths.

This is the first impression.

In reality, it's just that the core ability of a blacksmith requires the ability of a Soul Master. Ordinary people can still handle some simple blacksmithing tasks, and they will continue to be ranked within the association.

The lack of distinction between real-world groups directly and drastically alters people's senses.

"Yes, I can also agree to let the sect and the blacksmith association sign a cooperation agreement to help each other."

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's all for now."

Ning Fengzhi also breathed a sigh of relief.

The kid finally finished mentioning it.

To his surprise, Su Ming never mentioned using soul bones in the transaction from beginning to end.

However, he also knew that what Su Ming obtained was definitely not cheap, especially the rare metals from the past ten years.

This move is too cruel.

Even if they take away 10%, it won't affect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's high profits. It would be like getting something for nothing, directly obtaining 10% of the metal. If it weren't for the ten-year restriction, Ning Fengzhi would never have agreed.

"That's all for the transaction, but since it's a cash-on-delivery arrangement, Uncle Ning, you can't fulfill many of the conditions right now, so I can't hand over the soul conversion array for the time being."

"You brat, are you going to give it to us in ten years?" Gu Rong said with dissatisfaction.

“Actually, it’s not that easy to train a master-level blacksmith,” Su Ming said. “Even if I give it to you in ten years, you won’t lose out. Of course, if the blacksmith trained by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School reaches the stage where he needs to absorb a soul ring, I will hand over the soul spirit array at that time. Before that, Uncle Ning, you just need to complete the other conditions.”

Seeing Su Ming say this, Gu Rong stopped arguing.

"The cooperation with the Blacksmiths' Association..." Ning Fengzhi looked at Su Ming, and hesitated before saying, "Should we decide now?"

"Let's wait a little longer, Uncle Ning. You can go back first and then send someone to coordinate with us," Su Ming said with an embarrassed smile.

He hasn't reached an agreement with the blacksmiths' association yet.