Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news."

Ning Fengzhi took out a jade pendant and handed it to Su Ming, saying that it was his token and that he should use it as proof when contacting him.

After Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong left, Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

Next to him, Xiao Jin also collapsed to the ground.

"Roar." (What terrifying soul power.)

"It's alright, he's just playing the bad cop to scare us," Su Ming said. "Next, we need to talk to the association. I just don't know if the teacher has received the letter yet."

His plan was that Zhu Jiuyang would absorb the soul spirit back, then master the Thousand Refinements of Spirit, and then initiate these plans.

But in fact, Zhu Jiuyang had been missing for four months and still hadn't found his soul, while Ning Fengzhi had so quickly noticed the problem with that batch of armor and acted swiftly, coming to him personally so quickly.

Chapter 47 Zhu Jiuyang's Identity

When negotiating with Ning Fengzhi, Su Ming dealt with the situation according to the circumstances. Since Ning Fengzhi came in person, showing his sincerity, Su Ming didn't try to be evasive.

But we need to reconsider our relationship with the blacksmiths' association.

"Lou Gao is truly obsessed with forging, so he should be easy to persuade. It's not a big problem for me alone. The key issues are the name change and a series of collaborations, which Lou Gao and I definitely won't handle personally."

The recent negotiations with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have only established an intention to cooperate. The two sides will have a cooperative relationship in the future. As for how to cooperate and the content of the cooperation, more detailed discussions are needed later. These are not things that Su Ming can handle.

"After the name change to the Forging Masters Association, there is a series of operations that Lou Gao and I cannot handle. We have to hand them over to others, and they have to be trustworthy."

Su Ming frowned.

"Let's find our senior brothers first."

Zhu Jiuyang had three disciples in total. Su Ming was the third, and he had two senior brothers. The second senior brother was, of course, Duan Jin, who had introduced him to the sect.

When Su Ming first entered the sect at the age of seven, he was a Duan Jin Soul Venerable. Now, after three years, he has reached the thirty-ninth level of Duan Jin.

There was nothing he could do; he had been stuck at level 39 for a whole year and didn't know when he would be able to break through this bottleneck.

This is the proper way for a Soul Master to cultivate.

As Su Ming pondered, he heard the door of the forging shop being knocked on again.

He opened the door, surprised to see Duan Jin arrive.

"Senior brothers, what brings you here?"

Although he was asking a question, Su Ming had a guess in his mind as he looked at Duan Jin's excited expression.

He stepped aside to let Duan Jin and his senior brother, who was behind Duan Jin, in.

Su Ming's senior brother was named Huo Lie, and he was Zhu Jiuyang's first disciple. Unlike Duan Jin and Su Ming, this senior brother did not become an apprentice through the blacksmithing route. At that time, Zhu Jiuyang had not yet become obsessed with the blacksmithing industry.

As Zhu Jiuyang became engrossed in blacksmithing, Huo Lie followed him to Gengxin City. Putting aside everything else, the environment of Gengxin City was perfectly suited for his cultivation, offering a simulated cultivation effect. This was also why, when he initially didn't understand his teacher, he stayed by Zhu Jiuyang's side.

After another attempt, he discovered that he could also enjoy the effect of a simulated environment when forging, and the effect was even better!

Thus, Huo Lie also fell into the world of blacksmithing along with Zhu Jiuyang.

Zhu Jiuyang rose to prominence quickly and became a master blacksmith, while Huo Lie simply enjoyed the process of forging iron without enjoying the result. So, after forging iron for so many years, he was only a master blacksmith. However, his strength was not weak. He was a five-ring Soul King with a Soul Power of up to level 59, and he was only 35 years old this year, in the prime of his life.

Like Duan Jin, he was stuck at level 10 for a long time. Duan Jin was stuck at level 39 for a year, while he was stuck at level 59 for a full three years.

This is clearly not Huo Lie's limit, so it's inevitable that he will break through to level 60 within one or two years.

The probability of breaking through to Soul Saint in another ten years is also extremely high.

"Xiao Ming, I've broken through!"

Duan Jin's first words upon entering confirmed Su Ming's guess.

"So, senior brother, are you planning to acquire a soul spirit in the fourth ring?"

"Of course!" Duan Jin answered firmly, saying, "The Thousand Refinements with Spirit was the standard of the former master craftsmen, so of course I want to learn it."

"Have you chosen your soul beast?"

“I’ve already found one. It’s a 6,000-year-old wild gorilla, which is perfect for me. After all, I’m not a teacher, so I don’t need a soul ring of that age. Besides, didn’t you say that thousand-year-old soul beasts don’t have high intelligence and mostly follow their instincts? As long as I beat them into submission, I can form a soul contract with them.”

Su Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Senior brother, you only heard the first half of the sentence. There is no problem with signing a soul spirit like this, but the purpose of you absorbing the soul spirit is for forging. A six-thousand-year-old soul spirit, senior brother, you probably only have this one chance. I don't know what level of spiritual power you will have to cultivate before you can try a second soul spirit."

One can fuse with a thousand-year-old soul in the Spirit Connection Realm, but only in the Spirit Sea Realm can one fuse with a new soul.

The Spirit Sea Realm will be nothing in the future; it will be a standard requirement for the strong. Duan Jin also has the talent of a strong person, but the problem is that he is a Soul Master from the Douyi era.

Acquiring a soul now, while beneficial for his future spiritual power enhancement, means he has already passed the period of physical development.

If you fuse with a spirit before the age of ten, you can enjoy both the benefits of easily increasing your spiritual power and the advantages of physical development. The two are cumulative, and one plus one is greater than two!

Although Duan Jin, now 23, has not yet reached his peak, he has already missed the period of greatest opportunity.

"Don't worry, we've analyzed that. Wild Apes aren't exactly known for their sharp minds, so they should be relatively easy to fool once they've been defeated," Huo Lie said.

Su Ming was taken aback.

Is this okay?

A wild gorilla six thousand years ago.

Well, they might be even easier to fool than the newly minted King Jin when he first came to power.

"So, senior brothers, will you set up the formation yourselves? Or should I go with you?"

"Do we two look like people who would set up a soul-guiding array?" Duan Jin asked rhetorically.

Su Ming knew that.

"I have other things to take care of first."

He recounted his discussions with Ning Fengzhi about their collaboration to his two senior brothers.

"You're really bold," Huo Lie said. "But thankfully, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School should also be wary of our teacher's identity."

Su Ming was drawn to the second half of his sentence.

"By the way, senior brother, what's so special about our teacher? You never mentioned it before."

Huo Lie hesitated for a moment, then said, "This isn't a good thing either, which is why I didn't let you tell me before."

Not a good thing?

Su Ming frowned.

How could an identity that makes the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School wary not be a good thing?

"Well, let me put it this way, the teacher's younger sister almost became the Pope's wife back then."

Ok.

Ok?

Su Ming's expression immediately changed.

The Pope's wife?

Whose wife?

My teacher isn't that old, and my sister would be even younger. And the most recent pope is probably the only one who fits the criteria, right?

"Qian Xunji?" Su Ming blurted out.

Huo Lie looked surprised.

"It's him." Huo Lie further explained, "The Zhu family, where our teacher is from, has a sacred fire as its inherited martial spirit, and has maintained intermarriage with the Qian family, which has inherited the angelic martial spirit, for generations."

Su Ming thought to himself that he had stumbled upon a juicy piece of gossip.

That bastard Qian Xunji almost became his own teacher's brother-in-law?

Thankfully it didn't happen!

"So, the teacher actually holds a very high position in the Spirit Hall?" Duan Jin asked.

He didn't understand the high-level structure of the Spirit Hall as well as Su Ming, and he wasn't deeply impressed by what he heard about the Qian family and the Zhu family.

"Teacher had a falling out with the Qian family and directly dissolved the engagement." Huo Lie gave a bitter smile and said, "So, Teacher has nothing to do with the Spirit Hall now."

Duan Jin was puzzled.

It's alright, what is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School afraid of?

On the contrary, Su Ming found out.

It's okay, but it can be a relationship at any time.

Chapter 48 The Shock of the High Building

It’s stable!

Knowing this, Su Ming felt his plan was more secure.

"President Lou Gao will definitely support us, but I don't have the manpower to handle the follow-up operations, and there's no news from the teacher yet, so I was originally planning to discuss it with you senior brothers."

"Is Grandmaster Silong not good enough? He has managed the association very well over the years," Duan Jin asked doubtfully.

“Several grandmasters are already Soul Saints, but without materials, they have no way to try the Thousand Refinements with Spirit. If I publish my technique to the association, I guess they will all go into seclusion to cultivate their soul power.” Su Ming smiled bitterly.

Master-level blacksmiths are actually capable of forging with spirit after a thousand attempts, but there aren't enough materials in this era. Even if there were, they couldn't be sure of success on the first try, but they would definitely succeed after a hundred attempts.

This is the level of a master blacksmith.

Therefore, once the method of forging with the spirituality of the soul was leaked, these master-level blacksmiths would do everything they could to meet the requirements.

Contra may seem far away, but you can actually grit your teeth and give it a shot. Even if you fail, you'll still have no regrets.

“Then I’ll do it,” Huo Lie said. “All the Grandmaster-level seniors are in seclusion, so let’s choose from the Master-level. I’m a Master-level blacksmith, and my strength can overwhelm the other Master-levels. Besides, the Soul Spirit Technique was originally created by you, Xiao Ming. I’m your senior brother, so it’s perfectly legitimate.”

"That's what I think too, but it might delay your cultivation, senior brother."

"I've been stuck at level 59 for many years. What I lack is an opportunity, not hard work. As for whether my forging can be further improved, it's irrelevant to me."

Listening to Huo Lie's words and thinking about his senior brother's past, Su Ming's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but complain: "Senior brother, you'd better try Thousand Refinements with Spirit in the future. Maybe you'll have a better effect on mimicry cultivation."

Huo Lie was motivated to persevere and dedicate himself to the blacksmithing industry because he could feel the mimicry effect during the blacksmithing process.

What about the spirit that is forged a thousand times?

If he can get feedback, then he'll be proven wrong again.

"That will have to wait until I break through."

Huo Lie remained calm.

Slap in the face?

So what?

If I can be proven wrong again, I'll be even happier.

When did you send the letter to the teacher?

"It's been half a month."

"Then there's no need for us to wait. Let's go find Chairman Lou Gao directly."

When he first incorporated the thousand-refined metal into the armor, he had the idea of ​​cooperating with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Before Ning Yuan came to make up the price difference, he had tried to contact Zhu Jiuyang.

Unfortunately, there was no response.

Blacksmiths' Association.

Fifth floor.

"Why are the three of you here together?" Si Long asked in surprise as he looked at the three Su brothers walking towards him.

"Senior Silong, it's you again."

Every time Su Ming came to the fifth floor of the association, Si Long would be there to keep watch.

"Haha, this is fate." Si Long laughed and said, "I remember your teacher isn't here."

"It's alright, we won't look for the teacher, we'll look for the president," Huo Lie said.

"Looking for a teacher?" Si Long glanced at the three of them, didn't ask any further questions, and opened the door.