Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

Su Ming's logic is also very complete.

After he finished speaking, Lou Gao couldn't help but nod.

Makes sense.

Duan Jin couldn't help but ask, "Couldn't it just be a normal revenge killing?"

"It's unlikely," Zhu Jiuyang said.

As everyone was discussing, there was a knock on the door of the forge.

The group exchanged glances, and Si Long went to open the door.

There were two people outside the door: Ning Yuan and Chen Xin.

"Your Excellency Sword Douluo, please take a seat."

Zhu Jiuyang made a gesture of invitation.

After Chen Xin nodded in acknowledgment, he also took a seat, while Ning Yuan stood to the side. He coughed lightly and his first words were to distance himself from the situation.

“Miles was not killed by us, and his death has nothing to do with our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.”

“We naturally have no doubts about your sect,” Zhu Jiuyang said.

Ning Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "In addition, Elder Bijian has some information that may be useful to you all."

Oh?

All eyes were on Chen Xin.

To be honest, everyone felt immense pressure sitting in the middle of such a titled Douluo.

At this moment, everyone stared at Chen Xin, feeling uneasy, as if they had dared to put pressure on a Title Douluo.

Chen Xin ignored all these twists and turns.

“Two days ago, a titled Douluo passed through Gengxin City. He had spied on the Association and should have sensed my presence, after which he went into hiding.”

Titled Douluo?

Su Ming's expression changed slightly.

He looked at Silong.

According to Si Long's speculation, the Star Luo Empire is very likely to take action, and everything is in the Star Luo Empire's interest.

Two days

The auction of the spirit metal took place four days ago. From the time they obtained the spirit metal, realized there was a problem with it, to the time they sent a titled Douluo to Gengxin City to investigate, were two days enough?

Seemingly knowing that everyone had thought this far, Chen Xin said, "I can reach Xingluo City within a day if I set off from Gengxin City."

够！

Chen Xin answered the questions in everyone's minds.

Because of Chen Xin's information, their guesses about the culprit have become more skewed.

Based on the information currently available, it is most likely that the Star Luo Empire intervened to kill Miles.

As for whether the Star Luo royal family has any titled Douluo, that is beyond doubt.

Unlike the Heavenly Dou Empire, which constantly divided and delegated power, resulting in numerous sects, the Star Luo Empire was much more unified in its rule. There were no divided kingdoms, and even fewer super sects like the Upper Three Sects.

Under this system, all titled Douluo within the Star Luo Empire are naturally concentrated in the Star Luo Royal Family, or more precisely, in the Hall of Worship established by the Star Luo Royal Family.

"On the surface, there are three titled Douluo belonging to the Star Luo royal family: the current Star Luo Emperor, White Tiger Douluo, Star Crown Douluo, and Nebula Douluo."

Chen Xin spoke, listing the three major titles of the Star Luo Royal Family that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School knew of.

"White Tiger Douluo is unlikely to personally take action. Both Star Crown Douluo and Nebula Douluo are known for their mastery of stellar power. Among them, Star Crown Douluo's cultivation leans towards the support type. If someone is sent to assassinate him, Nebula Douluo is the most likely candidate."

The Star Crown Martial Soul combines strong offensive and supportive characteristics, making it an extremely powerful top-tier Martial Soul. Crucially, even if one cultivates it as a support-type Soul Master, its cultivation speed will not be reduced.

This is the inherited martial spirit of the Star Luo royal family in the second era of Dou Di Zhuan.

Now it is the era of Dou Yi, and the Star Luo royal family is still the Dai family that inherits the White Tiger Martial Soul.

As for Nebula Douluo, according to Chen Xin's introduction, the information about Nebula Douluo during the second era of Douluo was almost the same as what Su Ming knew—his martial soul was the Nebula Fan, which combined agility and power, and he had excellent concealment and stealth abilities.

This is a powerful martial spirit that has been passed down even up to the second era of Dou Di Zhuan.

Star Crown, Nebula Fan

To be fair, the powerful families of the Star Luo Empire are quite accomplished in understanding star attributes.

Su Ming couldn't help but marvel at how stable the structure of the Star Luo Empire was. From the first to the second Douluo Continent, apart from the throne changing from the Dai family, who held the White Tiger Douluo title, to the Xu family, who held the Star Crown Martial Soul title, everything else was passed down stably.

Chapter 103 The Murderer Comes from the Star Luo Royal Family

As everyone was discussing, the door to the forge was knocked on again.

Si Long went to open the door, and there stood Zhao Tieshan, the city lord of Gengxin City.

Zhao Tieshan glanced at everyone present, surprised to see such a young child as Su Ming there. Before he could say anything, he saw Chen Xin, his face showing great alarm, and he bowed respectfully.

"I have met Your Majesty."

Chen Xin nodded slightly.

Zhao Tieshan breathed a sigh of relief and straightened up.

"Lord Zhao, with such a mess going on, you still have time to come to our Blacksmith Association?" Zhu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow.

Zhao Tieshan gave a wry smile.

"President Zhu, everyone here, there's no need for us to beat around the bush. Your association is about to cooperate with the Spirit Hall, and this incident has occurred during this time. You must be anxious to find the culprit. Why don't we join forces?"

"Does Lord Zhao have any leads?"

Zhao Tieshan took a deep breath.

He didn't question why they didn't share the clues first. With Chen Xin sitting there, he immediately lowered his head, not daring to show any toughness.

"Regarding this assassination attempt, I have a feeling it might be aimed at me."

"Coming for you?"

Everyone present frowned and looked at Zhao Tieshan, not understanding what he meant.

"Lord Zhao, could you please elaborate?" Lou Gao asked.

"It all starts with your association. You know what kind of trouble those twelve spirit metals you auctioned off will cause, right? I am the city lord of Gengxin City. I don't know how many people are eyeing my position, not my subordinates, but outsiders."

"The forces that are interested in the spirit metals you auctioned off probably all want to get rid of me and take over the position of city lord of Gengxin City."

"really!"

Silong pounded his right hand on his left.

"Do you also think someone is watching my position?"

Zhao Tieshan never expected that the blacksmiths in the Forging Association would be so clever as to have deduced this much.

In reality, he was overthinking it; it was just that what he had just said had reinforced the association members' earlier speculations.

“If the Star Luo royal family takes action, even if they anger us, even if the Spirit Hall doesn’t pursue the association’s problems in the end, and still promotes the cooperation between the association and the Heaven Dou Empire, they won’t lose out. This is because the association is located in Gengxin City, and after they replaced the city lord of Gengxin City, they directly controlled the association,” Si Long murmured.

Zhao Tieshan looked bewildered.

what?

Is it His Majesty who wants to take my position as city lord?

Silong's words make a lot of sense, but all of this is on the premise that the association must continue to stay in Gengxin City.

However, will the association remain in Gengxin City?

Yes, but they won't stay in Gengxin City.

Su Ming's reforms were modeled after the blacksmith associations of later generations. He would inevitably choose the same development path as later generations, which would result in multiple associations being established, forming a unified whole while being scattered across various cities.

If the Star Luo Empire truly intends to firmly grasp the position of the city lord of Gengxin City in order to extract benefits from the association, then they are definitely overthinking it.

“Now we can basically determine the background of the murderer, so how should we explain this to the envoy from the Spirit Hall?” Si Long said with a bitter face, “We still don’t know who the envoy from the Spirit Hall is.”

"Let's first confirm the identity of that Title Douluo. It would be best to find him before the Spirit Hall's envoy arrives. That way, we won't have to worry about how to explain things later," Zhu Jiuyang said.

His method was simple and direct.

The others exchanged glances, a hint of hesitation flashing in their eyes.

Zhu Jiuyang was able to say that because he was a Contra Master and seemed to have other trump cards, while the others were not Contra Masters and did not have any so-called trump cards.

After learning from the crowd that the person who assassinated Miles was actually a Title Douluo, Zhao Tieshan considered withdrawing. He felt that he should relax the blockade of Gengxin City a little and quickly let that Title Douluo go.

If you really push the other party too far, who knows what they might do?

What if you happen to walk right into the line of fire?

He took a small step back.

Upon noticing Zhao Tieshan's actions, Su Ming immediately became displeased.

Scared?

That won't work.

The main force for capturing the Title Douluo this time was the city guards and the people from the Spirit Hall. How could Zhao Tieshan, as the city lord, back down?

He spoke directly.

"Lord Zhao, we've almost figured out the killer's identity. Shall we begin the search?"

As his voice rang out, everyone's eyes turned to him.

Although Su Ming was only eleven years old, he truly pioneered the blacksmith system and was the real driving force behind the reform of blacksmiths. Those who knew this would naturally not underestimate him.

Of course, only Zhao Tieshan was unaware of this on the field.

Zhao Tieshan stared at Su Ming expressionlessly. He had been wondering how such a young child could be at this meeting, and now he was even more suspicious.

That clueless kid dares to say anything.

He looked annoyed.

While he was getting angry, Su Ming seemed not to notice his expression and continued, "If the city guards are short-handed, they can cooperate with the people of the Martial Soul Hall. I think the Martial Soul Hall will also put in a lot of effort to find the murderer."

"Kid, you're too naive," Zhao Tieshan sneered.

Will they put in a lot of effort?

Who is not afraid of death?

It would be a miracle if they could handle it.

With the Platinum Bishop killed, who among the remaining members of the Martial Soul Main Hall would dare to investigate seriously?

"Getting the people from the Spirit Hall to cooperate is actually quite simple. Just tell them that the titled Douluo elder from Spirit City will arrive in Gengxin City within two days."

"what?"

Zhao Tieshan's expression changed drastically.

Is the messenger from the Spirit Hall a Title Douluo?

"Are you sure the Spirit Hall will send a Title Douluo to Gengxin City?"

Su Ming shook his head.

"uncertain."

He thought for a moment and then added a sentence.

"But that possibility can't be ruled out, can it?"

Zhao Tieshan frowned and fell into deep thought.

The more he thought about it, the more conflicted his expression became, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

It's not that I'm afraid of not thinking of it, it's that I'm afraid of thinking of it, even if I'm not sure.

Imagine if a titled Douluo came and learned that the Platinum Bishop had been assassinated and there were no clues about the murderer, and he was determined to find someone to take responsibility for it, who would he look for?

Regardless of whether they intend to pin the blame on the Blacksmiths' Association, the ultimate goal will definitely be to take advantage of this cooperation with the association and then shift the blame away from the Blacksmiths' Association.