Blue Silver Grass Strategy

Two days ago, a group of eight people including Tiefutu, who went out to hunt for the eighth soul ring, returned to "Gengxin City".

Less than half an hour later, an explosive piece of news spread throughout the entire Gengxin City. From the patriarchs and elders of each soul master family to the common people such as peddlers and hawkers, everyone knew that the former president of the Blacksmith Association, Tie Fu Tu, one of the only two master craftsmen in the world of Douluo Continent, had become an eight-ringed soul douluo!

After two days of preparation and fermentation, early this morning, invitations were delivered to various powerful figures in Gengxin City by the three presidents and disciples of the Blacksmith Association, Silong, Siyu and Sikai.

Things were going smoothly for Siyu and Sikai, even though they were only juniors, but with their master Tie Futu being promoted to Soul Douluo, the status of them naturally rose, and no one would neglect them.

On the other hand, in order to show his importance and respect to the City Lord, Silong not only chose the City Lord's Mansion as the first stop, but also specially arranged for Silong, the eldest disciple of the president Lou Gao, to deliver the invitation.

Who knew that he would be rejected?

Why not retreat early or late? Why retreat at this time?

Besides, since I went into seclusion ten days ago, can’t I come out now?

Fortunately, before setting off, Master Ling Yi had warned him to be careful with his words and actions when going out, and not to casually express his wishes and attitudes. Silong suppressed his dissatisfaction and complaints, and imitated Edgar, saying politely and courteously:

"That's a pity. I'll leave the invitation letter here. When the city lord comes out of seclusion, I'll ask Director Edgar to pass on the message..."

"Oh, okay, okay..." Edgar nodded hurriedly, and the politeness in his words subconsciously added a bit of sincerity. Fortunately, years of training allowed him to change his facial expressions in time, with a bright smile on his face: "Old Master Tiefutu has become the first and only Soul Douluo in our Gengxin City. I believe that after the Earl comes out of seclusion, he will definitely pay a visit to the [Blacksmith Association] as soon as possible..."

At this moment, even Silong, who was standing face to face, thought that Edgar's change was a tribute to Tiefutu who had become a Contra.

Watching Silong's departing back, Edgar frowned, looked around at the maids and guards on both sides, and without saying anything, turned and headed towards the backyard.

A corner of the garden in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion.

Edgar raised his hand and unscrewed an irregularly protruding stone on the rockery, then looked at a door that slowly opened on the originally flawless stone wall beside him.

Without hesitation, Edgar stepped in, walked down the slope for dozens of meters, and stopped in front of a thick black stone door. He respectfully recounted the story of Silong's visit and the invitation letter he had just received.

"..."

There was silence behind the stone door for a while. After a while, a hoarse voice sounded intermittently: "I know about this matter. Ron...is he back?"

Although the person was not in front of him, Edgar still stood respectfully and meticulously: "My Lord Earl, the Second Young Master's school, the [Wutong Advanced Soul Master Academy] is in [Red Maple City]. The letter I sent out before, I guess it has just arrived in the Second Young Master's hands..."

"Then..." Arthur Candel's hoarse voice sounded again: "Let Harry go instead of me..."

Before he finished speaking, Arthur Candeel stopped and paused, then continued: "Forget it, Harry is only nine years old. If he says something wrong, it will be a disgrace to my Candeel family..."

"Oh - forget it -" Arthur Candel's voice was filled with obvious hesitation and doubt, and he said: "Let Kuku go, Edgar, you follow him when the time comes, and don't let that idiot talk nonsense, but you can't lose the dignity of our Candel family, understand?!"

"Understood!" Edgar straightened his back and responded solemnly.

"Go-"

"Yes!"

Walking out of the dim corridor, Edgar subconsciously squinted his eyes because of the bright light, and the door behind him, which had just opened more than half, slowly closed again.

Turning his head and looking at Kuku Kandil leaning against the rockery, Edgar continued walking forward without saying a word.

"You heard it," Edgar said in a low voice as he walked, "The Second Young Master can't come back in a short time, and the Third Young Master, the Fourth Young Lady, and the Fifth Young Master are too young. The City Lord's Mansion now needs you, the eldest young master, to support it—"

"When will Ron be back?"

Kuku Kandil, who had followed them at some point, also asked in a low voice, pointing out the problem.

"The second young master's talent is the best in the Kandier family. His innate soul power is at level seven. Although he is only twenty-two years old, he has cultivated to level forty..."

Edgar answered the question irrelevantly.

After nearly half a year of Ling Yi's instruction, Kuku Kandil not only became a high-level blacksmith, able to forge hundred-forged weapons, but his thinking logic was also subtly influenced.

"Which soul beast forest is it?"

"Mist Coffin Canyon."

"The one near the Lost Canyon?"

"Ah."

"How long have you been there?"

"Ten days."

"What a coincidence."

"It's a coincidence."

"..."

"..."

There was a silence that lasted until they reached the exit of the garden. The two men, one walked forward and the other turned right, and they no longer went the same way.

When they were about ten meters apart, Kuku Kandil heard a soft voice again: "I thought the Earl would not come back ten days ago."

The corridor outside the garden was silent except for the subtle footsteps, which were rhythmic and meticulous.

[Headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association], fifth floor, foundry room number one.

Ling Yi raised his hand and touched the newly built wall. Without turning his head, he asked Lou Gao behind him: "Brother, do you want me to write a calligraphy or draw a picture to hang here? Otherwise, this place looks a bit abrupt——"

That’s right. The entire No. 1 Foundry is dark in color on all sides of the walls, as well as the ceiling and floor, due to years of smoke from the furnace and the contamination from fine carbon ash and metal dust.

But at this moment, there was a one-meter square wall on the wall in front of Ling Yi. Although it was all the brown-black color of the raw material of "Turtleback Rock", the color was much lighter than that on the edge.

"Okay." Lou Gao nodded, nodding on behalf of his master, and said, "Your carving skills are so good, I guess your writing and painting skills are also great..."

"There is just one thing..." Lou Gao paused and hesitated for a few seconds before asking, "You put a piece of 'Starry Sky Fireworks' on the wall in each of the 36 foundry rooms on the fifth floor... Who touched this one?"

Chapter 218 Is it Douluo?

Who touched you?

After Silong and the others come back, ask them if anyone can't attend tomorrow's party, and it will be almost certain.

Ling Yi had a list of candidates in mind, but it was just a guess at the moment, so he did not directly answer Lou Gao's question.

When I returned to Gengxin City before, I discovered the gap in the wall. It looked like it was caused by the spatial energy in the "Star Stone" being stimulated, which then caused a spatial tearing effect.

Ling Yi, with his powerful five senses, immediately sensed the smell of blood in the air which had not yet completely dissipated.

Following the almost fading smell of blood, Ling Yi tracked it all the way from the fifth floor to a window on the side of the third floor.

"Tsk, it seems the amount of bleeding is quite heavy. Although the other party should have sealed the wound immediately, it has been so many days and there is still blood left——"

Of course, the air circulation inside the [Headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association] building is much smoother than that in the open air environment outside, which is why Ling Yi was able to sense subtle clues even after a few days.

But after the other party jumped out of the window, all the clues were lost.

In the past year or so, the various scattered information that Ling Yi transmitted to the outside was not aimed at any one big shot, but at all the powerful people in the entire "Gengxin City".

It's just that everyone has a different personality. In Ling Yi's judgment, the city lord Arthur Candil has the highest probability of being the first to jump out, followed by the controller behind the South City Trade Market, 'Vajra Axe' Winston Soul Emperor...

Xiang Guyun did provide Ling Yi with a piece of news that Kuku Kandil, the eldest son of the City Lord's Mansion and his new nephew, had wandered around the Blacksmiths Association for a while on the night ten days ago.

When he came here to practice forging again the next day, although Kuku Kandil did not make any mistakes, his forging efficiency dropped by about one-fifth.

Of course, during those few days, Pan De, the director of the Great Fighting Spirit Arena, and his cousin Panda, who had directly missed the group practice one morning, also showed some unusual behavior.

Shaking his head, Ling Yi chuckled at Lou Gao and Tie Fu Tu who were looking at him with doubt, "We are not sure who it is yet, but I think the other party will not have the time to take any action against our [Blacksmith Association] at least in the short term—"

"After all, Uncle Master has become a Soul Douluo now. Let alone fighting, the pressure generated by his own soul power alone can make soul masters below the level of Soul King helpless and waiting to die!"

“Besides that, no matter whether it is a Soul King or a Soul Emperor, except for those super geniuses with the top martial spirits, they are all weaklings that can be easily dealt with in front of Master Uncle…”

"Looking at the entire Gengxin City, apart from Bishop Mingqi who will be transferred to Wuhun City, Uncle Master is already the most powerful person in the world!"

"From now on, our Blacksmith Association will become the real leader in Gengxin City and even in several other small and medium-sized cities within hundreds of miles."

"Even Xingluo City will recognize this dominance."

"Of course, we are still very weak now. There is no need for us to completely control everything in the area of ​​influence like the [Haotian Sect], [Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family], [White Armor Earth Dragon Sect] and other sects and families. Giving appropriate authority to the official representatives of the empire and the agents of other forces here will be beneficial to the influence of our [Blacksmith Association] and expand beyond this area..."

"Then, how should the association's future development be arranged?" Lou Gao asked at the right time.

"Hmm..." Ling Yi was silent for a few seconds, raised his head, and said: "Let's take the upper route first."

"The route to the upper level?" Tie Futu walked forward, standing side by side with Lou Gao, and asked Ling Yi.

"Yes." Ling Yi nodded and explained: "With the current size of the [Blacksmith Association], it would be a thankless task to completely integrate the lower-level members, and the workload is too high. We only need to plan a complete trade system, just like I did in the [Shuimu Principality] before, and basically we can revitalize the blacksmith business of the middle and lower levels of the entire association."

"For now, the best option is to integrate all members above the level of blacksmiths and develop with them..."

In his previous life, Ling Yi had communicated with a young lady from a business school. Although the young lady did not stay in a large company in Shanghai, she followed Ling Yi to the small commodity wholesale market next door and started an e-commerce business. But during that time, the two of them learned a lot from each other while communicating.

For example, the economic theory proposed by a former leader of the Bald Eagle - the trickle-down effect.

Simply put, it is a theory that in the process of economic development, no special preferential treatment is given to the poor, disadvantaged groups or poor areas. Instead, the priority developed groups or areas benefit the poor through consumption, employment and other aspects, driving their development and prosperity. Or it is a theory that government financial subsidies can flow through large enterprises and then into the hands of small enterprises and consumers, thereby better promoting economic growth.

Just like the champagne tower at many banquets, fill the glasses on the top layer first, and the champagne will naturally flow into the empty glasses below.

In the context of Douluo Continent and the Blacksmith Association, Ling Yi's suggestion is to first use the two divine craftsmen Tie Futu and Lou Gao, as well as the quasi-divine craftsman Ling Yi as the three representatives, and through systematic technical concepts, support a series of blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, and grand blacksmiths to improve their skills, and then strengthen their productivity and production quality, so as to achieve a strong social status and wealth.

Then, through these senior leaders who have been strengthened in advance, they will drive the progress of senior blacksmiths and lower members in their respective regions, and ultimately achieve the integration and strengthening of the [Blacksmith Association] and the blacksmith industry.

Of course, to achieve this goal, Ling Yi, Tiefutu and Lou Gao will need at least three to five-year periods.

In the first five years, we will train a new generation of blacksmiths who can master "Spirit Forging" and let them have enough strength that is not weaker than soul masters of the same level.

In the second five years, through the first few batches of new blacksmiths, or forgers, the plan of the old leading the new and the strong leading the weak will be completed within the territory of the [Star Luo Empire], which is within the sphere of influence of the [Blacksmith Association].

In the third five years, this change, or transformation, will spread to the entire Douluo Continent.

The changes and obstacles that will be encountered will be as numerous as the stars in the sky. It is absolutely impossible for Ling Yi to complete it alone. Even if he transforms his human brain into an electronic super brain, it is not enough to handle such a large project.

Another thing is that even with only one Soul Douluo, Tiefutu, he is completely unable to support this plan. At most, he can only complete most of the five years of the first step. The second step is definitely not something that Tiefutu can handle alone, let alone the third step.

As for those cups standing at the top of the [Blacksmith Association] in the future, will their capacity, or desire, become larger and larger over time, or even infinitely magnified, so that more and more fine wine will be piled up on them, and the cups below will not be able to hold any wine at all?

His mouth was a little dry from the explanation, so Ling Yi took out three crystal cups and a bottle of fruit wine from the storage soul guide.

He poured them separately, then handed them to Tie Fu Tu and Lou Gao, clinking their glasses. After Ling Yi took a sip, he chuckled and said:

"This is Douluo Continent—"

No matter what, I’ll post it once I’m done coding. I’m so sleepy, I’ll just take a nap~

Chapter 219 Soul Beast Breath

The celebration banquet for the master craftsman Tiefutu's promotion to Soul Douluo went smoothly. There was laughter and joy throughout the entire event, and all the participants were chatting happily and in harmony.

Perhaps the only small disturbance was that on such an important occasion, Earl Arthur Candir, the nominal ruler of Gengxin City and actually an important city lord, was absent from the banquet!

Fortunately, the eldest son of the City Lord’s Mansion, Kuku Kandil, stood up at this time.

As a disciple of Lou Gao, the current president of the Blacksmith Association, and the grandson of the master craftsman Tie Futu, he came to congratulate on behalf of his father Arthur Candil and the Candil family. The Blacksmith Association recognized and welcomed him.

It was also from this banquet that the various families in "Gengxin City" suddenly realized that the Candi family, in addition to the famous genius, Ron Candi, who was known as the "Little Lion King", the eldest son Kuku Candi was also a young man with remarkable abilities.

Thus, with the support of his master Lou Gao, his master's grandmaster Tie Futu, and the increasingly powerful [Blacksmith Association], Kuku Kandil, while his father Arthur Kandil was in seclusion, began to gradually take charge of the Kandil family with the assistance of Edgar, the head of the City Lord's Mansion, and came into contact with the industry, power, and connections of the City Lord's Mansion...

Of course, all this takes time.

Many people were also watching coldly, waiting for the city lord Arthur Candeel to come out, or the second son Ron Candeel to return.

[Headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association], fifth floor, foundry room number one.

Tie Fu Tu cooperated very well, allowing Ling Yi to probe his soul power into his body and sense the changes in his body after he became a Soul Douluo.

In order not to interfere with Ling Yi's investigation, he even deliberately restrained his own soul power so as not to affect the soul power Ling Yi input into his meridians.

Such a scene has occurred almost every one or two days since Tiefutu absorbed the eighth soul ring and successfully broke through to the Soul Douluo level.

And every time, no matter what Lou Gao was busy with, he would immediately put down everything at hand, come to the side, and listen quietly to some questions that Ling Yi occasionally asked Tiefutu, as well as Tiefutu's feelings and answers to these questions.

Allowing external soul power to run in the body is equivalent to handing one's own life and property into the hands of the other party. To be honest, when they were still in the "Golden Sand Desert", Ming Qi was both incredulous and envious of Tie Futu's trust in Ling Yi.

That's Contra!

By doing this, Tiefutu was not just sharing his insights after breaking through to the Soul Douluo realm, he was simply taking Ling Yi to experience what it was like to be in the Soul Douluo realm in advance.

This kind of empathy can be said to be an unattainable opportunity for all Soul Saints!

If there was a choice, Ming Qi even hoped to return the 100,000 gold soul coins and the magic weapon "Qianjun Rod" that hired him in exchange for such an experience opportunity. Even if he had to pay another 100,000 gold soul coins, in Ming Qi's eyes, it was completely acceptable.

Unfortunately, apart from Ling Yi, even Lou Gao does not have such treatment at present.