Blue Silver Grass Strategy

Chapter 69: The tall man

In the Cold Wind Camp, in the forging area of ​​the military industrial camp.

Ling Yi stood in front of a huge workbench with a solemn expression and serious brows, assembling the parts on the table meticulously.

Piece after piece of dark golden metal scales are joined together by snaps and mortise and tenon-like structures.

Shoulder cape, armor body, leg skirt, falcon tail, helmet... one by one the parts took shape in Ling Yi's hands. When these parts were placed in their corresponding positions, a set of full body armor full of oriental fantasy style gradually took shape.

This is a set of full metal armor similar to the Song Dynasty infantry armor that Ling Yi wore in his previous life. The overall shape draws on the classical style of handsome men and cool women in some film and television dramas in his previous life. It is mainly dark gold, supplemented by red and black patterns.

And beneath this work of art-like appearance lies its powerful defensive capabilities.

Ling Yi can responsibly tell Jiang Yuan, who is about to wear this armor, that after wearing this "Thousand Scale Armor", he can ignore the attacks below the third soul skill of general strong attack soul masters.

Even if it is the third soul skill of a strong attack-type soul master, this "Thousand Scale Armor" made of all metal can withstand more than three frontal attacks!

There are one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five armor plates, and each one is an alloy melted from a variety of precious metals, which is then hammered into shape by Ling Yi. In terms of toughness alone, an ordinary great soul master holding a five hundred forged weapon can only leave shallow marks on these armor plates, which will disappear with a single wipe.

It was December of the 2604th year in the Douluo calendar. It was another cold winter month. More than half a year had passed since Lou Gao came to the Northern Cold Wind Camp of the Shuimu Principality.

Seven months ago, Lou Gao was only planning to teach the complete set of "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" to Ling Yi in order to fulfill the instructions of his teacher Tie Futu and to fulfill the remembrance between the teacher and his senior brother who had not seen each other for decades.

But later, during the teaching process, Lou Gao discovered that Ling Yi was indeed a super genius in forging, just as his uncle, Grandpa King Kong, had said!

Therefore, in order not to bury such a rare natural blacksmith, Lou Gao decided to spend some time and effort to give some guidance to this "junior brother".

Lou Gao did not expect that the subsequent developments would be like a wild horse running out of control, completely beyond his expectations and out of his control.

Genius! A true genius!!

This was Lou Gao's evaluation of Ling Yi after they had been together for less than three days.

On the first day they met, Lou Gao demonstrated the complete "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" to Ling Yi, which included 81 moves, not a single one missing.

Then, Ling Yi demonstrated each move one by one, asked Lou Gao for advice, and then he practiced the 81st move of "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" on the spot!

Although the movements later on are a bit stiff, and the power in some places is a bit immature.

but!

He actually only read it once and asked once, and he learned the "Chaos Cloak Hammer Method" that stumped tens of thousands of blacksmiths in Douluo Continent? ? ! !

The first day passed in a daze high up in the building, as Ling Yi tried to figure out and practice the complete set of "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique".

The next morning, when Lou Gao asked the guards in the military industrial camp and rushed to the forging area, he saw Ling Yi wielding the round and smooth forging hammer.

"Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique", just like that, he has mastered it?!

However, when Lou Gao asked this question, he got the following answer from Ling Yi:

“Beginners, beginners, beginners, masters, masters, masters, masters at the pinnacle, masters at the root, masters at the root!

At most, I have made some progress, and I am still a little short of the great success of mastering it. As for the state of perfection, and the two states of reaching the pinnacle and returning to the original state, I am even further away—"

At that time, Lou Gao's mentality was in a mess.

This...what are these all related to?

It’s just a set of “Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique”, is there so much to it?

No matter how confused Lou Gao's heart was, Ling Yi continued to practice the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" by himself. By constantly forging metal materials, he could feel the force of each hammer swing. There would be subtle differences in the rebound force of each strike on the metal. All of these were reflected in Ling Yi's mind, making him more and more handy with the forging hammer in his hand. He eagerly absorbed the force principles and effect laws of each hammer swing.

As he performed the 9981-style "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique", Ling Yi seemed to have turned into a high-speed spinning top, becoming a unique landscape in the forging area.

It has to be said that the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" is worthy of being the most powerful casting technique for blacksmiths to remove metal impurities. Ling Yi, who has learned the full set of eighty-one hammer techniques, has increased his metal material hammering from six hundred and twenty-five to seven hundred and ninety in just one day!

He was only one step away from reaching the eight hundred forgings. He had also taken a big step towards reaching the thousand forgings, which was one of the thresholds for becoming a blacksmith!

Besides practicing the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique", whenever Ling Yi felt exhausted and needed a rest, he would give himself a "Soul Skill·Vitality". While his body was slowly recovering, he would walk to a huge workbench in the forging area and begin studying metal ingots of similar or different sizes, colors, and shapes.

The second hurdle for a blacksmith is to smelt a metal alloy material that can withstand thousands of forging hammer blows, with the material properties enhanced rather than weakened.

The hard ones become harder, the tough ones become tougher, or a balance of both…

This involves the melting points that different metals can withstand, their reactions when the temperature exceeds or falls below the standard, the properties between different metals, whether they are complementary or offsetting... There are many variables that need to be paid attention to, which are all thresholds in front of senior blacksmiths.

Of course, in today's Douluo Continent, there are metal formulas explored by predecessors, and the threshold difficulty of the second step of smelting metal alloys has been greatly reduced.

Almost all senior blacksmiths, as long as they sincerely seek advice, will basically learn one or two alloy formulas published by the [Blacksmith Association].

They only need to truly master the formula after learning it, and through practice and observation, they can eventually control all the details with proficiency, and then they can solve one of the thresholds to becoming a blacksmith.

Unfortunately, even this 'low threshold' of having the formula in hand still stumps more than 70% of senior blacksmiths.

The smelting of different metals also requires talent.

Just like a chef, with the same ingredients, the same condiments, the same stove and cooking utensils, the dishes cooked by different chefs can be vastly different!

Fortunately, Ling Yi is a talented cook who can accurately grasp the combination of ingredients, the amount of seasonings, and the intensity of the heat. Although the "dishes" he cooks are not amazing, they perfectly achieve the best effect recorded in the recipe!

Lou Gao is currently one of the most authoritative people in metal research on Douluo Continent.

Even Ling Yi, who had memories of the development of the original timeline of the current world in his previous life, knew that this "one of" could be removed.

Let’s not talk about Tie Futu, the only master craftsman in Douluo Continent at present, as Ling Yi doesn’t know much about him, but look at the three master craftsmen in the original work, Tang Hao, Tai Tan, and Lou Gao.

Tang Hao is a Titled Douluo, Titan is a Soul Douluo, and Lou Gao is a Soul Sage. Tang Hao, the strongest one, is the youngest, while Lou Gao, the weakest one, is actually a few years older than Titan.

In Tai Tan's mouth, he once said to Tang San: "Lou Gao is the president of the Blacksmith Association. It's not wrong to say that he is the king of the Godly Craftsmen. Your father has retired. In terms of casting, I can say that he and I have our own advantages. I am better at refining and forging various metals, and he is better at some sophisticated techniques."

Chapter 70 Life Planning

Even though he was held back by his own strength, Lou Gao was still praised as the "King of Divine Craftsmen" by the arrogant and conceited Titan.

It can be seen how profound Lou Gaoyu's attainments in forging are.

In the original novel, Lou Gao spent ten years and countless experiments to find eight kinds of rare metals and fuse them into a special stretchable memory metal according to a special ratio. The "Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor" made by this magical metal drawing and shaping is extremely elastic. Even if a beast soul master's body doubles after using the martial soul, it can also stretch and achieve the same defensive effect.

The toughness of the "Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor" can withstand the sixth soul skill of a strong attack soul master!

This point can be represented by Qian Renxue, the daughter of two generations of popes of the Spirit Hall and the new generation of angel god in the original timeline!

Such an existence is well-deserved to be called a divine weapon in the current Douluo Continent for thousands of years!

The sixth soul skill, Soul Emperor! In this world where Soul Masters can be promoted to Barons and Soul Masters to Viscounts in the [Heavenly Dou Empire], what is the concept of a Soul Emperor?

Being able to withstand the sixth soul skill of a strong attack-type soul master, with Qian Renxue's strength and the quality of her martial soul, even if she was weakened layer by layer in the battle with Tang San, was the full-strength attack she used to kill Tang San an ordinary level 60 power?

The "Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor" that could withstand such an attack and leave the wearer Xiao Wu unscathed was one of the two finished products that Lou Gao spent ten years developing and creating.

To be honest, in the original novel, if Lou Gao had not been fooled into creating some supreme mechanical hidden weapon of the Tang Sect, exhausting his efforts, and even sacrificing his life, using his own blood to activate the sharpness of the "Deep Sea Silver Mother", and creating the "Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle", the world's number one mechanical hidden weapon for Tang San, if he had not devoted all his efforts to creating the "Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor" during those five years, he might have been able to form a special attack team to kill the Titled Douluo!

I really don't know how Tang San's previous life created the "Buddha's Wrath Lotus", which required the assistance of Super Douluo Tang Xiao and the personal efforts of Soul Sage-level master craftsman Lou Gao to create.

Ling Yi still remembered that Tang San was 29 years old when he jumped off a cliff to show his determination in his previous life.

Then, he worked hard for twenty years and completed the pinnacle of the Tang family's outer sect hidden weapons - "Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus"?

Emmm...

Putting aside his confusion about some of the things in the original novel that made people have to complain, the moment Ling Yi met Lou Gao, he looked at his strange and unique figure and appearance, and when he heard the two terms "Gengxin City" and "Lou Gao", he made a decision: he was determined to hold on to this big thigh!

Although Lou Gao is only in his forties, his strength has already reached the high level of Soul King, one step away from Soul Emperor. In addition, he has the skills of a master blacksmith and the theoretical knowledge inherited from the divine blacksmith Tie Futu. He is also the young president of the [Blacksmith Association], which has its headquarters in Gengxin City of the [Star Luo Empire] but has influence throughout the entire Douluo Continent and has more or less influence on every blacksmith. For Ling Yi, who is now trapped in a corner, this is an excellent channel to a higher level of Douluo Continent!

Although Ling Yi would not rashly go to the central stage of Douluo Continent where many masters gather before his strength has been improved to a certain level and his own foundation has not been solidified to a certain degree, but having a ticket but not entering the venue and standing outside with no way to get in are two different things!

With this in mind, Ling Yi put in 200% of his effort when learning the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique". He mobilized his mental strength at full power to activate his brain, focused his mind, and studied and practiced directly in the 'superego state'.

It might have taken a whole day to fully master the 9981 moves of the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique", but after he watched and asked about it once, he demonstrated to Lou Gao what it meant to master it at the speed of light on the spot.

After a little 'Ling Yi-style' shock, Lou Gao's original attitude towards the task changed immediately.

If it weren't for the relationship between his master and Master Ling Yi, the two of them could be considered as fellow apprentices, and Lou Gao had even thought about taking him in as a disciple.

Even if he couldn't accept a disciple, with such a talented junior brother, Lou Gao could already imagine how he would pretend to be round the next time he saw that guy Titan~

For Ling Yi, Lou Gao, apart from being the ticket to the center stage of Douluo Continent, is also a forging skill, a wealth of metal alloy formulas, and a database of knowledge on the properties and characteristics of various metals on Douluo Continent, just like Yu Xiaogang to Tang San.

The difference is that Yu Xiaogang himself is weak, and apart from a lot of theoretical knowledge about martial spirits and spirit beasts that is of little use, he can provide very little help to Tang San.

The educational gratitude between the two, under the magical herb "Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma" that enabled Yu Xiaogang to break through the bottleneck of level 30, allowing him to break the bottleneck that had trapped him for decades, or even trapped him for the rest of his life, actually means that Yu Xiaogang owed Tang San a favor for changing his life.

But for Ling Yi, the situation is completely different.

In the [Shuimu Principality], Ling Yi's original route to advancement was to stay in the military camp for five to six years, until his strength reached that of a great soul master, and then hone his forging skills bit by bit to the level of a blacksmith.

Afterwards, he returned to "Muzhi City" with the principality's most advanced forging skills, formed alliances, and without causing resentment or vigilance from other forces in the principality, integrated all the blacksmiths in the entire "Shuimu Principality" to establish a "Blacksmith Association - Shuimu Principality Branch".

By then, although his strength is still unsatisfactory, he is still the leader of a small force, and the various material and human resources that he can mobilize are naturally incomparable!

Afterwards, the Blacksmith Association - Shuimu Principality Branch developed in a law-abiding manner. While cooperating with the various forces of the Shuimu Principality, it mobilized the power of the branch to accelerate the collection of resources needed for its own strength growth.

During this dormant stage, Ling Yi estimated that it might take him about ten years to raise his soul power all the way to the Soul Master or even Soul Sect level!

Calculating the time, Ling Yi was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old at that time.

A Soul Sect of twenty-five or twenty-six years old can be considered to be a capable person no matter where he is in the Douluo Continent.

At that time, Ling Yi would consider traveling across the vast distance between the north and south of Douluo Continent to the Gengxin City of the Xingluo Empire as the president of the Blacksmith Association - Shuimu Principality Branch to make the next step in his life plan...

However, Lou Gao's sudden arrival allowed Ling Yi to discover a shortcut in his life development!

This is the second time Ling Yi is preparing to revise his life plan.

The first time was the letter of introduction given by Master Jiang from Beikouhe Town, which allowed Ling Yi to establish a relationship with Mr. Jin, one of the three great craftsmen of the [Shuimu Principality].

Similarly, because of the existence of Mr. Jin, Ling Yi gave up his plan to stay in the Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy for a few more years and then join the Principality’s military through the route of Master Huang, a retired veteran in Beikouhe Town.

Compared with retired veteran Master Huang, the relationships on Mr. Jin's side are naturally at a much higher level, and the various overt and covert conveniences it brings can also benefit people more.

Now, let me first clean out the blacksmith inheritance database of Lou Gao!

High-level forging techniques, the secrets of various metal alloy formulas, and even some information related to martial souls and soul beasts. For Ling Yi, who is a high-level soul king, Lou Gao is definitely a huge treasure shining with golden light!

He wants all of these!

But is Lou Gao willing to teach?

Hehe, Senior Brother Lou, you don’t want your uncle’s disciple, whose unrivaled blacksmith talent is unmatched throughout history, to be buried, right?

Lou Gao, who will become a master craftsman and the president of the Blacksmith Association in the future, attaches great importance to the profession and identity of blacksmith. He has the belief and awareness that he is willing to entrust his life to justify the job of blacksmith!

Even though he has not grown to that level yet, the seed was already deeply buried in his heart the moment he became a blacksmith, a disciple of the master craftsman Tie Futu, and the young president of the [Blacksmith Association]!

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Chapter 71 Becoming a Blacksmith

After confirming Lou Gao's character in the shortest possible time during their interactions, Ling Yi's approach to taking advantage of Lou Gao was not one tactic but extremely simple and crude.

Since they first met in May, Ling Yi only focused on one thing every day they spent together: studying!

And Lou Gao also felt the ruthless destruction from the god of learning.

In the first month, Ling Yi spent a day practicing the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" to a small degree of success.

Then from the next day, Ling Yi and Lou Gao, one sincerely asking for advice and the other wanting to see how much and how fast you can learn, started the prelude to teaching and learning.

No matter what kind of forging technique it is, advanced and difficult to learn, complicated and laborious, or strange and bizarre... Lou Gao only needs to demonstrate it once and explain it again, and Ling Yi will be able to use it on the spot.

The first time may seem a little unfamiliar, the second time you will have a glimpse of the basics, and the third time you will be able to master it!

After that, with a little practice, the two levels of some success and thorough understanding can be achieved one by one visibly.

By the way, Lou Gao has completely accepted Ling Yi's classification of each skill, and he feels it is necessary to promote it to all blacksmiths across the continent.

In Ling Yi's words, although these levels are not as easy to judge as soul power when actually used, as long as we know them and have a clear idea of ​​them in our hearts, we will have a relatively clear direction to move forward when learning and practicing, which is conducive to growth.

When people learn something, they are often not defeated by difficulties, but discouraged by the invisible path ahead.

Ling Yi, who was able to clearly see his own growth, took only one month to replicate all of Lou Gao's experiences and skills in the branches of the skill tree, including forging, fire control, quenching, sharpening, etc., which he had acquired during his more than 30 years of blacksmithing career!

Lou Gao, the master blacksmith, is a master blacksmith who is searching for his own path to becoming a master blacksmith!

It can be said that in just one month, Ling Yi grew into a cut-down version of Lou Gao, who was inferior in strength and had insufficient mastery of the properties of various metals, but whose blacksmithing skills had reached the master level!