Blue Silver Grass Strategy

From the second month, Ling Yi followed Lou Gao into the realm of metal properties and variables.

This time, because the database involved was large and extensive enough, Ling Yi studied for nearly two months before he exhausted 90% of the knowledge in Lou Gao's stomach!

The remaining 10% is because the Cold Wind Camp cannot provide high-quality and precious metal minerals.

Because it is a knowledge-based learning, except for the lack of practical experience, Ling Yi has become one of the top few people in metal smelting on Douluo Continent!

I have to say that Lou Gao is a good person, a good person in every sense of the word.

Anyway, that’s what Ling Yi thinks.

There is no building taller than the building, Ling Yi asked himself, even if he used all kinds of cheats, with his weak foundation, it would take at least two to three years to hone his skills to the point where he could perfectly display the blacksmith-level skills of Grandpa King Kong.

There is no way. Old Man King Kong is nearly 80 years old now. He has been a blacksmith for more than 40 years and has not been able to break through to the level of a master blacksmith. Even though Ling Yi learned all of the old man's skills more than two years ago, those skills can only be used in the hands of the old man to truly forge blacksmith-level works.

It was because the old man was a Soul Master, and the physique he had tempered through swinging the forging hammer for more than seventy years was comparable to the normal physical fitness of a Soul King with a Beast Soul at his peak!

Although the martial soul "Iron Refining Gauntlet" is not as good as hammer-type martial souls, fire-attribute martial souls, strength-attribute martial souls and other martial soul types that have great gains in forging, it is also a medium to upper-quality gold-attribute martial soul. In addition to the choice of soul rings, the old man has three soul rings, which respectively grant three soul skills, one strength and two fire. Such an increase is definitely not comparable to the "Blue Silver Grass" martial soul that takes the healing route.

However, these problems are not a problem in front of Lou Gao, who inherited the legacy of the master craftsman and has almost mastered it, and is already a master blacksmith himself!

Just like tailor-made, what kind of forging techniques should be used when the strength is insufficient, what kind of metal alloy can be forged with less force at a specific temperature, and can also reach the texture and characteristics of the thousand-forging level...

In addition, there is a treasure trove of metal types in Douluo Continent, thousands of different metal combinations and proportions, and how various metals and alloys change in various environments such as high temperature, low temperature, room temperature, and high pressure forging...

Over the past half year, with Ling Yi's diligent practice of "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Boxing", Ling Yi, who now has a strength of nearly 700 kilograms, has only increased his soul power by a little over one level to level 16. But in terms of pure strength, ordinary soul masters with beast martial souls may not be able to exert such power.

December of the 2604th year of the Douluo calendar.

Ling Yi, thirteen years and ten months old, has a soul power of level sixteen, 21%, and a strength of six hundred and eighty-eight kilograms.

Under the certification of Lou Gao, the direct disciple of the master craftsman Tie Futu and the junior president of the Douluo Continent [Blacksmith Association], he became a master blacksmith!

Work: "A Thousand Scale Armor"

Strength: Withstood 100 attacks from three powerful attacking soul masters without any damage, a total of 60 ordinary attacks, 20 attacks from the first soul skill, 15 attacks from the second soul skill, and 5 attacks from the third soul skill——!!!

Advantages: Full body coverage, no blind spots in defense, nearly two thousand thousand-forged-grade alloy scales, allowing for free and unhindered movement at the joints.

Disadvantages: It weighs 128 kilograms. For those who are not Soul Master or above in strength and physique attributes, their sensitivity during combat is greatly limited and their continuous combat time is reduced.

Comments: A powerful weapon for attacking on the battlefield, not suitable for fighting between soul masters.

Recommendation: Wear it for Soul Sect or above, for large-scale melees!

Regardless of its advantages and disadvantages, the wearer, Jiang Yuan, the captain of the Cold Wind Camp, will use it in any battle scene. With such a work in his hands, Ling Yi has become a well-deserved blacksmith!

……

Cold Wind Camp, Third Medical Battalion.

"Why did you choose armor as your first work as a blacksmith?"

Lou Gao was lying on a wooden lounge chair, basking in the rare warm sunshine in winter, and asked Ling Yi who was also basking in the sun beside him.

On the ground, Ling Yi opened his eyes and looked to the side, staring at the height of his building from top to bottom. He lazily closed his eyes again, feeling the sunlight turning into strands of warm energy, penetrating into his skin, melting into his flesh and blood, and blending into his body. He responded slowly:

"I thought you could keep it to yourself and not ask -

Senior Brother Lou Gao, your Qi cultivation skills still need to be improved—"

"Depend on!"

When Lou Gao saw Ling Yi's look, he immediately cursed. He had suffered a lot in the past six months.

But the more he was hit, the stronger his love for Ling Yi became.

Envy Ling Yi's unrivaled learning ability; Appreciate Ling Yi's hard work and practice all the year round; Admire that Ling Yi never gets depressed or dejected because of his martial arts talent, family background and other difficult factors, but is indomitable and tenacious, never knows what it means to give up, is full of hope for the future, and plans every step of his steps in a clear and orderly manner...

That's right. Ling Yi had never concealed in front of Lou Gao his intention to unite all the blacksmiths in the entire [Shuimu Principality] to establish the [Blacksmith Association Shuimu Principality Branch] after becoming a master blacksmith.

After all, in a small country like the [Shuimu Principality], there is a person who is capable, has ideas, and is willing to work. He wants to bring together all the blacksmiths to gain a certain voice and convenience. This is a matter of more benefits than disadvantages for both this leader and every blacksmith.

Therefore, after witnessing Ling Yi's talent and growth rate, Lou Gao chose to contribute his own strength.

There is just one thing, Ling Yi's calm and nonchalant personality, sometimes for Lou Gao, who has a somewhat impatient temper, he would look for a fight with Jiang Yuan every now and then to vent the anger accumulated in his heart.

"Senior Brother Lou Gao, you are swearing again~" Ling Yi still had his eyes closed and spoke slowly.

"I...!" Lou Gao exerted force with his waist, trying to sit up. Unfortunately, his waist was too round and the recliner under him was made of wood, so it might be damaged. He didn't use enough strength and couldn't sit up.

Noticing Lou Gao's action, Ling Yi was the first to sit up, with an indescribably serious expression. He cupped his hands towards Lou Gao and said, "I understand. Senior Brother Lou Gao was worried that I would be distracted, so he kept his doubts in his heart. Now that the Thousand Scale Armor is completed, Senior Brother will naturally ask the questions in his heart and get them out -"

After a pause, Ling Yi continued: "I chose armor as the first blacksmith's work because..."

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I just got home from the hospital around 1am in the morning, so I don't have time to code the second chapter. I'll code it during the day. I can't say exactly when to update, but I'll try to get it before 1pm~

Go to sleep, good night everyone~

Chapter 72 Blacksmith Positioning

"For more than 70% of the soul masters on Douluo Continent, a defensive tool is always more popular than a weapon!"

When saying this, Ling Yi's eyes were filled with strong self-confidence.

Hearing Ling Yi's decisive statement, Lou Gao's expression could not help but become serious. His round figure, which originally seemed a little funny and unable to stand up, suddenly became light. He sat up and looked straight at Ling Yi who was sitting on the ground in front of him.

Ling Yi smiled and calmly looked at Lou Gao's sharp eyes. He spoke slowly and convincingly:

“Brother Lou Gao, you should know the status of soul masters in Douluo Continent.

Each of us, since awakening our martial souls at the age of six, will have a martial soul that belongs to us alone, either a beast martial soul or a weapon martial soul!"

"For most soul masters, the martial soul is the best and most suitable weapon for them!"

"Although some weapon spirits may not be as good as the hundred-forged weapons made by blacksmiths or even senior blacksmiths at the beginning, as the spirit master's strength increases and the spirit rings are added, an ordinary wooden stick can compete with a fine iron or steel stick!"

"The ability of a martial spirit to grow, self-repair, and be stored in the body are all features that cannot be achieved by weapons carefully forged by ordinary blacksmiths—"

Hearing Ling Yi's words, Lou Gao's expression flickered, and a feeling of depression, resentment, and unwillingness brewed in his heart, for himself, for his master, and for the blacksmith industry.

You know, his master Tie Futu, the only master craftsman in the world, still had to say some flattering words against his will for a boy from the Tang family whose name he didn't even know.

Outside of Gengxin City, in the Xingluo Empire, and anywhere else in Douluo Continent, the courtesy that Lou Gao received was not because he was a master blacksmith, not because he was the direct disciple of the divine blacksmith Tie Futu, but simply because he was a Soul King!

However, Lou Gao himself knew that if he really got into a fight, he, as a Soul King, could only defeat some ordinary Soul Masters. If he met other normal level combat Soul Kings, he would not be able to last many rounds before being knocked down by the opponent.

Every time, when Lou Gao showed his strength, he only needed to reveal his luxurious soul ring configuration of two yellow, two purple and one black, and there would basically be no real fighting afterwards.

After all, he was just a blacksmith traveling around the continent, looking for his own path to becoming a master craftsman, not a combat-type soul master who went around looking for people to compete in battle with.

Blacksmiths are really not taken seriously in Douluo Continent.

At least, this is true in front of soul masters!

Lou Gao has always understood this in his heart, which is why he wanted so much to improve the status of blacksmiths and hoped that they would be recognized by the world.

He truly loves the profession of blacksmith, and he also truly loves forging all kinds of tools. Watching perfect works emerge into the world in his hands, the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment he feels is something that spirit battles and soul power enhancement cannot give him.

After spending more than half a year together, Lou Gao knew what kind of genius this boy, who was only two months away from turning fourteen, was.

He often has a sharp insight into things and can summarize a series of laws of things anytime and anywhere, and find the route and direction that is beneficial to himself.

It can be said that as long as Ling Yi is given a goal, a starting point and enough time, this young man will definitely be able to reach that goal!

And now, listening to Ling Yi's words, Lou Gao discovered that the young man in front of him seemed to be talking about the relationship between blacksmiths and soul masters, and the significance of blacksmiths to soul masters?

He, Lou Gao, was able to become a master blacksmith at around 40 years old, and in the future he would be recognized as the king of blacksmiths by Contra Titan himself. His round head that looked a little funny must have a keen mind and extraordinary wisdom beyond that of ordinary people.

"You mean to say that soul masters often use their own martial souls as weapons, and they don't have much demand for external weapons, but defensive armor and the like are more popular?"

As Lou Gao spoke, a light gradually appeared in his eyes.

Ling Yi smiled when he heard this, nodded and continued: "Since I was seven years old and entered the [Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy] in 'Muzhi City', I have been studying forging under my master. Since then, I have carefully observed every soul master who came to customize weapons and tools, and asked my teachers and classmates in the academy, if they were allowed to choose, what kind of tools they would like to have as an auxiliary tool when using their martial spirits-"

"Seven years old..." Lou Gao blinked and his expression began to become strange.

Not paying attention to the change in Lou Gao's expression, Ling Yi continued to speak calmly: "When I was ten years old, I obtained my first spirit ring. After successfully becoming a spirit master, I applied for early graduation and asked my master to recommend Master Fu Shan, a blacksmith who worked in the military of the Principality. Then, with Master Fu Shan's letter of recommendation, I came to the Frost Wind Camp and stayed there for three years..."

"In the past three years, I have observed more than 20,000 people in the Cold Wind Camp, from soldiers, corporals, squad leaders... to captains, colonels, and even the camp's supervisor, Marquis Xuesong, General Song Yao!"

“Overall, among these 4.5 people, the ratio of beast spirits to weapon spirits is 5.5:, and only less than one-tenth of them have spirit power.

Leaving aside those without soul power, among the nearly two thousand people with soul power, the demand for weapons and tools by beast soul masters is relatively greater than that by weapon soul masters, but it is not too much.

Because their spirit rings and spirit skills often require their martial spirits to be attached to their bodies in order to be used by themselves, they themselves are powerful weapons!"

"For spirit masters with weapon spirits, this is even more obvious. Their first choice of weapon in battle is definitely their own spirit, not the weapons forged by our blacksmiths.

Take Captain Jiang Yuan for example. Even though he can now wield a spear better than many great spirit masters with spear-type martial spirits, and is even not inferior to those spear-type spirit masters, he still uses his "Iron Refining Gauntlet" martial spirit when fighting.

Only the "Iron Refining Gauntlet" spirit can bring out Captain Jiang Yuan's strongest strength!"

"so……"

Hearing this, Lou Gao's round face showed a mixture of joy and sorrow, and he continued in a low and hoarse voice: "So, for soul masters, the role of our blacksmiths should be auxiliary, mainly providing defensive tools to make up for the shortcomings of soul masters when using their martial spirits?"

"That's right!" Ling Yi nodded and said seriously: "Blacksmith is not a combat profession, and we are not suitable to compete with those soul masters who specialize in combat to see who is better at fighting.

We can regard ourselves as a kind of auxiliary soul master, just like the healing soul master and the food soul master, as a defensive soul master who does not need to go on the field and works behind the scenes, and as a guest attack strengthening soul master..."

Sorry, it's late.

I'll take a nap first, finish my work in the afternoon, and continue coding tomorrow's work in the evening~

Chapter 73 The Future of the Association

After hearing Ling Yi's description of the blacksmith, Lou Gao felt as if the clouds had cleared and the sun was shining.

Before this, and even for the rest of his life in the original timeline, Lou Gao was thinking about how to make the profession of blacksmith a group that is respected and valued like soul masters.

But Ling Yi's words at this moment told him that we are already one of the respected soul masters.

Yes, Lou Gao suddenly realized that blacksmiths, especially those above the intermediate level, are often performed by soul masters.

He, Lou Gao, is now a Soul King, one step away from becoming a Soul Emperor. His master, Tie Futu, is the only divine craftsman in the world, and a Soul Saint who has reached the eighth level of Soul Master!

[Shuimu Principality] Among the three great craftsmen, Master Vajra Blacksmith is a Soul Master, while Master Li Qiang and Master Fu Shan Blacksmith are both Soul Sects!

And the 13-year-old demon-like blacksmith Ling Yi in front of him is now also a one-ring soul master!

Thirteen years old! Lou Gao was twenty years old at that time. He became a blacksmith under the careful instruction of his master and his own hard work day after day.

The cultivation of martial spirits and soul power, the hunting of soul rings, the practice and mastery of soul skills, the learning of various forging techniques, the memorization and recitation of different metal properties...

Which one of these things doesn't consume a lot of time?

Calming down his inner turmoil, Lou Gao asked, "Then...what should we do? Should we change the blacksmiths' forging philosophy and focus on defensive tools? But how about this..."

"Of course not!" Ling Yi didn't wait for Lou Gao to finish, and shook his head and interrupted: "This will only disrupt the stable lives of the blacksmiths now, and will not make them better--"

"Then..." Lou Gao looked at Ling Yi eagerly, waiting for his next words.

In response to this, Ling Yi spoke again and solemnly asked Lou Gao a question: "Brother, do you want to improve the respect and importance of the blacksmith profession, or do you want to improve the status of every blacksmith in this Douluo Continent?"

"what?"

Lou Gaobei was stunned by this question. It seemed that he had never thought about this problem before.

And now, under Ling Yi's gaze, Lou Gao began to think, asking himself in his heart what kind of goal he was pursuing.

After a moment, Lou Gao raised his head, looked into Ling Yi's black and white eyes, and replied in a deep voice: "I hope that the profession of blacksmith will be accepted by everyone on Douluo Continent, whether they are ordinary people or soul masters, whether they are one-ring soul masters, soul saints, soul douluos, or even..."

At this point, Lou Gao swallowed his throat, which had become somewhat dry at some point, gritted his teeth, and continued, "Even Titled Douluo! When mentioning the profession of blacksmith, they will also pay a certain amount of attention to it and treat us equally--!!"

Hearing Lou Gao's words, Ling Yi smiled. Not in derision, nor at Lou Gao's wild imagination, but a smile of encouragement and recognition. It was sunny and heartwarming, and gave Lou Gao the motivation to continue.

"As for~"

Under Ling Yi's brilliant smile, Lou Gao continued, "As for each blacksmith, to be honest, even my master, the president of the Douluo Continent [Blacksmith Association] and the only master blacksmith in the world, can't do it, let alone think about improving the status of every blacksmith--!"

"Not bad!"

When Ling Yi heard Lou Gao's heartfelt words, he clapped his hands in a timely manner. While clapping his hands, he smiled and said, "Brother Lou Gao, your enlightenment really makes me admire and ashamed--"

As he spoke, Ling Yi's face straightened, and he continued: "As for the promotion of each blacksmith's status~"

"I have always believed that people must rely on themselves!"