Blue Silver Grass Strategy

Zhang Xiaoyu and Ling He responded at the same time.

Ling Yi's smile remained unchanged. He nodded, looked at his three brothers and sisters who were looking at him eagerly, and asked in a gentle voice, "How was it? Did you gain anything?"

"Big Brother~" "Big Brother~" "Brother Yi~"

Ling Yi waved his hand, stopping San Xiao's somewhat messy words, and chuckled: "Don't worry, come one by one--"

As he spoke, he looked at the three people's expectant faces one by one, and finally said to the youngest Zhang Miao: "Miaomiao, you go first--"

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Facing the computer screen, my mind is blank and I am overwhelmed with sleepiness. I really can't stand it any longer. The next chapter will be a little later, but it should be posted before 1pm~

Chapter 111 Soul Guidance Array

August, the 2607th year of the Douluo calendar.

There was no wind and no clouds. Gengxin City under the scorching sun was like a furnace, and the air was filled with distorted ripples.

The iron tools that can be seen everywhere, under the scorching sun, look like roasted sweet potatoes, changing from their original hardness to softness.

[Blacksmith Association Headquarters], fifth floor.

He was 1.6 meters tall, with a waist circumference of 1.6 meters. He walked up with a brocade box in his hand.

As far as the eye can see, there are thirty-six casting rooms lined up in order, but at this moment, only two or three of them can make the sound of big and small pearls falling on jade plates. A look of loneliness flashed in Lou Gao's eyes.

But then, when he looked down at the brocade box in his hand, his gaze turned firm and warm again.

He strode forward to the door of foundry room No. 1 at the innermost side, then raised his hand and knocked on the heavy metal door.

After a few breaths, the metal door of the foundry room, which was so quiet that people thought there was no one inside, was opened from the inside, revealing the figure of a white-haired old man.

"Master~" Lou Gao called out respectfully.

"Hmm~"

The white-haired old man, the master craftsman Tie Fu Tu, nodded with a look of satisfaction on his face, and said, "Come in~"

"Yes!"

Lou Gao responded and followed Tie Fu Tu who turned around and walked into the foundry.

The foundry was very large, more than 500 square meters. In the corners on both sides, metal ingots of different colors were neatly placed. To the left of the center of the foundry was a dark gold foundry furnace and a bellows of the same color. The flame in the furnace was burning brightly.

In the middle of the room, a few meters away from the foundry, is a cylindrical platform with a diameter of three meters and a height of about one meter. It is made entirely of metal and gives people a sense of solidity and heaviness at first glance.

Lou Gao knew that this metal platform alone weighed more than 100,000 kilograms!

"Tell me about it~" Tie Fu Tu walked to the foundry, stepped on the linkage device of the bellows, and asked, "Why did you come to me instead of handling the affairs of the association outside?"

"Or is it that someone doesn't respect you as the new guild leader and wants me to support you?"

Two years ago, in May of the 2605th year of the Douluo calendar, Lou Gao ended his journey around the Douluo Continent six months after leaving the [Shuimu Principality] and returned to the [Xingluo Empire], returning to the metal capital 'Gengxin City'.

After returning to the [Blacksmiths Association General Assembly], Lou Gao just said hello to his master Tiefutu, and then he plunged into the casting room on the fifth floor and stayed there for ten days.

Ten days later, Lou Gao walked out of the foundry holding a thin golden armor and came in front of the Iron Pagoda.

On that day, Tie Futu announced to everyone in the [Headquarters of the Blacksmith Association] that his disciple, Lou Gao, had become the second master blacksmith in the Douluo Continent!

Anyone who has doubts can come to Gengxin City and the Blacksmith Association Headquarters to verify it for themselves!

Half a month later, after notifying many members of the association who were blacksmiths and above, Tie Futu passed his position as president to Lou Gao.

After his abdication, Tiefutu himself moved to the No. 1 Foundry on the fifth floor of the headquarters and concentrated on studying casting techniques and various materials.

In the past two years, under the leadership of Lou Gao, the entire [Blacksmith Association] has seen visible increases in both the number of blacksmith members within the association and the overall economic situation compared to the Iron Pagoda period.

It can be said that in Tiefutu's eyes, Lou Gao is not only a little immature in forging experience compared to him, a veteran master, but also very intelligent and will definitely surpass him in the future. He also has excellent leadership skills?!

When Tiefutu learned about the development of the association and the improvement of its soft and hard powers, he felt a little regretful.

It’s not that I regret passing the position of president to Lou Gao, but I regret why I didn’t discover Lou Gao’s talent in this area earlier and pass the position of president to him earlier.

Even if Lou Gao was not a master craftsman at that time, with the support of his master, he could definitely display his talents!

However, when Tie Futu expressed his regret to Lou Gao, Lou Gao shook his head and said that if he had been asked to lead the [Blacksmith Association] earlier, the association would have been in a mess.

The reason why Lou Gao has been able to lead the rapid development of the [Blacksmith Association] since he came to power was simply because he had only briefly tried out some of Junior Brother Ling Yi's ideas within the association.

But just this slight taste made the Blacksmith Association, which was originally lifeless and had no idea how to develop in the future, seem to have found its direction. Everyone had hope and spirit, and began to rejuvenate.

Therefore, now that two years have passed, in the entire [Blacksmith Association], from the uncles and aunts of the same generation as Tie Futu to those of the same generation as Lou Gao, there is no one who does not admire him.

Therefore, what Tiefutu said at the beginning was just a teasing to this disciple that made him proud.

Even though, according to Lou Gao, he just copied some of Ling Yi's ideas.

But after living for so many years, surrounded by various forces in the Douluo Continent, Tiefutu, which maintained the [Blacksmiths Association], also had his own judgment.

It is true that the junior nephew named Ling Yi is a talented person with a broad vision and excellent foresight, but he was able to truly implement his various ideas in the [Blacksmith Association], which is not a small force, and achieve outstanding results. His own disciple Lou Gao’s leadership ability is still excellent and cannot be ignored!

"Hehe~"

Lou Gao, who is in his thirties, is like a child who has got a new toy. He laughs at Tiefutu, his parent, with excitement in his eyes.

Placing the brocade box in his hand on the pure metal round table, Lou Gao opened the lid of the box and said to Tie Fu Tu: "Master, Junior Brother Ling Yi asked someone to send me a gift. I came to ask you to take a look at it--"

"Oh?"

When Tiefutu heard this, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, and he felt very curious about this familiar name.

Looking at the opened brocade box, they saw three things.

In the center is a rolled-up parchment scroll, and on the left and right sides are a fist-sized transparent crystal and a fist-sized silver-gray metal ingot.

Tiefutu did not look at the parchment scroll and the transparent crystal, but instead fixed his eyes on the silver-gray metal ingot. He asked uncertainly, "Is this... 'Deep Sea Silver'?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, without waiting for Lou Gao next to him to reply, Tie Fu Tu immediately shook his head and denied it himself: "No!"

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the silver-gray metal ingot.

As soon as he got it in his hand, an expression of "as expected" appeared on Tiefutu's face. He turned over his hand, held the metal ingot in his palm, brought it in front of his eyes, and looked at it carefully.

He first weighed it, then clenched it tightly, looked left and right after releasing it, then bent the fingers of his other hand and knocked on the metal ingot with his knuckles, listening to the clanging sound.

Finally, he even scratched the surface of the metal ingot with his fingernails, licked his fingernails with his tongue, and squinted his eyes to feel something.

Lou Gao, who was standing next to him, watched Tiefutu's actions without interrupting him. Instead, he waited patiently with a smile on his face.

Tiefutu shook his head and savored the taste with a hint of metallic flavor. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, the palm of his hand holding the metal ingot began to glow with soul power.

I saw that the light red soul power, under the control of Tiefutu, drilled into the silver-gray metal ingot.

The next second, Tiefutu's eyes suddenly widened and lit up.

This "bright" is not an adjective, but means there is real light.

And the light source was the metal ingot he was holding in front of him!

At the same time, Tiefutu's steady and powerful hand fell down a few centimeters in an instant, and then rose up again and returned to its original position.

Staring at the metal ingot in his hand that had become more than half as heavy but whose light had disappeared, Tie Fu Tu suddenly turned his head and stared at Lou Gao intently:

"Tell me, just now, did glowing patterns appear on it?!"

ORZ Sorry, it's late~

Chapter 112 Soul Storage Crystal

“This… this… can actually use soul power to activate the patterns engraved on it and make this piece of metal heavier?!”

Tiefutu's eyes lit up as he grabbed the ordinary-looking metal ingot that had returned to its original silver-gray appearance.

"And~"

The light red soul power appeared again, and was controlled by Tiefutu bit by bit, slowly input into the metal ingot. He watched the patterns emerge and glow again under the stimulation of the soul power.

Staring at the light pattern that only lasted for a few breaths from its appearance to its disappearance, Tie Futu continued, "This alloy can actually allow soul power to flow smoothly inside, with almost no loss!!!"

“How on earth did they do this—??!!”

Even though Tiefutu is a master craftsman, in his understanding, only martial souls have such characteristics!

Perhaps the soul guides unearthed from certain ruins can also do this, but Tie Futu dares to use his reputation as a master craftsman to guarantee that this silver-gray metal ingot was definitely cast from a furnace recently, no more than a month ago!

The smell of fire on the metal has not been erased by time yet—!

When Lou Gao was questioned by Tiefutu, a look of pride appeared on his face. He reached out to the brocade box on the metal table, picked up the rolled up parchment scroll, and shook it out in front of Tiefutu.

Seeing this, Tiefutu still held the metal ingot carefully in his right hand, and took the opened parchment scroll with his left hand.

After just one glance, he turned his gaze back to Lou Gao, puffing his beard, staring, with a look on his face that said, "Are you kidding me?" He asked, "What's going on? What the hell is written on this?"

Lou Gao glanced at the unfolded parchment scroll and saw the series of digital symbols on it. He slapped his head and said awkwardly:

"Look at me!"

As he spoke, he lowered his hand from his forehead, took out a book from the storage soul guide on his waist, and handed it to Tiefutu.

Faced with the book handed over to him, Tiefutu remained unmoved. He held the parchment scroll in his left hand, supported the metal ingot in his right hand, and raised his chin towards the metal table.

After receiving the signal, Lou Gao shrank his almost invisible neck and placed the books on the metal table.

At this moment, the four big words on the cover of the book caught Tiefutu's eyes.

"General History of Mainland China", handwritten version!

It is said that the compiler was an elder of the Spirit Hall more than a hundred years ago, and it is now considered one of the supplementary textbooks in every academy in Douluo Continent.

But what does this have to do with the present?

This question emerged in Tiefutu's mind.

Feeling that the old man's eyes were becoming more and more hostile, Lou Gao did not dare to keep it a secret and said quickly: "This is what Junior Brother Ling Yi taught me before--"

Pointing to the parchment scroll in Tiefutu's hand, Lou Gao continued, "The digital symbols on it correspond to the page numbers, paragraphs, and character positions in this "General History of the Continent"..."

After a pause to give the old man time to digest what he had said, Lou Gao continued, "Only through this 'General History of the Continent' written by Junior Brother Ling Yi himself can we decipher the digital code on the parchment scroll and interpret what Junior Brother Ling Yi wants to tell us on the parchment scroll—"

Hearing this, Tiefutu looked puzzled. He looked at the parchment scroll strangely, then looked at the handwritten version of "General History of Mainland China" on the metal table by Lou Gao. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally held back.

"..."

After holding it in for a long while, he finally said to Lou Gao, "I heard that when you first came back two years ago, you would read a book whenever you had nothing to do. Was that the book?"

Perhaps due to some unspeakable factors outside the world, the people on Douluo Continent have not really experienced much "spy warfare" baptism. Please forgive them for being stunned by such "shallow" little tricks.

But after all, it was just a devilish trick similar to the strange and lewd skills. This world was still a worldview where force was supreme. The two did not dwell on this unorthodox "cleverness" and instead focused on the key points again.

Tiefutu placed the parchment scroll on the metal table, next to the "General History of the Continent", and said impatiently, "Come on, stop wasting time and tell me directly, what is it about?"

After hearing this, Lou Gao stopped laughing and said to Tie Fu Tu with a serious look:

"Master, Junior Brother Ling Yi sent two gifts this time."

"One is the one in your hand, Master. I named it "Heavy Mysterious Steel". It is a new type of alloy material developed by him."

"Another one~" Lou Gao pointed at the transparent crystal in the brocade box and continued, "It's this 'Soul Storage Crystal'."

"'Soul Storage Crystal'?" Tie Futu looked in the direction of Lou Gao's finger, looking at the ordinary, not very transparent, even a little bit poor white transparent crystal, and asked curiously: "Is it the same soul guide as the 'Soul Testing Crystal'?"

It's no wonder Tiefutu asked this question, as these two names sound similar.

Lou Gao nodded, then shook his head. Under Tie Fu Tu's unfriendly gaze, he hurriedly said, "Master, according to what Junior Brother Ling Yi said, this 'Soul Storage Crystal' was indeed made by him through studying the 'Soul Testing Crystal' of the [Spirit Hall], and comprehending some principles..."

As he spoke, Lou Gao couldn't help but put on a complex expression of admiration and praise, and continued: "The "Soul Storage Crystal", as the name suggests, is said to be able to input soul power into it. But unlike the "Soul Testing Crystal" of the [Spirit Hall], after the soul power enters, it will soon flow back into the soul master's body. It can preserve the soul power that has been input!

Until the soul master decides on his own when and where to take back the soul power that was previously input into his body..."

Hearing this, Tiefutu showed shock on his face. He looked at the ordinary white transparent crystal in the brocade box, and his eyes were filled with the same color as when he looked at the metal ingot in his hand that he still hadn't put down.

If Lou Gao's translation was correct, and that junior nephew named Ling Yi was not bragging, then this soul guide device called "Soul Storage Crystal" was a treasure that could change the course of an evenly matched battle!

Even in some scenarios, it is possible for the weak to defeat the strong and turn defeat into victory!

Imagine if two soul masters were fighting and their soul powers were exhausted, and one of them took out this "Soul Storage Crystal" to replenish the soul power of the same source, what kind of scene would that be? !

But...how much soul power can this "Soul Storage Crystal" store?