Blue Silver Grass Strategy

At first glance, he saw Silong standing in front of him and immediately asked loudly: "Silong, why are you here at this time?"

"Teacher~"

Silong walked forward and was about to say something when he saw Lou Gao's gaze shift to Ling Yi and Yang Xueli who were following behind Silong.

At first sight, Lou Gao was shocked by Ling Yi's handsome face. Even though Yang Xueli beside him was a rare beauty in the world, she looked a little dull next to Ling Yi.

But then, Lou Gao felt something was wrong. This face... looked so familiar...

It’s Ling Yi——!!

Lou Gao stared with his eyes wide open and hurriedly took a few steps forward, ignoring Silong who was walking over. He stared at Ling Yi, his lips trembling as he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it for a while.

Silongo((⊙﹏⊙))o

Five years, five years, since the last day of December 2604 in the Douluo calendar, when Lou Gao left the Cold Wind Camp in the north of the Shuimu Principality, to the present year 2609 in the Douluo calendar, Lou Gao has been thinking about Ling Yi, his junior brother with whom he had only been together for seven months, day and night. He has too many confusions and questions that he wants to ask and seek advice from Ling Yi.

Although it is July instead of December, Ling Yi has grown from a thirteen-year-old boy to an eighteen-year-old dancing elephant now.

In the past, Ling Yi had red lips, white teeth and a handsome face. Because of his young age, anyone who saw him would sincerely praise him as a "fairy boy".

Now that Ling Yi has grown up, it can't be said that he has enlarged in proportion, but the small part of the change has become more perfect. It can be said that where the limit of human appearance is, Ling Yi is there.

It has been five years since they last met. Although Lou Gao has received many letters from Ling Yi, he doesn't know whether Ling Yi is still the gentle, humble and polite junior brother he was back then.

"What's wrong, brother?"

Ling Yi opened his arms, first deliberately looked at himself, then smiled and joked to Lou Gao: "Is it because I have become more handsome now, so I am a little unrecognizable?"

"You little brat! You're still so conceited--!"

Hearing Ling Yi speaking in the same tone as five years ago, Lou Gao seemed to be instantly back in the days when he was still in the Cold Wind Camp. He laughed and scolded as soon as he opened his mouth, without any strangeness or estrangement, as if everything happened just like yesterday.

"Hehe~"

Ling Yi grinned, not caring about the messy appearance of Lou Gao, who was covered in metal powder and carbon ash. He strode forward, hugged Lou Gao's short and fat body, and said softly: "Brother, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I, your junior brother, have come to see you——"

Ling Yi was truly grateful to Lou Gao from the bottom of his heart.

From May to December of the 2604th year of the Douluo calendar, a full seven or eight months, Lou Gao, who had been traveling around the Douluo Continent in search of the path of the master craftsman, stayed in the small Hanfeng Camp of the [Shuimu Principality] and taught and told Ling Yi all the knowledge and information he knew about forging, soul masters, martial souls, soul beasts, the countries, forces, geographical distribution... and so on on the Douluo Continent.

It can be said that it was the first time that Ling Yi had a comprehensive understanding of Douluo Continent, a world that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

During those years in the [Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy], in [Muzhi City], and in the [Shuimu Principality], Ling Yi also learned a lot through various channels and from different people. But it must be said that the remote [Shuimu Principality] is really too small!

Ling Yi came to Douluo Continent, but this is not just "Douluo Continent", a novel that only focuses on the growth line of the protagonist. For a real world, it is too small and one-sided.

A novel of just two or three million words cannot depict a complete world, and an animation of just two or three hundred episodes cannot show a complete world.

For example, due to the limited energy, funds, and space available for presentation of novels and animations, the number of soul beasts that can be depicted may be hundreds or thousands at most.

But in a real world, there are hundreds of thousands of plant-type soul beasts and millions of animal-type soul beasts!

"Okay! Okay! It's good that you're here--!"

Lou Gao was hugged by Ling Yi, who was much taller than him. He spread out a pair of black hands covered with sweat and carbon dust, not touching Ling Yi's neat clothes, and kept saying something.

When Ling Yi let him go, Lou Gao quickly turned sideways and raised his head, not looking at Ling Yi and the others. He quickly blinked his small eyes which were beginning to turn red, and said in a complaining tone:

"But you are really good at ordering people around. Letters have been sent to me one after another over the years. It's really a lot of work. My master and I have to plan the development of the association and verify those forging conjectures you mentioned. We are exhausted-"

Hearing this, Ling Yi looked at Lou Gao's slovenly appearance and couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He immediately apologized from the bottom of his heart: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother, I..."

Although Ling Yi had always planned to use Lou Gao and Tie Futu as tools in forging research, after seeing Lou Gao and thinking of the other party's wholehearted help to him, Ling Yi couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Of course, this emotion did not last long, it was almost fleeting. Because Ling Yi knew that, whether it was Lou Gao or the master uncle Tiefutu whom he had not met yet, if they did not truly love forging and value the profession of blacksmith, they would not have forgotten to eat and sleep just for some of his letters.

However, knowing this did not stop Ling Yi from feeling grateful and apologetic towards Master and Disciple Lou Gao. However, as a practitioner with a certain level of spiritual cultivation, Ling Yi would not let these emotions interfere with his judgment and actions.

On the other side, before Ling Yi could finish his apology, Lou Gao turned around immediately. His short and fat figure became taller at this moment. He stared at Ling Yi with a pair of small eyes that were still a little red. With obvious displeasure on his dark face, he lightly scolded: "Sorry! When did you become so sissy? This is not like your style--!"

"I……"

Ling Yi opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Lou Gao waved his hand and interrupted him, "What do you mean by 'I'? Come on, let's go meet the master. He has been talking about you... and the ideas you proposed before, we have also achieved a lot of results. Come and take a look and see if they are the same as you imagined..."

Lou Gao was seen talking incessantly like a machine gun, pulling Ling Yi towards the No. 1 foundry room, paying no attention to Si Long and Yang Xueli standing beside him.

Silong: “…”

Shirley Yang: "..."

Ling Yi, on the other hand, feeling the strength of Lou Gao's grip on his wrist, quickly took the time to use his other hand to wave at Silong and Yang Xueli, signaling them to follow.

“Heh…heh…” Silong smiled awkwardly at Yang Xueli and said, “Teacher…maybe it’s because he hasn’t seen his uncle for too long, so he’s a little…a little…”

"It's okay~" Yang Xueli shook her head, looking at the backs of Ling Yi and Lou Gao, one tall and one short, one fat and one well-proportioned, with a bright smile on her face, and said: "I can see that since coming to Gengxin City, Brother Yi has felt a sense of ease and joy from the bottom of his heart..."

Chapter 190 The oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry

When Lou Gao pushed open the heavy metal door of foundry room No. 1, Ling Yi saw Tie Fu Tu for the first time. Before Lou Gao, he was the only master craftsman in Douluo Continent in the past fifty years.

Before the Iron Pagoda, there had been many divine craftsmen in Douluo Continent. The Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City was born at the suggestion of a divine craftsman hundreds of years ago.

If we say that Tie Fu Tu's contribution to the profession of blacksmith or his special innovations are actually not among the most brilliant ones in the long history of thousands of years in Douluo Continent.

For example, the one who created the "Chaos Cloak Hammer Method"; for example, the one who developed hundreds of metal alloy formulas in one go more than 700 years ago; for example, the one who figured out the soul power to help combustion and provided furnace temperature techniques a thousand years ago...

However, no matter how you compare them, those predecessors from thousands of years ago are just characters in the blacksmith tradition, and Tie Fu Tu is Ling Yi's uncle. It was also him who, after receiving a letter from his senior brother, Master King Kong, who had not seen him for decades, asked his favorite disciple Lou Gao to travel thousands of miles from the southwest of Douluo Continent to the northeast of Douluo Continent to find Ling Yi and pass down various forging techniques and metal formulas that are enough to establish a school in the profession of blacksmith.

The existence of Mr. King Kong from "Muzhi City", Tie Futu and his apprentice Lou Gao from "Gengxin City" made Ling Yi truly identify with the identity of a blacksmith.

The scene when old man Tiefutu first met Ling Yi was unexpectedly dull. There was no overly warm welcome, no impatient questioning, and no long-winded, endless discussion. It was just a very simple meeting and conversation.

The old man put down the forging hammer that he hadn't put down for years, and turned to face Ling Yi who was standing at the door.

His white hair was a little messy because he hadn't taken care of it for a long time, and his face looked red because he had been by the stove for many years. His pair of old eyes, with dark pupils that were not sharp at the moment, looked at Ling Yi very deeply:

"Are you Ling Yi?"

The tone of voice was flat and old, but very loud, just like the Iron Pagoda's still tall and strong figure.

Ling Yi crossed his hands on his shoulders, bowed respectfully, and greeted in a respectful voice: "I am Ling Yi, the thirteenth disciple of Master Blacksmith Vajra. I greet Master Uncle Tiefutu. I hope you are well—"

In the spirit master world, such a gesture is a courtesy for the younger generation to greet the older generation. But Ling Yi has only made such a gesture to Tie Fu Tu so far.

When Ling Yi worshipped Master Jin Gang as his master, he served tea and water, bowed and saluted. After that, he still bowed and saluted.

As for other people, whether it was the former commander of the Cold Wind Camp, the Soul Emperor-level 'Marquis of Cedar' Song Yao, or Dugu Bo who was also a Soul Emperor when they met later, or the healing Soul King Altimos in the Tiandou Border Army, Ling Yi had never saluted them in such a formal manner.

"You're fine, really fine."

Seeing Ling Yi saluting, a smile appeared on Tie Futu's face, and the wrinkles on his forehead that were originally as sharp as a knife were now smoothed out a lot.

After praising Ling Yi a bit dryly, Tie Fu Tu looked around his rather spacious No. 1 foundry room and saw that there was almost no place to sit. He said to Ling Yi without any hesitation:

"Ling Yi, it's a bit messy here, so I won't invite you in to sit down yet. Let Senior Brother Gao take you to sit next door. I'll be there in a minute..."

Then he said to Lou Gao, "Go to Room 3. I don't think the situation there is any better than mine—"

"Yes, Master." / "Yes, Master."

Ling Yi and Lou Gao responded in unison, then bowed to Tie Fu Tu together, and then left Foundry No. 1 at Tie Fu Tu's wave of his hand.

"Let's go." Lou Gao raised his chin towards Ling Yi and gestured towards the casting rooms No. 2 and No. 3 not far away: "Master is right, my place is even messier than here, let's go sit in casting room No. 3."

"Okay, senior brother, you arrange it~" Ling Yi replied with a smile on his face.

At this time, Silong and Yang Xueli, who had just arrived at the door of Foundry No. 1, had not had time to see Tie Futu, and followed Lou Gao and Ling Yi back the way they came.

The fifth floor is the office area of ​​the Blacksmith Association, but it is better to call it the forging area. After all, what else can a group of blacksmiths work for besides forging?

There are a total of thirty-six foundries, each of which is about 500 square meters. There is a forging area with furnaces, bellows, anvils, etc., a material area for storing raw materials such as metal ores and coal, a testing area for testing the strength and quality of finished products, and a rest area for blacksmiths to eat, sleep, and wash.

As they walked in the corridor, Ling Yi frowned and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.

In that brief encounter just now, Ling Yi made an incredible discovery:

Tiefutu's body is almost exhausted--! ! !

'That's not right. Although Tiefutu is now over 80 years old, with his Soul Saint-level strength, this age is not considered old—' Ling Yi thought in confusion.

You know, old man King Kong who lives in "Muzhi City" far away in [Shuimu Principality] is Tiefutu's senior brother. He is a few years older than him and his strength is only that of a three-ring soul master. The last time Ling Yi saw him, he was in good physical condition and looked energetic.

Although a soul master's lifespan cannot exceed the limit before he becomes a Titled Douluo, and how long he can live depends mainly on the maintenance of his physical condition, it is common sense that the stronger he is, the more likely he is to live to the end of an ordinary person's life.

Unless there is some hidden injury on the body, it ultimately depends on the fullness of one's own vitality and how fast it flows.

Before becoming a Titled Douluo, a soul master has a fixed upper limit on the total amount of life energy they can possess, but each person's physical condition is different, so the amount they have varies, and the speed at which it flows away also varies. Therefore, under the same ideal conditions, some people can live to be a hundred years old, while others die at the age of eighty.

Generally speaking, the higher the soul power, the better the nourishing effect of the soul power on the soul master's body, the more abundant the vital energy, and it can also effectively block the vital energy and slow down the loss rate. Therefore, the stronger the soul master, the slower he ages.

'Is it because of a hidden injury that caused his vital energy to drain too quickly, that the Soul Saint-level uncle, who is a few years younger, is in a worse physical condition than the Soul Venerable-level master?'

"But if it is a hidden injury, the life force has been lost to this extent, but the body's strength has not decreased much, and the soul power fluctuations are still maintained at the Soul Saint level. This is not in line with common sense-"

Ling Yi speculated secretly.

"Junior brother, come in and sit down." Lou Gao pushed open the metal door of foundry room No. 3, with a smile on his round face.

"By the way, I was just talking to you and didn't pay attention to your little female companion... Little girl, I'm sorry, sorry--"

It was not until then that Lou Gao noticed Silong and Yang Xueli next to him. He first put the blame on Ling Yi, and then said to Yang Xueli with an apologetic smile.

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Chapter 191: Thousand Forgings Awakening the Spirit

"Gengxin City", central area, [Headquarters of the Blacksmith Association].

Fifth floor, foundry room number one.

Beside the furnace, Ling Yi waved the forging hammer, his body turning as gracefully as a startled swan and as elegant as a swimming dragon.

At the workbench not far away, Lou Gao and Tie Futu watched Ling Yi's movements intently, watching the work gradually taking shape under the forging hammer.

On the workbench in front of the two men, there were two rows of metal products.

The two rows of metal products correspond to each other, except that the end of the row on the right is missing one item compared to the row on the left.

"clang--!"

There was a crisp sound, and a faint purple halo burst out on the metal product on the anvil. The halo first spread out for more than three inches, then converged again and merged into the metal itself.

Ling Yi put down the forging hammer in his hand, without blushing or breathing hard, and clamped the metal piece on the anvil that was emitting incredible heat with pliers. He walked to the workbench on the other side and placed the work he had just completed at the end of a row of metal products on the right.

Tie Futu's gaze moved from Ling Yi to the piece of metal that had just been completed, and then he looked at all the metal products on the table, remaining silent for a long time.

The man next to him didn't have any special reaction. He had an inexplicable smile on his face, as if he was used to it.

After a while, Tie Fu Tu took a deep breath and said to Ling Yi: "You kid, you are really a monster!"

After saying that, without waiting for Ling Yi to speak modestly, he continued: "The control of furnace temperature, metal ratio, forging point, strength, hammering rhythm... have all reached the peak! Not to mention the master blacksmith, even the two of us Godsmiths dare not say that we can do better than you!

Most importantly, the vibe of metal!

You actually learned the "Metal Resonance" that we spent more than a year to figure out and master after just one look—? ? ! ! "

It must be said that although Tie Futu had heard from Lou Gao a long time ago that Ling Yi was a genius who broke the common people's cognition and had an extremely terrifying learning ability, he was still a little overwhelmed after witnessing it with his own eyes.

Next to him, the boss on the tall building was grinning from ear to ear. Now someone could finally understand how he felt five years ago.

Back then, he just demonstrated the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" to Ling Yi once, and then explained it again while Ling Yi was practicing and asking questions, and he learned it on the spot.

That’s not all. The next day, when Lou Gao saw Ling Yi again, this kid had already mastered the “Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique” which is difficult for more than 95% of blacksmiths to master!

At the same time, he said something else confidently: "I have only achieved a small success, 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."