110Chapter 110: The Black-Hearted Blacksmith! (Please pre-order!!!)
Chapter 110: The Black-Hearted Blacksmith! (Please pre-order!!!)
Su Ming's heart is really dark.
Xingluo represents coming with joy but leaving with curses.
This is clearly the asset of the Star Luo Empire!
Xingluo Royal Family.
After hearing what Xingyun Douluo said, Xingluo Emperor Dai Batian was also very angry.
"Cooperate, then, but we don't need to use their equipment. Haha, I don't believe that my royal family's technology can't detect rare metal veins and mine rare metals."
The reason why the Blacksmith Association was able to establish such a treaty on the mining of rare metals was naturally due to technology.
Technology for exploring mineral veins and mining rare metals.
This is something that the Xingluo royal family does not have, so Su Ming can take away the lion's share of the profits so naturally.
In fact, Nebula Douluo signed this agreement with the same idea as Dai Batian.
The agreement has been signed. At worst, we can stop cooperating with the association in mining in the future.
What is more important is the cooperation in other areas, such as how many soul masters from the Xingluo Royal Family the Gengxin City Blacksmith Association can recruit at this stage, what conditions can be provided for subsequent training, and the authority in multiple other fields.
Dai Batian cursed for a long time, and suddenly thought of a question. He looked at Xingyun Douluo and asked.
"By the way, what are rare metals?"
The corner of Nebula Douluo's mouth twitched.
"Your Majesty, rare metals are a new classification of metals by the Blacksmith Association, differentiating them from ordinary metals. The key to distinguishing them is whether they can be forged a thousand times to become spiritual. According to them, some metals naturally possess extraordinary properties and can accommodate spirituality, thus meeting the conditions for a thousand forgings to become spiritual. However, some metals are not sufficiently nurtured and do not yet have these properties, making them inadequate for carrying spirituality."
Dai Batian frowned and thought for a long time, barely understanding this division.
"Are there any rare metal veins among the mines controlled by the Empire?"
Nebula Douluo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I've asked someone to check, but it's highly unlikely they've found any. According to the Blacksmith Association, rare metals are more difficult to produce than ordinary metals, making them even harder to find and mine."
He had just finished speaking when someone came to report.
"Your Excellency the Duke, Your Majesty, the mineral veins controlled by our Xingluo Empire do not contain the rare metals listed in the list."
Although Xingyun Douluo had expected this, he still looked grim.
"What about refined gold? There should be some in the gold mines, right?"
"The annual output of refined gold is at most one kilogram." The official replied through gritted teeth.
Searching for refined gold from iron ore is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The refined gold that can be mined is only the size of mung beans, and ordinary gold ore must be separated. The accumulated refined gold in a year is only about one kilogram.
Nebula Douluo almost fainted.
He had expected rare metals to be very rare, but he had not expected them to be this rare.
Su Ming told him that Zhu Jiuyang, a Soul Douluo who originally possessed master-level blacksmithing skills, had consumed more than 300 kilograms of rare metals from practicing spirit infusion to successfully forging the first piece of spirit metal through the Thousand Forgings.
Dai Batian also learned about the loss of rare metals from him.
"Young Master Duo?" He grabbed Nebula Douluo's shoulders and shook him, "You're talking to me about Young Master Duo?"
"More than 300 kilograms." Nebula Douluo said helplessly.
"Then where did they get the original rare metals?" Dai Batian asked.
"Ahem, rare metal veins are hard to find, but due to geological changes or other reasons, some scattered rare metals can still be found. However, it is said that in order to study the Thousand Forging Spirit, the Blacksmith Association has consumed more than 70% of the rare metals found in Gengxin City."
Dai Batian fell silent.
"The Blacksmith Association's technology should be reliable. They've reportedly found three mineral veins, and the preliminary preparations for mining are complete. There won't be a shortage of rare metals for a while."
Dai Batian remained silent again.
So, without the help of the Blacksmith Association, even if I had the skills of a blacksmith, I wouldn't have the materials to practice with, right?
"That's understandable, but why should Spirit Hall take 20%?"
"The cooperation between the Spirit Hall and the Blacksmith Association is mostly based on guarantees. Blacksmith certification will be combined with spirit certification. The two will become one. Blacksmiths can obtain certain rights and interests in all areas that the Spirit Hall can influence under the name of blacksmiths."
Nebula Douluo gave a bitter smile and explained everything he knew.
"There's also the appraisal of spirit metals. Although the Blacksmith Association is responsible for that expertise, the Spirit Hall holds the most authority in the spirit master field, so spirit metals have been authorized by the Spirit Hall to be appraised."
"There are only a limited number of forgers who can master the Thousand Forging Spirit, and the rare metals that can be produced are also limited, so every piece of rare metal should be numbered."
"Get all of this done. If there are spiritual metals auctioned off in other places in the future, their value will increase significantly."
Dai Batian was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
This Spirit Hall really hasn't produced anything!
"In fact, this 20% can be seen as what the Spirit Hall snatched from the Blacksmith Association. The original distribution should have been 70% to the Blacksmith Association." Nebula Douluo reminded weakly.
Can it be understood this way?
Dai Batian raised his eyebrows.
That is indeed much more acceptable.
I won't curse the Spirit Hall anymore.
"Damn black-hearted Blacksmith Association!"
We just provided a crappy technology, yet they wanted to snatch away 70% of it!
The mineral veins within Xingluo are our assets!
"A-choo!"
Su Ming rubbed his nose.
"Which little cutie is talking about me?"
Su Ming didn't know how Dai Batian from the Xingluo royal family was cursing him at this moment, but he had expected it during the negotiations.
Black heart?
That's right.
Establishing a black-hearted personality is the fastest way to raise the status of a blacksmith.
At least soon these forces will themselves acknowledge the nobility of the blacksmith, because every blacksmith is made of rare metals.
What are rare metals?
Valuable items!
It may even replace gold and become a more valuable hard currency.
"The cooperation with the Xingluo Imperial Family has been finalized. The next step is the Tiandou Imperial Family. I wonder if Uncle Ning can take the initiative to disclose it to the Tiandou Imperial Family."
Su Ming repeated it and started today's task.
The threat posed by Tang Hao was too obvious, and he had to prepare a way to save his life.
The previous invincible shield has not been used yet, but it can at most block Tang Hao's first hammer, which is not very powerful.
"My battle armor isn't enough. My cultivation isn't good enough. Even if I could achieve the Trinity and fuse it with the One-Word Battle Armor, it's still far from enough to survive Tang Hao's hands."
"It still depends on the teacher. If an Eight-ring Soul Douluo gets a set of... uh... low-end version of the two-character battle armor, he can almost reach the combat power of a Titled Douluo."
In the Douluo Dalu III era, two-word battle armor is generally used by Soul Emperors and Soul Sages. Strong battle armor masters will make three-word battle armor when they reach Soul Sage level.
However, Su Ming really couldn't make a three-word battle armor.
He couldn't even make a two-character battle armor.
I can only make a low-end version of the two-word battle armor.
What?
Is it impossible to upgrade a level by one major level when paired with a low-end two-character battle armor and Soul Douluo?
That must be because the teacher is not working hard enough.
Just kidding, of course.
Su Ming was improving Zhu Jiuyang's strength for his own safety, so he had to consider the possibility that his teacher would not be able to perform.
Well, there is one more chapter. Tsk, my hands hurt from typing. I will not update after the tenth chapter