"Thump, thump, thump——"
"President! President! Someone downstairs is looking for you!"
The doorman came to the President's office on the fifth floor, a little hesitant, but still knocked on the door.
"What is it? My teacher is in seclusion. Why are you making so much noise?"
Someone walked over from a distance, frowned, and said.
The doorman turned his head and quickly explained that someone downstairs was looking for the President: "Si Long, there are a few young people on the first floor who want to see the President. They are accompanied by an old man who doesn't look like someone to be trifled with!"
"Hmm? Take me down to see!"
Si Long frowned and said, thinking to himself, "Could it be Spirit Hall causing trouble again?"
Upon arriving on the first floor, Si Long's gaze immediately fixated on Dugu Bo.
Si Long: "It seems the visitors mean no good!"
"Who are you, sirs?"
Si Long showed a smile on his face and said to Dugu Bo.
However, Dugu Bo did not speak; it was Xiao Tian who spoke.
"May I ask what your relationship is with President Lou Gao? We have a partnership we'd like to discuss with him. Your Blacksmiths' Association will definitely be interested!" Xiao Tian said with great confidence.
Si Long was slightly taken aback; it was a young man who spoke!
"My name is Si Long, and President Lou Gao is my teacher. You can tell me anything; my teacher is currently in seclusion."
Si Long politely refused Xiao Tian's request.
"Oh? Are you sure?"
At this moment, Dugu Bo's aura burst forth, and nine spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—slowly appeared on his body.
"A Titled Douluo!"
The aura of a Titled Douluo was fully displayed, and the people on the street who were watching the commotion scattered in an instant.
Of course, Dugu Bo only intended to intimidate Si Long, and then he said, "We have no ill intentions in coming here. Please inform him for us!"
Dugu Bo pointed at Ning Rongrong, then said to Si Long, "She is the daughter of Ning Fengzhi, Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. We are not from Spirit Hall."
Si Long: "…"
You've displayed all nine of your spirit rings; how could I not believe you?
Xiao Tian waved his hand, helplessly signaling Dugu Bo to retract his spirit rings, and then seriously said to Si Long, "Senior Si Long, we truly have no ill intentions. If President Lou Gao sees my item and still isn't willing to cooperate, then we will leave. But your Blacksmiths' Association will lose an opportunity to change its fate!"
"What do you mean by that?" Si Long frowned, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
"What else could it mean? I don't need to explain how low the status of blacksmiths is on this Continent, do I? But I have something that can change your fate!"
"Please! I'll take you to see my teacher!"
Si Long wanted to see what made this young man speak with such certainty!
Subsequently, Si Long led Xiao Tian and the others to his office on the sixth floor and said to them, "Please wait a moment; I'll go find my teacher."
A short while later, Xiao Tian and the others heard Lou Gao's angry voice coming from outside the door.
"Bastard, didn't I say I was going into seclusion these past few days and not to bother me unless it was important?!"
"Cough, cough, Teacher, a Titled Douluo came to see you. I wouldn't dare disturb you if it wasn't important." Si Long said with a wronged expression.
A few minutes later, a stout old man with a round belly slowly walked in.
He looked a bit unkempt and slovenly, indicating he had indeed been in seclusion these past two days.
Lou Gao looked at Xiao Tian and said, "You said you have something that can change the fate of my Blacksmiths' Association? You want to cooperate? Tell me about it."
In just a moment, Si Long had told Lou Gao everything Xiao Tian had said earlier.
Lou Gao spoke calmly, not showing any fear due to Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo.
Xiao Tian didn't mind Lou Gao's attitude; he knew that once he took out his item, Lou Gao would definitely have a change of heart!
He would definitely change his expression faster than flipping a book.
Xiao Tian took out the spirit tool baby bottle from his person and directly threw it to Lou Gao, saying, "Here, Senior Lou Gao, are you interested in this?"
Lou Gao frowned, looking at the item in his hand that somewhat resembled a baby's bottle, and said, "Are you playing a trick on me?"
Xiao Tian couldn't help but chuckle, "This is a spirit tool that can store and release spirit power."
"Look!" Xiao Tian pointed slightly with his right hand, and a pure spirit power immediately emanated from the nipple of the spirit tool baby bottle.
This change instantly shocked Lou Gao and Si Long!
"Kid, how do you want to cooperate?"
Lou Gao's eyes glowed as he meticulously examined the spirit tool baby bottle in his hand, not even glancing at Xiao Tian.
Si Long somewhat helplessly said to Xiao Tian and the others, "I apologize, but my teacher is like this. When he sees something new and interesting, he reacts this way. And this spirit tool that can store and release spirit power, we've never seen anything like it before."
Xiao Tian didn't directly suggest that Lou Gao join the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, as that would be too abrupt. So he said, "Senior Lou Gao, as you know, the most common spirit tools on the Continent are storage spirit tools, and their production is extremely scarce. As for other types of spirit tools, they are almost non-existent!"
"If we can cooperate, I am willing to share the relevant spirit tool crafting techniques with you. The Blacksmiths' Association will still be the Blacksmiths' Association, but blacksmiths will no longer be blacksmiths who only make ordinary weapons; they will be spirit tool masters!"
Then, silence fell in the office.
A few minutes later, Lou Gao finally couldn't resist and spoke, "Tell me, what is your true purpose in coming here? It's probably not as simple as cooperation, right? I admit this item is very appealing to me, but the essence of a spirit tool and the crafting of a spirit tool are completely different. In the entire Blacksmiths' Association, including myself, fewer than ten people know how to craft spirit tools!"
Lou Gao was still meticulous and immediately saw through Xiao Tian's true intentions.
Since that was the case, Xiao Tian no longer hid anything and said, "I want to invite you, and even the entire Blacksmiths' Association, to join the Sect I founded."
"I refuse. Although I am the President of the Blacksmiths' Association, I am not a dictator. The Blacksmiths' Association is an independent organization, and I cannot make them join a Sect based on my personal preference!" Lou Gao hesitated for a moment but still refused.
He was indeed tempted by this spirit tool, but he had not agreed to Spirit Hall's recruitment, let alone a Sect founded by Xiao Tian?
Xiao Tian was so young; the Sect he founded was probably not large either.
And although Si Long, who was standing by, was somewhat envious, since his teacher had refused, he also spoke, "You don't know, but Spirit Hall also came to recruit the Blacksmiths' Association, but my teacher also refused them."
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