Douluo Dragon King: Nine Dragons Break the Abyss

Chapter 286 Meeting of Two Gods——Lan Ji: Grandpa; Qiangu Dieting:?

After Qiangu Qitian forged a piece of heavenly forged metal, Guan Yue led a group of war gods to leave the Dengtian Terrace.

Obviously, he also knows the rules of the blacksmith industry.

Just the forging of this piece of heavenly forged metal made all the war gods respect Qiangu Qitian, the master craftsman, as much as Zhenhua.

Because... it's perfect.

Qiangu Qitian's Heavenly Forging was clean and neat, without any drag. Even if an elemental calamity fell, Qiangu Qitian could solve it cleanly.

Moreover, in addition to forging skills, the gods of war also marveled at the power of the Eternal Heavenly Martial Spirit.

Guan Yue, the Ultimate Douluo, felt it even more deeply. He knew that Qiangu Qitian's understanding and use of the elements had reached a level that even he could not describe.

It was like... an oracle.

Only God can reach the state of mastering everything like the Eternal Heaven.

Qiangu Qitian: Even God can’t fool you.

The details and characteristics of the battle armor have been discussed. Qiangu Qitian only needs to forge all the metals step by step. The subsequent engraving of the soul guide array is not the job of the master craftsman.

After the people from the Temple of War God left, when Qiangu Qitian was just about to forge the second piece of metal, Zhenhua walked up.

Qiangu Qitian asked doubtfully: "Teacher, what's the matter?"

Zhenhua looked at Qiangu Qitian very seriously and asked, "Xiaotian, tell me honestly, what is the success rate of your Tianduan?"

Facing this mentor, Qiangu Qitian had nothing to hide: "At least 90%."

At least 90%...

Zhenhua was also silenced.

He knew that Qiangu Qitian had a high talent, but he never thought it would be so high.

If it were someone else, Zhenhua would definitely beat this arrogant boy out with a stick.

But the person who said this was the disciple he had trained since childhood.

Moreover, the forging that Qiangu Qitian had just performed undoubtedly proved his words.

As a master craftsman, Zhenhua naturally knew that the two most difficult key points of heavenly forging were the perception of the elemental force of heaven and earth, and the resistance to the catastrophe of the elements.

To achieve the former, one needs extremely strong talent, and to achieve the latter, one needs a strong physique.

Especially the resistance to the elemental calamity, this last step, is the reason why the Heavenly Forged Metal is so rare.

That is why the master craftsman, who is known for his strong energy and blood, can only create ten complete sets of Tianduan battle armor in his lifetime.

Because of enduring too much elemental disaster, one's own Qi and blood will decline.

The weaker the Qi and blood are, the weaker the resistance to the elemental calamity, and the smaller the chance of heavenly forging.

Under this vicious cycle, even the master craftsman can no longer complete the heavenly forging.

Therefore, the life span of a master craftsman is often not long.

But Qiangu Qitian is different.

It can no longer be said that the Yuan force of heaven and earth is understood, but rather controlled.

And the Elemental Tribulation...

Zhenhua clearly saw that Qiangu Qitian's martial spirit alone swallowed up all the elemental disasters.

Even more, the martial soul can release an appropriate amount of elemental calamity to baptize the newly forged metal.

After a long silence, Zhenhua said, "Xiaotian, you must not publicize your forging success rate. This will bring you countless troubles. Moreover, this trouble not only comes from the Holy Spirit Church, but may even..."

In the end, Zhenhua said nothing more, but Qiangu Qitian knew that it was the Federation.

"Teacher, I know."

Qiangu Qitian could indeed bring down the price of Tianduan Metal, but this would be of no benefit to him.

Why is the four-character battle armor so precious?

Being powerful is only one aspect; more importantly, it is scarcity.

In the Douluo Continent today, there are even some Ultimate Douluo who can only wear three-word battle armor.

It’s impossible not to buy it, mainly because… it’s impossible to buy it.

You know, Zhenhua hasn't forged a four-character battle armor for a long time.

Zhenhua pondered, "In the history of forging masters in Douluo Continent, the average success rate of divine forging is about 15%, and the one with the highest success rate was a senior 1,300 years ago, whose success rate reached a terrifying 30%. I guess your father-in-law also told you about my success rate of forging, which is 10%, right?"

Qiangu Qitian nodded.

"This is the rule of our blacksmith group. The success rate of the Heavenly Forging that is announced to the public is half of the actual success rate. Only those who have become master craftsmen are qualified to know the true success rate of the Heavenly Forging."

Mu Chen, who was standing by, was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "But...but I know everything now."

Zhenhua glanced at this stupid junior brother and said unhappily, "I can tell what you were thinking when you asked Xiaotian to make you the arm guard. Don't tell me you don't want to try the Heavenly Forging Technique."

"Hehe." Mu Chen touched his head and smiled foolishly.

"Just know it in your heart. If you let Bao'er know that you want to Tianduan, she will break your legs."

"No, it's not that serious."

Speaking of Yuan Baoer, Mu Chen and Mu Xi both felt a chill in their hearts.

Two people with the same surname were controlled by a person with a different surname.

"Ha ha……"

Some things can only be understood, not expressed in words.

Let’s put it this way, back then, Zhenhua and Muchen’s teacher, Yuan Baoer’s father, was the previous master craftsman who had a daughter in his old age, the only case among the master craftsmen.

Most of the Divine Craftsmen have offspring, but they were all before they became Divine Craftsmen...

It’s not that Zhenhua is a eunuch. The blacksmith is outstanding in physical strength, so it’s no problem for him to control ten women at night.

The reason why it is difficult to have offspring is that after a body has endured the catastrophe of the elements, the life breath will be contaminated by the breath of the heavenly catastrophe.

There is a trace of destructive power contained in it, which is fatal to the vitality of life.

Qiangu Qitian took a deep breath and was a little scared. He didn't know that Tianduan would be infertile.

Tang Wulin in the original timeline was not infertile...

"Teacher, I don't know how to..."

He has used his abilities to trick so many wives into giving birth to him, it is impossible that he cannot have a child...

Zhenhua said unhappily, "What are you thinking? With your body, I have never seen a soul saint with such strong vitality."

"Oh."

Qiangu Qitian remembered that he not only had life energy fragments, but also a remnant of a suspected super artifact Jianmu, plus the wood element dragon soul. With the blessing of the three-in-one, he was simply a walking life core. If he couldn't have children, humans would be close to extinction.

What's more, there is no biological isolation in Douluo Continent.

There are precedents of human-grass and human-rabbit. Qiangu Qitian has already ridden a whale, and the time for him to become a dragon knight is not far away.

Having said that, Qiangu Qitian didn't even think twice and raised his hand to release a stream of life energy into Zhenhua's body.

Zhenhua groaned and his face immediately turned red.

"You're welcome, teacher."

If Zhenhua hadn't mentioned this, Qiangu Qitian would have almost forgotten it.

"Remember to find me a master's wife in the future, and the children born will worship me as their master."

Zhenhua felt the vibrant vitality in his body, his eyes filled with joy and shock.

He ignored Qiangu Qitian's words and continued with the previous topic:
"Underreporting the success rate of Heavenly Forging to the outside world is only to increase income, but more importantly, it is a form of self-protection for the Master Craftsman."

"Xiaotian, you have to know that metals above the soul forging level are already strategic materials. Every Saint Craftsman is a key protected object of the Federation. And the heavenly forging metal that the God Craftsman can forge is not only used for four-character battle armor. It is even more irreplaceable in the field of soul guidance technology."

"The soul guidance technology of the Sun-Moon Federation is always far ahead of the other two empires. The continuous succession of divine craftsmen has played a big role."

The whole history knows it clearly.

The metal source extracted from Soul Forging Metal is so powerful, the scientific research value of Sky Forging Metal is even greater.

Every divine craftsman’s heavenly forging is almost always risking his own lifespan to seize the fortune of heaven and earth.

"Xiaotian, you are the young master of the Spirit Pagoda, and with your grandfather's current strength, there won't be too much pressure from the Federation. But your success rate of forging is really scary. You must be 100% sure to say so. Even if it is halved, there is still a terrifying success rate of 45%."

"In my opinion, the forging success rate you announce now should be between 15% and 25%. This is your future success rate of Heavenly Forging. Of course, Heavenly Forging skills will improve over time, but materials will still be collected based on this success rate. In the future, the success rate of Heavenly Forging will drop due to the decline of Qi and Blood, and you can even lower it further."

Qiangu Qitian finally understood that Tianduan is indeed a seller's market.

My success rate is higher, but you still have to pay the original price; my success rate is lower, you have to increase the price.

But even so, a set of four-character battle armor is still hard to come by.

It's really a case of one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten.

Qiangu Qitian finally stated his success rate of Tianduan within the range given by Zhenhua:
"Then... 20 percent is fine."

This success rate is already the highest in Douluo Continent.

It’s not that Qiangu Qitian wants to make money, he doesn’t need to make it. The huge profits from souls come much faster than the hard-earned money of a blacksmith.

"Yes." Zhenhua agreed with Qiangu Qitian's choice. "It takes me about twenty days to forge a set of four-character battle armor, and I need to trigger at least five elemental disasters every day. The success rate you claim to have is twice as high as mine, so it is more reasonable to set it at ten days for one set."

Qiangu Qitian was puzzled again: "Teacher, can't the outside world judge the success rate of our Godcrafters' Heavenly Forging through the Elemental Tribulation? Wouldn't they be able to detect the trick with a little observation? Or is it that the number of forgings is the same as the success rate announced? Wouldn't that mean there will be one more set of four-character battle armor?"

Zhenhua chuckled, obviously knowing that Qiangu Qitian would ask this question: "Silly disciple, what do you think the large defensive soul guides around the ascending platform are used for? It is not only a defensive soul guide, but also an energy collector. Once it is activated, it can condense the elemental catastrophe. We can forge it as many times as we need. I triggered five elemental catastrophes, but the outside world will only see ten, or even more."

"This platform was not built by me. It is a masterpiece passed down from generation to generation by master craftsmen. It is placed in the Mingdu Blacksmith Association instead of the Blacksmith Association Headquarters because this place belongs to the federal capital. Even when the platform was built, there was technological assistance from the federation."

Climbing to the Tiantai is a protection for the master craftsman.

Since Zhenhua said so, Qiangu Qitian felt relieved.

His forging became easier. After completing two days of heavenly forging every day, there was nothing else to do. The rest, the elemental calamity, was completed entirely by relying on the large soul-guided energy-gathering reaction device.

……

Shortly before Qiangu Qitian arrived at Mingdu Tianduan, Lan Ji, who had completed the meeting with the Ghost Emperor, did not stay for long, but immediately went to Shrek City.

She did not inform Qiangu Qitian about her itinerary this time, everything was done on her own.

Lan Ji could no longer hold back her desire to look for Qiangu Qitian.

Before looking for Qiangu Qitian, Lan Ji plans to look for her daughter first.

She was not familiar with Shrek City. Even with the location provided by Lan Fuzi, she still could not find Qiangu Qitian's home.

But this did not pose a problem for Lan Ji. She released her spiritual sense directly above the Spirit Communication Tower headquarters, covering the entire Shrek City almost instantly.

Soon, she found where Lan Fuzi was.

Lan Ji's mental power has reached the level of a god. Even if it is Yun Ming, whose mental power has broken through to the Ultimate Douluo of the Divine Origin Realm, he will not be able to detect it if Lan Ji does not want others to notice it.

but--

In the Qiangu clan’s land, Qiangu Dieting, who was meditating in silence, was startled by the sudden coverage of divine consciousness.

The whole person disappeared from the spot almost in an instant.

Just from the level of mental power, Qiangu Dieting could feel the huge gap between him and the master of spiritual consciousness.

But he still resolutely chose to go and see who was visiting.

Lan Ji, who was about to go find her daughter, suddenly felt a god-level aura approaching and was a little surprised.

She stopped and wanted to see who was coming.

When Qiangu Dieting saw Lan Ji, he felt even more fearful, because he had no idea how powerful Lan Ji was.

Even though Lan Ji achieved the godhood later than Qiangudieting, her belief in becoming a god almost enabled her to ascend to the top in one step and surpass Qiangudieting directly.

Judging from the current combat effectiveness, even ten Qiangu Dietings are no match for Lan Ji.

Qiangu Dieting was afraid of Lan Ji, so how could Lan Ji not be nervous as well?
Qiangu Dieting lost the battle but not the battle. He put his hands behind his back and said proudly:
"Sir, what can I do for you in my Spiritual Pagoda?"

"Find someone."

Lan Ji came here to look for someone and didn't want any conflict.

She had been offline for too long. If she had just surfed the Soul Network, she would have been able to guess the identity of the person in front of her.

"My name is Qiangu Dieting. May I ask your name?"

Qiangu Dieting introduces himself.

For eternity?

Lan Ji's eyes lit up, and she asked directly, "Do you recognize Qiangu Qitian?"

Looking for someone, Eternal Heaven...

Qiangu Dieting, who had sensed the elements, saw Lan Ji in such a state and asked uncertainly, "Why are you looking for my grandson?"

grandson?!
Lan Ji hurriedly bowed to Qiangu Dieting: "Lan Ji greets Grandpa."

Qiangu Dieting:?
When did his grandson become related to such a powerful god-level warrior?

Moreover, this name...could it be...

Qiangu Dieting felt that it was most likely true.

(End of this chapter)