Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 697: Founding a sect, a world-class weapon sect!

The Spirit Clan left Jiang Lin a gift, and the Soul Emperor had always known about it.

At first, the Soul Emperor did not know what the Spirit Clan intended to do with that item. It was only after learning about Jiang Lin's existence from the Soul Craftsman that the Soul Emperor understood everything.

Perhaps the Spirit Clan fears that Jiang Lin's existence might replace the Soul Clan's position, but the Spirit Clan has clearly overlooked one thing: Jiang Lin also possesses Soul Clan blood.

However, it's normal for the Spirit Clan to overlook this matter, because Jiang Lin's Spirit Clan bloodline is very strong, causing the Spirit Clan to subconsciously regard Jiang Lin as a member of the Spirit Clan. As a member of the Spirit Clan, the Spirit Clan needs to consider the feelings of the Soul Clan.

However, for the Soul Emperor, if Jiang Lin were a pure-blooded Spirit Clan member, he would definitely try to kill him. The reason is simple: if Jiang Lin were a pure-blooded Spirit Clan member, the Spirit Clan would inevitably have many ulterior motives, perhaps even secretly plotting something big against him, like the Void Devouring Flame.

However, the problem is that Jiang Lin is also considered a member of the Soul Clan. One crucial reason why the Soul Emperor personally went to see Jiang Lin was that he needed to assess the concentration of Jiang Lin's Soul Clan bloodline. Upon meeting, the Soul Emperor sensed that while Jiang Lin's Soul Clan bloodline differed slightly from that of a normal Soul Clan member, its concentration had reached the level of a divine-grade bloodline.

Therefore, upon realizing that Jiang Lin not only possessed the bloodline of the Soul Clan, but also at a divine level, the Soul Emperor naturally had many ideas beyond his plans.

"A divine-grade dual-emperor bloodline, a special spiritual fire surpassing ordinary strange fires, a physique comparable to a spiritual weapon, and a soul realm suspected to be of the emperor grade... This is getting more and more interesting." A soft murmur rang out in the void, then completely dissipated.

On the Ink Soul Plain, not far from the Central Continent Soul Palace, inside the Ink Mansion, after the Soul Emperor left, Jiang Lin sat in the same spot, deep in thought, pondering the various things the Soul Emperor had told him.

Just as the Soul Craftsman said, Jiang Lin's situation was much better than he had imagined.
Jiang Lin originally thought the Soul Clan was an enemy, a super villain. However, after the Soul Emperor reshaped his understanding, Jiang Lin suddenly realized that whether the Soul Clan was an enemy depended on Jiang Lin's own stance.

If Jiang Lin is a conservative, then the radicals like the Soul Clan and Spirit Clan, who are desperately trying to break the deadlock, are naturally the evil villains. But if Jiang Lin himself is also a radical, wanting to pursue a higher realm, then Jiang Lin is naturally in the camp of the Soul Clan and Spirit Clan.

"The current situation on the Dou Qi Continent is somewhat similar to that of the Qin and Han dynasties. The Qin Dynasty violently unified everything, so Qin was seen as a tiger and wolf, a tyrannical dynasty. As the first to end the feudal system and the first to take the plunge, all ambitious people opposed him. Thus, the Han Dynasty, which inherited the Qin system, came into being. In fact, if the first unified dynasty had been Han, it would still have suffered the same fate as Qin," Jiang Lin murmured to himself.

Jiang Lin's past life's history recorded many historical patterns summarized from dynastic changes. Often, the first to try something new doesn't necessarily emerge victorious. Examples include Chai Rong and the Song Dynasty, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang, and Li Zicheng and the Eight Banners.
The Soul Clan's role on the Dou Qi Continent is that of a catfish capable of stirring up trouble. They don't care about the lives of others because they understand that they are the ones who can be the troublemakers.

In the past one or two thousand years on the Dou Qi Continent, the forces possessing nine-star Dou Sheng include the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, the Soul Clan, the Ancient Clan, the Xiao Clan, the Burning Flame Valley, and the Spirit Clan.
The Xiao clan has already been sent away by the major imperial clans, so they can be ruled out.

Burning Flame Valley only has one Burning Flame Ancestor to carry the banner, and its scale of influence is too small to stir up the stagnant waters of the Dou Qi Continent.

The Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan actually possessed this strength, but their Dragon Emperor Zhukun disappeared for thousands of years, directly leading to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan's elimination from the competition.

The remaining races are the Spirit Race, the Soul Race, and the Ancient Race.

The Eldar are more like martyrs, choosing to go all in, first establishing the basic trend, and then it's up to who will follow.

Of the remaining two strongest ancient imperial clans, the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan, the Ancient Clan was overly protective of its reputation and wanted to find a more secure method. But where in this world can one have it all? Naturally, the only one who could ultimately shake up the continent's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure) and force all forces to follow the 'Emperor Creation Project' was the Soul Clan.

As super villains, the Soul Clan, as the first to strike, has both the advantage and the disadvantage of being the first to strike.

The Soul Clan's advantage lies in their highest success rate in becoming emperors, because they started planning earliest and went the furthest.

However, this is also the disadvantage of the Soul Clan. Because they broke the original order, did too many things, offended too many forces, and will be hostile to everyone. It is easy for the Soul Clan to be destroyed in the grand scheme of things.

The Soul Emperor clearly understood this, so he made two preparations: he separated the Mo Soul lineage, which had the purest bloodline, from the Soul Clan, and at the same time, he prevented the Mo Soul lineage from participating in the affairs of the Soul Clan. If the plan failed, the Mo Soul lineage could at least preserve the bloodline of the Soul Clan.

From a certain perspective, the Ancient Clan actually possesses some opportunistic traits. They generally avoid direct confrontation with the Soul Clan, and if the Soul Clan gains significant power, the Ancient Clan's approach is to not interfere. Conversely, once the Soul Clan's plan succeeds, they are unlikely to ruthlessly attack the Ancient Clan, with whom they have little blood feud. After all, the Soul Clan now possesses a Dou Di (Battle Emperor) level expert, and their mindset and aspirations change accordingly.

However, if someone suddenly stands up against the Soul Clan and is able to fight the Soul Emperor to a standstill, then given the nature of the Ancient Clan, they will most likely turn against the Soul Clan. After all, the Soul Clan is evil, and the Ancient Clan wants to protect its reputation.

“But now the Soul Clan can become my ally.” Jiang Lin couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

"And the gifts left to me by the Spirit Clan... Sigh... I never expected it to turn out like this." Jiang Lin sighed softly. The deal he made with Ancestor Burning Flame was that Ancestor Burning Flame would lend him a hand when he entered the Stone Realm later.

Ling Jiu from the Origin Continent had already told him that the Stone Clan was doomed, but if Jiang Lin wanted to obtain something, he had to go to the Stone Realm. Because of the danger, Jiang Lin began to make plans, but he never expected that the Soul Clan, whom he considered the greatest source of danger, would suddenly side with him.

"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time." Jiang Lin shook his head, burying his jumbled thoughts deep inside. He glanced at the three people engaged in a chaotic battle in the distance, then began to organize his thoughts on the theory of life-bound artifacts. "Pass this out. In one month, on the Ink Soul Plain of Central Continent, the Spirit Craftsmen will establish their own sect, passing down their unique artifact-refining methods. Remember, anyone who passes the assessment will become a disciple of our sect, and those with outstanding results will become my core disciples." A few days later, Jiang Lin suddenly relayed this message to the artifact-refining apprentices of the Ink Palace.

At the same time, Jiang Lin thought for a moment and added, "Remember to add this sentence: There are no restrictions on cultivation level or battle qi attribute for my disciples. In other words, I can accept even Dou Sheng disciples, and I will also accept disciples who are not of the fire attribute."

"Yes, sir!" Although the apprentice in the Mo family's weapon-refining school was somewhat surprised by Jiang Lin's subsequent words, he ultimately did not ask any further questions and immediately went to carry out Jiang Lin's orders.

Soon, the Mo family's weapon-refining apprentices relayed the news to the Soul Palace and the headquarters of the Weapon Refiners Guild. Thus, through the dissemination by the Soul Palace and the headquarters of the Weapon Refiners Guild, in less than a week, the entire Central Continent knew that the Spirit Craftsmen were going to establish a sect and pass on their lineage.

Furthermore, in order to make this news even more sensational, the Soul Palace linked the Ice River Valley incident, which had caused a great stir some time ago, with the mysterious lightning tribulation on the Ink Soul Plain, directly igniting the curiosity of all forces in the Central Continent.

"Spirit Craftsman... has that guy come to Zhongzhou too? I suspected it was you after what happened at Ice River Valley last time. I didn't expect you to be even more high-profile than I imagined." In an antique courtyard on a mountain in the Ancient Realm, a woman in green was staring blankly at the message sent back by the Shadow Guard in her hand.

"Is the Spirit Craftsman making such a big move? Hmm, no restrictions on attributes or cultivation level? Huo'er, we have to go there." After receiving the message, Tang Zhen hesitated for a moment, then, ignoring his still-healing injuries, he took Tang Huo'er and headed towards the Soul Palace's headquarters.

"Good lad, so high-profile? But it's fine, Lei Dong is over there, we can send some people over to keep an eye on him." After receiving this news, Lei Ying from Lei Realm laughed loudly, then pondered for a moment, and finally chose to let the Lei Clan bet on Jiang Lin.

"That kid's ability to be so high-profile within the Soul Clan's territory indicates that he possesses not only high-quality Spirit Clan bloodline but also high-quality Soul Clan bloodline. He's the best bettor. It's a pity my son isn't a girl, otherwise we could have arranged a marriage and see what kind of bloodline our grandson would have," thought Lei Ying, a researcher of hybrid bloodlines in the Dou Qi Continent.
"Is Master Lingjiang going to establish a school in Zhongzhou? Our Holy Soul Hall should send some people." In the Black Corner Region, after seeing this news, Venerable Qinghai and others began to select special weapon-refining talents in the Black Corner Region.

“Although the people from the Black Corner Region can’t go this time, we can prepare in advance. Master Lingjiang’s school won’t only accept a small number of people. Since there are no restrictions on battle qi attributes, we can prepare in advance and select those smart enough talents from the Western Regions. When Master Lingjiang returns, we can start the selection directly.” There were many smart people in the Holy Soul Hall. After seeing that Master Lingjiang’s school did not restrict battle qi attributes, their minds immediately became active.

"Let all the Soul Weapon Masters in the Soul Hall go and learn from it; there are some good things." Inside the Soul Hall, Hall Master Hun Miesheng directly ordered all the high-level Soul Weapon Masters in the Soul Hall to go and support him, because Hun Miesheng knew that Jiang Lin had said that he had comprehended a super technique that could be called an 'Emperor-level technique' in the weapon refining world.

"Yes, sir!" The Soul Palace's higher-ups immediately went to carry out the order.

"Elder, should our Pill Tower react?" While undercurrents were swirling in the Central Continent because the Spirit Craftsman wanted to establish his own school, a group of top alchemists within the Pill Tower were also beginning to stir.

"Go? Why wouldn't we go? Didn't those bastards, the Soul Crafters, come to the Pill Tower for a temporary post? Of course we should go too!" Although the higher-ups of the Pill Tower didn't know much about the Soul Crafters, they realized that the Soul Crafters' way of refining weapons was a bit different and worth learning from.

"Moreover, didn't someone say that the Spirit Craftsman could summon ninth-grade pill lightning when he was forging weapons? He must have perfected the pill-forging technique left behind by the Soul Craftsman! We must learn it back! Anyway, he himself said that he doesn't restrict battle qi attributes!" What is still shocking the higher-ups of the Pill Tower is the rumor that Jiang Lin can trigger ninth-grade pill lightning when he is forging weapons!

Moreover, this wasn't a coincidence. A ninth-grade pill lightning appeared in the Ice River Valley, and another ninth-grade pill lightning appeared near the Soul Hall's headquarters! After investigation, it was found that they were all related to the Spirit Craftsmen! How could you expect these Pill Tower weapon refiners not to be curious about Jiang Lin?

"But isn't it unsafe that place is so close to the Soul Palace?" Some of the higher-ups in the Collapsed Tower were worried, fearing that this was a conspiracy by the Soul Palace against their Pill Tower.
“Yes, that’s a normal concern. You should use your connections to see if other forces in the Central Plains will go. If enough forces go, then the Soul Palace won’t be able to take action.” The Dan Tower’s higher-ups quickly finalized the decision and then began to use their connections to try to get more forces from the Central Plains to go to the Ink Soul Plains near the Soul Palace.

Driven by various forces, a scene that surprised both Jiang Lin and the Soul Palace unfolded: due to the intervention of the Pill Tower, people from all the major and minor forces in the Central Continent arrived.
Medicine Clan, Flame Clan, Thunder Clan, Ancient Clan, Soul Clan
"Why are these imperial clans getting involved?!" Inside the Soul Palace, in the Heavenly Gang Hall, when Soul Extinction saw the intelligence report sent back by his subordinates, his face immediately turned ugly!

Of the eight ancient races, all except the Spirit Race and the Stone Race have come?!
So conspicuous, when the other imperial clans exchange information, won't they realize the unexpected presence of the Spirit Clan and the Stone Clan?
"Palace Master, breaking news. The Stone Clan has also sent people." Suddenly, just as Hun Miesheng was pondering how to break the deadlock with a grim expression, a high-ranking member of the Soul Palace suddenly delivered a piece of information that left Hun Miesheng stunned.

"Where did they come from?!" Hun Miesheng was utterly astonished. Something was wrong. The other high-ranking members of the Soul Palace didn't know about the Stone Clan, but Hun Miesheng did!

But the reality is that, to the shock of all those involved, the Stone Clan not only sent people, but a whole group of them!

"Palace Master." The high-ranking member of the Soul Palace who spoke of the Stone Clan's arrival hesitated, as if he had something left to say.

"What else is there? Tell me everything!" Hun Miesheng raised an eyebrow and said coldly.

Hun Miesheng refused to believe it. What could possibly be more abstract than the arrival of the Stone Clan?

"Um, Palace Master, I saw a group of people surnamed Xiao among the teams heading to the Ink Soul Plains. However, they are not very strong. The strongest among them is only a Dou Huang. I heard they came from the Western Regions of the continent."

Soul Extinction: "."

Okay, so they actually managed to gather all eight clans?

(End of this chapter)