Douluo: The blue phoenix cries loudly, and the wind whistles through the air

"Could it be that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has mastered the technology of making storage soul tools?" Sea Dragon Douluo voiced his guess.

Even well-preserved ancient ruins couldn't possibly contain such a large number of perfect quality storage soul tools. After all, with the erosion of time, the surfaces of soul tools inevitably bear some signs of damage.

According to Zhu Zhuqing, all the soul tools sold on the market are brand new, without any signs of use. They must have been made recently, not ancient stock.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was already the wealthiest sect on the continent, with enough funds to secretly search for ancient ruins and seek out the technology to create soul tools. Now that they are selling soul tools, it seems they have mastered the technology of storage soul tools and achieved large-scale production.

Tang San shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Senior Hailong, you don't understand the situation on Douluo Continent."

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is, after all, a sect founded by support-type Soul Masters. Even if they gather a large number of Battle Soul Masters, their strength is still limited. Given the capabilities of Soul Guidance Device technology, if I may be so bold, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School cannot defend this gold mine."

"Behind this, there must be a larger force secretly protecting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Although the influence of the Heaven Dou Empire is not weak, it doesn't have many strong individuals. Because of the master-disciple relationship between Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, the Heaven Dou royal family will indeed protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but this power is far from enough."

"The fact that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can sell soul tools in Star Luo City with such impunity strongly suggests that they are being protected by the Star Luo Royal Family or the Spirit Hall in secret."

The resurgence of soul tool technology after ten thousand years is bound to cause a huge sensation. Without the backing of a powerful force, the Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire would have already jumped in to seize it.

Zhu Zhuqing said, "Now, the Spirit Bank and the Spirit Daily have firmly tied the interests of the two great empires and the Spirit Hall together. In my opinion, all three forces are probably involved."

"Perhaps it's not that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School possesses the technology to make storage soul tools, but rather these three major forces. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School might just be a front for distribution."

"After Davis appeared, he immediately established close contact with the Spirit Hall. I suspect that before faking his death, Davis must have obtained the Soul Tool technology and secretly colluded with the Spirit Hall."

"Afterwards, the Star Luo royal family and the Spirit Hall secretly invested funds and finally broke through the soul tool technology."

Dai Mubai was not the crown prince after all, and there were many things in the royal family that he did not have the authority to know, so he could not verify Zhu Zhuqing's guess.

In retrospect, Zhu Zhuqing's guess was not without merit.

Without a significant exchange of benefits, why would the Spirit Hall allow Davis to become the nexus of interests between the two major powers?
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Having ascertained Davis's true strength, a shadow immediately fell over everyone's hearts.

Based on previous evidence and speculation, Davis has the strong support of the Spirit Hall. Therefore, in order to maintain the balance among the three major forces, Dai Tianfeng will definitely focus on making Davis take over.

During the period when Davis faked his death, the only real benefit Dai Mubai brought to the royal family was probably the cheap hidden weapons he purchased from the Haotian Sect.

Of course, the technology of soul tools had been lost on the continent for a long time, so Tang San and the others couldn't connect their weapons with soul tools. In their minds, the only function of soul tools was storage.

Therefore, Dai Mubai still has a sliver of a chance.

Storage soul tools play a vital role in the allocation and transportation of provisions. On the battlefield, only concealed weapons can truly wreak havoc.

"Mu Bai, if we want to maintain your position, we can only focus on developing hidden weapons. Currently, we are only selling four of our hidden weapons to the Imperial Army; the Zhuge Divine Crossbow and others have not yet been sold."

"Go to His Majesty's study now and, in your name, sell the Zhuge Crossbow to the Imperial Army. Explain the negotiations as difficult as possible." "At the very least, don't appear too close to the Haotian Sect in front of His Majesty, to reduce suspicion. I will write back to the sect regarding the manufacture of the Zhuge Crossbow and instruct the disciples to begin production."

"The cost of the Zhuge Divine Crossbow is around one hundred gold soul coins. If it is not made entirely of high-grade materials and some unimportant parts are replaced with cheaper materials, the cost will only be fifty gold soul coins."

"The current arrows can kill Soul Sect experts. If the arrow material is weakened, the minimum cost will be twenty gold soul coins."

The cost price quoted by Tang San already includes a 10% profit margin.

He knew Dai Mubai wasn't capable enough, and facing Dai Tianfeng's pressure, he would soon confess everything. If he didn't add some profit beforehand, he might end up working for nothing.

Dai Mubai smiled broadly, "Thanks, little mistress. Once I ascend to that position, I will certainly bestow upon you the title of..."

Before he could continue, Tang San interrupted, "Let's not talk big for now, let's get through this difficult time first."

Dai Mubai chuckled sheepishly, then said with some difficulty, "Third Brother, you've been a great help to me. I shouldn't ask you to do more, but if you want to impress Father, I'm afraid you really have to give me the blueprints for the hidden weapons. At the very least, you should tell me how to load them."

“Father is a shrewd man. Your hidden weapons cannot be reloaded automatically, making them almost disposable. The Imperial Army purchases them in large quantities, and the subsequent training costs are also very high. If the army can reload them themselves, it will greatly save costs. Perhaps Father will also think more highly of me and thus curb Davis's reckless behavior.”

Although Davis worked for the Martial Soul Daily and the Martial Soul Bank, he represented the royal family. If Dai Tianfeng gave the order, Davis would dare not act recklessly again.

For Tang San, the Star Luo Empire was an important ally that he had to win over in order to take revenge on the Spirit Hall.

If Davis ultimately wins the position of Crown Prince, the Star Luo Empire will not only fail to become their ally, but will instead forge close ties with the Spirit Hall and then target the Clear Sky Sect.

Now that he had decided to invest in Dai Mubai, Tang San naturally wanted to go all the way.

Of the four hidden weapons currently sold to the Imperial Army, none can be considered the pinnacle of the Tang Clan's creations, and their power is limited.

After thinking it over, in order to regain attention for Dai Mubai, he took out the blueprints of two hidden weapons from his soul tool and handed them to Dai Mubai, which can be described as going all out.

The remaining two items can be taken out later depending on the situation.

As for the blueprints for Zhuge's crossbow, he cannot provide them, nor will he in the future.

If Dai Mubai can rise to power, he will have a chance to reclaim these hidden weapon blueprints in the future. When the time is right, he can rebuild the Tang Clan and establish a hidden weapon cooperation with the Star Luo Empire's army, thus ensuring a continuous flow of funds for the Tang Clan.

Furthermore, the price of hidden weapons in the future will not be this high; at least several times the profit will be earned.

"Thank you, Xiao San. From now on, I will follow your arrangements and first secure the position of Crown Prince." Dai Mubai said with a face full of joy.

After settling Tang San and Sea Dragon Douluo into a private room, he immediately set off for the palace. (End of Chapter)