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Chapter 109 Su Ming's Lack of Security (Seeking first subscription!!!)
"My apprentice."

Zhu Jiuyang said this with a proud tone.

"He was also the pioneer of the new forging system."

Originally, Zhu Jiuyang was worried that revealing these things would put Su Ming in danger, but after Su Ming persuaded him to actually say those words, he felt very comfortable.

Look, this is my apprentice!
Yue Guan narrowed his eyes.

Pioneer?
"Did you create spirit metal?"

The ghostly figure standing to the side exclaimed in surprise.

This news is absolutely shocking.

"A bit of luck plus a little bit of chance." Su Ming raised his right hand and gestured with his index finger and thumb.

"Alright, without further ado, you should now understand the situation of our association. Spirit metals can be mass-produced, and forging techniques can be taught, but only by joining our Forging Masters Association can you learn them, and only by cooperating with our Forging Masters Association can you conduct transactions related to spirit metals."

Zhu Jiuyang didn't let Yue Guan continue asking Su Ming questions, and went straight to the point.

Yue Guan sighed, "You're still the same as before, so direct."

He adjusted his tone and said seriously, "Cooperation is of course no problem. Spirit metal is beneficial to the entire Soul Master world. Since its establishment, our Spirit Hall has been committed to promoting the development of the Soul Master world. Now that your disciple has opened up a new forging system that is beneficial to the Soul Master world, our Spirit Hall will naturally provide assistance."

"However, before we discuss how to cooperate, I would like to understand the current level of forging technology."

Yue Guan looked at Su Ming with a slight smile and asked, "Su Ming, right? I wonder how far you've perfected your forging skills?"

Zhu Jiuyang was somewhat surprised that Yueguan asked Su Ming directly, but he did not interrupt.

"A thousand times forging gives it a spirit."

"So, this piece of spirit metal in my hand is already the limit of your current technology?" Yue Guan took out a piece of thousand-refined silver.

This is what Ghost got from Zhao Tieshan.

“No,” Su Ming said.

Yue Guan looked surprised.

In fact, he was not surprised; he had expected it.

"Above this, there are even higher technologies?" Yue Guan stared at Su Ming.

"We have a direction, which my teacher and I call 'spirit forging,' which gives metal a real life. We haven't figured out how to achieve it yet."

"Didn't achieve it?" Yue Guan looked disappointed. "So why did you say that this piece of spirit metal isn't your limit?"

"Your Majesty has reached the pinnacle of forging a single rare metal, but in addition to forging a single rare metal, we have also discovered spirit alloys forged by fusing multiple rare metals."

alloy?

Yue Guan was not in the mood.

Does the fusion of multiple metals have any special effects?
The improvement is unlikely to be significant.

Su Ming could tell what Yue Guan was thinking just by looking at his expression, so he took out a piece of Thousand Refined Jade Silver.

"This is the Spirit Alloy; Your Majesty may give it a try."

Su Ming handed the Thousand-Refined Jade Silver to Yue Guan.

When Yue Guan got his hands on the Thousand-Refined Jade Silver, his expression immediately changed. He looked down at the Thousand-Refined Jade Silver in his hand, and his breathing became rapid.

Ghost noticed the change in Moon Gate and showed a look of curiosity.

Then he understood why Yue Guan had lost his composure, because he had personally witnessed the Thousand Refined Jade Silver in Yue Guan's hand, a piece of metal, transform into a ball of light and slowly merge into Yue Guan's hand.

"What do you two Your Majesties think?"

"good very good!"

Yue Guan laughed heartily, very satisfied with the effects of the spirit alloy.

He tried to mobilize his soul power and was able to sense the presence of the thousand-refined jade silver within his body.

"Tell me, how do you want to cooperate?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei returned home satisfied.

The two left Gengxin City without stopping, and left without making a sound.

"The Blacksmith Association's ambitions are so obvious, and you just agreed? They plan to establish branches in Soto City, Tiandou City, and Xingluo City before building an association in our Wuhun City."

"So what if they have ambition? The Forging Masters Association is, after all, an organization that provides technology, unlike our Spirit Hall."

Yue Guan didn't care at all about the questions raised by the ghost.

Even though the Blacksmith Association was wary of the Spirit Hall and didn't want to be annexed, the fact that the Spirit Hall ultimately failed to annex the Blacksmith Association didn't prevent the two from coexisting.

Since they are different in nature, there is naturally no entanglement between them.

Once the Blacksmith Association begins to degenerate and becomes a violent organization, the Spirit Hall will certainly not sit idly by. At that time, not only the Spirit Hall, but other forces will also not allow the Blacksmith Association to continue to degenerate in this way.

"Moreover—" Yue Guan sneered, "The Spirit Hall's foundation of spirit masters far surpasses that of any other spirit master organization, and its influence within the Blacksmith Association will only grow stronger."

Even if the investment comes late, as the association expands and flourishes throughout the mainland, this trend will inevitably emerge.

This is the Spirit Hall's most natural advantage.

"The cooperation with the Spirit Hall was much easier than I expected," Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Jiuyang explained to Su Ming with a smile.

What he said was very similar to what Yue Guan said.

Su Ming neither confirmed nor denied this.

Honestly, he didn't think that far into the future.

Because he felt that in the distant future, he was already invincible, and there was no need to argue about who owned the Blacksmiths' Association.

Spread out?

If the Blacksmiths' Association can build the three branches he envisioned, that would be considered fast.

How long does it take to train a blacksmith?
These things all take time to evolve.

"Speaking of which, Ning Tianya seems to have had a breakthrough after what happened the day before yesterday. This morning, he successfully attempted to forge ordinary metals a thousand times," Zhu Jiuyang said.

"He's already been forged a thousand times? Then let's teach him all the techniques for imbuing spirits. Teacher, shall we do it, or shall we?"

"Let Xiao Jin teach him, let him consolidate his knowledge."

"Alright."

"The Star Luo Royal Family is moving too slowly; no one has arrived yet."

Su Ming was getting impatient, wanting to resolve the various cooperation matters quickly and begin the next step of 'research'.

Tang Hao's appearance cast a shadow over his heart, making him severely insecure.

Three days later, representatives of the Star Luo Royal Family arrived in Gengxin City and finalized a cooperation agreement with the Blacksmith Association. The Empire would cooperate with the Blacksmith Association to search for rare metal veins within its territory.

In the distribution of rare metals, the Blacksmith Association holds 50% of the share, while the remaining 50% is distributed among the Star Luo Empire (20%), the Spirit Hall (20%), and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School (10%).

The rare metals obtained by the association will naturally be used to train the blacksmiths within the association. It goes without saying that the association will take 50%, since they will all flow back into the hands of various factions anyway.

However, the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School each took a share, which greatly angered the Star Luo representative.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School claimed that it would provide all the funds. However, during the negotiations, Su Ming from the association acquiesced to Chen Xin's request, and the Xingluo representative's attempts to persuade him were futile.

One reason was the murderous intent Tang Hao exuded, which was too intimidating for Su Ming. He lacked a sense of security and although he had a next step in his plan, he needed time to 'study' it. During this period, he lacked bodyguards, so he had to let Chen Xin continue to stay in the association.

As for the other reason, it was naturally because he had an agreement with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School that a portion of all the rare metals obtained by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would be given to him.

Although the original agreement between Su Ming and Ning Fengzhi stipulated that 10% of the rare metals acquired by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would belong to him, the two parties still had this foundation. Therefore, Su Ming smoothly reached a new agreement with Chen Xin, in which 10% of the rare metals obtained from mining would also unconditionally belong to him.

　Two more chapters are being written.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)