Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline.

Chapter 110 The Heartless Blacksmith! (Seeking first subscriptions!!!)

Su Ming's heart is truly black.

Xingluo arrived happily but left grumbling.

This is clearly the property of the Star Luo Empire!
Xingluo Royal Family.

Upon hearing Nebula Douluo's account, Emperor Dai Batian of the Star Luo Empire was furious.

"Let's cooperate then, but we don't need to use their equipment. Heh, I don't believe that my royal family's technology can't detect rare metal veins and extract rare metals."

The reason the Blacksmiths' Guild was able to establish such an agreement on the mining of rare metals was naturally due to its technology.

Techniques for exploring mineral veins and mining rare metals.

This is something the Star Luo royal family doesn't have, which is why Su Ming can so naturally take the lion's share of the profits.

In fact, Nebula Douluo signed this agreement with the same idea as Dai Batian.

The agreement is signed, so at worst we can just stop cooperating with the association on mining operations in the future.

The most important thing is cooperation in other areas, such as how many Soul Masters from the Star Luo Royal Family the Gengxin City Blacksmith Association can recruit at this stage, what conditions can be provided for their subsequent training, and other permissions in multiple other areas.

After cursing and swearing for a while, Dai Batian suddenly thought of a question, looked at Nebula Douluo, and asked him a question.

"By the way, what are rare metals?"

Nebula Douluo's lips twitched.

"Your Majesty, rare metals are a new category of metals reclassified by the Blacksmiths' Association, distinguishing them from ordinary metals. The key difference lies in whether they can be forged a thousand times to acquire spirituality. According to them, some metals naturally possess extraordinary properties and can contain spirituality, thus meeting the conditions for being forged a thousand times to acquire spirituality. However, some metals have not yet been nurtured enough and do not yet possess the properties, making them insufficient to bear spirituality."

Dai Batian frowned and pondered for a long time before barely understanding the division.

"Are there any rare metal veins among the mines controlled by the Empire?"

Nebula Douluo shook his head with a wry smile.

"I've already had someone investigate, but it's highly likely that it's not there, because according to the Blacksmiths' Association, rare metals are more difficult to cultivate than ordinary metals, making them even harder to find and mine."

He had barely finished speaking when someone came to report.

"Reporting to Your Grace, Your Majesty, the mineral veins controlled by our Star Luo Empire do not contain any of the rare metals listed in the list."

Although Nebula Douluo had expected this, his expression was still grim.

"What about refined gold? There should be some in gold mines, right?"

"The annual production of refined gold is at most one kilogram," the official replied through gritted teeth.

Finding refined gold in iron ore is like finding a needle in a haystack. The amount of refined gold that can be mined is only the size of a mung bean. You still have to separate the ordinary gold ore. In a year, you can only accumulate about one kilogram of refined gold.

Nebula Douluo nearly fainted.

He had thought rare metals would be very rare, but he hadn't expected them to be this rare.

Su Ming told him that Zhu Jiuyang, a Soul Douluo who originally possessed master-level blacksmithing skills, lost more than 300 kilograms of rare metals from practicing spirit infusion to successfully forging the first piece of spirit metal.

Dai Batian also learned about the loss of rare metals from him.

"Seize the young master?" He grabbed Nebula Douluo's shoulders and shook him. "You're talking to me about seizing the young master?"

“Over 300 kilograms,” Nebula Douluo said helplessly.

"Then where did they get the original rare metals?" Dai Batian asked.

"Ahem, veins of rare metals are hard to find, but due to geological changes or some other reasons, some scattered rare metals can still be found. However, it is said that in order to study the spirit of Thousand Forging, the Blacksmith Association has already consumed more than 70% of the rare metals that can be found in Gengxin City."

Dai Batian fell silent.

"The Blacksmiths Association's technology should be reliable. It is said that three ore veins have been found and the preliminary preparations for mining have been completed. There will be no shortage of rare metals for a considerable period of time to come."

Dai Batian fell silent again.

So, without relying on the Blacksmiths' Association, even if you have the skills of a blacksmith, you don't have the materials to practice, right?
"That's understandable, but why should the Spirit Hall take 20%?"

"Most of the cooperation between the Spirit Hall and the Blacksmith Association is in the form of guarantees. The blacksmith's certification will be combined with the Spirit Certificate, and the two will be integrated. Blacksmiths can obtain certain rights in all areas that the Spirit Hall can influence."

Nebula Douluo gave a wry smile and explained everything he knew. "There's also the identification of spirit metals. Although the Blacksmith Association is the professional one, the Spirit Hall is the most authoritative in the field of Soul Masters, so spirit metals have been authorized for identification by the Spirit Hall."

"Currently, there are only a limited number of blacksmiths who have mastered the art of forging with spirit, and the amount of rare metals they can produce is also limited. Therefore, each piece of rare metal can theoretically be numbered."

"If we get all of this sorted out, the value of spirit metals will increase significantly when they are auctioned in various places in the future."

Dai Ba was so angry he felt like he was going to vomit blood.

The Spirit Hall really didn't contribute anything!
"Actually, this 20% can be seen as the Spirit Hall taking it from the Blacksmith Association. Originally, the Blacksmith Association should have received 70%," Nebula Douluo weakly reminded him.

Can you still understand it this way?

Dai Batian raised an eyebrow.

That's definitely much easier to accept.

I'm not going to criticize the Spirit Hall anymore.

"Damn it, the black-hearted Blacksmith Guild!"

They're offering some lousy technology and trying to steal 70% of the market share!
The mineral veins within Xingluo territory are our assets to begin with!

"Ah!"

Su Ming rubbed his nose.

"Which cutie is talking about me?"

Su Ming had no idea how Dai Batian was cursing him inside the Star Luo Royal Family, but he had anticipated it during the negotiations.

Black heart?

That's it.

Establishing a ruthless persona is the fastest way to elevate a blacksmith's prestige.

At least soon these forces will acknowledge the nobility of blacksmiths, because every blacksmith is forged from rare metals.

What are rare metals?
Valuable items!

It may even replace gold as a more valuable hard currency.

"The cooperation with the Star Luo Royal Family has been finalized. The next step is the Heaven Dou Royal Family. I wonder if Uncle Ning will be able to proactively inform the Heaven Dou Royal Family."

Su Ming recited it to himself and began today's task.

The threat posed by Tang Hao was too obvious; he had to prepare a way to protect himself.

The invincible shield from before is still unused, but it can only block Tang Hao's first blow if he doesn't use much force.

"Even the battle armor isn't enough. My cultivation level isn't high enough. Even if I combine the three elements and fuse the one-word battle armor, I'm still far from being able to survive under Tang Hao's attack."

"We still need to rely on the teacher. An eight-ring Soul Douluo, if he gets a set of... uh... a low-end version of the two-word battle armor, he'll be roughly equivalent to a Title Douluo in terms of combat power."

In the Douluo Continent III era, two-word battle armor was generally used by Soul Emperors and Soul Saints, while powerful battle armor masters would create three-word battle armor when they reached the Soul Saint level.

However, Su Ming simply couldn't create a three-word battle armor.

He couldn't even make a two-word battle armor.

I can only make a low-end version of the two-word battle armor.

What?
The low-end version of the two-word battle armor paired with the Soul Douluo set offers limited boosts? It's impossible to increase the level by a whole major stage?

That must mean the teacher wasn't working hard enough.

Just kidding, of course.

Su Ming was improving Zhu Jiuyang's strength for his own safety, so he had to consider the possibility that his teacher might not be up to the task.

　Hmm, one more chapter. Ugh, my hands hurt from typing. I won't update during the day after I finish chapter ten.

　　
　
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