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Chapter 162 Zang Xin: Something's Wrong (Please Subscribe!!! 6 Bonus Chapters)

"The Tang Sect can contact the Shrek Forging Association for this matter; you two have a cooperative relationship." Zhenhua waved his hand, making it clear: "Our Forging Association will not invest in reducing the cost of enchanting technology. In my opinion, enchanting technology is currently just a way to help forgers practice."

"Of course, I won't stop you from establishing any cooperation with blacksmiths of level four or above in the association."

Zhenhua's attitude made Zang Xin frown.

It wasn't that the attitude was bad, but Zhenhua's words made him vaguely feel that something was wrong.

If the Blacksmith Association isn't investing in the development of the Enchanting Technology, what is it planning to do?
Is it merely a matter of developing a basic technology and then allowing various factions to enrich and refine it?
Zang Xin couldn't understand it.

As he was thinking, the door to Zhenhua's office rang.

"Please come in."

Zhang Tianyang pushed open the door and entered.

"Elder Feng and Vice Hall Master Zang are both here."

Zang Xin turned around, saw Zhang Tianyang, and raised an eyebrow.

Why Zhang Tianyang?
The Spirit Pagoda shouldn't be this perfunctory, should they?
"teacher."

The sudden mention of "teacher" caused Zang Xin's brain to freeze.

Is that Su Ming's voice?
Whom is he calling "teacher"?

Zhang Tianyang?
Zang Xin stiffly turned back.

Not good.

There are signs that the relationship between the Spirit Pagoda and the Blacksmith's Guild is about to be rekindled.

The rising star of the Blacksmith Association, the personal disciple of the master craftsman, and the newly established blacksmith genius hailed as having the greatest potential to become a master craftsman, actually came from the Spirit Transmission Tower.

how come?
It is important to know that everyone has their own expertise. Generally, Spirit Pagodas specialize in the study of souls. Although they have professionals in various secondary professions, they are not particularly outstanding, and there are not even any Saint-level Craftsmen on the surface.

The best blacksmiths in the Blacksmiths' Association are usually associated with the Body Sect.

Why this time—

wrong!

Zang Xin looked at Su Ming and Mu Ye, and seeing their positions, he had a bad feeling.

Could Su Ming still be a member of the Body Sect?

"How did it go? Did the cooperation application come through?"

Zhenhua looked at Zhang Tianyang with a hint of joy.

"That's right, the cooperation between Tianhai Spirit Pagoda and the Blacksmith Association has been approved. Next, we'll have to trouble President Zhenhua."

What cooperation?
Zang Xin, who was standing nearby, pricked up his ears, afraid of missing a single word.

Feng Wuyu was very direct and asked the question right away.

"What cooperation?"

"It's nothing, just some collaboration on the artificial soul project."

Artificial souls?
Zang Xin didn't understand.

What are the good collaboration opportunities between artificial souls?
Is it possible for the Blacksmiths' Association and the Spirit Pagoda to share common ground in this regard?

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't imagine that the Blacksmiths' Association was preparing to research artificial rare metals.

Zhang Tianyang wasn't lying; it was indeed related to the artificial soul project.

Cooperation is reciprocal. The Spirit Pagoda provides defective artificial spirits to the Blacksmith Association. While the Blacksmith Association researches artificial rare metals, the research results are fed back to the Spirit Pagoda, which can also help the Spirit Pagoda improve its artificial spirit technology, thereby reducing defective products.

"Gentlemen, is there anything else you need?"

Zhenhua was reluctant to kick him out, but Zhang Tianyang didn't hesitate at all. Feng Wuyu had come to learn more about spirit-enhancing techniques, but since Zhenhua had clearly stated that he didn't have any, there was no need for him to linger.

Zang Xin came seeking cooperation, but Zhen Hua stated that Tang Clan would speak directly with the blacksmith himself, and he wouldn't sway the association's research direction. The Blacksmith Association's focus going forward would be on artificial rare metals, rather than reducing the cost of spirit-enhancing technology.

The two could only leave with regret.

"With Elder Han's help, I now concurrently serve as the tower master of the Spirit Transmission Tower in Tiandou City."

"For future cooperation, we will work directly together."

"In the future, defective artificial soul spirits from various spirit transmission towers on the continent will be regularly sent to Tiandou City. At that time, the Blacksmith Association can select some of these soul spirits for research on artificial rare metals. We will keep a portion for research on the repair of artificial soul spirits."

Zhang Tianyang recounted the entire incident in one go.

“Great, I’m starting to look forward to our collaboration.” Zhenhua said with a smile.

Compared to the cooperation on basic materials mentioned by Zang Xin, he prefers to cooperate with Zhang Tianyang on artificial rare metals.

What is Zang Xin up to? Does Zhenhua not know?

The Tang Clan has degenerated and continues down the path of arms dealing even in this peaceful era.

The desire to acquire large quantities of spirit-forged artifacts made of common metals is clearly a ploy to upgrade the materials used in weaponry.

No matter how ordinary the metal is, once it has spirituality and reaches the level of spirit forging, it becomes different. It can be manufactured using more precise and superior core magic arrays, and its power is not just doubled.

In addition to upgrading existing military materials, the cost of weapons under development will be reduced by at least tenfold once ordinary metal spirit-forged metal is available.

It's not just the Tang Sect; the Federation is probably also considering upgrading materials, but with so many Federation legions, the meeting is probably still ongoing.

Makino, standing to the side, also wore an expectant expression.

Metal and souls are the two areas he is most interested in, and also the biggest dilemma he is currently facing in his cultivation.

Artificial rare metals and artificial souls—these two technologies seem unrelated to his Little Red and mecha, but in reality, they are intricately connected.

After Zhenhua and Zhang Tianyang finished discussing the cooperation, the Federation's talent arrived late and received the same answer as Zang Xin.

The visitors didn't waste any time and left immediately, continuing the meeting and demanding that federal agencies quickly research the spirit-enchanting technology and begin negotiating collaborations with individual blacksmiths.

These things have nothing to do with Su Ming and the others.

After seeing everyone off, Su Ming looked at the soul orbs and couldn't help but rub his hands together.

“These are all defective products, but they are still souls. Before trying to use these souls as materials for imbuing spirits, we need to find a way to control them.”

Zhenhua stepped forward, picked up a Soul Orb, and began to study it.

The spirit ball was just an ordinary glass ball. He probed the small, grass-like spirit inside the ball with his spiritual power through the glass ball.

"They are very weak and can be easily controlled, but they cannot cooperate. Even the slightest stimulation will cause them to have a stress response, which has a huge impact on forging."

Su Ming also picked up a Soul Orb.

Unlike Zhenhua, he specifically chose one.

The spirit within this spirit orb is a small fire serpent, its body ethereal, as if formed from pure flame.

Su Ming flipped the Soul Orb and found the record below.

"Spirit empowerment is definitely not mindless. Different spirits have different characteristics, so the things you need to pay attention to when empowering them are different. Teacher, look at this little fire snake. When the Spirit Pagoda created it, it only used the primordial energy of heaven and earth, spiritual power, and the power of fire element. I think this type of spirit is the easiest to use."

As he spoke, he demonstrated through his actions why this kind of spirit is the easiest to apply.

He used his mental power to control the little fire snake, and then released his soul power to further control it by manipulating the fire element.

"This level of control is sufficient; at least it won't cause the spirit to collapse in one go. As for the remaining subtle reactions, that's what we blacksmiths need to adjust during the forging process."

(End of this chapter)