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Chapter 181 The Frenzied Expansion Plan (Please Subscribe!!!)
Star Luo City.

The grand spectacle of the Soul Fighting Tournament attracted tourists from all over the mainland.

Although hosting a major competition requires a huge amount of human and financial resources, the massive influx of people it brings can make up for this.

Shops selling unique products are located throughout Xingluo City, and various soul tool shops are open.

Meanwhile, large and small shopping malls throughout Xingluo City released their stockpiled products and sold them off in droves.

The most profitable place has to be the auction house. Even before the Soul Fighting Tournament officially opened, an auction house had already held a small auction.

Compared to usual, the same product fetched a higher price at auction, with the final price increasing by at least 10%.

This massive influx of people did not excite Emperor Xu Jiawei of Xingluo.

He was extremely worried at that moment.

A year ago, the Star Luo Royal Family learned of the auction of ten spirit metals at the Starlight Auction House and took immediate action. The day after the auction, they contacted the Blacksmith Association and quickly negotiated with the president, eventually winning the bid for the remaining three spirit metals at the auction price.

To the delight of the Star Luo royal family, the Blacksmith Association's efficiency in forging spirit metals was truly low, producing only twenty pieces a year.

Having secured three out of twenty, the Star Luo Royal Family naturally gained an advantage, and in the following year, they secured three more.

Of the twenty spirit metals in total, they took six.

Shrek Academy was more powerful, so they only took seven pieces.

The remaining seven pieces were divided equally among the other forces. The Heavenly Soul and Fighting Spirit royal families received one and two pieces respectively, while the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School acquired two of the remaining four pieces at an extremely high price.

The last two pieces were divided up by two other major sects.

Even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School only has two pieces!

The Star Luo royal family directly acquired six pieces, plus one more they obtained at the auction, for a total of seven. Naturally, they were at the forefront of developing this spirit metal.

Furthermore, a seventh-level Soul Master from the Star Luo Royal Family used one of the spirit metals as its core to create a Soul Tool, whose power was comparable to an eighth-level Soul Tool!

After completing the soul tool, the seventh-level soul master immediately went into seclusion, indicating that he wanted to break through to the eighth-level soul master realm.

As of now, Xu Jiawei is certain that his company has taken the lead in the field of spirit metals.

However, with the upcoming Soul Fighting Tournament, a piece of bad news kept Xu Jiawei up all night.

The Blacksmith Association will cooperate with the competition organizer, the Star Luo Royal Family, on the competition rewards.

The champion of the competition can order ten pieces of spirit metal of the same grade one that is refined a thousand times at auction within the association; the runner-up will receive three pieces, and the third-place winner will receive one piece.

"Damn it, the champion gets such a high reward."

What's the purpose of this?
Isn't this blatantly funding Shrek Academy?

Xu Jiawei didn't understand why the Blacksmith Association would choose to set the prize for the competition as ten pieces of spirit metal when the Blacksmith Association was clearly close to the Body Sect and the Body Sect had just fallen out with Shrek Academy a year ago.

what?
Why is Shrek considered the champion by default?
Those who question this point should look at the list of champions from previous Soul Fighting Tournaments.

It's one thing for the champion to be able to customize, but the Blacksmith Association has also set up rewards for the runner-up and third place, which can also be customized with spirit metal.

If Shrek Academy is the undisputed champion, then the runner-up will almost certainly be the Sun and Moon Royal Team.

If the Sun Moon Empire were to obtain spirit metal, wouldn't that be aiding the enemy?
Xu Jiawei sent people to negotiate with the Forging Association multiple times, but to no avail.

Today, he received new information.

The Blacksmiths' Guild has added three new blacksmithing masters and will establish branches in the three major empires. Each branch will produce at least twenty pieces of spirit metal annually.

This news confirmed to Xu Jiawei that the Blacksmiths' Association had no intention of imposing a technological blockade on the Sun Moon Empire. He was going crazy.

However, Shrek Academy has remained silent on this matter.

After arriving in Xingluo City, Su Ming found Duan Lin.

"President, can you really forge all rare metals?"

Customized spirit metals are different from rewarding rare metals.

For example, if Shrek Academy wins the championship, they can directly customize ten pieces of spirit metal that are compatible with their team members, and then make them into soul tools, which would be a real boost to their combat power.

In a short period of time, it is no less valuable than a soul bone.

"Fortunately, at least I can forge the rare metals that I have access to in the Sun Moon Empire into the highest grade of the thousand-fold forging."

Upon hearing this, Duan Lin gasped.

Is it so scary?

There are quite a few known rare metals, definitely over a hundred.

In other words, Su Ming has forged at least one hundred pieces of metal of the highest grade (thousand-fold forging).

Duan Lin cursed under his breath.

In one year, one hundred pieces of metal of the first grade of a thousand-forging were forged, but the blacksmith association was only given twenty pieces, and they were not even of the first grade of a thousand-forging, but of the second grade of a thousand-forging.

"President, will we continue to strictly control the production of spirit metals in the future?"

"No need. From now on, each branch will have at least one master blacksmith who has mastered the art of forging with spirit. The annual output will depend on their success rate and forging frequency. In addition, each branch will also train new blacksmiths."

"There will be no plans going forward; it will all depend on the development of the association's branches."

Upon hearing this, Duan Lin swallowed hard.

Isn't this a bit too much power being delegated?
"Don't be afraid, it doesn't matter if the Blacksmiths' Association branch is controlled by the local ruling forces."

He holds the most advanced forging technology in his hands. No matter how much the power of the Forging Association is dispersed or eroded, it must still obey him.

This couldn't be done during the first phase of the Douyi Wars, because Su Ming didn't have a powerful backer.

Dou Er is different.

He is poisonous and immortal, has Electrolux, and is now basically affiliated with Mingdetang.

What Su Ming needs is not an absolutely loyal association, but an absolutely devout blacksmith faith.

what?
You don't like me?
What do you think of this piece of Tianduan metal?
Does it smell good?
If he becomes a legend, brings over the forging system from Douluo Continent III, and completes the Heavenly Forging, which even amplifies the power of Limit Douluo, then he will be the God of Forging.

The collection of beliefs must first be broad enough.

Only after the scope is large enough can Su Ming hope to quickly condense the prototype of a godhood, attract the attention of the God of Destruction, and find a backer belonging to the divine realm.

"Our association should have a partnership with Starlight Auction House, right? We've been communicating with them in advance. Within the next year, the branches of the Blacksmith Association in the four great empires will be completed. We will continue to expand then, with an initial plan of ten slots. However, the specific city where they will be built is still undecided. We'll let all the forces participating in the auction compete for them."

Duan Lin's lips twitched.

Is this really something that can be auctioned off?

"All the funds raised from the auction will be invested in the construction of the Blacksmiths' Association. What I want is expansion at absolute speed."

(End of this chapter)