Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline.

Chapter 44 Cooperation (Please read on!!!)
Gengxin City.

Xiaoming Forging Shop.

Since Ning Yuan left with a piece of top-grade, thousand-refined metal, ten days have passed, and there has been no sound of forging coming from Su Ming's forging shop. Only a bear and a young man remain seated cross-legged, meditating and cultivating.

"Roar!" (I'm in!)
Su Ming closed his eyes and frowned.

Xiao Jin has gone astray.

"Roar!" (Soul Master, quickly release your Soul Ring, my Dark Gold Power is about to enter!)
"Bang bang bang."

The knocking interrupted the cultivation of the man and the bear.

Su Ming opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them.

He sensed a faint but palpable pressure of soul power emanating from outside the door.

Very strong.

Two people.

One is extremely powerful, while the other is powerful yet possesses a touch of tranquility.

Su Ming was initially surprised by the speed at which the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School acted, but then he relaxed.

He guessed who the visitors were: Ning Fengzhi, the fragile sect leader, and Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo who professionally played the villain for him.

The sect leader risked assassination to personally visit, which already showed great sincerity. In addition, the one who came was Gu Rong, who was good at playing the bad cop and was a defensive type, rather than Chen Xin, who was good at attacking.

Regardless of whether this sect is ruthless in reality, at least it shows sincerity to those in front of them.

Even before the doors were officially opened to welcome him, Su Ming was already filled with anticipation.

"Huh?" (Who's here?)

Xiao Jin also opened her eyes and looked towards the door.

Having been taught by Su Ming for so long, he has memorized many rules and can usually control himself, refraining from causing trouble or getting angry easily.

The Soul Master said that his nature should be wild and violent, but simply venting is not conducive to meditation and cultivation. If he can control his nature, cultivate his mind and character in ordinary times, meditate and cultivate to accumulate power, and enter a berserk state during battle, he will more deeply experience the exhilaration of his nature exploding.

Xiao Jin was forced at first.

But ever since that evolution, he has restrained himself. During that evolution into the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, he felt as if all the blood in his body was burning out after just a few roars, and he felt an indescribable pleasure all over his body.

By always maintaining one's natural instincts and releasing them after holding it in for a long time, the latter is surprisingly comfortable.

Of course, it's really uncomfortable to hold it in.

Despite the discomfort, under Su Ming's guidance, he meditated daily and often trained until he was exhausted, without even the strength to fight back. Naturally, he persevered and it became a habit.

This is why he didn't fly into a rage when he was suddenly interrupted, even though he had finally gotten a feel for it and was about to truly control Su Ming's first spirit ring.

"Come back, there's no need to hide anymore."

Su Ming pressed Xiao Jin down, letting him continue to sit and cultivate, while he got up to open the door.

Having learned what he could gain for his future selves, he changed many of his plans.

The first aspect is the dissemination of the technology one has mastered.

Can one improve oneself by adhering to the techniques refined through countless trials?
No.

Can you get rich by guarding the soul technology?
No.

On the contrary, by dispersing these two points, he can secure a position for himself in the future.

The spirit-enchanting technique he mastered relies on the soul, so the dissemination of forging techniques cannot be separated from the dissemination of the soul-enchanting technique.

Spreading this now will not only bring future recognition, but also create an information gap. Since outsiders are still unaware of the true strengths of these two technologies, it will be safer to spread.

For example, after forming a soul contract, one can directly open up the sea of ​​spirit, which is beneficial to the cultivation of a soul master's spiritual power. This is something that no one except Su Ming and his apprentice knows. Now that he has revealed the existence of the soul spirit, if he doesn't take the initiative to say it, other soul masters will not know. On the contrary, Su Ming's emphasis on the difficulty and disadvantage of obtaining the soul spirit will make the soul spirit the exclusive possession of blacksmiths who want to master the Thousand Refinements of Spirit in the very early stages of its exposure.

As for Douyi Era losing its advantage due to the spread of its technology?

Su Ming has the future in his grasp, a mature system, not these two basic technologies.

So what if other Soul Masters have Soul Spirits? So what if they are equipped with weapons and armor made of spirit metal? Will this primitive use of Soul Spirits be an obstacle for Su Ming?
The first step in spreading these two technologies was to reform the Blacksmiths' Association, making it the core location for the Soul Spirit and Thousand Forging Spirit technologies. The second step was to gain the support of several major powers to achieve a balance of power.

In this way, if outsiders discover something "surprising" about these two technologies in the future, they will only marvel at the genius of Su Ming's creation of the two systems, rather than harboring malicious thoughts such as covetousness.

Having figured these things out, Su Ming was able to hold Xiao Jin down today.

Xiao Jin can expose herself in front of outsiders.

At the same time, Ning Fengzhi's personal visit today is also crucial.

If Ning Yuan were here today, Su Ming would simply continue to operate slowly and gradually guide cooperation.

But since Ning Fengzhi has come and shown his sincerity, he should go all the way.

If he were truly blind, and the situation spiraled out of control, Su Ming would have the fundamental confidence to perish together with Ning Fengzhi.

Upon opening the door, Su Ming found the two people he had guessed were there—Ning Fengzhi, dressed in an elegant manner, and Gu Rong, a gaunt-faced, shriveled man with an astonishingly large frame.

Ning Fengzhi scanned the room, and besides noticing Su Ming, his gaze also locked onto Xiao Jin, who was cultivating not far away.

His gaze narrowed. Realizing something, he quickly turned back to look at Gu Rong, and seeing that Gu Rong hadn't done anything out of line besides being puzzled, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not a soul beast in human form.

Seeing Ning Fengzhi's reaction, Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sect Leader Ning, please forgive me for not welcoming you properly." Su Ming took the initiative to speak, "This is Xiao Jin, my partner, and he is also related to the content of our upcoming negotiations."

A hint of surprise flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

He glanced down at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School emblem on his chest and chuckled.

This little boy is really clever.

“Since you’ve guessed it, I’ll get straight to the point. Can you reliably forge that first-grade metal?” Ning Fengzhi asked. “Also, you’re about the same age as my daughter. If you don’t mind, you can call me Uncle Ning. There’s no need to keep calling me Sect Master Ning.”

"Uncle Ning."

Su Ming called out, and Ning Fengzhi offered to call him Uncle Ning, which helped him relax further.

After secretly complaining to himself that Ning Yuan had gotten a huge advantage, Su Ming answered Ning Fengzhi's previous question.

"A thousand-times-forged, first-grade product can be mass-produced."

"Kid, take us to see your teacher. Surely you're not going to be cooperating with us, are you?" Gu Rong interjected at this moment.

“What you need is spirit metal, and I can forge it, so why not cooperate with me?” Su Ming retorted, then said, “Besides, it’s no use talking to my teacher. I’m the only one who currently possesses the Thousand Refinement Grade 1 technique. Of course, if you’re willing to wait, my teacher should be able to master it soon.”

Ning Fengzhi looked puzzled.

He really didn't react.

What do you mean by "Now only you have mastered it, but soon your teacher will be able to master it"?
Is it the other way around?
He paused for a moment, then realized something and looked at the little golden creature behind Su Ming that was cultivating.

"If I remember correctly, you just said that he was related to what we were going to talk about, so is it because of him?"

"Correct."

Su Ming turned around and called to Xiao Jin behind him.

"Little Jin, you don't need to cultivate anymore, come over and show yourself."

Little Jin's ears twitched, and she got up and tiptoed to Su Ming's right side.

As for why it's the right side, it's because Su Ming's left side needs to directly face the ancient banyan tree.

"what!"

As they got closer, Ning Fengzhi observed carefully and noticed Xiao Jin's unusual behavior.

"He is not a physical entity!"

“That’s right,” Su Ming said. “It is a new form of soul ring that I created by accident.”

"Soul Ring form?"

Ning Fengzhi was confused once again.

How did it get involved with spirit rings again?

"That's right, Xiao Jin is actually my spirit ring. During the process of me absorbing the spirit ring, his soul was preserved and signed a contract with me. My spirit ring carried his origin and eventually became his current spiritual form. I call him a spirit."

Ning Fengzhi listened to Su Ming's introduction and marveled at it.

The Douluo Continent is truly full of wonders; absorbing a spirit ring can actually lead to such an experience.

"The prerequisite for mass-producing spirit metals is the spirit-engraving technology, which is inseparable from the soul. So far, there is only one soul on the continent, Xiao Jin, which is why I said that I am the only one who has mastered the forging method of Thousand Refinements of Grade One."

“But you said your teacher will learn it soon,” Ning Fengzhi said.

He analyzed a lot of things. First and foremost, Zhu Jiuyang had broken through to level 80 and was trying to obtain his eighth soul ring. Secondly, it seemed that the unexpected occurrence of this soul spirit could be replicated.

"Uncle Ning, let's talk about our cooperation first. I wonder what form you plan to take?"

"Do you have any idea?"

Ning Fengzhi didn't come with a complete prepared speech this time either, but rather to hear Su Ming and Zhu Jiuyang's thoughts.

Based on his intuition, Su Ming and Zhu Jiuyang might have special plans to change the status of blacksmiths, and might make some special demands regarding cooperation.

"I have two models here. One is to continue the previous cooperation model, where I am responsible for forging, you make your requirements, and finally we exchange money for goods. Of course, on this basis, my reward is rare metals. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School should have collected quite a few metals with special properties, and these are the rare metals I need."

A glint of light flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

Metals with special properties!
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda possesses a talent for treasure hunting, always sensing treasures when it encounters them. Using this ability, it has collected a large number of treasures, including metals with special properties. However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has also conducted extensive research on these metals with special properties, but apart from their inherent special properties, they have not discovered anything particularly special. Moreover, none of their inherent special properties are particularly useful, only producing a peculiar effect similar to the glowing of a luminous pearl.

Although they haven't figured out anything yet, since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda always reacts to these metals, it means that these metals are treasures, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should still collect them.

Now it seems that these metals are indeed very special. With the Thousand-Forging First-Grade technique, Su Ming seems to have figured out the uses of these metals.

Could it be that these so-called special properties are merely outward manifestations before they are activated, and what abilities they will transform into after activation?
"What about another model?"

(End of this chapter)