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Chapter 171 Lou Gao senses Dai Yichen's ambition and turns the tables to become the master!

Dugu Bo did not expect that Dai Yutian would give Dai Yichen such a purple-gold card in order to recruit the blacksmith association.

Little did he know that Dai Yutian was also in great pain to take out such a purple-gold card, as it cost ten million!

How much strength could the empire gain if it used ten million to reorganize its military or collect cultivation resources?

If it can be used for the research and production of soul tools and the training of soul masters, this 10 million gold soul coins is just the beginning. Dai Yichen gave him a heads-up before he set off.

Training outstanding Soul Masters is extremely expensive.

Fortunately, there are about ten blacksmiths in the blacksmiths' association who can make soul storage devices, so they have a certain foundation.

Don't underestimate this seemingly simple storage soul tool; it contains the understanding and application of spatial attributes and the ability to precisely control soul power, which is equivalent to a level five or six soul master.

However, this is only relative. After all, these blacksmiths lack systematic training and are far from being up to par.

But with these foundations, learning will be much faster!

A quarter of an hour later, Lou Gao took a deep breath, looked at Dai Yichen, and said, "Personally, I agree to your request. I can also join the royal family as a court blacksmith, but I have two conditions for you to accept them."

"I agree, go ahead and say it," Dai Yichen said calmly.

Silong:

That's truly without hesitation!

Lou Gao nodded and said, "I'm only interested in forging. I hope that after I join, I won't be bound by anything. Ideally, I'd just be under your command, maybe with your father's help as well. You can't force me to do things I don't like. Secondly, although I'm the president of the Blacksmiths' Association, I've never restricted the blacksmiths under my command. Whether they want to join or not depends on their own wishes."

"Of course, that's the most basic thing, isn't it?" Dai Yichen smiled with relief, then handed Lou Gao a token symbolizing his identity. His trip over the past few days had finally paid off.

"Hahaha! Fourth Prince, you really are different from the other princes. You are too approachable. I like it! Hahaha!" Lou Gao patted his round belly and laughed.

His reason for agreeing to join was simple: besides wanting to learn more skills, he also saw the ambition of the person in front of him. Perhaps Dai Yichen wanted to make the Star Luo Empire stand up, break free from the control of the Spirit Hall, and then crush the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire in one fell swoop.

To be honest, as a pure craftsman, he didn't like these messy things, but there was nothing he could do. He lived on this continent and was a citizen of the Star Luo Empire. When the continental war broke out, the Blacksmith Association would undoubtedly be affected as well, so he might as well make a decision now.

Moreover, Si Long had also told him that the fourth prince in front of him was a very good person, unlike other royal relatives and nobles, and worth a try!

"Senior Lou Gao, you don't need to be so formal by calling me Fourth Prince. Just call me by my name, Yi Chen, how about that?" Dai Yi Chen smiled. It felt strange to always have others call him Fourth Prince.

Lou Gao chuckled: "Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony. I'll call you Yichen in private."

Seeing that it was getting late, Si Long looked at Dai Yichen and said, "Fourth Prince, you've just arrived in Gengxin City, so you probably don't have suitable accommodations yet, right? There are guest rooms downstairs; would you like to make do with those?"

"Yes, yes, you stay here for the next few days and work with me to figure out how to make these things, okay?" Lou Gao's tone was urgent, like a child, his eyes full of light.

He's like a playful old man with a childlike heart, making him impossible to dislike.

"Okay." Dai Yichen agreed without thinking. It would be a good opportunity to show off his skills in front of Lou Gao and try making a low-level baby bottle soul tool.

"Silong! In the next few days, gather all the blacksmiths in Gengxin City and tell them that our Blacksmiths Association has officially joined the Star Luo Royal Family. Those who are unwilling can leave on their own, and I will not stop them. As for the matter of soul tool manufacturing, do not reveal it yet. We need to select a group of loyal people to prevent the manufacturing techniques from being leaked."

After saying that, Lou Gao looked at Dai Yichen and said, "Yichen, you probably want to secretly train a group of Soul Masters first, right?"

Dai Yichen nodded: "Yes, so it's best to keep this a secret. The blacksmiths who are selected may have to undergo several years of closed training. Senior Lou Gao, you should be prepared!" Dai Yichen said with a serious expression.

"Hahaha, this couldn't be better!" Lou Gao laughed heartily. Closed-door study was exactly what he wanted!

Suddenly, Lou Gao seemed to remember something, frowned, and said, "Si Long, how long has it been since Titan came?"

Silong thought for a moment: "Hmm, it's been almost two years, hasn't it?"

"Oh, by the way, Titan is the patriarch of the Power Clan, the vice president of our Blacksmiths' Association, and was once affiliated with the Haotian Sect. Did you know that, Fourth Prince?" Si Long explained to Dai Yichen.

Lou Gao chimed in, "Titan and I are both master craftsmen. Yi Chen, do you want him to know about this? He is, after all, the vice president of the Blacksmiths' Association."

To Lou Gao's surprise, Dai Yichen shook his head: "No need. Senior Lou Gao, if I'm not mistaken, although Titan is a master craftsman like you, he should be more skilled in the production of parts, right? He probably doesn't know much about the more precise production methods like soul tools."

Lou Gao glanced at Dai Yichen with some surprise: "Oh, you really guessed right. That's right, Titan specializes in ironware making and the production of various parts. His martial soul and soul ring configuration are not very suitable for engraving patterns."

As he spoke, Lou Gao looked puzzled: "Yi Chen, you seem to have a strange dislike for the Power Clan? If I remember correctly, before the Haotian Sect closed its gates, it should have been implicitly supporting the Star Luo Empire, right? The Power Clan should have also contributed to the production of the military equipment needed by your royal army."

Dai Yichen smiled and said, "Senior Lou Gao, the past is the past. The reason the Clear Sky Sect supported us was only to gain benefits from our royal family. Ever since the Clear Sky Sect was forced to close its mountains by the Spirit Hall, it has no longer been a support for our empire. So now we can only rely on ourselves!"

"And then there's the Power Clan. Unlike the other three major single-attribute sects, whose sects are not located within the Star Luo Empire, their sects are located within the Heaven Dou Empire. This already speaks volumes. They are not a force within our Star Luo Empire, so why should we beg them to join us?"

Lou Gao was slightly taken aback. He could sense something from Dai Yichen's calm words, something called ambition!

Dai Yichen did not want the royal family to become a "puppet" of the Haotian Sect. He wanted to rule over all the sects, large and small, within the empire and officially become the greatest master!