In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

Chapter 106 Recruiting

"You...!!" Titan's slightly protruding, bulbous eyes glared, and his wild mane-like hair, which was spread out behind his back, moved without wind, making him look like a ferocious demon.

"Coming, coming, Miss Yinlan," Baihe finally arrived, running out of the back room with a jade box in her hand. She was startled by the scene before her as soon as she appeared. "Old gorilla, what's going on?!"

"Hmph!" Titan had no choice but to suppress his anger again, sitting back down in his seat with a gritted-teeth expression. "Old White Bird, you'd better give me an explanation later!"

"What the hell?" Bai He was completely bewildered, having no idea what had happened in the short time he had been gone. He could only tell that Titan didn't seem to be getting along well with the guests he had invited, so he could only apologize to Yin Lan and the other two, "Please don't take offense at that brute. He has a bad temper and recently encountered some unforeseen circumstances. Please understand."

He didn't want his business to be ruined by Titan.

"It's alright." Yinlan nodded. How could she not understand? She understood all too well, because the changes that had befallen the other party were all caused by her own actions. Titan had stubbornly prevented many blacksmiths from living a good life, so it would be strange if he hadn't been kicked out by the Blacksmiths' Association.

Titan tilted his head back, pretending not to see anything.

"Come, you three," Bai He breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and immediately opened the jade box, revealing its contents: a ginseng root over a foot long, entirely blood red, and crystal clear. "This is the medicinal herb I have collected for many years, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng."

"Old White Bird, you...!" Now it was Yang Wudi's turn to widen his eyes and stand up from his seat.

"Old Goat, you don't need to say more. My mind is made up," the white crane said resolutely. "I've always felt indebted to you for taking care of me over the years. No matter how precious this herb is, I've decided to sell it!"

Yang Wudi looked at the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and felt a pang of heartache, but he didn't say anything. He knew the value of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and with the wealth of his Po clan, it was absolutely impossible to buy this rare and precious herb.

However, as a good brother, Bai He might not know the value of this herb, but how could he not know? It was no problem for him to help Bai He check it out, so he also looked at Yin Lan and the other two with a slightly scrutinizing gaze.

"Chief Baihe, let's talk this out." Yinlan also glanced at Yang Wudi. There was someone knowledgeable here, but it didn't matter. She was best at persuading people with reason. Yang Wudi was one of her targets this time. She deliberately chose this day to make a deal with Baihe.

"Your Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is indeed precious, but there are almost no people in the world who understand its value. I am the only one who knows its worth and can afford it. And your Min Clan is in dire need of money right now," Yinlan said.

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?" Bai He asked tentatively, a guess forming in his mind.

"In this transaction, we are simply getting what we want, it's fair and just, and I won't cheat you." Even without Yang Wudi, Yin Lan never intended to cheat him from the beginning. Now, she doesn't think anyone in this world can surpass her. This is not arrogance, but the self-awareness of a strong person, it's a fact. She looked calmly at Bai He, "You need money, I need medicine, and apart from that, your Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng will just rot in your hands."

It seems that his treasure is even more valuable than he imagined... Bai He became more and more certain of this guess, but just as Yin Lan said, no matter how much the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is worth, he needs money, and they each get what they need. He has no choice but to sell the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng!

"Old White Bird isn't obligated to sell to you," White Crane was about to nod in agreement when Yang Wudi stopped him first. "If he gives me this Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, not only can my Breaking Clan still take care of the Min Clan's young and old, but we might even be able to use this Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to refine something that could further enhance our cultivation!"

His words were pure nonsense. The medicinal power of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng was extremely strong, beyond what ordinary people could withstand. It was necessary to use other medicines to neutralize its potent effects. However, Yang Wudi's research on medicine was far from top-notch. If anything went wrong, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng would be ruined. Therefore, Yin Lan was not intimidated by his threats at all.

"You said it yourself, that's just a 'possibility'," Yin Lan said, taking out a small porcelain bottle and a gold soul coin card from her storage bracelet. "And what I'm offering is this!"

Bai He closed the jade box and then took the two items from Yin Lan's hands. The first thing that caught his eye was the gold soul coin card, which showed a balance of one million gold soul coins. This made him hold his breath for a moment and almost cause his heart and lungs to stop.

He'd never seen so much money in his life! Even if you combined all four major clans with a single attribute, they probably wouldn't be able to come up with that much!

"Old White Bird, don't be so easily satisfied. The value of your Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is definitely more than one million gold soul coins," Yang Wudi leaned over for a glance, then took the other item that White Crane had taken from her, the small porcelain bottle, and looked at Yin Lan with suspicion. "I suppose you don't think this thing can convince me, unless you're treating us like fools! Then this is the only thing..."

He opened the porcelain bottle and was immediately stunned.

"What is it, old goat?" Judging from Yang Wudi's words, Baihe knew that the contents of the porcelain bottle were probably more valuable than the gold soul coin card. He quickly went over to take a look. The porcelain bottle contained three light blue pills with fine, special patterns on their surface, emitting a faint, dew-like fragrance.

"Mysterious...Mysterious Water Pills! Three of them!" Yang Wudi exclaimed, turning sharply to look at Yin Lan. "Who exactly are you people?!"

The Xuan Shui Dan was recently auctioned off at the Tian Dou Auction House for two high prices: 4.5 million gold soul coins and 7 million gold soul coins respectively. The two were acquired by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!

The effects of this Mystic Water Pill... increase cultivation speed, expand meridians, strengthen the foundation and nourish the vital energy, eliminate impurities, prolong life, and most importantly, increase innate soul power by one level! And, it has no side effects whatsoever!

Although only Soul Masters below level 20 will receive a level increase in cultivation after consuming it, while Soul Masters above level 20 will only receive a level increase in their Innate Realm cultivation, which is not a significant boost... but that is still the Innate Realm! Countless Soul Masters are unable to cross that insurmountable barrier because their Innate Realm cultivation is insufficient! Yang Wudi could never refine such a pill in his entire life!

Although the Xuan Shui Pill was only auctioned once in the Tian Dou Empire, it became famous far and wide. Even the Po, Min, and Yu clans living in the Xing Luo Empire had heard of it. When Bai He heard this, his hand trembled and he almost dropped the jade box in his hand.

"Those three Profound Water Pills are the price I offered. I'm afraid that even if you take the Profound Water Pills, you'll still be penniless and unable to convert them into real value. This one million Gold Soul Coins is a bonus," Yin Lan said, extending her hand to Bai He. "If you agree to the deal, hand over the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. I really didn't cheat you."

Although the Xuan Shui Dan was not a rare treasure in later times, that is, in later times, and one needed a relationship with the Xuanming Sect to obtain it. In this era, she was the only one who could refine the Xuan Shui Dan. She was the only one who could do it.

Over the past six years, Yinlan has begun to research things that will only appear in later generations. After all, those things have always existed, but no one has discovered them yet, such as soul cores, soul tool technology, elixirs, and battle armor.

There's no idea how to make a soul tool right now. The method of making it is completely lost. Yin Lan can't just take an archaeologically discovered soul tool and study it for a while to learn how to make it out of thin air. To figure it out, she has to start from the Sun Moon Continent. Therefore, she has sent Gu Yuena ahead to find the Dragon Valley that orbits Douluo Star periodically, and at the same time, see if she can learn the technology there and bring it back.

Yinlan has an unexpected talent for alchemy, but it also has problems. She can't teach others her alchemy methods. She uses her creative power to extract the beneficial parts of various medicinal materials and condense them into pills. Therefore, she doesn't know whether what she actually refines is the Xuan Shui Pill or not. It's just that the effect is similar to or even stronger than the Xuan Shui Pill. She was too lazy to come up with a name, so she just copied the name of the other pill.

As for the final battle armor… this thing is just too abstract. Although Yinlan is also skilled in strength, this is something that *Dragon Gate curse* is not something a human can learn! For example, materials refined through "Thousand Refinements" shrink in size and increase in strength, which she can understand, but why does the mass also increase?! How come the mass is not conserved?!

In the original history, when Mang Tian was teaching Tang Wulin forging, he only used a vague and mysterious phrase like "communicate with metal," and then Tang Wulin somehow learned how to forge.

Tang Wulin's explanation of the Thousand Forging process is that the internal structure of metal is granular. During the Thousand Forging process, he can gradually feel the changes between these particles and try to reduce the gap between them as much as possible. When the gap is infinitely close to zero, the Thousand Forging is basically completed.

Damn, if Yin Lan understood correctly, he meant that he could reduce the intermolecular distance of metals by forging iron?!

That's ridiculous! According to Yinlan's understanding, with their blacksmithing method, it wouldn't be a problem for them to hammer out "water droplets" with a forging hammer. Yes, that's the famous "water droplet" from "The Three-Body Problem".

Not to mention the even more miraculous spirit forging that imbues metal with life. As a living being, Jin Yinlan could somewhat understand what that was, since she had it within her body. But what the hell was this thing—using a hammer to forge life into metal through its acquired nature?!

The master craftsmen of this era couldn't even reach the standard of a thousand forgings. According to the standards of the third era of Dou Di Zhuan, they would only be second-level blacksmiths. This was not because Lou Gao and his team lacked skill, but because of the limitations of the era. Even they couldn't figure out how to improve their forging techniques. Yin Lan, an outsider, would understand even less. She wasn't a blacksmith in her previous life, and battle armor wasn't a necessity for her in this life. She would rather spend her time cultivating and leveling up.

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"Deal!" Bai He was thrilled. To be honest, even without the three Xuan Shui Pills, he would have been satisfied with just one million gold soul coins. Just as Yin Lan said, no matter how precious the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng was, it was useless to him if he couldn't find a buyer to convert it into actual value.

"Wait, don't rush." ​​At this moment, Yinlan suddenly changed the subject.

"What? You want to back out?" Yang Wudi frowned. This time, even he didn't stop the deal. At this moment, in his eyes, the deal was indeed as "fair and just" as Yin Lan had said.

"No, that's not it. I just wanted to make a suggestion," Yinlan finally began to unleash her ambition, "You'll eventually need the Profound Water Pill, and you'll eventually run out of one million gold soul coins, or someone with ulterior motives might try to take advantage of you. How will Chief Baihe deal with that then?"

"What? Are you threatening me?" Bai He's heart sank. If these three people in front of him were to spread the news that he possessed the Xuan Shui Pill... there would surely be another bloodbath. How could his Min clan possibly stop it? They couldn't rely on the relationship between the four major clans with a single attribute forever, could they?

Upon hearing this, Titan was about to make a move when Niu Gao, who was standing beside him, pulled him back.

"No, that's not it. There's no need to use such methods to deal with you," Yinlan chuckled, not taking the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. Instead, she extended her hands to the clan leaders, "After leaving the Haotian Sect, the four major single-attribute clans are merely outwardly strong but inwardly weak, feeling powerless despite their good intentions. I'm sure you all understand this better than I do. I intend to recruit you all. What are your thoughts?"

"Once you're mine," Yin Lan glanced at the Xuan Shui Pill in Yang Wudi's hand, almost implying, "you'll have plenty of resources. With my power, I'll ensure your family's well-being in this world."

Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao were all stunned.

Yinlan's words were piercing, hitting the nail on the head. Moreover, after joining the other side's forces, the four major clans of their respective attributes would still be closely connected and inseparable. With a powerful backer, they would no longer have to live such a miserable life...

"Hmph, so this must be your real purpose, isn't it?" Titan's expression was grim. Before the other three clan leaders could say anything, he was the first to reject the olive branch extended by Silverwave.

"I, Titan, have only one master, and that is Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo! In my eyes, my master is always a towering figure, and no one can compare to him!"

As he spoke, he pointed his thick finger at Yinlan.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you mess with me?"

(End of this chapter)