"Not necessarily. You can open the Blacksmith Association in Spirit City, and while you're at it, open a Soul Engineer Association, placing the Blacksmith Association under the Soul Engineer Association. Soul Engineers are, in a way, a higher tier of blacksmiths," Xiao Ze said with a smile. In truth, he didn't plan to overlook those blacksmiths without cultivation either.
The future Spirit Empire would certainly require extensive construction, and at that time, blacksmiths would be needed.
"That's possible. But… the Star Luo Empire…" Lou Gao was a bit worried. After all, Gengxin City still belonged to the Star Luo Empire.
"Blacksmiths have no status in the Star Luo Empire, but they can have status in the Spirit Hall. Besides, the city belongs to the Star Luo Empire, not you. You haven't sold yourselves into servitude," Xiao Ze shook his head.
"That's true. However, we need to go in batches. Otherwise, if too many go at once, we'll be discovered," Lou Gao said.
"I think so too," Xiao Ze said with a smile. "I didn't expect you to agree so readily. I was prepared to use some persuasion."
Lou Gao laughed heartily, "I'm not an obstinate person. spirit tools are more important to me, so I definitely need to research them."
"If Tai Tan had your mindset, that would be great," Xiao Ze suddenly interjected.
Lou Gao was taken aback. "What about him?"
Tai Tan was also one of the three Divine Craftsmen and the Vice President of the Blacksmith Association.
"Originally, Tai Tan's Strength Clan was one of the four single-attribute clans of the Clear Sky Sect, but due to Tang Hao's issue, they were abandoned, and they've been living very poorly.
Even so, the other three clans strongly disliked Tang Hao, yet Tai Tan acted like a sycophant, actually following Tang Hao's son, Tang San.
Not long ago, the three major clans joined our Spirit Hall, and Tai Tan actually came to Spirit City to cause trouble." Xiao Ze said this as a test, to see what Lou Gao's relationship with Tai Tan was like.
spirit tools were extremely important. If Lou Gao caused trouble for Tai Tan, then even if it meant not having Lou Gao, Xiao Ze could accept it.
Stability had to come first; everything else was secondary.
Lou Gao heard this and also felt a headache. "He's always been like that. Is he dead?"
"No, he's locked up. He probably won't get out in this lifetime. The Strength Clan, led by his son, has joined the Spirit Hall," Xiao Ze said.
Lou Gao nodded. "That's probably the best outcome for him. It's best not to kill him."
He and Tai Tan had some friendship, but they didn't spend much time together. It was impossible for him to try and rescue someone from the Spirit Hall; that wasn't realistic.
Moreover, Lou Gao was going to research spirit tools, not rescue people.
Whoever wanted to save him could; at least he wouldn't die.
"Indeed. He knows that if he doesn't cause trouble, no one will bother him. Even the Clear Sky Sect doesn't care about Tang San, yet he, an outsider, still went to manage things. I'm quite speechless," Xiao Ze said.
"He's not very smart," Lou Gao said indifferently.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, GrandmasterLou Gao, let's go see the effects of these three different types of spirit tools," Xiao Ze said with a smile. Just seeing them wasn't enough; they needed to be used.
"Good!" Lou Gao nodded heavily. He had long wanted to see the power of these three spirit tools.
"I'll take you to a testing ground."
The Blacksmith Association naturally had a testing ground, as weapons that were forged needed to be tested.
Everyone followed Lou Gao to the testing ground. There was no one in the testing ground at the moment. Lou Gao had modified the testing ground according to Xiao Ze's ideas.
"Let's test the first one, GrandmasterLou Gao. This is an offensive spirit tool."
In Xiao Ze's hand was a slender, dark golden rifle, its body covered in handsome patterns.
"This rifle also has ultra-long-range strike capability; it can attack within a thousand meters." With that, Xiao Ze casually aimed at the testing ground, at the profound iron target area a thousand meters away.
This rifle was very quiet, without a deafening roar. A single energy bullet shot out, directly engulfing the profound iron target, instantly reducing it to dust.
"Hiss… the power is impressive. What level spirit tool is this?" Lou Gao asked.
"A third-level spirit tool, which is equivalent to the Spirit Elder level. And this power is actually just the attack of a Spirit Elder, but it's very stable. A Spirit Elder's attack is sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but a rifle is different. As long as the spirit power injected is roughly the same, the power is very stable, and you've seen the attack distance," Xiao Ze handed the rifle in his hand to Lou Gao.
"That is indeed more powerful than some Spirit Masters." Lou Gao experimented a few times, shattering the profound iron targets.
"And the firing rate is very fast. An ordinary Spirit Elder really might not be able to react in time," Lou Gao said.
"Very good. If it can be mass-produced, it would simply be a low-level Spirit Master killer for your Spirit Hall."
Xiao Ze nodded. "Then President Lou Gao will need to research how to mass-produce it."
"Don't worry."
The second one tested was a defensive spirit tool.
It was shaped like a bronze plate.
After Xiao Ze injected spirit power to activate it, a honeycomb-shaped light shield unfolded.
Lou Gao tentatively flicked his finger, and the force was dispersed and absorbed by ripple-like light patterns.
"How much power can this defend against?"
"A Spirit Elder. The maximum is three attacks from a Spirit Ancestor. Of course, the Spirit Ancestor's spirit level power cannot be too great, otherwise there will be danger. Of course, the most powerful aspect of this third-level spirit tool is not its defensive capability, but its recovery capability."
"Recovery?"
Xiao Ze then began to experiment and introduced, "The most powerful aspect of this spirit tool is that it can use spirit power to restore the shield. Generally speaking, if a defensive spirit tool's shield is broken, it's ruined, but this shield spirit tool can be used repeatedly. Although it can't be used many times, it's still pretty good."
"I see, that is indeed good."
"And finally, this must be the flying spirit tool, right?" Lou Gao was most interested in this spirit tool.
After all, generally speaking, one could only fly at the Titled Douluo stage, and the previous few major realms could at most hover in the air, so being able to fly was truly very important for Spirit Masters.
"As expected of GrandmasterLou Gao."
Lou Gao's mouth twitched. "If you can't speak properly, then don't. I'm not blind; it's already in the shape of wings!"
Pfft—
Ning Rongrong and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The shape of this flying spirit tool was transparent wings, thin as cicada's wings overall, with energy tubes like leaf veins on them.
Xiao Ze didn't feel embarrassed. Flattery, everyone could do it; it was just that some people couldn't bring themselves to do it.
Although there were three Divine Craftsmen on the continent, Lou Gao's strength was absolutely the strongest, at least in terms of blacksmithing.
Tai Tan and Tang Hao were not people who put a lot of effort into blacksmithing; they leaned more towards combat.
But Lou Gao was different; his spirit power was not weak, but he spent more time on blacksmithing.
(End of Chapter)
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