Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline.

Chapter 45 Senior, Times Have Changed (Please continue reading!!!)

"Another option, of course, is for you to send a master blacksmith to me to learn the craft, and I can teach him the techniques in full."

Ning Fengzhi narrowed his eyes and stared at Su Ming.

Are you sure you can share your technology?

"Why not?" Su Ming countered.

If he's the only one in need of rare metals, then it's too easy for him to be targeted. The price of rare metals will be driven up to the sky, and he won't be able to bring it down.

Of course, he could raise the price of spirit metals, but spirit metals haven't provided that much of a boost to Soul Masters so far. Ning Fengzhi's current offer is already at a peak in some respects.

A price war?

Su Ming is a Soul Master whose goal is cultivation; getting too involved in the business world would be a huge disadvantage.

On the contrary, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has many channels and is convenient for acquiring metals, so cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is indispensable.

Besides the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Su Ming will also try to establish cooperation with the Spirit Hall, but so far he has not seen an opportunity.

As for the losses caused by the transfer of technology?

The future of the Spirit Forging System is in Su Ming's hands. He has a mature path for further advancement, which allows him to unlock the limits of his abilities. Even if other blacksmiths at this time learn the Thousand Forging with Spirit, it will have little impact on him.

Besides, is it really too late to train blacksmiths now?

In the era of Dou San, "Thousand Refinements with Spirit" was the threshold for a Level 3 blacksmith, which was also the threshold for a blacksmith master. However, in the current era, it means a divine craftsman!

Despite the limitations of materials and technology, mastering the Thousand Forging technique was not easy even during the Douluo Continent III era. As far as Su Ming knew, apart from himself, Tang Wulin, and a genius girl from the Star Luo Continent, it would take at least five years to master the Thousand Forging technique from scratch.

Even now, it would take at least ten years.

Therefore, becoming a master blacksmith is theoretically easier if you want to quickly become a blacksmith.

Their skills are there, but what they lack is a lot of practice material.

On the other hand, all the existing master-level blacksmiths are already Soul Saints. To obtain a Soul Spirit, one must at least break through level 80. Is that easy?

"Boy, how dare you?" Gu Rong's voice was hoarse, carrying a strong sense of oppression as his soul power locked onto Su Ming.

"Why wouldn't I dare?" Su Ming asked calmly.

He possessed the physical attributes provided by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Even though he was only a Great Soul Master, the soul power pressure that could cause him to show pain was at least at the Soul King level.

Gu Rong is just testing the waters now, and she's holding back. The pressure she's putting on is only at the Soul Master level, which Su Ming can easily withstand.

Gu Rong was secretly alarmed by Su Ming's posture.

"You dare to say these things out loud? Aren't you afraid I'll forcibly take you away?" Gu Rong said, "Your teacher isn't here right now."

“Since Uncle Ning is so sincere, coming all the way to my place to discuss cooperation, I naturally trust you as well,” Su Ming said with a smile.

Ning Fengzhi, you've already appeared before me. If you still have any ulterior motives, then Su Ming can only say that Ning Fengzhi is incredibly bold.

He also prescribed the right medicine for the right disease.

Since Ning Fengzhi personally came forward, he naturally revealed the relevant technologies to the greatest extent possible and discussed possible collaborations.

It's just a piece of metal refined to the highest grade. It's not battle armor technology, nor does it have the level of soul tool technology. It's just pure metal that can resonate with soul masters, nothing more.

"You mean you can hurt him under my protection?" Gu Rong understood Su Ming's subtext.

Su Ming stared directly at the ancient banyan tree.

He slowly stepped forward, came to the ancient banyan tree, and then stepped back, counting aloud.

"One, two, three, seven!"

After the seventh step, he drew a line and moved it back a little.

"Seven paces away, the gun is fast."

Su Ming pulled out a soul-guided ray gun from somewhere and instantly fired a laser beam, aiming it directly at Gu Rong.

As a titled Douluo, Gu Rong naturally reacted before Su Ming even took out his Soul Guidance Ray Gun. However, he only had time to release his soul power before the laser beam was already in front of him.

The next moment, his expression changed slightly.

The laser actually penetrated his soul power and attacked his abdomen directly.

He touched his charred clothes, his face grim.

"This is a soul tool that my teacher and I obtained from some ruins. Senior, could a Soul King withstand that single shot?" "No."

"Can Uncle Ning withstand it?"

"No."

"Was it possible to stop your posture just now, senior?"

At this point, Gu Rong's face turned grim.

Seven steps away, and even though Su Ming had indicated that he was going to use his methods, Su Ming could only react by releasing his soul power to block most of the laser's damage, but he was still affected by it.

Although he was contemptuous, his contempt only intensified before Su Ming showed that he was going to demonstrate his abilities, and he didn't even think that Su Ming would dare to resist.

A gun is fast from seven paces away, but what about within seven paces?

Fast and accurate!

Ning Feng stared intently at the soul-guided ray gun in Su Ming's hand.

“Senior, times have changed,” Su Ming said.

This is his bottom line.

The techniques used in the second and third stages of the Warring States period were a devastating blow when applied to the first stage.

The technology of battle armor is on a completely different level from that of ordinary soul tools, and the difficulty of making them is also on a completely different level. He was exhausted from making Xiao Jin's claws, but making a level four soul tool was a piece of cake for him.

He displayed the Soul Guidance Ray Gun, and secretly also deployed a Level 5 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon.

Not only that, he is also equipped with an invincible shield!
The invincible shield has unparalleled defensive power and is not difficult to make. The key is a kind of golden crystal. In the Douluo Continent II era, this golden crystal was a specialty of the Sun Moon Empire, but the Douluo Continent's search and mining technology was not advanced enough.

In fact, even during the second Douluo Continent era, a few pieces of golden crystals occasionally surfaced. The golden crystal used to create Su Ming's invincible shield was something he unexpectedly obtained while wandering around Gengxin City.

Su Ming did not continue to explain the Soul Guidance Ray Gun, and turned to continue discussing cooperation with Ning Fengzhi.

"Uncle Ning, what form of cooperation are you planning to adopt?"

Ning Fengzhi looked at Su Ming's empty hands, a hint of regret in his eyes. If Su Ming had offered to sell that soul tool, he could have easily paid five million.

Taking a deep breath, he also brought his thoughts back to the discussion of cooperation.

"If your skills can be shared, is the learning curve steep?"

"Of course, my Thousand Refinements with Spirit only solves the problem of materials, not reduces the technology required for forging. Thousand Refinements with Spirit was once considered a masterpiece of a master craftsman, so if you want to learn my Thousand Refinements with Spirit, you must first become a master blacksmith before you come to me to learn. I will not take on apprentices from beginning to end."

Hearing Su Ming's words, Ning Fengzhi's lips twitched slightly.

He looked Su Ming up and down.

You're so young, and you're already thinking about taking on apprentices.

Can the two modes be used simultaneously?

"can."

“Then let’s proceed with both modes of cooperation simultaneously. Following the previous cooperation model, I will first order ten sets of this style of armor and weapons, all made with your Thousand-Refined Grade One metal. My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can offer 500,000 gold soul coins per set.”

As Ning Fengzhi spoke, he took out a design drawing, which showed the armor and weapon designs he had requested. The armor was similar to the designs from their previous collaborations, and the weapon was a long spear.

"It's impossible for a 1000-forged first-grade item to be completely perfect."

Su Ming shook his head and took out an ordinary thousand-refined work and handed it to Ning Fengzhi.

"Uncle Ning, take a look. This is an ordinary thousand-times-forged work, but it is also metal that has been forged a thousand times and has a spirit."

Ning Fengzhi carefully examined ordinary thousand-times-forged metal and discovered the difference between it and first-grade thousand-times-forged metal.

However, it falls within an acceptable range.

"can."

Having discussed the normal forms of cooperation, let's move on to another type of cooperation.

“My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will do its best to train a few blacksmiths. Once their skills are up to par, I will arrange for them to come here to learn. But you wouldn’t hand over your skills for no reason, would you?”

Ning Fengzhi's gaze was intense as he looked at Su Ming, already prepared for the transaction.

(End of this chapter)