When negotiating with Ning Fengzhi, Su Ming dealt with it according to the circumstances. Since the other party came in person and was sincere, there was no need for him to beat around the bush.
But I need to think about it with the Blacksmith Association.
"Lou Gao is truly obsessed with forging, so he'll probably be easy to convince. I won't have much of a problem on my own. The key is the name change and the series of collaborations, so Lou Gao and I definitely won't do it ourselves."
Regarding the cooperation with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the recent negotiations were just to establish an intention. The two parties will have a cooperative relationship in the future. As for how to cooperate and the content of the cooperation, more detailed discussions are needed later, which are not something Su Ming can do.
"After changing the name to the Blacksmith Association, there are still a series of operations that Lou Gao and I can't handle. We have to hand it over to someone else, and they have to be trustworthy."
Su Ming frowned.
"Get the brothers here first."
Zhu Jiuyang has three disciples in total, Su Ming is the third one, and he has two senior brothers, among whom the second senior brother is of course Duan Jin who introduced him to the sect.
When Su Ming first started learning at the age of seven, he was at the Duan Jin Soul Master level. Now, after three years, he has reached the thirty-ninth level of Duan Jin.
There was no way. He had been stuck at level 39 for a whole year and didn't know when he would be able to break through this bottleneck.
This is the normal practice of a soul master.
While Su Ming was thinking, he heard the door of the forge shop being knocked again.
He opened the door and was surprised to see Duan Jin.
"Brother, why are you here?"
Although he was asking questions, Su Ming had some guesses in his mind as he looked at Duan Jin's excited expression.
He made way for Duan Jin and the senior brother behind him to come in.
Su Ming's senior brother is named Huo Lie, who is Zhu Jiuyang's first disciple. Unlike Duan Jin and Su Ming, this senior brother did not become a blacksmith's disciple when he first became an apprentice. At that time, Zhu Jiuyang was not yet obsessed with the blacksmith industry.
As Zhu Jiuyang became obsessed with blacksmithing, Huo Lie followed him to Gengxin City. Apart from anything else, the environment of Gengxin City was very suitable for his training, creating a mimicry effect. This was also the reason why he initially stayed with Zhu Jiuyang when he didn't understand his teacher.
After another attempt, he found that he could also enjoy the effect of the simulated environment when forging, and the effect was even better!
So Huo Lie also fell into the world of blacksmiths with Zhu Jiuyang.
Zhu Jiuyang came from behind and quickly became a master blacksmith, while Huo Lie simply enjoyed the process of blacksmithing and not the result, so after so many years of blacksmithing he was only a master level. However, his strength was not weak. He was a five-ring soul king with a soul power of up to level 59. He was only 35 years old this year and was in his prime.
Like Duan Jin, he was stuck at level 10 for a long time. Duan Jin was stuck at level 39 for a year, while he was stuck at level 59 for three whole years.
This is obviously not Huo Lie's limit, so it is inevitable that he will break through level 60 within one or two years.
After another ten years, the probability of breaking through to the Soul Saint level is also very high.
"Xiao Ming, I've made a breakthrough!"
Duan Jin's first words after entering the room confirmed Su Ming's guess.
"So, Brother, are you planning to obtain the soul in the fourth ring?"
"Of course!" Duan Jin answered firmly, "Thousand Forging Spirits was the standard of the divine craftsmen of the past. Of course I have to learn it."
"Have you chosen your soul beast?"
"I've already got a clue. It's a six thousand year old wild ape, perfect for me. After all, I'm not a teacher, so I don't need a spirit ring of that age. And didn't you say that thousand year old spirit beasts aren't very intelligent and mostly follow their instincts? As long as I beat them into submission, I can contract their spirits."
Su Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Brother, you only heard the first half of my sentence. There's no problem signing a soul like this, but your purpose in absorbing souls is to forge them. With a six-thousand-year-old soul, I guess this is your only chance. I don't know what level of spiritual power you'll need to cultivate before you can try for a second soul."
At the Lingtong Realm, one can fuse with a thousand-year-old soul, but only at the Linghai Realm can one fuse with a new soul.
The Spirit Sea Realm is nothing in the future, it is the standard for the strong, and Duan Jin also has the talent of a strong man, but the problem is that he is a soul master of the Dou Yi era.
Although obtaining the soul now will help him improve his mental strength later, he has already passed the bonus period of physical development.
If you fuse a soul before the age of ten, you can enjoy the effect of the soul in improving your mental strength, as well as the benefits of physical development. The two are additive, and one plus one is greater than two!
Although Duan Jin, now 23 years old, has not yet reached his peak condition, he has missed the biggest bonus period.
"Don't worry, we have analyzed this. The wild apes are not very smart, so it should be easy to fool them after defeating them." Huo Lie said.
Su Ming was stunned.
Is this okay?
Six thousand years of wild gorillas.
Well, maybe he is easier to fool than Xiao Jin, who just turned a thousand years old.
"So, brothers, will you guys set up the formation yourselves? Or should I go with you?"
"Do you think we two are capable of setting up soul guide arrays?" Duan Jin asked back.
Su Ming knew it.
"I have other things to deal with first."
He told his two senior brothers about the cooperation he had discussed with Ning Fengzhi.
"You are really brave." Huo Lie said, "But fortunately, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect should also be wary of our teacher's identity."
Su Ming was attracted by the second half of his sentence.
"By the way, Senior Brother, what's so special about our teacher? You never told me before."
Huo Lie hesitated and said, "This isn't a good thing either, so I didn't let you tell me before."
Not a good thing?
Su Ming frowned.
How could an identity that could make the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect fearful be a bad thing?
"Well, let's put it this way, the teacher's sister almost became the Pope's wife."
Um.
Um?
Su Ming's expression changed immediately.
The Pope's wife?
Whose wife?
My teacher is not that old, and my sister must be even younger. And the most recent Pope is the one who meets the requirements, right?
"Qianxunji?" Su Ming blurted out.
Huo Lie showed a surprised expression.
"That's him." Huo Lie further explained, "The Zhu family, to which our teacher belongs, has a martial spirit that is the sacred fire. For generations, they have been married to the Qian family, which inherits the angel martial spirit."
Su Ming thought to himself that he had eaten a big piece of melon.
That bastard Qian Xunji almost became his teacher's brother-in-law?
Fortunately it didn't work!
"So, teacher actually has a very high status in the Spirit Hall?" Duan Jin asked.
He didn't know as much about the high-level structure of the Spirit Hall as Su Ming did, so he wasn't impressed by what he heard about the Qian family and the Zhu family.
"Teacher had a falling out with the Qian family and directly cancelled her engagement with them." Huo Lie smiled bitterly and said, "So, Teacher has nothing to do with the Spirit Hall now."
Duan Jin was puzzled.
It doesn't matter, what is the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect afraid of?
On the contrary, Su Ming understood.
It's okay, but it can be related at any time.