Chapter 22: Target - Gengxin City

Chapter 22: Target - Gengxin City

Three months later, in Xiao Yu's room.

In front of a huge metal desk, Xiao Yu was concentrating, holding a metal carving knife, and carefully carving the metal in front of him.

Beside him, there were discarded metal blocks everywhere that had been carved halfway before being abandoned, obviously the materials that Xiao Yu had discarded due to failed spirit tool production.

Xiao Yu's movements were very slow, and every time he carved, he was extremely careful. As time went by, complex patterns gradually appeared on the metal block.

After a long time, when Xiao Yu finally carved the last stroke and removed some fine metal debris, he stopped.

"Finally, it's done!"

Xiao Yu let out a long sigh, slowly slumped in his chair, and shook his head with a wry smile. He rubbed his temples to relieve his slightly dizzy brain.

This was just a level one spirit tool!

Xiao Yu had to admit that he had underestimated the production of spirit tools. He originally thought that with the blueprints, producing them would be as easy as water flowing into a ditch. Now it seemed that he had underestimated spirit tools. The wisdom of hundreds or even thousands of years of predecessors had been crystallized in them. Without studying hard, it was impossible to master them. But did he have the time?

In these three months, in order to produce spirit tools one by one, he had almost no time to cultivate. His soul power had not increased, and the only thing that comforted him was that his spiritual power had significantly improved.

"I must think of a way. The development of spirit tools is indeed very important, but I absolutely cannot let my cultivation be ruined because of this. After all, top-notch combat power is still what ultimately determines victory or defeat. Spirit tools can indeed create a gap in power between soul masters of the same level, but it is difficult to threaten hundred-level strongmen."

Xiao Yu's eyes shone, and suddenly he thought of a solution - the Blacksmith Association.

The production of spirit tools included forging, casting, quenching, and polishing. Except for the final core array engraving, almost all of them were related to the work of blacksmiths. Even the final engraving, although blacksmiths had never been involved, Xiao Yu believed that high-level blacksmiths must have been meticulous in their production and had done fine carvings on metals, which was similar to the engraving of spirit tool cores.

As long as they could find a common ground, the production process would be fast, and with detailed blueprints, blacksmiths could transform into spirit tool masters and avoid a lot of trouble.

Especially that master who produced the Buddha's Anger Tang Lotus, Lou Gao, with his talent and hard work, it was very likely that he could enter the ranks of high-level spirit tool masters in a very short time.

As for going to the Sun Moon Continent to find ready-made spirit tool masters, the difficulty was too high.

First of all, the Sun Moon Continent would not collide with the Douluo Continent for thousands of years. Now, no one knew how far apart they were from the Douluo Continent. In the vast sea, there was not even a direction to go to find the Sun Moon Continent.

Secondly, even if they were lucky enough to find the Sun Moon Continent, how much time would it take? Tang San was already a god at the age of 24, and Xiao Yu did not have much time left.

Finally, just like the original countries of Douluo in Douluo II resisted the Sun Moon Empire, would the Sun Moon Continent not resist outsiders? Why should they leave their own country and go to the Douluo Continent with him?

Therefore, at present, the Blacksmith Association was Xiao Yu's only choice.

Moreover, the production of spirit tools was a project that consumed a lot of rare metals. No matter what, Xiao Yu had to go to Metal City Gengxin, where the Blacksmith Association was located.

As if the system could detect Xiao Yu's thoughts, it suddenly released a task at this time:

"Ding, system red-level task released: Recruit Master Lou Gao to join the Nine Star Palace and cut off Tang San's good fortune."

In the original work, it was Lou Gao who produced the three ultimate hidden weapons of the Tang Sect, Kunpeng Feather, Buddha's Anger Tang Lotus, and Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles, which greatly assisted Tang San. He was worthy of a red-level reward.

"It seems that there is another reason to go to Gengxin City!"

Because he had been studying the production of spirit tools for three consecutive months, Xiao Yu gave himself a short vacation, rested for two days to restore his soul power and spiritual state to its peak, and then set off for Gengxin City.

Mu and Xuanwu stayed behind to guard the sect and handle affairs, while Hui Huo was an independent swordsman who was not interested in sect affairs and was not familiar with them. Therefore, Xiao Yu's safety fell on this Soul Douluo. In addition to Hui Huo, Dracon, Xie Wu, Mi Yi Mei, and Io also followed Xiao Yu to Gengxin City. These four people were of the right age and cultivation level. In the future, they would definitely participate in the Soul Master Elite Competition of the Advanced Academy with Xiao Yu. Of course, Xiao Yu wanted to take them out more.

Originally, there should have been one more person, Yi Yuan, but this second male protagonist of Ω was as cold as in his previous life, excused himself for not liking noise, and went into secluded cultivation.

Xiao Yu did not force him in this regard. He knew Yi Yuan's personality from his previous life, and there was no need to force others to change. He was not a certain selfless god king who used a set of poisonous PUA to turn a good son of destiny into a loyal watchdog.

At this time, thousands of miles away in Nuoding City, a certain god king suddenly felt a chill on his back and couldn't help but sneeze twice.

"Xiao San, is it that the weather has recently turned cold and you have caught a cold?"

After finally coaxing a full-souled first-heaven soul master, hmph, Master Yu Xiaogang was especially fond of this disciple. Seeing this, he asked with a concerned expression.

"I'm fine, Master!" Tang San wiped his nose and shook his head.

Seeing that Tang San did not seem to have a cold, Master Yu Xiaogang continued to expound his invincible theory to him.

On Xiao Yu's side, after destroying several sects, he had a lot more resources at his disposal. He no longer needed to go to the Star Dou Forest to obtain soul rings and rough it. Before setting out, he had already arranged for two horse carriages to be rented, and he could cultivate in peace during the journey.

Gengxin City was located within the territory of the Star Luo Empire, closer to the inland area of the Star Luo Empire. The Silviya Kingdom, on the other hand, was located in the northwest corner of the Tian Dou Empire, and the two were thousands of miles apart. By the time Xiao Yu and his group arrived in Gengxin City, they had spent nearly a month and a half.

Gengxin City was one of the capital cities of the Star Luo Empire, but it was not a famous city. Within the capital city region, it was only in the middle to lower reaches. Douluo Continent was a world of spirit masters, and as a city of metal, it was not surprising that it was not valued. The status of blacksmiths was the same as that of ordinary people. The influence of the Blacksmith Association was only within this city. The Spirit Hall, on the other hand, could influence the situation of the entire continent. This showed how huge the gap between blacksmiths and spirit masters was.

"Finally, we're here!"

As they approached their destination, everyone got off the horse carriage and saw the high city walls of Gengxin City in the distance.

The city walls of Gengxin City were iron-gray in color, as if they were cast from metal. Although they had not yet entered the city, they could vaguely feel a few points of the metallic aura brought by Gengxin City.

"Young Master, what are the arrangements next?"

The unicorn demon Xie Wu asked respectfully towards Xiao Yu. From his performance in his previous life, this person had a bit of a flattering nature.

"First, enter the city and find a guide. We are not familiar with this place, and it's best to understand the situation first," Xiao Yu said indifferently. Although Xie Wu was trying to flatter him, he did not mind. Moreover, Xie Wu was not the kind of person who only knew how to flatter and had no abilities. He had been cultivating hard on the way, and Xiao Yu thought that he should be able to break through to level 30 by the return trip at the latest.

(End of this chapter)

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