Chapter 142 Lou Gao: Master Divine Craftsman! I want to forge battle armor!
Faced with Qian Renxue's growing momentum, Xue Ke had no choice but to avoid her attack and be tolerant for the time being.
Because of her previous arrogance, Xue Ke was subjected to a series of PUA by Qian Renxue and was kept by Qian Renxue to work as a maid to pay back the money. Qian Renxue arranged a room for them.
According to the cost of a healing Soul Master's attack, Xue Ke needs to pay fifty gold soul coins. Even if they are pretending to be unconscious, the treatment will not be in vain.
Although Xue Ke was not short of money, she had to pretend to be penniless in order to find an excuse to stay. She asked to work to pay off her debts, and the wage was calculated at one Gintama coin per day.
This could be considered as a little lesson Qian Renxue taught her. Even though she had no money now, relying on her innate full soul power cultivation speed, she could quickly pay it back when she came to the Spirit Hall to collect the subsidy.
After settling A Ke, who was suspected to be a time traveler, Qian Renxue stayed in the room and tormented Xue Ke for two days. She was a very vengeful person.
Two days later, Silong once again came to the Spirit Hall to ask for help. Qian Renxue followed him out of the Spirit Hall and took a carriage directly to the central area of Gengxin City.
Silong felt very uneasy along the way and sat upright, but fortunately Gengxin City itself was not too big, and it didn't take long before they arrived at the central area of Gengxin City and the carriage stopped.
Silong glanced out of the carriage window and said, "We're here, Your Highness, please get out of the carriage." He was the first to jump out, and took the initiative to lift the curtain and stretched out his hand to help her, but Qian Renxue smiled and politely declined.
The carriage stopped in front of a tall building. Looking up, this huge building was at least thirty meters high and covered a very large area. It can occupy such a large area in the city center, which shows its importance to the city. importance.
Overall, this building is equivalent to the hellish killing field in the city of killing. Directly above the building hangs a dark iron plaque with no words on it, only two raised patterns of a hammer and a chisel.
Qian Renxue knew where this place was without a doubt. This was the headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association.
This huge building looks a bit rough, without any gorgeous decorations, and there is not even a guard at the gate, but there is indeed a constant stream of people coming and going. The three doors are open, and the bustling flow of people inside can be seen from the outside.
Silong smiled and introduced Qian Renxue, "Our headquarters is divided into five floors. The first floor is the trading area. Blacksmiths will bring their proudest works or some metals here to trade. Of course, there are also vendors who specialize in selling various metals."
"The second floor is the advanced trading area. Rare metals are usually traded on the second floor. The third floor is the blacksmith registration assessment area, which is specifically for blacksmith level assessments."
"The fourth floor is the VIP area and also the auction area. Some particularly precious and rare casting items are auctioned there regularly, and the fifth floor is the office area of our Blacksmith Association."
"Master Lou Gao is on the fifth floor right now. Do you want to go see him now?"
Qian Renxue nodded, "Now then."
Everyone walked into the Blacksmiths' Association. The hall on the first floor was a little noisy. It was a completely open hall. Except for the huge pillars supporting the building, the rest of the space was empty. There was only a large circle of counters next to the wall at the outermost circle, and behind the counters were various finished products made by blacksmiths.
Silong led the way for her while introducing, "The first floor hall is mainly divided into two areas. On the left are all blacksmiths who consign various finished products, and on the right is the metal trading area. The association will charge a 5% handling fee, so most of the blacksmiths who come here to consign are blacksmiths. There are many people here, mainly businessmen from all over the place. If they like an item, they can directly bid to buy it."
Qian Renxue nodded and observed carefully. It was just as Silong said. Although there were many people in the hall, there were very few people dressed as blacksmiths. Most of them looked like businessmen. Some were asking for prices, some were negotiating. It was a lively scene.
Silong said with some pride: "Relatively speaking, the prices in the Association are a little higher than outside, but the quality is absolutely guaranteed. Our Blacksmith Association will not cheat. All items are identified and evaluated by the Association before they are priced. Although there are many blacksmith shops outside, it is possible to find cheap and good things, but merchants who don't know the business can easily be deceived. Just like the situation just now."
As he spoke, Silong led her to the side stairs and went upstairs. There were two guards at the stairs, but when they saw Silong, they immediately let her in.
As you step onto the second floor, you'll suddenly have a different feeling. The second floor is not as high as the first floor, nor is it completely open. The first feeling it gives you is quietness, without a layer of noise. This place is divided into areas that look like shops, with a five-meter-wide sidewalk between two rows of shops. In the wide area, there are at least hundreds of shops on the second floor.
Silong continued, "This is a high-end trading area. Those who can open a shop here all have a certain background. It is also divided into two major areas: the finished product area and the metal area. There are many good things here, but the prices are also relatively high. If Your Highness is interested, I can accompany you at any time and will definitely not let Your Highness down."
His introduction was certainly not just to show off the Blacksmith Association, but more importantly he hoped to hang out more with Qian Renxue.
"Well, if there's time."
Qian Renxue just took a quick glance and felt that the things sold on the second floor were indeed of much better quality than those hanging behind the counter on the first floor, but there was nothing that interested her.
There are also two guards between the stairs from the second floor to the third floor, but they are obviously different from the two guards below. In Qian Renxue's mental perception, although the two guards below are also soul masters, they do not give her the impression of being very strong, with soul powers of only about level 30. However, the two guards in front of her, who are about forty years old, have soul powers of at least level 50.
Seeing Silong and Qian Renxue coming over, he looked at them with surprise.
"Your Highness Qian Ling'er has actually come to the Blacksmith Association. Please come this way!"
The two guards quickly stepped aside, looking very respectful.
Qian Renxue has been extremely popular in Gengxin City during this period.
Silong couldn't help but joked: "Even without me, Your Highness can probably go directly to the third floor, right?"
After going up to the third and fourth floors, they saw closed doors and could not see the specific situation inside. Standing in front of the door were Lou Gao's other two apprentices, Siyu and Sidi.
There are four disciples in Lou Gao, who take turns to guard here every day. Originally, Silong and Siyu were on duty together, and the other two were in another group. However, because Silong went to pick up Qian Renxue, Sidi came to take over.
Siyu's eyes lit up when she saw the two of them. "Your Highness, you are finally here. I will take you upstairs. The teacher is in the foundry right now. He has been making armor recently. If it weren't for you, he would definitely not see someone else."
Qian Renxue nodded and continued to follow them forward.
There is no guard between the fourth and fifth floors. There is only a big door blocking the staircase. It is impossible to tell what material the door is made of, but it should be an alloy of various metals.
Silong walked to the alloy door and raised his hand to knock on it. He knocked rhythmically. Qian Renxue watched this scene with interest. With the help of mental power, he found that every position where Silong's fingers knocked was different, and the force was also different. There was a slight mechanical sound from the metal door. When Silong knocked a total of 36 times, the metal door made a crackling sound and slowly opened to the side, revealing the passage to the upper floor.
Wow, they even built a password door. With so many layers, it feels more tight than the Spirit Hall. In the end, their strength is too weak, and they can only rely on external forces to protect themselves.
Under the leadership of Silong and Siyu, Qian Renxue finally reached the fifth floor, the highest level of the Blacksmiths Association.
As soon as she reached the fifth floor, she immediately heard some clanging sounds. Silong explained to Qian Renxue in a low voice: "In fact, this fifth floor is the private casting area exclusively for the high-level blacksmiths of the Blacksmith Association. Every blacksmith above the Grandmaster level will have a place of his own here. Siyu and I also have our own forging room here."
There was only a simple number outside the door of each foundry. From the outermost to the innermost, there were a total of thirty-six foundries, but only four or five of them were making noises. Obviously, in those days when blacksmiths were not valued, master-level blacksmiths were very few and far between.
Silong brought Qian Renxue to the innermost foundry room No. 1, stopped, stood respectfully by the door, and raised his hand to knock on the metal door.
There was no sound of forging coming from the foundry. When Silong knocked on the door, an irritated voice suddenly rang out from inside, "Who! Didn't I tell you long ago that I'm waiting for customers! No forging today!"
Silong hurriedly said respectfully: "Teacher, it's me, His Highness is here."
When Silong's words came in, the irritable voice immediately disappeared. After a short time, along with a series of mechanical sounds, the large iron door slowly slid open, revealing the bright room inside. Strangely, this casting There are no windows in the room. The reason why it is bright is because there is a magic lamp hanging on the roof of the room, which is really quite luxurious.
The person who opened the door was a short and fat old man, about meters tall, but his waist circumference was probably also meters. He had protruding ears, small eyes, and a messy short hair that looked like it hadn't been washed in many days. He was wearing a loose robe, and there was some metal powder-like substance on his chubby face.
This short and fat old man is the current president of the Blacksmith Association, the master blacksmith Lou Gao. Frankly speaking, from his appearance, he doesn't look like a master blacksmith at all. Instead, he looks like a amiable fat old man.
"You're finally here! Hurry up! Come in! Tell me what your battle armor says! I've been forging it these past two days and it feels wrong. I can't make the metal blend into my body like you said."
As soon as the door opened, the short and fat old man's loud voice rang out.
Qian Renxue chuckled, "I didn't see you looking for me before, why are you anxious now?"
"Girl, are you so stingy? I'm wrong this time, okay? Come in and help me."
Lou Gao did not stop and continued to walk inside. Qian Renxue followed Lou Gao into the large foundry room. However, Silong and Siyu did not come in and retreated quietly. They still had their own posts to stick to.
The foundry looked very messy, but it was indeed very large, covering an area of more than 500 square meters. Various kinds of metals were placed everywhere on both sides. In the corner, a dark foundry furnace and a bellows of the same color were particularly eye-catching. The foundry furnace gave people a feeling of being somewhat chilly.
The casting furnace and bellows were actually made of black iron, and not only black iron, but also seemed to be mixed with some other metals to form a special alloy.
In the middle of the entire room, there is a circular platform. This platform looks more like a huge metal pillar standing there. It is only one meter high and looks extremely solid.
Lou Gao brought Qian Renxue to the round platform. On the round platform was a wooden human-shaped frame. Supporting the human-shaped frame was a set of armor. It was a full-body armor, or rather, it could not be described as armor because it actually looked like a thin piece of clothing.
It is dark blue all over, shimmering with a faint metallic luster. The dense material is more like clothes. The faint layer of precious light can be distinguished even from a long distance. The overall design does not have any outstanding points, just like a piece of clothing. Just close-fitting clothes.
Lou Gao looked at the soft armor in front of him proudly and said softly, "I named it Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor. It is strong enough to withstand the sixth soul skill of a strong attacking soul master. The most amazing thing is that although it is made of metal, it is extremely elastic. Even if a beast soul master's body doubles after using his martial soul, it can still expand and achieve the same defensive effect."
"This Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor is made of a special ductile memory metal that is fused with eight different metals in a special ratio and then formed by drawing. So far, I am the only one in the casting industry who has the ability to refine this metal. I have studied this metal for a full ten years, and found many rare metals and conducted countless experiments before I succeeded in making it."
"Extended memory metal, metal with elasticity, I once thought I had created a miracle."
"No blacksmith who has seen it calls it a divine weapon! I was proud of it, but even so, it still cannot be integrated into the human body! Compared with the battle armor that you said can be integrated into the body, what I spent more than ten years building is just an ordinary object after all. That's right, the battle armor you mentioned is the real divine weapon! So how is it made? Can you let me see the finished product?"
Lou Gao looked at Qian Renxue with burning eyes, nervously waiting for her answer. Is the battle armor real, or just a scam?
Qian Renxue cast her soul bone armor, and in an instant, silver-purple light burst out from her body, as if she had turned into a galaxy dotted with stars.
A slight unicorn roar sounded from her body, and silver-purple spots of light appeared on her joints, forehead, chest and other important parts, and silver lines connected these silver-purple spots of light.
The light spots combined, and a gorgeous armor appeared on her body. Qian Renxue's soul bone armor itself was a strange silver-purple color, and the metal all over was like crystal, flashing with dazzling light.
A pair of huge silver-purple wings spread out behind her. The wings looked like they were made of countless scales. When spread out, they were four meters wide. When bent, they covered her entire back. When the full body armor was worn on her and the mask fell off, a ray of lightning naturally formed on Qian Renxue's body.
After the soul bone transformed, it added a pair of wings. According to the level of Dou San's battle armor, Qian Renxue's soul bone armor has reached the level of a two-level battle armor.
"This is the battle armor. It really emerged from the body! Doesn't that mean it completely replaced the soul bone?"
"Hahaha! It's actually real! It even has wings, it's amazing! It's amazing! This is the real artifact!" Lou Gao looked at the armor on Qian Renxue's body obsessed, and wanted to touch it but Qian Renxue dodged him.
Qian Renxue took a few steps back and said unhappily, "You old fellow, don't you know the difference between men and women?"
Lou Gao was stunned for a moment, then he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed to Qian Renxue, and said respectfully: "I am guilty of the offense! Please forgive me! I am willing to be an apprentice beside you, and I only ask Master Divine Craftsman to accept me as your apprentice!"
"Master Divine Craftsman! I want to forge battle armor! I also want to create a divine weapon!"
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