Although surprised, Su Ming very smoothly took the golden card into his hand.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan was indeed generous.
Those ten sets of armor were high-end custom orders. When Su Ming was making them, he considered that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had been customizing armor from him for three years, so he integrated a few pieces of first-grade thousand-refined metal from his less successful batches.
Unexpectedly, they discovered the armor's quality was exceptionally good, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan would directly pay the price difference, even considering the previous few thousand Gold Spirit Coins as a trivial amount not worth refunding.
Mentally sighing with emotion, Su Ming put the gold card into his bracelet.
This one million Gold Spirit Coins was indeed useful to him, enough to acquire rare metals for the next period.
He was familiar with the types of rare metals, but exploration of rare metals in this era was insufficient, so he still had to collect them from various places.
Although their specific uses hadn't been researched, some noble lords enjoyed collecting them, so many rare metals, even those with undetermined functions, had their prices inflated accordingly.
Fortunately, he was in the Metal City, so he hadn't lacked common rare metals like Heavy Silver these past few years.
But if he wanted to induce a Devour characteristic, it wouldn't be achievable with the few common rare metals available on the market.
Watching Ning Yuan's retreating figure, a thought struck him.
"Uncle Ning, wait a moment."
Ning Yuan turned back to look at Su Ming, a puzzled expression on his face.
"Is there something else?"
"Ahem, not planning to custom order a few more sets?" Su Ming asked.
Ning Yuan looked surprised.
"You mean you can replicate the quality of those ten sets?"
Su Ming chuckled but didn't speak.
Seeing this, Ning Yuan stroked his chin.
"I'm just a minor steward. I can't easily decide on transactions worth over a million Gold Spirit Coins like this. How about this: I'll return and report to the Clan Leader to see if we can continue cooperating."
Every support-system Spirit Master in the clan now had a set of fine armor, and the warehouse was still stocked with many for emergencies.
And now, just after finishing the orders, the previous armor was about to be scrapped?
Ning Yuan was utterly speechless.
But he didn't feel it was a loss.
After all, if they really intended to arm all the clan's Spirit Masters with this special armor, the clan likely wouldn't be stingy. This would involve millions of Gold Spirit Coins. The previous armor only cost a few hundred thousand in total, which would be insignificant compared to these millions.
A loss was just a loss.
"Uncle Ning, take this piece of metal. Show it to Clan Leader Ning. I think we can collaborate more deeply in the future."
Su Ming took out a piece of first-grade thousand-refined metal and handed it to Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan hurriedly left, preparing to return to the clan and report.
Watching Ning Yuan's departing figure, Su Ming stroked his chin, lost in thought.
"Roar?" (Has he left?)
Behind him, Little Gold poked his large bear head out from the forging room.
Su Ming turned around and patted Little Gold's head.
"You won't have to hide from people anymore from now on."
"Roar."
Little Gold wasn't as excited as one might imagine.
He just wanted to devote all his energy to cultivation now. Appearing in front of people wasn't something he enjoyed doing in the first place.
Back when he was a Spirit Beast, he wasn't very fond of interacting with humans. Becoming a Spirit Soul hadn't changed that feeling. Besides, he was very busy and really had no time to show himself in public.
"Haha, then go cultivate for now. You can take a slight break from forging recently. Wait until I collect a batch of Abyss Iron."
Abyss Iron was a rare metal originally produced on the Douluo Continent. It was produced in the Douluo 3 era and actually existed in the Douluo 2 era as well, but the output was very low, and no corresponding veins were discovered. However, occasional pieces of Abyss Iron could be found in Spirit Beast forests. In the Douluo 1 era, it actually existed too. Su Ming had seen two pieces in Gengxin City, bought them, and forged them. Unfortunately, they didn't develop the Devour characteristic.
Abyss Iron itself was pitch black like an abyss, capable of devouring light and possessing a pulling force towards certain energies. This externally displayed special ability made it highly sought after, collected by many iron ore enthusiasts.
There was very little Abyss Iron on the market now. Su Ming needed to find a way to search through some collectors' collections.
And where was the largest collection family on the continent?
Of course, it was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
The direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan all possessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Martial Soul, a treasure-finding divine tool. It was because of this that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had the continent's greatest wealth. Their so-called business talent actually ranked second.
A few days later.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Ning Fengzhi toyed with the first-grade thousand-refined metal Ning Yuan had handed over.
"It seems the blacksmiths have made a breakthrough in recent years. It's hard to say for the Blacksmith Association as a whole, but Su Ming's branch, namely Zhu Jiuyang's lineage, must have improved their forging methods."
"That Little Ming's Blacksmith Shop changed its name to Forging Shop at least over a year ago. It's highly likely this improvement in forging method has been around for over a year too. Their ambition is not small either; they plan to use this ability to recast the image of blacksmithing. 'Forging Shop, Forging Shop probably they won't call themselves blacksmiths in the future."
Ning Fengzhi's gaze was distant as he looked outside the great hall, lost in thought.
"Fengzhi, after all that, so do we want to recruit him or not?" Gu Rong said.
He felt Ning Fengzhi had rambled a lot without expressing his own stance.
Ning Fengzhi shook his head.
"Recruitment most likely won't work. Su Ming is fine, still young, but we absolutely cannot recruit his teacher."
"The effects of this first-grade thousand-refined metal are very significant. Not only does it allow a Spirit Master's Spirit Power to integrate perfectly, it can also resonate with the Spirit Master. If entirely made into armor or weapons, the enhancement for Spirit Masters below Spirit King wouldn't be bad," Chen Xin said.
Even a Titled Douluo wearing a set of armor completely made from this first-grade thousand-refined metal, resonating with their Spirit Power, would find the defensive effect somewhat useful. Although it couldn't dominate a battle, it was still incredibly extraordinary.
"Not only that," Ning Fengzhi said. "Nurturing it with Spirit Power, one can maintain continuous resonance with this first-grade thousand-refined metal. Over time, it might even produce an effect similar to a contract."
Chen Xin and Gu Rong's eyes shone with intense light.
There was this aspect too?
Then they had to obtain it even more.
"Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, his backer is Zhu Jiuyang. The Zhu Family behind Zhu Jiuyang has intermarried with the Qian Family for generations. Although their relationship is currently strained because of Qian Xunji, ultimately the Qian Family is at fault. Given Qian Daoliu's character, if Zhu Jiuyang were truly desperate and brought the Zhu Family back to Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu wouldn't hold it against him."
Mentioning Qian Daoliu, a flash of intense light passed through Chen Xin's eyes, and his sword energy began to leak out.
But although he looked full of fighting spirit, he quickly reined in his emotions, showing a sense of defeat.
Qian Daoliu... couldn't be beaten.
Gu Rong also fell silent.
What Ning Fengzhi said was actually quite conservative.
If Zhu Jiuyang were truly pushed to desperation, just receiving the news, Qian Daoliu would intervene to resolve his difficult situation. He might even reconcile with the Zhu Family without requiring Zhu Jiuyang to apologize.
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