Since the Body Sect's approach wasn't working, Su Ming wasn't anxious either.
His popularity within the Blacksmith Association was growing higher and higher, and the pressure on Enci was also increasing.
"This Enci, at the very least, genuinely loves Star Luo," Mu Ye commented.
Su Ming neither affirmed nor denied this.
Because he couldn't find a point to refute.
Enci's origins were unknown; some even speculated he was from the Federation before appearing on the Star Luo Continent.
However, his contributions to the Star Luo Empire were simply too great. Not only did he become the Imperial Preceptor, establish the Monster Academy to train powerful experts for the Star Luo Empire, but he also showed no personal ambition.
Su Ming estimated that the reason Enci guarded Tong Yu so strictly was also because of Tong Yu's talent.
Based on this persona of 'loving the Star Luo Empire deeply', the reason Su Ming came up with was that Enci wanted to cultivate another young Limit Douluo for the Empire, and Tong Yu was that candidate.
Furthermore, the fact that Tong Yu was attacked by public opinion like this, both externally and internally, probably had Enci orchestrating it behind the scenes.
First, the fact that Tong Yu's act of revenge spread throughout the Star Luo Empire definitely involved someone manipulating things.
Second, how could a Super Douluo like Tong Yu, at the ninety-eighth level, feel so guilty that his Dao Heart remained unfulfilled, unless he had an 'extremely kind' teacher who fostered such a personality?
Therefore, the answer was actually quite easy to surface.
Tong Yu was set up.
Enci was creating an obsession for him, then waiting for an opportunity to make Tong Yu let go of this inner obsession, complete his breakthrough to the Spirit Domain Realm, and thus advance to become a Limit Douluo.
It all made sense.
Once his train of thought was clear and he understood why Enci was guarding so strictly, Su Ming also found a way to get access to Tong Yu.
"Simple, I'll just become that opportunity myself."
Having said that, Su Ming stopped waiting and returned to Star Luo City with Mu Ye.
As soon as he entered the city, Enci came to visit him personally.
"May I ask why the Imperial Preceptor seeks me?"
Enci recalled the situation where he had previously refused Su Ming's attempt, through the Body Sect, to contact Tong Yu, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
He had refused the other party before.
Now he was the one seeking them out.
"It's like this, I recall you wanted to meet with Tong Yu before?"
"Not anymore."
Su Ming pretended to be aloof.
He had the right to act this way.
After all, he was now the Honorary President of the Star Luo Continent's Blacksmith Association. The numerous techniques he had transmitted were even being learned by Enci himself, making Su Ming, to a certain extent, Enci's teacher.
Enci couldn't help but look towards Mu Ye.
Can you put in a good word?
Mu Ye turned his head away.
You're the one who didn't give my Body Sect face.
Enci sighed and could only state his purpose directly.
"It's like this. Tong Yu made a mistake before, and his current state isn't very good. He has inner demons. I was worried you might get hurt meeting him, and his condition was unstable, so I refused you at the time."
He appealed to reason and emotion.
"Now, Tong Yu's condition has worsened. His spiritual fluctuations are becoming more and more intense, and his aura is also growing increasingly frenzied. His Martial Spirit mutation had certain inherent defects. If he can't overcome this hurdle, he might turn into an Evil Spirit Master."
When he said this, Enci's expression was very serious.
Because it was true.
If Tong Yu truly couldn't overcome this mental barrier and still broke through, there was a high probability he would become an Evil Spirit Master.
The aspect he saw in Su Ming was the divine attribute Su Ming had 'occasionally' revealed.
This was crucial.
Especially since the time Su Ming revealed his divine attribute was when he helped a blacksmith, who was on the verge of Martial Spirit mutation and falling into an Evil Spirit Master, guide the mutation, completing a benign mutation and allowing him to soar.
That blacksmith had even been recruited by the Monster Academy.
After Enci learned the whole story, he was eager to meet Su Ming.
Unfortunately, after that, Su Ming went into seclusion, didn't reveal his whereabouts, and wholeheartedly played his parallel world mini-game, constantly saving and reloading, pushing a process he was satisfied with in the parallel worlds.
During that time, he even blew up a few parallel worlds. It was then he realized that to keep playing this game, he actually needed to use his brain.
If he played recklessly, he might just die suddenly.
If a parallel world was gone and the save file became a dead file, wasn't that just failing the level?
"Tong Yu should be close to the limit, right? If he overcomes this difficulty, his spiritual power will probably break directly into the Spirit Domain Realm, and he'll become a new Limit Douluo."
Su Ming's words made Enci's heart sink.
These words were clearly asking for benefits.
By helping Tong Yu this time, Su Ming would be conferring a huge benefit upon Tong Yu, creating a Limit Douluo for the Star Luo Empire. So what would Su Ming gain?
"What do you want?"
Enci didn't know what he could offer Su Ming either, so he could only ask directly.
"Simple. The Star Luo Empire must increase its efforts to support the Blacksmith Association. Simultaneously, I want you to promote me, to deify me."
Su Ming looked at Enci and revealed a smile.
"This is something the Imperial Preceptor should be quite skilled at."
Enci took a deep breath and stared intently at Su Ming.
Deification.
He didn't think Su Ming was doing this to become a god.
In his eyes, Su Ming was aiming for Heaven Refinement.
It was rumored that breaking through to Heaven Refinement required the consent of the Lord of the Plane, and only one could exist in the same era. Therefore, Su Ming might be taking a special path.
Not doing it on the mainland, but coming to a small overseas continent to do it.
Enci understood inwardly.
"No wonder he isn't returning to the Federation but stayed here."
So-called deification was just a term; after all, the word 'god' was the best vehicle for spreading faith.
Deifying a person was the most direct way to build momentum for them.
The deification Su Ming spoke of was a means, not a goal.
"This... I can try my best to help you with it. But the Star Luo Continent is, after all, just a small continent."
Enci accepted this matter and offered a reminder to Su Ming.
"Besides deification, I also need ownership of the Qilin Valley. You should know about it, right? There's a small world there that I discovered. It will belong to the Body Sect from now on."
"No problem."
"Lastly, I want your method for nurturing Four-Word Battle Armor."
Enci didn't agree immediately.
He pondered for a long time.
Was the method for nurturing Four-Word Battle Armor necessary for Su Ming?
Was it?
Various thoughts flashed through Enci's mind, and he ultimately guessed that Su Ming, as a blacksmith, probably had his pride and didn't want to use Zhen Hua's Heaven Refined metal for his Four-Word Battle Armor.
If he couldn't take an unorthodox path to become a Heaven Refinement Divine Blacksmith himself, then he would take the path of nurturing his Battle Armor into the Four-Word level.
After thinking it over, he finally nodded.
"Alright."
This nurturing method was his exclusive secret recipe and hadn't been passed on to anyone else so far.
Its value was equivalent to a Limit Douluo.
Su Ming nodded with satisfaction.
He genuinely needed this nurturing method.
It just wasn't for the reason Enci thought.
Its use wasn't to nurture Four-Word Battle Armor.
As for why he had to obtain it from Enci in exchange, rather than finding Enci in a parallel world and acquiring the method for free?
It was simply because he hadn't found Enci.
Yes.
In all the parallel worlds Su Ming had explored so far, there was no trace of this person named Enci.
It was quite baffling.
After leaving the White Tiger Duke's mansion, Huo Yuhao, on his way to the Star Dou Great Forest, unexpectedly arrived in the world of Naruto. It wasn't until the outbreak of the Fourth Great Ninja War that Huo Yuhao returned to the Douluo Continent, only to find that nothing here had changed.
Martial Spirit mutations, the clash between ninjutsu and Spirit Skills, diverging fates... This is the story of a once naive avenger returning from the world of Naruto.
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