69novels Chapter 308 Gu Dongfeng: Everything is Ready
Chapter 308 Gu Dongfeng: Everything is Ready
Chapter 313 The Eternal East Wind: Everything is Ready
In just one week, the Star Luo City Blacksmith Association was officially renamed the Star Luo City Forging Association.
And those men who were originally called blacksmiths are now becoming familiar with the new title of "forging master".
As the most basic forging realm after ten thousand years, the Hundred Refinements realm doesn't involve many profound techniques; it relies more on patience and the mastery of timing.
Every blacksmith in the association is an expert who has been working with metal for decades. With their solid foundation, they can pick things up very quickly. Within a few days, some of them were already able to reliably forge metal to a hundred times its original quality.
But once you reach the Thousand Refinements level, the difficulty suddenly increases by a whole level.
Forging is not just about adding force; it also requires the forger to perceive the subtle changes inside the metal during the forging process.
Before Huo Yuhao transmigrated again, apart from the president Zhu Wen, who barely managed to reach the threshold of the Thousand Forging stage thanks to his profound background and tireless training day and night, everyone else, including Qu Tong and Lin Zhiyuan, was stuck at this level.
However, this is already a pretty good start. Once these blacksmiths' skills stabilize, they can begin a formal collaboration with Chuanling Hall!
On Devil's Island, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan were practically tortured to the point of death by the seven old devils.
There were several times when the three of them almost couldn't hold on, but they gritted their teeth and persevered.
What they didn't know was that this was the result of Huo Yuhao's "threat" to the seven old devils.
If judged by the previous standards, Tang Wulin and his two companions would likely have suffered several times more misery.
After the "military training" officially ended, the Greedy Old Demon used spatial means to directly teleport the group of six from Devil Island to the outskirts of Beihai City.
After all, as long as Huo Yuhao stayed on Devil Island for one more day, the seven old devils would have to live in fear for another day, lest they come and give them another "Prelude to the Dead".
Now that the little ones are gone, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Huo Yuhao and his friends stayed on Devil Island for eight months, but when they came out of Devil Island, they found that only two months had passed in the outside world.
Huo Yuhao wasn't too surprised. The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life were both among the five great god-kings of the God Realm. Even if they had fallen, their remaining divine power was still enough to distort the flow of time in a region. It wasn't anything inconceivable.
After arriving in Beihai City, the group naturally prepared to return to Shrek City.
But when it came to how to get back, the group disagreed.
Xu Xiaoyan looked at the group, recalling her previous experience, and said with lingering fear, "The simplest way is to take the Soul Guidance Train; it's fast and convenient, but—are you still brave enough to ride it?"
Xie Xie shook his head vigorously upon hearing this: "Let's not. You saw what happened when we arrived."
"If we encounter another evil spirit master, even if we don't end up in danger, it will still cause delays."
Tang Wulin, however, crossed his arms, frowned slightly, and looked skeptical.
He glanced at Xie Xie and couldn't help but retort, "How could something happen every time we ride the Soul Guidance Train? The previous incidents were probably just coincidences."
"Just because I've encountered it twice, does that mean I'll never ride a soul-guided train again for the rest of my life?"
The three of them started arguing right there on the streets of Beihai City. They each had their own reasons, and by the end, their throats were practically hoarse, but they still couldn't reach a conclusion.
Gu Yue and Na'er didn't join in; instead, they quietly gazed at the distant port, lost in thought.
Just then, Huo Yuhao, who had walked to the side, returned and raised his hand to interrupt the ongoing argument between the three.
"Alright, stop arguing."
"I've already contacted Aunt Leng, and she'll send someone to pick us up."
Huo Yuhao originally thought that Leng Yaozhu's "sending someone to pick her up" probably meant sending a soul-guided car from the nearby Spirit Pagoda branch.
But to everyone's surprise, less than half an hour after they waited at the agreed location on the outskirts of Beihai City, three imposing mechs roared in from the horizon.
The first one was a red-class mech, followed closely by two black-class mechs on the left and right.
Moreover, Huo Yuhao's powerful mental energy allowed him to sense that the three mechs were actually controlled by a Title Douluo and two Soul Douluos.
As the three mechs cruised at low altitudes along the coastline toward the outskirts of Beihai City, the Northern Navy Corps had already sounded the alarm.
The North Navy Corps is currently on high alert at level three, and the sudden appearance of the three mechs almost triggered a small-scale battle.
Finally, after learning that they were there to pick up Huo Yuhao and his companions, and after showing their identification as members of the Spirit Pagoda, the Northern Navy Corps allowed them to pass.
They couldn't wait for Huo Yuhao and his gang of scourges to leave the North Sea territory, so that the North Sea Legion could be relieved of its state of combat readiness and wouldn't have to be on high alert 24/7.
Huo Yuhao and his six companions rode in three mechs in pairs. Once the mechs took off, they were extremely fast, much faster than the Soul Guidance Train.
Huo Yuhao roughly estimated that at this speed, it would take about four hours to reach Shrek City.
The owner of the red-level mecha that Huo Yuhao was riding was named Qiao Chuan, a level 91 titled Douluo, who happened to be one of the core figures in Leng Yaozhu's faction within the Spirit Pagoda.
Huo Yuhao was no stranger to Qiao Chuan; they had met several times at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
He couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Qiao, why did the teacher go to all this trouble to pick us up?"
Qiao Chuan grinned upon hearing this, his tone less serious than when he was piloting the mecha, and instead carrying a hint of elder's concern: "I'm just worried about you, kid. The Holy Spirit Cult has been causing quite a stir lately, so it's best to be careful."
Huo Yuhao thought to himself, "It's the Holy Spirit Cult again. I wonder what he's done in the past two months that has angered both heaven and man, that makes Aunt Leng so cautious."
With Qiao Chuan personally escorting them, the group returned to Shrek City without incident.
After Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue returned, they did not immediately go back to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, but instead went to Shrek Academy with Tang Wulin and the others.
After all, they are still nominally students of Shrek Academy, and they have gained considerable benefits from this trip to Devil Island.
Based solely on this favor, both morally and logically, I should thank Yun Ming in person.
At the very moment they entered Shrek Academy, on the top floor of the tallest building in Shrek City, in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window, stood the Spirit Pagoda Master, Qian Gu Dongfeng, with his hands behind his back.
He looked down at Shrek Academy in the distance through the spotless French windows.
"Tower Master."
The side door was pushed open silently, and a middle-aged man of medium build and unremarkable appearance quickly walked to a position three steps behind Qian Gu Dong Feng, standing respectfully with his hands at his sides.
The east wind of ages has never turned back, and its light still shines upon Shrek Academy in the distance.
After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke, "How is it?"
The middle-aged man bowed slightly and replied in a low voice, "Gu Yue and Huo Yuhao have just entered Shrek Academy, and Qiao Chuan's three mechs have returned to headquarters."
Qian Gu Dongfeng nodded noncommittally, then asked, "Is everyone else here?"
The middle-aged man knew who Qian Gu Dongfeng was referring to when he asked about "others," and immediately replied, "Most of the elders of Shrek Academy are in the academy. There are no special movements from the Sea God Pavilion for the time being. We cannot confirm Yun Ming's location, but we speculate that he should also be on Sea God Island."
Qian Gu Dongfeng remained silent for a moment, as if calculating something in his mind, before slowly speaking: "How are the preparations over there going?"
The middle-aged man lowered his head even further, his voice revealing an undisguised tension and awe: "Reporting to the Tower Master, it has already begun."
A cold and sharp glint flashed in Qian Gu Dong Feng's deep eyes as he murmured, "The timing is just right. Don't let me down."