Dugu Bo did not expect that in order to recruit the Blacksmith Association, Dai Yutian actually gave Dai Yichen such a purple gold card.
But he had no idea that Dai Yutian felt very painful when he took out such a purple gold card, as it cost 10 million!
How much can the empire's strength be improved if these ten million are used to reorganize its armaments or collect training resources?
If it can be used to research and produce soul guides and train soul guides, then these 10 million gold soul coins are just the beginning. Dai Yichen gave him a heads-up before he set out.
If you want to train an excellent soul guide, it will cost a lot of money.
Fortunately, there are about ten blacksmiths in the Blacksmith Association who can make storage soul guides, so there is a certain foundation.
Even though it is just the simplest storage soul guide, it contains the understanding and application of space properties and the ability to accurately control soul power, which is equivalent to a fifth or sixth level soul guide.
However, this is only relative. After all, these blacksmiths still lack systematic training and are far from good enough.
But with these basics, learning will be much faster!
A quarter of an hour later, Lou Gao took a deep breath, looked at Dai Yichen and said, "Personally, I promise you that I can join the royal family as a court blacksmith, but I have two conditions. If you agree..."
"I agree, go ahead." Dai Yichen said lightly.
Silong: ...
There was really no hesitation!
Lou Gao nodded and said, "I am only interested in forging. I hope that after I join, I will not be bound by any restrictions. It would be best if I could just obey your orders. At most, your father cannot force me to do something I don't like. Secondly, although I am the president of the Blacksmith Association, I have never restricted the blacksmiths under me. Whether they are willing to join depends on their own wishes..."
"Of course, this is the most basic, isn't it?" Dai Yichen smiled with relief, and then gave a token that symbolized his identity to Lou Gao. After all, his travels during this period were not in vain.
"Hahaha! Your Highness the Fourth Prince, you are really different from the other princes. You are too approachable. I like you! Hahaha!" Lou Gao patted his round belly and smiled.
The reason why he agreed to join was simple. In addition to wanting to learn more skills, he also saw the ambition of the person in front of him. Perhaps Dai Yichen wanted to make the Xingluo Empire stand out, get rid of the checks and balances of the Spirit Hall, and then defeat the Spirit Hall and the Tiandou Empire in one fell swoop.
To be honest, as a pure craftsman, he doesn't like these messy things, but there is no way, he lives in this continent and is a person of the Star Luo Empire. When the continental war breaks out, the Blacksmith Association will undoubtedly be affected. It is better to make a decision now.
Moreover, Silong also told him that the Fourth Prince in front of him was a very good person, different from other royal relatives and nobles, and worth a try!
"Senior Lou Gao, you don't have to call me His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince so formally. How about just calling me by my name, Yichen?" Dai Yichen smiled. It felt weird to have others call him His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince all the time.
Lou Gao chuckled and said, "Well, I won't be polite. In private, I will call you Yi Chen."
Si Long saw that it was getting late, so he looked at Dai Yichen and said, "Fourth Prince, you just arrived in Gengxin City, so you probably don't have a suitable place to stay yet? There are guest rooms downstairs, how about making do with them?"
"Yes, yes, why don't you stay for a few days and study with me how to make these things? What do you think?" Lou Gao's tone was hurried, and his eyes were full of light like a child.
He is just like an old naughty boy who has still kept his childishness, and it is impossible to dislike him.
"Okay." Dai Yichen agreed without thinking, it was a good opportunity for him to show off his skills in front of Lou Gao, and he could also try to make a low-level bottle soul guide.
"Silong! In the next few days, you gather all the blacksmiths in Gengxin City and tell them that our Blacksmith Association has officially joined the Xingluo Royal Family. Those who don't want to... can leave on their own. I won't stop them. As for the soul guide production, don't reveal it to anyone yet. We need to select a group of loyal people to prevent the production skills from being leaked out."
After saying this, Lou Gao looked at Dai Yichen and said, "Yichen, you probably want to train a group of soul mentors privately first, right?"
Dai Yichen nodded: "Yes, so it is best to carry out this matter in secret. The blacksmith who is selected may undergo closed training for several years. Senior Lou Gao, you must be prepared!" Dai Yichen said with a serious face.
"Hahaha, this can't be better!" Lou Gao laughed. Closed-door study was exactly what he wanted!
Suddenly, Lou Gao seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said, "Silong, how long has it been since Titan came?"
Silong thought for a moment and said, "Well...it's been almost two years..."
"Oh, by the way, Titan is the patriarch of the Power Clan and the vice president of our Blacksmith Association. He was once affiliated with the Haotian Sect, Your Highness the Fourth Prince, did you know this?" Silong looked at Dai Yichen and explained.
Lou Gao also echoed, "Titan and I are both master craftsmen. Yichen, do you want him to know about this? After all, he is the vice president of the Blacksmith Association."
To Lou Gao's surprise, Dai Yichen shook his head and said, "No, Senior Lou Gao... If I'm not mistaken, although Tai Tan is a master craftsman like you, he should be better at making parts, right? He probably doesn't know how to make more sophisticated methods like soul guides."
Lou Gao looked at Dai Yichen with some surprise: "Oh, you guessed it right. That's right, Tai Tan specializes in ironware and various parts manufacturing. His martial spirit and spirit ring configuration... are not suitable for engraving patterns."
As he spoke, Lou Gao showed a puzzled look: "Yi Chen, you seem to have an inexplicable dislike for the Power Clan? If I remember correctly, before the Haotian Sect closed its mountains, it should have been secretly supporting the Xingluo Empire, right? Then the Power Clan should have also contributed to the construction of the armaments needed by your royal army."
Dai Yichen smiled and said, "Senior Lou Gao, the past is the past. The reason why the Haotian Sect supported us was just to gain benefits from our royal family. Ever since the Haotian Sect was forced to close its mountains by the Spirit Hall, the Haotian Sect is no longer the backer of our empire, so now we can only rely on ourselves!"
"There is also the Power Clan. Unlike the other three single-attribute clans, their sect is located in the Tiandou territory instead of Xingluo. This already explains a lot. They are not a force within the Xingluo Empire, so why should we beg them to join?"
Lou Gao was slightly stunned. He could feel something from Dai Yichen's plain words, called ambition!
Dai Yichen does not want the royal family to become puppets of the Haotian Sect. He wants to rule over all the sects, big and small, in the empire and officially become the greatest master!
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