Blue Silver Grass Strategy (Douluo Dalu Fiction)

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After confirming Lou Gao's character in the shortest time possible, Ling Yi's strategy to exploit Lou Gao's expertise was surprisingly straightforward and brutal, with no fancy tricks.

Ever since their first meeting in early May, each day Ling Yi focused on one thing: learning!

And Lou Gao felt the relentless pressure from this academic god.

In the first month, Ling Yi spent a day cultivating the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique to a minor level of mastery.

From the second day onward, Ling Yi and Lou Gao began their teaching and learning process. Ling Yi was sincere in his inquiries, while Lou Gao, with a mindset of seeing how much and how quickly Ling Yi could learn, started the lessons.

No matter what kind of forging technique it was—highly advanced, complex, or bizarre—after Lou Gao demonstrated it once and explained it once, Ling Yi could use it on the spot.

The first time was a bit clumsy, the second time he began to grasp the basics, and by the third time, he could perform it proficiently!

After that, with a bit more practice, he could achieve minor mastery and a thorough understanding, which was clearly visible.

Incidentally, Lou Gao had fully accepted Ling Yi's classification of the different levels of these techniques and even believed it should be promoted among all blacksmiths on the continent.

As Ling Yi put it, although it was difficult to judge these levels as easily as Spiritual Power, knowing them internally provided a clear direction for learning and cultivation, which was beneficial for growth.

People often give up on learning something not because of the difficulty but because they can't see the path ahead.

Ling Yi, who could clearly see his own growth, managed to replicate all of Lou Gao's thirty years of blacksmithing experience, techniques, and skills in just one month!

Lou Gao, the Grandmaster Blacksmith, was on the path to becoming a Divine Blacksmith!

In just one month, Ling Yi had grown into a version of Lou Gao with slightly less strength and a lesser grasp of metal properties, but with blacksmithing techniques at the grandmaster level!

Starting from the second month, Ling Yi began to delve into the realm of metal properties and variables with Lou Gao.

This time, due to the vast and extensive knowledge base, Ling Yi spent nearly two months learning before he had extracted 90% of Lou Gao's knowledge!

The remaining 10% was because Cold Wind Camp could not provide sufficiently advanced and rare metal ores.

Since this was a knowledge-based learning process, aside from the lack of practical experience, Ling Yi had become one of the top metal smelting experts on the Douluo Continent!

It must be said that Lou Gao was a good person, a good person in every sense of the word.

At least, that's how Ling Yi saw it.

Without Lou Gao, Ling Yi admitted that even with all the advantages, given his weak foundation, it would have taken him at least two to three years to hone his skills to the point where he could perfectly execute Old Master Jingang's Master Blacksmith techniques.

Old Master Jingang, now nearly eighty years old, had been at the Master Blacksmith level for over forty years and had yet to break through to the next level. Even though Ling Yi had learned all of the old man's techniques more than two years ago, those techniques could only truly produce Master Blacksmith-level works in the old man's hands.

This was because the old man was a Soul Respected, and the physical strength he had developed over more than seventy years of hammering could rival that of a Beast Soul Tool Soul King at his peak!

The Soul Tool: Iron Forging Gauntlets, while not as beneficial in forging as hammer-type, fire-type, or strength-type Soul Tools, was still a high-quality metal Soul Tool. With the right choice of Soul Rings, the old man's three Soul Rings granted him three Soul Skills: one for strength and two for fire. This enhancement was far superior to the healing-type Blue Silver Grass Soul Tool.

However, these issues were no problem for Lou Gao, who possessed the legacy of a Divine Blacksmith and was already a Grandmaster Blacksmith!

Like a tailor-made suit, Lou Gao taught Ling Yi what forging techniques to use when lacking strength, what metal alloys could be hammered with less force at specific temperatures to achieve thousand-forged quality, and other such techniques.

Additionally, the treasure trove of metal types on the Douluo Continent, the countless combinations and ratios of different metals, and how various metals and alloys behaved in high-temperature, low-temperature, room-temperature, and high-pressure environments, were all part of Lou Gao's knowledge.

In half a year, with the diligent practice of the Beast Soul Tool · Xingyi Fist, Ling Yi, now with nearly seven hundred pounds of strength, had only increased his Spiritual Power by a little over one level, reaching level sixteen, but in terms of pure strength, even a typical Beast Soul Tool Soul Master might not be able to match his force.

In the year 2604 of the Douluo Calendar.

At the age of thirteen years and ten months, Ling Yi had a Spiritual Power level of 16 and 21%, and a strength of 688 pounds.

Certified by Lou Gao, the personal disciple of the Divine Blacksmith Iron Pagoda and the young president of the Douluo Continent General Blacksmith Association, Ling Yi became a Master Blacksmith!

Work: Thousand Scale Armor

Strength: Withstood one hundred attacks from three Strong Attack-type Soul Respecteds without damage, including sixty ordinary attacks, twenty first Soul Skill attacks, fifteen second Soul Skill attacks, and five third Soul Skill attacks—!!!

Advantages: Full-body coverage, no defensive blind spots, nearly two thousand thousand-forged alloy scales, and free movement at the joints.

Disadvantages: Weighs 128 pounds, significantly limiting agility and reducing sustained combat time for those below the Soul Respected level in strength and constitution.

Evaluation: A powerful offensive weapon for the battlefield, not suitable for Soul Master duels.

Suggestion: Recommended for use by Soul Respecteds and above in large-scale mixed battles!

Regardless of the advantages and disadvantages, and how Jiang Yuan, the Cold Wind Camp colonel, would use it in battle, the creation of such a work made Ling Yi a well-deserved Master Blacksmith!

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Cold Wind Camp, Medical Battalion Three.

"Why did you choose armor as your first Master Blacksmith work?"

Lou Gao, lying on a wooden recliner, basked in the rare warm winter sun and asked Ling Yi, who was also enjoying the sun.

On the ground, Ling Yi opened his eyes and looked at Lou Gao, who was lying on his side, staring intently at him. He lazily closed his eyes again, feeling the sun's warmth penetrate his skin, seep into his flesh, and merge with his body. He replied slowly:

"I thought you'd hold back and not ask—

Brother Lou Gao, you need to improve your patience—"

"Damn!"

Seeing Ling Yi's attitude, Lou Gao cursed. Over the past half year, he had been quite beaten down.

But the more he was beaten down, the more his admiration for Ling Yi's talent grew.

He envied Ling Yi's unparalleled learning ability; he admired Ling Yi's unwavering dedication to study and practice; and he respected Ling Yi's indomitable spirit, never giving up despite his humble Soul Tool and family background, always full of hope for the future and planning his every step with clarity.

Indeed, Ling Yi had never hidden from Lou Gao his intention to unite all the blacksmiths in the Waterwood Principality and establish a branch of the Blacksmith Association after becoming a Master Blacksmith.

After all, in such a small principality, having a capable and visionary person who was willing to take action to unite all the blacksmiths and gain a voice and convenience was a win-win for both the leader and every blacksmith.

So, after witnessing Ling Yi's talent and growth, Lou Gao chose to contribute his share.

There was just one thing: Ling Yi's calm and collected nature, which seemed to remain unperturbed by anything, sometimes drove the more impatient Lou Gao to find Jiang Yuan and have a fight to vent his frustrations.

"Brother Lou Gao, you swore again~" Ling Yi said slowly, still with his eyes closed.

"I...!" Lou Gao tried to sit up, but his round waist and the wooden recliner made it difficult. He didn't use too much force to avoid damaging the chair, so he couldn't get up.

Noticing Lou Gao's struggle, Ling Yi sat up first, his expression serious. He bowed to Lou Gao and said, "I understand, Brother Lou Gao. You were worried about distracting me, so you kept your doubts buried. Now that the Thousand Scale Armor is complete, you naturally asked the question that's been on your mind, to clear it up—"

Pausing, Ling Yi continued, "I chose armor as my first Master Blacksmith work because..."

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