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"Teacher, you are well."
"Grandpa Zhen Hua, long time no see."
"Good, good, you are all well, it's been a long time."
At the Forging Master Association headquarters, Feng Zaixing met Teacher Zhen Hua, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. Yu Xin also casually called him Grandpa. Long Tianwu didn't speak immediately. Zhen Hua saw them, invited the three to sit down, and smiled, "Emperor Sword Douluo has achieved Limit Douluo. Are you here to ask me to forge a Four-Word Battle Armor?"
"If I can have a Divine Craftsman personally forge it, I couldn't ask for more. Whatever your requirements, Tianwu will do her best to fulfill them."
Long Tianwu said solemnly, her eyes burning with fanaticism for the Four-Word Battle Armor.
Zhen Hua thought for a moment and said, "My body hasn't been as good as before these past few years. Forging a batch of Heavenly Forging metals is not a problem, but Emperor Sword Douluo might have to wait a year or so."
"Everything is up to the Divine Craftsman!" Long Tianwu immediately interjected, hearing there was a chance.
Feng Zaixing smiled and said, "Teacher, Uncle Long knows that you haven't had a master protecting you recently, so he specifically came to be your Protector."
"Protector? Then I truly thank Emperor Sword Douluo." Zhen Hua smiled, then asked,
"By the way, why haven't I seen that fellow Mu Ye? I haven't heard any news from him these past two years?"
Feng Zaixing said calmly, "These two years, Teacher has been in seclusion, striving for a Breakthrough in his Realm. Once he Breaks through to Limit Douluo, he will definitely come to see you."
According to Kong Yao, Mu Ye, who had been suppressed in the secret chamber for two years, had rapidly improved his cultivation, opening all his Qi meridians, reaching the Peak of ninety-eighth rank, and was now challenging the final hurdle.
"Challenging Limit Douluo? He's not obsessed with mechs anymore? And wasn't his potential already—"
Zhen Hua was greatly surprised. Was this still the Mu Ye who was stuck before Super Douluo and couldn't advance an inch?
"There always has to be some change. We discovered a new way to enhance Spirit potential, and incidentally, we isolated his old man's mechs."
Feng Zaixing explained with a faint smile, completely omitting that this process involved him asking outsiders for help to suppress Teacher Mu Ye.
"That's wonderful, I hope he succeeds. If you have any needs, just tell me." Zhen Hua felt greatly relieved. Sure enough, Mingdu can nurture people; his old friend going to Mingdu actually made him so motivated.
"How could that be? It's rare for this Disciple to return to visit you, so I must bring you some benefits. How could I let you spend money?"
Feng Zaixing's expression changed upon hearing this, and he said seriously, "Does our Forging Master Association lack money and industry?"
Zhen Hua was stunned: "When have you ever seen me lack money? The Association has resources accumulated by high-ranking Forging Masters throughout the generations. Although our strength cannot compare to the four major powers and five major Families, we are not behind in terms of assets."
"Then, do you want to acquire more assets for the Association?" Feng Zaixing made a gesture of raising his hand.
"What do you mean?" Zhen Hua's eyes flickered.
"The Tang Sect caused a huge mess with their experiment. The Spirit Pagoda is chasing them relentlessly, and eventually, the Federation will step in to calm the dispute, bringing them to the negotiating table to discuss the aftermath."
Feng Zaixing said, his gaze bright: "But this time, I predict the Tang Sect is severely crippled and probably won't be able to provide enough assets to compensate the Spirit Pagoda and the underground forces in Heaven Dou City for their losses."
"Shrek City isn't doing so well either. In this situation, the Tang Sect is very likely to beg for help, and they might come to the Forging Master Association. At that time—we can discuss acquiring the Tang Sect's quality assets."
Zhen Hua was surprised: "The Tang Sect is the number one Sect on the continent; its profound heritage is unknown to all. Could it be that this explosion has damaged its foundation?"
"I've visited their underground structures. They hollowed out five hundred meters beneath Heaven Dou City, building sixteen large arsenals to manufacture mechs and soul-guided weapons." Feng Zaixing said:
"According to the Le Family's Old Ancestor, it's enough to supply one-third of the Federation's army; you can probably imagine how many metal resources and soul-guided weapons would be stored there."
"According to Old Kong's deductions and our inside information, this explosion likely originated from the Tang Sect's research institute, where more than sixty percent of the resources the Tang Sect acquired from transactions with the Dou Spirit Empire and Star Luo Empire over the years were stored."
"Think about it, if all these things exploded, how much of the Tang Sect's ten-thousand-year heritage could possibly remain?"
Zhen Hua's expression changed dramatically: "Was this explosion caused by you—"
"It wasn't us. We just collected intelligence." Feng Zaixing spread his hands, saying helplessly:
"We didn't expect the Tang Sect to blow itself up with an experiment. Who knows how they managed to survive ten thousand years with that level of competence?"
Long Tianwu's Face was ashen, and she said, "So, the Tang Sect's misfortune this time is not at all unwarranted, and it's even a great boon for our Federation."
It's one thing for civilian buildings to be blown up, but for arsenals to be destroyed, hmph, everyone knows who those manufactured armaments are meant to be used against!
Yu Xin nodded, her expression as cold as frost: "And now, the mess they caused has to be cleaned up by the Federation! Hollowing out five hundred meters beneath Heaven Dou City—once the foundation collapses, the entire Heaven Dou City will be destroyed!"
"So now, the Federation must begin evacuation."
Feng Zaixing sighed: "Although the iron shells built by the Tang Sect themselves are quite sturdy, it's not easy to remove this underground hidden danger; ignoring it is even worse, who knows, it might have a major collapse one day, and the residents of Heaven Dou City will all become 'flying people'."
"My suggestion to Old Kong and the others is to quickly evacuate the people, then dismantle the surface, and have high-ranking Spirit Masters deal with everything."
"This time, we will completely uproot the hidden heritage of the Tang Sect!"
Zhen Hua's expression was stern, and he nodded, "Most of the Forging Master Association's underground structures have collapsed. We can assist."
"The cost of your assistance, let the Tang Sect pay for it."
Feng Zaixing clapped his hands together, a cold smile on his Face: "They caused such a commotion and expect us to clean it up? How can we not strip them of several layers of skin?"
"Please invite Executive Officer Mo Wu, Teacher. Last time I disrupted their Dove faction's gathering, this time I'll return the favor." "You want to kill two birds with one stone? The Tang Sect is one of their Dove faction's supporters." Zhen Hua reminded him.
"That's precisely why we need to find the Dove faction. Speak human language to humans and ghost language to ghosts; it's just mutual exploitation."
Feng Zaixing's expression was solemn: "This time, I'll give them Face, but they must give me substance!"
"This time, I want to dismantle the Tang Sect, this trust, this behemoth! All the enterprises they secretly control must be spit out to me."
"Making money in my Federation and then using weapons against the Federation—how can it be that easy? From now on, if you want to make money, go to the other two continents!"
"Good."
Half an hour later.
Yu Guanzhi and Kong Yao, two demigods, intervened, preventing the two powerhouses of the Spirit Pagoda from beating Zang Xin to a pulp.
Federation powerhouses entered the scene, forcibly interrupting the fierce conflict between the three major powers, and proposed holding negotiations in half a day.
The Shrek Tang powerhouses felt psychologically triggered upon hearing about negotiations, but at this moment, they were truly in the wrong and even had to thank the Federation.
What brought great comfort to the two major powers was that the person presiding over the negotiations this time was no longer old acquaintances like Yu Guanzhi, but rather Mo Wu, the Heaven Dou City Executive Officer, an important heir of the Dove faction.
The Spirit Pagoda was forcibly brought to the negotiating table. Qiangu Dongfeng and his people calculated all losses at their maximum, then doubled them, proposing a price of over two trillion federal currencys.
This price almost drove the Tang Sect mad again, but their madness was just beginning.
Yu Guanzhi, in disguise, appeared on the Spirit Pagoda's side, throwing out a bill: "The four major Families' underground industries and residences in Heaven Dou City were all destroyed, and there were many casualties. Various expenses totaled up to six hundred billion federal currencys, not a single cent more, not a single cent less."
This time, heaven and earth know, he didn't extort them; he merely quickly led people to completely destroy the underground industries that hadn't been fully blown up.
Zang Xin took the bill and almost fainted on the spot. His hand, holding the bill, trembled, and he said, "Could you grant us an extension? Our Tang Sect suffered extremely heavy losses this time and temporarily doesn't have that much capital—"
"You can." Yu Guanzhi nodded, took out the next bill, and handed it to the other party:
"You conducted experiments underground in Heaven Dou City, causing earth-shattering explosions. For safety reasons, the Federation must temporarily relocate all residents of Heaven Dou City and open up the underground to deal with the source of the explosion."
"Roughly calculated, it will exceed one trillion federal currencys. For Brother Cao's sake, I won't pursue it relentlessly; just pay five hundred billion federal currencys as an advance."
Zang Xin's heart completely sank, his Face ashen.
Heaven is blind, Heaven destroys the Tang Sect!