To give a simple example, among the rare metals, there is a kind of forged soul silver with a very high affinity for soul power, which can be fused into any metal, enhancing its affinity for the soul master's soul power, and at the same time enhancing the toughness and hardness of the metal, which is essential for almost all high-level soul guides.

And now, in the process of the popularization of fighting armor and mecha, this rare metal can be said to be a must-have. Because even if there is a lack of forging and craftsmanship, the Forging Soul Silver can make up for some of this deficiency with its own characteristics.

Forging Soul Silver is a rare metal that is only produced in the Sun and Moon Empire, and the output is medium, and the mining cost is about 500 gold soul coins per kilogram. And the price of this thing in the market is as high as one gram of one thousand gold soul coins, two thousand times the profit! How can it not make people crazy?

Even if the channel will be exploited in various ways, it will also be a huge profiteering. And among the many rare metals, the profit of Soul Forging Silver is not the highest.

Some of the more scarce rare metals, such as Celestial Iron, which can be used for melt forging, are even more incredibly expensive.

Huge profits are tempting, and the influence of the three major underground forces in Mingdu can almost spread throughout the country, so they naturally want to get a piece of the pie.

The black market trade in rare metals brings them huge profits every year, and this is when the state monopolizes the industry and treats rare metals as strategic goods that are not allowed to be exported.

The three underground forces named this competition: Mingdu Soul Master Elite Competition, and the continent's young senior soul master elite competition is intertwined. The area that Huo Yuhao chose to participate in was the Xishui Alliance, which was the most powerful of the three underground forces as a whole, but was faintly restrained by the other two forces.

As for why, I naturally want to see what small actions the Holy Spirit Sect has this time.

The preliminaries of the Xishui League are located in a high-end hotel in the center of the city, the Qingshi Hotel, a hotel with a very distinctive name, only a little more than a kilometer away from the Mingyue Hotel, and only two kilometers away from the Sun and Moon Imperial Palace, which is in an absolute prime location.

It's just that the name of this hotel is often miscalled, and it is easy to mistake it for an erotic hotel, but it is also named because of this. (Actually, you started it yourself, Weizi, right?) This is the industry of the Xishui Alliance, and as for whether the headquarters of the Xishui Alliance is here, no one knows.

On the surface, the Qingshi Hotel does not seem to be as large as the Mingyue Hotel, with only five floors above ground, but those who are familiar with it understand that its true strength is reflected in the underground.

At the main entrance of the hotel, there were four strong men all over two meters tall and wearing black tight-fitting suits, with cold eyes examining the flow of people.

Before Huo Yuhao and the four of them came close, a strong man in black had already greeted them, and as soon as he raised his hand, he blocked the way of the four of them.

"The hotel is closed today, please leave!"

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, unhurriedly took out a silver soul guide carving knife, and said with a smile: "I'm not here to stay in the hotel, but to participate in the Mingdu Soul Master Elite Competition." ”

The strong man in black was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face was obviously a little respectful. The status of a soul master in the Sun and Moon Empire is much higher than that of other countries, and offending a soul master, even if the other party is not of high rank, is by no means a wise choice.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Soul Master, the preliminaries have already started and will be over soon, so you're late." The strong man in black said with regret on his face, but there was a little more respect in his expression, perhaps because the beauty and nobility on Ning Tian's body also made him fearful.

Huo Yuhao said with a regretful face: "That's a pity, originally I thought I could represent the Xishui League to participate in the final and help you win the championship." You see if this is good, I bet with one million gold soul coins that I can qualify today. Anyway, there is not much time now, if I can't qualify, wouldn't it be a good money for you, but if I qualify, it means that the Xishui Alliance has one more good soul master to participate. It's a good outcome for both of you, isn't it? ”

The black-clothed man was stunned, gasped and said, "Million Gold Soul Coins, are you sure?!" ”

For the underground world, gambling is no secret, and without the tacit approval from above, it would not be possible to make such a large-scale competition.

Therefore, the black-clothed man did not shy away from it, but he was frightened by the amount of money Huo Yuhao said. The million gold soul coins are already all the liquidity of the big families in Mingdu, even the royal family rarely has such a big deal, and he is still gambling on himself, isn't he afraid that the Xishui Alliance will use a dark box operation to hack his money?

Huo Yuhao nodded seriously and said, "I believe in the fairness of the Xishui Alliance, if you can't be the master, you can ask the above for instructions." ”

"Please wait."

The expression of the man in black was a little more respectful, and after a simple salute to Huo Yuhao, he walked quickly towards the gate of the Qingshi Hotel, and after explaining a few words to his companion at the door, he quickly entered the hotel.

Believe in the impartiality of an underground force? This kind of nonsense is believed only by the brainless. This young man dared to bet millions of gold soul coins on himself and was not afraid of being targeted, which only showed that he didn't care about the Xishui Alliance, or even the forces behind the Xishui Alliance.

A big man with such an identity, the man in black doesn't dare to offend, otherwise he wouldn't even know how he died.

After a short time, a middle-aged man in an elegant white robe walked out of the gate of the Qingshi Hotel. Seeing Huo Yuhao and the four of them standing outside the hotel, he stepped forward quickly and said with a smile on his face: "My subordinates are not sensible, distinguished guests, please come with me." ”

As he spoke, he made a gesture of please.

The interior of the Qingshi Hotel is really green, and the layout is very simple, and it is impossible to see that this is the place where the underground forces in the Ming Capital rank first, and it is also a very important stronghold of the Xishui Alliance.

The whole hotel has a simple feel to the layout, with white porcelain decorations everywhere, white porcelain floors, white porcelain walls, and all colors are white and red.

After entering the hotel, the middle-aged man stopped and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know who is going to participate in our Mingdu Soul Master Elite Competition?" ”

Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "I'm going to participate." ”

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "I don't know what you call it?" ”

Huo Yuhao said with a smile: "My name is Gao Qiqiang. ”

The middle-aged man nodded, of course what Huo Yuhao said at this time may not be his real name, many soul masters have special habits, and many people have scruples about participating in the competition of underground forces, and there are not a few people who use fake names.

And the way this underground force competition can entrap them is by no means by name, it is very important not to inquire about the privacy of powerful soul masters, only interests can keep them.

"Because the game has been going on for a while and it's going to end soon, it's a bit of a tight schedule. Can you please show me your identity as a soul master, and I will arrange the match for you immediately, and the bet you just talked about......"

As soon as Huo Yuhao raised his hand, Ning Tian behind him had already taken out a dark gold card and handed it over.

"This is the mainland's common Ruiqian Zhuang black gold VIP card, baby, you will bet first later." Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

Huo Yuhao couldn't reveal his real name, and Ning Tian naturally couldn't expose it either. And because Huo Yuhao's true face has always been concealed, and Ning Tian has never participated in the competition from beginning to end, even if he has watched the daytime competition, it is absolutely impossible to recognize them.

But Huo Yuhao's title of "baby" made Ning Tianqiao's face blush. Gently twisted Huo Yuhao behind him, and then nodded.

Huo Yuhao's right hand was raised slightly, and the middle-aged man only felt a terrifying coercion suddenly escape, and then disappeared in an instant.

And on Huo Yuhao's right hand, it was covered with blue and red fighting armor. But the strength of the aura of that fighting armor was something he had never seen before.

Cold sweat flowed out of the middle-aged man's forehead, and now the soul masters who can make fighting armor are all the top elites of the Sun and Moon Empire, and none of them can he afford to provoke.

The middle-aged man waved his hand, and hurriedly said respectfully: "This lord, please calm down, confirmed, I have completely confirmed it." ”

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "Since you said that the time is relatively tight, then take us there quickly." ”

The middle-aged man wiped his cold sweat and took Huo Yuhao to a soul guide elevator in the hotel lobby, and then said a few words with a soul guide communicator, which led the four of them into the elevator.

The elevator continued downward, stopping after about ten seconds, and when the door opened again, a cacophony of sounds mixed with a smell of drunkenness came to the face.

Contrary to the simplicity of the lobby of the Green Hotel, the underground world of the hotel is full of gold, even the mirrors, as if the underground world is completely made of gold.

After the middle-aged man led Huo Yuhao out of the elevator, he first passed through a gorgeous rotunda, and then entered a large gate directly in front of him.

There were two guards at the door, and when they saw the middle-aged man, they immediately opened the door and invited them in.

Entering the door, it is as if you have entered another world.

It is a circular domed hall, and the top of the hall seems to be neatly and regularly outlined by countless gold threads. The huge dome provides enough light for the entire hall, and the rows of seats extend neatly downward, and there is a sloping upward staircase around the perimeter.

At the end of each soul guide ladder, there is a circular room suspended in the air, and it is completely impossible to see with the naked eye how these rooms are suspended in mid-air.

There are a total of eighteen such suspended rooms and soul guide ladders, and they are faintly enclosed in a circle.

In the middle of the hall is a circular platform, thirty meters in diameter. Although it is far less spacious than the competition platform of the Continent-wide Young Senior Soul Master Elite Competition, it is already quite amazing, don't forget that this is an underground world.

At this time, on the competition table, dozens of metal tables were placed, and the light of the soul guide lamp flickered from time to time. Around the round table were also a number of metal tables, totaling more than a hundred, some of which were now empty.

The circle of sapphire blue velvet chairs on the periphery was already full of people at this time, but they were all quiet, watching intently at the busy people on the metal tables in the center. It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 2,000 people watching, and it can be seen from their clothing and costumes that they are either rich or expensive.

These people who can watch the game in person are all big bettors, at least they bet more than 10,000 gold soul coins, and ordinary people can only bet on the periphery of these underground forces. Just one sub-division attracted hundreds of soul masters under the age of thirty to participate, and the attraction of this underground black market competition was indeed quite good.

"How many people are participating in this Xishui League?" Huo Yuhao asked the middle-aged man who led the way.

The middle-aged man said respectfully, "There are a total of two hundred and sixty-four soul masters on our side who participated, and if you add you, it will be two hundred and sixty-five. There are already some soul masters who have finished their own production, and today is the qualifying tournament that requires the production of a third-level soul guide, or the completion of the hundred forging and purification can pass the qualification review. ”

"Of course, it will take a certain amount of time to complete. You see, every soul master has an hourglass on their table, but now it's only half an hourglass until the last soul master to finish making it, and it's about half an hour or so, so I don't know if you'll have time yet. ”

"It turns out that forging is also one of the soul guide crafts now." Huo Yuhao smiled slightly. "Half an hour, that's enough."

"That's good."

As they spoke, they had come to the center of the playing field, but they were stopped.

Two men dressed in the same clothes as the middle-aged man who led the way blocked their way, and after a brief exchange, one of the two middle-aged people said, "Contestants can go in, and the idlers will wait out and wait, and place bets immediately." ”

Ning Tian had already come back at this time, smiled at Huo Yuhao, and signaled that the bet had been completed.

After Huo Yuhao confirmed his identity, he was also taken to the competition area, but of course he was not qualified to compete on the stage too late, and was directly taken to the metal table in the outer corner of the game that had ended.

Next to the metal table, there is a complete set of forging tools, such as hammers and forges.

Huo Yuhao asked with some confusion: "You don't even provide the materials for the production of the soul guide here, right?" ”

"Since it's late, let's bring your own materials." After speaking, the middle-aged man turned around and left.

And an old man in yellow had already walked over. Standing behind Huo Yuhao, just like the situation behind the other competition tables.

"Are there any rules for the game?" Huo Yuhao asked the old man in yellow.

The old man pointed to a competition table that was being used not far from them and said: "There is an hourglass on it, see for yourself, before the last grain of sand of the hourglass slides down, make a soul guide of at least three levels, or forge a piece of rare metal that is purified by a hundred forgings, even if you are eligible to continue to participate in the competition, you will be eliminated if you don't finish it." To get started, I'll oversee that you don't use finished or semi-finished soul guides and forged metal. ”

Huo Yuhao sighed and said, "It's too mean not to give materials, then I can only use local materials." ”

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, and the palm of his hand fell straight down as if nothing was there, and the metal table made of half a foot thick of stainless steel was actually cut off by his hand knife.

"Reluctantly use this." Huo Yuhao shrugged his shoulders and said.

"It's . A long table made of a standard soul guide. It's worth five thousand Golden Soul Coins." The referee stammered.

What a horrible monster this is. A fluttering hand knife can actually cut through the steel, and the fracture is so smooth and smooth, his hands are soul guide cutting machines?

"Oh." Huo Yuhao agreed very casually.

Then his right hand stretched out slightly, and the forging hammer next to him suddenly flew into his hand.

Placing the piece of steel on the table, the forging hammer in Huo Yuhao's right hand instantly bombarded the fist-sized piece of steel.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, the scrap iron trembled slightly under Huo Yuhao's hammer. Immediately after, a flash of silver brilliance suddenly rose.

"What is this?!"

"Thousand forging, this is the realm of thousand forging in forging and purification!"

"Thousand forgings, ascension!" (End of chapter)