Chapter 481: The Huaxia Pavilion's Ambition, Clues to Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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Zhou Shu's words were like thunder in the ears of the forgers.
To give everyone who wanted to learn the art of forging a chance to learn?
If someone had said this in the Ten Nations, it would have been outrageous.
Forging techniques had always been secret techniques passed down from father to son, master to disciple. Not to mention ordinary people, even most Forging Apprentices in the various forging divisions would never have the chance to learn a true forging technique.
No one was willing to publicize the ability that earned their livelihood. Even the imperial families of the various nations had never dared to risk universal condemnation.
But now that Zhou Shu had said it, Li Chengliang and the others didn't find it strange at all.
First, Zhou Shu had already raised this point of view long ago. Second, they felt that someone like Zhou Shu was always right and had his own reasons.
Of course, most importantly, Zhou Shu's words were beneficial to them.
People were always selfish. If it concerned their interests, they would definitely not give in. But if they could learn the forging technique of connate divine weapons, why would they object?
Shi Songtao wanted to stop Zhou Shu several times, but the excitement of the forgers gave him no chance to speak.
He sighed inwardly.?The pavilion master is muddle-headed.
How could he teach the connate divine weapon forging technique to outsiders so easily?
This is the exclusive secret technique of the Huaxia Pavilion, the foundation of the Huaxia Pavilion!
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"Your Highness, you really shouldn't have said that in public. How can the forging technique of connate divine weapons be revealed so easily?" Shi Songtao chased after Zhou Shu and tried his best to persuade him.
"When did I reveal it easily? I said people could learn it with points, but I didn't say how many points it would take," Zhou Shu said casually. "Can't you just set up an impossible point amount?"
"Although we can do that, it's better to be safe than sorry. What if someone achieves it? Your Highness, you shouldn't have taken out the forging technique of connate divine weapons!" At this moment, there were no outsiders, so Shi Songtao spoke without any scruples.
Even though he really wanted to learn the forging technique of connate divine weapons, in his opinion, for the future of the Huaxia Pavilion, the forging technique of connate divine weapons had to be a secret that couldn't be easily taught!
"I understand what you're saying." Zhou Shu smiled. "But you're overthinking it. These things don't lie in secret techniques but in people.
"I've taught you the cultivation technique of the Iron Smelting Hands. Have you mastered it?"
Shi Songtao's face instantly fell. The Iron Smelting Hands Technique was not meant for humans to cultivate.
He wondered how the king had mastered it.
But the king was no ordinary man. It was not surprising that he had mastered it.
"I even handed the Iron Smelting Hands Technique to Great Qin's Xu Shi. You know Xu Shi, right? He's a famous Grandmaster, and he might not have mastered the Iron Smelting Hands Technique even now."
Zhou Shu continued, "It's the same for the forging technique of connate divine weapons. Even if I make it public now, I'm afraid that only one in ten thousand people can forge connate divine weapons."
One in ten thousand was just Zhou Shu being polite. In fact, in his opinion, even if he made the forging technique of connate divine weapons public, at least for now, no forger in the world could forge connate divine weapons according to his method.
There was a very important thing required when he forged the divine weapon the Crimson Firmament Swordโhis divine sense!
Zhou Shu's divine sense came from cultivating the Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form.
From his observation, the martial artists of the Ten Nations Continent, including the first-rank martial artists, didn't have divine sense.
The mental strength of first-rank martial artists was condensed and powerful, but they were still a distance away from being able to have divine sense.
The mental strength of the Great Demons in the Demon Realm was enough to have divine sense. In other words, according to the theory of martial arts, one had to at least have the cultivation of an Earth Immortal to have the chance to have divine sense.
In theory, to learn Zhou Shu's connate divine weapon forging technique, one had to have the cultivation of an Earth Immortal!
But now, on the entire Ten Nations Continent, forget about forgers with the cultivation of Earth Immortals, there were only a handful of forgers with the cultivation of a first-rank martial artist.
Most forgers were not adept at the Martial Dao. Even Grand Craftsmen were only at the fifth or sixth rank.
In other words, none of the forgers in the Ten Nations could learn Zhou Shu's connate divine weapon forging technique.
Not only not now, but probably not for a long time to come.
That was unless Zhou Shu also made his Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form public.
Even if the Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form was made public, no one would necessarily be able to master it. The Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form was even more demanding than the Iron Smelting Hands Technique.
Zhou Shu naturally wouldn't explain these details to Shi Songtao.
"Deputy Pavilion Master Shi, look at the big picture." Zhou Shu smiled. "We should focus on the entire forging world of the Ten Nations. Only with the art of forging can the forging world rise.
"Previously, everyone kept things to themselves, and this led to the continuous decline of the Ten Nations' forging standards.
"What you're worried about is actually very easy to solve. Our Great Xia's Forging Division had a similar system in the past, but it just wasn't implemented thoroughly enough."
Shi Songtao was thoughtful. He was also from the Great Xia Forging Division. He was thinking about what Zhou Shu meant.
Chapter 482: Huaxia Pavilion's Ambition, Clues to Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain (2)
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"Your Highness, do you mean that even if we publicize the forging technique, the ownership of the forging technique will still belong to our Huaxia Pavilion?"
Shi Songtao had already divided the Huaxia Pavilion and the Great Xia Forging Division. The Huaxia Pavilion was the Huaxia Pavilion, and the Great Xia Forging Division was the Great Xia Forging Division. In his opinion, the Huaxia Pavilion was no longer a subordinate organization of the Great Xia Forging Division.
"That's right. In the Forging Division, if a forger develop a weapon, they can enjoy the benefits when the Forging Division sells the weapon." Zhou Shu nodded.
The Great Xia Forging Division had such a system, but it was only implemented loosely. The Forging Division didn't supervise enough, so there were many problems.
"I call this system patents. It can also be called intellectual property," Zhou Shu said.
"Patents? Intellectual property?" Shi Songtao looked puzzled. He couldn't guess what these words meant at all.
"Yes. For example, if you develop a weapon, it's equivalent to owning the patent. In the future, no one can take away your patent even if they learn the forging method of this weapon. They can learn the forging method, but they have to pay you a certain fee for every weapon they forge according to this forging method. It's called a patent fee," Zhou Shu explained.
Shi Songtao's eyes flickered. He quickly analyzed what Zhou Shu said. In fact, every nation had a prototype for this system, but it was not as clear as what Zhou Shu said.
"This patent is not only a secret forging formula for a weapon but also includes the art of forging, which is intellectual property. For example, if Streaming Water Sound Technique is your patent, and if I use the Streaming Water Sound Technique to forge a weapon, then a portion of the profits of this weapon will belong to you."
"Your Highness, I think I understand what you mean." Shi Songtao pondered. "But who cares about such things? Who defines the ownership of a patent? Who can guarantee that the patent owners' rights will be protected after they make the patent public?"
"Good question." Zhou Shu approved. "This is the responsibility of our Huaxia Pavilion.
"In my opinion, the reason why the Heavenly Mountain Villa set up the Armament Manual is that they want to see the world in chaos. They are irresponsible," Zhou Shu continued. "Our Huaxia Pavilion is different. Our goal is to make the art of forging prosper. It is our duty to implement patents.
"In the future, our Huaxia Pavilion can set up an organization specially responsible for registering patents. As long as you obtain a patent confirmed by our Huaxia Pavilion, you will be protected by our Huaxia Pavilion.
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"A forger can study patents at the Huaxia Pavilion. At the same time, they must abide by the rules of patents. If anyone violates the interests of the patent ownersโฆ"
Zhou Shu's eyes flashed with killing intent.
"Then our Huaxia Pavilion still needs a powerful law enforcement force."
Shi Songtao pondered. He had already thought of the difficulty of implementing this matter.
This matter would definitely be beneficial to the development of forging in the long run. But it would definitely infringe on the interests of some people.
To accomplish this was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Even the imperial families of the various nations might not be able to do it.
After all, once the forging techniques and secret forging formulas were made public, how others would use them would completely depend on others. The power of a nation's imperial family was limited to a nation. Outside the borders, they couldn't control what others did.
Then again, if Zhou Shu did thisโฆ
He was the king of nine nations, the number one martial artist in the Ten Nations, and the number one forger in the Ten Nations!
No one in the world could ignore his words.
If he forcefully implemented this patent system, the imperial family of the nine nations would probably not refuse.
As for Great Weiโฆ
There was no need to think about them.
Even so, Shi Songtao muttered, "Your Highness, this will be extremely difficult to accomplish."
"Of course." Zhou Shu smiled. Even in his previous life, the protection of intellectual property was a huge problem. "No rush. One step at a time. At the very least, we should test it out in our Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch.
"Let's gain some experience here. In the future, when we return to the Ten Nations, we'll promote it in all aspects."
Zhou Shu patted Shi Songtao's shoulder and continued, "As long as the direction is right, it doesn't matter if the road is longer. I believe that sooner or later, our Huaxia Pavilion will be able to do it."
Shi Songtao's mood fluctuated. If this idea could succeed, the Huaxia Pavilion could definitely become a top faction in the world, even surpassing the existence of the Ten Nations' imperial families!
Speaking of which, as long as the Huaxia Pavilion reached this status, the world's forgers would have to obey it.
"I understand. I swear that for this, I, Shi Songtao, am willing to sacrifice everything in my life. I will not regret it!" Shi Songtao said solemnly.
"Don't make it sound so tragic." Zhou Shu smiled. "We'll just do our best. Even if we can't completely achieve it, we still have to do it later.
"What you have to do now is to perfect the system according to what I've said. At the very least, you have to test it out in our Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch."
Zhou Shu continued, "We can let Li Chengliang and the others register their patents first. In the future, as long as the Huaxia Pavilion uses the weapons produced by their forging formulas, we can give them a certain amount of benefits. Here, we can replace them with points.
"In addition, we can get Li Chengliang and the others to form a patent review committee. Any patent that comes to be registered must be guaranteed to be unique and also ensured on who the patent belongs to. I don't want anyone to register other people's techniques."
Shi Songtao memorized everything Zhou Shu said. Zhou Shu had only given him a rough idea of the patent system, and there were still many details to consider before it was perfected.
These things were naturally Shi Songtao's matters.
"That's about it. You can perfect the details," Zhou Shu said casually. "Most importantly, our Huaxia Pavilion must be fair and convince everyone. It's not easy to build a reputation. Deputy Pavilion Master, you have to be extremely careful."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. One day, our Huaxia Pavilion's patent system will be more trustworthy than the Armament Manual of the Heavenly Mountain Villa!" Shi Songtao promised.
Zhou Shu nodded. "Alright, go ahead. I still have to think about my connate divine weapon forging technique. It still has some problems that I need to perfect."
Zhou Shu waved his hand and chased Shi Songtao out. He began to review the process of forging the connate divine weapon the Crimson Firmament.
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Hundreds of kilometers away from the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch, an army in full armor and armed to the teeth was confronting a person.
"Miss Yin, if you can't give me a reasonable explanation, don't blame me for being impolite!" Mi Ziwen's expression was extremely ugly, and killing intent shot out from the depths of his eyes.
He had been very careful along the way, but he still fell for it.
Half of the 1,000 armored soldiers he had brought with him were dead!
He wished he could kill Yin Yuzhu immediately.
Clang!
The sound of a sword being unsheathed rang out. Lu Wenshuang unsheathed her sword and locked onto Yin Yuzhu. As long as she dared to move, Lu Wenshuang wouldn't hesitate to attack.
Yin Yuzhu looked innocent as she spread her hands. "It really has nothing to do with me. I don't know why this happened either."
"Miss Yin, don't treat us as fools," Mi Ziwen said coldly. "You brought us here to open the mountain and dig up those things. Then my men suddenly disappeared. You say you don't know anything?
"What the hell is this place?! Who owns those things?! Where are my people?! How did they disappear?! Are they dead or alive?!" Mi Ziwen said coldly, "If you can't give me an explanation today, I'll kill you."
Rustle!
The Hundred Wars Armored Army behind Mi Ziwen drew their weapons at the same time and aimed them at Yin Yuzhu.
Chapter 483: Can a Threat Be So Fresh and Refined? (1)
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"I told you. You didn't believe me," Yin Yuzhu said with an innocent expression. "Why are you juniors all so irritable? You turn to violence at the slightest thing."
"You, go over there!" Lu Wenshuang said coldly and pointed in the direction where the hundreds of armored soldiers had disappeared.
Previously, the 1,000 armored soldiers had followed Yin Yuzhu to this place according to the agreement and started digging.
Prior to this, Mi Ziwen had repeatedly checked the surroundings to make sure there was no danger before he began his mercenary duties.
At first, it was fine. Splitting mountains and digging rocks were not difficult for the Hundred Wars Armored Army, who were all ranked martial artists.
After digging several feet into the mountain wall, they began to dig out weapons from time to time.
Most of these weapons were damaged. But occasionally, one or two weapons that looked to be in good condition were dug out.
Although the armored soldiers were only mercenaries, and the things they dug up belonged to someone else, the more things they dug up, the more excited they became. Later, their haul was much more abundant.
After digging for two days, they continued to dig as usual. But suddenly, nearly half of the 1,000 armored soldiers had disappeared!
There had been no battle and no movement at all. Hundreds of people had simply disappeared before their very eyes.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Mi Ziwen wouldn't have believed that such a thing had happened!
After the incident, Mi Ziwen rushed to the place where the hundreds of people had disappeared.
He found nothing. Nothing at all.
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Seeing that Lu Wenshuang was forcing Yin Yuzhu to where the armored soldiers had disappeared, Mi Ziwen didn't stop her. He also wanted to see if Yin Yuzhu would suddenly disappear like the hundreds of people who had disappeared.
Yin Yuzhu rolled her eyes and walked while saying, "I'm not afraid of you. I just want to prove to you that I'm innocent.
"If I wanted to harm you, would I have to spend so much effort? With my cultivation, I'm really not looking down on you, but I can beat all of you up alone!"
Yin Yuzhu continued to mutter as she walked to where the hundreds of people had suddenly disappeared. She took a few steps left and right and kept jumping.
"Well? See, there's nothing wrong with this place!" Yin Yuzhu said. "I already said that it has nothing to do with me. How would I know why they disappeared? Perhaps they just touched something they shouldn't haveโ"
"You're the one who brought us to this place. You're the one who told us to dig for those things. If there's something here we shouldn't touch, shouldn't you know?" Mi Ziwen said coldly.
"Miss Yin, let's cut the crap. Let me tell you this. Before I left the camp, I received a military order. If I feel that something is wrong, I have the right to act first and report later.
"In other words, if I kill you now, no one will say anything or stand up for you."
Mi Ziwen's face was murderous. How many Hundred Wars Armored Army soldiers were there in total?
This time, there were hundreds of people missing. Even when they came to the Demon Realm from the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament battlefield and fought continuously, they had never lost so many armored soldiers.
This made Mi Ziwen hate her. His second brother had already reminded him repeatedly to be careful of Yin Yuzhu. Why did this still happen?
Mi Ziwen would rather fight to the death with an army of the Demon Realm than see his soldiers disappear.
"Don't threaten me." Yin Yuzhu curled her lips in disdain. "I'm not afraid of you. At most, we'll part ways. Who's afraid of who?"
Yin Yuzhu's aura was not obvious, but she was a first-rank martial artist after all. Neither Mi Ziwen nor Lu Wenshuang dared to underestimate her.
Even though Yin Yuzhu had never fought in front of them, any first-rank martial artist wasn't an ordinary existence.
Moreover, Yin Yuzhu was an old monster who had lived for countless years. Who knew how strong she was?
"You guys." Yin Yuzhu pointed her finger. "You can't even tell who the enemy is. All you want to do is fight and kill all day, but you are not capable of it. I really don't know what to say about you.
"Instead of suspecting me, you might as well find out if there's anything wrong with this place!"
"Huh. You brought us to this place. Shouldn't you know what's wrong with this place?" Lu Wenshuang harrumphed.
"You're not being reasonable." Yin Yuzhu curled her lip. "I brought you here because I know that there are good things here. As you can see, there are indeed many good things here, right?
"As to who left these things, I don't know. What would I know about the oddities here?"
Lu Wenshuang harrumphed coldly. This woman was full of nonsense. If she really believed her, she would be a fool.
"How dare you bring us here without knowing where we are? How dare you say there's no danger here?" Lu Wenshuang said coldly. "I don't want to hear your nonsense. If you still don't tell the truth, let's talk with our swords."
Lu Wenshuang had long wanted to test Yin Yuzhu's strength. They were both first-rank martial artists. Even if Yin Yuzhu had lived longer, she might not be much stronger!