Douluo: System Cross-Dressing as Qian Renxue Empress Consort

"Send it to you?"

Lou Gao frowned.

If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him had unpredictable cultivation and had entered his research room in such an eerie manner, he would really want to ask: Do you have any shame? Are you being polite?

Everyone knows how precious this metal is, and now you're asking me to give it to you?

Lou Gao felt like he must have misheard or that the woman in front of him was insane.

"Hehe, as a return favor..."

Li Yu chuckled. Now that he was a person of status, he would naturally not engage in any coercive or forceful acts.

At the same time, he understood that this metal, for someone like Lou Gao, had extraordinary significance.

Worldly money, even soul bones, which were highly valuable to Soul Masters, might not be as valuable to Lou Gao as this piece of metal in front of him.

So after some thought, he made his offer: "I can help you move further along the path of becoming a master blacksmith."

"Further along?"

Lou Gao squinted and then smiled.

"Sir, I know your strength is formidable, but you may not understand blacksmithing."

Lou Gao said gently, "A god-level blacksmith is already at the peak. When you say 'further along,' hehe, you might as well just take this 'metal' from me. After all, I can't defeat you."

Clearly, Lou Gao thought that Li Yu was using a trick—commonly known as drawing a big cake.

Li Yu shook his head, and then with a thought, he unleashed his spiritual power to envelop Lou Gao.

Lou Gao furrowed his brows, but his heart was filled with shock.

As a master blacksmith, although he was only a seven-ringed Spirit Saint, his spiritual power was exceptional. It was no weaker than that of an average Spirit Douluo, and he could even faintly touch the threshold of a Title Douluo.

To become a master blacksmith, spiritual power was essential.

Without exaggeration, if he weren't so dedicated to this craft, he could easily have become a Title Douluo by now.

So, when Li Yu spiritual power was revealed, he was even more shocked.

With his own spiritual power, he felt like he was a drop of water meeting an ocean!

Clearly, he had underestimated this person.

Recognizing the disparity, Lou Gao no longer entertained the thought of resistance.

Swish!

The darkness around Lou Gao's eyes shifted, and when the light returned, he saw a completely different scene.

There were iron carriages that could move on their own, iron birds that flapped their wings and flew, strange shapes resembling catapults with similar functions...

"Soul Guidance Devices?" Lou Gao was greatly shocked.

He had been in contact with Soul Guidance Devices before and could even craft some simple ones himself. After all, the creation of Soul Guidance Devices was closely related to blacksmithing.

However, to him, Soul Guidance Devices had always seemed insignificant. Crafting sharp swords and weapons that Soul Masters could wield was far more powerful.

But now, everything in front of him was completely overturning his view of Soul Guidance Devices.

"No, wait, this is an illusion created by spiritual power. How could Soul Guidance Devices have this kind of power?" Lou Gao suddenly realized, shaking his head.

"Hehe, Senior Lou, why don't you take a look further?" Li Yu appeared beside Lou Gao.

Swish!

Another gust of wind.

But this time, it wasn't cannonfire or other "firearms." It was the "sword" that Lou Gao had just thought about.

A long sword, engraved with strange runes, unleashed unimaginable power after soul power was injected, giving Soul Masters the ability to fight above their level.

This wasn't an isolated case either.

There were even lightweight armor pieces, which, when attached to a Soul Master, increased their soul power by twenty levels!

"This... How is this possible!"

The shock in Lou Gao's heart couldn't be described by any words. Everything before him was clearly an illusion.

But it felt so real, it was impacting Lou Gao's heart and mind deeply.

One couldn't create such a vivid illusion just with imagination.

"There's nothing impossible, Senior Lou," Li Yu chuckled.

Everything here was, of course, an illusion created by him. But regarding Soul Guidance Devices and Battle Armor, he knew them very well.

In fact, the scene he had just projected was directly from his memories of his past life.

The Soul Guidance Sword in the scene was clearly from Meng Hongchen, who was featured in the later timeline.

The Battle Armor-related creations were similarly easy for him to construct.

This was precisely the offer he was making.

The Sun Moon Continent was, of course, not at this level yet. But the early-stage development of Soul Guidance Cannons and such definitely existed.

So this wasn't entirely "drawing a big cake." At least the first part was achievable. The latter two parts could only be considered as "prospects."

"You... have seen these?"

Lou Gao took a deep breath, his emotions still unsettled, and when he asked this question, even his voice was shaking.

"I've seen some," Li Yu shook his head, somewhat candid, but not entirely.

"Some?"

Lou Gao frowned.

"My spiritual power is very strong, as you've sensed, Senior Lou," Li Yu said softly.

Lou Gao nodded in agreement. This was undeniable.

"In one of my explorations of spiritual power, my spiritual energy left the continent and entered the seas," Li Yu began to fabricate a story. "The ocean is vast and boundless. I had the urge to explore and see if the sea truly had no boundaries."

Lou Gao's eyes flickered with confusion, and then a sense of longing appeared.

The speculation about what lay beyond the sea wasn't something Li Yu had just sparked in Lou Gao. The idea of another land beyond the sea, beyond human reach, had long been circulating in coastal cities.

However, this was rarely thought of in inland cities like Gengxin City, Heaven Dou City, and Soul Arena City.

And Lou Gao, when he was young, had also visited the seaside.

He had long yearned for the possibility of another continent. Unfortunately, it had never been proven.

Perhaps it existed, or perhaps someone had already ventured there, but had no way of returning.

The thought flashed through Lou Gao's mind, and he looked at Li Yu.

Could today be the day they would get an answer?

"I did not see the end of the sea," Li Yu continued, and when he saw Lou Gao's disappointment, he added, "But I saw another continent."

Another continent!

Lou Gao's gaze froze.

Li Yu observed Lou Gao's reaction and smiled in his eyes.

He knew Lou Gao had taken the bait.

As for Soul Guidance Devices, Li Yu wasn't too concerned about them at his current level.

After all, the so-called "God-Devouring Level Soul Guidance Cannon" in the later timeline, even if researched by an entire nation, wouldn't appear in the short term.

Even if it did, with his strength, it wouldn't pose any threat to him.

But then again, as someone who had a responsibility equivalent to half of a monarch's, Li Yu was very interested in seeing the development of "technology" in this world.

Besides, his visit to the Sun Moon Continent was already planned.

It wouldn't be hard to take Lou Gao along, and at the same time, he could acquire this strange "metal." Why not?

He threw in his final remark: "Everything I just showed you, I saw on that continent!"