Chapter 319 Six Years Later

Just now, when Father Luke was beating him up, he revealed his own spirit rings. Lou Gao never expected that Father Luke was actually a god-level powerhouse with ten spirit rings. Therefore, the deity that Father Luke worshipped was naturally a deity, not someone that a mere blacksmith like him could bully.

Deceiving the gods and obtaining knowledge through deception is a grave offense. Lou Gao felt that he was still alive because he was still of use; otherwise, he might have truly perished. Even though there had been no gods in the Douluo Continent for a long time, the people of the continent still knew that gods could not be deceived, for the strong cannot be insulted or bullied.

Seeing that Lou Gao truly had a change of heart, Miguel went up to him and started giving him some motivational talk. He then gave Lou Gao the book on basic forging knowledge, which Lou Gao treasured. He immediately began studying the book again, and even his stomach starting to rumble did not diminish his love for it.

To prevent his foundry from starving to death before even starting to work for him, Lou Gao had Roy call him over for a meal. Not wanting to waste time on his research, Lou Gao only ate a few bites to appease Miguel before resuming his serious study and attempting to create something according to the book's instructions.

Miguel had no choice but to have his soul tools, books, metals, etc. confiscated, and threatened him to eat properly. If he didn't eat properly, he would be punished by having to repent before the idol. Once he understood what it meant to eat properly, he could then be allowed to study forging.

Lou Gao saw Miguel's determination and knew that even if he resisted, it wouldn't end well. So Lou Gao followed Miguel's instructions and started a more normal routine. Of course, apart from the rest time that Miguel stipulated, Lou Gao spent all his other time in the forging room. It was because of Lou Gao's hard work that he eventually made far greater progress in forging than Roy.

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Time flies, and years pass quickly. In the blink of an eye, Miguel has turned sixteen, and Tang San has graduated from Notting Junior Academy. In the past six years, many things have happened, but only a few are truly important.

The first thing was the marriage between Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) and Dugu Yan. Although Miguel was young, he was very precocious. In addition, having grown up under the red flag, Miguel had some understanding of national governance. This led Qian Renxue to frequently contact Miguel to ask him about his ideas and methods of governing the country.

In his previous life, Miguel was just a university student, but he studied sociology. Combined with his understanding of society at the time, he had a relatively good grasp of some governing philosophies. As Miguel and Xue Qinghe's conversations deepened, they became close friends, frequently exchanging letters.

Daglas was very unhappy about Miguel and Qian Renxue's close correspondence and relationship, feeling that if he didn't do something, his brother might be taken away. Moreover, the atmosphere in Douluo Continent was very open, with commoners marrying and having children as early as their teens, and Daglas was extremely afraid that Miguel would be attracted to those outside women.

Although he knew that Miguel was unlikely to have contact with others due to his soul power, he couldn't help but feel angry when he saw him interacting too closely with others.

Therefore, he repeatedly used various behaviors to attract Miguel's attention. In daily life, he took meticulous care of Miguel. To put it bluntly, Daglas wanted to raise Miguel into a useless person who could only rely on him.

Due to the special status of Miguel and Qian Renxue, and the frequency of their communications, it was impossible to send messages using people who could be completely trusted. Using the Serpent Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo that Qian Renxue brought from the Spirit Hall would be overkill. However, the frequent entry and exit of people below the Title Douluo level from the Crown Prince's residence would be difficult to conceal from Emperor Xue Ye. If Emperor Xue Ye were to catch them in the act, Qian Renxue's infiltration could be ruined.