Douluo Dalu/Soul Land's

Chapter 186

Chapter 186

(TL by PiggyBottle)

Other than Xiao Wu, the people present who heard this, for unknown reasons felt the coldness of their backbones. Tang San's flat attitude suddenly became frightening.

And the day passed quickly. Tang San accompanied Xiao Wu in his room, taking some time while Xiao Wu slept to grow crops. While the other three, Oscar, Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun went around Gengxin City

On the night of the second day, Si Long came.

At this moment, Oscar and the comrades had not returned, only Tang San, Xiao Wu, Tai Tan and the two clans brought in were present in the dormitory.

Tang San brought Xiao Wu to meet Si Long in Tai Tan's room.

Si Long said: “The variety of metals you need is mostly prepared. Since some of the metals you want are so rare, I spent most of these two days searching all the associate stores before I could finally get the amount you need together. What's lacking is the last piece of iron inside that will be delivered to us tomorrow morning. ”

Tang San smilingly said, "President, you've worked hard. ”

Si Long said with a laugh, “That's nothing, I hope you'll be back a few more times in the future. ”

Tai Tan asked: "What about Lou Gao the old man? What has he done these two days? "

Calling Lou Gao, a wry smile appeared on Si Longs face. "Vice president Tai Tan. My uncle Tai Tan. What did you give him! These two days, the sleepless teacher is trying to figure out if there's on the paper you gave her that she doesn't even eat her food. Sometimes I try to make it myself. He's so obsessed with it. ”

Tang San and Tai Tan exchanged glances, before laughing out loud. Originally when Tai Tan first saw the diagram for the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle, he was like this as well. Except, when Tang San showed Tai Tan the diagram was a complete one that could still be visualized. However, when Lou Gao looked at the diagram that was only a third of everything, there were many parts that were mysterious yet more difficult to understand fully.

Tai Tan said: “Don't worry. You just let him see everything he wants. Tomorrow we will leave the city of Gengxin. At that time, we will bring it directly. Don't worry, I'll go and remind him tonight, because he still has to publicly announce about your succession as the president of the association. ”

As before Si Long was still a little worried. “Uncle Tai Tan, it is still better to call you that. [1] To be honest, the teacher went alone, I was still a little worried about him ”He will soon succeed as president, that's why he didn't want to use the title of 'Vice President' to talk to Tai Tan.

Tai Tan smiled though: "Why? Are you afraid we'll hurt him? But, right now even if we decide not to allow him to come with us, I fear that he will only cry and wail along with us all the way to the Heaven Dou Empire. I know how interesting that thing is. Take it easy, Lou Gao will be fine if he comes with us. In fact perhaps, in just a few years, this blacksmith association would grow more prosperous. When that time comes, you will also find out the reason why Lou Gao desperately wants to come with us. ”

Si Long's eyes let out a pensive look, and after thinking for a while said, "Some of Lou Gao's fellow disciples and myself have already discussed this matter. Since there were four of us disciples of Lou Gao, we had decided that it would be good if the two of us went with him.other than Si Di who is still a grandmaster smith, he said, the rest of us are smiths scholars . Among the four of us, other than Si Di who is still a grandmaster smith, we are all scholars of smiths. So we have decided on the two blacksmith scholars Si Yu and Si Kai to travel with all of you to the Heaven Dou Empire. Incidentally, they can help take care of the teacher, after all the teachers are late in the year. ”

Hearing these words, Tang San and Tai Tan could not help but feel pleased. Smith scholars are not easy to come by. Tang San had previously heard from Tai Tan, those at the blacksmith's undergraduate level, only slightly separated from the heavenly blacksmith in terms of skill. To Tang San, the value of having two blacksmith scholars was something that money could not measure. To add Lou Gao on top of that, to Tang San the importance of these three people was even greater than all the metals they had come here to purchase combined.

Tang San spoke without hesitation: "Then it is decided. President Si Long, please calm down, we will definitely take care of senior Lou Gao and your two juniors.on the continent . As elder Tai Tan said, perhaps for too long, the profession that blacksmith would once again flourish on the continent . ”

As they were talking, Ning Rongrong's lively voice came from outside, “We returned. "Without knocking, Ning Rongrong happily opened the door, only after seeing that Si Long was also there, his carefree expression slightly eased. Oscar and Ma Hongjun followed behind him to the room as well.

Tang San smilingly said, "How is the harvest for the three of you?"

not bad, not bad, the trip can still be considered to be fruitful . Ning Rongrong giggled: "Hehe, not bad, not bad, travel can still be considered fruitful. ”While saying that, with a flick of his wrist and a glimmer of light from his bracelet spirit tool, a thread of ore the size of a human head appeared on the table.

Upon seeing the ore pieces, Tang San's, Tai Tan's and Si Long's disciples simultaneously shrank.

It was a somewhat murky piece of crystal, if it was only seen as a crystal, it would be of a very low grade. It was not very transparent, a little yellowish, with a very impure color.

However, inside this piece of crystal was a large piece of something gleaming golden.

"Crystal Gold Plate. ”Tang San, Tai Tan and Si Long pronounce simultaneously.

Their three eyes met, their gazes were both full of shock.

Ning Rongrong giggled, “Hehe, this thing is very expensive. Third Brother, I heard you say something about this before, I did not wrongly buy this right? ”

Tang San remained silent for a while, when compared to the rutilated crystal he had originally purchased from Flender, this one was even purer and had more gold in it. Although the expenditure of his Dragon Beard Needle was low, in order for the future production of the Peacock Plume and various other hidden weapons, the value of these rutilated crystals was too high. "That's right, this is indeed Plate Crystal Gold. Rongrong, how much did you buy? Will you sell it back to me? "

Ning Rongrong laughed out loud, Ma Hongjun who was standing at the side could not hold back anymore and said: "What is resold to you! Rongrong only spent one gold coin on it, the shopkeeper even looked at us as if we were idiots for a long time. ”

"One gold coin?" She exclaimed, with a bitter smile: "Why have I never experienced such good things. I'll pay you a thousand gold coins. Are you going to sell it to me? "

Ning Rongrong said: "Hehe, great profit! Just one resale and I get back value a thousand times. But, if you want it, you'd better ask the third brother. This thing is already his. ”

With a searing gaze, Si Long looked at Tang San, but all he saw was Tang San's blue eyes that felt as deep as the ocean. Tang San said in an apologetic tone: “I have to apologize, President Si Long, this piece of Crystal Gold is just as important to me. ”

Si Long asked: "Are you going to use it to make accessories?"

With a flick of Tang San's wrist, there was suddenly a small golden seed the size of a grain of rice in his hand. "In my hands, it's not an accessory, but a weapon to kill. ”

When his words fell, he flicked his finger, Tang San's actions could be clearly seen by everyone but these same people could feel the incomparable power that came from that action.

Without a single sound, all the audience could see was a flash of gold, and within the crystal appeared an extra golden line.

From the moment he met Tang San, this was the first time Tang San had showcased his skills in front of Si Long, and Si Long could only feel the chill growing in his heart, without knowing why, this young man in her eyes gave her an extremely dangerous feeling, which even exceeded the pressure Tai Tan had put on her.

"Third brother, how do you do that? can you teach it to me? '' Ning Rongrong said as he widened his eyes and excitedly looked at Tang San.

Tang San impatiently said: "If you want to learn this skill. You must let go of your spirit. In addition, you should train this for more than ten years. Does this really look fun to play? Can you imagine what it would feel like if this was shot into a human body? ”

Tai Tan's eyes were bright, "This must be the Dragon Beard Needle, right?"

Tang San replied with a smile. “With this plate Gold Crystal Plate, I can make more than a thousand Dragon Beard Needles. ”

After seeing Tang San's performance, Si Long couldn't even talk about wanting to buy this piece of Crystal Gold, this piece of Crystal Gold would be much more useful in Tang San's hands than in his.

Tang San spoke to Ning Rongrong: "Rongrong, what good things are you bringing? It seems you have very good luck! ”

Ning Rongrong said: “I also managed to get some other things, but I myself am not too sure what it is. ”

While saying that, he shook his bracelet and a chain of objects appeared before them.

The first thing Tang San noticed was a piece of jet-black ore, on the surface of that ore there was a hint of cold air, besides it looked like a piece of jet-black iron ore. Of the things Ning Rongrong took out, this was the largest, about a meter in diameter, but the most shocking thing was its weight, after landing on the floor, the entire building trembled slightly.

The trio who knew their belongings Tang San, Tai Tan and Si Long were once again shocked. Tai Tan was the first to take a step forward. Upon arriving in front of this huge black ore, he took his hand and touched the stone surface, "The temperature is not right, this is unlikely to be normal iron ore. ”

Si Long's eyes gleamed with a unique luster, with a slight pleading expression and looked towards Ning Rongrong: "Miss Ning, can you let me try and identify what kind of ore this is?"

Ning Rongrong said: "Hehe, of course.iron . This ore was chosen by me from where they sold iron ore at the price of distilled iron . Price by volume, which amounts to approximately one gold coin. ”

Oscar went on to say, “It was actually less than one gold coin, so they also threw that thing over there which was also very heavy. '' As he said this, he pointed to something beside the jet black ore which was only about one-third the size of a jet black ore. What he pointed at was a piece of ore that was completely gray with a metallic luster that looked like a rather ordinary piece of stone.

Si Long slowly raised his right hand, a small golden speck appeared in the center of his palm, followed by a golden glint and the appearance of a small golden chisel from thin air. One white, two yellow, three purple, one black, seven rings quietly appeared on this small chisel, the, it looked much smaller than the spirit ring Tang San and his comrades had seen on other spirit masters so far.

From the spirit ring configuration point of view, Si Long did not seem to be very optimal. As a spirit sage, he only had one ten thousand year spirit ring. However, his strange spirit tools had attracted everyone's attention.

Tai Tan spoke in a low voice: "Si Long's spirit tool is a chisel of diamonds, which is best used for the search for candidates of various types of ores and the manufacture of fine objects. With at least eighty percent of Lou Gao's teachings, he had a high status in the blacksmithing industry. ”

As a spirit sage, even though he had no talent in battle and even those ranked lower than him could bully him, but the moment his chisel of diamonds appeared in his hands, his whole character changed drastically.

At this moment, Tang San could feel that the Si Long in front of him was as focused as Yang Wudi while holding his Soul Breaking Spear.

With a golden glint, the group did not even see some of the first spirit rings on the Diamond Sculpture lit up, the tip of the Diamond Chisel was already resting on the black jet ore.

With a clear ring, the jet-black ore suddenly erupted with a sharp crackling sound, in a flash the golden light had spread throughout the ore from the point of contact with the chisel. It was as if a golden net wrapped around the entire ore before seeping into the ore. Yeah, it's a pervasive feeling.

The crisp cracks continued to echo, smoke slowly escaping from the surface of the ore. Under the constant beat of Si Long's chisel, the outer surface of the ore slowly disintegrated. After which, a heavy cold air spread out, dropping the room temperature instantly.

With a wave of Tai Tan's hand, he used his spirit power to sweep through the outer layer of the broken ore, exposing the same jet-black metal ore within.

Although it was also black, it was without the slightest bit of dirt in it. Using his Purple Demon Eyes, the density of metal could be determined, although his Purple Demon Eyes was already at the level of detail, it was extremely difficult for him to even find any flaws within it. The darkness was very deep as if it was a void, even if a normal person without understanding metal could see it, they would be able to tell that this was not a simple iron.

The golden light receded as Si Long had already thrown away his spirit tools. His gaze was puzzled while speaking in an incomprehensible tone: "Purified Heart Iron, it really is Purified Heart Iron. ”

Ning Rongrong blinked her beautiful and innocent big eyes. “President Si Long, this seems like something really good, are you planning to buy this from me?

Si Long watched as Ning Rongrong's expression suddenly became strange, “Miss Ning, Heart Chilling Iron is the hardest metal in the Continent. It's not that I don't want to buy this from you, but I can't afford it. The profound iron . It costs 10 times as much as iron in . Even if you let me go and try, I might not even be able to find five kilograms in Gengxin City. This piece of yours is easily over a hundred kilograms, its value is astronomical simply. ”

At this point he suddenly stopped and muttered: "Miss Ning, can you tell me, where did you manage to find these things?"

Ning Rongrong smiled without saying anything, Oscar who could not bear it anymore, smilingly said: "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is not only the best additional supporting clan in the world. At the same time, the spirit masters with the spirit pagoda layered with seven treasures had a powerful ability to evaluate treasures. Ning Rongrong's treasure evaluation ability was even greater than Schoolmaster Ning's. ”

Frost Iron ore . Tang San was very surprised, he also knew about this Heart Cooling Si Long mentioned, in the previous world known as the Iron Frost ore. Moreover, against this metal, Tang San had many feelings left on him. After all, he had previously personally used it to create the only peerless hidden weapon, the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus. Heart Chilling Iron was one of the most important materials required as it was one of the three great core materials to make the Fury Buddha Tang Lotus.

Ning Rongrong's gaze shifted to the next part of the simple gray stone, before uttering a sentence that caught everyone's attention.

“I feel, the value of this stone is even higher than the other objects here. ”

"What?" Si Long without a doubt practically jumped onto the stone. At least the previous Heart Chilling Iron bore a resemblance to a special one, but this piece of metal did not have anything that could make him feel special.

Tang San and Tai Tan both also rushed forward, suddenly, Tang San's body jerked upright, "It wasn't a big coincidence, was it?"

He raised his hand slowly stroking the ore that was only one-third the size of the Heart Chilling Iron. His eyes suddenly flared, his spirit power surged, and in a black glint appeared the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.

Standing up straight, Tang San asked the others to retreat, Si Long's gaze firmly fixed on his Clear Sky Hammer, the, at this moment he suddenly understood the meaning behind Tai Tan's attitude towards Tang San.

With his left foot pointed forward, Mysterious Heaven Skill surged within himself, with a woosh, pieces of ore raised, using his left toe as a shaft, Tang San spun once. Turning around, he spun like an arc drawn into the shape of a moon. When the gray ore rose to its highest point, Tang San's body also paused for a moment, and in the next moment, an arrow was released.

The explosion!

The Clear Sky Hammer flew out in a black flash that collided with the gray ore, in the next few moments, all they could hear was the ringing sound in their ears. The gray ore was not even cracked by the punch from the Clear Sky Hammer, but rather flew over the wall and disappeared along with Tang San's body.

Before the ringing stopped, Tang San had already reappeared in the room with gray ores in his arms.

After being hit by a blow from Tang San, this gray ore did not even suffer from a single crack or even a dent on its surface. It seemed as if nothing had happened at all.

Tai Tan and Si Long simultaneously rushed over, the Si Longs Diamond Chisel once again appeared, with permission from Tang San, Diamond Chisel once again knocked on the gray stone. With a clear ring, a silver glint appeared where Si Long tapped it with a chisel, but disappeared after Si Long lifted the chisel.

“What kind of metals is this? I've never seen it before. It's very tenacious. If Heart Chilling Iron was the hardest metal, then this would definitely be the heaviest metal. For it to be even more valuable than the Heart Chilling Iron. How-how did that happen? I've ruined my whole life, and I've never seen a metal like this! ”

Tang San looked towards Ning Rongrong and said: "This time you actually took some treasures. This piece of metal, even I have never seen it before. Deep Sea Sunken Silver . But, if I guess correctly, it should be the ore of Deep Sea Sunken Silver .

Si Long still did not know what Deep Sea Sunken Silver was for, but Tai Tan understood, the overwhelming excitement after the big surprise, "This means that Blossom Torrential Pear Needle can be …"

Tang San Bitterly smiled: “It is very difficult to say, at the very least, whether it is you or me, or even Mr. Lou Gao cannot successfully forge this Sinking Deep Sea Silver ore. That's too tough. As far as I know Deep Sea Sunken Silver cannot be melted down by any flame. If we want to forge with it, the only way is to hammer its shape. Unfortunately none of us here have this ability.

After thinking for a while, Tai Tan said, “I'm afraid maybe only Master can do something like this. ”

Hearing Tai Tan talk about her father, Tang San's eyes shone with a hint of light, “That's it, maybe I'll really have a way. But this problem has to wait. ”

Saying that, her body flashed once and all the things that Ning Rongrong had bought had disappeared. Everything had been stored on his Twenty Four Moonlit Bridge.

Tang San's heart unintentionally started to beat fast. Because, he finally had the chance to once again create the ultimate hidden weapon that he had spent throughout the making his previous lifetime. The Peacock Plume, Blossom Torrential Pear Needle, Buddha Fury Tang Lotus. Will we finally meet again in this world? If these three types of hidden weapons could be produced. Then even if we are dealing with a true warrior from the Spirit Hall, what is there to fear?

Si Long constantly took a deep breath, not allowing his heart to stir up evil. The impact of seeing all this just now was too great. Terrible Iron, Silver Submerged Deep Sea, these treasures are all that you can only dream of. They were as precious as a hundred thousand year old spirit ring. Never even saw such a treasure after being in Gengxin City for so many years, when compared to the people who had just been here for a few days. A pain that could not be explained by words appeared in his heart. Si Long suddenly felt envious of his teacher, at least his teacher could go and leave everything he wanted. As a top-grade blacksmith, a heavenly craftsman, could use the best materials in the world to forge. Ah, what an amazing feeling.

Although Tang Hao once said. To forge a heavenly artifact from scrap iron was what made a true heavenly craftsman, but if a heavenly craftsman forged it with heavenly materials, what miracles would happen then?

After calming down with great difficulty, Si Long asked them all: “I came to invite you all to join the auction tonight. I have prepared everything. Can you all come with me? As far as I know, there should be some rare items up for auction. There will be finished goods and also metal. ”

Tang San had been secretly watching Si Long from the start, from the eyes of Si Longs he could see an enormous longing and even a hint of greed, but no evil. And at this point the president's eyes once again brightened. As a top-class blacksmith, to be able to do something like this was a testament to his good character. No wonder Lou Gao chose to hand the Iron Clever Association over to him.

… . .

Once again they returned to the Iron Clever Association, the hall on the first floor was much empty compared to the other day. Maybe because it's too late.

Without directly entering the auction room on the fourth floor, they first went to the third floor, where the area was used for blacksmith testing. Si Long took everyone into a room and gave each of them a large black robe that even covered their faces, revealing only their nose, mouth and eyes to protect their identity. After all, an auction is a very private affair where many buyers and sellers do not want to reveal their identities.

Once again heading to the fourth floor, Tang San saw many people wearing the same clothes as them as they slowly walked into the auction hall. No one spoke a word, everything was very peaceful. This seems to be part of the association's rules.

"Hold . "Just as he was about to enter the auction, a person like a huge black sphere suddenly appeared beside him.

Tang San's heart moved and he instantly knew who this fully wrapped black man was. It was none other than the President of the Iron Clever Association, the heavenly craftsman Lou Gao.

Lou Gao's figure was too outstanding, with just one glance, it would look like a round ball. At this moment, he looked towards Tang San with red eyes. As Si Long had said, for the past two days, he had obviously not had much rest and was completely obsessed with the Torrential Pear Blossom Needles diagram.

"I'll go with all of you. “Lou Gao deliberately spoke in a low voice, before walking to the auction in front of them.

The group followed behind him, entering the world of darkness.

The entire auction hall was extremely dark, with only dim lights on the floor to guide the way. With the guidance of Lou Gao and Si Long, they quickly reached the seats in the front row. It felt like the layout of the place was similar to a large theater.

Tang San's vision was naturally unaffected by the darkness. The semicircular auction room had about 200 seats, in front was a large rectangular stage, of course that was where the items for auction would be exhibited. At this moment, about half the seats in the auction hall were already filled, with a steady stream of auction participants still running. However, the auction hall was very quiet, even the occasional chat was done gently.

Lou Gao took everyone to the front row to sit down, where he sat next to Tang San who was sitting next to Xiao Wu.

As soon as he sat down, he whispered into Tang San's ear: "Brat, I want a complete diagram. ”

Tang San lightly smiled saying, “That's fine, once we return to the Tang Sect, seniors will naturally see through it. In the future, there will be more waiting for seniors to make. ”

Lou Gao thought for a moment and said, “That's enough, you don't have to act stupid with me. I already know, the thing you showed on the diagram is impossible to make in large quantities. But if even one could be produced, then it would already be a terrifying heavenly thing. I'm ready to use the Heart Chilling Iron to use it, what do you think? Two pounds should be enough, right?

Hearing Lou Gao's words, Tang San couldn't help but feel impressed, no less than the Divine Smith, only after seeing the incomplete Torrential Pear Blossom Needle diagram for two days, he said, he could already see the importance of the materials needed to make it .

Tang San shook his head saying: "Heart Chilling Iron is not good enough, although it may be difficult, it is not tough enough, as long as the production will not be able to relieve stress and collapse. Don't worry, we've prepared the right metal. It's just that metal needs a certain person to work on it. After we return to the Tang Sect, I will tell you one by one. ”

Lou Gao stiffened for a long time before finally saying to Tang San: "Brat, for me to join your Tang Sect, I don't want any gifts, but I have a request. ”

"Say. ”

Lou Gao inside said: "I ask, as long as it is made by me, I want my name engraved on it. ”

Tang San nodded saying, “Of course. But similarly, the name of the Tang Sect would be engraved on it. After all, the diagram was provided by me, don't you agree? "

Lou Gao also nodded, his red eyes filled with a strong gleam, “Perhaps, this is another way to change the status of a blacksmith. I will make some treasure treasures and show those Spirit Halls, we blacksmiths can also reach the same height as them. ”

Tang San sincerely replied: "I believe you will definitely do it. ”

With regards to the old man beside him, a hint of respect appeared in his heart, Lou Gao's obsession towards blacksmiths, his willingness to go out just to raise the blacksmith's status, all worthy of respect. Joining it would definitely allow the Tang Sect's hidden weapons to reach new heights.

At this moment Tang San did not know that, precisely because of this simple conversation with Lou Gao, thousands of years later, the Tang Sect's hidden weapon bearing the Lou Gaos emblem would be the only one who could match the people with Tang San's priceless emblem.

The place in front of them suddenly lit up, causing many onlookers to be unfamiliar with it. On the stage was a beam of light, opposite him stood an old man about 50 years old, dressed in formal attire.

“Welcome all honored guests gathered here today. I'm Si Di. Today's auction is about to begin, so please sit down. Although everyone who enters the auction today should be an old face, I still have to repeat this ground rule. During the Bidding process, please lift the sign next to you, at the same time call your offer. Although I know this is not possible, but I hope everyone here is satisfied with the results of the offer. ”

That calm and peaceful introduction, the odd fifty-year-old on stage was Lou Gao's youngest disciple, Si Di, the, and also the only one among the four who had yet to become a blacksmith scholar. Of course, he was also the father of the army captain from that day on.

Members of the blacksmith association pushed the object covered with a large red cloth onto the stage. From the looks of it, the object on the stage was rather heavy because even the four people pushing it required effort.

“Now we will start our first auction today, this is a special piece of metal. Its purity is above ninety percent. It weighs two hundred and thirty-one kilograms. Without saying much, let me give you this deep piece of iron.In all these years, this was the first time I had seen such a large piece of deep iron. I'm sure you're all here to know, just adding a little bit of iron into other common metals will result in a huge improvement in the quality of the final product. For a large piece of profound that was also a high class, it could no longer be sold at a normal unit price, as it was the first thing auctioned off today. The starting price was twenty thousand gold coins, with a minimum increase of one hundred gold coins. Let the offer begin. ”

While saying that, Si Di took off the red cloth that revealed the iron inside.

Two hundred and thirty-one kilograms of iron within, even Tang San could feel affected, as Si Di had said, such a large piece of iron within was rare, as was the case, and what else is it with good quality. Using such iron in making alloys could allow a large increase in the strength of other metals. It must be something you can never have too much of.

When Si Di officially announced the auction, Tang San could immediately feel Ning Rongrong glancing at him.

Tang San slightly moved, nodding.

The bidding had already begun, and all one could hear was the bid being called out endlessly.

“Twenty-three thousand gold coins. "Loud noises suddenly pushed the price far ahead, suppressing all previous bids.

Si Di smilingly said: "Offer number 132 twenty-three thousand gold coins, is there another bidder? Good, offer number 164 twenty three thousand five hundred gold coins .... ”.

The price continued to rise, yet Ning Rongrong's hands did not move, Tang San also lay down on his chair, something as good as deep iron, who would have too much? Hoarding it now will allow for more production in the future. If a bit of profound iron could be added into the Divine Zhuge Dispute, not only would the mechanism be able to bear more of the burden, the penetrating power would also be greatly increased. If they had enough iron in them, then the greater Zhuge Crossbow God Tan spoke of making would be a possibility.

Very quickly, the price of this deep piece of iron had risen to twenty-five thousand gold coins.

[1] (TLN: This is because he still considers Tai Tan superior to himself, so if he continues to use the title of Vice President technically it will put himself above Tai Tan)