After hearing the concept of the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform, Su Ming felt it was worth trying.
"I'll head over to the Spirit Transmission Pagoda now."
Zhen Hua took out a document.
"This is the document from the Blacksmith Association's side. Submit it together when you go. Your teacher Zhang Tianyang's intent is very clear this time—he wants you to compete for the Pagoda Master position. Tell me honestly, do you have that intention?"
Su Ming gave a wry smile.
"I can compete."
Meaning he originally didn't have that idea; he was solely focused on cultivation.
But if it happened to be convenient and doable, he could accept it.
Zhang Tianyang and the others had been bustling about for him. He didn't need to do anything else.
Even for the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform project, he wouldn't need to exert much effort himself.
Because bringing the results from within the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform out clearly treated fused metals as Spirit Souls. This would also require establishing a database for rare metals.
It would evolve the traditional forging method, where success was determined by probability in reality, into a process of collecting progress. Spirit Refined metal would accumulate progress towards Soul Refinement bit by bit after each transfer of results from the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform, eventually successfully transforming.
If achievable, the difficulty for Two-Word Battle Armor Masters to advance to Three-Word Battle Armor Masters would be reduced by at least fifty percent in the future.
The remaining fifty percent would almost entirely be a cost issue.
Shrek City.
Spirit Transmission Pagoda Headquarters.
Su Ming met Gu Yuena.
Different from the original work he knew, Gu Yuena had completely fused with Gu Yue as the dominant personality, her aura seamless and integrated.
However, Su Ming felt Gu Yuena was weaker.
Compared to Gu Yue, the sense of threat Gu Yuena gave him had dropped significantly.
Not a decline in Spirit Power or spiritual power, but the sense of threat.
"Interesting. Has her contingency been consumed?"
Su Ming was lost in thought.
Gu Yuena undoubtedly had a fatal injury; otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to reincarnate and cultivate anew, nor would she have needed to lie dormant in the Star Dou Great Forest for hundreds of thousands of years.
So, she reincarnated.
"For the safety of her reincarnation, she not only had Fierce Beasts protecting her path but also had a portion of her pre-reincarnation power sealed within her body. The level of this power was also at her pre-reincarnation tier."
"But simultaneously, her injury was also within that portion of power."
"In Dragon Valley, she obtained the Dragon God's Heart, so her injury was stripped away early, Na'er also returned to the main body, and she completely rid herself of the old ailment."
The originally fatal injury left on her was now completely gone.
Moreover, she had also absorbed all the past-life power she could, elevating her foundational reserves.
But in doing so, she had essentially discarded ninety-nine percent of her original power.
If she had Divine King-level power before reincarnating, the power she currently controlled might only be at Second Class God level.
Of course, the pre-reincarnation her probably wasn't a true Divine King, only the status was.
Now, she kept a portion of power as a reserve, which could be activated at critical moments for self-preservation. But she had lost the Divine King-level status. At most, it was like a self-preservation measure left behind by a Second Class God.
As for Na'er's separation...
"She used the Douluo Plane's laws to preserve her final Divine King-level asset, helping her forge the Silver Dragon Spear."
The Golden Dragon Spear was formed from the Dragon God's rib when the Dragon God split; it wasn't part of the Golden Dragon King's body. But because it inherited inherently the Dragon God's physical power, the Golden Dragon Spear was under his control.
The Silver Dragon King, on the other hand, inherited the Dragon God's elemental control ability, so she had no connection to the Dragon God's other ribs.
This Silver Dragon Spear was something she specifically crafted for herself using the Golden Dragon Spear as a template.
Na'er was merely a vessel for forging the weapon.
This was also why Na'er couldn't awaken a Martial Soul at age six; it came later.
Because even with the Plane's laws helping, converting this Silver Dragon Spear took a full six years. Na'er wasn't an infant when first separated.
The six-year count started from the moment of separation, not from birth. She gained a Martial Soul after six full years, not at age six.
Of course, Su Ming couldn't deduce this much just from a meeting and sensing her aura. This was mainly because he already possessed a great deal of information on Gu Yuena and had long since figured her out.
"I heard you're going to the Abyss?" Gu Yuena asked curiously.
"Yes. Want to come along?"
Gu Yuena shook her head, shrugging helplessly.
"I have full responsibility for building the Ten-Thousand Beast Platform; I can't leave. Otherwise, I'd like to go see the Abyssal creatures too."
She was now interacting with Su Ming as a completely new individual.
She indicated she was not Gu Yue.
"What a pity. Does it require real-time effort?" Su Ming feigned sympathy for Gu Yuena's hardship.
"Oh, right. My Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform also needs to build a virtual space. If you don't mind, the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform and Ten-Thousand Beast Platform could be built together," Su Ming suggested.
The corner of Gu Yuena's mouth twitched.
"No, it's fine. I've studied virtual space technology myself. You can mobilize any experts within the Pagoda. They'd probably prefer to go to your project anyway, since you have new technology to research and many breakthroughs to be made."
Su Ming observed Gu Yuena's reaction.
"Sure you don't want to join? As payment, I can pay with Heaven Refinement metal."
"No, I need to cultivate myself. Cultivation level is the foundation, after all."
After this probing, Su Ming confirmed Gu Yuena's future method for controlling Spirit Masters.
The Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform and the Spirit Ascension Platform were fundamentally different. Although it used Spirit Ascension technology, it wasn't responsible for spirit ascension, let alone specifically for ten-thousand-year Spirit Soul ascension.
So, if she truly joined Su Ming's side to help build the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform, Gu Yuena would be operating at a complete loss.
Their exchange concluded, and they each went to attend to their own affairs.
However, before Su Ming could start selecting talent and forming the Ten-Thousand Spirit Platform project team, he was interrupted.
Feng Wuyu requested a meeting.
Su Ming arranged to meet him in the office.
"I just got back, and Elder Feng is already here."
"It's quite urgent," Feng Wuyu said with a bitter smile.
"What's the matter?"
"You entered Dragon Valley back then too. Did you really not see Wu Lin?"
Uh...
Su Ming was stunned.
If Feng Wuyu hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about Tang Wu Lin.
"There's still no news of him?"
"None," Feng Wuyu shook his head helplessly.
Su Ming frowned, calculating the time.
There did seem to be a discrepancy.
In the original storyline, Tang Wu Lin spent a thousand days burying dragons. Adding travel time by ship, it would take at least three years after the Dragon Valley incident for him to return.
But due to Su Ming's influence, the ties between Star Luo and the Federation had deepened, and the exchange delegation departed earlier.
If Tang Wu Lin could catch it, there was a fleet scheduled to return in half a year.
If he missed that one in half a year, it would take at least another year to return to the continent.
The Star Luo Empire's comprehensive engagement with the Federation planned exchanges every six months.
"It seems he really encountered an accident," Feng Wuyu shook his head, somewhat resigned.
"Forgive my bluntness, but Tang Wu Lin shouldn't be that important to Shrek, should he?" Su Ming asked curiously.
Had something else happened during the time he returned late?
"This is the Golden Ancient Tree's intention," Feng Wuyu said.
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