Chapter 79: Steamed Brocade Carp
The matter of hunting the strange together was something Wen Weilan and Liu Sheng had already discussed.
Although Wen Weilan had lost her cultivation, she still had considerable experience as a Hunter of the Strange. Moreover, she had been diligently practicing “Water-Severing Sword,” a traditional sword technique that Liu Sheng had unearthed from the Hidden Scripture Library of the Seven Profound Academy, which she had been practicing daily. This gave her a tiny bit of self-preservation ability; at least against uncultivated individuals, she could easily crush them, but against the strange, it was hard to say.
There weren't many Hunters of the Strange like Wen Weilan who, despite having no cultivation, insisted on venturing into the strange, but they were not few either. They basically all harbored the same thought.
That was, to become a Yugui.
Since Wen Weilan wished this, Liu Sheng naturally accompanied her.
After all, she had already become a cultivator.
And thanks to Wen Weilan, someone was arranged to quietly take Liu Sheng to Qinghe Academy to test her Rank. Although her Lingtual seemed to confuse the instrument, sometimes reporting “Initial Realm - Second Rank,” sometimes “Initial Realm - Fourth Rank,” and even jumping to “Initial Realm - Fifth Rank,” based on the average, her current Refining Qi Stage - First Layer should be equivalent to Initial Realm - Three and Six-Sevenths Rank here.
Not to mention she also had Little Tentacle, who grew stronger with stronger opponents, so it should be able to protect the delicate Miss Wen, right?
So Liu Sheng thought of taking two or three days off, claiming family matters, to accompany Wen Weilan on her trip.
Anyway, the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall didn’t have much work, and Su Yanjun could handle it alone.
She could also feed Guai Qi snacks to “Mama” and, if given the chance, feed new weird objects information to the “world.”
There was no other way; the things she raised had rather unique tastes.
It was just that now she was genuinely worried about “family matters.” She still didn’t know the situation of that Weird Domain, and hoped they would quickly form a team and set off.
…
Five days later, in Liu Sheng's workshop, she was demonstrating a batch of paper-thin core formations to Wen Weilan and Cui Cui.
These were precisely the formations mass-engraved by her Spirit Array Engraving Device, with perfect circuitry, clear engraving, and no deviation. As long as this core formation was combined with a refined mirror, an Evil-warding Mirror could be made.
This way, with just one such machine, twenty core formations could be engraved daily, and by spending a bit more money to hire two low-Rank Artifact Refiners to handle the synthesis of Evil-warding Mirrors, current production needs could be met. The Great Master behind the scenes, Liu Sheng, could finally free her hands!
“You have so many ways to be lazy!” Wen Weilan exclaimed, curiously examining the finished products.
“Laziness is the core driving force of human progress,” Liu Sheng said with a righteous expression.
Cui Cui nodded in agreement: “Sheng Sheng Jie is too tired, and you’re going out for a few days. We can’t just stop production, can we?”
“This method is good. Now we have some money to hire two more Artifact Refiners. I’ll go recruit them now.”
Cui Cui quickly calculated in her mind and immediately thought of taking action.
Moreover, this machine only cost sixty-three Lingtual per unit and was not large, so it could be used in a small workshop.
However, it took quite a long time to build one, and currently, only Liu Sheng could make them. Otherwise, Wen Weilan and Cui Cui would have wanted to sell this as their second product. It was far more advanced than the Spirit Array Engraving Devices on the market! The profit margin was also huge!
Of course, this was also thanks to the “world,” which continuously optimized Liu Sheng’s designs.
If Wen Weilan and the others knew that Liu Sheng also had a version that was only palm-sized and less than a fen (3.3 mm) thick, their jaws would surely drop.
However, Liu Sheng had also explored for a long time before figuring out that she didn't need to create a fully functional, compressed version of the Spirit Array Engraving Device within the “world.” She only needed to make a small Spiritual Artifact capable of engraving formations, with its functions then entirely taken over by the “world.”
So, after such a long time, the “world’s” transformation was finally complete. The tian yan stone was also engraved with the core formation and successfully embedded within it.
But for now, no significant improvement was apparent.
However, the “world” also said that this optimization was achieved over years and was now continuously deducing and gradually engraving new optimized array patterns.
If more relevant data and information could be obtained, this process would surely accelerate.
Then, with this “world 2.0,” Liu Sheng immediately began conducting experiments on Lingtual particle comparison.
She had already made two small weird objects containment vessels based on the disposable version, then released a portion of her Lingtual, guided it into one of the containment vessels, and sealed it.
However, collecting the Lingtual of this world was a challenge because she could not control its guidance.
The commonly used spiritual beads were a type of natural Lingtual crystal, but their state was very stable. They were mined from Spiritual Veins, did not break when dropped, and were difficult to separate for analysis.
Fortunately, “world 2.0” provided a solution idea: for her to use layers of nested acceleration formations to create a circular acceleration tunnel, keeping it vacuumed and free of debris inside, placing the containment vessel at a certain point in the tunnel and setting it as the impact point, then accelerating two spiritual beads to super speed in the tunnel for collision. The scattered Lingtual particles could then be collected for the experiment.
Liu Sheng followed this method and laid out a large circular acceleration tunnel in the backyard.
But the first use blew up the garden, making Miss Wen furious and causing her to eat steamed brocade carp for two days with tears in her eyes.
Since the small garden had become a ruin, Liu Sheng was allowed to do as she pleased.
Thus, Liu Sheng successfully expanded her workshop, with the small garden now encompassed within it.
Reflecting on the last experiment, it might have been that too many acceleration formations were nested, making it a bit too intense and neglecting stability.
So she added some stabilizing array patterns, inspired by the containment vessel, and finally successfully collided two spiritual beads, releasing a large amount of Lingtual particles.
She collected the Lingtual particles from both worlds and handed the samples to “world 2.0” for analysis.
Then, a bunch of parameters that Liu Sheng didn't understand were displayed, but the summary was that the Lingtual particles of the Seven Profound Decree World were indeed of higher quality and more active than those of this world, which explained the phenomenon of a Refining Qi Stage - First Layer fluctuating between Initial Realm - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Ranks. However, fundamentally, there was no significant difference in their basic properties.
This meant that as long as Liu Sheng paid attention to micro-managing the stability of her Lingtual during Rank tests, she wouldn't be considered an anomaly.
…
It was late at night, but the Wen Family's small house was still bustling with activity.
The three of them gathered, envisioning how Qingyun Pavilion would soar to success with this Sharp Weapon of production.
As they talked, they began to scheme about when they could become the richest in Tang Country.
Suddenly, two consecutive “ding-dong,” “ding-dong” sounds interrupted their daydreaming.
Liu Sheng and Wen Weilan exchanged glances, then pulled out their Xiaoxiang Pavilion tokens.
It had finally arrived!
Indeed, at this moment, the dark little token glowed with an inky light. The side that originally read “No Jumping High” was temporarily obscured, revealing only a line of small text:
【Please gather at the East Gate of Qinghe Airship Station at the first quarter of Mao hour on May 21st. Good luck to you.】
The message was concise and to the point, without any unnecessary words. The person sending the message probably thought that everyone was an experienced Hunter of the Strange and there was no need to say too much.
May 21st was tomorrow, and the first quarter of Mao hour was around five o'clock. The person who set the time was truly terrifying.
“Then let’s go to bed early and conserve our energy,” Wen Weilan said to Liu Sheng.
Liu Sheng returned to her room and tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.
Cough cough, certain settings are limited to this world; don't dwell on the principles _(:з」∠)_