Qu Jianlei was certain that the inheritance he had obtained was extraordinarily valuable, but fully mastering it would take time.
In the blink of an eye, he had spent more than two months in seclusion inside the Secret Chamber before finally emerging.
The progress from this secluded cultivation session had been phenomenal—the key was that Yi He had been by his side, allowing the two to discuss it together.
Everyone else knew that First One had gone into seclusion to study the Black Colt Tower. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a legendary artifact?
The moment he came out, Mu Guang was the first to approach, smiling as he spoke. "First One, judging by your expression, you gained quite a bit?"
At his age, it was precisely the right time to attempt the Nascent Soul Realm. Even a minor setback could easily put him at a disadvantage.
"Mm." Qu Jianlei nodded with a beaming smile. "I've basically worked through all the core stages. What remains is experimentation."
"That's great." Mu Guang nodded at that. "Another eight or ten years, and it should be about done."
Eight or ten years? Qu Jianlei smiled to himself. It probably won't take that long.
Still, it was best not to speak too absolutely about such matters. "As soon as possible, anyway. I'll be going out to test it after a while. Has anything happened recently?"
He planned to give Xiao Hu a month to run all kinds of data, then find an uninhabited place for testing.
Naturally, quite a few things had happened over the past two months. First, the three sets of Calculation Units promised by the military had arrived.
With that, their computational power became far more abundant. The one month Qu Jianlei had estimated for running the data models would be