The Birth of a Storage Magic Treasure

What's wrong with the little singer?

She's been acting strange today.

Daoist Wang watched Gao Huating hurry into the restroom with her head down and didn't think much of it, calmly walking to the single sofa in his exclusive corner.

She must have realized he saw those memories.

'It's just a bit of youthful fantasy.'

Daoist Wang smiled at this.

Slumping into the sofa, Daoist Wang reached out and summoned two stones placed nearby, continuing to incubate them.

Storage Magic Treasures were not far off.

Zheng Shiduo ambled over from the first floor, glanced around, and asked curiously, "Brother Wang, where's that wingman of yours with the great voice?"

"Sent back for maintenance."

Wang Jixuan initially wanted to make a joke, but then thought it wasn't right to speak ill of Peony behind her back, so he chuckled:

"She's gone for an upgrade.

"Old Fu and I discussed it briefly; if we're going to take down Xing Tian next, we need to be fully prepared for combat.

"Peony will undergo a comprehensive personality and stress test. If she passes both, she'll be designated as the legion commander for all loyal wingmen.

"Then, Old Fu will equip her with a high-tier Annihilation Cannon as soon as possible and upgrade her core energy, giving her combat power close to that of a second-generation Half-Human Mech.

"This will make it easier for us to launch a surprise attack."

Zheng Shiduo blinked in surprise: "Aren't we afraid of autonomous mechs going rogue anymore?"

"There's definitely a risk of them going rogue."

Wang Jixuan explained simply:

"But if we want to rapidly increase the strength of the war zone, we can only rely on mechs. The modification experiments for Half-Human Mechs themselves have many limitations."

"I know, I know!"

Wan Xiaoqi raised his hand to speak:

"I overheard some senior engineers talking about similar topics with Mom!"

Wang Jixuan played along, asking, "What did they say?"

"Well," Wan Xiaoqi chose his words carefully, "gradually deploying mechs is a consensus. Even if mechs awaken their own consciousness and there's a risk of them going rogue, as long as we guide their hatred towards Blade Beasts and have them attack the Blade Beasts, even if they betray humanity, it can still curb the Blade Beasts to a certain extent."

Zheng Shiduo chuckled: "Our scientists, they've truly gone mad from the Pillar-Class Blade Beasts and the main Blade Beast Swarms. If they assume they'll go rogue, why are they still doing it?"

Wan Xiaoqi grinned: "Planning for the worst!"

Daoist Wang yawned and sat cross-legged on the sofa, letting two treasure materials float around him.

Several formation bases placed nearby activated on their own.

He said, "I'll be here recovering and refining materials. Just call me if anything comes up."

"You do your thing!"

Zheng Shiduo patted his chest:

"I'll keep an eye out around here for you, I guarantee nothing will go wrong!"

Wu Man, who was diligently carving formation bases, couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead at the remark.

Old Zheng has been the most idle these past few days!

Zheng Shiduo walked over to inspect Wu Man's work, nodded with satisfaction, and patted Wu Man's shoulder:

"Keep up the good work, kid. If you cause trouble in the future, just don't mention my name."

He then continued to wander off, muttering, "It really feels a bit empty without Big Peony around. No one to scold me anymore."

Just then.

Gao Huating emerged from the restroom with her head down.

Zheng Shiduo was startled by Gao Huating's wet hair and quickly asked with concern:

"What happened? Did you fall in the toilet?"

Gao Huating, whose hair and short shirt were merely wet from washing her face multiple times, forced a strained smile at Zheng Shiduo.

She glanced up at Daoist Wang, who was meditating amidst the light and shadows of the formation, with two stones floating around him, and sighed inwardly several times.

Gao Huating said softly, "The water pipe broke... It's nothing... I'm going to get to work."

"Little Huating, come play games!"

Wan Xiaoqi called out happily: "I'm almost done with the game!"

Gao Huating trudged over dejectedly, radiating a dispirited aura.

Zheng Shiduo tilted his head slightly, took a peek into the restroom, and ambled back, scratching his head.

'A girl's heart is truly complicated.'

"It still has to be me, your brother, who is kind-hearted and pure, and can fully understand a man's emotional needs. Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Meanwhile.

At the D5 Comprehensive War Zone General Headquarters, inside a certain underground facility.

Peony sat gracefully in front of a row of men and women in white coats, her body covered in wires, with somewhat messy instruments beside her.

"Strange."

A white-haired lady frowned and muttered, staring at Peony's face, which she had personally sculpted into a work of art, her gaze filled with complexity.

This was, in a way, her daughter.

"Send an application to the Commander-in-Chief... For this mech, I suggest we directly destroy her core processor."

The lady said in a low voice.

Wang Jixuan's injuries healed very quickly this time.

Gao Huating's chanted Requiem had helped him greatly, and Wu Man and Zheng Shiduo, whose strength had greatly increased, continuously recited Buddhist scriptures, easily purifying the 'docile' Demonic Qi within him.

However, a hidden danger still remained.

As he got closer and closer to entering the Demonic State, Wang Jixuan felt a sense of worry.

He was here for Worldly Heart Refining, which was meant to improve himself and qualify him to enter the Immortal Realm.

But if he ended up entering the Demonic State due to unforeseen circumstances during this refining process...

That would be a significant loss.

He cultivated in his studio until 10 PM. These two materials had already shown signs of 'melting'.

The Treasure Materials had been nurtured enough!

Although Wang Jixuan was impatient, refining artifacts ultimately required patience.

Seeing that it was time for a late-night snack, Wang Jixuan took the initiative to ask Uncle Tai and the senior researchers to rest, and sent Wan Xiaoqi to call Shen Qionglin over.

Later, Wang Jixuan also wanted Shen Qionglin to witness the birth of the world's first Storage Magic Treasure.

Not for any other reason than to increase Shen Qionglin's 'loyalty' to him, to let Shen Qionglin know...

That the knowledge he possessed was only just beginning to be revealed.

At 11:30 PM.

Around a square table with seven or eight seats, a group of people set aside their statuses and achievements, laughing as they picked synthetic meat and Blade Beast meat from a grill, discussing academic matters.

Shen Qionglin planned to slip away after eating.

She had been in contact with the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner recently, hoping to gradually create a Replicated Circuit for the Core Circuit by building up goodwill.

Wang Jixuan called out, "You can go back later. Tonight, I'll let you broaden your horizons."

"Okay," Shen Qionglin sat down again and picked up her chopsticks.

Since she wasn't allowed to leave, she might as well eat more.

Zheng Shiduo chuckled mischievously beside her, "How are you going to broaden your horizons? Big Sister Ling Tong isn't here, so I'll be watching you closely, Brother Wang~"

Wang Jixuan said leisurely, "You'd better behave yourself."

Zheng Shiduo immediately sat up straight, "My mistake, my mistake, I'll pour myself three drinks as punishment!"

"This guy," Uncle Tai cursed with a smile, "all day long he just eats and drinks. Drink less; the quota for this imitation liquor is already limited!"

Zheng Shiduo could only chuckle sheepishly.

Wang Jixuan ignored him and, seeing that everyone had eaten their fill, got straight to the point.

"Uncle Tai, has the Furnace I ordered been prepared?"

"It's ready. You gave the word two days ago, and we delivered the high-pressure Furnace to the newly opened small room next door within a few hours." Uncle Tai's eyes lit up. "Teacher Wang, are you creating something new again?"

"That's right."

"Then, about this third attempt..."

"Wait until later, I'll hand over the temperature and pressure control work to you. If you do it well, it'll be the second attempt!"

Uncle Tai smiled with satisfaction, and several researchers beside him looked on with envy.

Wu Man asked curiously, "Is Sir making a weapon?"

"Not a weapon," Wang Jixuan thought about the power of a Nuclear Bomb and its natural compatibility with Storage Magic Treasures, and said gently, "You could consider it a type of strategic weapon. After I make it, you can try to see if you can use it too."

Zheng Shiduo complained, "Brother Wang, you always favor him! I can be your guinea pig too!"

"Just to see if it can be used!"

Wang Jixuan laughed and scolded:

"Making this kind of thing now wastes a lot of materials. It shouldn't be done lightly unless absolutely necessary... Little Gao Huating?"

"Yes!"

Gao Huating, in the corner, was unexpectedly called out. Distraught as she was, she instantly perked up, her voice becoming a little sharp and high-pitched due to nervousness:

"Please, just give me your orders."

"Later, I'll need to borrow your abilities. I'll teach you a song, and see if you can play or hum it," Wang Jixuan said. "This can amplify our souls, our spiritual power."

"Okay!" Gao Huating immediately nodded in agreement.

She didn't realize the significance behind the song Wang Jixuan was giving her today.

As long as she could perform it and achieve a certain effect, she would have an irreplaceable position in the field of psionics from then on.

Currently, Gao Huating's mind was filled with chaotic thoughts.

Wang Zheng is the Black Storm, and the Black Storm is the great Wang Zheng.

He saw my memories, and he already has someone.

Ah—how embarrassing!

However, embarrassing as it was, when she sat in the corner of the courtyard with her legs crossed, picked up her wooden guitar, and the melody Wang Jixuan hummed echoed in her mind, she quickly found her state.

A faint glow appeared around Gao Huating.

Her singing voice, amidst the chaotic machine noise, accurately reached the ears of the few people present, making the psionic energy of the psionicists on site very active, and even ordinary people felt clear-headed.

Inside the studio courtyard in the early morning.

Wang Jixuan, Uncle Tai, and Zheng Shiduo took off their shirts and started the giant furnace, gradually adjusting the pressure and temperature inside.

Wang Jixuan solemnly placed the prepared treasure materials into it one by one.

High temperature and high pressure were merely aids; they allowed for the removal of impurities within the materials by utilizing their different melting points.

Wang Jixuan continuously injected his own magic power to nourish these treasure materials, allowing them to gradually fuse, and began to carve simple restrictions within them using his spiritual sense to aid the fusion of the treasure materials.

If magic power was insufficient, technique had to make up for it.

After about two hours of such busy work.

Wang Jixuan's eyes grew hotter, and three large and two small piles of "liquid metal" appeared in the furnace, with similar material composition but different emphases.

Storage magic treasure was the most important!

Wang Jixuan shouted, "Old Zheng! The mold for the bracer!"

"Coming!"

Zheng Shiduo quickly moved forward, directly entering his mutated state, his body covered in scales, his hands holding a simple, high-temperature resistant mold.

Wang Jixuan drew out the smallest lump of treasure material and injected it into the mold, quickly switching places with Wu Man.

Wu Man brought his hands together in a sword finger gesture and placed them on his temples, meticulously controlling the few lumps of liquid metal in the furnace, keeping them steadily suspended.

Wang Jixuan's movements were swift. He held the mold steady with one hand, squatted down without regard for his image, and rapidly patted the outside of the mold with his right hand.

Streams of magic power condensed into hammer shapes!

Wang Jixuan had originally intended to forge a storage ring.

But firstly, rings usually required slightly higher-grade treasure materials, and his gains from "breaking in" this time were limited. Using these treasure materials now would be a pure waste.

Secondly, carving six layers of restrictions into a ring was extremely difficult and required extremely high levels of magic power and spiritual sense.

Wang Jixuan was, after all, only a minor cultivator at the Void Return Realm.

Only after entering the Golden Core Realm would he have the confidence to undertake such delicate work without wasting materials.

Now...

Forging a bracer, a defensive item, with two layers of restrictions carved into it could also create storage space, which was sufficient.

Wang Jixuan struck it forty-nine times with his magic power. When Zheng Shiduo opened the mold, Wang Jixuan directly reached in and grabbed the red-hot bracer. His eyes shone with golden light, and the intricate structure within the bracer was completely visible to him.

A silver needle entered his hand. Wang Jixuan, as if holding a brush, quickly etched with the needle.

Artifact refiners had specialized, extremely fine carving tools, but those often required extremely precious treasure materials.

Wang Jixuan used to have them.

Tempering the spirit, immersing the soul, carving restrictions, circulating spiritual energy!

Under everyone's gaze, a bracer, intricately carved with complex patterns inside and out, rapidly appeared in Wang Jixuan's palm.

Wang Jixuan took a deep breath and exhaled a stream of True Essence from his Qi Sea. The bracer emitted a golden light.

It was done!

Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense probed inside. He could see streams of colorful, radiant light appearing within the bracer. These lights intertwined, like weaving bamboo strips, creating a five-foot square spatial dimension.

Five feet!

Daoist Wang was overjoyed.

He had originally expected three feet!

It could be considered a low-grade magic treasure!

The main body of the storage bracer was complete. In the future, its defensive capabilities would be enhanced, allowing it to function as armor.

That's simple enough. The restrictions on defensive magic tools are on a completely different level compared to storage-type magic tools.

And...

Wang Jixuan looked into the furnace.

Because the first item went too smoothly, Daoist Wang had already started scheming. The materials he prepared for the second storage magic treasure could completely make two items.

If the bracer was made thinner and covered a smaller area, it could still be used.

"Wu Man!"

"Got it!"

Wang Jixuan and Wu Man swapped positions and began the micro-manipulation inside the furnace.

The onlookers, observing from the side, had already raised their expectations to the highest. However, what they were thinking at the moment was that Wang Jixuan might be crafting full body armor.

See, he made a bracer first.

After all, for them, directly using subspace for spatial storage was simply too advanced.

Two hours later, outside the studio.

Zhou Zhengde, who arrived late at night, walked down from the sightseeing vehicle with his hands behind his back, a frown on his face.

He had been very busy lately, pushing forward the plan to transfer Fortress No. 76 to Fortress No. 82 and transform Fortress No. 82 into an agricultural fortress, among other things.

This was his first political achievement, so Zhou Zhengde naturally wanted to make it as impressive as possible.

His sudden visit was also due to an urgent matter.

What a headache. Why do I have to be the one to say this? Wang Zheng and I are good friends, but... Peony is Wang Jixuan's follower and nanny.

Director Zhou scratched his head and walked through the holographic camouflage wall. He heard a "holy crap" sound coming from the courtyard and curiously went to investigate.