Beginning Prototype Machine Forging

Mid-October.

In the bedroom.

Zhang Yu, who had just finished his cultivation and returned from the Taiqing Realm, saw the good news from the Ten Thousand Laws University.

Looking at the contents, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Has the Top Ten League ended?"

"This year seems to be ending sooner than in previous years."

Dao Qiankun from the Daoist Arts Department won 2nd place in the Combat Arts Jiu Tianliu from the Finance Department won 1st place in the Treasure Combat Fortune Combat. Yan Qianji from the Artifact Crafting Department won 2nd place in the Treasure Hunt Competition, and Ye Xingli won 10th place in the Treasure Combat.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Although my senior sister's ability to Magic Treasure Design is impressive, enabling her to rank among the top five in the top 100 schools, it seems that in terms of combat prowess in direct competition with Law Treasure, she is still a step behind the top students from other schools."

However, this also made Zhang Yu realize his senior sister's talent in Magic Treasure Design, making him even more eager to replicate her Dao Seed.

Zhang Yu then thought, "Yan Qianji, as a Nascent Soul disciple, is already the face of our Artifact Crafting Department. How could he have lost a match this time and failed to take first place?"

Zhang Yu then looked at the remaining rankings and concluded in his mind, "This year's champions in Combat Arts and Treasure Combat have been taken by Heavenly Devil University and Nether University, respectively."

As expected, Heavenly Demon Sect and Youmo are the three strongest schools among the top ten, just like Ten Thousand Methods.

Looking at the names on the Rankings, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, "The Top Ten League are truly full of top talents."

The thought of having to overcome so many top students and defeat them one by one to obtain the Immortal Sect Technique filled Zhang Yu with a mix of worry, tension, and excitement.

Just then, he also saw Bai Zhenzhen's ranking of 7th in Sword Combat.

"A-Zhen did well this time too, achieving such a ranking while only a senior."

Zhang Yu sent a congratulatory message to Bai Zhenzhen. After thinking for a moment, he also sent a congratulatory message to Ye Xingli.

Ye Xingli: Thank you! I was lucky this time, I'll keep trying.

Looking at Ye Xingli's reply, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Sigh, Senior Sister used to always mention money transfers when she talked, why hasn't she transferred any Spirit Coin lately?"

Zhang Yu even had a strange feeling that talking to Ye Xingli lately felt like talking to people in the Songyang Fellow Villagers Group.

Just then, Bai Zhenzhen's invitation appeared. With Zhang Yu's consent, his thoughts traversed countless Spirit Realm and arrived at a room.

This was the secret room that the Seven Emotions Divine Lord had set up for him and Bai Zhenzhen in the Spirit Realm, and it was also the place where he and Bai Zhenzhen had met every day for a period of time.

The moment they met, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhi embraced tightly.

Feeling Zhang Yu hug her tightly, Bai Zhenzhen said softly, "Yu Zi, I'm sorry I haven't replied to your messages. It's all because Mom won't let me contact you."

Feeling Bai Zhenzhen leaning quietly against his chest, and seeing his usually energetic friend looking so serene, Zhang Yu smiled and said, "It's good that you're alright."

Bai Zhenzhen asked, "And you? Did you encounter Demon Cult?"

The two embraced and shared their experiences over the past few days.

Of course, in the room that Seven Emotions had booked for them, Zhang Yu could not recount his true experience of fighting to the death against the Golden Core of the Demon Cult Sect. He simply repeated the story he had already told the Orthodox God.

When the topic of the Top Ten League came up, Bai Zhenzhen also mentioned the news that the Top Ten League would be restructured next year.

Hearing Bai Zhenzhen's report, Zhang Yu was startled and said, "So, starting next year, the results of the Top Ten League will determine the distribution of profits among the Top Ten Universities, and the competition will become even more intense?"

"There's also the option to Self-selected Immortal Sect Technique," Bai Zhenzhen said solemnly. "The reward of being able to choose your own Cultivation Method from the Daoist Canon Catalog is incredibly attractive."

Moreover, it's hard to say whether there will be such a good opportunity in the next Top Ten League; it's very likely that this is a one-time event.

Whenever she thinks about this, Bai Zhenzhen can't help but sigh, "The Daoist Canon Catalog was created by the Ten Great Sects to record all kinds of Immortal Dao information in the world in order to create a new Immortal Dao system. It is said that it contains all the Cultivation Method in the world."

Even if this statement is taken with a grain of salt, and not all Cultivation Method are recorded, or the Ten Great Sects may impose some restrictions on the selection range, there are still too many Cultivation Method to choose from, and they are all of the Immortal Sect Grade.

If Expert-level Cultivation Method are merely Cultivation Method but conventional, Military-grade Cultivation Method begin to defy logic, then Immortal Sect Grade Cultivation Method can change the entire landscape, capable of delivering a devastating blow to Cultivation Method below the Immortal Sect Grade —they belong to a completely different Cultivation Method altogether.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu nodded repeatedly, a sense of longing rising in his heart.

But Bai Zhenzhen's voice lowered again as she said this, "Unfortunately, next year... time is too tight."

Zhang Yu asked, "Will the competition format change?"

Bai Zhenzhen nodded. "The specific details haven't been released yet, but according to rumors, all Military Competition will be combined into one event."

"A project?" Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Wouldn't that mean students specializing in magic, treasures, Fortune Combat, Sword Combat, and other disciplines would all have to compete in the same arena?

Bai Zhenzhen nodded, then sighed softly, "What a pity. If it had been two or three years later, we could have had a chance to compete."

"Next year..."

Thinking of the top three students who made it to the final Heavenly Prodigy of the Sword Combat, as well as the other geniuses from different tracks, Bai Zhenzhen sighed again.

Given her current abilities, she was already at a disadvantage compared to these upperclassmen.

However, Bai Zhenzhen was confident that given more time, she would definitely be able to catch up with these senior students in the future.

However, a year is still too short, especially with the conflict between the Top Ten Universities this time, and the bait of Self-selected Immortal Sect Technique next year. These senior students will inevitably receive the full support of the school and various forms of assistance from the Deity Transformation Divine Lord.

This makes it even more difficult to catch up with these upperclassmen within a year.

Zhang Yu nodded slightly upon hearing this, but a fighting spirit ignited within him.

He looked at Bai Zhenzhen and said, "No matter what, it would be a shame to give up such an opportunity."

"In the coming year, we will do everything in our power to compete."

Sensing the seriousness in Zhang Yu's eyes, Bai Zhenzhen nodded in agreement.

Just then, the voice of the Seven Emotions Divine Lord rang out from all around. "In this year's Top Ten League, a total of 11 students died in all the Military Competition combined, and any one of them was stronger than you."

Next year, the Top Ten League will only become more intense and brutal.

"At the same time, the level of the next batch of participants will be even stronger, and it is very likely that it will be the strongest batch of students in terms of average strength since the establishment of the Top Ten League."

"Zhang Yu, if you participate rashly, you might die."

"And your death might trigger a backlash from True Clone's Extreme Emotion Sword Dao."

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then looked at Bai Zhenzhen and said to her, "A-Zhen, don't worry, I won't die. Neither you nor any of the top students from other schools can kill me."

Bai Zhenzhen nodded slightly, but in her heart she thought, "If Yu Zi is really in danger during next year's competition, even if I am disqualified, I will intervene in the competition to protect him."

The two then exchanged ideas for a while, and before leaving, Bai Zhenzhen reminded Zhang Yu, "Yu Zi, try to take on fewer off-campus projects from now on."

"After this economic crisis, the power of the Demon Cult cult has greatly increased. In particular, as you know, these Demon Cult possess the technology to hijack the Spirit Realm, so they will definitely take more actions."

However, there are serious conflicts between the schools, and there will likely be a lot of open and covert struggles surrounding the Top Ten League in the coming year.

The wilderness will definitely become more dangerous.

After ending his contact with Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu focused even more on his studies and cultivation.

After all, there is less than a year until the next Top Ten League. Even with his exceptional talent, the time is very tight, and he must make the most of every minute and second.

Several days later, just as he had originally predicted, Zhang Yu finally advanced the production skills of more than ten Law Treasure to Level 20 through simulated cultivation within the Taiqing Realm.

The various crafting techniques contained in these Law Treasure encompass the crafting techniques required to refine the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine.

At this point, Zhang Yu could finally begin the formal forging of the Prototype Machine.

During this Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu decided not to continue immersing himself in the Taiqing Realm for simulated practice.

"The forging of the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine must be done step by step, and every process of forging, upgrading, and improving it must be fully recorded."

This way, it will be easier for me to get approved.

"If I were to directly advance the production technology of the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine to Level 20 within the Taiqing Realm, and then make a name for myself in reality by refining this Law Treasure to Level 20 on the first attempt, it would indeed be astonishing. However, since it leaves no trace in reality, it would likely be considered a forgery, causing me considerable trouble."

Even if, after many twists and turns, it is ultimately proven that I did not fabricate anything, it will probably still arouse unnecessary interest among many people who will wonder why I was able to reach Level 20 on my first attempt at crafting Prototype Machine.

Zhang Yu thought to himself that it wouldn't be easy to push this Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine onto the Nectar Divine Lord's method. So he made everyone witness it firsthand, to show them that he had used absolute talent to gradually improve the Prototype Machine.

Zhang Yu made up his mind to first refine it into Level 1 Heavenly Sun Brilliant God.

Then, through repeated refining and improvement in the laboratory, the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God was upgraded to Level 20.

During the repeated refining process, one can also use the Feather Scroll to improve their mastery of design blueprints to Level 20.

However, before starting the refining process, Zhang Yu did some calculations.

Due to the disruption caused by the economic crisis, Zhang Yu's income has plummeted recently. Apart from the 40 Spirit Coin subsidy from the laboratory, he has almost no other income. Instead, he used his own savings to pay the salaries of the company's employees.

Fortunately, Zhang Yu's cultivation during this period was all completed through the simulation of the Taiqing Realm, without costing him a penny, unlike the previous cultivation of weapon-refining techniques which consumed a great deal of Cultivation Method.

Even so, he only had less than 120 Spirit Coin in his bank account at the moment, which was obviously not enough to complete the forging of the Prototype Machine.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The crafting of the Prototype Machine will require at least 300 Spirit Coin. Considering the possibility of overspending and repeated modifications, the cost of crafting it should be at least 400 Spirit Coin, or even 500 Spirit Coin, to be on the safe side."

Of course, this applies to others. For someone like me with Artifact Forging Prodigy, it might even save me a lot of Spirit Coin.

"But overall... I definitely don't have enough Spirit Coin right now."

"We need to make money."

Although the total number of Spirit Coin was significantly lower, Zhang Yu remained confident.

On one hand, there are 120 Spirit Coin, which is enough for him to start working and make money while refining weapons.

On the other hand, it's because... with the end of the economic crisis, there are now plenty of opportunities to make money in the University City.