New Supernatural Power Test

"Supernatural Power is ready, let's summon one to try first."

After the new supernatural power was formed, Lu Mingyuan immediately used the talent in his soul space to guide the spiritual energy from an unknown space to descend through a specific method.

Once the spiritual energy descended, it instantly entered the supernatural power phantom.

Then, the supernatural power activated.

The next moment, Lu Mingyuan felt a coolness in his hand, and something appeared. He looked closely and saw a piece of brown wood.

Moreover, this piece of wood was slowly growing, getting longer.

Gradually, as the length of the wood increased, it began to curve.

At the end, it connected to a rectangular crossbar, and a thin blade was attached to the top of the crossbar.

That's right, it was an ancient sickle.

A very common sickle.

Also, a completely ordinary sickle.

After the sickle was completely formed, Lu Mingyuan felt a slight weight in his hand. Then, with a sudden exertion, he gripped it tightly.

He raised it to his eyes and examined it carefully, finding nothing unusual. It was indeed a completely ordinary sickle.

With a casual swing, he heard a "swish."

The space tore.

Alright, it was more of a "whoosh," the sound of cutting through the air.

After a long while, Lu Mingyuan stopped his wild swinging.

"The feel is okay, quite handy. It should work as a weapon."

"For harvesting wheat or straw, it should also be very efficient. One swing, and a whole patch is done."

In the courtyard, Lu Mingyuan looked at the sharp, gleaming blade on the side of the sickle, filled with emotion.

Summoning was not a problem. Next, Lu Mingyuan planned to thoroughly test all aspects of this supernatural power and understand its characteristics completely.

Just then...

"Wait, didn't that sickle just grow out slowly?"

Lu Mingyuan recalled the scene just now. First, there was the wooden handle, then the handle slowly lengthened, followed by a crossbar, connected to a sharp blade, and finally, the sickle was completely formed.

This scene... why did it look so familiar?

Wait, wasn't this similar to the spell that Second Master used to summon his weapon?

Afterward, Lu Mingyuan thought about it carefully and realized it was indeed similar.

What a shame, I don't have a three-pointed, double-edged sword, so I can't be Erlang Shen.

However, I should have a substitute.

With that thought, Lu Mingyuan uttered "Disperse," and the sickle in his hand suddenly turned into specks of starlight, then dissolved into the air.

The next moment, a piece of wood reappeared in his hand.

About five seconds later, this piece of wood had completely grown, and at the other end, a 'nine-toothed rake' appeared.

Uh, actually, it was just a multi-toothed iron rake.

It was specifically used for breaking up soil clods and leveling the land.

As Lu Mingyuan thought, if I don't have a three-pointed, double-edged sword, I can at least have a nine-toothed rake.

Besides, this 'Shangbao Qinjin Rake' wouldn't be too embarrassing. After all, it was personally forged by Taishang Laojun with divine ice iron and tempered by the power of Liuding Liujia.

It's a divine weapon, after all.

At this moment, Lu Mingyuan looked at the 'nine-toothed rake' and frowned slightly.

No, something seems to be missing?

Right, when can I get some glowing special effects? That would make it look exactly the same.

After admiring it for a long time, Lu Mingyuan suddenly felt inspired. He raised the 'nine-toothed rake' and began swinging and dancing wildly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Look at this crisp and clean raking technique, and the nine shallow tooth marks left on the soil of the vegetable patch. This is simply Marshal Tianpeng descending to earth.

And with every move, Lu Mingyuan provided his own sound effects in his mind.

Roar! Roar! Hah! Hey!

Suddenly, a gentle voice came over, filled with a hint of surprise and confusion.

"Mingyuan, what are you doing? Such a big commotion?"

Instantly, Lu Mingyuan froze as if his body had been immobilized, stiff in the courtyard, not moving at all.

This was awkward. I got carried away and forgot that Ah Zhi was still here. And my group of elementary schoolers...

Sigh, what a headache. How can I explain this?

After a long while, Lu Mingyuan finally prepared himself mentally. He tidied his expression and, with a calm face, turned around, smiling as he greeted, "A Zhi, I... I was just testing my supernatural power. I didn't do anything. By the way, weren't you in class?"

"You were making all that noise, and it was disturbing the children's studies."

"Uh..."

Jing Zhi frowned, feeling that this guy was hiding something from her. However, the other party did seem to be testing his supernatural power.

Looking at the rake in his hand, Jing Zhi recalled what Lu Mingyuan had told her about this supernatural power.

She thought to herself, That rake must be what Mingyuan summoned. It looks quite real. But why was he swinging it around just now?

Seeing no other anomalies, Jing Zhi could only temporarily suppress the doubts in her heart. She decided to wait until the children were dismissed from class and she had free time to interrogate him properly.

For now, it was more important to focus on teaching.

"Then go test it somewhere else, and don't disturb the children's class. Oh, and keep your voice down."

"Okay!"

Lu Mingyuan knew he was in the wrong and could only respond with an "Okay." He then tidied up his things and prepared to head towards the kitchen. It should be quieter there, and less visible.

He hadn't realized he would disturb the children's class just now.

Thinking about class, Lu Mingyuan glanced towards the living room. As he looked, he discovered an amusing scene.

He saw two rows of cute little heads peeking out from the side of the living room door, one stacked on top of the other, forming a tall pile.

What were these guys doing, not attending class and watching this? Were they that curious?

Hmph, someone actually dared to make faces at me?

I'll remember you, Little Star. Next time I teach, I'll call on you to answer questions.

Little Star poked her head out, looking towards them. She didn't know that disaster was about to befall her and still had her hands cupped by her ears, beckoning. She looked quite cute like that.

Suddenly, Lu Mingyuan stomped his left foot heavily on the ground, making a "snap" sound.

"The teacher is turning around."

As soon as he spoke, the little heads at the door froze for a moment, then quickly scattered.

"Ah?"

"Quick, quick, hurry back. The teacher is coming."

"Ouch, don't push me."

"Wuwuwu, who knocked over my stool?"

Instantly, the hall descended into chaos.

Jing Zhi heard the commotion, turned her head, and saw the messy scene. Then, she immediately turned back, glared angrily at Lu Mingyuan, and seeing him still standing there, stomped her foot. "Hurry up, what are you dawdling for?"

Hey, Jing Zhi, you've changed. You're no longer my gentle, cute, and virtuous A Zhi...

Although he thought this, under Jing Zhi's imposing gaze, Lu Mingyuan didn't say anything more. He happily picked up his 'Nine-Tooth Rake' and his teacup, and quickly walked towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Jing Zhi, standing at the door, smiled charmingly and turned back into the schoolhouse.

After a short while, the clear sound of reading once again echoed through the courtyard.

"Heaven and Earth, Yellow and Black, Universe, Vast and Boundless, Sun and Moon wax and wane, Stars and Constellations arrayed, Cold comes, Summer goes, Autumn Harvest, Winter Storage. Leap years are formed, Musical Modes adjust the Yin and Yang..."

In front of the kitchen door.

"Alright, time for the real business."

"First, can I summon two, or even more, at the same time?"

Although Lu Mingyuan had set his supernatural power to only summon one, he still wanted to try.

He placed the rake on the ground and tried to summon a sickle.

After a long pause, there was no reaction.

What about the rake? No reaction either.

What about others? Still no reaction.

Does the Supernatural Power Phantom not absorb spiritual energy?

Lu Mingyuan looked at the spiritual energy in his soul space, which was drawn out by his talent, and pondered silently.

In a moment, less than a breath's time, the spiritual energy suddenly vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

"It seems, as the book said, if the usage conditions are not met, the Supernatural Power Phantom will not absorb spiritual energy."

As for the disappearance of spiritual energy, Lu Mingyuan already knew about this.

According to the records in the classics and his understanding, spiritual energy should be a transcendent energy existing in another space. It cannot remain in the real world or the soul space for a long time, unless it is achieved through supernatural power.

Therefore, after the spiritual energy disappeared, it must have returned.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingyuan dispelled the rake in his hand and tried to summon the sickle again.

This time, it worked.

"It seems my supernatural power can indeed only summon one tool at a time."

"But this is already pretty good, it's enough."

Actually, it wasn't that Lu Mingyuan didn't want to design it to summon more, it was simply because he was poor.

The more complex and numerous the things summoned, the more spiritual energy required to use them, and the more luck points needed during the design phase.

Like Lu Mingyuan's current supernatural power, if he designed one more summoned item, the luck points required would exceed ten thousand.

And after that, it would increase exponentially.

"Not only is there no money, but it's also not worth it."

"My agricultural tool supernatural power probably won't require summoning many more items, right?"

Comforting himself, Lu Mingyuan began the next test.

"This time, let's see if these tools can leave my talent's influence range."

Saying that, Lu Mingyuan placed the sickle on the ground and walked towards the kitchen.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps. Stop!

"One step is at least seventy centimeters, so I should be more than two meters away from this sickle now. My talent's influence is a little over 1.6 cun, less than 1.7 cun, so my direct influence range for transcendent power is less than 1.7 meters."

"That sickle is still lying on the ground."

"It seems, just like what the book says, summoned objects can indeed leave the owner's side."

"En, I won't test the duration for now, that seems to take at least a day. I'll test it later."

Thinking this, Lu Mingyuan willed it, wanting the sickle to dissipate.

Unexpectedly, the sickle remained still, lying in its original spot.

"It's not working? So, it means that outside the self-influence range, supernatural powers cannot be arbitrarily dissipated."

"In that case..."

Lu Mingyuan tried to summon a sickle again.

No reaction.

A rake, no reaction.

"It seems that the longer a summoning supernatural power exists, the less of a good thing it is."

"What if during a fight, a weapon is snatched away or lost, and without other similar supernatural powers, wouldn't that be a huge embarrassment?"

"But, this situation should rarely occur, right?"

While thinking this, Lu Mingyuan slowly approached the sickle on the ground, and as he walked, he kept thinking "dissipate" in his mind.

Suddenly, he felt the sickle enter his influence range, and with a casual "dissipate," it happened.

The sickle that was lying steadily on the ground suddenly decomposed into specks of starlight, finally dissipating into the air.

"So, even if only a part enters, it can be dissipated. And it's not just the part that entered that dissipates, but the whole thing collapses."

"I thought half of it would remain outside."

"But this function probably isn't very useful."

"En, I'll think about it later. Next item."

This time, Lu Mingyuan prepared to summon something longer, something that would exceed his influence range, to test it.

Let's see what the situation is.

After the supernatural power was released, what first appeared was a silver-white metal pipe about thirty centimeters long, with a diameter of about three centimeters.

Slowly, a bulge began to appear in the middle section of the metal pipe.

As time passed, the bulging part also began to grow slowly. It could be seen that this part was also a silver-white metal pipe.

However, this metal pipe was very, very long, extending all the way to the boundary of Lu Mingyuan's talent's influence range, which was about 1.6 meters from his brow.

"It stopped? Does it stop growing when it's out of range?"

"Then I'll pull it back a bit and try."

Afterward, Lu Mingyuan tried as he thought and found that the metal pipe that had just stopped could indeed continue to grow.

As the metal pipe continued to extend, it slowly revealed the connecting mechanism, the plowshare, and most importantly, the plow blade.

Finally, a completely silver-white hand-pulled plow appeared before Lu Mingyuan.

That's right, Lu Mingyuan made this hand-pulled plow entirely out of "steel," not wood.

Because a hand-pulled plow has fewer parts, even if it's all steel, it's not heavy. And all-steel is sturdy and durable, even saving materials and design compared to wood.

So he designed it this way.

At this moment, looking at the hand-pulled plow in his hand, the doubt in Lu Mingyuan's eyes remained unresolved.

"Did the Dao extend to the boundary and I just needed to pull it over, with no losses in between?"

Lu Mingyuan muttered to himself in confusion, but the plow in his hand couldn't lie to him. It really worked this way.

"Forget it, I'll test the effect of this plow first. I used to use wooden ones, and I didn't dare to use too much force when testing, for fear of breaking them. Now that I can summon it, and it's all steel, I can really put it to the test."

With that, Lu Mingyuan took a step forward, walked to the middle of the plow, and lifted it, preparing to head towards the vegetable garden in front of him.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that a piece of the plow blade was missing!

It was the pointed tip, which seemed to have broken off, as if erased.

"This... the design should be good, right?"

"Then what's going on?"

"Could it be..."

Lu Mingyuan suddenly remembered that when the plow handle extended to the boundary just now, it seemed to have paused for a moment.

"Could that be the reason?"

"Whether it is or not, I'll know if I summon another one to try."

He dispelled it and summoned it again.

However, this time, as soon as the steel pipe part had grown out a little, Lu Mingyuan pulled it back slightly, preventing it from having a chance to linger at the boundary.

Finally, the result was out. This time, the plow blade was complete, with a perfectly conical tip.

"So, it really was that reason just now."

"But, what is the reason for that?"

"Is it limited by time? Or limited by spiritual energy? Or some other reason?"

Lu Mingyuan pondered for a long time, but for a moment, he couldn't devise specific steps to verify this issue.

"Hmm~ I'll note this down for now and test it later. I'll first try to see if this hand-pulled plow is easy to use. After all, that's the main thing."

After speaking, Lu Mingyuan lifted the plow and walked towards the vegetable garden.