"Senior Brother Long, you're back."
Beneath Azure Dragon Manor, at the Mind-Soul Forging Research Institute.
Huo Yuhao looked at Long Aotian as he pushed open the door and entered. "How did the talks with Tang Ya go?"
Heaven Dou City had long since been sealed up tight.
Tang Ya was someone the Heaven Dou Empire paid particular attention to. The moment she entered the city, she caught the attention of the Mind-Soul Forging project's senior leadership.
"She's still hesitating."
"Shrek's influence on her runs too deep. Even after being sidelined, and even with Bei Bei expressly forbidden from seeing her, she still can't let go."
Huo Yuhao carefully engraved the Core Array in his hands. "As expected."
"Shrek took her in back then. If Shrek had saved me when I escaped from the White Tiger Family, I would be the same."
Long Aotian's gaze fell on the pile of Tang Sect Hidden Weapon components scattered beside Huo Yuhao.
"Are you... reconstructing Tang Sect Hidden Weapons?"
Huo Yuhao did not deny it.
"With Spiritual Detection Sharing, deciphering these Hidden Weapons' core mechanisms isn't difficult for us."
"The Tang Sect may have been abandoned by the times, but its Hidden Weapons really do have their unique merits. Some could even be called works of art."
"For instance, if we could replace the Godly Zhuge Crossbow's repeating mechanism with a Soul Tool Core, I think we could develop a repeating Soul Cannon."
Huo Yuhao set down the Soul Tool Core Array he had finished engraving and picked up an intricate mechanical mechanism beside him.
"And as for this Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles firing mechanism, as long as we can replace it with a Soul Tool Core, we can achieve an unprecedented density of saturation fire with Soul Cannon shells."
The ingenuity of Tang