Missed Me? You're Short on Money for Prostitutes, Aren't You?

The Firmament's Mach 9 speed was not maintained for long. This was not because the Firmament was unable to maintain it, but because Yi Xuan had taken the initiative to reduce the speed. After all, the Firmament's consumption of Spirit Stone to reach Mach 9 was still painful for Yi Xuan.

The cruising speed was indeed confirmed to be around Mach 8, which means that the performance of the Firmament was completely consistent with the initial design concept.

Afterwards, Yi Xuan tested the Firmament's weapon system, radar system, identification system, and navigation system, etc. Although there were some minor flaws in some aspects due to technical reasons, Yi Xuan was still very satisfied with the overall performance.

Finally Yi Xuan, satisfied, ordered No. 08 to pilot the Firmament back to No. 2 Base.

After disembarking from the Firmament, Yi Xuan looked at the enormous Firmament and ten Pangu robots in front of him, and felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.

Although Yi Xuan had never experienced the feeling of a cultivator advancing to a higher level, Yi Xuan believed that his sense of satisfaction at this moment was no less than that of cultivators breaking through to a higher realm.

Although there is only one Firmament at present, it is more than enough to meet Yi Xuan's needs.

However, the number of Pangu was far from sufficient. It can be said that the appearance of Pangu enabled Yi Xuan to do many things that were previously impossible, so increasing the number of Pangu became an urgent matter.

If the Pangu is a purely bionic robot, then Yi Xuan can completely delegate the production tasks to Artificial Intelligence No. 07 at No. 2 Base.

Unfortunately, the Pangu was a hybrid technological product that combined modern science with cultivation techniques.

The simple processing can be handled by No. 07 without any problem, but the intricate formations and secret Technique Method involved are beyond its capabilities.

Yi Xuan had no choice but to let No. 07 process the parts while simultaneously engraving arrays and infusing them with Method Formula.

Finally, the ten Pangu that had already been produced were used to install the new Pangu.

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past ten days, Yi Xuan has assembled another fifty Pangu robots.

And during the assembly process, Yi Xuan suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Yi Xuan was curious about what would happen if a human soul were injected into a puppet.

Of course, Yi Xuan wasn't thinking about a blank soul. If he were, it would be exactly the same as Yi Xuan approach to developing artificial intelligence, and there would be no innovative discoveries.

Yi Xuan hopes to infuse a truly human soul with all its memories.

Whenever Yi Xuan had this thought, an image of red hair and a black trench coat embroidered with red clouds would appear in his mind.

Have I become a bit too obsessed with anime and manga lately?

Yi Xuan would ask himself this question every time.

However, this idea kept swirling in Yi Xuan's mind; perhaps this is the persistence of a scientific researcher.

Whenever and wherever they have a good idea, they want to implement it without considering the risks involved or whether it has any significance.

Unfortunately, before Yi Xuan could take any action, Liang Shi Yi Xuan him, saying that his senior uncle had arrived!

Liang Shi's senior master was naturally Yi Xuan's unreliable senior Shi Zhenghao.

More than half a year has passed since he left. During this time, Yi Xuan has not seen his senior brother again, but he has heard a lot of rumors about him.

Unfortunately, it wasn't any rumor about revealing one's face; all the rumors revolved around two words—woman.

Today they're saying he's secretly engaged to the daughter of some sect leader, tomorrow they're saying he's having an affair with some popular, upright official.

Yi Xuan discovered that the Cultivation Realm was actually quite similar to the entertainment industry in his previous life. No one cared about serious matters, but when it came to gossip, even these high and mighty cultivators couldn't help but gossip.

Back in his courtyard, Yi Xuan immediately saw Shi Zhenghao drinking at the stone table, with Liang Shi Shize obediently serving him beside him.

Yi Xuan waved his hand, signaling Liang Shi to leave.

Then, sitting down in front of Shi Zhenghao and staring at his senior brother, he asked, "So, what trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?"

Hearing Yi Xuan's words, Shi Zhenghao said with displeasure, "Look at what you're saying, as if your senior brother is always causing trouble?"

Seeing his senior brother's face, Yi Xuan couldn't say anything and could only forcibly control his fist from swinging at the guy's face.

Meanwhile, Shi Zhenghao seemed oblivious to Yi Xuan's reaction, and said True Intention, "Haven't we met for over half a year? I've been missing my dear junior brother!"

"Ha!" Yi Xuan sneered. Looking at Shi Zhenghao's serious expression, if Yi Xuan didn't know his senior brother very well, he might actually have believed him.

"Missing me? Are you short on cash again? Not enough for your services?" Yi Xuan asked, rubbing his head in exasperation.

"Haha, junior brother, what are you saying? How could your senior brother be that kind of person? But you guessed right, your senior brother is indeed a little short of money lately!"

In fact, for Yi Xuan, let alone lending, he wouldn't even bat an eye if he directly gave Shi Zhenghao a thousand or eight hundred Spirit Stone.

The problem is that their master Xiao Anhe, specifically mentioned Shi Zhenghao's issue to Yi Xuan last time.

Originally, the idea was to expel Shi Zhenghao from the sect so that he would work hard and quickly improve his strength.

To Xiao Anhe's surprise, this once-proud disciple, after leaving the Azure Cloud Sect, seemed to have returned to the sea like a dragon, completely letting loose and living life to the fullest.

Xiao Anhe also knew that Yi Xuan and Shi Zhenghao were very close, so he reminded him of this after Yi Xuan became Sect Protector.

Hopefully, Yi Xuan can persuade Shi Zhenghao to cultivate diligently and advance to the Golden Core Realm as soon as possible, then the sect's gates will accept him again.

This is why Yi Xuan didn't want to give Shi Zhenghao Spirit Stone at this time.

However, Yi Xuan thought again that with Shi Zhenghao's strength, even if Yi Xuan didn't provide him with Spirit Stone, he would have plenty of ways to easily obtain Spirit Stone.

As the saying goes, it's better to guide than to block, Yi Xuan quickly came up with an idea.

Yi Xuan smiled at Shi Zhenghao. Seeing his junior brother's expression, Shi Zhenghao instantly sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

If Liang Shi were to see Yi Xuan's smile, he would know perfectly well Yi Xuan it meant someone was about to suffer misfortune.

At this moment, only Shi Zhenghao and Yi Xuan were in the courtyard, and it was obvious that the unlucky one was Shi Zhenghao.

"Senior brother, Master mentioned you to me a month ago!"

Upon hearing that Xiao Anhe had mentioned him, Shi Zhenghao immediately sat up straight, demonstrating his profound respect for his master.

"Master is very worried about your cultivation speed. Master means that you have been running around outside for more than ten years. You have played and seen as much as you wanted. Why don't you hurry up and break through to the Golden Core stage and return to the sect?"

Xiao Anhe's words were taken very seriously by Shi Zhenghao. After a moment's hesitation, Shi Zhenghao looked up at Yi Xuan, "Two years! Let your senior brother play for another two years. Please tell Master that I will definitely come back after two years and cultivate diligently. I will never leave seclusion until I reach the Golden Core!"

Yi Xuan shook his head. "I knew you'd say that. Master won't agree!"