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Chapter 149: Chapter 146 True Spirit Projection Technique
"Black Gold? A new type of metal material, with extraordinary corrosion resistance, melting point over five thousand degrees..."
As Du Dongyuan looked at the document detailing the material, he momentarily froze.
Five thousand degrees melting point!?
What did this mean?
In the current world, the metal alloy with the highest melting point was only four thousand two hundred degrees.
Now, Black Gold directly improved upon this kind of material by twenty percent in performance.
Beyond the melting point, Black Gold’s other properties were equally exceptional.
Such as corrosion resistance, toughness, lightness, environmental adaptability, and life span, among others.
After looking for a moment, his first thought was if this material could be applied to the aerospace field, domestic aerospace technology would inevitably experience a surge.
But then he wondered, could this be someone playing a joke on him?
Although Black Gold’s performance in various aspects was not much stronger than that of the world’s leading materials, in the field of materials, the data could not be calculated in such a straightforward manner.
It was like comparing two sprinters.
One runs a hundred meters in ten seconds, another in eight seconds; it may seem like the latter is only two seconds faster, but the significance between them was almost like a transformation of life, the evolution of humanity.
Not to mention that the growth of Black Gold was comprehensive.
All things considered...
This was basically black technology, right?
"Which lab’s new achievement is this? Or is it some brat’s idea of a joke?"
Du Dongyuan glanced at the sender.
Xie Yusheng.
This name was somewhat unfamiliar.
After a moment, he remembered it.
Wasn’t this the Xie family’s young grandson?
Xie Hongxing was his schoolmate, also known presently as the third master of the Xie family.
This family had considerable influence in their hometown, owning a significant enterprise there, with assets amounting to over a billion.
The young grandson named Xie Yusheng once asked him for some material consultation due to work reasons.
Since Xie Yusheng truly was an excellent pupil, he was willing to support the younger generation, had a long chat with him, and even became a special consultant for one of his companies for a while, however...
"The company of Third Master Xie’s grandson seems to be in gaming, right? Something like the ’Southern Heavenly Gate Chronicles’ game?"
After all, it was an event from a few years back, and Du Dongyuan retained some memory of it.
So, was this game data?
Game figures sent to waste his time?
Du Dongyuan shook his head.
About to dismiss and close the interface in annoyance,
his attention was once again captured by the very clear and seemingly plausible data displayed above just as he was about to click close.
In the end...
He sat up a bit straighter.
"Alright, this data looks proper. Does he want to consult me again?"
Considering his friendship with Third Master Xie and the substantial consulting fee the young man named Xie Yusheng had once given him, he still examined the material data with a professional eye, looking for flaws.
To look for any obvious faults.
But upon reviewing it...
A trace of surprise appeared on Du Dongyuan’s face.
"This is..."
He became increasingly engrossed.
Even without realizing it, he had picked up his notebook and pen and started scribbling notes on it.
He was so focused that he didn’t notice when the pitch-dark night outside subtly began to reveal a hint of light.
It wasn’t until a series of insistent knocks came from outside that he suddenly awoke.
Only then did he discover...
"The sun is up!?"
He had been engrossed in the material all night long!?
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The knocking from outside became even more urgent.
Du Dongyuan got to his feet, immediately feeling back and neck pain, and even a bit dizzy, almost toppling over.
It took a while for Du Dongyuan to recover his senses.
Being in his sixties, he could no longer pull all-nighters like he used to.
Steadied, he left his study and entered the living room, opening the door.
Outside stood his son Du Jingcheng and his granddaughter Du Keke, while some colleagues from across the door, hearing the knocks, had also come out of their homes.
Seeing him opening the door, Du Jingcheng let out a relieved sigh, "Dad, you’re alright, that’s good."
Du Dongyuan knew what had happened, smacking his forehead, "My fault, my fault."
He glanced at his mobile phone, which should have been out of battery on the coffee table, "I got engrossed in the material and forgot."
"Grandpa, we called you over ten times and you didn’t answer, and to make things worse, grandma was taken to my second aunt’s place yesterday, and it scared us to death," said Du Keke.
"It’s my mistake, my bad, everything is okay now. You all go back," said Du Dongyuan.
As he spoke, he looked over at his colleague, quickly adding, "Old Li, come here."
With that, he couldn’t wait to head back to his room.
Li Xuanyuan, curious about what Du Dongyuan had said, followed him.
Old Du looked like he had been up all night?
So engrossed in reading material?
What data could be so important that he would neglect even his own body, researching day and night?
Immediately, the two entered the study to research the data sent by Xie Yusheng.
Together, their efficiency was noticeably faster.
Three hours later...
The voices in the study became increasingly excited.
"These numbers weren’t left by professionals, which has increased our difficulty in understanding them. However, up to now, we have verified the most critical values; there isn’t much discrepancy."
"So, this Wujin Material... It couldn’t really be genuine, could it?"
The two elders, whose ages combined were over one hundred and twenty years old, looked at each other.
The next moment, Du Dongyuan immediately picked up the phone that was charging and made a call, "Xiao Liu, I need you to prepare some materials. I’ll arrive at the laboratory in half an hour... We need to verify some data."
"Old Du."
Li Xuanyuan rubbed his hands, "I’d like to join this project as well."
"Are you willing to be my assistant?"
Du Dongyuan was somewhat surprised.
"Why not? If this data is real... this could be..."
Li Xuanyuan paused, then his tone stopped short, "Should we report this matter to the higher-ups?"
"Let’s conduct the first round of data verification, and then report it afterwards. However, we will have to be careful with the confidentiality of the upcoming experimental data."
Du Dongyuan spoke as if he had thought of something.
The file that that brat Xie Yusheng sent seemed to include two attachments.
One was something called the Heavenly Sword Missile?
But missiles...
Were not his area of expertise.
Furthermore, he didn’t know whether the Wujin Material mentioned in the data was true or false.
Thus, he simply downloaded and saved the data.
All would depend on the outcome of the verification of the Wujin data.
For the time being, Professor Du couldn’t care less about the night he’d just spent awake; filled with a surge of energy, he swiftly headed to the academy’s laboratory with the Wujin data, accompanied by a freshly dressed Li Xuanyuan.
If this material turned out to be real...
The aerospace field in Central Asia, including many areas like engines, would undoubtedly experience a massive earthquake.
...
Lingxiao City.
For the next two days, Gu Jinlai silently made his rounds within Lingxiao City.
He possessed the ability to perceive the Karma on a person.
As the Meteor Star Lord and a figure of the Primordial Spirit True Monarch Level, Xin Tianqi, no matter how much he concealed his aura or Divine Thought fluctuations, absolutely could not hide the light of his Karma. Gu Jinlai wanted to see if he could use this method to root him out.
However, after two days, he abandoned this idea.
The scale of Lingxiao City was not small, and to find an individual who might still be moving within a city was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The ability to see the light of Karma allowed him to discern when enemies were hiding or invisible nearby, but that didn’t mean he had full coverage of the map.
As long as the other party wasn’t within his "range" of vision, he was still helpless.
It was like how surveillance personnel couldn’t monitor the cellphone of someone who never makes a call.
Unable to find Xin Tianqi, and with the Great Sun Heavenly Sect’s people also having entered Lingxiao City, Gu Jinlai, as a Venerable Daoist, naturally had to offer them comfort.
...
Compared to its heyday a hundred years ago, the size of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect had already shrunk countless times.
Apart from Zhang Lihuo, the Great Heavenly Master, there was another Elder of the Great Heavenly Master level, along with eight ordinary Heavenly Masters.
Additionally, there were about two hundred Heavenly Master Apprentices.
This scale was in no way comparable to the prosperity of one of the six major schools of the Heavenly Masters.
But Gu Jinlai was still very welcoming of their arrival.
After all, aside from themselves, they also brought with them a large number of classics.
Classics of the Heavenly Master Path.
With these classics, the various mysteries and knowledge of the Heavenly Master Path would no longer be hidden from him.
He would thus truly gain the foundational knowledge of a major sect’s Heavenly Monarch, rather than being a halfway-converted Heavenly Master.
...
In the manor arranged by Gu Jinlai for the members of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect...
Zhang Lihuo laid out a series of classics before Gu Jinlai, "Venerable Daoist, the casting methods for the Radiant Platform are here. Additionally, there are many magic skills related to the applications of the Heavenly Monarch True Spirit, please have a look."
Gu Jinlai glanced at the books.
Not to mention the Radiant Platform.
Those classics detailed the Condensation Technique of the True Spirit, as well as various Burst Techniques.
They also precisely described the interrelations between Soul, True Spirit, Spirit, and Spiritual Sense.
This knowledge greatly broadened Gu Jinlai’s horizons, opening up a true world of the Heavenly Masters to him.
If previously he was akin to someone with Innate Divine Strength, at this moment, he undoubtedly had acquired the true Martial Arts Classics.
What surprised Gu Jinlai the most was that the True Spirit could actually survive like an external incarnation.
"True Spirit Projection Technique?"
He looked at the information, his eyes filled with surprise, "As long as the True Spirit is strong enough, it can even appear thousands of miles away with ease?"
"Yes!"
Zhang Lihuo nodded, "In our world of Heavenly Masters, the Spirit is never an individual, but an entirety, like the circulatory system of a world; all living beings are part of this system. It’s just that their responsibilities and forms of expression differ, yet their essence is essentially the same."
Gu Jinlai was very clear on this concept.
Zhang Lihuo picked up the books, "This True Spirit Projection Technique is created based on this concept. As long as you have spirit material with an extremely high Co-spirit Level as a medium, even if someone takes the spirit material thousands of miles away, you can still project your True Spirit there."
He added, "Of course, this is completely different from Primordial Spirit Sword Control. The further the True Spirit Projection, the weaker the True Spirit Power that can be projected. Thousands of miles away... basically, you can’t do much. A thousand years ago, Heavenly Masters used this method to visit friends, discuss the Tao, and provide convenience. Later on, this function was even replaced by the Radiant Platform, and very few people continued to study it."
