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Chapter 580: Chapter 572 Creation Hall
"Heavenly Masters, so many Heavenly Masters."
"Even at the height of our Qiantian’s power a hundred years ago, we only had one or two thousand Heavenly Masters, but the number of Heavenly Masters before us now... I’m afraid there are five or six thousand!?"
"Those leading them, each of their cultivation is unfathomably deep... Just where did the Palace Master bring in such a group of powerful individuals!?"
"I had thought that our Lingxiao Palace was already all of the Palace Master’s force, but it turns out..."
Those Cultivators, Great Heavenly Masters, Devas, and Heavenly Monarchs who followed behind Master Gu Jinlai to welcome the arrival of Chao Jiuyin and the others were shaken to their cores as they witnessed the figures disembarking from the Blue Sky Warship.
This was especially true for Xin Tianqi and Lu Zhanxian, among others.
They had believed that their devoted efforts in developing the Lingxiao Palace had made it incredibly powerful over this period.
With over a thousand Refining God Immortals, hundreds of Divinity Transformation Cultivators, and even nearly a hundred Primordial Spirit Monarchs.
But they hadn’t expected...
That the Lingxiao Palace crowd, whom they saw as filled with powerful beings, were actually not even comparable to the several thousand people brought on this warship.
Xin Tianqi and others did not ponder much on these changes of mind.
Even if he knew that the arrival of Chao Jiuyin, Liu Feiyun, Su Yu, and their group would impact the current high ranks of the Lingxiao Palace, he would still not choose to hide them or deceive others.
The reason why Qiantian has a population of one billion is first, due to the great expansion and century-long recuperation of Daqian a hundred years ago.
Secondly, it is also because the populations of other Holy Lands and Grotto Heavens have drastically declined, highlighting the population advantage of Qiantian.
In fact, before the outbreak of the Devil’s chaos, each Holy Land governed three to five hundred million citizens.
And those Holy Lands had only a few top powerhouses, typically just a handful of Earthly True Immortals.
Before Emperor Master Tai A and others rose to power a hundred years ago, Qiantian held much less territory than now, with a population of only a mere one or two hundred million.
It was not considered a flourishing place at all.
It was like a medium-sized country in the Blue Star’s Black Sand Continent.
What Master Gu Jinlai aims to do now is to have them go out and truly experience the vast world, to come into contact with the most top-notch and advanced levels of the world.
"They’ve finally arrived."
Master Gu Jinlai nodded to Chao Jiuyin and others in the lead as he brought Zhang Lihuo, Zhou Yi, Zhang Yukan, and others up to introduce them one by one.
In the end, he said with a smile, "Whether it’s Chao Jiuyin, the Heavenly Master, or Xia Zhongzheng, the Heavenly Master, both are professionals in the nuclear fusion field. With the help of these two, the enhancement and perfection of the Cheng Ying Mecha can definitely be further promoted."
Zhang Lihuo and Zhou Yi lit up upon hearing this.
"You two should have reached the Heavenly Monarch Realm long ago, right?"
Master Gu Jinlai then asked Chao Jiuyin and Xia Zhongzheng.
Both nodded, with Chao Jiuyin saying, "After all, we belong to the outsiders. The more outstanding we perform in the Heavenly Master Hall, the more the Holy Dynasty Royal Family felt threatened by us at that time, which is why we never dared to take that step toward the Heavenly Monarch Realm. Now that there are no more constraints... in about three months, or at most half a year, we will definitely step into the Heavenly Monarch Realm."
"Good."
Master Gu Jinlai immediately took out a storage ring and handed it to Chao Jiuyin, "This contains some Heavenly Spirit Pearls, which should be able to aid you immensely."
"Thank you, Ancient True Immortal."
Chao Jiuyin gracefully accepted the storage ring.
These Heavenly Spirit Pearls all came from the Aries Star Palace.
Some of them Master Gu Jinlai had already given to Zhang Lihuo to be shared with Zhang Yukan, Si Tianyan, Guan Xingyun, Xiang Fengyun, and others.
This was another part.
After that, Master Gu Jinlai called over Xin Tianqi to arrange accommodations for Liu Feiyun and the others, while he went with Zhang Lihuo, Zhou Yi, and brought Chao Jiuyin’s party directly to the military factory.
The military factory, although still expanding in many areas, could still manage to accommodate more than six thousand people in the original area by squeezing them in.
Since Master Gu Jinlai had transferred all the Demon God Guards to the expansion team, the construction progress of the factory was extremely fast, requiring only a squeeze for a month or two; then, everyone would have their own separate rooms.
In half a year, each Heavenly Master might even have their own separate laboratory.
...
Within the Aries Star Palace.
Master Gu Jinlai led Chao Jiuyin, Xia Zhongzheng, Jin Hui, Yan Xingchen, and others directly here.
He himself had the memories of the Aries Star Lord.
Before they came, he had already cleaned and reshaped the other areas of this palace, creating offices and laboratories, intending to make it the core research facility of the Lingxiao Palace.
The Aries Star Palace was personally crafted by the Aries Star Lord, with resources and manpower committed no less than those Grotto Heaven Level forces spending centuries casting their legacy Grotto Heavens.
In addition, with the Aries Star Lord skilled in Artifact Refining and teaching disciples, and after Master Gu Jinlai’s specific modifications, the palace now has every type of scientific research facility imaginable.
The entire palace seems to occupy less than ten thousand square meters from the outside, but the internal space, through extensions, has a total area approaching one billion square meters.
It’s perfectly suited as a cutting-edge technology research facility.
After Chao Jiuyin, Xia Zhongzheng, Jin Hui, Yan Xingchen, and others had a brief understanding of the Aries Star Palace’s projection, simulation, computing, Ten Thousand Spirit Array, and other related features, their faces couldn’t help but reveal ecstasy.
"This is wonderful, with an Artifact Spirit assistant similar to a super artificial intelligence, a vast database that records almost all materials of this world, coupled with a near one hundred percent simulation function and extraordinary computing speed... this is truly the ultimate research environment we scientists have always dreamed of."
"Truly worthy of being a palace left behind by the Aries Star Lord, with such a palace available, all of us Heavenly Monarchs can easily create one Dao Artifact after another."
"Sharpening a knife does not delay the work of chopping wood. The various facilities of this palace are more than ten times more complete than those of the Heavenly Master Hall, aren’t they?"
Everyone was extremely satisfied with all of this.
Immediately after, Gu Jinlai once again took out a volume of classic books and handed it to Chao Jiuyin.
"This is the Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method. It’s the same as the Chen Guangjiu Refinement Method I transmitted to you in the Holy Dynasty. However, during this past half-month, I have optimized this cultivation technique, which not only significantly lowers the difficulty of cultivation but also completes the pathway of a Heavenly Monarch after a Great Heavenly Master."
Gu Jinlai said.
In this half month, he judged many evil-doers sent from various places in Qian, obtaining quite a bit of Qingguang.
A portion of it was directly invested in optimizing the "Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method."
Now, compared to the time when he first created the Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method, he had undergone a huge change, which was the memory of the Aries Star Lord.
It was because the Aries Star Lord had repeatedly taught and mentored a large number of disciples that he could be called the leader of the Twelve Creators of the Holy Land.
In this respect, the contribution of this creator to the Heavenly Master Path and the promotion of the Heavenly Master System was considered the greatest among the twelve creators.
The rich teaching experience, once coordinated with Qingguang by Gu Jinlai, not only significantly reduced the difficulty of cultivating the new "Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method" but also perfected the three stages of Heavenly Monarch, Crystalization, and Peeping into the True Spirit Realm.
People like Guan Xingyun, Zhang Yukan, Si Tianyan, and Xiang Fengyun had already begun cultivation, and with items like the Heavenly Spirit Pearl, it wouldn’t be long before they could cross into the domain of Heavenly Monarch.
Chao Jiuyin and Xia Zhongzheng were no exceptions.
"Thank you, Ancient True Immortal."
Chao Jiuyin said solemnly.
"No need to thank me, you just need to quickly perfect the various features of the Cheng Ying Mecha, ensure its overall performance can suppress that of a Void Immortal, and see to it that it goes into production as soon as possible."
Gu Jinlai said, leading them into a laboratory.
At this moment, inside this laboratory, three huge Mechas were under construction.
Among them, as the prototype, Cheng Ying Mecha was the only one with complete data on its physical machine, while the remaining two had just been refined into empty shells.
"Cheng Ying Mecha!?"
Seeing this scene, Xia Zhongzheng’s eyes lit up instantly, and he approached immediately, "You’ve actually managed to build the Mechas!?"
"What we need to do now is to put our heads together and determine the specific models of Cheng Ying Mecha as quickly as possible. While maintaining the advantages of other models, we need to mass-produce the strongest batch of Mechas for trial use."
Gu Jinlai spoke and then addressed Chao Jiuyin, "By that time, more than six thousand Heavenly Masters, along with the ones from Lingxiao Palace, will be mostly invested in refining the first batch of Mechas. This will require your training."
"Me?"
Chao Jiuyin paused, then turned her gaze to Zhang Lihuo and Zhou Yi.
She was highly intelligent and also emotionally perceptive, so it’s natural that she could see that the Heavenly Master team in Gu Jinlai’s hands was originally led by these two Heavenly Monarchs.
Noticing her gaze, Gu Jinlai smiled and said, "I will reorganize Lingxiao Palace next and under Lingxiao Palace, I will establish nine halls, one of which is the Creation Hall. Under the Creation Hall, there will be three institutes: the Heavenly Master Institute, the Research Institute, and the Creation Institute. The Heavenly Master Institute will be mainly responsible for the training of Heavenly Masters; the Research Institute will focus on research and development of various weapons and tools; and the Creation Institute will be in charge of refining the developed tools. In addition, it will also undertake the task of refining Spiritual Artifacts."
As he spoke, his voice paused, "Due to the unique nature of the Creation Hall, I will also be involved in the refinement of some weapons, so I will temporarily serve as the Hall Master. Zhou Yi, you, and Zhang Lihuo will be the heads of the Heavenly Master Institute, Research Institute, and Creation Institute, respectively."
He looked at Chao Jiuyin, "Would you be willing to do that?"
If she was to be just the Dean of one of the three institutes...
Chao Jiuyin nodded, "I am willing."
Coming up like an unnoticed presence, Zhao Yushu said in a low voice, "Master Gu... Palace Master, may I also switch to cultivating the Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method...?"
"You may not."
Gu Jinlai directly rejected.
Zhao Yushu was immediately a bit disappointed.
But then, Gu Jinlai smiled and said, "You’re my designated Dean of the Audit Bureau. When the time comes, you’ll hold a significant position directly under the Central Palace, specifically appointed to audit resources for me and inspect important tasks concerning resource allocation. Letting you become a Little Heavenly Master would be too wasteful."
"Dean of the Audit Bureau!?"
Zhao Yushu’s eyes widened.
It seemed on the job level... she was at the same level as Chao Jiuyin?
"Yes, the Central Palace assists me, the Palace Master, with trivial matters. Liu Feiyun will serve as Palace Master, and you as Dean of the Audit Bureau... When the time comes, the monitoring and distribution of resource applications will depend on you. As the top talent from Yunhai University, who combines beauty with brains, this little thing won’t stump you, right?"
Gu Jinlai said with a smile.
"No problem! Leave it to me!"
Zhao Yushu excitedly agreed.
Gu Jinlai nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze back to Chao Jiuyin and others, "In the coming period, the Research Institute will have a heavy workload. Within three months, I hope to see the Cheng Ying Mecha finalized and in production."
Turning to Zhang Lihuo, he continued, "The Creation Institute should also prepare a plan. Within one year, at least six Cheng Ying Mechas must be manufactured by the Creation Hall. Within two years, there need to be more than twenty. Within three years, there need to be over fifty. If there are any difficulties, report them to me directly. I’ll help you resolve them as soon as possible. Any questions?"
"We will not disappoint the Palace Master."
Chao Jiuyin and Zhang Lihuo both promised at the same time.
