Chapter 496: Chapter 494 Application (Congratulations on going to XHL League Master)
Fang Xi didn’t know that Qi Biao had already started scheming against him.
After all, the Nine States operated under the governance of the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace, which valued order.
Even though Qi Biao was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he could stand up to Lu Shiming in some matters within the Primordial Energy Research Institute.
Not to mention, he had the support of scholarly factions behind him, which included Nascent Soul True Monarchs!
Fortunately, with the Taoist Palace providing oversight, the offense and defense between the two sides remained within the confines of the rules, barely keeping the research at the Primordial Energy Research Institute on track...
At this moment, he was standing in front of a huge screen, inserting a USB drive shaped like a jade slip into a port.
"Xi, engage the imitation Dantian of the human body and process this segment of data."
With time pressing, Fang Xi had no thoughts of Qi Biao’s issues but was racing against the clock to start calculations.
The data he provided was, of course, not the complete "Supreme Heavenly Sovereign’s True Demon Art of Controlling All Spirits," but portions he couldn’t fully comprehend.
In this way, even if they left traces in the background, they could only know that he was operating several segments of cultivation techniques, but they couldn’t reconstruct the entire text.
"Engage the imitation Dantian..."
At that moment, Xi’s emotionless voice rang out: "One simulation... energy level 1... increasing. An estimated two minutes and twenty seconds until fission occurs!"
On the screen, a huge cauldron appeared!
This cauldron was the imitation Dantian; despite its clunky appearance, it could mimic any cultivator’s Dantian, even setting up special spirit bodies!
Within the entire Fang Immortal Taoist Palace, there were only a few of these imitation Dantian cauldrons.
Hum, hum!
Accompanied by the operation of magic power, strange lights lit up inside the cauldron, looking like seeds...
"Three hundred and sixty-five divine spirits within..."
Fang Xi muttered to himself, recognizing them as key to maintaining the operation of the imitation Dantian.
Energy level 1 represented the cultivation level of someone who had just stepped into the first level of Qi Refining.
After two minutes and twenty seconds, the cauldron roared, and it seemed that a mysterious black liquid magic power was refined within it, which was successful Foundation Establishment!
Then, it began simulating Core Formation, Nascent Soul...
Data flashed rapidly, which Fang Xi, with the incredible processing power of a supercomputer, analyzed and discerned carefully section by section...
"If this supercomputer was given to Tai Yi, I’m afraid the ’Taiyi Sutra’ could have been created ahead of time..."
Feeling that terrifying computing power, Fang Xi couldn’t help but marvel.
Then, his eyes narrowed slightly.
On the screen, a bright red warning appeared: "Data anomaly, beginning to overflow..."
"Pause immediately!"
Fang Xi ordered the imitation Dantian to stop the simulation immediately and then used ’Tai Yi’ for comparison, a cold smile appearing on his face: "This ’Self-transforming Demon Skills’ indeed has a problem..."
Even though he had signed a contract in Phoenix Seal Script at the time, he certainly wouldn’t let Demon Lord Chi Lian off the hook, as the opponent guaranteed all the provided magic spells were genuine.
And now Fang Xi had confirmed that the magic spells were indeed genuine, but several minor magic power operations needed to be altered, otherwise it could hinder the advancement of magic power, and even inexplicably hit a bottleneck during the cultivation of Nascent Soul!
"That’s just a small thunderstorm; the real thunderstorm... is that there’s an issue with the demon scripture itself, ’Self-transforming’. In the end, is it breaking through to a Transcendent God, or is one cultivating to become an incarnation of a certain Demon Lord?"
Fang Xi sighed and checked the time, realizing more than two hours had passed. He quickly continued inputting data to simulate the deficiencies in the ’Divine Infant Sword’ and the ’Demon Fire Refined Infant School.’
"The problems with these two methods are a bit smaller, but they also need major revisions..."
"This is bad, my computing power isn’t enough to complete all this... I also wanted to deduce the ’Biyi Universal Skills’ again!"
Fang Xi looked at the time and had no choice but to prioritize and complete the most important tests first.
With ’Tai Yi’ assisting his Divine Consciousness, his time management skills were incredibly efficient.
Almost at the moment the last set of data appeared, Xi’s voice, devoid of any emotion, sounded: "Senior researcher Zhang Huohua, your time is up."
"Phew..."
Fang Xi exhaled a long breath, reluctantly pulled out the jade slip, and left the supercomputing room: ’My status is still too low... perhaps I should consider offering ’Sky Demon Qi’ in a trade with the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace at some point...’
This matter was too significant.
If successful, perhaps the Fang Immortal Taoist Palace could produce several Transcendent God cultivators, and those exceptionally strong in spell battles!
Therefore, Fang Xi was still hesitant, as his own strength was somewhat lacking.
The Cultivation World is very realistic; the premise for a trade is that the strengths of both parties are not too dissimilar, and there are mutual concerns.
Otherwise, the fate of the weaker party is really at the whim of the stronger party.
Walking down the corridor, he wondered whether to visit Old Lu, when Qi Biao came walking over: "Little Zhang, have you finished using the supercomputer?"
"Yes, Professor Qi," Fang Xi squeezed out a smile.
"Such a supercomputer is truly great stuff. If it were combined with artificial intelligence, it could monitor all over the Nine States in minutes, and no criminal could escape its big data analysis, don’t you think?"
Qi Biao said with a smile that was not really a smile.
"Hmm, I’ve also read a few papers about AI sky-eye crime prevention..." Fang Xi replied with an unfazed expression.
"Yes, in fact, for the past few hundred years, security in the Nine States has been good. Only some demon spawn still operate secretly, like the Worship Demon Society, the Dark Moon Sect, and so on..."
With his Divine Consciousness radiating, Qi Biao intensely watched every move Fang Xi made.
"Under the administration of the Taoist Palace, followers of evil sects have no future,"
Fang Xi shook his head unconcernedly.
This was evident from what happened to the Dark Moon Sect Master back in the day.
As a Nascent Soul cultivator, not having a few handy magic artifacts means you’re a big fraud!
The reason for this was that his identity could not be exposed!
Although his public identity was that of a Core Formation cultivator, purchasing some Core Formation level science and technology talismans wouldn’t be a problem.
But could he actually order a ’Patrol Sky Warship’?
Isn’t that the same as an ordinary person buying a tank?
The technology of The Nine States was even more terrifying, with every move being recorded, making purchasing military-grade magic artifacts naturally much more difficult.
Therefore, this kind of unregistered lord had none of the true strength of The Nine States’ genuine Nascent Soul true lords—Even weaklings like Lord Jian Nan could easily play with and kill him!
’Could this person really be unlucky enough to have gotten involved by accident?’
’With such a demeanor, it doesn’t look like a disguise, does it?’
’Forget it, even if it’s fake, we have to make it real. As long as there is suspicion, that’s enough. With a suspicion on his back, he can’t work in such a confidential research institute... It’s a pity that if there had not been that time witness back then, if the suspicion had been further deepened, this person would have absolutely failed the audit...’
Qi Biao thought to himself.
’This person...’
Watching the retreating figure of the cultivator at the peak of Perfect Core Formation, Fang Xi remained expressionless.
’Using the Dark Moon Sect to test me? Did they find something?’
After all, Zhang Huohua had been in contact with people from the Dark Moon Sect before, and even though they had been very covert, there were always some traces left behind.
In this world, once something is done, it will inevitably leave marks!
’Should I silence Qi Biao?’
As a person from the same camp, it’s very inconvenient to do anything.
For example, even though Zhang Huohua’s mentor, Lord Lu, finds Qi Biao very annoying, he couldn’t just kill him with a slap.
But if someone from another hostile force were to take action, it would be very convenient.
For example, by deploying a Blue-Horned Silver Arm Marionette...
’This is a bit too much. It’s better to take out the Dark Moon Sect first, then Qi Biao... It would seem random at a glance, but in reality, both are connected to Zhang Huohua, and the suspicion would be amplified a thousandfold...’
’Rather than that, wouldn’t it be better to directly use the ’Summon Demon Array’ and let the Demon Clan make a move?’
’However, this is also a harbinger that my identity may not be hidden for much longer...’
Fang Xi thought to himself when suddenly Tai Yi chimed in with a communication.
In front of him, the figure of a young research fellow appeared.
The man was not tall and seemed rather lean, with a pair of eyes as gentle as jade and exuding a scholarly aura: "Xiao Zhang, come to my laboratory."
"Yes!"
Fang Xi responded and made his way to a laboratory, where he entered a miniature teleportation array.
Whoosh!
With a flash of light, he found himself in a strange expanse of the Void.
The canopy of heaven seemed to be shattered, and within a faintly white arc of light, there was an indescribable darkness, with strands of silver light emerging...
Fang Xi looked at the scene with a solemn expression.
This was a spatial rift and the Space Time Turbulence within!
Lu Shiming’s research was also on the Primordial Energy Particle Atlas, but he leaned towards searching for various ’impure Qi’ and even ’Qi’ that had never appeared in The Nine States in order to simulate and deduce the true components of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy.
This Spatial Rift was created using the large Void Collider of the research institute and then stabilized with an array.
"The mysteries of the Void, we cultivators might exhaust our lives without being able to grasp much of it..."
Lu Shiming stood at the control station, with streams of Flying Rice-sized brilliance entering the Void Crevice, as if exploring or fishing for something...
"Ancient cultivators called the world within Spatial Rifts as the Void... According to their theories, countless worlds lie within the Void, just like boats traveling on the sea... Without venturing out, one truly cannot comprehend the vastness of the Void."
Lu Shiming turned around.
His cultivation was around the early stages of Nascent Soul, but Fang Xi believed that if Lu Shiming were fully equipped, even the Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators of the Western Desert would have to avoid his edge.
"Mentor."
He gave a formal salute.
"Did Qi Biao look for you earlier?"
Lu Shiming furrowed his brows.
"Yes, Associate Professor Qi wanted to borrow my supercomputer time, but I did not agree..."
Fang Xi replied.
"Not agreeing was the right decision. Old Qi is really becoming more and more shameless."
Lu Shiming looked at Fang Xi, his demeanor very gentle: "You don’t have to worry about such trivial matters. You are a genius in the field of Primordial Energy research... even achieving the sequencing of Demon Qi Particles, and as soon as you add the particle atlas of ’Sky Demon Qi’, our Primordial Energy Research Institute will make a big name for itself. Your contribution to Fang Immortal Path and The Nine States will be even greater than that of those who stick to forging!"
Professor Huo Yunzi’s breakthrough in creating Flying Rice-sized magic artifacts seemed to have somewhat provoked Lu Shiming.
After all, Fang Xi seldom heard him refer to Professor Huo Yunzi in such a way before.
"Yes, mentor..."
Fang Xi took a deep breath: "I would like to apply for the Institute’s ’Quantum Interference Microscope’..."
This piece of equipment was very useful for various observations and analyses of Primordial Energy and was indeed a precious asset of the Primordial Energy Research Institute!