"Commander, we just received news that a meritorious semi-mechanical armor from the D2 Comprehensive War Zone is on its way here."
"Hmm?"
Wang Daochang's battle puppet didn't even lift its head, grasping a handful of carving knives, carefully engraving the array base for the drone, which was no bigger than a palm.
He used Xing Dian to refine the battle puppet, wearing Xing Dian's face, saying words about Xing Dian:
"This Xing Dian really is quite capable. So many semi-mechanical armors only have brains left, but he can still control them."
Peony, who was moving materials, said with a grin, "It's not entirely controlled, just a part of it is controlled, enough to create a situation that's too big to fail, right...? Do you want to meet this meritorious old general?"
"No."
Wang Ji Xuan said indifferently:
"Anyone could guess why he's coming. He just wants to get the formula."
Peony put the box aside, muttering with some doubt, "Commander, don't you think this matter is a bit strange?"
"What's strange?"
"The Commander-in-Chief would actually plead for those who have been corrupted."
Peony analyzed carefully with her hands behind her back:
"The Commander-in-Chief's personality is characterized by extreme disgust for these things.
"But the Commander-in-Chief asked Dongfang Zhenghong to come to you twice, which is really too abnormal."
"Old Fu probably has unspeakable secrets," Wang Daochang's battle puppet stretched lazily, turning his head to look at his main body, who was meditating and cultivating.
The preparations are almost complete.
"Peony, prepare to set up the formation, the sixth set. I want to consume the elixir!"
"Okay, Commander."
Peony tilted her head slightly.
Taking medicine is taking medicine, why insist on calling it 'consuming the elixir?'
It sounds quite professional.
......
Consuming the elixir is also particular.
Wang Daochang specifically returned to the dormitory to rest for half an hour, and then, bathed, changed clothes, burned incense, chanted scriptures, waiting for his mind to be calm, he took a dark green elixir.
Observe its color, full of luster, shimmering with spiritual light;
Smell its fragrance, a light fragrance assaults the nostrils, with a hidden fragrance;
The spiritual sense is slightly happy, the Dao body is slightly thirsty, so he took it into his mouth, the elixir transformed into pure Qi, nourishing the Dao body.
Wang Ji Xuan controlled the Qi Sea, performing the work of Zhou Tian's circulation, repeating this thirty-six times, he had dissolved the medicinal power of the elixir, his mind was joyful, his spirit was full, and a little bit of dirt oozed from all parts of his body, and the Dao foundation became more rounded.
'Such an elixir to improve aptitude, it's a pity that only three or four can be used, and there will be no effect afterwards.'
Daochang smacked his lips with a little regret.
Now, the problem of spiritual energy has been initially solved—getting crystal cores is enough;
What restricts his cultivation speed is the aptitude of this body.
He never lacks understanding. With the remnant soul of the Great Vehicle stage topping here, even if he walks the path of the past again, he can still guarantee to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
And improving aptitude, especially the aptitude of adults, there are indeed not many methods that can be used, but only elixirs and formations.
Wang Ji Xuan was already prepared.
'Start the formation tomorrow!'
He glanced at Peony kneeling in the corner, and then thought of Gao Huating.
The mystery of Gao Huating's identity has not yet been solved.
Although Wang Ji Xuan usually doesn't pay too much attention to this geisha, the geisha has become familiar with Uncle Wu Mantai and the others, and successfully blended in with them. Everyone gets along happily.
She also goes to do music broadcasts regularly, and the power in her singing spreads through radio waves in this fortress and several nearby fortresses, encouraging people's hearts.
The great formation he is going to set up tomorrow is not a demonic formation. He can let Gao Huating and Peony enter it as well. Peony can nourish the spiritual body, and Gao Huating can take the opportunity to open up her meridians and lead spiritual energy to nourish her body, which may lead to some 'wonderful' discoveries.
Anyway, there are plenty of crystal cores now.
The large crystal cores moved out of the sub-space left by Spiritualist No. 4 are more than enough to open this kind of large formation dozens of times.
Spiritual consciousness captured some slight distortions in the universe.
Wang Ji Xuan said slowly, "Next time, I suggest you come through the door."
Poof!
A cloud of gray gas exploded in the air, and a small figure appeared on the balcony.
No. 5 strolled in.
She changed her outfit today, but the style is still simple, shorts and a slanted shoulder shirt. The sinisterness in front of her chest can almost distort everything. Her small face is still written with a bit of disapproval.
No. 5 looked at the layout of the room, full of disgust: "They wouldn't even build a palace for you? Oh dear, this is really simple!"
Wang Ji Xuan scolded with a straight face: "Don't use your hegemonic style on our side. The fortress has limited resources, and safe space is also a precious resource... Isn't this all your fault!"
"The Blade Beasts have nothing to do with me. I didn't develop the Blade Beast circuit."
No. 5 rolled her eyes, walked to Wang Ji Xuan's bed and sat down with a thud, her smooth little legs starting to swing back and forth.
Only then did Wang Ji Xuan realize that she was wearing a pair of pink slippers on her feet.
Worth three universal allocations.
"Can you let your wingman go out? Let's chat for a while."
"I have a girlfriend," Wang Ji Xuan said seriously, "It's easy to spread rumors when a single man and a single woman are together."
No. 5 bared her little tiger teeth: "Do you want to video chat with your girlfriend? I want to talk to you about something serious!"
Peony had already gone to the small refrigerator to get drinks and fruits, and asked in a low voice when she heard this: "Commander, do you need me to avoid it?"
"No need," Wang Ji Xuan smiled, "Help me keep an eye on information related to the formula."
"Yes."
"Formula? What formula? Is it the formula for your kind of medicine?"
"It's just a small matter, it has nothing to do with my elixir," Wang Ji Xuan waved his hand, "Speak, what's the matter?"
"Is there still a possibility of reconciliation between you and the Spirit Energy Capital?"
No. 5 asked seriously:
"Just now, I had a simple chat with those three old guys.
"They ordered those six high-level spirit slaves to restrain themselves, but these six high-level spirit slaves, also known as the Six Elders in your mouth, are determined to kill you and are trying to persuade the three of them.
"You should also know that the relationship between the three of them and the Six Elders is very complicated. The Six Elders are very useful, and the three of them don't want to replace their spokespersons easily.
"In order to protect you, I also described you as my new spokesperson, so the three of them will give me some face, after all, my faction also has some power.
"If the hostility continues, it cannot be ruled out that they will continue to cause you trouble."
Wang Ji Xuan thought carefully: "Then in your spiritualists' eyes, how is the conflict between high-level spirit slaves calculated?"
"War of spokespersons, this happens often."
No. 5 shrugged:
"Sometimes everyone wants to compete for benefits, or compete for face, so they will tacitly allow or actively launch a war of spokespersons. The winner can plunder, and the loser needs to bear it.
"However, the rule of our spiritual civilization is that spiritualists cannot participate.
"In the past, when they were more arrogant, they also called this the God War.
"The meaning is that spiritualists are gods, and spirit slaves represent gods in battle... In addition, there will also be some planets setting up arenas for spirit slaves to compete. This is also a popular event in our spiritual civilization."
Wang Ji Xuan: … …
He said: "If I'm being honest with you, there's no room for me to reconcile with them. They want to kill me, so naturally I'm going to get rid of them first. But tactically, we can pretend to reconcile first and stabilize them."
No. 5 blinked: "You mean, deceive them?"
"Things of strategy and tactics, how can that be called deception?" Wang Ji Xuan smiled, "All's fair in war."
"This, then I have to pay some price."
No. 5's big eyes were full of cunning:
"We spiritualists cannot lie to each other, because this will destroy our social system. Oh dear, I already told a lie today, saying that you are my spokesperson, but you are arrogant and proud, and you are a messenger of a mysterious civilization, how could you be our spokesperson?
"Now I have to… ah woo."
She swallowed the elixir that flew to her mouth directly, closed her small mouth immediately, closed her eyes and felt it carefully, and let out a comfortable sigh.
Her injury, recovered a little bit again.
Afterwards, No. 5 said solemnly: "This is the reward for lying just now. What am I going to use to coax them next?"
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"If you can keep them from bothering me recently, I'll give you one every week."
"Every three days!"
"That's too much, I have to consider the scalp follicle health of the Treant Beta."
No. 5 gritted her teeth in anger: "You still have two subordinates in my spire!"
"When will they be able to complete their promotion?"
"It'll be almost done tomorrow or the day after... Every four days!"
"One every five days."
"Deal!" No. 5 stretched out her small hand, "Then let's start counting from now!"
Wang Ji Xuan was immediately dumbfounded.
This guy is indeed quite cute, and is also a strong person in her own right, and can let go of her airs so much in order to heal her injuries...
Wang Ji Xuan took out the last Soul Nourishing Pill that he had put into the storage magic weapon in front of No. 5 and sent it to No. 5's hand.
No. 5 immediately smiled.
Wang Ji Xuan reminded: "It's best to eat it after a while, otherwise the efficacy will be discounted."
"Thanks!"
No. 5 waved her small hand: "I'm going to fool the three of them! When my injury recovery exceeds them, we don't have to be afraid of them anymore!"
Poof!
No. 5 turned into a butterfly, gently fluttering her wings, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Wang Ji Xuan shook his head noncommittally.
'Although she is indeed very cute, and I can feel the simplicity of her Dao heart, I still can't fully trust her.'
'Spiritualism, circuits, is it possible that this technology can be integrated with my Taoist's weapon refining?'
Wang Ji, with his Xuanling Consciousness, surveyed the situation in the workshop and meticulously searched the surroundings of Fortress 76. He saw Aunt Qing Ting learning makeup techniques, Shen Qionglin leading a group of white-coated individuals in a meeting, Wan Xiaoqi and Gao Huating releasing butterflies in the fields, soldiers standing guard at various posts, and the oppressed populace living in the lower city…
For now, there's no immediate danger. Time to meditate and contemplate.
'This humble Taoist shouldn't always assume his Taoist arts are superior. There's no perfect Tao in this world, nor is there a flawless method. Learning more is always beneficial.'
A smile graced the Taoist priest's lips, and a layer of cyan light gradually enveloped him.
The Condensation Core realm was within reach.
… …
As dusk approached, shortly after dinnertime, Zhou Zhengde found Wang Ji hiding in his dormitory.
Dongfang Zhenghong casually made up an excuse, not wanting to make a third trip. He had Zhou Zhengde deliver the news related to the 'Xing Dian Prescription' this time.
It was a video.
Personally filmed by Fu Jian, it recorded a conversation between Fu Jian and an old man.
The old man was also a combatant, with a physique twice the size of Fu Jian's. A note beside the footage read: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the D2 Integrated War Zone, Meritorious Human General, and a leading figure in second-generation half-human mechs, Xiang Lintian.
Fu Jian began to speak:
“Is this prescription something you absolutely need?”
“Yes,” Xiang Lintian sighed with his eyes closed, “I know you disapprove of this, Lao Fu, but I really have no choice. As long as you speak up, that young man should agree. Xing Dian is under his control now, isn't he?”
Fu Jian nodded: “Your intelligence system hasn't completely deteriorated yet.”
“It was deduced,” Xiang Lintian said simply, “Xing Dian's speaking habits and vocabulary are completely different from what he shows in the video… I've been retired for over twenty years now, and I'm just a reserve mech pilot on the border, with only a few more overload opportunities left.”
Fu Jian leaned back in his chair: “What exactly is going on with D2?”
“As you know,” Xiang Lintian smiled bitterly, “Xing Dian has gradually controlled a large number of people with drugs…”
Fu Jian retorted: “That's just the surface issue.”
“Yes, that's true. We are also using Xing Dian,” Xiang Lintian whispered, “In fact, it was decided by a few old guys like us to gradually turn those controlled by Xing Dian, who are also trusted by the Spirit Energy Capital, into politicians in D2, politicians within the military, to help avoid a human civil war.”
Fu Jian stated simply: “You don't want to avoid a human civil war, but rather you believe that the Spirit Energy Capital is the future.”
“Isn't it?”
Xiang Lintian's expression became somewhat agitated:
“Individual strength can defeat King-level Blade Beasts! Our mechanical technology requires enormous resources to even match the combat power of King-level Blade Beasts!
“The Spirit Energy Infusion Experiment does result in deaths, but what about our half-human mech modifications? Aren't the two essentially the same?
“Yes, what you say is righteous, and we are unjust, but damn it, the main Blade Beast swarm and the Pillar-level Blade Beasts are about to awaken! If we don't rely on the Spirit Energy Capital and the alien civilizations behind them, do we have even the slightest chance of winning? No, not at all, Lao Fu! We all know what the situation is now. The territory we control is too small, and even if we squeeze every region dry, we won't have enough resources to fight the Blade Beasts!
“To control me, they harassed my family because they couldn't find anything on me, and they even fabricated medical records to make my son believe that my granddaughter had a terminal illness, and he voluntarily sent her to Xing Dian's Snow Mountain Base.
“At that time, I really wanted to tear them apart, but I couldn't. I even sold my only granddaughter!
“You are an idealist, but we are not. As long as civilization can continue, whoever can give us hope and let the people in their war zone survive, I can be their dog!
“How many people do all nine war zones combined have now? Less than six hundred million… What can we use to fight the Blade Beasts?”
Fu Jian remained silent.
Xiang Lintian sat back in his chair, lowered his head, and sighed, looking utterly dejected.
Fu Jian didn't say much, only stating: “I've negotiated with Wang Zheng twice, and Wang Zheng refused to hand over this prescription…”
Xiang Lintian gave a miserable smile: “Doesn't this young man listen to you? Doesn't he admire you?”
“He doesn't admire me,” Fu Jian said earnestly, “He even lectures me in the tone of an elder, and I'm not joking.”
Xiang Lintian was visibly stunned.
Fu Jian tossed over a cigar and said slowly:
“Your coming here, and Wang Zheng's reaction, were actually within my expectations.
“Otherwise, I wouldn't have sent someone to help you plead. This will actually affect Wang Zheng's perception of me, and I care about that very much, because I don't want to be lectured by him incessantly again.
“Your previous choice to lean towards the Spirit Energy Capital is also something I can understand. At that time, I was also gradually softening, but now, we have new hope.”
“Hope? What do you mean?”
“Have a cigar,” Fu Jian reminded him, “Pay attention to the direction. There's something called a Crane Yuan Pill inside. After you finish the cigar, we can talk more.”
The Commander-in-Chief smiled: “Also, your granddaughter is in Wang Zheng's hands, and she's doing quite well.”
