Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 207 - 204 Try Again

Chapter 207: Chapter 204 Try Again

"Wind?"

"A strong wind."

Gu Jinlai said.

The Artifact Spirit was not vague about it.

Upon simulation, a fierce wind howled.

Suddenly, the blades of the wind power generator began to spin rapidly.

As the blades rotated, the kinetic energy of the wind was transformed into mechanical energy by the wind turbine, which then drove the generator to produce electrical energy.

This energy was drawn in, injected into the battery constructed mainly of Thunder Storage Stone, and in no time, the thunder power contained within had scaled up significantly.

Following this frequency, if the energy could be released all at once...

It would be enough to cause injury to a Refining God Immortal.

"What is this!?"

The Artifact Spirit’s expression suddenly became solemn.

"This is the Spiritual Artifact I have refined, which I have named wind power generator,"

Gu Jinlai said with a smile, "The operation of Aries Star Palace relies on Lord Heavenly Dragon Wood entering and leaving the clouds, chasing storms, and drawing thunder power from within them. It just happens that I have had ideas about using thunder power in my mind, so I created this Spiritual Artifact. Its function is to transform the force of the storm into thunder power. Although the output is average and can’t compete with natural lightning strikes, we can make up for it with quantity."

He continued, "Find a mountain that is enveloped in strong winds, or even storms, year-round. Build dozens or hundreds of wind power generators around the mountain, then lay out wires... no, I mean set up formations, and draw all the thunder power into the Aries Star Palace. I believe that with this, it won’t take long before the Aries Star Palace can successfully complete a charging cycle."

Hearing what Gu Jinlai said, the Artifact Spirit quickly envisioned the scenario.

Its body surged with spiritual fluctuations, as if it was simulating that very scene.

After a while, it seemed to have found the answer it was looking for from the simulation results, and its gaze towards Gu Jinlai turned visibly satisfied.

"An amazing Spiritual Artifact! This artifact can not only nurture thunder, and be used to harm the target, but the key is... it borrows the power of Heaven and Earth,"

the Artifact Spirit said, laughing.

In its words, it gave a high evaluation of the Spiritual Artifact.

This scene, overheard by the surrounding Heavenly Masters, made their faces change.

"The power of Heaven and Earth?"

"An artifact that can, like the Devas, utilize the power of Heaven and Earth to harm enemies. This Spiritual Artifact... has such power!?"

"Transforming the omnipresent storm force between Heaven and Earth into thunder power that can be stored and released when necessary... isn’t this a transformation of the Heaven and Earth power? Could it be that the power of this War Spiritual Artifact is comparable to a strike from the Devas!?"

"Highly likely! Thunder power, what a vast and ferocious energy! When Saints achieve the status of Earthly True Immortals, legend has it that they encounter the trials of the Heavenly Tribulation. If they cannot transcend, even Saints face the danger of death! The terror of thunder power is evident, being able to destroy Saints. How high might the limit of Gu Jinlai’s Spiritual Artifact, which can gather thunder power, be!"

Each Heavenly Master was deeply moved.

Especially a few Heavenly Masters loyal to Dragon Sparrow Manor, whose expressions revealed a trace of fear.

Gu Jinlai...

had actually created such a terrifying War Spiritual Artifact!

If Dragon Sparrow Manor did not come up with a way to counter this War Spiritual Artifact quickly, their situation would undoubtedly become extremely dangerous.

"I am very satisfied with this artifact,"

the Artifact Spirit affirmed with a smile.

"As long as Your Excellency is satisfied."

Gu Jinlai smiled faintly.

It wasn’t in vain that he used up a Qingguang.

"You may call me Zi Yang,"

the Artifact Spirit looked at Gu Jinlai and revealed its name.

From this, it was evident that Gu Jinlai’s performance had won its... or rather, his recognition.

"This Spiritual Artifact is outstanding, and it suffices as a credential for you to pass the True Dragon Gate. Next, you may select a reward,"

Zi Yang said with a smile.

"Good!"

Unable to contain himself, Zhang Yukan, who had followed Gu Jinlai, exclaimed "good".

"He passed the trial so quickly! Truly worthy of being Heavenly Monarch Gu!"

"Although the trials at Aries Star Palace sometimes yield immense rewards, not every Heavenly Monarch manages to secure them smoothly,"

Si Tianyan, Guan Xingyun, and others also felt somewhat emotional.

At this moment, Zong Heng, who was standing behind the two, suddenly said, "Gentlemen, I remember when this Artifact Spirit first saw Heavenly Monarch Gu, it mentioned he had already achieved True Spirit Crystalization... the True Spirit Crystalization it referred to, couldn’t it be the one documented in the ancient texts...?"

Zong Heng’s words caused a jolt in the hearts of the Great Heavenly Masters.

They had actually overlooked this detail just now.

"What is True Spirit Crystallization?"

Zhou Mingshi couldn’t help but ask.

Si Tianyan glanced at him, "After a Heavenly Monarch refines the True Spirit, there are three minor stages. The True Spirits of common Heavenly Monarchs all belong to the first stage, which is just condensing the spiritual essence leaked from the soul into the True Spirit. I won’t go into detail about this stage. True Spirit Crystallization is the second stage, where the True Spirit needs to be refined to become crystal clear. Due to its special structure, the True Spirit of the crystallization stage becomes extremely stable, and the distinct characteristic of a stable True Spirit is that it can unleash Soul Secret Techniques with even greater power."

"Unleash Soul Secret Techniques with greater power?"

"Indeed."

Zong Heng added from the side, "Cultivators and devils, due to the existence of a body, integrate the Essence, Qi, and Spirit as one, nurturing the soul with them. The Soul Secret Techniques of Heavenly Monarchs, at most, affect Refining God Immortals, and are helpless against Divinity Transformation Cultivators who have refined the Yin God. However, once a Heavenly Monarch’s True Spirit has crystallized and can unleash stronger attacks, even the Yin Gods of Divinity Transformation Cultivators might be dispersed by their Soul Secret Techniques."

Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but sigh, "I finally understand why Heavenly Monarch Gu was able to defeat two Primordial Spirit True Monarchs and four Divinity Transformation Cultivators from Dragon Sparrow Manor in Lingxiao City. The power of the True Spirit in its crystallization stage... Even the Primordial Spirits of Monarchs cannot ignore it, can they?"

Si Tianyan agreed with his statement while nodding, "True Spirit Crystallization is the second stage of a Heavenly Monarch’s cultivation; the third stage is touching the Spirit Realm. At that point, the structures and secrets of any Spiritual Artifact, spiritual creatures, and spiritual medicinal materials will have nowhere to hide from their eyes..."

He spoke with longing, "With Heavenly Monarch Gu’s talent in the Heavenly Master Path, he is very likely to step into this realm in the future. This stage is the foundation for becoming a Creator. In a way, once they reach this step, Heavenly Masters will have a prospect towards that great realm that truly is the ultimate destination of Heavenly Masters... "

The exchange between Zhou Mingshi and Si Tianyan was not deliberately kept quiet, and the surrounding Heavenly Masters also overheard it.

Hearing that Gu Jinlai, this Heavenly Monarch, had actually achieved True Spirit Crystallization and even harbored a glimmer of hope to become a Creator, many Heavenly Masters were stirred.

Despite not believing that Gu Jinlai could take that final step, just the Third Step of Heavenly Monarch, touching the Spirit Realm, brought about all kinds of unimaginable divine occurrences.

This realm, for cultivators below the rank of Heavenly Monarch, is almost like Refining God compared to martial artists before the Qi Refining Realm.

A Heavenly Monarch who has touched the Spirit Realm can provide specific guidance in Visualization Cultivation to others based on the spiritual conditions of their bodies, allowing them to progress on the Heavenly Master Path at the rate of a thousand miles a day.

What an astonishing advantage this is?

Furthermore, rumors from the outside world suggested that Gu Jinlai had found magic skills that rectify the shortcomings of refining essence into energy in the Heavenly Master Path...

For a time, many Heavenly Masters crowded around Zong Heng, Si Tianyan, Guan Xingyun, and others to inquire about Gu Jinlai’s character and learn about their lives in Lingxiao City.

...

"This wind turbine can let you directly bypass this checkpoint, what item do you want as a reward?"

Zi Yang said, "You can either describe it yourself or I can list some treasures that are greatly beneficial to the Heavenly Master Path for you to choose."

"Lord Zi Yang, I heard that every Spiritual Artifact Embryo has a performance value detection system. Although a score above a hundred is enough to pass, the higher the score, the richer the rewards that can be obtained. If I pass with this wind turbine, I wonder what kind of score it can get?"

Gu Jinlai said.

Zi Yang seemed to realize something and looked at him with some surprise, "Although your Spiritual Artifact can convert the power of storms into Thunder Power, its efficiency is too slow. Even though Spiritual Artifacts themselves use the power of Heaven and Earth for personal gain, pointing directly to the Mysterious Devas, due to its low efficiency, and also being a support-type Spiritual Artifact, I can only give it a score of one hundred. Considering that this Spiritual Artifact is quite helpful to us, I will add another twenty points, making it a score of one hundred and twenty."

One hundred and twenty points.

This number was just a bit better than passing.

Even though the treasure he could ultimately obtain wouldn’t be too bad, still...

Gu Jinlai pondered for a moment, and finally said, "I have another Spiritual Artifact that I would like to ask Lord Zi Yang to help me create and then appraise."

"Hmm!?"

Zi Yang looked at Gu Jinlai with some surprise.

His intention was...

To give up this score and take the test again!?

"By the looks of it, you seem to have more confidence in the other Spiritual Artifact."

"If Lord Zi Yang is willing to assist me in simulating and crafting this Spiritual Artifact, I believe its performance will not disappoint you," Gu Jinlai said.

"Heh, I am quite curious. A score of one hundred and twenty points for this Spiritual Artifact is already not bad. Since you have such confidence, then why shouldn’t I lend you a helping hand?" Zi Yang said with a slight smile, "Do you plan to craft it here or go to a private space?"

"This Spiritual Artifact... has a somewhat considerable power, so it’s better to do it in a private space," said Gu Jinlai.

"Agreed," Zi Yang said, "Private Space No. 3 has been opened, and you can enter directly."

Gu Jinlai nodded slightly and headed towards the private spaces around the main hall that were set up for rest.

This scene was witnessed by Si Tianyan, Guan Xingyun, and others, which naturally made them look at each other in disbelief.

And after exchanging glances, they couldn’t help but smile wryly.

"Truly worthy of being Heavenly Monarch Gu, others struggle greatly to pass through the checkpoints, but for Heavenly Monarch Gu, not only does he pass the checkpoints, he also aims to obtain top performance value scores to exchange for better treasures. How confident is that? There is just no comparison between people."

"Compared to Heavenly Monarch Gu’s confidence, I’m more curious about what kind of Spiritual Artifact he plans to craft and why he has such confidence in it."

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(There are quite a few guests at home, I will have time to write after they leave, so the third Chapter will be quite late.)