273: This cauldron... is truly a magnificent artifact!

"By the way, how is the Blood Qi Heavy Armor research over in Tangshan going?"

Ye Su asked.

Zhuge Hu shook his head.

"It's still at a standstill. Those big shots are questioning their lives. Logically speaking, Blood Qi Heavy Armor appeared even earlier than Psionic Technology, so why can't it truly be developed?"

Indeed.

The Tangshan Research Institute had started to feel the pressure as soon as they began.

Research into Blood Qi Heavy Armor had been constantly obstructed.

For now, it was still primarily based on manual labor.

This model was impossible to develop.

"Notify them later that it's not their problem, but that the metal being used is wrong," Ye Su said.

"Let Great Xia climb the heights of Psionic Technology as quickly as possible, with the primary focus being Aerospace Mining."

"As the mutation process progresses, a brand-new mineral will be born within the Circumstellar Belt."

"This substance is the key to Blood Qi Heavy Armor!"

Zhuge Hu nodded.

As for how the Circumstellar Belt came to be...

There were already signs of it one or two solar terms ago.

It had escaped from the sun.

After the Golden Crow became a god, it caused a stir within the sun, constantly causing matter to escape, which was later captured by these planets, gradually forming the Circumstellar Belt.

Blood Essence, the core for developing Blood Qi Heavy Armor, would be produced within the Circumstellar Belt.

Without this material, how could you develop it?

It wasn't that they weren't working hard; it was truly a case of being unable to cook without rice!

Psionic Technology and Blood Qi Heavy Armor felt somewhat complementary; after all, without Psionic Technology, certain minerals simply couldn't be obtained.

I wonder how, in The Cosmos, the Tiangong Clan developed their Blood Qi Heavy Armor.

They couldn't possibly have an entire planet made of Blood Essence minerals!

Finally, Zhuge Hu reported on some research progress.

Spirit Medicine was the major component.

After the Elf Clan moved over as a whole, the final settlement plan was concluded amidst competition between several giant cities.

Luoyang took the lion's share.

The entire ancient tree of life was situated in Luoyang.

Then, the Elf Clan would go to work in various giant cities on a business-trip basis.

As expected, Great Xia does not support idlers!

But the Elf Clan was very satisfied with this, even extremely so!

The various Rank issues that had originally appeared with Spiritual Plants were being quickly resolved bit by bit.

Even because of the placement of the ancient tree of life,

Water of Life was being produced once again.

Spirit Medicine—how could a country bumpkin like Spirit Medicine have ever seen such a thing?

Just a little bit of Water of Life was enough to make it bloom in full glory!

At the same time, Suzhou and Hangzhou's potion industry also saw an improvement.

Because the Elf Clan themselves possessed knowledge of potions, their selfless teaching directly triggered a chemical reaction.

Potions with various functions were being researched and developed constantly.

In short, due to the emergence of the Elf Clan, Great Xia's industries related to Spirit Medicine received a massive boost!

Furthermore,

The Druid class within their clan also found a place to shine.

That was the taming of Spirit Beasts.

Suzhou and Hangzhou's Blood Nether Heavy Cavalry was a benchmark.

And it was a replicable situation.

They even had ways to breed special Spirit Beasts like the Snow Bear Clan from the Russians' side and the Albatross.

When the time comes,

Organized legions of Spirit Beasts paired with Professionals will become Great Xia's true main force.

Equipped with Psionic Technology and Blood Qi Heavy Armor,

My goodness—they'll be armed to the teeth.

If the population base isn't enough, then increase the quality of the individuals!

Of course.

This process could not be separated from the support of Martial Arts.

Someone had finally figured out the patterns of that heavy artifact, the great cauldron.

Or rather,

Its patterns indirectly helped to truly categorize Great Xia's Martial Arts Rank.

Martial Arts Ranks were ultimately chosen to be distinguished by the power rank model; after all, it was The Cosmos' standard.

The great cauldron is essentially based on a base-10 system.

For example,

Basic-level Martial Arts require 100,000 Spirit Stones to evolve into Rank 1 Martial Arts.

And so on.

Evolving from Rank 2 Martial Arts to Rank 3 Martial Arts only requires 0.1 square crystals.

In the Martial Arts Hall, Secret Techniques with Rank 3 power require 100 square crystals.

Even without the manufacturing process for jade tablets,

Simply relying on manual transcription and replication,

This was still a 1,000-fold profit!

In fact, once Blue Star truly has the capital in the future, it might even be possible to directly replace the Martial Arts Hall!

Of course, that was still a very, very distant matter.

Currently, the family fortune was thin, and they could only build up their assets bit by bit.

"I wonder when we'll see a Breakthrough in jade tablets."

Zhuge Hu said.

"But replicating Martial Arts isn't easy either."

Ye Su nodded.

This was something that couldn't be rushed.

After all, once a Martial Art has been evolved and upgraded, a person needs to fully master it before they can truly write it out from memory.

This was a threshold.

And this threshold could only be overcome slowly.

The true bottleneck was still the manufacture of jade tablets.

Suddenly.

Zhuge Hu's expression shifted, and he said excitedly,

"Captain Ye, the Imperial Capital Research Institute has cracked the manufacture of jade tablets!"

Ye Su stood up abruptly.

Cracked the manufacture of jade tablets.

My god.

We're going to be rich!

Because with the appearance of jade tablets, Martial Arts can completely enter a 'pay-to-win' mode!

If he was going to work in The Cosmos,

He needed to get a few incredibly powerful Martial Arts to protect himself.

After all, an Ascender's final combat power still relies on the coefficient of Martial Arts for support.

So where would these powerful Martial Arts come from?

Directly through 'pay-to-win'.

"Let's go!"

Ye Su said, preparing to head to the Modu Research Institute.

The great cauldron is here in Modu; after all, Li Dehai is a native of Modu.

A good and familiar environment helped Li Dehai in his research and comprehension of Martial Arts.

Before heading to the Research Institute, they had to make a trip to the Think Tank hall.

Half an hour later.

Ye Su emerged from the Think Tank hall.

At the same time.

Great Xia began frantically mobilizing Spirit Stones and transporting them to the Modu Research Institute.

The Imperial Capital Research Institute also sent over a batch of jade tablet samples.

---"Captain Ye!"

Qiu Qi greeted him directly at the entrance, calling out to Ye Su when he saw him.

"Mm, is everything ready?"

Ye Su asked.

The Think Tank was already quickly coordinating everything.

Vast quantities of Spirit Stones had either arrived or were on the way.

"Everything is ready,"

Qiu Qi said.

"Currently, our categorization of Martial Arts hasn't reached the ultimate level, but the vast majority of Rank 3 Martial Arts have already been selected."

It wasn't that Modu was only willing to provide Rank 3 Martial Arts, but that Rank 3 was currently the highest available!

"In addition, there are some Skills, which are also roughly at the Rank 3 level."

"Finally, there are the reserves from various cities, which are being transported here overnight."

"Good. Is there a list? I'll pick a few first."

Ye Su said.

"Yes!"

Qiu Qi handed a tablet to Ye Su.

The two of them talked and selected as they walked, and in this manner, they arrived inside the Mushroom Research Institute.

Li Dehai rarely allowed his mind to go blank.

Because Ye Su had arrived.

"Captain Ye."

He called out.

"Mm, thanks for your hard work."

Ye Su responded.

Although Modu had also recruited a group of people to study Martial Arts together,

In terms of comprehension, Li Dehai was still the main force, even an indispensable one.

During this period, he had been diligent—diligent to a shocking degree.

Among the current Rank 3 Martial Arts and Skills, those recorded on paper without using jade tablets were all from his hand.