441: The triumphant King Zhao

Prince Zhao was so excited that his face was flushed. To him, the success of these scientists was also his own success. What he hadn't expected was that Cen Jing and his team had actually managed to beast-ify even bird-men; this was absolutely a miracle!

"Good! Excellent! Everyone shall be heavily rewarded!" Prince Zhao declared loudly.

Upon hearing this, Cen Jing and the others became even more excited. They hurriedly bowed and expressed their gratitude, their faces filled with irrepressible joy.

"Long Yuan, what do you think of our serum compared to that of Blood Wolf Hall?" Prince Zhao turned and asked Long Yuan.

"Congratulations, Uncle! The efficacy of this serum should reach the level of a Second-Grade serum from Blood Wolf Hall!" Long Yuan nodded and praised.

"Second-Grade serum? Does Blood Wolf Hall have serums of even higher grades than ours?" Cen Jing, who was standing to the side, became anxious upon hearing this and hurriedly interjected.

Long Yuan smiled and said, "Actually, I haven't seen them with my own eyes, but according to their records, there seem to be serums of an even higher grade that can cause a person to undergo complete beast-ification, rather than just partial beast-ification."

"Complete beast-ification?!" Cen Jing trembled upon hearing this, a look of madness intensifying on his face, his eyes turning red!

"Yes! That information is indeed in their records. Of course, whether it is partial beast-ification or complete beast-ification, there are certain time limits, and there is always a period of weakness afterward. Therefore, there are many standards required to evaluate the grade of a serum," Long Yuan explained simply.

Upon hearing this, Cen Jing couldn't help but glance at the Xuan Practitioner in the iron cage who had already recovered, and asked, "I wonder how long the beast-ified people Young Master Long encountered could maintain their state?"

"The short ones lasted about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, while the duration of the longer ones is uncertain. However, among the spoils from my trip to the Northwest, I have a few bottles of serum that Minister Cen can take and test!" As he said this, Long Yuan handed three bottles of serum to Cen Jing.

Cen Jing hurriedly took them, examined them carefully, and asked suspiciously, "What type and grade of serum is this?"

"They are serums obtained from Shadow Moon Hall. After drinking them, one will beast-ify into the Fox Clan. From their serial numbers, it can be seen that they are Second-Grade serums!" Long Yuan introduced.

"Fox Clan?! Your Highness, and all distinguished guests, we must immediately conduct research on this serum, so we will no longer be able to host you all!" Cen Jing said to the crowd offhandedly, and immediately left in a hurry with several assistants...

Prince Dai, Chang Hanshan, Ding Peng, and the others who remained were all stunned, looking at each other in bewilderment. They hadn't expected Cen Jing and the others to leave so decisively, effectively standing them up!

Prince Zhao gave an awkward smile and said, "Please forgive us, everyone! Great Master Cen has obtained a new serum and is anxious to conduct research, so we won't disturb their work any further! How about this: I will take everyone to visit the Artifact Refining Department. This time, our thunder god cannons and High Grade Profound Weapons have received praise from the Emperor, and we are currently working overtime to refine them, hoping to produce more before the beast disaster arrives..."

"Haha, I wonder if Your Highness has any spare High Grade Profound Weapons? My Chang Family would also like to purchase one or two!" Chang Hanshan laughed and stated his purpose.

"The Director may not be aware, but High Grade Profound Weapons have been listed as key strategic Materials. They can only be used by the state to resist foreign enemies and cannot be owned by other factions!" Prince Zhao explained.

"I am aware of that! I was just asking if Your Highness had any spare ones that were not being used! Perhaps my Chang Family could provide the Materials, and Tiangong Group could assist in the refining?" Chang Hanshan asked, unwilling to give up.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Prince Zhao with anticipation. Who didn't know the importance of High Grade Profound Weapons? It was no exaggeration to say that every High Grade Profound Weapon could greatly enhance the foundation of a Family or faction. If possible, everyone would be willing to spend money and effort to have Tiangong Group help refine High Grade Profound Weapons. To them, Materials and wealth were easy to obtain, but refining technology was the difficult point. Currently, almost all Artifact Refiners capable of refining High Grade Profound Weapons were concentrated within Tiangong Group. Another identity of Tiangong Group was actually the headquarters of the Great Ming Artifact Refining Guild!

Even the Two-Star Artifact Refiner certificate that Long Yuan possessed was managed by Tiangong Group.

A trace of pride flashed across Prince Zhao's face, but he masked it well. He gave a light cough and said, "You all may not know, but currently, the Artifact Refiners of Tiangong Group are all working overtime to refine product orders for the military; there is simply no time to accept external orders, so I can only disappoint you all!"

"Sigh, it seems we can only wait for the future!" Chang Hanshan sighed in disappointment.

"Haha, Director, rest assured. In the future, if our Advanced Artifact Refiners can free up their hands, we will definitely accept your Chang Family's orders!" Prince Zhao laughed.

"Then many thanks to Your Highness in advance!"

"It's nothing! It's nothing! Please follow me to the Artifact Refining Department!" Prince Zhao, with a face full of smiles, led everyone toward the Artifact Refining Department...

Long Yuan followed the group to view the situation at the Artifact Refining Department. To be honest, in his eyes now, the level of Artifact Refining here was simply unbearable to look at; it was not on the same dimension as the City of the Future at the Sinkhole Base. However, he still patiently finished the tour and even casually offered Prince Zhao plenty of flattery, which made the pride on Prince Zhao's face even greater. In fact, one of the main purposes of Prince Zhao bringing everyone to visit this time was to show off the muscles of Tiangong Group to Long Yuan, in order to attract him to Tiangong Group!

Prince Zhao knew this purpose, and Long Yuan also knew it, but neither of them said it first. This was mainly because Long Yuan had previously said that he had his own business to attend to, so Prince Zhao knew that now might not be the right time to ask Long Yuan to join Tiangong Group. However, letting Long Yuan know about Tiangong Group's R&D strength in advance should make it more persuasive when asking him to join later. Unfortunately, Prince Zhao had no idea about Long Yuan's background; Tiangong Group's R&D strength couldn't even catch up to the tail of the City of the Future, so how could it possibly make Long Yuan join?

Just at the end of the tour, Long Yuan received a message from the Emperor Ming asking him to enter the palace. This was actually part of his planned itinerary for coming to Shuntian Prefecture this time. So, after secretly explaining to Prince Zhao, he and Xu Ruoying quietly left Tiangong Group and headed toward the imperial palace...

Xu Ruoying escorted Long Yuan to the outside of the imperial palace. Watching Long Yuan disappear before her eyes with a single flash, she was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out. She could not imagine how high Long Yuan's current cultivation Realm was, so she decided to ask her aunt, Xu Yanran, after she returned.

However, she thought that Xu Yanran should have gone to organize military affairs, so she tossed her itinerary for the day and this question to her father, Xu Guanghai, who had been waiting for her news. Xu Guanghai was currently with other Elders of the Xu Family; they had actually been remotely controlling Xu Ruoying's actions all along...

Xu Family Elder Xu Chuanwei, who was at the Middle Stage of the Martial King, heard Xu Guanghai's report and pondered for a moment before saying: "From the information obtained over the past two days, Long Yuan's Realm is at least at the Martial Commander level, and it is very likely that he has already reached the Martial King Realm!"

"How is this possible?!" The Elders were stunned...