309: Chapter 309 Xu Ruyu's Journey of Weapon Forging Begins

The teaching of the "Qi Induction and Micro-Movement Art" and the initial Cultivate of Leng Ningshuang and the other "seeds" were proceeding in an orderly manner.

Aside from necessary guidance and inspections, Xu Ruyu devoted most of his energy to his "scientific Artifact Refining" blueprint.

His theoretical concepts were constantly being perfected, but to turn the blueprints into reality, he faced the most realistic problem—the Hehuan Sect was currently destitute and completely lacked specialized Artifact Refining venues and tools.

The construction of Qixia Valley was focused on residential and basic Cultivate facilities; it was impossible to allocate land and invest resources to build a fully functional Artifact Refining workshop in the short term.

And what Xu Ruyu needed was not just a blacksmith shop that could start a fire; he needed a venue that could stably provide high temperatures, precisely controllable energy sources (ideally capable of verifying his "kinetic energy conversion" theory), the ability to process various Materials, as well as some basic Artifact Refining tools and measuring instruments.

After thinking it over, the best choice was to borrow the Taihu Clan's ready-made Artifact Refining facilities.

That day, Xu Ruyu, carrying a thick stack of carefully organized conceptual sketches and a preliminary list of Materials, came to Lady Qingli's "Moonlight Stream" again.

The Moonlight Stream was still filled with abundant Spiritual Qi, strange flowers blooming, and the tinkling of spiritual springs.

Upon hearing of Xu Ruyu's visit, Lady Qingli came out to welcome him personally, a gentle smile on her beautiful face: "Xiao Yuer, how do you have time to come over today? Has the promotion of the new Cultivation Technique encountered difficulties? Or are you lacking some resources?"

"Sister Qingli, the promotion of the Cultivation Technique is going quite smoothly; Senior Sister Leng and the others have already begun their initial sensing." Xu Ruyu smiled, "I came this time to ask for another favor."

"Oh? What favor? Speak freely." Lady Qingli led him to sit in the pavilion by the stream and personally poured him a cup of spiritual tea.

Xu Ruyu did not beat around the bush and directly spread the stack of animal-skin sketches on the stone table. Pointing at the patterns full of geometric lines and strange structures that were completely different from the traditional Magical Artifacts of the Cultivation World, he began to explain his concepts.

"Sister Qingli, you also know that the Cultivate base of my sect's Disciple is still shallow and it is difficult to improve significantly in the short term. Therefore, I want to start from the aspect of 'implements' and develop some... well, new types of protective and offensive equipment to make up for the lack of Cultivate base."

Xu Ruyu tried to speak as tactfully as possible: "These are some of my initial design ideas; they might look a bit... unusual."

Lady Qingli looked over with curiosity, only to see many "objects" she had never seen before drawn on the blueprints:

There were long, strip-like things with grips and slender tubes (the prototype of the poqi type i rifle);

There were even more slender things with complex mounts and structures similar to "telescopes" (the Chuan Yang Type I sniper unit);

There were thick, short, cylindrical objects supported by tripods underneath (the Lei Hou Type I support cannon);

And there were some flat, round, small devices that resembled heart-protecting mirrors but had complex structures (adaptive shield generator)...

In addition, there were many exploded views showing strange internal "energy channels," "compression chambers," "focusing arrays," "energy storage lattices," and other structures, with some annotations beside them that she didn't quite understand but felt were very profound, such as "Air Kinetic Compression Ratio 1:50," "Electromagnetic Acceleration Rail Initial Stage," "Spiritual Energy-Heat Conversion Efficiency Estimation," and so on.

Lady Qingli's brows furrowed slightly as she looked. She was knowledgeable and had seen countless exotic Magical Artifacts, but the patterns before her were far removed from any Magic Treasure she had ever known.

There was no agility of a Flying Sword, no heaviness of a Dharma Seal, no majesty of a pagoda, and even less of that feeling of being covered in runes and glowing with treasure light seen in common offensive Magical Artifacts. Instead, they exuded a kind of cold, mechanical, and even somewhat... crude sense of strangeness.

"Xiao Yuer, what are these...?" Lady Qingli hesitated, "Forgive me for speaking frankly, but the forms of these 'objects' do not seem to follow the path of traditional Magical Artifacts.

Moreover, many structures look... quite fragile, and I don't see any powerful runes embedded; how can they exert power?"

Xu Ruyu had long anticipated this reaction and patiently explained: "Sister Qingli, my design philosophy is indeed different from traditional Artifact Refining. I do not pursue the 'spirituality' of the Magical Artifact itself or direct resonance with the Dao of heaven and earth, but rather focus more on 'function' and 'efficiency'.

Simply put, I treat them as a kind of 'tool,' a tool capable of efficiently, stably, and precisely releasing a specific form of energy to achieve a specific goal."

He pointed to the sketch of the "long tube": "For example, this one, I call it a 'Poqi Gun'. Its core principle is to take a special form of energy—I call it 'source energy', which can be obtained from the air—highly compress it within an internal chamber, and then instantly release it through this 'acceleration pipe', propelling a specially made 'projectile' or a pure mass of energy to be shot out at extremely high speed, producing powerful penetration and destructive effects.

It does not rely on the user's own spiritual power; it only needs to be triggered and simply aimed."

He pointed again to the "flat, round device": "This 'Spirit Turtle Shield', when attacked, instantly triggers a small energy deflection force field that covers the whole body, utilizing a high-speed flowing or specific frequency energy layer to deflect and weaken attacks.

It focuses more on instantaneous defensive response and energy utilization efficiency."

Lady Qingli listened to these unheard-of concepts, and the surprise in her eyes deepened.

Although she did not fully understand, she could feel the rigorous logic and brand-new way of thinking contained in Xu Ruyu's words.

Thinking of the incredible means Xu Ruyu displayed when passing the trials before, her heart stirred; perhaps... could this little guy really tinker with something extraordinary?

"Your ideas... are very novel." Lady Qingli weighed her words, "Then, how do you need me to help?"