Chapter 824: Sky Tower (1/2)
“Sky Tower? Beside these words, Wang Lu didn’t leave any other clues?”
At the Ten Thousand Arts Sect, an elderly cultivator with heavy glasses tapped the table with dissatisfaction.
“What does Wang Lu think of our Ten Thousand Arts Sect? Universal wishing machine where he could get whatever he wants? Does he respect the academic spirit and understand architectural design? Wanting to break the space barrier of Nine Regions with a tower is too whimsical!”
In front of the old man, Elder Lu Li from the Heavenly Sword Hall of Spirit Sword Sect smiled slightly and said, “What Daoist Friend Shi Fang said is quite reasonable. There has never been a building that could break the space barrier of Nine Regions in the entire history of Nine Regions. However, this is only limited to ‘history.’ Don’t forget that not long ago, one building successfully broke the space barrier.”
When he heard these words, Elder Shi Fang was startled. “Do you mean the Against the World Dragon Pillar?”
“Precisely. If it had not been for the arrival of the Against the World Dragon Pillar, which weakened the barrier of Nine Regions, I’m afraid we wouldn’t have heard of Wang Lu’s voice.”
Elder Shi Fang nodded and said, “Yes, the Against the World Dragon Pillar is indeed one of my blindspots. If I can have the Against the World Dragon Pillar, I might be able to break the barrier and lead Wang Lu back… But the Against the World Dragon Pillar is a treasure of the Immortal World. Whether it’s the manufacturing method or the principle of operation, we don’t know much about it. Thus, it’s impossible to copy it.”
“The so-called not knowing much that you said is only limited to the past. Elder Shi Fang, can you recognize this thing?”
After he said that, Lu Li carefully pulled out a transparent glass bottle from the mustard seed bag. A pile of dark powder was in it.
The powder looked ugly, but Elder Shi Fang was startled that he unconsciously took several steps back.
“Is this black powder…”
“The debris of the Against the World Dragon Pillar.” Lu Li said, “Before her death, Supreme Kuqin managed to cut the Against the Sword Dragon Pillar with the Extinguish Immortal Sword. And this is the layer of debris left on the sword, which Supreme Hetu was lucky enough to recover. I think that, with the research ability of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect and with the help of this material, we should be able to gain something.”
A trembling Elder Shi Fang stretched out his hand toward the glass bottle and said, “This is a momentous point in the history of Nine Regions!”
Lu Li was silent for a moment and then handed out half of the glass bottle and said, “The future of Nine Regions is in our hands.”
“Huh?” Elder Shi Fang couldn’t understand Lu Li’s meaning of the word ‘our,’ but when he tried to take the glass bottle, he found the bottle seemed to be stuck to Lu Li’s hand.
“… You don’t think I’m going to place all the hopes of Nine Regions on you alone, right?”
Shi Fang said, somewhat a bit unhappy, “You don’t believe me?”
“I can’t trust anyone in this matter. Either we do it together, or you do it on your own without this.”
As one of the leading research experts in Ten Thousand Arts Sect, Daoist Immortal Shi Fang had never been this angry. However, looking at the black powder in the glass bottle in his hand, no matter how big his anger was, he immediately held it back.
“Fine, if you insist on coming… But if you can’t keep up with the pace, don’t expect us to slow down and wait for you.”
“You can try to get rid of me as hard as you can.” Lu Li sneered disdainfully.
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In the next period of time, as Lu Li said, Daoist Master Shi Fang set up his own research team, and then tried to leave Lu Li behind with the greatest strength.
All the contents of the research were not hidden from him. Every report Lu Li could read at will, and every laboratory was completely open to him. However, the Ten Thousand Arts Sect did not expect him to understand. As the top academic research institution in Nine Regions, they were confident that there was a qualitative gap between them and any other sect. According to the conclusion of Supreme Tianlun, even Shengjing Sect, which had unlimited financial resources and manpower, had a generation gap with the Ten Thousand Arts Sect in terms of academic research ability. As for the Spirit Sword Sect, which had a declining population and a shortage of materials, what qualifications should it have to participate in this kind of top-class research? In this regard, being a good audience was not bad.
In the first three days, Lu Li was just doing his part as an audience, wandering around the research facilities, watching while walking without saying a word. When some arrogant researchers asked him provocative questions, he just laughed it off and never responded.
However, just when everyone thought that the Sixth Elder of the Spirit Sword Sect was going to become an invisible man in the laboratory, Lu Li finally made a move.
The first thing was to overthrow the three upcoming research projects at the morning meeting of Daoist Master Shi Fang. In front of everyone’s surprised and even frightened eyes, he spoke frankly and with assurance. He pointed out the shortcomings of the research plan clearly and gave his own alternative plan. After a long discussion, Daoist Master Shi Fang and other experts reluctantly admitted that Lu Li’s version was obviously superior.
Second, Lu Li selected five relatively marginal cultivators from Shi Fang’s team and formed a research group of his own. He then took over the most difficult project in the whole research program. Of course, Daoist Master Shi Fang would not rest assured that the core content will be delivered to outsiders. Thus, he also led a cutting-edge team to carry out the same research. Three days later, the result was clear, and Lu Li came up with a perfect result one step ahead of time. Shi Fang, who was still two steps away at the time, almost passed away in the laboratory.