An hour later, inside the ICU of the First Affiliated Hospital of Flying Star University …
Xie Anan watched the summit competition between two masters of refining, one old and the other young, in bewilderment.
Li Yao and Xue Yuanxin each had a light beam in front of them. While they were elaborating on their theories, they were drawing structural designs and formulas on the light beam casually. They barely had any time to stop and think, as if the structures and formulas had been stored on their fingertips and could not wait to be unleashed!
Xie Anan blinked hard, trying to keep up with the two of them. But no matter how hard she pricked her ears, she could only understand one thing — the two of them were discussing some problems about refining.
She didn't know anything more than that.
"What are they talking about exactly?"
Xie Anan was completely confused. She felt that she had returned to the time when she was five years old and listened to the seniors in her family discussing the arts of refining at the dinner table.
She tilted her head and bit her fingers. She thought for a long time, but she still couldn't figure out why things had turned out like this when she only went to the bathroom.
"I've lost."
Li Yao took a long breath and said in admiration, "As expected of Master Xue Yuanxin. You have such profound studies on the miniaturization of the power rune arrays at ten times the speed of sound. The few miniaturization plans that you proposed are more mature, reliable, and … elegant than mine. Yes. That's the feeling. The layout of your mini power rune arrays is beautiful. Too beautiful!"
"Including this round, I've lost eight out of ten questions. Master Xue, I'm convinced!"
It was not until then that Xie Anan realized that the two of them had competed on ten questions about refining in total.
She didn't expect that Li Yao would win two of them. Xie Anan's big eyes immediately widened. She stared at Li Yao in disbelief, as if she were a squirrel that had seen a pine cone.
Xue Yuanxin's head was covered in bandages, which made it look even bigger. His long, narrow neck was shaking, and he could barely hold it anymore.
He observed Li Yao carefully for a long time again. Then he sighed and said, "Other than the few old monsters in the circle, it's been a long time since I last had such a hearty competition with a young man. The younger generation will surpass us in time! "
"Don't think that I can't tell that your rune array plan for the power of ten times the speed of sound seems simple and crude at first glance. Some parts of it are illogical, and its reliability is very low."
"But. Such a layout can increase the utilization rate of crystals to the maximum, and increase the speed to the maximum in an instant! "
"If high-quality crystals with a purity of more than 99% are used as fuel, I estimate that your miniaturization rune array can even boost the speed from zero to more than twelve times the speed of sound in ten seconds!"
"Our plans are just different in terms of design. My plan is more harmonious and conservative. Your plan, on the other hand, is extremely radical. It's a little crazy. "
"Although I don't think that common Crystal Suit and Exo can withstand such a high acceleration, we agreed that we were only discussing the theoretical possibilities and not the practical applications. Therefore, this round is a tie. You don't have to go easy on me!"
This time, Li Yao's expression was even more astonished.
The large power array glyphs that were originally suitable for crystal warships were removed. Miniaturization, miniaturization, and application to crystal suits was what he was best at.
Such crazy modifications were highly unreliable. But the power array layout that could burst out thirteen times the speed of sound was tailor-made for himself and intended to be modified for the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit in the future!
Common Crystal Suit materials couldn't withstand such a fierce battle at such a high speed. It was possible that they would disintegrate in midair.
Common Exo couldn't bear such a huge overload, either. When the brain lost too much blood, the vision of the Exo would be gray or black. Some of the cerebral vessels might even shrink, and the Exo would fall into a coma!
However, the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, which was made of the body materials of Skeleton Dragon, and Li Yao, who was a quasi-body practitioner who had been 'thoroughly tempered', had absolutely no problem!
It was his last design. He didn't expect that Xue Yuanxin would see through it so quickly and calculate the maximum performance based on the structural design!
The ordinary-looking old man was too dreadful!
Seeing that Li Yao had admitted it, Xue Yuanxin burst into laughter. A moment later, his face changed color, and he cursed, "Wei Wenyao is too hateful. He didn't investigate your background and made me think that you were an ignorant magnate. I almost missed a genius! “
"What do you think, Sha?"
Xue Yuanxin was all smiles. He craned his giant head close and asked, "Have you decided on your main research direction since you came to Flying Star University as a visiting scholar? Are you going to work in a refining workshop, or are you going to do pure theoretical research?"
Li Yao replied dutifully, "I haven't decided on the specific direction yet, but I'm mainly studying single magical equipment. Also, as you can see, I'm better at practical operations than theories, Master Xue. Therefore, I still want to work in a refining workshop. Of course, I have to be accepted first."
Xue Yuanxin was amused. "With your expertise, are you worried that other people won't accept you? But I don't need other people. My Ares Laboratory will do! As you can see, I'm focused on two projects right now. One of them is the production of the special material 'Super Bendable Steel', and the other is the application of the Super Bendable Steel to the new Ares Extension to produce the best Unparalleled Extension of the Flying Star Sector!
"Are you interested?"
Xie Anan was dumbfounded. She shrieked in her heart, Master Xue is inviting Sand Scorpion?
Everybody in the Refining Department of Flying Star University knew that Master Xue Yuanxin was very approachable in daily life. Even if a freshman ran into him and asked him questions, he would answer them tirelessly.
However, the Ares Research Lab was like his lifeblood. Every researcher had gone through layers upon layers of selection, the cream of the crop, the cream of the crop.
Many researchers were capable of carrying out their own research, but they were still willing to follow Master Xue Yuanxin because they wanted to learn more from him.
But Li Yao didn't expect that Master Xue would invite him voluntarily. It was truly unprecedented!
Seeing that Li Yao was silent, Xue Yuanxin thought that he had other ideas. He continued, "Truth be told, what I value most is not your theoretical ability but your intuition in refining! Even my disciples didn't foresee the explosion of the venomous dragon's bone marrow and the Heavenly Fire Crystal. But you sensed it when you were just passing by!
"It is needless to say that you inferred the cause of the problem with only a vague smell!
"This kind of intuition and experience can't be taught in school. It can only be slowly accumulated after thousands of refining assignments. I really don't know how you cultivated it. You are an out-and-out monster!"
"I'm old now. I can't do a lot of refining work by myself. I used to have a true disciple that I've been teaching for more than twenty years. Unfortunately, he was killed in the chaos of the Temple of Immortals."
"If he were still alive, the purification of the Green Netherworld Bronze wouldn't have been so careless today.
"If you are willing to join the Ares Laboratory, I will ask you to undertake the critical work in both the Super Bendable Steel project and the Unparalleled Extension project. You will be the third and even the second refiner of the entire project. What do you think?"
"Master Xue, you must've misunderstood me," Li Yao said. "It's not that I don't want to join the Ares Laboratory, but I, Hou Zitao, Long Yunxin, and a few other young refiners in the department have made a promise that we may have to spend some of our time on their projects.
"Besides, I have a personal refining workshop under my name that is currently under construction. It is estimated that I will be working on a couple of minor projects. I'm afraid that I won't be able to devote myself to the refinement of the Super Bendable Steel and the Unparalleled Extension. I wonder, do you mind, Master Xue?"
Xie Anan's heart was pounding crazily. She did not expect that Sand Scorpion would build his own personal refining workshop at such a young age!
Xue Yuanxin smiled. "That's fine. We are in an unusual period right now. Every refiner has more than ten projects at hand. Even I, in addition to the Ares Research Lab, have to direct the work of the other six refining labs. "
"Your personal refining workshop? Interesting. Feel free to ask me if you need anything. I'll take care of it for you. "
Li Yao was overjoyed.
What he wanted to build was a refining center of the highest level. In such a refining center, there would be a lot of test instruments and magical equipment that were priceless treasures that could not be bought even if one had the money.
Recently, he had been purchasing through the connections of the Toray Continent, the Wu family, and the Sha family. But since the other party was not in the circle of refiners, he did not know what to do.
It couldn't have been better if Master Xue Yuanxin was willing to help him.
"No problem."
Li Yao agreed quickly. "Since Master Xue trusts my abilities, I will certainly live up to Master Xue's expectations and devote myself to the refinement of the Super Bendable Steel and the Unparalleled Extension!"
"Great!"
His eyes glittering, Xue Yuanxin laughed. "As a result, it is very likely that we will present the results of the two projects before the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting in half a year and shock everyone in the meeting!"
Li Yao raised his eyebrow. "The Edge Sharpeners' Meeting?"
Xue Yuanxin nodded. "The Edge Sharpeners' Meeting is the Refiners' Meeting that is held once every five years in the Flying Star Sector. All the famous refiners of the Flying Star Sector will attend the meeting and comment on the new magical equipment that has emerged in the past five years.
"The Edge Sharpeners' Meeting this year will be different. It will be the largest one in the past hundred years.
"The scourge of the space pirates and the rise of the Temple of Immortals have caused serious problems for the Flying Star Sector. Everybody is considering how to solve the problem. Refiners are no exception.
"The Edge Sharpeners' Meeting this year will be the theme. We will discuss what kind of magical equipment should be refined to contain the Temple of Immortals and annihilate the space pirates lurking on Spider Den!
"It is said that several proposals for planetary magical equipment, if not the stellar level, will be presented in the meeting this year. The representatives of the refiners' circle, as well as the representatives of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City and other major sects, will discuss the feasibility of the proposals and select the most excellent one. Then, they will devote all the resources of the Flying Star Sector to realize it!"
"Magical equipment of the stellar level!"
Li Yao gasped and swallowed hard. (To be continued.)
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