On the tenth day of the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting …
As more and more product launches were held, and as more and more high-end seminars were held, the name 'Glorious Sunlight Group' gradually gained recognition in the circle of refiners.
At first, they released the 'Combat Ability Detector', a piece of MP magical equipment that was suitable for ordinary people and low-level Cultivators.
Then, together with the Refining Department of Flying Star University, they released the Aurora Chain Gun and the Unparalleled Extension.
Like the Combat Ability Detector, the Aurora Chain Gun was targeted at ordinary people, low-level Cultivators, and other low-end users.
The Unparalleled Extension, on the other hand, was prepared for the high-end users who were wealthy and had a high Cultivation.
The two pieces of magical equipment, one high and one low, demonstrated the tremendous research capability of the Glorious Sunlight Group.
However, regarding 'Sand Scorpion', the owner of the Glorious Sunlight Group, people had two different opinions.
Some of them were clear about Li Yao's capability after communicating with him.
Most of them, on the other hand, still considered him to be a tycoon who had accumulated tremendous wealth through the trade between Iron Plateau and space and hired a large batch of top refiners to work for him. His so-called achievements were all the work of those refiners, and he had bought them with money just to make himself look good.
The rumor that Li Yao had spent hundreds of millions on a crappy stone in an auction of meteorite magical equipment was widely spread after days of rumor.
Not only did the refiners know about it, even the ordinary people who came to visit the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting had heard about it, too.
After the embellishment of all kinds of gossip, Li Yao had become an out-and-out nouveau riche in the eyes of most people who were pretending to be knowledgeable when they didn't know anything.
However … The explosive news yesterday smashed the image into smithereens.
Xie Anan, a member of the main bloodline of the Xie family of West Rock, had formally acknowledged Sand Scorpion as her master.
It was said that the ceremony was quite grand. Not only were all the members of the Xie family of West Rock present in the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting, even the top experts of the trade such as Xue Yuanxin and Huangpu Bo had come to observe the ceremony. They had even sent expensive gifts.
Laymen might not have realized the significance of the event, but it raised a storm in the circle of refiners.
Although the status of the Xie family in Western Rock couldn't be compared with that of the Mo family and the Huangfu family, which had existed for thousands of years, it was still an ancient family that had existed for hundreds of years.
Aristocratic family, what was an aristocratic family? That was to boast that their bloodline was noble, that their temper was bad and stubborn, and that they would not give up even if they were dead. He was the one who cared the most about face.
If the descendants of aristocratic clans wanted to formally acknowledge a master, they would definitely acknowledge a true master as their master. This represented the honor of the entire clan.
Even if he was at the end of his rope and had nowhere else to go, it was impossible for him to take an ignorant and incompetent upstart as his teacher.
Besides, the Xie family was operating normally right now. It did not seem necessary to cooperate with the Glorious Sunlight Group in such a way.
What's more, even Xue Yuanxin and Huangpu Bo, two respected authorities in the industry, were present in person.
Everyone knew that Xue Yuanxin's laboratory was deeply cooperating with the Glorious Sunlight Group. Both sides fought fiercely.
Master Huangpu Bo had nothing to do with the Glorious Sunlight Group.
For a time, there were differing opinions. That "nouveau riche spendthrift who pretended to know when he didn't know" was suddenly covered in a layer of unfathomable and confusing brilliance.
However, on the eleventh day, all the whispers died down.
Because the highlight of the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting had finally arrived.
After five thousand years, the Flying Star Sector was about to launch a project to refine super magical equipment above the planetary level.
In the earth-shattering event … In the face of such a far-reaching event, any explosive news … Would turn into insignificant sparks that were not worth mentioning.
In the main hall of the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting …
Half of the building was buried below the ground. The part above the ground that looked like a crystal egg was called the 'Meeting Hall of the Next Millennium'.
The decisions that were to be made there would indeed influence the fate of the Flying Star Sector for the next thousand years, if not ten thousand years.
When Li Yao stepped into the main hall, he felt that he had stepped into a boundless universe.
The black marble on the floor boasted a special ability to absorb sound and light. Together with the illusionary stars on the dome, he felt that he was insignificant.
Insignificant. Not bad.
Right now, he could be counted as an expert in refining in a certain field.
But when it came to planetary magical equipment, it was not something that a single refiner could produce on their own. Not even the best expert could do it.
Such a magical equipment could only be produced by the efforts and wisdom of hundreds of refiners, the manpower and resources of the entire Sector, and all kinds of difficulties and obstacles.
Just think of the 'Iron Plateau Ring Defense Array', a piece of quasi-stellar magical equipment that was refined before the apocalypse five thousand years ago.
In order to refine such a piece of magical equipment, the entire population had to be separated.
Li Yao, Xue Yuanxin, and Huangpu Bo walked into the small meeting room together.
The Meeting Hall of the Next Millennium adopted a very advanced system that combined reality and illusion. The participants were all in their respective booths. Through the 'Half-Step Grand Illusionary Land', they could gather with thousands of other people.
In such a way, they could both hear the speech of the project leaders on the stage and discuss in private without disturbing other people.
Today, there were more than 13,000 people participating in the Millennium Conference.
Other than the top refiners, there were also the leaders of the major sects and forces.
The refinement of quasi-stellar magical equipment required the efforts of the entire Flying Star Sector. The major sects would have to provide tremendous resources to support it.
Li Yao was able to enter the meeting room of the highest level together with Xue Yuanxin and Huangpu Bo, two respected masters, not only because of his expertise in refining.
It was also because he represented the Glorious Sunlight Group and Iron Plateau.
Inside the small meeting room, Li Yao and his companions waited solemnly.
There were two plans for the refinement of quasi-stellar magical equipment to be discussed in the Millennium Meeting. They could choose one of them, which was more feasible.
Of course, if they disagreed with the two plans and thought that they were not feasible, they could raise their opinions on the spot. They could modify them or even reject them completely and start anew.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
Hundreds of colorful mystic rays were vaguely popping up inside the meeting room. One of the walls of the meeting room was turned into a translucent Grand Illusionary Land, which looked like a podium.
A series of information streams were streaming down. Sliding down from the top of the Grand Illusionary Land were the background of the Millennium Meeting, the introduction of the Temple of Immortals, and the files about the space pirates, the most brutal accomplices of the Temple of Immortals.
A huge star field map appeared in the Great Illusionary Land. However, it was shrouded by clouds of dark dust. At first glance, it was impossible to see. Although it was not as harsh as the Iron Plateau Space Zone, it was much more mysterious and unpredictable.
It was the Spider Den Space Zone, where Spider Den, the headquarters of the space pirates, was located. It was the darkest place in the entire Flying Star Sector.
A white-haired old man walked up to the podium slowly. He had a powerful aura and looked like he was cast from iron.
Li Yao's pupils constricted violently, even though he was inside the Grand Illusionary Land. He could also vaguely sense an unshakable aura and conviction from the old man.
"He is Si Koulie, leader of the Star Fighters' Alliance, a refiner in the circle of refiners. He is one of the best masters of starship refinement and an expert of refining in the Yuanying level. "
Xue Yuanxin said in a low voice, "The first proposal for the quasi-stellar magical equipment was proposed by the Star Fighters' Alliance."
Li Yao was suddenly alarmed.
Compared to battle-type Cultivators, it was much more difficult for creation-type Cultivators to advance into the Core Formation Stage. Few of them could even advance into the Core Formation Stage.
This Si Koulie was one of the best refiners in the entire Flying Star Sector.
It was a pity that … His research field was different from Li Yao's, which was starship refinement. It was not Li Yao's specialty.
"If Professor Mo Xuan were here, he would be able to have a good talk with Si Koulie."
Professor Mo Xuan's original research field. It was also the Crystal Suit.
However, after he came to the Flying Star Sector, in order to upgrade Sparkle, he and his four disciples had devoted themselves to the refinement and modification of starships day and night. They had gradually transformed and accumulated abundant experience.
After they became 'star spirits', they had the weird ability to manipulate crystal processors and increase their computational ability. Their Cultivation had been improving rapidly.
Li Yao estimated that, if Professor Mo Xuan were still alive, he would be at least in the high level of the Core Formation Stage right now.
However, the spectral Cultivators had a different Cultivation evaluation system. The star spirits such as Professor Mo Xuan were different from regular spectral Cultivators. Even Li Yao did not know how terrifying they could be when they were fully utilized.
The Edge Sharpeners' Meeting this year was very likely to be the target of the Temple of Immortals. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Yao did not ask the five star spirits to come to Heavenly Saints City.
The Star Fighters' Alliance, on the other hand, was not a sect but an alliance of twenty-eight sects outside of Heavenly Saints City that specialized in the refinement of starships. It was sort of a 'guild of starship refiners'.
It was not hard to imagine that the quasi-stellar magical equipment proposed by Master Si Koulie must be some sort of starship.
Li Yao's guess was correct.
However, when Si Koulie activated the plan of the quasi-stellar magical equipment of the Star Fighters' Alliance into the Grand Illusionary Land, Li Yao gasped hard.
What was displayed in the Grand Illusionary Land was a deep blue planet.
The planet was named 'Ice King'. It was the seventh planet in the Mystic Ice Space Zone with a diameter of more than 5,300 kilometers. Its density was slightly higher than that of Iron Plateau, and its temperature was around minus fifty degrees all year round.
The plan of the Star Fighters' Alliance was to refine the planet into a gargantuan starship.
"As we all know, the space pirates are inexhaustible because Spider Den, their home planet, was an important resource planet in the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago. All kinds of refining facilities and defense systems were deployed on the planet. After thousands of years of development by the space pirates, the planet was as impenetrable as an iron hedgehog.
"Also, the environment of the Spider Den Space Zone was complicated, with cosmic dust, storms, and electromagnetic swirls everywhere.
"Hundreds of years ago, the world of Cultivators sent out an enormous fleet of almost a thousand starships, trying to annihilate the space pirates once and for all.
"But the space pirates waited patiently and fought a war of attrition based on Spider Den. After several years of negotiations, the supplies of the world of Cultivators could not keep up. Also, they encountered the rarely-seen natural disasters of cosmic storms and electromagnetic swirls. The fleet was almost annihilated.
"The painful lesson told us that common starships were no match for such a resource planet that was armed to the teeth.
"The only option was to modify the planet into a starship and fight a planet with a planet."
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