Chapter 346: The Virtual Core and the Magic Core!
"Who among the ancient eight clans could be the one to wield the sword?"
Jiang Lin had a faint guess, but because of this guess, he dared not say anything at all.
"All the talking in the world boils down to one thing—my power isn't enough. These matters, only a Dou Saint can consider them, so I'll wait until I have the corresponding strength before addressing them," Jiang Lin thought as he looked at Pei Xuan, who was still lost in thought in the weapon refining room. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He also wanted to change things, but right now, he had no power to do so.
This was a matter of changing the world through technical expertise. Jiang Lin's current strength was so lacking that he didn't even have the right to speak. The only way he could protect himself in the future was by becoming stronger. Of course, even if Jiang Lin did nothing, the future Ling Yun'er had planned for him would not lead to any major danger in this remote area. Perhaps that was why Ling Yun'er had sent him to the Gama Empire in the first place.
In the original plan, it was just to make things a little harder for the people of Central Plains, but people in other areas could live peacefully. Of course, even if the worst result came, Jiang Lin could probably become a "black household" in the Blood Sacrifice Emperor Array, with the right connections.
Essentially, Jiang Lin's safety had been fully considered by Ling Yun'er. She had even left him a teleportation formation, its destination unknown.
"I never dared to let Eagle Sauce fly over the space above the Weapon Refining Valley. It turns out there's an array I didn't know about," Jiang Lin thought. His spiritual sense was indeed very strong, but his cultivation base was too weak, which made it so that many things he should have been able to sense were passively hidden from him. If he were to see them, it might burn his brain.
This was also a passive talent of the Spirit Race after millions of years of bloodline evolution. Otherwise, without this "information shield" effect, the Spirit Race would have gone mad from the moment of birth.
"I won't think about it anymore. Sit within the limits of your ability, thinking now would only increase my troubles." Jiang Lin shook his head and cleared his mind of all the chaotic thoughts. He then threw a jade slip titled "Crystal Pill Secrets" to Pei Xuan, who was standing nearby. "Give this to Senior Brother Yuan Bao. It contains the refining methods for body-tempering crystal pills of levels one to three. How much they can learn and how effective they will be depends on their own luck."
Pei Xuan didn't respond, simply catching the jade slip and walking out.
This "Crystal Pill Secrets" was something Jiang Lin had written during his time refining pills. Because some techniques were hard to record in writing, Jiang Lin had directly used his spiritual power to imprint some of the core techniques of the crystal pill into a soul jade slip. To avoid exposing the Forging Fire Technique, Jiang Lin had modified much of the content. Only someone who had refined the Forging Fire Technique to a high level would be able to recognize that the core method used in Jiang Lin's body-tempering crystal pills was the energy circuit from the Forging Fire Technique.
"From what I gathered from Mother's letter, anyone with a higher cultivation level in the Forging Fire Technique than me probably won't get the chance to speak. Those weaker than me are simply using it as a basic body-tempering method." Jiang Lin was currently in a kind of "window period." The Spirit Race had conducted deep research into the Forging Fire Technique, so the vast majority of people wouldn't focus on it. Only those with powerful bloodlines would treat it as a "sacred tool" to cultivate.
The official title of those human-shaped Dou Qi devices in the Spirit Race, when the Forging Fire Technique reaches its later stages, was "Sacred Tools," corresponding to the "Soul Tools" of the Soul Race. It could be said that the excellent matching mechanism of the Dou Qi continent had brought together these two troublesome elements.
"The Forging Fire Technique gets more complex as you progress. I'm currently a one-star Dou Ling with a four-star body. The gap between the initial large realm and the smaller gap is now down to three stars. From Dou Ling to Dou Wang, the Forging Fire Technique automatically advanced to the fifth stage. Without the Crystal Core Two raised to the fifth power, the thirty-two-thousandth of it, what's the point of practicing?" Jiang Lin roughly estimated that without the Crystal Core, his cultivation speed would be drastically slowed, making him feel a chilling sense of urgency.
Jiang Lin's Forging Fire Technique and Crystal Pills were intertwined. For example, to progress from Dou Ling to Dou Wang, a fifth-stage Forging Fire Technique was needed, and to transform a fourth-stage body to the fifth stage, a fifth-stage Crystal Pill would need to be refined.
"Now, with Dou Ling, my perfect cultivation speed has been halved. The earth-type magic core from Xian Tian is always available, but the key is that I don't have enough source crystals in my hands. It looks like I'll need to go to the Purple Crystal Wing Lion King and borrow some... If I go to the Monster Beast Forest, I can check on that little lion's health too."
"The difference between a virtual core and a magic core lies in the fact that the virtual core is a more intricate energy circuit design, while the magic core is a simple energy core. The former can be very delicate, but there's one thing it can never achieve—self-operation. The virtual core is an ethereal concept, just like the financial industry not having a tangible output, while the magic core is like the physical industry."
"To crack automatic training, you must understand the energy design inside the magic core. Crystal cores can't do that. The crystal core is just an embryo version made of silicon. To really understand magic core transformation, we need to study living magical beasts. Luckily, I'm at Dou Ling now, and my soul realm is also approaching the spirit realm, so I should gain some insight." Jiang Lin muttered to himself.
The reason he chose the little lion as his first option was because these powerful magical beasts with strong bloodlines had more intense reactions in their magic cores, making them easier to study. If he were to look at ordinary magical beasts, it would only add unnecessary difficulty.
The energy reaction from a super magical beast's magic core appeared to Jiang Lin as clear as a well-structured circuit board, while the magic core of beasts with weaker bloodlines seemed more like an old, partially discarded circuit board filled with meaningless lines and solder points, with many parts broken.
"However, the appearance of the virtual core means that there is indeed a core for Dou Qi energy. Logically, this should allow us to do something with this core point."
"Hmm..." After breaking through to Dou Ling, Jiang Lin seemed to have an epiphany and immediately sat cross-legged to begin circulating his cultivation method.
Instantly, endless splendor appeared around Jiang Lin as terrifying energy rushed through his body. Even with his formidable physique, Jiang Lin's face flushed slightly from the erratic energy coursing through him.
"Hmm? The energy indeed seems to be solidifying, high temperature, high pressure, high intensity."
"This isn't something a human can handle, but it's too slow. I wonder if I can add a catalyst?"
"Try using a Dou Qi device!"
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