The Peerless Tang Sect: Heavenly Heart Douluo

Chapter 240 The Prototype of the Mage Tower, Spirit Crystals Acquired Online (4000 words)

"However, I have naturally thought of a solution to this drawback, otherwise I wouldn't have called you here directly."

Yu Kong raised an eyebrow and shook the spirit crystal in his hand, signaling the Temple Master of the Mage Temple to focus his attention on it.

"However, what I need is the Spirit Crystal online, not trash like the Sub-Spirit Crystal. Only the main body of that divine artifact will do."

"And if you can get me that, old man, I can promote the Tower Spirit throughout the entire Federation."

"Centered on Lingjing Online, we integrate and organize the knowledge and spiritual power of those who use the Tower Spirit, and extract a portion of it to transform into the Tower Spirit's computing power."

"In other words, users only need to expend a small amount of mental energy to experience the deduction, learning speed, and knowledge of a high-level mage."

"The more advanced the knowledge you learn, the more mental effort you need to put in, or you can contribute your unique knowledge in exchange for the opportunity to use it."

"In this way, many hands make light work, and the progress of new magic theories can be accelerated in a short period of time."

"But all of this is based on the premise that there are spirit crystals online. If not, I can only use the tower spirit for my own purposes," Yu Kong said.

For him, the tower spirit he has now is only in its rudimentary form, but it is already sufficient. At most, he will have to wait a thousand years.

With the help of the tower spirit's abilities and deduction speed, coupled with his own learning and deduction speed, Yu Kong was confident that he could cast spells that reached or even surpassed the god-level.

That time would also be just in time for the major time point of ten thousand years, and with that level of cultivation, dealing with the reincarnation of Austin Griffin would be more than enough.

After all, Austin Griffin, though of high rank, possessed the power to absolutely suppress most elemental deities.

However, the style of magic that Yu Kong follows and the type of magic he controls can completely form a system to counter Austin Griffin.

Then all we need to do is wait and see, and find Austin Griffin's reincarnation who hasn't fully recovered his full strength yet, even if the other party only unleashes three or four tenths of his original power when in dire straits.

However, they could not possibly be a match for the long-prepared Yu Kong.

However, if Yu Kong could obtain the Spirit Crystal Online first, he could quickly access the spiritual power of others by making slight modifications to it.

By amplifying the Tower Spirit's computing power with a large amount of information and the computing power of others, and simultaneously filling the Tower Spirit's knowledge base, the original millennium of accumulation time can be shortened to a mere hundred years.

If that's the case, Yu Kong will be able to use his free time to do more preparation work, which will make dealing with Austin Griffin a more secure option.

After hearing Yu Kong's idea, the Temple Master of the Mage Temple frowned, because the communication function of the Spirit Crystal Online was too important in strategic terms, so it had always been controlled by the Knight Temple within the temple.

Even if I were to use other artifacts from the Mage's Temple to make the exchange, I would still need to use at least two artifacts, which would be too uneconomical.

The Mage Temple, however, was poor and lacked its own Divine Throne, so it could only muster five artifacts at most, which was far inferior to the wealthy Knight Temple.

However, he also understood Yu Kong's meaning and realized the necessity of Spirit Crystal Online for advancing new magic theories. Therefore, he was still pondering how to exchange this artifact at the lowest cost.

"If we're talking purely about strategic significance, I could now develop a communication tool that's similar to, or even better than, Lingjing Online."

Seeing the Temple Master's concerns, Yu Kong spoke directly.

"After all, under certain special conditions, the connection between spirit crystals may be blocked, but I can eliminate this hidden danger through space-related magic."

"Unless the holder encounters an existence that can completely anchor the space, it can take effect normally, and its adaptability is much higher than that of spirit crystals."

"Moreover, all I want is to borrow it. A hundred years is enough for me. I am confident that the Tower Spirit will surpass all the existing artifacts of the Holy Temple Federation after a hundred years," Yu Kong said with a smile.

"Alright!" The Temple Master of the Mage Temple also made up his mind. He decided to put all his eggs in one basket this time. After all, since he had decided to promote Yu Kong's magic theory, other support measures should not be neglected.

"Young Yu Kong, I'll go and negotiate with that old man from the Knights Temple first. We need to develop that communication device you mentioned as soon as possible, otherwise it might be difficult to gain the support of the people."

Yu Kong nodded, because this matter was not difficult for him at all.

After all, in terms of spatial scale, one meter, ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters, ten thousand meters, even the size of this plane itself, cannot hinder the flow of spatial power from one point to another.

As long as it is within a finite scale, in terms of space it is just a matter of switching between coordinates, and the difficulty of execution will not change due to the length of distance.

So it's just a matter of modifying a small, portable teleportation array that can only transmit messages, and adding some additional functions to it, which couldn't be simpler for Yu Kong.

"A hundred years is enough, and by then, everyone will be used to more convenient and superior communication methods."

"The true value of that ancient spirit crystal online has long been fully realized by me."

"The Tower Spirit can completely replace it; at that point, the Spirit Crystal Online system will become nothing more than a useless feature."

So whether you want to keep the spirit crystals online or not doesn't matter, because when that time comes...

"With my strength, whether I want to keep it or not is entirely up to me; I no longer need to consider the whims of the Knights' Temple."

"Now that the core spirit of the Mage Tower is complete, it's time to plan the tower's structure."

"Protective magic, functional magic, energy pools, spatial expansion magic, spatial transfer magic, structural reinforcement magic, and a variety of other auxiliary magic."

"With my current knowledge, I'm still quite lacking. The final mage tower will probably only be epic-level, close to artifact-level."

"However, we can first create the prototype of the mage tower, and then improve it little by little together with the tower spirit. Becoming a divine artifact, or even surpassing a divine artifact, is only a matter of time."

With the necessary magic and the structure of the mage tower finalized, Yu Kong clapped his hands and issued a series of commands to the tower spirit.

"Alright, let's leave these to the tower spirit. It'll be a good opportunity for it to practice."

The materials used to build the mage tower were the byproducts left over from the previous refinement of the tower spirit, as well as the courtyard where Yu Kong lived.

Of course, the task that the Temple Master of the Mage Temple had previously asked Yu Kong to make communication equipment was also handed over to the Tower Spirit.

"Both tasks are set up and calculated. The estimated time for completion is 641 hours, 53 minutes, and 39 seconds," the tower spirit replied emotionlessly.

"Hmm, we can continue to the Great Library now. Let's finish analyzing the spell structures in the remaining books on the sixth floor, though there probably won't be much new stuff."

Using his spatial teleportation ability, Yu Kong's figure disappeared directly from the courtyard, leaving only the tower spirit to work silently and diligently.

Under the control of the tower spirit, the land and materials of the entire courtyard were rapidly changing their properties, constantly piecing together and combining into a completely new form.

Knights Temple Headquarters.

The Knight Temple Master smiled as he looked at the Mage Temple Master, who had come looking for him with a sullen expression, and said with a smile.

"What brings you to visit your old friend today? Or is it another one of those guys from your Mage's Temple who's always showing up for nothing?"

"Don't you already know? You already know about the magical reforms being carried out by my Mage's Temple, why are you asking?"

Looking at the old face of the Knight Temple Master, who had an infuriating smile, the Temple Master of the Mage Temple suppressed his urge to fight him again as before and said...

"Enough with the nonsense. I'm here to exchange a divine artifact from your Knights' Temple."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the Temple Master of the Knights' Temple pondered for a moment and said, "Is it because the Spirit Crystals are online? After all, most of the artifacts in my Knights' Temple are custom-made for knights."

"And the Throne of Gods is an item that cannot be traded. Considering those artifacts that have obvious biases and cannot be used by that kid in the Mage Temple, this is the only one that can make you ask for it."

The Temple Master of the Mage Temple sneered, "Hmph, old fox, yes, it is indeed this divine artifact. Name your price."

"This is a difficult question to ask. After all, you know how important this artifact is strategically. Just be direct."

"Tell me your thoughts on the Mage Temple. Since you've come to me, you can't have come unprepared."

"For a hundred years, our Mage Temple only needs to hold the Spirit Crystals online for a hundred years. During this hundred years, we can open the Six Elemental Statues to your Knight Temple to help your Knight Temple knights improve their elemental affinity."

"Furthermore, our Mage Temple will also launch a new communication tool to replace Spirit Crystal Online."

"The resources required to distribute and manufacture this tool over the past hundred years will be deducted from the resources of my Mage Temple."

The Temple Master of the Magician's Sanctuary didn't waste any more time and directly offered the price he had already calculated in his mind.

The six elemental statues are divine relics left behind by six elemental deities in the human world. When the power of the six elemental statues is activated at the same time, it becomes a divine artifact, and even a terrifying power that far exceeds the level of ordinary divine artifacts.

Prior to this, it had performed exceptionally well in both combat and training of younger generations, making its significance incomparable to the rather lackluster Spirit Crystal Online.

Now that the Temple of Mages has chosen to follow the new path of magic theory proposed by Yu Kong, the significance of these six elemental deity statues has greatly diminished.

After all, future battles between mages will no longer rely on elemental affinity to pray for the blessings of the elements, but on their own knowledge and spirit to govern the rules called magic.

Aside from cultivating elemental affinity and accelerating spiritual power cultivation, the six elemental deity statues have no other practical value.

"Alright, old friend, deal." The Lord of the Knight Temple laughed heartily, quite pleased with himself. After all, they had been eyeing the Six Elemental Statues of the Mage Temple for quite some time.

However, the Mage Temple was always heavily guarded in the past. Even when it was opened, in each generation, at most only one or two professionals outside the Mage Temple would have the opportunity to go in and experience it for a day or two.

"Haha, this is truly wonderful news! It's been years since we last met, old friend. Please stay for a meal," the Lord of the Knight Temple invited.

"Eat, of course we'll eat! Why wouldn't we eat? This time, I'm going to eat your Knights' Temple until you're bankrupt!" the Temple Master of the Mage Temple said viciously.

Although he had prepared himself mentally, the Temple Master of the Mage Temple still couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw his old rival revealing his smug and self-satisfied face.

"But it doesn't matter, laugh, laugh, laugh for a couple more days while you can, otherwise you old fool won't be able to laugh anymore later."

Soon, the authorization certificate for the artifact, Spirit Crystal Online, was delivered to Yu Kong by a seventh-tier mage, and the artifact itself was transferred to the Mage's Temple.

"You're here? You're quick. Take this and make it based on this model." Yu Kong put away the authorization letter and casually said to the person who came.

At the same time, he reached out and a small bracelet appeared out of thin air in Yu Kong's hand: "You can wear it on your wrist, finger, or even around your neck, or keep it in your pocket or storage item, whatever is convenient for the user."

"The main body consists of four magic arrays. The first is a miniature teleportation array, which can only hold items weighing no more than one pound or simply transmit information to another directional magic array."

"The second is the central magic array, which connects to an external one that I designed. The central magic array is the target point for all directional magic arrays."

"The third is a reverse micro teleportation array, which transmits information and items through the central hub to the person with whom the connection has been established."

"The fourth is the linking array. A link needs to be established first before both parties can select each other as the target of the linking teleportation array."

"As for other minor functions, such as adding other magic arrays or other small programs, let them explore them slowly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will not disturb you any longer." The seventh-tier mage bowed respectfully to Yu Kong and then returned with the items to report.

"Let's go, it's time to check my spirit crystal online." Yu Kong's figure disappeared again, just like always, appearing and disappearing without a trace.

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