Li Yucheng left.
He had not been able to convince Huo Yuhao, but at least he had made himself known to him. Huo Yuhao had also promised to visit the Mecha Designer Association often to exchange ideas with him. That was enough for now.
As for the rest — that could wait until later.
Huo Yuhao watched Li Yucheng leave, bid farewell to Hua Yichen, and returned home.
Standing indoors, Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, then traced his hand through the air, opened the Undead Half-Plane, and took out a storage ring.
His gaze quickly passed over Grade Nine and Grade Ten soul tools, Gold of Life, and other items, finally landing on a design blueprint.
Grade Twelve Lifebound Soul Tool Spirit Transmission Tower!
This blueprint was only a semi-finished product.
It had been deduced over an immensely long period of time using the knowledge system from ten thousand years ago. But now, ten thousand years had passed. Soul tool arrays had continuously developed and evolved, giving rise to many aspects that Huo Yuhao had never anticipated.
More importantly... Heaven-Forge Metal!
Ten thousand years ago, Elder Kong's Lifebound Soul Tool had allowed him to be amplified from Level 95 to the Extreme Ultimate level — even gathering many Soul Engineers together to unleash an attack comparable to the peak of the near-divine realm. It was not much inferior to Four-Word Battle Armor. But no matter how precious the metal Elder Kong had used to manufacture his Lifebound Soul Tool, it could not compare to Heaven-Forge Metal!
And what about now?
The accumulated soul tool design blueprints, ideas, and experience of the Mecha Designer Headquarters, the Spirit Transmission Tower Headquarters, and even Mingde Hall combined with Heaven-Forge Metal, and... the faith power accumulated by the Spirit Transmission Tower over ten thousand years!
All of these gathered together, manufactured by him that would be the final completed form!
"I have not broken my promise, Elder Kong."
Soul-powered aircraft a military soul tool. The theory was proposed by the First Generation Tower Master ten thousand years ago. The Federation completed its development a hundred years ago.
Initially, the Federation government considered following the First Generation Tower Master's design suggestions and improving the soul-powered aircraft for civilian use.
But before any conclusions could be reached in their discussions, some spirit masters went to military legions to "borrow" aircraft especially the Northern Legion. Every once in a while, someone would "borrow" an aircraft to go out to sea, heading for the so-called Demon Island.
The Federation had no idea what was so attractive about that damn place. They only knew that if it wasn't even safe in the military, it was even less safe for civilian use.
Some personnel worried about technology leaks immediately seized this opportunity to exaggerate the situation, causing the Federation to temporarily abandon civilian use.
As for who these "borrowers" were, the Federation dared not ask and dared not say. They simply silently noted another mark against them in their hearts.
However, although civilian use was prohibited, the Spirit Transmission Tower was an exception.
When you use the design concepts proposed by someone else's First Generation Tower Master to manufacture soul-powered aircraft, how can you then forbid them from using them?
Thus, after developing civilian-type aircraft, the Spirit Transmission Tower built large airports near the Spirit Transmission Tower headquarters and its eighteen branch towers to facilitate personnel travel.
At this moment, Gu Yuena was sitting on one such soul-powered aircraft, her chin resting on her hand, her amethyst-like eyes gazing out the window at the retreating blue sky and white clouds. She murmured to herself:
"Even without spirit power, this type of soul tool can use other energy sources as substitutes. Humans have already conquered the sea, and now they have conquered the sky. Truly terrible terrible creativity."
"Little sister, what are you saying?" A black-haired teenage girl beside Gu Yuena looked at her with some curiosity. "You also bought a ticket to get on, right? Are you all alone?"
Such a beautiful little girl. Were her parents really comfortable letting her travel alone?
Gu Yuena withdrew her gaze and shook her head gently. "I am an internal member of the Spirit Transmission Tower."
Since it had already been developed, using it only for internal personnel travel would be too wasteful. So before the soul-powered aircraft departed, the Spirit Transmission Tower would sell tickets on the soul tool network. Those who managed to snag a ticket could also catch a ride as a way to commemorate the First Generation Tower Master.
But in Gu Yuena's view, it seemed there was no need for commemoration anymore. That person was still alive.
"Eh?" The black-haired girl's eyes widened. She looked Gu Yuena up and down for a moment, then suddenly seemed to realize something. "Are you the Elementalist ranked thirteenth on the Junior Genius Rankings — Gu Yuena?"
Gu Yuena: "..."
To be honest, this title was not pleasant at all. But who could she blame for making up and registering the martial soul "Elementalist"?
She had no choice but to endure it.
Over these three years, she had performed too brilliantly in the Spirit Transmission Tower. Someone with too much time on their hands had given her a title and put her on that rankings and her ranking was not low.
Despite being ranked thirteenth, her apparent age was nine years old. To reach this ranking at nine years old, in the eyes of many Spirit Transmission Masters, she would eventually reach the top sooner or later...
Oh, and recently, because Huo Yuhao had also entered the rankings, there was now another person who might reach the top. Naturally, some were pleased and others were worried.
Because of her talent, the Eternal Clan had been trying to win her over. But Gu Yuena had ignored them. Given the current situation of the Spirit Transmission Tower, she did not need their support. In fact, receiving the Eternal Clan's support would be disadvantageous.
Thinking this, Gu Yuena faintly, sparing no words.
"Yes."
The black-haired girl asked with great interest: "What is your martial soul? Is it some kind of elemental martial soul?"
For those on the Junior Genius Rankings, after obtaining their consent, the Spirit Transmission Tower would disclose some basic information such as age, spirit power level, secondary profession level, etc. to convince the public. But they would not reveal the martial soul or spirit ability information.
However, this concealment was not very useful. Once on the rankings, it was only a matter of time before someone dug up their information and posted it on the soul tool network to fill in the gaps. In the end, those with good information sources all knew.
But Gu Yuena was a Spirit Transmission Tower member and did not appear in public often. Her martial soul information had not yet been exposed. Everyone only knew the title given to her by internal Spirit Transmission Tower personnel.
Elementalist? Why was she called that?
The black-haired girl was quite curious.
Gu Yuena's expression was cold. She was about to speak when her soul tool communicator rang, causing her to pause. She said directly: "A spirit master's martial soul abilities are their foundation. I will not disclose them. Sorry, let's end the conversation here for now. I need to take this call."
"Ah, sorry." Seeing Gu Yuena take out her soul tool communicator from her chest, the girl awkwardly looked away.
It was indeed rather presumptuous to ask such things upon first meeting.
And Gu Yuena, after listening to the call from the other end, fell silent.
The call was from Zi Ji. It wasn't about any serious business — merely... care and greetings.
From the other end of the call came Zi Ji's gentle and cheerful voice.
"Please do not overexert yourself for the sake of the plan. We are still here. Since you are going to live at a spirit master academy, just relax. The world today is changing rapidly. Walking too fast will cause you to miss many beautiful sights. There is no need to rush."
"Also, your appearance is quite popular in the human world. If you only want to live an ordinary academy life, it would be better to tone it down a little. Otherwise, you will attract some annoying people..."
Gu Yuena listened patiently, then bit her lip, responded softly, and hung up.
Emperor Tian had said similar things.
"My Lord, the situation is very good now. You do not need to force yourself."
Ever since she had walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest, she had seen spirit beasts and Spirit Souls alike using their own methods to integrate into human society, allowing spirit beasts to survive in this imperfect — but not bad — era.
No one regarded her as their final hope. On the contrary, she had been cared for by her own subjects. When she had first been unable to blend into human society, she had even needed the help of spirit beasts who had already blended into it. This had allowed many Savage Beasts to see another side of her.
Was this the reason she appeared to have so little dignity?
Miss Gu Yuena fell into deep thought.