Peerless Tang Sect: Becoming a God Through Medicine

Chapter 44 The Current Dilemma

Lin Nuo and Xiao Hongchen are geniuses, but isn't Jing Hongchen also a genius?

He was once someone who stood out from the crowd in his era; otherwise, how could he have secured the position of Master of Mingde Hall?

Lin Nuo has already given him the specific direction, and he doesn't need to develop it. He just needs to make some improvements to the original version to complete the task. If he can't even handle this, wouldn't it make him, Jing Hongchen, the Mingde Hall Master, seem a bit incompetent?

He not only succeeded, but he even exceeded expectations.

His grandson and his future grandson-in-law are both working hard to pave the way for the future, and he, an old man from the old era, can't hold them back.

The half-finished battle armor that Meng Hongchen is currently wearing is an experimental product he improved. Compared to the level six soul tool-level soul tool armor in the original work, its internal soul tool matrix is ​​undoubtedly more suitable for the spirit alloy system.

Following the ideas Lin Nuo gave him.

This new-era soul tool, known as 'Battle Armor', consists of eleven parts.

They are: head armor, chest armor, left shoulder armor + upper arm armor, right shoulder armor + upper arm armor, left hand armor + forearm armor, right hand armor + forearm armor, waist guard + battle skirt, left thigh armor, right thigh armor, left calf armor + battle boots, and right calf armor + battle boots.

These eleven components not only provide individual enhancements to Soul Masters, but when combined, they also form a large, integrated matrix to achieve a synergistic enhancement effect.

For Jing Hongchen, completing this task was a considerable challenge.

However, after he obtained the thousand-refined metal, the difficulty of improving the soul guidance array was greatly reduced. Although it was still not easy, it was not an unattainable goal.

The reason is simple: advancements in materials.

The thousand-refined metal has already acquired a certain degree of spirituality. Unlike the metals of the past, which needed an outer shell for protection and connection after being engraved into a core magic array, it can now be made directly as a complete soul tool.

By eliminating many complex assembly structures, directly depicting the interconnected magic array as a whole is undoubtedly much simpler.

Looking at the design of the humanoid soul guide device of the Sun Moon Empire in the original work, even the joint movement requires the assistance of the core magic array. The sugar-type mechanical expansion design that Huo Yuhao brought out amazed Jing Hongchen.

Wouldn't it be an even more devastating attack to directly use spirit metal and design the battle armor as eleven interconnected core magic arrays?
If we use the secondary profession classification from the time of Dragon King Legend, the Soul Master includes all three secondary professions except for forging.

Therefore, Jing Hongchen took on the design and production himself, and even the later maintenance and improvement were within his scope of work.

The Soul Guiding Armor Formation, which already has a basic theoretical foundation, is upgraded to a certain extent. The method of making the core formation plus the outer shell is abandoned. Instead, the armor is carved and made as eleven core formations. The remaining task is to maximize the effect of the Soul Guiding Armor Formation while making its appearance aesthetically pleasing.

Jing Hongchen already had a draft of the original version of the battle armor formation in mind; all that was missing was the thousand-refined metal from Lin Nuo and Xiao Hongchen's side.

“Based on the existing soul guidance foundation, this soul guidance armor that you call Battle Armor is an improvement I made by simplifying and connecting multiple level nine soul power amplification core arrays. Theoretically speaking, it should be a level seven soul guidance device,” Jing Hongchen said.

"However, due to the splitting of the magic array, even a one-ring Soul Master can use one or two parts, but to withstand the full amplification of the magic array, one must reach the Soul King level."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be able to amplify the wearer's soul power from Soul King to Soul Saint, but how long it can last depends on the wearer's personal qualities. As for how much the amplification will be for Soul Emperor and Soul Saint, we'll have to wait until the battle armor is forged before we can conduct experiments."

Lin Nuo looked at the huge pile of blueprints and theoretical materials that Jing Hongchen had brought out, and pushed these incomprehensible books aside, feeling utterly overwhelmed. "If you don't understand them, Grandpa Jing, just make sure you're confident. However, when making the battle armor, it's best to have A Xiao assist you as much as possible, to ensure that the battle armor is compatible with A Xiao's Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul," Lin Nuo reminded him after rubbing his temples.

"Compared to the conventional theories of our Sun Moon Empire, battle armor is different. Soul-guided armor is for Soul Masters, but battle armor is for Martial Souls. All amplification is based on Martial Soul amplification."

"The future path for battle armor is to allow it to become close to and integrated with the spirit, just like a spirit bone, becoming a part of the spirit master and the spirit!"

Because this is the true battle armor!

Lin Nuo had already clearly told the grandfather and grandson the answer.

Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, having understood Lin Nuo's words, seemed to be deep in thought.

……

After leaving the dean's office, Lin Nuo strolled around the campus, enjoying a moment of tranquility.

Since obtaining his sixth spirit ring, he and Xiao Hongchen had spent several months immersed in the experimental area developing forging methods for spirit metals, and he hadn't relaxed like this in a long time.

Fortunately, the gains were gratifying. He and Xiao Hongchen both went from nothing to becoming second-grade blacksmiths of the Thousand Refinements level. Although there was only a chance of success, the fact that they succeeded meant that they had reached this level.

They are probably the only two blacksmiths in the current version of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect who can forge second-grade metal with a thousand-fold refining technique; no one else has ever even considered taking this path.

But the road ahead is somewhat uncertain.

To be honest, pushing the Spirit Forging to the second grade of the Thousand Refinement is already the limit for Lin Nuo and Xiao Hongchen. They have no idea how to go any further than the first grade of the Thousand Refinement or even the supreme grade.

Even after forging eleven pieces of second-grade metal with a thousand-fold refinement, they still couldn't get close to the first grade.

How to enhance the spirituality of metals became a huge problem standing in their way.

This matter can only be entrusted to Xiao Hongchen for now. With his martial soul capable of controlling metal, he undoubtedly understands best what metal wants. Only when he figures out how to enhance the spirituality of metal can Lin Nuo cross the river with a smile and complete the Thousand Refinements First Grade.

"It's so difficult, so difficult, so difficult..."

Lin Nuo shook his head, took a quick shower at home, and then went out to fight Ji Juechen.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Lin Nuo has been busy deducing the spirit forging method these past few months. Ji Juechen doesn't care what you're doing. Once he catches you, you won't get away without a fight.

Therefore, Lin Nuo would occasionally have a couple of intense and exciting battles with Ji Juechen to relieve the boredom of spending all day holed up in the studio forging iron.

Fighting is the best way to relax.

However, in a sparring match like this, Lin Nuo didn't pull out the Sword of Judgment to bully anyone. Otherwise, Ji Juechen's meteorite iron sword wouldn't have been able to withstand more than a few blows against an eighth-level soul tool.

(End of this chapter)