Chapter 427: Chapter 237: Magical Treasure Design, Where the Way Resides_2

“No way, if that thing of yours can really store the Three Thousand Great Dao…”

At this point, Old Man Bai suddenly furrowed his brows and said, “Why does this sound so familiar?”

Everyone looked at each other, puzzled about what the old man had just recalled.

“Three Thousand Great Dao, Jade…” Old Man Bai pondered for a moment, then suddenly took out his phone, opened a web novel, and slapped his thigh exclaiming, “I knew it!”

“Hm?”

“Isn’t this thing of yours the Creation Jade Disc?”

“…”

Old Man Bai looked at Zheng Fa with an ‘I’ve-seen-through-you’ expression.

Zheng Fa: …this old man reads way too diversified!

However, after thinking for a while, he added, “If there really is a Magical Treasure that can carry the Three Thousand Great Dao… then, why not?”

Old Man Bai was startled, then he realized that Zheng Fa truly had high hopes for his own Lifebound Magical Treasure.

But Zheng Fa sank into his own thoughts. He didn’t dare to claim he understood what the Great Dao was, much like naming his journal “Immortal Dao”; what he could do was only to seek the Dao with the wisdom of others.

After their conversation, everyone went back to their rooms for cultivation.

However, the next morning, someone knocked on Zheng Fa’s door.

Upon opening the door, he saw Tang Lingwu standing outside, smiling at him.

“What’s up?”

“Let’s go out and take a stroll~”

Without saying much, Tang Lingwu took Zheng Fa by the arm and walked outside the retirement home.

Old Man Bai and the others in the yard watched the two youngsters, choosing not to interfere, but smiled as they saw them leave the retirement home.

Zheng Fa didn’t know what Tang Lingwu was planning. After thinking about it, he didn’t refuse and accompanied Tang Lingwu in taking a taxi.

The car headed from Rainbow Mountain towards Beijing, and Zheng Fa watched Tang Lingwu, who kept staring out the window, seemingly avoiding looking at Zheng Fa… secretly mysterious.

Seeing Tang Lingwu acting like this, Zheng Fa simply didn’t ask further, just letting her have her way.

After getting out of the car, he realized they had arrived at a school.

Judging by the height of the students, it seemed to be an elementary school.

Tang Lingwu led Zheng Fa to the school fence, seemingly waiting for something.

It was morning, and the bell for break time rang. Bunches of students streamed out of the classrooms, lined up neatly on the playground.

The broadcast of the physical exercise routine began to play.

Zheng Fa had some guesses and, sure enough… those students performing the routine were doing the broadcast exercise formulated by the Jiushan Martial Arts Hall.

Their movements were a bit unrefined, but each was taking it seriously.

Under the morning sun, their uneven movements inexplicably gave Zheng Fa a feeling named hope.

“I don’t know what’s troubling you…”

At that moment, Tang Lingwu finally spoke.

Zheng Fa turned to look at her, seeing her smiling as she watched the students: “Whether it’s the broadcast exercise or Jiushan No.1, you’ve already done very well…”

After saying this, Tang Lingwu didn’t continue. The two stood side by side, looking at the students on the playground, their silence more eloquent than words.

…

Zheng Fa’s good mood lasted quite a few days.

“Junior Brother Zheng, why do I feel like you’ve been smiling all day today?”

Yuan suddenly looked at Zheng Fa, asking with curiosity.

“Shouldn’t I smile?”

“You, these last few days… tsk tsk.”

“Did you think I couldn’t tell you were unhappy?”

Yuan said proudly.

“…I’m certain Sister Yuan you couldn’t tell.”

“It was Sister Zhang who said it!”

Yuan’s smile fell, admitting honestly.

Tang Lingwu made Zheng Fa realize something—perhaps the Jiushan Realm would perish, but he had also changed many things. Whether it’s the broadcast exercise or Jiushan No.1, they were impacting modern life.

That’s why he was so cheerful.

As the two talked about Sister Zhang, they saw Zhang herself coming from outside, handing Zheng Fa a jade tube: “These are common jade spiritual materials from the Xuanwei Realm.”

“And some are common jade Magical Treasures.”

“This,” Zhang said as she took out another jade tube, “is the spiritual energy circuit I drew based on those blueprints of yours.”

Zheng Fa had sketched some corresponding circuit diagrams in the modern era—much simpler compared to his earlier designs, as previously he aimed for artificial intelligence, but this time for his Lifebound Magical Treasure, he simply wanted to create a server…

A true downgrade in technology.

He could slowly upgrade it later.

Zhang sat down next to Zheng Fa and said with some uncertainty, “Do you really plan to make a Lifebound Magical Treasure that has neither offensive power nor defensive capabilities?”

“…Haven’t you known this all along, senior sister?”

“Times change, and the situation is different now,” Zhang said after a moment of silence.

Zheng Fa knew what she meant; with the threat of the Demon Ancestor looming, the value of slaughter magic treasures and defensive magic treasures had surely risen.

But…

“Senior sister, this is the path I chose…” Zheng Fa said after a moment of silence, “The threat of the Demon Ancestor is not enough to make me change.”

Zhang shook her head, no longer trying to persuade, and simply said, “Lady Xuanhua has already made a few prototypes, waiting for you to see.”

Zheng Fa went with Zhang to University Island.

Several prototypes were displayed on the table in Lady Xuanhua’s laboratory. Seeing Zheng Fa arrive, she pointed at the prototypes with a bit of pride.

“Following your naming convention—this is Prototype No.1, it doesn’t have enough storage capacity, I later found it’s a material issue, this type of jade is not suitable for information storage.”

“Prototype No.2 has problems forming a spiritual energy circuit, that is to say, there is insufficient spiritual energy.”

“The problem with Prototype No.3 is that it does not easily integrate with other spiritual materials…”

Zheng Fa listened and nodded, feeling very grateful in his heart—Lady Xuanhua had truly put her effort into it.

His own Lifebound Magical Treasure, with blueprints and concepts from the modern era, relied on the collaboration of Lady Xuanhua and Zhang:

Zhang was responsible for designing the spiritual energy circuit.

Lady Xuanhua took care of the actual manufacturing experiments.

“Finally, Prototype No.4 is the most perfected one we’ve experimented with, Yunling Jade performed well in terms of information storage, affinity for spiritual energy, and integration with other spiritual materials…”

Lady Xuanhua waved her hand, not particularly concerned with Zheng Fa’s gratitude, and pointed at the last prototype.

Zheng Fa looked at Prototype No.4, a magical artifact resembling a jade slip that seemed rather crude—it was, after all, a prototype.

“The best thing about Yunling Jade is that it’s cheap!” Lady Xuanhua added.

“I’ve looked over your design, and for your Lifebound Spiritual Treasure to function, it needs to work in conjunction with what you call… a cell phone?”

When she mentioned the word “cell phone,” her expression was a bit puzzled; it seemed that she didn’t quite understand why Zheng Fa would choose such an odd name.

“It’s just a temporary code name, it can be changed,” Zheng Fa said somewhat awkwardly.

Lady Xuanhua didn’t mind and simply said, “Although this cell phone is simpler than your Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, it also requires a large amount of Yunling Jade.”

Zheng Fa nodded lightly.

Having a server alone was obviously not enough…

The cell phone, or rather, the personal terminal, had to be promoted.

Otherwise, it would negate the purpose of Zheng Fa becoming a server.

Even according to the words of Tianhe Venerable, it’s best not to use external spiritual materials for one’s Lifebound Spiritual Treasure—which means, Zheng Fa only needed to replicate the effects of Yunling Jade, not actually use it.

But Yunling Jade was not unimportant—as Lady Xuanhua said, it could be used to make cell phones.

The “cell phone” in Zheng Fa’s plan was a device with limited computing power but capable of receiving and sending messages.

In essence, Zheng Fa would act like a “cloud server,” which would also reduce the cost of the “cell phone” and facilitate its wider adoption.

At this point, Lady Xuanhua sighed and said, “I would have never thought that communication talismans could be played with in such a way…”

Zheng Fa smiled slightly, intending to say something, but then abruptly closed his mouth and gestured.

A communication talisman appeared in his hand.

Zhang couldn’t help but look at him as he smiled and said, “News from Yan Wushuang.”

“Hm?”

“He followed his big senior sister to Chen County…”

“That was fast.”

Zhang also smiled.

The Tianhe Sect had come so quickly; they were probably more eager than they had anticipated.

All the better if they’re in a hurry…