Chapter 114: Upgrading the Main Hall

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Upgrading the Main Hall

Chatting with Little Nine kept the journey from being boring. However, as they drew closer to their destination, Shen Yun began to focus his attention. He was about to fuse the two Bronze Halls and upgrade them.

At this moment, the two Bronze Halls had been brought together in adjacent positions within a specially constructed underground cavern. Vierlia and Annie were already waiting there. Various testing instruments and personnel were prepped and ready. Everything was in order.

Wei Er turned to Grand Celestial Master Zhong Han, who had come to help. "You take this one, and I’ll take that one."

"Alright!"

The two men respectively entered the two Bronze Halls. According to the Information on the Jade, they needed to simultaneously locate the corresponding pillars and use their Spiritual Power to trace the key patterns. Meanwhile, Vierlia stood prettily beside Shen Yun, observing the changes in the Bronze Halls.

"Does this count as our second meeting this month?" Shen Yun turned his head to look at her and smiled.

"Of course not," Vierlia immediately glared at him with puffed-up cheeks. She then handed him a bank card. "For you."

"What is this?" Shen Yun took it.

"Your pocket money," Vierlia said. Seeming worried that he might reject it, she hastily added, "It’s not a lot, and you have so many people on your side now. There are plenty of places where you’ll need to spend money. You can’t just reach out to the state for funds every time you want to build a garden or something."

Shen Yun looked at Her Majesty, who appeared slightly nervous. He suddenly felt as if he was being kept by a wealthy sugar mommy. Chuckling, he didn’t put on any false modesty and put it away. Although there was no need to build a garden, money was something he hardly cared about anymore at this stage.

"By the way, how much is in here?" he turned back to ask.

"One billion."

"HISS!" Shen Yun gasped in shock, immediately whipping his head back around. "Wait, shouldn’t you be really short on money right now?"

"Why would you think that?" Vierlia looked even more perplexed.

"Aren’t you buying a ton of equipment? Signal towers, factory machines to boost productivity, and stuff like that?" Shen Yun felt his brain short-circuiting slightly.

"But those are all carried out in the form of joint investments. Hua Xia provides the equipment and technical guidance, and we provide the manpower. Besides—" Vierlia emphasized her tone, "we sell ores."

Shen Yun opened his mouth, completely at a loss for words. He had originally thought the Violet Kingdom was a poor and backward medieval country. It turned out they were a rich mining nation. Wait—didn’t he conquer those territories for her in the first place?

"Understood." Shen Yun instantly lost all psychological pressure.

"Violet’s system is different from yours," Vierlia whispered, leaning her face close to Shen Yun’s ear. "The monarch of a feudal society is the biggest capitalist of all. Violet might not be nearly as wealthy as Hua Xia, but once we get married, your personal net worth will definitely far exceed that of the so-called richest man in the world."

Shen Yun looked at her lowered voice and her eager, almost show-offish demeanor. He couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"No matter how luxuriously a single person lives, how much could they possibly spend?" Shen Yun looked at her with a half-smile. "I don’t have much desire for wealth, Your Majesty."

"Ugh! You’re so hard to please," Vierlia muttered softly.

She had originally wanted to see Shen Yun’s happy expression when he received this gift. He didn’t care about lust, he didn’t care about wealth, and she couldn’t help him with his cultivation.

"However, I still appreciate the thought," Shen Yun lightly squeezed her palm to express his gratitude.

"Of course. This is pocket money filled with love," Vierlia instantly bloomed into a beautiful smile.

At this moment, the Bronze Halls in front of them finally began to change.

"The Yang fluctuation is continuously rising!"

"It’s exceeding the limit!"

"It’s still rising! The pulse frequency is over a thousand!"

"The instruments are getting a bit unstable..."

The researchers in white coats stared at the data with extreme excitement. Meanwhile, in the perception of the Cultivators, the two Bronze Halls before them suddenly emitted an indescribable pressure. It wasn’t particularly oppressive; rather, it carried a desolate and solemn aura. Visibly to the naked eye, the two closely situated Bronze Halls began to vibrate, deform, and intertwine. The pillars automatically reconstructed themselves. Shen Yun even felt—though he wasn’t sure if it was an illusion—that many of the rust spots on the surface had vanished.

This was indeed an existence they couldn’t deeply investigate at their current level. Even a Void God was far beneath the tier of the Bronze Halls.

Eventually, the vibrations seemed to stabilize, and an even larger hall appeared before the crowd.

"The data has dropped to a level 0.23 higher than before, and the Yang fluctuation is stabilizing." The old researcher in charge of detecting the data for this fusion upgrade reported the current situation.

Wei Er and Zhong Han emerged from the hall, shock still lingering on both of their faces.

"Goodness, this is truly spectacular." Wei Er stood at the entrance of the hall and waved to everyone. "It’s over. Come on in."

Shen Yun and Vierlia were the first to walk in. The space was much more expansive, almost four or five times its previous size. Moreover, there was a Teleportation Array on both the left and right sides. They clearly still corresponded to the two Otherworlds.

"I thought that after the fusion, it would just be one Teleportation Array leading to different worlds," Shen Yun couldn’t help but say.

"If that were the case, transportation would be very inconvenient." The old researcher nearby seemed to have overheard Shen Yun and explained with a smile. "This layout is the most ideal design for a transportation hub. Just like a train station, different platforms correspond to different trains in order to maximize transport efficiency."

Shen Yun thought about it and realized it made perfect sense. Otherwise, if people wanted to go to different worlds at the same time and there was only one Teleportation Array, wouldn’t they have to wait in line?

"I stand corrected," he looked at the old researcher and smiled. "I really didn’t know that."

"Not at all, not at all." The gray-haired old researcher seemed completely caught off guard that Shen Yun would thank him for such a trivial matter, and he hurriedly waved his hands. He knew very well that the stabilization of the two Otherworlds completely relied on this strongest man in the world.

"What is there to be modest about, Professor Yang?" Wei Er chuckled as he walked over. "Daoist Shen, this is Professor Yang, the inventor of the Detector. Whether we can find the next Bronze Hall all depends on him."

"So you’re the one," Shen Yun felt a deep sense of respect. He held true reverence for genuine scientists. Cultivators comprehended the Heavenly Dao for their own self-elevation, while scientists explored the truth for the sake of the entire civilization.

"That was merely a coincidence," Professor Yang shook his head, looking slightly ashamed. "Although they say science is the collision of coincidence and inspiration, my skills are still lacking. I haven’t been able to improve the accuracy of the detection no matter what I try. If Harvard Professor Frank Morganthau were here, he could probably make a breakthrough. My findings were actually based on one of his papers regarding energy fields."

When it came to cutting-edge theories in physics, there were quite a few outstanding domestic experts, but most were still overseas. Shen Yun thought about the properties of his Bodhi Branch. He felt that scientific development was still incredibly crucial. If nothing else, applying Enlightenment on a J-20 and an F-22 might not yield a massive difference, but the gap between a J-20 and Cosmos fighter jets would undoubtedly be astronomical.

"Master," Little Nine’s voice suddenly echoed in Shen Yun’s mind. "The energy scientist Frank he mentioned disappeared a year and a half ago. Prior to his disappearance, he had published a paper on the utilization of Spiritual Qi."

"Oh?"

Shen Yun naturally knew what Little Nine meant. According to a report he had read previously, the Grotte Company, which was about to launch a so-called "epoch-changing product," seemed to have a history of kidnapping scientists. Furthermore, their new product was rumored to be related to the utilization of Spiritual Qi energy.

"Their product launch event is only a week away, right?"

"That’s right," Little Nine replied. "Lately, the internet has been flooded with news about them. However, the discussions are mostly centered around their suspected criminal activities."

"It seems someone is preparing for a reckoning." Shen Yun frowned unconsciously. Honestly, he originally hadn’t cared much about such matters, but now, he was suddenly somewhat worried about the safety of those supposedly kidnapped scientists. He was still counting on applying Enlightenment on higher-tech companions in the near future.

"Daoist Shen, is something wrong?" Wei Er walked over.

"No, I was just thinking about something else," Shen Yun shook his head and asked with a smile. "How is it?"

"No problems at all. The number of possible teleports has definitely increased several times over." Speaking of this, Wei Er beamed with joy. "Hey, we recently discovered a rich rare-earth mine near Qingyun City. Combined with the storage capabilities of the Sky-Splitting Crystal, we can finally properly mine it this time."

The minerals from the Otherworlds were considered a vital resource outside of cultivation inheritances. There were also special Spirit Medicines and metals imbued with Spiritual Power. These were all things that didn’t exist on Earth, making the transport capacity of the Teleportation Array incredibly important.

"Since there are no issues, I’ll be heading back." Shen Yun didn’t care too much about these things. He waved at Vierlia. "I’ll come see you next time. I’m heading back for today."

"Okay," Vierlia nodded. The increased teleportation capacity of the array meant that deeper cooperation with Hua Xia could finally begin for her as well.

Another busy period commenced. As for Shen Yun, he planned to continue his ascetic cultivation after returning. The country was developing, the world was changing, and everyone was doing what they were supposed to do. For Shen Yun, cultivating and increasing his strength was his current ’main profession.’

Unfortunately, sometimes, even if you didn’t go looking for trouble, trouble would come looking for you.

When Shen Yun was still nearly a kilometer away from his home, his face darkened. There were actually uninvited guests! They dared to break into his house! Did they have a death wish? Besides, there were supposed to be guards stationed on the perimeter at all times.

"Master," Little Nine’s voice carried obvious anger. "Should I just eliminate those two?"

"That would dirty our house," Shen Yun replied expressionlessly. According to Little Nine, the two individuals hadn’t damaged or touched anything; they had even put on shoe covers and were sitting quietly on the sofa. But so what? Shen Yun viewed this house as the home for his future family!