"There's nothing for me to say to her." Bibi Dong's tone grew a little colder.
Xiao Ze sighed softly, "Isn't it just that you have a knot in your heart?"
"If you understand that, then you should know that I will never forgive him!" Bibi Dong said in a deep voice.
"But, are you entirely blameless?" Xiao Ze asked.
Bibi Dong was silent for a moment.
"See? You know you were wrong too. Of course, Qian Xunji was a beast, and you weren't a good person back then either. To put it harshly, you were an ungrateful wretch.
Do you have any idea how many resources Spirit Hall used to cultivate you?
You were even the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall. Do you know how big of a blow it was to Spirit Hall when you just left with Yu Xiaogang?
This wasn't just a matter of resources; it was about reputation." Xiao Ze was a little speechless. Her mind back then was truly unfathomable.
To call it 'love-struck' would be an understatement.
Big sister, you were the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall back then!
The next Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall! You gave up such a position for a good-for-nothing?
Unbelievable.
Bibi Dong glared at him angrily, "You're not a good person either!"
Xiao Ze shrugged, "I never said I was a good person."
Seeing Xiao Ze's indifferent demeanor, Bibi Dong felt a bit helpless. "I know my past issues, it's just..."
"It's just that you're unwilling to admit it. After all, Qian Xunji's harm to you was too great, leading you to place all your hatred for him onto Qian Renxue."
Bibi Dong nodded upon hearing this.
She was exactly like that.
"Sigh... it's just too much. No matter what, she's still your daughter, and she used to look up to you immensely.
What a pity..."
"You don't need to worry about this matter. I will settle things with her," Bibi Dong said.
"I hope so."
"Here, take this." Xiao Ze took out the Tian Yue Empire's spirit tool blueprints.
"These are the Tian Yue Empire's spirit tools?" Bibi Dong curiously took them.
"That's right. They contain many powerful spirit tools. If we can learn about 50% of them, it will be a huge boost for Spirit Hall."
Xiao Ze continued, "Of course, we can't just rely on the Tian Yue Empire's spirit tools. We also need our own research department to gradually develop our own spirit tools."
Bibi Dong also understood Xiao Ze's thoughts; he was afraid that Spirit Hall would become complacent.
After all, human nature is lazy. With so many spirit tools available, it would be easy to just copy them.
Who would still want to research new ones?
But that was absolutely not an option.
"Understood. I will gradually establish departments for both research and manufacturing of spirit tools. Although our Spirit Hall doesn't have many blacksmiths, they are all Spirit Masters, so they can be temporarily utilized," Bibi Dong said.
Xiao Ze was a little surprised. He hadn't expected Spirit Hall to have blacksmiths, and all of them Spirit Masters at that. Truly worthy of Spirit Hall.
"Take your time. We still have a long time to prepare. For standardized spirit tool equipment, choose those that are cheap and effective," Xiao Ze reminded her.
"I know, you don't need to say so much." Bibi Dong rolled her eyes at him.
"It seems I talk too much." Xiao Ze was just afraid that Bibi Dong would act recklessly on a whim.
Spirit Hall was his, and he couldn't let Bibi Dong ruin it.
"Alright, you can leave now, otherwise your little girlfriends might come looking for you here." Bibi Dong waved her hand, her tone seeming a little displeased.
"Alright, alright." Xiao Ze waved back and left directly.
Watching Xiao Ze's departing back, Bibi Dong remained stunned for a long time.
"Heh." Bibi Dong shook her head, "Someone like me no longer hopes for... that kind of love."
...Some time later.
Tai Nuo handled the affairs within his clan, purging nearly 20% of its members, before arriving at Spirit City.
He settled next to the Defense Clan, which also allowed the other three clans to keep an eye on the Strength Clan.
In fact, the Strength Clan still had a very important role. Most members of the Strength Clan were Spirit Masters who also worked as blacksmiths, making them one of the most needed people in Spirit Hall right now.
However, spirit tools were very confidential for Spirit Hall, and the Strength Clan could not yet be allowed to forge them.
Time flew by like a white steed, and a year passed in a flash.
During this year, the continent was very peaceful.
But Spirit Hall's actions were not small, and its development speed was very fast.
The research and manufacturing departments for spirit tools had been partially completed ten months prior.
By now, the first spirit tool legion had emerged. Although it only had a thousand members, it was already a very powerful force.
Although this legion's strength ranged from Spirit Grandmasters to Spirit Elders, when equipped with spirit tools, they could suppress Spirit Emperors, and even Spirit Saints who hadn't activated their Martial Soul True Body found them very difficult to deal with.
After all, the suppressive firepower of spirit tools was not just talk.
In terms of research, this year was mainly dedicated to learning and experimentation. Although nothing new was researched, a lot was learned.
Xiao Ze believed that if given another one or two years, they might be able to research some new types of spirit tools.
After all, the Tian Yue Empire was an Empire from several millennia ago. Over these thousands of years, the continent had undergone tremendous changes, with countless Spirits disappearing and many new ones emerging.
Therefore, many spirit tools were no longer useful.
But their learning value was still there.
It could be said that Spirit Hall now had the foundation for dominance.
Next was to accelerate development.
And within a year, Xiao Ze's strength had also greatly improved.
His spirit power reached level sixty-three, and all his spirit rings were upgraded to over forty thousand years, as were his Spirit Bones.
Since the increase in age was not much, the Ice and Fire Dragon King's energy could still be used for a long time.
Of course, their energy was mainly used to improve the quality of the Spirits.
Dawnlight, Yu Jin, Earth Potato King, and Red Flame's qualities had recently reached the legendary level.
At the same time, two more Spirits appeared within the year.
Xiao Ze did not want to use the Ice and Fire Dragon King's energy to increase the number of spirits; it wasn't necessary, and he didn't need too many Spirits.
After all, there wasn't much a Spirit Master could improve, and the further along they got, the less useful the crops became.
At the same time, when Xiao Ze reached the Spirit Emperor realm, he unlocked the sixth large area.
And also opened up forest planting.
So, the current sixth large area was for planting trees.
The allocation of 3 farmlands, 1 pasture, 1 water area, and 1 forest was quite good.
For Xiao Ze, the importance of farmland was the highest, followed by pasture.
The water area was a bit more important than the forest.
The trees grown in the forest were mainly used to forge equipment and spirit tools.
They would have some special effects.
However, they were somewhat of a mixed blessing, as the planting time was quite long.
Therefore, they could not be mass-produced, only used to create equipment for elite legions.
But that was enough.
(End of Chapter)
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