He raised his hand, patting the cold leg armor of the mech with immense reverence, a clang echoing.
"Initially, I merely intended to integrate the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield into my Spirit. However, I discovered that simply doing so was insufficient.
"Thus, after much thought, I decided to forge a super spirit tool that surpasses the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, and then integrate it into my Spirit!
"And this 'mech' is the optimal extension and vessel I found for my own Spirit!"
Kong Deming's voice grew excited; it was the confidence of someone who had grasped his future path and broken through confusion.
"Integrating it into my Spirit! In this way, it will be intertwined with my life and Spirit, our minds connected.
"Subsequently, I can unreservedly apply all my spirit tool knowledge to continuously strengthen and upgrade it!
"It can incorporate various powerful Spirit Metal, allowing it to evolve and transform like a living creature!
"It will become the ultimate manifestation of my spirit tool technology, and the perfect amplifier for my Body Cultivator power!"
Kong Deming's tone carried an undeniable certainty and grandeur:
"As long as the mech is integrated into my Spirit, I can control this steel body as if it were my own arm, even with just my thoughts!
"Using my powerful Physical Body, tempered as a Body Cultivator, as the most stable and reliable core to control this steel body, which continuously grows stronger and larger through my hands!"
"This—"
He looked earnestly at his grandson, laughing loudly:
"... is the Dao that belongs to me, Kong Deming!"
Kong Mingan was speechless for a moment, simply watching his grandfather.
From his grandfather's eyes, filled with infinite passion and confidence, he understood that his grandfather was not acting on a whim, but had truly found a path most suited to him.
...As dusk approached,
On the main street returning from the Hall of Worship to the Kong Family, Kong Mingan and Xu Tianzhen walked side by side.
They had not chosen to teleport directly back, but instead strolled like ordinary people along the streets of Mingdu as the streetlights began to glow.
Xu Tianzhen held Kong Mingan's hand tightly, naturally not wanting to miss this rare moment of undisturbed solitude, a rich smile on her lips.
Meanwhile, Kong Mingan walked slowly, feeling the warmth and softness in his palm, while rapidly organizing everything he had seen and heard, his mind racing with countless thoughts.
Before they left, his grandfather had unreservedly given him all of his achievements from this period, bundled together.
The amount of information was incredibly vast, and organizing it would take considerable time, but he had to admit, his grandfather was truly skilled at creating new things.
If his previous idea about an "Artifact Cultivator" was merely an incomplete prototype supported by only a few theoretical results,
Then now, after personally witnessing his grandfather's idea of turning the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield into a part of his Spirit, and even intending to integrate the entire mech into his Spirit,
The prototype of the Artifact Cultivator path became completely clear in his mind, as if the last few pieces of the puzzle had fallen into place.
Kong Mingan's gaze was calm as he analyzed the current situation.
Although the basic framework for the "Artifact Cultivator" prototype was largely established, there were still several critical issues that needed to be resolved before truly embarking on this path.
Foremost among them was the Materials issue! Or rather, the issue concerning spiritual metal.
Unlike the metals that would emerge ten thousand years later, where smiths could ignite a metal's spirituality through tempering, such as with Spirit-forged metals, which not only possessed spirituality but also significantly improved in physical strength and spirit power conductivity,
In the current era, Spirit Metal cultivated purely through spirit power could indeed develop spirituality, allowing the metal to integrate into the body.
However, the metal's inherent physical strength and Energy capacity had not undergone significant qualitative changes; they were only slightly improved, and the strength was not high.
And spirit tool, especially high-tier spirit tool and the envisioned "Lifebound Treasure," their power and potential largely depended on the performance of the core Materials.
As things stood, simple "Spirit Metal" could no longer meet future requirements.
Previously, most of his Energy was invested in the system construction of "Body Cultivator" and "Spell Cultivator." Well, to be more precise, most of his Energy was focused on "Spell Cultivator."
Under these circumstances, he naturally hadn't paid much attention to issues concerning spirit tool.
But now, since the path of the "Artifact Cultivator" had emerged, his attention naturally had to shift back.
Kong Mingan subconsciously sensed his two silver-glowing spirit ring, which seemed to contain swirling galaxies, and the dark-red gold-patterned spirit ring that held the Asura God Position Origin.
With these special spirit ring, it would be a true pity if he didn't try the "Artifact Cultivator" path and attempt to forge a "Lifebound Treasure."
However, simultaneously cultivating "Spell," "Body," and "Artifact" cultivation might lead to conflicts.
Spell Cultivator views the spirit ring as a vessel for Soul Skill Module, while Body Cultivator needs to transform the spirit ring into a qi and blood soul ring to unleash the Physical Body's power through "ring release."
As for Artifact Cultivator, it would likely deeply integrate the malleability theory of the spirit ring, combined with the "ring embedding method," to more perfectly fuse the spirit ring's power and characteristics into the Spirit or "Lifebound Treasure."
The different systems utilize the spirit ring in entirely distinct ways, making true Dual Cultivation of body and spell, or even triple cultivation of body, spell, and artifact, potentially very difficult to achieve.
To perfectly cultivate all, perhaps he would need to figure out how to create a vessel similar to a "Second Spirit" or "Artificial Spirit"?
Of course, there's no rush for that; he can research it later when he has time.
The most pressing matter now is to solve the Materials problem, which means he needs to find a way to pioneer a metal forging path belonging to this era!
Hmm. Perhaps he could go find that guy Xiao? His Three-Legged Golden Toad Spirit seems perfectly suited for blacksmithing! With him, it seems like a good option?
Thinking of this, Kong Mingan didn't hesitate much and directly sent a message to Xiao Hongchen, while continuing to search for knowledge about forging.
However, just as Kong Mingan was planning his subsequent actions, his footsteps paused slightly at one moment.
Xu Tianzhen, beside him, blinked and looked up at him with a puzzled expression:
"What's wrong?"
Kong Mingan shook his head, his face returning to calm, and gently squeezed her palm:
"Nothing, let's go."
The two continued walking along the dimly lit street.
Meanwhile, in Kong Mingan's perception, his gaze fell on a dimly lit alley entrance not far behind them.
There, a slightly nervous, slender figure with blue-pink hair was cautiously concealing her aura, afraid of being discovered by the object of her tailing.
Kong Mingan's lips curved slightly, carrying a hint of a smile.
The fish had taken the bait.
(End of Chapter)
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