Chapter 273: Manufacturing an Accident: Tang San Searches for Treasure Grounds Alone

Time passed like a white horse galloping past a crack in a wall; in the blink of an eye, half a year had gone by.

That gourmet competition event had long since drawn to a close, but the repercussions it stirred up in society remained fresh and enduring.

Over the past few months, the tourism industry in various regions had shown a trend of rapid development.

The snack streets and tourist attractions in every city were bustling with people, lively and extraordinary.

People came from all corners of the land to taste various delicacies and to appreciate the local customs and traditions of different places.

Those unique local snacks were not only excellent in taste but had also become local calling cards, attracting more and more tourists to come for sightseeing.

With the development of the tourism industry, it had already begun to drive the development of other industries.

Every city was leveraging the favorable wind of the tourism industry, striving to enhance its own popularity and influence.

The prospects of the continent had become bright and promising due to the development of the tourism industry.

Every industry had been influenced by the tourism industry, presenting a scene of vigorous vitality.

People's lives had also become more colorful as a result, filled with infinite vitality and hope.

All of this made people feel that the future of the continent would be even more beautiful and glorious.

In this half-year period, Tang San finally grew into a Seven-level Array Master.

However, it was only just the entry level of the seventh level.

Arrays beyond the seventh level were simply a whole new world.

This also interrupted Tang San's idea of wanting to learn up to the ninth level as quickly as possible.

According to Tang San's calculations, learning up to the ninth level would take at least three years.

Three years—Tang San had overestimated himself too much.

Jerry's learning ability was several times stronger than Tang San's, but even in the area of arrays, he had spent a long time.

However, Jerry was learning in a Small World; the outside world did not know, thinking that Jerry had learned it in just a few short years.

Comparatively speaking, Jerry's speed in learning arrays could be considered fast.

But there was a prerequisite: one must first become a Soul Guidance Master.

In the Small World, Array Masters were originally born from among Soul Guidance Masters.

Much of the knowledge between the two was common.

The difference was that most of the Rule Runes used by Soul Guidance Masters had to emphasize logic, and their forms were also varied.

Whereas for Array Masters, it was that fixed portion among them.

Therefore, Tang San felt that the time was too long, delaying many of his own affairs.

Tang San decided not to wait any longer; he had not forgotten his original intention for learning arrays.

As it happened, his guard duties gave him an excuse to request a long vacation.

This day, Tang San was responsible for guarding the Alchemy Room.

He arrived early outside the Alchemy Room, checked the surroundings to see that there was no one else besides him, opened one, and walked straight in.

He started the alchemy furnace, threw many medicinal herbs inside, and also a spherical Hidden Weapon.

The medicinal herbs were to cover for the Hidden Weapon in the middle.

After putting them in, he closed the door of the Alchemy Room and walked out.

One after another, many students arrived; these were Alchemist students.

As soon as they arrived, they found an empty Alchemy Room and went in to refine pills.

Except for the one Tang San was guarding, the guards for the other Alchemy Rooms also arrived one after another.

To prevent being disturbed by others while refining pills, the Spirit Hall Academy equipped every Alchemy Room with a guard.

While many people were present, a "Boom" sound of an explosion came.

The Alchemy Room behind Tang San exploded, and Tang San, who was closest, was hit directly by the shattered wall and fell to the ground on the spot.

Because the explosion was too large, the flying wall and rubble also hit some other guards.

In an instant, many people were injured.

The academy's actions were fast, and the rescue was very timely.

Tang San was also sent to the hospital by the rescue team.

As for the cause of the explosion, that was for the academy to investigate itself.

Moreover, because Tang San was also among the victims, no one suspected him.

Because Tang San was the closest, his injuries were also the most severe.

However, all of this was arranged by Tang San; they were all external injuries, looking severe.

The current level of medical care was very high, and the hospital's Treatment Soul Masters quickly healed their injuries.

On the surface, they looked no different from normal people.

To appease the injured personnel, the academy not only gave a sum of compensation but also gave them a month of time to let them rest well.

This was the result Tang San wanted; for a work-related injury, there would be a period of rest, the specific length of which would be determined according to the severity of the work-related injury.

The personnel investigating this incident looked for Tang San, but Tang San said he did not know who was inside the Alchemy Room.

The investigation results showed that there were often Alchemists who went to the Alchemy Room in advance, and the guards arrived later.

Therefore, it was a very normal thing for the guard not to know which Alchemist was inside the Alchemy Room.

Tang San was only asked a few questions here, and after no useful information was obtained, they left.

Tang San recuperated at home and did not go anywhere.

Three days later, the academy announced that the investigation into this incident had been fruitless, and in the interest of not delaying other Alchemists, they would set it aside for now, but the academy would not give up on pursuing this matter.

The academy investigated for several days without a single clue; the Alchemy Room was completely destroyed, and no traces were left behind.

Moreover, all the Alchemist students were present, and not a single one was found to have any problems.

How is one supposed to investigate this?

The academy lost an Alchemy Room, and many guards there were injured, but there were no fatalities.

It feels like the academy is the only one that lost out in the end; since the academy cannot find anything, it can only swallow this bitter pill.

The academy stopped the investigation, which was the result Tang San had anticipated.

No one died in this incident, only an Alchemy Room was lost, and with no clues to be found, the academy could not investigate it, so it could only be left unsettled.

The academy ceased its investigation, and the very next day, Tang San went to the Extreme North.

He came alone and did not tell anyone; after all, those three locations were related to Immortal Herbs.

He had previously discovered three locations that met Tang San's requirements; the locations were already known, and now it was just a matter of Tang San going there himself.

Before leaving, Tang San prepared sufficient food and some auxiliary tools.

Tang San quickly reached the summit of the first mountain.

The summit was a huge pool, and the snow falling from the sky was instantly melted upon contact.

The pool was bubbling and gurgling, and the temperature was very high.

The evaporated gas formed a white mist that shrouded the entire summit; no wonder this white mist felt a bit hot.

It was obvious that there was nothing on the top of this mountain; it was not the great mountain Tang San was looking for.

He immediately descended the mountain and rushed toward the second marked mountain.

The situation at the second one left Tang San very disappointed; it was similar to the first and was also not the place Tang San was looking for.

Next was the third great mountain; the moment he touched the white mist, Tang San knew this great mountain was different.

The white mist on this great mountain was cold.

At this moment, Tang San felt very excited inside, as if he had already seen the Immortal Herbs.

Subsequently, Tang San charged straight in.

Once in the white mist area, Tang San felt that the terrain here was very special; his Spirit Power detection was suppressed, and he could only see an area of ten meters around him.

The terrain here was abnormal and very similar to the description of the treasure land.

After wandering around for more than ten days, Tang San saw the hot spring from the stories.

Five herbs grew around the hot spring, and in Tang San's eyes, each herb exuded a unique charm.

Tang San walked straight to the front of the hot spring and saw that the hot spring already had a distinct state of separation, though it had not yet fully formed.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—no, it should be said that it was an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well nearing completion.

The energy between heaven and earth nearby was being drawn in by the nearly formed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and a large amount of energy formed this patch of white mist.

Besides the white mist, the terrain here was special, and Spirit Power detection was ineffective; this was also the reason why people who came up here before lost their way.

In addition to the five Immortal Herbs growing near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, there were many Spirit Herbs in the area shrouded by the white mist.

The Spirit Herbs alone were far beyond ten years in age.

Tang San only took one look at the five Immortal Herbs and named them all.

Scorching Sun Grass, Cold Yin Grass, Heavenly Gang Flower, Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Pistil Flower, Mysterious Underworld Sweet Dew Fruit.

Taking the Scorching Sun Grass and Cold Yin Grass simultaneously, and coordinating them with the regulation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, one could completely achieve dual immunity to ice and fire.

The Heavenly Gang Flower could strengthen Heavenly Gang Qi, making the power of the Heavenly Gang Qi even stronger.

The Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Pistil Flower could allow one to be reborn, wash away the leaden dust, and enhance Body Strength.

The Mysterious Underworld Sweet Dew Fruit could enhance Spirit Power and strengthen the Divine Soul, so that even if the physical body perished, the soul would remain.

To say that he would distribute the Immortal Herbs to the Five Great Envoys now was impossible, absolutely impossible.

The five Immortal Herbs could simply allow Tang San to improve in every aspect.

The other Envoys had already become gods, so if these Immortal Herbs were given to them, they would only improve some special attributes.

Tang San decided to consume them all himself and never once thought about sharing them with the other Envoys.

Tang San was not in a hurry to consume them; instead, he took out some seeds of medicinal herbs and planted them nearby.

After finishing the planting, he began to consume the five Immortal Herbs.

As for using the Immortal Herbs to refine pills, he decided against it; not to mention his lack of experience, if the refining failed, the Immortal Herbs would be wasted in vain.

Consuming them directly was the safest way.

One month later, under the accelerated refining of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang San had consumed the five Immortal Herbs.

At this time, he felt that his strength had practically doubled compared to before.

The Heavenly Gang Grass had caused his martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, to be imbued with Heavenly Gang Qi, making its power stronger and its destructive force greater.

A casual smash against the ground created a large pit.

His Body Strength had also been greatly improved; if nothing went wrong, he could go and improve his Spirit Ring age limit once he returned to Wuhun City.

The medicinal herbs Tang San planted had already sprouted, and it would not be long before they matured.

Subsequently, Tang San picked many Spirit Herbs and prepared to return to Wuhun City.

Before leaving, he took one last look at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; if only he knew how to use a Teleportation Array, he could come here whenever he wanted.

Upon returning to Wuhun City, Tang San first went to report in; after all, he was only given one month of rest, and now that the time was up, he had to go to work.

He worked during the day and began refining pills with the Spirit Herbs at night.

As expected, Spirit Herbs were different; the effects of pills refined from medicinal herbs with an age far exceeding ten years were a hundred times better than those refined from ten-year medicinal herbs.

The best Recovery Pill could instantly restore all injuries of a Title Douluo, though the effect would be slightly reduced for god-level powerhouses.

The Restoration Pill also had a super-strong effect, restoring all soul power within thirty seconds.

Even though Tang San had now become a god, the Restoration Pill was still useful.

There were also other pills, the effects of which were all far beyond the medicinal efficacy of pills on the market.

Tang San could not help but think: I was indeed correct in my deduction; there really are treasure lands in this world, and herbs can also break through the ten-year age limit.

Tang San thinks now that when he and Jerry fought, and both sides had been fighting for a long time and their soul power was severely depleted, he could just take out a Recovery Pill and a Restoration Pill, eat them, and immediately be restored to full health.

Tang San feels that he sees some of Jerry's methods very clearly now.

Jerry, aren't you a Spirit Guidance user?

Learn about the Magnetic Force Array.

The Magnetic Force Array is a type of Level 7 Array; Tang San specifically studied this array and engraved more than a dozen Array Disks, keeping them in his ring.

Tang San feels that victory is within his grasp.

Let's talk about Yu Xiaogang, who had finally managed to memorize various materials.

Just as he was preparing to study other things, he saw a new document.

The document stated that in order to learn how to make Soul Guidance Devices faster, we should not think about researching and developing them ourselves first, but rather practice with already mature Soul Guidance Device blueprints.

Only when one's rank as a Soul Guidance Master is high should one think about independently developing new types of Soul Guidance Devices.

To learn that kind of Soul Guidance Device, you only need to memorize the material knowledge required for that specific Soul Guidance Device; you don't need to look at everything.

After your rank as a Soul Guidance Master increases and you look back, you will already know a lot of the material knowledge, and at that time, you only need to memorize the few materials you still don't recognize.

……

After finishing this document, Yu Xiaogang almost vomited blood.

He had finally managed to memorize the knowledge of all the materials, only to find out that it wasn't necessary; learning and memorizing at the same time is easier.

Who said that to become a Soul Guidance Master, one must first understand the knowledge of materials?

He suddenly remembered that learning material knowledge first seemed to be something Tang San told him before.

Tang San has misled me!

This cannot be blamed on Tang San either; Tang San was only stating his own understanding at the time, which made it seem like being a Soul Guidance Master was relatively difficult to learn, and there was a reason he hadn't mastered it.

What is Tang San's status?

A part-time Blacksmith.

His understanding is flawless.

If you memorize all the materials first, then after learning to make a Level 1 Soul Guidance Device, you can develop new Level 1 Soul Guidance Devices.

With so many materials recorded in your brain, you can mix and match them at will, without having to wait until your Soul Guidance Master profession reaches a high level to develop Soul Guidance Devices.

Others wait many years to develop new types of Soul Guidance Devices, but once you learn a Level 1 Soul Guidance Device, you can start developing.

This speed is many years ahead of others!

So is there anything wrong with this understanding?

Absolutely nothing wrong.

It's just like someone who becomes a security guard at twenty; they have avoided forty years of detours compared to others.

Anger is anger, but Yu Xiaogang still has to continue studying.

He directly copies the Rule Runes and skips this item entirely.

He continues to copy the design and construction blueprints of the Soul Guidance Devices and skips them.

Now he can learn to engrave Rule Runes and make Soul Guidance Devices.

In an instant, Yu Xiaogang felt his learning progress improve by a large margin.

However, Yu Xiaogang learned from experience this time and did not rush to make Soul Guidance Devices, but continued to browse other relevant information for Soul Guidance Masters.

He finally discovered a new area.

Assembly line production of Soul Guidance Devices.

As the demand for Soul Guidance Devices grew larger and larger, the number of Soul Guidance Masters was clearly insufficient, so to solve the problem of Soul Guidance Devices, the Spirit Hall launched an assembly line production model.

There are specialized people to research the design and construction blueprints of Soul Guidance Devices.

The research results are handed over to the construction department, and then the construction department puts all its effort into construction and production.

Afterward, the constructed exterior of the Soul Guidance Device is handed over to the engraving department, which is specifically responsible for engraving.

Finally, inspectors are specifically responsible for testing every Soul Guidance Device, and after they pass, they are packaged and sold.

Because of this assembly line, Soul Guidance Masters have a division of labor.

Soul Guidance design, exterior construction, and Rune engraving.

Soul Guidance Masters are divided into three types of work.

Besides the Soul Guidance Masters within the Spirit Hall who are divided this way, Soul Guidance Masters on the outside have also begun to imitate this.

Now, when you open the online mall and click on the Soul Guidance Device category, there are those who specifically sell design blueprints, those who specifically sell already constructed exteriors, and those responsible for taking orders to engrave Runes.

Every Soul Guidance Master has different ideas, so the blueprints and the Soul Guidance Devices without engraved Runes are strange and varied, with all kinds of styles.

But whether they can ultimately meet the design requirements still depends on the Rune engraving part.

Yu Xiaogang picked the Soul Guidance Device exterior he liked, placed an order directly, and bought more than a dozen Level 1 Soul Guidance Devices without engraved Runes.

Yu Xiaogang saw that Rune engraving is the main thing; he will leave the exterior construction to Tang San in the future, as he is from a family of Blacksmiths and is relatively skilled at this.

The unengraved Soul Guidance Devices were delivered very quickly.

Yu Xiaogang, filled with excitement, began to engrave.

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(End of chapter)