Chapter 558

True Lord Ciji's gaze swept repeatedly over the design drawings Zhang Yu had sent, only to find that even with her foundation, cultivation, and years of accumulated experience in artifact crafting, she could hardly offer any direction for modification.

At most she could suggest a few details, but that was likely because she didn't understand the design philosophy for college students and this market.

Moreover, looking at the design, she felt an ease—every clever idea seemed to align perfectly with her own preferences.

"At least from a technical standpoint, this pair of boots has achieved the ultimate balance between performance and cost at the Qi-Refining realm."

"Anything with better performance basically cannot be cheaper than this."

"Anything cheaper would struggle to surpass it in performance."

"If I were to make a similar magical artifact, I would likely design it the same way."

So True Lord Ciji couldn't help but wonder: "Did Zhang Yu really design this?"

"Did he find someone to help?"

But after another look at the design, she thought to herself that achieving this level of design probably wasn't something just anyone could do.

So True Lord Ciji couldn't help asking about Zhang Yu's design philosophy and discussing some of the details with him.

When she saw Zhang Yu explaining the design process while sending other design drawings, True Lord Ciji was startled.

Looking at those drawings, she suddenly understood that Zhang Yu had most likely created all these designs himself.

After all, even if he asked for help, he couldn't have commissioned so many design drawings.

And although these designs seemed wildly imaginative and unconventional, they shared a consistent style.

True Lord Ciji could even see the underlying thread and sense how the designer, as he grew more familiar with college students and mastered the college-oriented content, developed an increasingly mature design style.

"Could Zhang Yu really be an artifact-crafting genius?"

"If he keeps up this pace, wins a few more awards, and sells a few more copyrights to big companies, in a few years he might become an expert in the field of college-level artifact crafting."

True Lord Ciji's gaze was now extremely complex, and she thought to herself: "Who would have thought that the student I took on for free would turn out to be the most gifted in artifact crafting I've accepted in years."

"Good. In two years, let Zhang Yu graduate early, then get him into a master's program. Once he quickly passes the Golden Core Certificate exam, he can come to the lab and help me generate profit."

…

After receiving True Lord Ciji's affirmation, Zhang Yu's confidence also soared.

But True Lord Ciji also reminded him: Your product design is excellent.

True Lord Ciji: But it might be a little too good. The old judges on the design competition panel might suspect you had someone else design it for you.

True Lord Ciji: They might even think I helped you design it.

Zhang Yu was startled and quickly asked: Teacher, so what should I do?

True Lord Ciji: It's not a big problem.

True Lord Ciji: Your work will definitely be selected among the top ten of the hundred schools and you'll be invited to the on-site award ceremony.

True Lord Ciji: Then they'll inevitably test the contestants' design abilities to determine the final ranking of the top ten.

True Lord Ciji: Prepare well and bring back a top-three placing.

Seeing True Lord Ciji's reply, Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the design competition was now fairly secure.

So after submitting the design as his competition entry, Zhang Yu refocused his attention on forging the Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword.

…

Time quickly arrived at the beginning of May.

In the lab, sword light flashed as the Level-20 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword slashed at the Mystic Steel before it.

With a crisp sound, the entire block of Mystic Steel was cleanly cut in two.

The cutting ability was only the most basic aspect of the Level-20 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword; what mattered was that its Taihao Moral Sword Intent had finally reached military-grade power.

But sword intent alone was not enough for Zhang Yu to choose this military-grade magical artifact.

Only after all twelve Taihao Sacred Law Flying Swords were completed and formed into a sword formation to construct the Taihao Lesser Spirit Realm would the true power of this military-grade artifact be revealed.

At this moment, Zhang Yu was simply testing the performance of the Level-20 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword and the effect of its sword intent.

Through this period of testing, Zhang Yu gradually gained an understanding of the sword intent he had condensed.

"In theory, although morality is defined by humans, it is inevitably influenced by the entire society. People living in society unconsciously construct their own moral standards according to the influence of the whole society."

"But although I am also influenced by Kunxu, after all, I come from Earth and have lived on Earth for a much longer time."

"Maybe in the future I will be completely changed as well?"

Zhang Yu wasn't sure, but at least at this very moment, behind him stood eight billion people on Earth, and in his mind there still existed a set of moral standards from Earth.

In Zhang Yu's heart... there were hardly any good people in all of Kunxu, and the higher you went, the fewer good people there were.

And under his testing, the Taihao Moral Sword Intent he had condensed was found to have greater power against people than against objects.

Zhang Yu speculated: "Could it be specially effective against people of Kunxu? The higher-ranking a Kunxu person is, the more the power of this sword intent is stimulated."

Whenever he thought of this, Zhang Yu felt the four-headed white bull in his mind roar loudly, as if calling out for something.

Shaking his head, Zhang Yu temporarily ended the flying sword test and looked at Ziyun Zhen and Su Yunni beside him: "Still not done?"

With the completion of the Level 20 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword, Zhang Yu's mastery of the blueprint had long since reached Level 20.

Now he only needed to refine eleven more Level 20 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Swords to complete the refinement of the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Array.

Yet, just as his skills were advancing rapidly, his assistants’ progress could not keep up, and they were starting to slow down the project.