Chapter 244

Of course, this thing is definitely not for my wife to use.

Mainly, Lu Yuan wanted to practice his skills.

What Lu Yuan prepares for his wife will definitely be high-level.

This first‑level stuff, Lu Yuan feels, is useless.

Although Lu Yuan also doesn't know what level the first, second tiers correspond to in this world.

But Lu Yuan just feels that first‑level isn't up to par.

So, no matter what, he needs to make something third‑ or fifth‑level.

Lu Yuan glanced at it; the materials Ji Lingxiao gave him are at most third‑level materials.

Moreover, there's only one portion of such high‑level material.

If Lu Yuan accidentally ruins it, it's gone for good, and then he'll have to wait for Ji Lingxiao to return and ask for more.

But having said that, even if he waits for Ji Lingxiao to return and gets the materials, Lu Yuan won't make it for his wife on the spot.

Lu Yuan thinks that this kind of close‑body protective item, in a fantasy novel, is called a trump card.

That is, something no one can know, no one can be aware of.

At a critical moment, it suddenly unleashes its power.

That's when it's useful.

You say you've made these close‑body protective magic items for your wife; when Ji Lingxiao sees that Su Liyan already has everything, he won't need to worry himself.

So this matter has to be done secretly.

Lu Yuan looked at the materials and requirements for making the Gold Gulu Stick.

He pondered it over.

Lu Yuan leapt out of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Fire up the furnace!

Start!

The temperature instantly rose seven or eight degrees; for this midsummer day, the temperature in this little courtyard would be around thirty or forty degrees.

It's truly scorching and hard to bear.

But fortunately, whether it's Lu Yuan or his two wives, they are all cultivators.

They won't feel any discomfort from the seven‑ or eight‑degree rise.

Afterward, Lu Yuan began earnestly refining the Golden Hoop Staff, while Gu Qingwan and Su Liyan sat at a distance.

One side watching the furnace blazing with fierce flames, the other side watching, chatting, talking.

Lu Yuan was refining a magic item for the first time, but he did not show any flustered haste.

Perhaps thanks to the Dao Heart and the Holy Body's blessing, Lu Yuan's train of thought remained very clear.

About two or three hours later.

Lu Yuan effortlessly forged the legendary Ruyi Golden Cudgel.

Speaking of which, among men born in the 90s, who hasn't fantasized as a child about becoming a flower?

The style of this golden cudgel could be chosen by Lu Yuan himself, and he could even have characters engraved on it, but Lu Yuan still opted for the 1986 classic version.

The middle is steel-colored, while the ends are yellow.

With a wave of Lu Yuan's hand, the golden cudgel inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace instantly flew toward him, and Lu Yuan steadily caught it.

Held in hand, the golden cudgel feels heavy and substantial.

Gu Qingwan and Su Liyan also hurried over to see what their man had produced.

At this moment, Lu Yuan was estimating the weapon's weight, hmm……

It really is quite heavy.

Speaking of which, Lu Yuan's actual strength is Golden Core, and thanks to his Holy Body, this ten‑thousand‑catty thing poses no difficulty for him.

Afterward, Lu Yuan, in front of his two wives, made the golden cudgel grow larger and smaller.

The two women stared at what Lu Yuan had produced, involuntarily blinking, this……

At that very moment, a clear, cold voice sounded in Lu Yuan's mind.

【Ding, congratulations to the host for first crafting a first‑tier treasure from the "God·Artisan's Heart", reward: "God·Metallurgy".】

Huh??

Hearing this voice, Lu Yuan couldn't help but startle.

Hiss.

This god is indeed a god; this reward is truly not stingy at all.

Immediately, Lu Yuan extinguished the Six Ding Divine Fire, put away the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and took out the 'God·Metallurgy' from the system's storage space.

Having just forged the golden cudgel, Lu Yuan now knew the score.

With his own strength, as long as materials are sufficient, crafting at least fourth‑ or fifth‑tier items poses no problem.

Even further, Lu Yuan felt……

Even if it were an eighth‑ or ninth‑tier supreme artifact, giving Lu Yuan a few more trial‑and‑error chances, he could still produce it.

Because Lu Yuan had also glanced at the refinement method for the eighth‑ or ninth‑tier supreme artifacts in the 'God·Artisan's Heart' just earlier.

The book's described fire‑control requirements and how to manage them, Lu Yuan felt he could handle.

Perhaps it can't reach a hundred percent standard, but at the very least it'll be usable!

Of course, given current material limits, Lu Yuan can at most craft a third‑ or fourth‑tier artifact.

After putting away the furnace, Lu Yuan prepared to find a place to lie down and see what the 'God·Metallurgy' is.

Of course, Lu Yuan isn't illiterate; seeing the two characters 'metallurgy' he could roughly guess what it was.

But the specifics still need to be checked.

And Gu Qingwan, looking at Lu Yuan in front of her, said somewhat dazedly:

Ah?? Is it already over??

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, looked at Gu Qingwan and raised his eyebrows, saying:

Just now was just a test; afterward we'll watch and learn—you get what? You're doubting your man, right?!

Seeing Lu Yuan like that, Gu Qingwan couldn't help but give him a charming white-eye, saying:

Okay, okay, big sis wouldn't dare~

And Lu Yuan then pulled his two wives into his embrace, saying:

First, let's do a simple practice to warm up, then we'll study, and finally I'll make something really awesome for Liyan!

Lu Yuan rubbed with his left hand and pinched with his right, making the two wives in his arms blush and become infinitely shy.

The two of them didn't doubt Lu Yuan's words at all.

However, what Gu Qingwan and Su Liyan are more curious about is:

"Brother, where did you learn all this? Was it given to you by that Ji Lingxiao?"

The books Lu Yuan is reading don't seem to be from the box Ji Lingxiao gave; they're something Lu Yuan found somewhere unknown.

Lu Yuan froze, suddenly not knowing how to explain.

Before, all these strange things were said to come from reading books.

But this kind of book…

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said:

"Of course I researched it myself; before there were no materials, so I just followed my own ideas and recorded them. Now that we have materials, I'll try it out myself."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, both Gu Qingwan and Su Liyan stared at him in astonishment.

Gu Qingwan blinked and said:

"This can also be self-researched…"

Gu Qingwan is no ordinary person; as the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are many records of immortals in the dynasty's imperial library.

Before, Gu Qingwan hadn't really paid attention, but ever since Lu Yuan and Su Liyan dragged her into insisting on body tempering.

When Gu Qingwan has free time, she also likes to dig these things out and examine them.

Regarding these things of the cultivation world, Gu Qingwan has a rough idea in her mind.

That is, things in the cultivation world require a lot of time to refine.

It's not like you can just think of something today and, with a few clinks, be done.

For example, some especially high-level things take thousands, even tens of thousands of years, refined jointly by generations.

That her man could just casually research it and…

Ah~~~

Before Gu Qingwan could finish thinking, she felt her man's hand pinch hard at her waist—not painful, but the spot was embarrassingly intimate.

Accompanied by Gu Qingwan's moan, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows, looking at her dissatisfiedly, and said:

"You don't believe your man's words again?"

Then Gu Qingwan looked around, saw no one, and slightly pursed her lips, acting coquettishly:

"Ah, big sis didn't say she didn't believe, just curious to ask~"

"With that much force~ you've pinched big sis sore~"

Gu Qingwan used to rarely act coquettish, unlike her elder wife's personality.

But occasionally acting coquettish is really alluring.

Lu Yuan also grinned, hehe-ing as he looked at Gu Qingwan and said:

"Then I'll rub the wives some more~"

After Gu Qingwan gave Lu Yuan a charming white-eye, she blushed, knocked his mischievous hand away, and said coquettishly:

"You only bully big sis, and never bully Liyan."

Lu Yuan then raised his eyebrows and said:

"Liyan is so well-behaved; why would I bully Liyan?"

On the other side of Lu Yuan's embrace, Su Liyan pursed her lips and chuckled:

"Right~ I'm this well-behaved~ big bro definitely won't bully me~"

……

Time flew like a shuttle, like a white colt passing a gap; two months passed in a hurry.

During these two months:

Lu Yuan really was busy every day to the point of dizziness.

In the mornings Lu Yuan would free up time to go to Qingbei Daxue; the previous month, Lu Yuan taught the drilling platform, oil and gas separation.

In one month's time, Lu Yuan not only taught the people of Qingbei Daxue, but also completely built all the facilities of the drilling platform.

The Great Zhou Dynasty now makes such things quickly.

Mainly, as Lu Yuan's inventions increase, and they are all Earth's technology.

There are many lathes, workshops, etc., that can be taken and used directly.

Unlike when making a train, where some parts— the Great Zhou Dynasty doesn't have such lathes— so they'd have to be remade.

But now it's not like that.

Many things are matching sets, so basically the parts Lu Yuan needs can be produced quickly.

And after the drilling platform's parts were sent to the Great Zhou Dynasty's northwest a month ago, these things also began to be assembled and built locally.

Lu Yuan didn't go.

Lu Yuan selected several students with the best grades in learning the drilling platform and sent them.

Well, that's where Qingbei Daxue comes in.

The purpose of Lu Yuan founding Qingbei Daxue is also this.

Lu Yuan is capable and powerful, but he can't be in two places at once.

So, let Qingbei Daxue's students supervise the work.

In this month's time, over there they've already almost built half of it.

The place where oil was discovered is really too remote; even the train can't get there.

After the train reaches outside the pass, those heavy machinery, large ironware, etc., can only be moved by manpower and animal power, so it's naturally slow.

But it's also fast; in about another month, it'll be almost ready to start.

In the first month at Qingbei Daxue, Lu Yuan explained the drilling platform's oil-gas separation technology and refining technology.

In the second month, he began lecturing the Qingbei Daxue students on the fuel turbine.

Earth's technology is all about inheritance, upgrading, and then modification.

The people at Qingbei Daxue all started learning from the steam engine; having learned the steam engine, the fuel turbine isn't that complicated.

Or rather, everyone already has some foundation.

During this second month, basically speaking, the people at Qingbei Daxue have more or less learned it.

Of course, whether they learn it or not, Lu Yuan only teaches it once.

Those who don't understand just ask classmates and study on their own.

This is what Lu Yuan does in the morning over these two months; in the afternoon and evening, he has even more things to do.

Time waits for no one.

Before, Lu Yuan would learn whatever came to mind.

These days, if he doesn't learn it right away, he doesn't bother, waiting until he needs it to study.

This won't do now; his big wife is about to set off soon, so Lu Yuan must quickly understand and then make good things for his wife.

So, now he really studies earnestly every day; even compared to the college entrance exam back then, it's not as serious as this.

As for a person, as long as they put in effort, they're bound to learn something.

Lu Yuan really hasn't studied in vain.

The book "Divine Metallurgy" literally means, simply put, letting two materials combine into one to become a new type of material.

The knowledge points in this book are truly many; even if Lu Yuan studies hard, studies hard, he hasn't finished learning it all, having learned only about a third.

However, Lu Yuan now knows the basics of extracting metal or metal compounds from ores and, using various processing methods, making metal materials with certain properties.

This is basic metallurgy, while the later part of "Divine Metallurgy" contains more advanced techniques.

For example, is this thing called black silk rather fragile?

"Ga," a tear, and it's ruined.

As for dragon scales, they are extremely hard, incomparably hard, with very strong defensive ability.

And this "Divine Metallurgy" can combine two things into one.

For example, turning it into black silk that has the defensive power of dragon scales!

Of course, Lu Yuan is just giving an example; this isn't strictly rigorous, but roughly that's the meaning.

Those fancy things, Lu Yuan still hasn't figured them out.

What Lu Yuan has figured out now is just the basics.

And even these basics are quite fantastical; now Lu Yuan can use some ore, even pig iron, steel, etc., to metallurgically produce something stronger than the materials given by Ji Lingxiao.

Lu Yuan isn't lacking materials now; he can use metallurgy to refine them.

Even if he can't produce the standard materials from "Divine Craftsmanship," he can still make ones with comparable or even better performance.

Of course, if better materials are given to Lu Yuan, he can make them even better and more advanced.

For example, with some of the materials left by Ji Lingxiao, Lu Yuan uses two different materials to metallurgically forge something stronger.

Lu Yuan plans to wait until he meets Ji Lingxiao, then get some key strong materials and forge something even more awesome!

In the previous month, Lu Yuan just studied, studying the properties of various materials and whether they're suitable to be placed together for metallurgy.

In the following month, Lu Yuan began to actually make things.

Lu Yuan made an extreme amount; some were just following the book, that is, the things from "Divine Craftsmanship."

And many were Lu Yuan's own creations.

After all, a truly good student not only does exercises, but also researches and creates new problems.

Lu Yuan thus made many himself; he thought this material's properties were good, so he added a bit more, this one also good, that one also added a bit more.

The final products, though strange, when tested for effect, are really not bad.

During these two months, Lu Yuan has basically been busy every day with these things.

……

Early morning, outside the maternity ward of Huangcheng Third Hospital.

"Waa~ waa~ waa~~~"

As the delivery room door opened, the nurse, smiling, brought out a crying infant, looked at the tense-faced Lu Yuan and said:

"Lord Lu, it's a boy~"

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Yesterday was double monthly tickets; I said, how come suddenly over a thousand monthly tickets?

Yesterday I moved house; today I spent the whole day cleaning up, re-laid the network cables, and wore my buddies out.

(End of chapter)