Chapter 254: Space Opening (Combined)

After completing his Rank Two Artisan certification, Li Ang returned home.

This afternoon he had arranged to meet Lu Ke, wanting to see what big business the Young Master had introduced him to.

Li Ang had asked what the big business was, but Lu Ke had kept it mysterious and refused to say.

Although he had gained unexpected rewards during the assessment, he had no intention of changing his next plans.

After all, even establishing an Alchemical workshop under the 【Profound Miracle】 was merely for convenience in purchasing Life Planets.

Before that, Li Ang still planned to first acquire a starship and try his luck.

'I still need to earn money quickly.'

With this thought, Li Ang began reviewing what items he currently had that could be sold.

Alchemical items need no explanation—they were clearly his next flagship product; besides those, it was the Puppet Corps.

However, the Puppet Corps from the Naruto world were unsuitable for sale, as these puppets required the user to actively control them, unless Li Ang could combine them with the Corpse Guardian technique.

But before that, he needed to first reclass as a 【Puppeteer】.

'I mustn't stop researching Space Opening—small Space Rings could also be sold as High-end products.'

With the Shadow Clone Technique, Li Ang was temporarily unconcerned about production capacity, and his products largely targeted the mid-to-high-end market.

'I can also study the Sharingan and White Zetsu when I have time.'

Thank you, Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu, for your gifts.

Actually, between the Sharingan and White Zetsu, Li Ang felt White Zetsu was superior as biological material, since it made an excellent base.

Thinking of this, he casually opened the platform backed by the Federation's official authority and posted an offer for Alchemical work.

Before building a reputation, every bit counts.

After a brief plan, Li Ang couldn't help remarking: "I've become half a bucket account."

Right now, whether in direct combat, logistics, or support, he possessed corresponding methods.

While waiting for Lu Ke, Li Ang took out the scroll from the Naruto world, specifically designed for storing items, and began studying it.

After so long of research, he had begun to understand the essence of this technique—it was essentially a fusion of Space-Time Ninjutsu and Sealing Arts.

'In that case.'

Li Ang stroked his chin, and immediately a bluish-red energy began to leak from his body.

Not only that, gold light began to glow in his eyes.

Since he wanted to learn Space Opening, he certainly wouldn't use the Naruto method to accomplish this step, and there were fundamental differences between the two.

The Space Creator created by Space Opening possesses authority—unless Li Ang permits it, no one else can enter this space.

Unless someone like Lu Mingfei has a connection to what is called World Truth.

Of course, Li Ang could also use Barrier techniques to prevent certain beings from forcibly breaching his opened space.

After calmly settling his emotions, Li Ang unfolded a vast Alchemical matrix beneath his feet, instantly encompassing the entire room.

Recalling the techniques of Space-Time Ninjutsu from the Naruto world, his expression remained utterly still.

Then

He forcibly pried open a spatial rift with the Alchemical matrix, then violently expanded it.

Boom—

A crisp sound rang out; an indelible blackness rapidly expanded and swallowed the small house.

【Completed a high-difficulty Alchemical task, Artisan experience +5846】.

'Success.'

Looking at the scene before him, Li Ang retracted the Alchemical matrix extending from his body and exhaled softly.

【Learned a technique from the Seven Kingdoms of Alchemy (√)】.

The difficulty of Space Opening lies in how to capture the spatial veins and how to stabilize and control this space.

For the former, Li Ang took a shortcut using Naruto's Space-Time Ninjutsu; as for the latter—

Long Wang naturally possesses talent in this area.

This is why Nibelungen and Long Wang in the Dragon Clan world are inseparable.

'In that case, once 【Dragon Vein Alchemist】 reaches max level, I can reclass.'

As Li Ang thought this, he took out from his Space Ring the metal he had acquired in the Naruto world and never used.

As the Heaven-and-Earth Furnace activated, the metal was rapidly smelted and forged into the 【Resilience】 array, then connected together under the Alchemical matrix's influence.

With prior experience building an Alchemical workshop, he now handled these tasks with ease.

Soon, the black space transformed into an Alchemical workshop of roughly three hundred square meters.

Dense, elegant patterns surfaced on the metal walls, with occasional golden streams of light flashing across them.

In truth, if Li Ang wished, he could continue expanding this space.

According to his estimate, his rented room could accommodate roughly twelve hundred cubic meters of space.

'Forget it—it's just a small outpost.'

After brief consideration, Li Ang abandoned the idea; he couldn't stay in this rented room forever, and this small Alchemical workshop was merely a temporary solution.

With a slight thought, the neat, spacious Alchemical workshop instantly vanished, replaced by the cramped, narrow rented room.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Ang let out a quiet laugh, then returned to his Alchemical workshop.

……

"Oh come on, Papiqi, don't you know who I am?"

A sleek black vehicle came to a steady stop by the roadside; a young man wearing sunglasses and dressed flamboyantly stepped out.

Then he turned and pulled out a massive water tank from inside.

Hearing the young man's words, the water tank emitted a clear female voice: "Precisely because I know who you are, I'm worried you've been scammed."

"..." Hearing these words, a hint of embarrassment appeared on the young man's face, then he said matter-of-factly, "Li Ang is different. My father has met him too."

"Viceroy Obiwan?" The water tank paused for a moment. "Then it seems there shouldn't be any problem, but why would the master you mentioned live in a place where low-class plants reside?"

As it spoke, the water tank spun around once, seemingly observing a place it would absolutely never come to under normal circumstances.

After a while, she said with some disdain: "Are you sure it's really this way? No matter how you look at it, an alchemy master wouldn't live in a place like this, right?"

Facing the water tank's questioning, the young man shrugged: "Ah, don't worry about such details."

"Isn't it perfectly normal for a master to have a little quirk?"

Although he said this, in truth he was also feeling a bit uneasy inside, unable to understand why his friend would choose to rent a place here.

If he really was short on money, wouldn't it be fine to just say so to him directly?

While speaking, the young man had already brought the water tank in front of a somewhat dilapidated house.

He stepped forward and knocked on the door, calling out: "It's me, Lu Ke."

A few seconds later, a voice came from inside the house: "Come in, the door's not locked."

Hearing this, Lu Ke immediately turned the doorknob and opened the door, and a space completely different from the house's exterior was immediately imprinted into his eyes.

?

He slammed the door shut, wondering if he had seen wrong.

After a while, Lu Ke asked somewhat stiffly to the water tank beside him: "... Did you see that?"

"If my sensory organs aren't malfunctioning, the space inside the house doesn't match its actual size." The water tank's tone was calm, as if nothing had happened just now.

Realizing it wasn't his own illusion, Lu Ke took a deep breath, then yanked the door open.

At this moment, a voice came from inside the house.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and come in."

Looking at the man with pale blue light flowing in his right eye, Lu Ke was certain he hadn't come to the wrong place.

He walked into the house with the water tank beside him, his face stiff as he surveyed the surrounding environment.

What the hell did he get dragged into?!

Just as Lu Ke was feeling somewhat bewildered, Li Ang had already poured him some water.

With his current perception, Li Ang had already detected Lu Ke before he even reached the door, as well as the strange water tank beside him.

Describing it as a water tank isn't quite accurate—it should be said to be the good-looking aquatic plant inside the water tank.

After a brief silence, Li Ang was the first to open the topic: "It's been a while, Lu Ke."

Hearing the voice, Lu Ke immediately snapped back to his senses.

But just as he was about to say something, he saw the water tank beside him quickly rush in front of his friend.

"Bro, you smell so good."

?

Not to mention Lu Ke, even Li Ang couldn't help but be stunned.

He watched the water tank continuously circling around him, falling into silence for a moment.

After a while, Lu Ke reacted, hurriedly stepping forward to hug the water tank: "Restrain yourself, Papachi! You have racial segregation—you're destined to have no future together!"

"And you're still a minor!"

At these words, the corner of Li Ang's eye couldn't help but twitch.

Honestly, the development of events was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Fortunately, after this commotion, the water tank finally calmed down.

Seeing this, Lu Ke immediately breathed a sigh of relief—he didn't want his friend to be summoned to the federal court the next day.

Speaking of which, how should a dragon and a plant... cough.

Lu Ke stopped his rather curious thoughts, then said: "Li Ang, this is Papachi, the nine-hundred-and-seventy-second Young Lady of the Clear Chill Tree Clan."

?

How much?

Just as Li Ang was wondering if he had misheard, the water tank Papachi introduced herself in a shy tone: "Hello, Mr. Li, I'm Papachi, sixty-four years old this year, my hobbies are..."

"Stop, Papachi, we didn't come here for you to find a partner today, and you haven't reached the age yet either."

Lu Ke hurriedly interrupted Papachi.

He felt that his old friend had been acting strange ever since seeing Li Ang—could the attraction dragons have toward the opposite sex really be this strong?

To change the subject, Lu Ke began to survey the precise alchemy workshop before him: "Li Ang, this really is—"

Obviously, this space shouldn't belong to a rental apartment of only thirty-something square meters.

Even though Lu Ke was the son of a planetary Viceroy, this was the first time he had seen such a situation.

It wasn't that he had never been to other alchemy workshops—many alchemy workshops did indeed have their own unique aspects.

But he had never seen an alchemy workshop as special as his friend's.

"Just a little trick."

Li Ang shook his head slightly.

But even as he said this, he still kicked the one person and one plant into the original rental apartment, then brought them back.

Seeing this, Lu Ke opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.