The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 398 Internal Forging Method

In total, Wang Wu resolved the matter concerning ordinary people in just over ten minutes.

Mortals don't need to leave the city for now, but the 1.5 billion points of demonic energy outside the city will have to be dealt with sooner or later. This stuff will also corrode the city walls and deplete the protective effect of the Hidden Yuan Bell. Its impact on the base of the Hidden Yuan Bell is no less than that of a slow-acting toxin.

However, with someone causing trouble and under the constraint of the Hidden Origin Society's permanent neutrality, it would be quite difficult for Wang Wu to solve this problem.

"I can't follow their pace. If I want to deal with the demonic energy, they might already have a number of plans ready for me. So I need to change my approach and try to strike at the root of the problem."

Wang Wu pondered. The 15 billion point of demonic energy outside was like the stock market index. If he dared to enter the market to save it, the other side would dare to block him. If he didn't enter the market to save it, the other side would slowly erode it.

So—let's go big.

Wang Wu sneered, "Just because you can't kill people doesn't mean you can't harvest them, right?"

Take your time.

At that moment, an idea had already formed in his mind, a flash of inspiration that had crossed his mind before.

That is, could the base of the Hidden Origin Bell be upgraded further?

The Hidden Origin Bell is very powerful, but it is limited by the load-bearing capacity of the base. In reality, it can only exert up to 50% of its power at present. Thus, after withstanding 15 attacks from immortal artifacts, the base will inevitably collapse and short-circuit.

So even though there are 108 pillars supporting the sky, in reality only a dozen or so need to be completely destroyed for the Hidden Origin Bell to stop, which is a mismatch.

However, as long as the quality of the base is improved by one level, the power that the Hidden Yuan Bell can exert will increase step by step. Then, the many problems that seem complicated and troublesome at the moment will no longer be problems at all.

What's even more interesting is that if the new person in charge takes office directly, Wang Wu can't actually do anything; at most, he can only help repair the base.

But now that he has become the acting head, his authority has been expanded to almost the maximum, so naturally he also has the authority to upgrade the base.

"Well, for a fifth-grade eternal immortal artifact, the best quality base is a fifth-grade Heavenly base, but the cost is too high. Currently, all the bases are eighth-grade Heavenly bases. So, we can upgrade it to seventh-grade Heavenly base, which will allow the Hidden Origin Bell to exert about seventy percent of its power."

Wang Wu examined the items while pondering them.

He thought this was really feasible.

As for how to upgrade the Xuan Tie Qing Tian Zhu (玄铁擎天柱), it's actually quite simple.

It's like tempering your natal flying sword, or like tempering your natal demon weapon.

Just throw resources at it like crazy.

But the key issue is that even if resources are destroyed, the ownership of the Hidden Origin Bell does not belong to the person who destroyed the resources.

It will always belong to the Hidden Origin Society.

So even though Song Guangming has been in charge here for three thousand years, he's just a paperhanger.

If Wang Wu were to upgrade the Xuan Tie Qingtian Pillar now, it would be tantamount to paying out of his own pocket to contribute to the Yin Yuan Society.

His own natal demon weapon and natal flying sword haven't even had a chance to be upgraded yet.

but--

"Things should be viewed from two sides. Using these resources to exchange for eight hundred years of peaceful cultivation is actually quite worthwhile."

"Besides, even Song Guangming can govern here for three thousand years, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to govern here for five thousand years. The more I invest, the higher the compatibility between this Hidden Origin Bell and me will be. I'll practically be the local tyrant here, backed by the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance, extorting and blackmailing the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance. Isn't that great?"

"You wouldn't want the Dragon Head City branch to have to relocate, would you?"

"That's it!"

Wang Wu made a decision: "You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub." He would first use his own money to build a branch altar, and he would always be able to recoup his costs and make a huge profit.

Moreover, the branch altar's treasury also has a considerable amount of black iron in stock, enough to supply about one-fifth of the upgrade needs, and the remaining four-fifths can be made up with his stock.

Wang Wu's wealth is still quite substantial to this day.

The spiritual energy is a bit lacking; even with all our efforts, we've only managed to scrape together 200 million.

The total number of the five elements in the human body has dwindled to only 200,000 strands, a poverty that is utterly appalling.

Only in the area of ​​refined black iron are they truly wealthy.

First, there was the large amount of refined black iron left by his former good brother Liu Zongbai. Even with all the commotion Wang Wu has done over the years, upgrading the accompanying iron essence, he hasn't used up even a fifth of it.

Then there was his close friend, the Mud Turtle, who left Wang Wu a large amount of refined black iron. Although the amount was not as much as what Liu Zongbai left behind, the thing was that it also left behind two huge turtle shells. The prefix of "first-grade magic treasure with innate bloodline"—how comfortable is that?

In the life-or-death battle, the Mud Turtle used its trump card, the Iron Turtle, whose shell has an extremely high iron content.

Without further ado, let's take action immediately!
Wang Wu's plan is to complete the upgrade within six months.

"Hey bro, do me a favor. From now on, you're my brother!"

Wang Wu said a lot of nice things to the companion iron spirit, and it finally reluctantly agreed.

Yes, how could such a large-scale project be complete without associated iron concentrate?

"call out!"

Wang Wu brought the companion iron spirit to a towering pillar. Without even choosing an auspicious time, Wang Wu activated the Ruyi An Shen Fa (a magical technique) and transformed into a speck of dust. He then used the companion iron spirit to clear a path, first drilling a hole in the pillar until he reached its center. He then carried the companion iron spirit back.

Then, the location was redefined, and after drilling nine lines in this way, the pillar was basically cut off from the nine layers of fire formation above it, and entered a state of being scrapped and awaiting repair.

This is necessary. Otherwise, the power of the Hidden Origin Bell will continue to amplify it.

After doing all this, Wang Wu went to the top of the Optimus Prime.

Here, you can see the true appearance of the Hidden Origin Bell, a fifth-grade eternal immortal artifact.

It's huge! It's enormous, a colossal object spanning three hundred miles, perched atop a towering peak. Inside, there are countless mechanisms and magic arrays, all connected and combined by an unknown and mysterious immortal array, ultimately forming a single entity.

Even with Wang Wu's current level of knowledge, he finds it hard to understand, and doesn't want to understand, because it's obvious that this is not something that a single immortal could accomplish. It must have required a dozen or even dozens of immortals, who poured their hearts and souls into creating it, spending an unknown amount of time.

This is simply the pinnacle of the cultivation industry.

The power contained within it is far beyond what ordinary immortal artifacts can compare to.

This is not some kind of permanent immortal artifact; it's more like the pinnacle of heavy industrial mecha technology in the cultivation world.

Every time Wang Wu faced this thing, all he could do was praise it.

Moreover, the sense of security this thing gives him is the kind that instantly increases by 10000.

"If an ordinary person saw this, they would surely mistake it for a god!"

After sighing, Wang Wu began to work.

At this moment, because the operation of the Ninefold Calamity Fire Array had been cut off from the pillar, the connection between the Hidden Origin Bell and the pillar had automatically broken off, which was also for the convenience of maintenance.

Alternatively, the entire Optimus Prime could be uprooted and recast.

Wang Wu lacks the ability to reforge, but he has his advantages: level 18 spiritual essence, accompanying iron essence, and a massive amount of black iron resources.

"Get to work, buddy!"

Wang Wu gave a shout, and like a farmer driving an old ox, he helped the companion iron spirit to drill down directly into the center of Optimus Prime. He would even occasionally crack a small whip to give the companion iron spirit a show, making the iron spirit happy so that he could be happy too.

They drilled from the very top of Optimus Prime to the very bottom in one go, but they didn't need to drill through; they left a 50-centimeter thickness.

The old ox plowed the field and finished the first round.

Next, the four clowns will take the stage. They need to calculate how many line segments to divide a cylinder into to ensure even heating and to allow for the application of the internal forging method.

The so-called internal forging method was actually Wang Wu's own idea.

"The core secret of internal forging lies in the fact that the pressure comes from the inside but is not transmitted to the outside. That is, its outer shell can remain unchanged, but its inner essence undergoes a qualitative change."

At this moment, Wang Wu revealed his initial idea.

He didn't know if it would work, but it was indeed the experience and inspiration he had accumulated from the previous repairs of Optimus Prime.

If internal repairs can be performed without affecting the overall stress distribution on Optimus Prime, why can't internal upgrades be performed?
"Go to hell with your ancestors! You little brat, what can you do besides act on a whim? How could such a thing be possible?!"

"That's right, that's right. Even though we updated our database from the Divine Turtle Clan, we've never seen this so-called internal forging method. It's utter rubbish! Great-grandson, don't be delusional!"

……

The four clowns vehemently opposed it.

"Opposition overruled, calculate it for me! If you can't figure it out, you're locked up!"

"Never mind whether I can do it or not, all you need to do is calculate for me a diagram showing the distribution of holes inside Optimus Prime that allow for even heat dissipation and uniform stress distribution!"

"Remember, make sure the heating and stress are even, and make sure there are no blind spots."

"But wouldn't that mean you'd have to hollow out the entire interior of Optimus Prime?"

"It's not about hollowing it out. If you hollow it out, then the direction of the force will become the outer shell. Instead, it should be hollowed out like a maze, you know? I will melt the black iron and turn it into liquid black iron. I need the pressure I inject to be evenly distributed on every point, not just on the outer shell."

Wang Wu continuously provided the four clowns with his ideas, then tormented them into repeated calculations and deductions. Based on the calculation results, he continued to provide ideas until the ideas were gradually perfected...

During this process, the four clowns were filled with resentment and even wanted to rebel, but the computing power also wanted to rebel. What were they thinking?

Wang Wu swiftly suppressed them.

However, the four clowns were quite capable. They spent a full half month working day and night, and they actually came up with a seemingly effective and perfect solution in Wang Wu's eyes, although it was too complicated.

"Don't blame us. We are only responsible for calculating whether it's feasible and fulfilling your requirements. Whether you, as the construction company, can handle it is none of our business."

The four clowns started watching the drama unfold, not wanting it to get any worse.

Wang Wu frowned as he looked at the construction drawings with the accompanying iron essence.

Damn, it's incredibly dense. According to this construction plan, the entire Xuan Tie Sky Pillar will be even more massive than a honeycomb or a termite nest.

From top to bottom, vertically, five straight holes need to be drilled, which is fine.

But what does it mean that 3.6 million transverse holes need to be drilled on the parallel section?
The associated iron ore is about to rise up in rebellion.

It is true that it is a by-product of iron production, but it cannot be used as livestock.

"Shh, calm down! This matter is over, I'll find you a wife!"

As a result, the associated iron concentrate jumped around even more violently.

Sure enough, it's very happy too. You want a home too, right?
(End of this chapter)