Douluo: The Dragon King - I Planted the Divine Tree in Douluo.

"Director Ling, does our Tang Clan possess this kind of technology?"

Xu Li looked at Ling Zichen with surprise. As one of the top healing-type Soul Masters in the Tang Sect, how come she didn't know that the Tang Sect had this kind of technology?

Faced with Xu Li's questioning gaze, Ling Zichen smiled awkwardly and did not answer.

The Tang Clan certainly doesn't have this technology; it's her private research.

As a notorious mad scientist in the Tang Clan, Ling Zichen is not only responsible for researching new weapons, but also conducts some shady research in private, such as human modification.

Although she used herself as a test subject for her body modifications, the public doesn't care about that; they only know that she is undergoing body modifications.

To prevent this matter from being leaked and affecting the reputation of the Tang Clan, Ling Zichen had been secretly researching it on his own.

The reason for inviting Su Mo this time is that Su Mo has overdrawn his life force and will not live much longer.

Instead of wasting time trying to fulfill an impossible request, it's better to take a chance and give it a shot.

As long as Su Mo is willing to be her guinea pig, she is 80% confident that she can complete the research on human body modification before Su Mo turns eighteen.

Once her research is successful, Su Mo, as the first experimental subject, will be completely free from the shackles of lifespan and achieve mechanical ascension.

Seeing Ling Zichen's confident demeanor, Mu Xi was about to persuade Su Mo to consider it when she heard Su Mo confidently reject Ling Zichen's suggestion.

"Forget it, I prefer to take my own destiny into my own hands rather than place my hopes on others."

"In that case, I won't insist."

Ling Zichen wasn't surprised by Su Mo's rejection, since words alone weren't enough to prove anything.

Although she was capable of proving to Su Mo that what she said was true, she could not reveal her current research results to Su Mo in front of so many people.

This matter is truly shameful; if it gets out, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Seeing that Su Mo and Ling Zichen were silent, Xu Li whispered, "Director Ling, please step aside, I need to treat Su Mo."

Although she couldn't eliminate the aftereffects of Su Mo's overexertion of life force, healing Su Mo's injuries and restoring his normal mobility was still no problem.

After Ling Zichen and the others left, Xu Li raised her hand and a pale green tree shadow radiating a powerful life force appeared behind her.

This is Xu Li's Martial Soul Tree of Life, one of the most powerful plant-based Martial Souls, with a history dating back ten thousand years.

Under Xu Li's manipulation, countless lush green leaves gently drifted down from the shadows of the trees.

Each leaf shimmered with a faint green light, carrying a rich sense of life as it slowly drifted down onto Su Mo's body.

When these leaves came into contact with Su Mo's body, they immediately turned into specks of light that merged into Su Mo's body, flowing through his meridians to nourish his injured body.

Under Xu Li's treatment, a cool sensation swept over Su Mo's entire body. Su Mo felt completely refreshed and full of energy.

"Alright, Su Mo, your injuries have fully healed."

After confirming that Su Mo's injuries had been fully healed, Xu Li withdrew her martial spirit. "You can remove the bandages now."

"Um!"

Su Mo nodded, and with a sudden burst of strength, the bandages on her body were instantly torn into countless snowflake-like fragments.

"Phew, I'm finally free! I was about to suffocate!"

Su Mo, who had just jumped off the bed, let out a long breath and stretched her muscles in front of everyone.

"Beep beep~"

A message suddenly popped up on Ling Zichen's soul communication device.

While Xu Li was treating Su Mo, Ling Zichen had already informed Zang Xin, the deputy sect leader of the Tang Clan, of everything that had happened.

After learning that Mu Xi was Zhen Hua's niece, Zang Xin took the matter seriously and responded immediately.

After glancing at the information above, Ling Zichen said calmly to Su Mo, who was stretching, "We've received word from headquarters that we can grant you one not-too-outrageous request."

"It's not an unreasonable request..."

Su Mo frowned, pretending to be deep in thought.

This concept is too vague; whether it goes too far or not is entirely up to the Tang Sect to decide.

"Given the resources of your Tang Clan, it's not unreasonable for you to forge me a complete set of three-word battle armor, is it?"

After a moment of silence, Su Mo spoke thoughtfully to Ling Zichen.

Ling Zichen laughed, amused by Su Mo's shamelessness.

"Craft a complete set of three-word battle armor! Why don't you just say you'll get a complete set of four-word battle armor instead?"

A three-word battle armor is something even a Super Douluo dreams of.

Even though the Tang Clan is a large and powerful family, not all of its hall masters have a complete set of three-word battle armor.

But Su Mo was different; he immediately offered a complete set of three-word battle armor.

Su Mo spread his hands, blinked innocently at Ling Zichen, and said, "If your Tang Clan is willing, I don't mind."

"No, this condition is too much. Let's find another one."

Ling Zichen looked at Su Mo, who was putting on an innocent face, and said through gritted teeth.

"But this is all I want!"

Su Mo raised her head, looking as if she couldn't live without it.

"Dream on!" Ling Zichen retorted, not backing down an inch.

Seeing that Su Mo and Ling Zichen were at an impasse, Mu Xi tugged at Su Mo's sleeve and whispered, "It's okay, junior. If you want a complete set of three-word battle armor, I'll ask my dad to make one for you."

Although Mu Xi had tried to lower her voice, Ling Zichen and the others could still hear her clearly at such close range.

Mu Xi's words, "I'll beg my dad to make you a set," instantly dealt a devastating blow to Ling Zichen's psyche.

To Mu Xi, this little rich girl, the fact that she was arguing so fiercely with Su Mo was nothing more than her trying to charm her father.

She was jealous, really jealous.

Although Ling Zichen is the chief scientist of the Tang Sect, the Tang Sect is, after all, an organization, and the budgets of each department are limited.

This often leads to funding shortages for her experiments.

If she had a master craftsman father like Mu Xi, she wouldn't need to worry about funding her experiments all the time.

Su Mo patted Mu Xi's hand and said softly, "Senior, this has nothing to do with you. This is compensation that the Tang Sect owes me!"

Hearing Su Mo's words, Ling Zichen was so angry that he wanted to curse.

Mu Xi had clearly promised to make him a complete set of three-word battle armor, but Su Mo seemed determined to make the Tang Clan the suckers.

"There's no room for negotiation on this; you should choose another one."

"Otherwise, even if I agree, the deputy sect leader won't agree."

Ling Zichen gritted her teeth and refused to give in no matter what.

Seeing that Ling Zichen refused to back down and even used the Tang Clan's vice sect leader as a shield, Su Mo had no choice but to back down.

"I can do without the full set of three-word battle armor, but your Tang Sect must find me an external soul bone of a grade no lower than my right-hand soul bone."

"That works!"

Seeing that Su Mo had relented, Ling Zichen readily agreed, afraid that Su Mo would change her mind.

While external soul bones are rare, they are far less valuable than a complete set of three-word battle armor.

Besides, what good soul bones could a great soul master like Su Mo possibly have? We can just grab one from the Tang Sect's inventory.

"Here, this is the soul bone of my right hand!"

Seeing that Ling Zichen agreed, Su Mo stopped pretending and cheerfully offered her right hand.

"I work from 8 AM!!!"

Seeing Su Mo's right claw gleaming with a dark golden light, Ling Zichen knew perfectly well that he had been tricked by Su Mo.