Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 85: Chapter 85 Ideas

“The ‘Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter’ brought Wang Sheng a surprise that was greater than expected, and at the same time made him feel it’s a pity.

Mechanical City is considered a holy land of technology, if it still existed, who knows if they would have developed something like mechas after more than five hundred years.

But soon he collected his emotions, as who could say what had happened over the centuries? Moreover, if Mechanical City hadn’t been destroyed, he wouldn’t have obtained this core inheritance.

“Let’s start by pulling up the progress bar!”

He didn’t continue with the Azure Dragon Chapter, which essentially laid out the construction methods for the mechanical giant beast ‘Azure Dragon’. Without understanding the chapters on materials and energy, comprehending the subsequent content was nearly impossible.

The chapters on materials and energy were about foundational knowledge and the recognition of certain materials. He must first learn these things.

Shortly after, Wang Sheng gained a new skill.

“Mechanical Techniques: 1 (1%)”

“Time to grind slowly!”

Without reaching a high level, Mechanical Technique wasn’t very useful; after all, technical skills require accumulation to be effective.

“And this stone…”

Wang Sheng picked up the stone, the last item, and having read the book’s content, he finally understood what it was.

“I originally thought it was something like a spirit stone from those cultivation novels.”

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This object wasn’t the energy source he had imagined. Although it looked similar, it was not a stone but a material, and more importantly, it was a processed material ready to be used directly in machinery creation after melting.

Mechanical Melting Iron!

Its function was simple—to blend with any iron and enhance its strength. It was widely used in Mechanical Techniques, and when the suitable materials weren’t available, this type of melted iron would be used instead. Such a substance was considered a hard currency within Mechanical City.

Because of its extensive use in Mechanical Techniques, it was named Mechanical Melting Iron.

It could be considered a decent treasure.

But—

“This is way too little!”

This amount of Mechanical Melting Iron was too small; too negligible for simple machinery and insufficient for complex machinery, thus hardly functional, which was awkward.

The size of a palm; not very substantial and hard to utilize effectively. Why hadn’t he seized more?

“…”

After pondering for a while, Wang Sheng suddenly felt it might not be useless.

“Don’t I just need a spearhead?”

Mechanical Melting Iron could blend into other metals to enhance their strength, reaching a level even Grandmasters or Great Grandmasters could utilize.

This quality was perfect for forging a spearhead. Later, he could use it in conjunction with Iron Wood that had undergone three Breakthroughs to create a suitable spear. Even if it was lighter, it would suffice as long as the strength was there.

Wang Sheng flipped the piece of Mechanical Melting Iron in his hand, settling its purpose as a “waste-not-want-not” approach.

Of course, the book also provided methods for forging such crucial material, but the creation of Mechanical Melting Iron required several special Spiritual Objects, which he couldn’t seek out at the moment. He would just have to make do.

…

Time flew by quickly. Three months had passed since Wang Sheng acquired Mechanical Technique. It was now July, and the rice in the fields near the village would be ready for harvest soon. This year’s growth was decent, so there was no need to worry about next year’s food supply.

During this time, his Mechanical Technique had progressed to “Mechanical Techniques: 5 (5%).”

This level might seem low, but—

Mechanical Technique was highly complex, an extraordinary skill in itself. Some ordinary skills only reached this level after a Breakthrough. Moreover, during this period, not only did he work on raising his Mechanical Technique, his overall progress wasn’t especially fast. Reaching level 5 was quite good.

As for his other skills, except for a few Breakthroughs, the progress was mostly moderate. The higher the level required, the longer it took.

Among them, rice planting and Six Harmonies Spear both underwent Breakthroughs at a high level.

The Breakthrough in rice planting was like that of other skills, speeding up the maturation process; Six Harmonies Spear was similar to Bajiquan, now able to utilize Qi-Blood Power. But since Wang Sheng’s realm was already high, even without Breakthrough martial techniques, he could employ Qi-Blood Power. Therefore, the enhancement of his combat power wasn’t particularly significant.

As for the realm of “Refining Essence to Qi. Producing Medicine,” there was progress over the three months, reaching “45%.” The advancement in realm did bring a substantial increase in combat power, enhancing aspects like Qi-Blood Power.

At the same time, over three months, he also realized he was missing some things, such as forging materials.

Without the ability to forge, Mechanical Technique was nearly useless—he could only watch, not employ.

Wang Sheng didn’t wish for much else, but he really wanted to make and try out the flying tool “Cloud Wings.” After all, although he could now briefly hover by leveraging Qi-Blood Power, it was still a far cry from flying.

“Let’s go ask the village chief!”

Village Chief Zhou Zhengwen was extremely familiar with everything in the village. Maybe he had some forging materials?

Without hesitation, Wang Sheng got up and went to find the village chief.

“Materials for forging? Yun Sheng, we were just a small village before…”

In simple terms, they didn’t have any.

“Alright, thank you, Village Chief!”

He had only come to try his luck, and since there was nothing to find here, he would have to think of other methods.

However, when he was about to leave, Li Yongfeng arrived, seemingly to discuss something. The village affairs were never hidden from him, so he overheard the conversation.

“Village Chief, we are prepared and planning to set off in two days!”

Wang Sheng then asked, “Setting off? Where are you going?”

The village chief explained, “Yongfeng and the others are planning to go get some salt. Although we still have some in the village, we can’t just sit back and rely on stockpiling. After all, we don’t know how long the outside world will remain in chaos, so it’s better to prepare more and also gather some news along the way…”

Wang Sheng pondered the village’s situation.

“Should I leave the village for a while?”

His combat power had reached the Grandmaster Realm, and going out to find some things wasn’t about causing trouble. Being careful, there wasn’t likely to be any issues.

So, while the village chief and Li Yongfeng were discussing, Wang Sheng suddenly interjected, “Village Chief, let me go out with them too!”

Though he preferred to practice cultivation discreetly until achieving invincibility, heading out occasionally to change his mood was a welcome idea.

“Yun Sheng, you want to go too?”

Village Chief Zhou Zhengwen was somewhat surprised, as Wang Sheng had shown little interest in such matters before.

“Yes, I have been cultivating for a while; it’s a good time to go out and change my mood,” Wang Sheng nodded.

The village chief agreed, appreciating that Wang Sheng’s willingness to go would bring more security to the trip: “Alright, then Yun Sheng, you can go out with Yongfeng and the others. Depart in two days.”

“Will do!”