Ji Jue couldn't help but nod repeatedly, "What you said makes a lot of sense."

"Hey!"

Lou Feng's eyes were almost blazing with fire, his fists clenched, "Mr. Ji, that's enough!"

What's enough?

Ji Jue was helpless, your aunt was teasing me the moment we met!

Lou Yanyue generously patted her chest, "If you have any other requests, just speak up!"

"Hmm, if I have to say... about education?"

Ji Jue pinched his chin and pondered for a moment, "If it's a PhD you want, that is indeed a bit demanding. A Master's degree in Engineering or Material Science would be better... If the relevant major is a good match, a Bachelor's would also be acceptable. However, have you considered graduate studies?"

Silence.

Lou Yanyue was dumbfounded.

In the silence, Lou Feng couldn't help but turn his head, bursting into laughter...

Sorry, his own aunt had dropped out in middle school! In the eyes of someone as studious as Ji Jue, how is that any different from being primitive?

"You little rascal..."

Lou Yanyue grinned, not taking offense, punched him twice, and Ji Jue reached out his hand sincerely to shake hers, "Just kidding, hello Miss Lou, I'm Ji Jue."

"Alright, no wonder you have so many young girls smitten. Quite a few in the Tide City Security Bureau have their eyes on you, be careful."

Within a few words, they got along well and already arranged to have dinner together in the evening.

She's way more easygoing than Lou Feng, not only outspoken but also with a broad perspective. In the world of camaraderie, it's all about kindred spirits. Just don't treat her like a naive girl and be straightforward, treat her as a buddy.

They felt like old friends at first sight, and after exchanging phone numbers and chatting app contacts, Ji Jue finally remembered to look at the one ignored on the side... hmm, Lou Feng.

Lou Feng shot him a sidelong glance, his expression cold.

Remembered me now? Ah?! Too late!

"Oh, isn't this the Golden Ribbon Craftsman of the year, Mr. Ji?"

He scoffed sarcastically, "You've dragged this humble guy to your doorstep all the way from afar, what's the matter now? Do you have something impressive to show off?"

Ji Jue twitched the corner of his eye, sighed silently.

Can't you and your aunt just swap genders...

Lou Yanyue was much more straightforward.

She threw an electric punch at her nephew's stomach, "Speak properly!"

Lou Feng's face instantly turned green, this familiar familial electric punch, hit him since he was small, now after drifting away, the elbows hit even harder!

Feeling like the extra one.

Should I leave?

"Ahem, less chatter, come in, come in, it's not proper to let guests stand at the door. Recently, I brought back quite a bit of tea from the Chongguang Church, everyone have a taste."

Ji Jue had seen enough of the drama and quickly changed the topic, he was really afraid that Lou, in a fit of rage, would explode with him. After all, he had dragged him over with the intent of finding someone to foot the bill, right?

What to do if it all goes in vain?

"What tea? My family's tea mountains have several hills, do I lack your one piece of tea?"

Lou Feng became even more vigilant, cautious, the more generous and enthusiastic Ji Jue is, the deeper his schemes, can't be too careful, "If you have something to say, say it!"

Lou Yanyue didn't involve herself anymore, smilingly watching the two of them bicker.

This trip was worth it!

"Alright, come with me—"

Ji Jue walked to the front, waved his hand, and directly opened the elevator.

We're all craftsmen, there's no need for some blarney act, who doesn't know who, a little less politeness is better than anything.

The elevator began to descend straight down.

Numbers changed.

"Oh, are you taking us to visit your sweatshop?" Lou Feng sneered, "Maybe you're so obsessed with catching people that you plan to strike at your peers? There are Security Bureau people right here, watch yourself."

The rumors about what's under the Coast have almost spread everywhere, who doesn't know.

It's hard to tell if what he said was sarcasm or a warning.

Why is this guy always so weird!

Really twisted.

Ji Jue couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The elevator descended, and then further down.

There's no sound of wailing or shouting, no smell of blood or decay in the air. If anything, there's only the scent of machine oil, even, the low rumble of machinery operating.

Ping—

The elevator opened, revealing a huge underground plaza outside the door.

Looking up, beams of steel connected with each other, countless pieces of equipment operating and rising on tracks, the towering skylight extending like a launch tower deep into the abyss of darkness.

With the air purification system maintained, there wasn't any stifling heat, instead, a chill in the air.

What came rushing was a heat wave so intense it was hard to breathe, even, as if the entire ground was covered by crystalline light!

Spiritual Crystal!

Upon the complex Secret Ritual, one spiritual crystal after another stood on the ground, thousands of them, some as short as half a meter, some as long as over ten meters, differing in thickness and order.

"Hiss..."

Lou Feng gasped, his scalp tingling, wide-eyed.

It's not that he hasn't seen it, but because he has seen it, he knows how much astonishing investment is represented by this area that appears dazzling...

Gosh, a columnar spiritual computing array covering kilometers of land!

Are you crazy!

The production of Spiritual Crystal and the selling of the related equipment... the Lou Family itself is in this business, who wouldn't know the terrifying cost behind this?

Immediately, shivering.

Inside these things, just one or two would be enough to support the normal operation of a workshop. After all, besides the circulation of spiritual energy and Spiritual Wisdom's Excitation, these crystals' function is to serve as the vessel for souls!

Good news, Ji Jue stopped short of setting up an underground factory.

Bad news, he seems to be playing with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner...

What the hell is this dog up to?

Lou Feng tensed up, had to be vigilant, fearing the next sentence would be an invitation to enter the banner and assist him!

Ji Jue walked ahead nonchalantly, traversing it, gesturing for them to follow.

"Isis."

"Sir, I'm here." Beneath the Silver Radiance, a faint outline emerged from the crystal's reflection, seemingly omnipresent.

"Disengage lock, externalize spiritual essence."

"Okay, lock layer removed, countdown, 3, 2, 1—"

In a gentle countdown voice, a sound like waves arose, as streams of Mercury flowed away, the solid alchemy lock lifted, threads of phantasmal light emerged from the once lifeless spiritual crystals.

Bit by bit.

Those sparse lights, each seemed like a reflection from the soul, a nascent form of the Spirit of Creation—yet now, as countless lights ascended and flowed from the Crystal Forest, revealing outside, what Lou Feng could see, was an endless ocean of light rushing towards them.

When all the lights were extinguished, out of the deepest darkness of the earth, a splendid and dazzling starry sea flowed out, covering everything.

What was felt were subtle consciousnesses vibrating within countless spiritual essences, what was heard was a grand hymn gathered from innumerable gentle whispers.

"What is this..."

Trembling amid the oceans of countless Spirits of Creation, Lou Feng was almost suffocating, "What is this?"

"This is the grand thing for which I put so much effort to drag you to Xin Quan."

Ji Jue smiled, spreading his hands, "Now, please allow me to introduce to you two, a masterpiece completed under my direction, a grand creation composed by all the Spirits of Creation you behold."

"A supergiant Spiritual Wisdom complex."

"—[Lord of the Flies]."

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