Chapter 8

After Lin Yuan angrily beat Pei Xi in the afternoon, the video of their confrontation was uploaded to the campus network of Qingshan No.1 High School, causing a热烈的反响.

In just a few hours, there were thousands of comments.

The number was still increasing, and the views were skyrocketing.

Pei Xi and Lin Yuan were already well-known figures at No.1 High School, known to everyone.

One was a genius from a prestigious family, the other a unique martial artist.

One was gentle and refined, the other sunny and handsome.

Unfortunately, after the video was exposed, the term "gentle and refined" might need to be put in quotation marks.

In the video, Pei Xi, enraged and embarrassed, was the first to use spiritual energy to attack Lin Yuan.

Even more comically, he was counter-killed by Lin Yuan.

Some classmates anonymously left mocking comments on the campus network, criticizing Pei Xi for not adhering to martial virtues and disgracing the disciples of a prestigious family.

In addition to this, there was another point that everyone found very interesting: the mechanical means Lin Yuan displayed.

"What kind of spirit seed does Lin Yuan have? Isn't he a fire spirit seed?"

"I checked. Although there's only a faint silver-gray spiritual energy, it can be determined that it's a mechanical spirit seed."

"What is a mechanical spirit seed?"

"Why does Lin Yuan insist on cultivating a fire spirit seed instead of a mechanical spirit seed?"

"Who knows, he's just a unique one. Anyway, Pei Xi has really lost face this time."

...

There were a few sentences about the silver-gray mechanical spirit seed in the textbooks.

However, it was not within the scope of the liberal arts exam. If one was interested, it wasn't difficult to find information about the mechanical spirit seed.

Lin Yuan closed the campus network and checked the messages on his phone.

Many friends who were close to him came to inquire about and care for Lin Yuan's injuries.

After responding to each one, in the small group chat with Wu Di, Fang Zixin, and a few others, Fang Zixin excitedly brought some good news.

"Pei Xi has been confined to his room!"

Wu Di immediately replied, "What? What happened?"

Among the prestigious families in Qingshan City, the Fang family and the Pei family had similar strength.

They had been in competition for many years and knew a lot about each other.

This time, Pei Xi had really lost face.

It was said that after Pei Xi returned home, the head of the Pei family was furious and directly confined Pei Xi for half a year.

While punishing him, the head of the Pei family also made Pei Xi focus on cultivation, preparing for the challenge six months later.

With Pei Xi's strength as a third-level martial artist, it wasn't difficult for him to be admitted to one of the top five martial arts academies.

However, if he wanted to shine in one of the top five academies, his current strength definitely wouldn't be enough.

While the few of them were chatting, Lin Yuan took out two basic mechanical spirit techniques from the drawer.

He planned to cultivate for two hours before bed.

Generally, cultivating spirit techniques was equivalent to indirectly cultivating spiritual energy, although it wasn't as effective as specifically cultivating spiritual energy.

These two spirit techniques were both obtained from the "Tianshui Martial Arts Network," and they weren't expensive.

One was called "Basic Mechanization," and the other was called "Mechanical Crossbow."

The requirement for "Mechanical Crossbow" was a total of 100 spiritual energy points to cultivate, which Lin Yuan hadn't reached yet, so he put it aside.

The other one was more important. "Basic Mechanization" not only included the teaching of basic spirit techniques but also a lot of basic theories about the mechanical spirit seed, which greatly benefited Lin Yuan.

Initially, Lin Yuan simply thought that the mechanical spirit seed should be something like steel, iron, and machines.

Something similar to an armored mech warrior.

In reality, this understanding was a bit narrow.

"Mechanical" and "mechanization" are two concepts.

The core of the basic theory in "Basic Mechanization" is "all things can be mechanized."

In the basic theory of "mechanical martial artists," if cultivated to the extreme, one can completely achieve mechanization with bare hands.

Even condensing an "enchanted Gatling gun" with bare hands!

Currently, Lin Yuan could only dissolve an iron block and recondense it into a basic shape.

Complex machinery often has a precise spiritual energy structure.

Basic steel also has a structure.

"Let's try."

"Whoosh..."

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, placed an ordinary iron block in his left hand, and instantly activated his mechanical spirit seed.

As during the day, Lin Yuan controlled the spiritual energy to enter the iron block and quickly decomposed it using its basic structure.

At this stage, Lin Yuan could only extract mechanical energy from it.

The iron block floated in the air and was instantly decomposed.

"Whoosh..."

This step wasn't difficult.

Lin Yuan controlled the mechanical energy in the air to coalesce, gradually forming an iron sword in the air, then decomposed and recondensed it into an iron spear...

"This simple shape isn't a problem."

"But how do I achieve elasticity as mentioned in the book?"

Lin Yuan was a bit frustrated.

He had been able to change the basic shape on the second day of studying "Basic Mechanization."

However, the next step, creating elasticity in the mechanical energy, was something Lin Yuan had been struggling with.

For example, with Lin Yuan's mechanized iron fist.

Currently, he could only achieve a fixed basic shape.

Lin Yuan couldn't change the shape of the glove, meaning it couldn't move.

However, if the elasticity mentioned in "Basic Mechanization" could be achieved, the mechanized glove would change shape with the hand, allowing free movement.

Even with iron gloves, Lin Yuan could freely wield weapons and fight.

"Damn, they don't explain it clearly."

"Is it my problem or the iron's problem?"

Lin Yuan scratched his head, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

This is where books fall short compared to martial arts teachers.

Some things are glossed over in books, and when self-studying, these problems can only be solved by oneself, often wasting a lot of time.

"Would it be better with spirit iron?"

"Let's post a question."

Lin Yuan got up and sat in front of the computer, logging into the "Tianshui Martial Arts Network."

He typed out a post, offering 200 points as a reward.

If accumulated to a certain level, these points could be used to exchange for cultivation resources on the "Tianshui Martial Arts Network."

Click.

Lin Yuan pressed the enter key.

"What is the difference between ordinary iron and spirit iron? Is there a difference in elasticity?"

Lin Yuan muttered,

"There should be a weapon smith who can answer this question."

Spirit iron is a type of mineral, ranging from level one to level nine. The higher the level, the rarer and stronger it is.

If spirit iron wasn't expensive, Lin Yuan would have bought a few pieces to try.

Weapon smiths often use spirit iron when forging weapons, and according to Lin Yuan's knowledge, there were many active weapon smiths on the Tianshui Martial Arts Network.

"Ah—"

Lin Yuan yawned, glanced at the time, and realized it was getting late.

At this stage, they were far from being able to replace sleep with cultivation.

...

The next day, when the eastern sky turned pale, Lin Yuan woke up early to do his morning cultivation.

A day's plan starts in the morning.

As the sun rises, the spiritual energy in the city is most abundant during this period.

When Lin Yuan arrived at the courtyard, he couldn't help but smile.

"Hey, the sun is rising in the west?"