Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

The golden light faded, revealing the sun's original form.

It was a Thousand Mechanism Cocoon.

This Thousand Mechanism Cocoon seemed to have withstood high temperatures, with its surface slightly distorted.

Driven by the internal mana, the Thousand Mechanism Cocoon slowly opened...

Then Zhang Ze saw a group of Thousand Mechanism Cultivators crawling out from inside.

"Phew, that scared me to death."

"But you know, it was quite interesting. I feel like my Tao Heart has strengthened a little more."

"Ha, I wonder who was just grabbing my sleeve and transmitting to me, declaring their love."

"Wow, is that true?"

...

The Thousand Mechanism Cultivators chatted casually as they filed out of the human-sized Thousand Mechanism Cocoon, with the last person crawling out being Lily.

Lily's expression showed seventy percent fear and thirty percent invincibility. When she caught sight of Zhang Ze, she ran over yelling.

"It worked! It worked! We can transport people now!"

Zhang Ze glanced back at the expressionless Bai Wanjun and the confused Bai Tao, then reached out to steady Lily.

"What worked?"

Lily slapped Zhang Ze's hand away and said, "Of course, the Earth Vein Transmission! My brothers and I made a breakthrough."

"It's only been a few days? Are you a wish-making machine?" Zhang Ze was astonished.

To be honest, Zhang Ze didn't understand.

But after Lily explained everything, it was alright.

Lily didn't really get the fundamental principle of the Earth Vein Transmission; she just reinforced the design of the box that carries people.

The previous transportation vehicles were based on the Storage Ring and Beast Taming Ring.

But neither the Storage Ring nor the Beast Taming Ring were designed for the thrilling Earth Vein Transmission.

They were like an iron box without shock absorption, wheels, or a parachute.

Thrown off a cliff from the mountaintop, even if the shell were sturdy, it would only guarantee the shell itself wouldn't shatter, while the contents inside would be crushed to bits.

Their designs were too rudimentary.

The breakthrough wasn't due to Lily suddenly having a brilliant idea but because of the Jade Book Tower.

The Jade Book Tower is quite insistent on climbing layer by layer, without any negotiation.

However, it's very accommodating for other matters.

Like... if you want to know how the tower's shell was refined, it will simply tell you.

After Lily heard about Zhang Ze being titled, she became interested in the Jade Book Tower itself as a magical artifact.

As a spatial magical artifact, the Jade Book Tower fulfilled all of Lily's fantasies. Intuition told her that the Jade Book Tower was the perfect shell.

So the next day, Lily went over, thinking she'd give it a try since it wasn't going to cost anything, to ask the Jade Book Tower.

And then the Jade Book Tower opened its doors, paused its upgrade, let Lily in, and after hearing Lily's request, handed her a Jade Scroll.

It recorded some refining methods of the Jade Book Tower, apart from the illusion realm inside...

To be honest, Lily was just trying on a whim, as she hadn't heard of any magical artifact knowing how it was born.

Unexpectedly, she got lucky, and the Jade Book Tower maintained methods on refining and maintaining itself.

The key to opening new doors was right by her side.

Absurd but reasonable.

Because many technologies on the Four Continents are like this, either privately held by different sects or buried within some natural or artificial Secret Realm.

Technologies that you urgently need might be of no use in others' hands, used merely as table supports after being developed.

And these technologies supporting tables, in a relatively self-closed cultivation system, would disappear or get distorted with the rise and fall of sects.

The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion has recently been collecting these technologies, trying to find ways for them to play their roles.

The gift from Jade Book Tower benefitted the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, allowing Lily and the others to create a comfortable shell that could withstand the effects of Earth Vein Transmission.

After tests with inanimate objects, rabbit live tests, and tomorrow set for the soon-to-be-buried Demon Cultivator live tests, finally, these Thousand Mechanism Cultivators involved in the research tested it on themselves...

Thus, the Earth Vein Transmission Technique truly became possible.

Though many issues still need to be addressed, the most crucial step has been taken.

"That's how it is, boss. Aren't we amazing?" Lily said with her hands on her hips, exuberantly.

Impressive indeed, but...

The contracts seemed to need renegotiation.

The earlier contract was for joint development and technology transfer.

Now the plan from Zhendong Trading Company wasn't even done yet, and here, it was already a small step for the Thousand Mechanism Cultivators, a giant leap for the East Continent Cultivators.

Where's the rational Immortal Cultivation technology race as promised?

Zhang Ze glanced back at the two foxes from Zhendong Trading Company. Bai Tao seemed deep in thought, and his eldest niece had shed her noble and cool demeanor, metaphorically with "I'm so tired" written over her head.

The current noisy platform was clearly not a good place for business talks.

"How about changing the location?" Zhang Ze suggested.

...

The location was moved to Little Dragon Tiger Mountain this time.

In a quiet and serene garden fortified with Taoist Techniques, Lily was discussing with Bai Wanjun.

Unlike the previous win-win cooperation atmosphere when discussing buying Yellow Books with Zhang Ze at Fried Shide, it was noisy and chaotic this time.

The source of the noise was Lily and Bai Wanjun.

When facing danger, Lily was easily intimidated. But when her safety was ensured, she was fearless like a young calf unafraid of a tiger, even trying to pluck scales from a Dragon as she passed by as a toll.

Like a Chihuahua being held in someone's arms.