Chapter 1176: National Patent Document, Mutual Effort

The scientific research field, which had always been suppressed by the ceiling imposed by metaphysics and individual martial power, would now usher in a thriving era akin to the awakening of all things in early spring.

Because the stability and manufacturability of spirit stones were simply too high!

Lu Ding listened and watched, realizing they wanted to treat him like a mine, just dig freely, right? There wasn't that much to go around.

"Elder Xu, hold on, hold on a moment."

Only then did Xu Zheng stop his impassioned speech, looking at Lu Ding: "Grand Duke Lu, please speak."

Lu Ding said seriously: "Spirit stones, I can provide them, but I need to make something clear first. This substance was obtained through unconventional means."

"The difficulty involved far exceeds your imagination, and it cannot be replicated."

"It's not like in the novels, where there are spirit stone veins you can just dig up and have them."

"So, I can provide spirit stones, but..."

The moment these words left his mouth.

A Hanjing powerhouse who had accompanied the experts on this trip, a Deification Ninth Level cultivator, immediately stepped forward, pulled a document from his bag, and handed it to Lu Ding.

"Grand Duke Lu, please take a look at this."

【National Patent Document】

Lu Ding accepted it.

This powerhouse spoke up: "Assistant Investigator Yan previously raised this issue with us, so after conducting efficacy tests on the spirit stones, the higher-ups unanimously decided to issue you a patent document regarding spirit stones."

"It's not a certificate, it's a document."

"From now on, the Great Han will procure spirit stones from you, Grand Duke Lu."

"Considering the irreplaceability of spirit stones, and the privacy of our current closed-door discussion, I'll speak frankly."

"In light of your background, Grand Duke Lu, your attitude toward the Great Han, and the importance of spirit stones to the Great Han."

"Therefore, the higher-ups unanimously decided to grant you the highest authority threshold within the Great Han."

"Because the value of spirit stones cannot be quantified, the importance of spirit stones cannot be replaced, and the uniqueness of spirit stones cannot be replicated."

"So we cannot give you a fixed price; instead, we give you the highest authority."

"Including but not limited to, the Great Han's resources in the future, you may access at will; the Great Han's military and civilian powers, you may access at will."

"Because the value of spirit stones cannot be quantified, the importance of spirit stones cannot be replaced, and the uniqueness of spirit stones cannot be replicated."

This condition had no fixed standard, but it perfectly illustrated Lu Ding's importance.

Do whatever you want, use whatever resources you want. To put it in a way that isn't conducive to unity, how is this different from an emperor!?

A pure Uncrowned King.

Of course, Lu Ding could receive such treatment entirely because of his character, his upbringing, and his ceiling and value.

He was trustworthy, his background had not a single problem. This was publicly acknowledged by the Great Han's high-level officials. He could resist even the temptation of the Ji Continent Lu Family.

Facing Lü Mountain's recruitment, he only went as an envoy.

And throughout his growth, he had been fiercely righteous, never showing mercy to demons and monsters, so upright he was almost unsettling. A 749 workhorse, never resting, the Impatient Grand Duke. Everyone knew this.

How could there be any problem with him?

It was like a growing company having an exceptionally outstanding, responsible, hardworking management member with outstanding performance, even a league of their own in rankings. Outside companies from the national top 500, global top 500, even the world's number one company came to poach him, and he wouldn't go. At most, he'd go to learn.

And he would still come back later.

With talent like that, if you don't keep him, what are you thinking!?

Moreover, Lu Ding possessed an extremely high ceiling. Regarding what happened on Ji Continent, local forces had come looking for him and informed the Great Han side that Lu Ding had been reshaped by heaven and earth and was the Son of Heaven.

A person like this, his achievements could absolutely never be confined to the Second Circle.

Now he also had control over spirit stones.

And he had Lü Mountain backing him.

Putting it all together.

From every angle of interest, Lu Ding had no need for the Great Han.

Why did Lu Ding still devote his heart to the Great Han? That was sentiment.

Why would Lu Ding still provide spirit stones and send the Great Han a signal for trade? That was also sentiment.

Since Lu Ding could go to such lengths.

What more could the Great Han say?

Give it all!!!!

Whatever he wants, give him whatever!!!

If you, Lu Ding, can be so loyal, how could the Great Han play tricks?

If we mess around and lose it all, we wouldn't even have a place to cry.

So, it had to be mutual effort.

One man supporting an entire nation by providing spirit stones.

One nation supporting one man by providing conditions.

Lu Ding looked at the document.

All he had to do was sign his name.

He could achieve skyrocketing growth in both personal power and influence.

Not to mention anything else, just those weapons labeled X, Y, Z that could be developed even under restricted conditions proved just how damn high the Great Han's ceiling for fusing technology and metaphysics was.

In the future, as the Great Han's territory expanded, with Lu Ding's spirit stone supply and technology fusing with metaphysics... tsk tsk.......

Lu Ding didn't dare to imagine it either.

He picked up the pen and signed his name.

Lu Ding looked at the Deification Ninth Level powerhouse who had come down from Hanjing, extending his hand: "Pleasure doing business."

The man snapped to attention on the spot, saluting: "Grand Duke Lu, on behalf of the Great Han's high-level officials, I thank you!"

Only then did he extend his hand, gripping Lu Ding's firmly.

Lu Ding smiled: "The document is signed, but what I told you through Feifan before, you still need to speed up. Quickly open up the route from the Great Han to the Demon Continent."

Wen Shang, the Deification Ninth Level cultivator who had come down from Hanjing, said: "Grand Duke Lu, it's already open."

Lu Ding: ???

"That fast?"

Wen Shang explained: "You may not know this, but after news came out that you were reshaped by heaven and earth on Ji Continent and became the Son of Heaven, many major forces from Ji Continent came looking for us, begging to establish cooperation with the Great Han."

"Even if the terms weren't entirely fair, they were willing."

"With their help, the Great Han quickly opened a route from here to Ji Continent. And Ji Continent isn't far from the Demon Continent. We also have the help of the Lü Mountain seniors who stayed behind in the Great Han, so everything is already in place now."

"We're just waiting for you to send the word."

"We can go from the Great Han to the new city, then to Ji Continent, and finally to the Demon Continent. After establishing an embassy there, we can transport the goods out from the Demon Continent, travel back through Ji Continent all the way to the new city, and finally return to the Great Han."

"The transfer points in between are handled by the Ji Continent side. The Great Han hasn't only benefited from you once."

"Tangibly and intangibly, you've helped the Great Han solve many problems."

Lu Ding hadn't expected so many chain reactions either.

It seemed there were plenty of shrewd people on Ji Continent too.

If they couldn't build a relationship with him directly, they'd build one with the Great Han, thereby becoming the hub of transit, making the Great Han better, entering rapid development, and providing a better space for Lu Ding's future conditions as the Son of Heaven.

A win-win!

Brilliant!

Lu Ding unfurled the Red Coffin, taking out roughly a three-wheeled flatbed cart's worth of spirit stones, placing them on the ground.

At the same time, he deliberately let them catch a glimpse of the other spirit stones inside the coffin.

Those in the know understood. Even brothers settle accounts clearly; some things had to be done this way to be safe.

"Take these spirit stones back to Hanjing first. The Great Han is currently engaged in external warfare. I believe with these spirit stones, you should be able to fine-tune and modify those weapons to their best condition for deployment. After that, you'll have to come to the Demon Continent yourselves to collect more."

"Oh right, one more thing."

"Remember to send more technical personnel to get the network connected. Otherwise, it'll be hard to stay in touch. I'm still used to using my phone; otherwise, I can't keep up with what's happening back home."

In the room, aside from Lu Ding and Yan Feifan, everyone else was staring straight at the spirit stones, eyes practically bulging out of their sockets. So damn many!!!

And what was piled up in Grand Duke Lu's Red Coffin was stacked like a small mountain.

The Spiritual Energy stored in these spirit stones probably amounted to more than a dozen Deification Ninth Level cultivators' Spiritual Energy reserves, right?

Of course, Lu Ding didn't know what they were thinking.

If he did, he'd definitely say: 'Hehe, you guessed exactly right. There really is more than a dozen Deification Ninth Level cultivators' worth.'

Because all these spirit stones had been gouged out by Lu Ding from the bodies of Deification cultivators on the Demon Continent.

Gouged out raw!

The Great Han wanted them, and the Great Han got them.

Who lost them, well, that's hard to guess, hard to say.

Wen Shang said with somewhat heavy breathing: "Please rest assured, I will transport every single one of these spirit stones back to the Great Han without a single one missing."

With that, he suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, Grand Duke Lu. In view of your contributions to the Great Han, the Great Han side is also preparing a surprise and a heavy gift for you. Once it's ready in a while, we'll have Assistant Investigator Yan notify you. We'll trouble you to come back and collect it then."

The Great Han at this stage was preparing a surprise for him?

The Great Han should know that he was so valued by Lü Mountain that he lacked nothing there.

In that case, what could still be called a surprise?

Lu Ding's curiosity was piqued, and he couldn't help asking: "What is it?"

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Extra chapter for the Gift King sent by the big shot Jun Shen Honghong earlier, thanking big shot Jun Shen Honghong for the Gift King sent today.