hild of Nature: “Then how about I send you five more copies?”
Child of Nature: “As for payment, just send me a copy after you’ve finished making the steel armor.”
Child of Nature: “There’s no need to load too many weapons on it, since I’m only using it for my collection.”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “OK!”
Tony Stark said casually.
“Ding, group member Child of Nature has sent an exclusive red packet.”
“Ding, group member Lighthouse Richest Man has claimed your red packet.”
Child of Nature: “I compressed a cluster of spiritual energy into a bead and set up a protective film on the outside. If you want to use it, just eat it directly.”
Child of Nature: “For an ordinary person, one bead should be about right, because it contains quite a bit of spiritual energy, and digesting it will take a lot of time.”
Since spiritual energy, to some extent, is also part of nature, he actually has a fair amount of control over it. For him, Bai Xuan, condensing it into clusters or even compressing it into beads isn’t much of a challenge.
After all, he might trade with other group members in the future, and since it’s a transaction, he naturally needs to prepare the corresponding items.
The spiritual energy bead is currently the easiest thing for him to offer.
It works well for all the current chat group members, whether it’s for healing physical injuries, extending one’s lifespan, or strengthening the body.
Lighthouse Richest Man: “ok!”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “@Child of Nature, you can actually compress spiritual energy into beads?! Even in xianxia novels, that would require a really high level of cultivation to achieve, right?”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “This is like a man-made spirit stone!”
It seems that even though Bai Xuan’s world only recently experienced a spiritual energy resurgence, he’s already gained such powerful abilities?
Child of Nature: “Spirit stones? I hadn’t really thought of that until you mentioned it. But essentially, they’re both things formed by condensing spiritual energy, just differing in the amount of energy and the level of impurities.”
Child of Nature: “The spiritual energy beads I create should contain only the energy itself, without any impurities. If we compare them to spirit stones, they’re probably similar to top-grade ones, but the total amount of spiritual energy they hold definitely isn’t as vast.”
He uses the [Authority of Nature] to condense and compress “spiritual energy.” Unless the “impurities” themselves are also spiritual energy, there’s no way they could end up inside.
“Ding, group member Child of Nature has sent nine red packets.”
Child of Nature: “@Everyone, each red packet contains three spiritual energy beads.”
Child of Nature: “Although your strengths vary, spiritual energy is a gentle power that should be useful for all of you, one way or another.”
Child of Nature: “Especially for the group owner and Daigo—you two are the weakest, so the spiritual energy beads will have the most powerful effect on you.”
Child of Nature: “Headache.jpg”
Child of Nature: “It just occurred to me—the group owner is spiritually inert. Although I’ve put a membrane around the beads to help you absorb as much of the energy as possible, I can’t guarantee much for someone with spiritual inertness.”
Child of Nature: “Also, @Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha, from what I know, spiritual energy should have a nourishing effect on the soul as well. You could give it a try, Madara, and see if it works.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “I don’t know if it’ll help, but once I become a big shot in the future, I’ll definitely look out for you, Bai Xuan.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “Moved.jpg”
“Ding, group owner Just an Ordinary Group Owner has claimed your red packet.”
Simmer Daigo into Soup: “Same here.”
“Ding, group member Simmer Daigo into Soup has claimed your red packet.”
The Worst Evil Spirit: “Thanks~”
“Ding, group member The Worst Evil Spirit has claimed your red packet.”
Be My Son: “Ku la la la, I really appreciate you more and more, Bai Xuan. Any interest in becoming my son?”
“Ding, group member Be My Son has claimed your red packet.”
Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha: “I’ll remember this favor.”
“Ding, group member Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha has claimed your red packet.”
Golden Flash: “Spiritual energy has a strong nourishing effect on the body, right? That should be quite helpful for Kushina.”
“Ding, group member Golden Flash has claimed your red packet.”
It’s Like This Meow: “Meow meow, the three of us—me, Musashi, and Kojiro—can take one each, meow.”
“Ding, group member It’s Like This Meow has claimed your red packet.”
Invincible East: “Looks like I owe another favor.”
“Ding, group member Invincible East has claimed your red packet.”
Glory of the Northern God: “Woof woof woof.jpg”
And with that, all nine red packets were claimed.
Simmer Daigo into Soup: “Everyone said something before claiming their red packets, and here I am just saying ‘same here’—it’s a little embarrassing.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “@Lighthouse Richest Man, I’ll send you the information about what’s about to happen to you soon.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “Make sure you finish building that steel armor early, okay?”
“Ding, the group owner has sent a memory replay.”
An hour later, Tony finished watching the entire memory replay of Iron Man 1. His eyes were filled with a complex mix of emotions and disbelief.
He never imagined that he would be betrayed by Obadiah Stane, a man he considered a dear uncle. He had given Obadiah his complete trust, even handing over most of the power at Stark Industries, and the man had made huge profits by selling weapons.
And even after all that, he was still unsatisfied. He even wanted to kill Tony and become the owner of Stark Industries himself.
Hah.
If he hadn’t already started developing the prototype of the steel armor in his mind back then and succeeded in building it, he probably would have died at the hands of those mercenaries.
The Worst Evil Spirit: “Putting aside the plot, just looking at the armor itself, it’s pretty average.”
The Worst Evil Spirit: “No wonder Bai Xuan only wants it for his collection, not as a weapon.”
In terms of the power shown in the story, it’s not as strong as those guys from the AST. Well, actually, it’s about the same—both are types that can be easily dealt with.
Be My Son: “It’s similar to the technology from Jamesson 66, but way too weak. It probably couldn’t even withstand one of my punches without the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.”
Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha: “A useless external crutch.”
It’s Like This Meow: “It’s pretty interesting, meow, but a bit lacking for catching spirits. Could be modified, meow.”
It’s Like This Meow: “Turn it into a big robot, meow.”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “???”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “This is just the most basic version of the steel armor, so of course it’s weak.”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “But if I just optimize it a bit and swap out some parts and materials, its power will increase several times over.”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “Don’t underestimate the power of technology, you guys!”
Tony’s head practically popped a vein. And you guys from manga worlds talk big because you don’t have to deal with real-life constraints. The kind of cheating you get in anime versus the real world—are they even on the same level?
