Soul casting is just a myth to people outside of Changshengtian, and it is also a secret circulated only within a very small number of top families.

With the Chu family's intelligence capabilities and connections, they had already discovered the level of the demon spirit, but they never dared to reveal it to anyone, and only circulated it among the core members of the family.

If ordinary people knew that the demons that appeared on the earth were nothing but the most rubbish demons, and that the demons killed by the magic armor masters were all just the lowest level trash, no one knew what consequences would be caused.

The status of the magic armor master would probably be seriously affected, and the Chu family would naturally not do something that would destroy themselves.

"Mr. Chu, are you kidding me? A magic suit killing a soul-casting level demon spirit? How could such a thing be possible..."

"Has Changshengtian's magic equipment technology developed to this point? If so, we must cooperate with Changshengtian, otherwise we will be eliminated in the future."

"If the technology is really that advanced, why doesn't Changshengtian run it themselves? Why does it want to cooperate with us? Is there really such a thing as a free lunch?"

"I think there must be something wrong with this matter. Where did you hear this news, Mr. Chu? I'm afraid you have fallen into Changshengtian's trap, right?"

Everyone was talking at once, and most of them didn't believe that Changshengtian's magic equipment technology had developed to that level.

It is no wonder that they do not believe it. There are two conditions that must be met to manufacture high-level magic armor. One is the materials for manufacturing high-level magic armor. High-level magic materials are scarce and almost impossible to mass-produce. Just making one or two sets of high-level magic armor does not have much significance for the magic armor group.

The second is the problem of the magic armor master himself. The spiritual awareness of the top magic armor master has a bottleneck, so even if there is a magic armor made of high-grade materials, the magic armor master cannot activate it and it is useless.

So in the final analysis, what needs to be solved are the problems of materials and energy systems.

Capable magic equipment manufacturers are all researching composite materials and multi-core energy systems. Only when these two technologies have breakthrough developments can magic equipment technology achieve greater development.

White Night City has invested a lot of research and development funds in these two projects, but there has not been much progress. The latest achievement, Night Walker, can only be regarded as barely touching the threshold of super spirit, which is a long way from soul casting.

Therefore, it was hard for them to believe that Changshengtian had actually developed a magical outfit that could kill soul-casting level enemies.

"My fellow uncles, I did not hear this from others. I saw it with my own eyes. Everyone in the entire Changsheng Heaven knows about it." Chu Jun recounted what he saw and heard in Changsheng Heaven. The expressions of the Chu family's senior executives changed after hearing it.

"So, Chang Shengtian did develop such a magic suit, but it must have used rare high-grade materials, so it probably can't be mass-produced in a short period of time."

"Mass production is definitely impossible, otherwise Li Xiu wouldn't have the same set. If it were possible to mass produce, the magic armor masters guarding the trial gate should have been equipped with them long ago."

"But since they can create magic armor of that level, Changshengtian's magic armor technology is indeed superior to our White Night City."

"If Space City really develops mass-produced super-spiritual-level magic equipment, cooperating with Changshengtian is our best choice now. After all, in the short term, it is difficult for us to produce a composite material that can withstand the energy matrix 100%..."

Chu Sanhu waved his hand, and after everyone quieted down, he slowly said, "Let's wait for the test results to come out before making a decision."

Li Xiu took Sha Chu and A Fei to wander around Bai Ye City, treating it as a trip. It was a rare opportunity to relax.

When Chu Jun hurriedly came to find Li Xiu, Li Xiu knew that this matter would most likely succeed.

After several days of negotiations, Li Xiu and the Chu family reached a preliminary consensus on cooperation and signed many agreements.

Li Xiu led everyone back to Changshengtian, and the remaining work could be handed over to Sha Chu.

In the future, Li Xiu will pay for every set of magic equipment produced by the Chu family, and the Chu family will also have to purchase equipment from Changshengtian, and some materials will also have to be imported from Changshengtian.

It’s not that those materials are not available outside, they are available, but in small quantities and at high prices. Naturally, they are far less convenient than importing them from Changshengtian.

Of course, the price is within the range that the Chu family can afford, and Li Xiu has also made some concessions. After all, if he wants the Chu family to be able to compete with the Space City, they cannot raise their costs too high. Otherwise, the Chu family will lose the ability to compete with the Space City, and the magic equipment will not be sold, and Li Xiu will lose more than he gains.

Before leaving, Li Xiu went to say hello to Li Qingyi.

Li Qingyi's business was also progressing quite smoothly. She was discussing the business of magic spirit materials with the Chu family.

The output of demonic materials in Changshengtian far exceeds the consumption, and the backlog of materials from each company needs to be processed.

The purpose of contacting the Chu family this time was to hope to sell it to them at a low price. As a result, the price they finally negotiated was much higher than they expected, so Li Qingyi successfully completed the task.

"I have to thank you for this. If you hadn't negotiated the business of the new magic equipment with the Chu family, and the Chu family's demand for magic spirit materials had increased, I wouldn't have been able to negotiate such a price." Li Qingyi already knew about the deal that Li Xiu had negotiated with the Chu family.

"It's a win-win situation." Li Xiu glanced at the puppy sleeping soundly beside Li Qingyi and didn't plan to take it back for the time being.

If I take it home, I have to spend money to raise it. But with Li Qingyi, I can eat all kinds of gems, which saves a huge amount of expenses.

After returning to Changshengtian, Li Xiu asked Sha Chu to quickly connect with the research institute and get the Chu family's production line set up as soon as possible, so as to avoid falling too far behind the Space City.

After Li Xiu came back, he found himself suddenly free.

Originally, there was a serious shortage of skilled technicians, but now Afei, Shachu, Chuqi and Chujun have all reached super spiritual levels, and Chujun is about to be promoted to light base, so the number of people who can be used has increased suddenly.

In particular, Chu Jun has already condensed twenty-eight light veins. Although he has not yet been promoted to light base, his combat power is actually not weaker than that of an ordinary light base. It is just because his body has not yet merged with the symbiotic contract. His physical strength is not as strong as that of a light base, but in other aspects, it is no worse than a light base, and may even be stronger.

Each of these people is now able to take charge of their own affairs, so Li Xiu no longer needs to do many things himself.

If Jing Li and Jiu Xiaoyun are added, the core strength of Li Xiu's side is no worse than any other group.

Li Xiu put all his thoughts into improving his own strength, hoping to achieve godhood as soon as possible.

"Husband, I'm hungry." The bride-to-be floated out and said softly.

Li Xiu searched his pockets and found no rubies. He could only say, "You go back first. I'll go buy some rubies."

"Yes, husband." The bride-to-be floated back like a ghost and turned into a ring and returned to Li Xiu's finger.

Li Xiu took some of his own pocket money and went to the gem market again. He strolled around the market, preparing to exchange some pigeon blood rubies to take back.

"Director Li, if you want to buy any gemstones, why don't you come to my place and take a look?"

Li Xiu had just started walking around when he saw the old immortal walking towards him. This was obviously not a coincidence.

"I just want to buy some ordinary rubies and browse around." Li Xiu didn't want to go to Baoguang Pavilion. The things there were good, but the prices were also high. Li Xiu didn't intend to feed the best gems to his bride-to-be.

"Director Li, are you satisfied with the super spiritual gems I bought last time?" The old man was unwilling to let Li Xiu go, and asked as he followed Li Xiu.

After Li Xiu took away the Padparadscha super gem, there was no movement, which made the old immortal very confused. He was still waiting for Li Xiu to come to him to return the goods, but after waiting for so many days, he didn't even see Li Xiu's figure.

"Satisfied, very satisfied." Li Xiu said as he strolled around.

"Did you use the Padparadscha super-gemstone?" the old immortal asked in a daze.

"I used it, and the effect is very good." Li Xiu said with a smile.

The old immortal was immediately depressed. He really couldn't understand how Li Xiu used the super spiritual gem that so many people couldn't use.

"Congratulations to Chief Li Chaoling. Chief Li is not only an excellent operator of magic equipment, but he has also made great achievements as a trial-taker. He is truly a rare all-rounder." The old man began to chat awkwardly.

"I don't have a super spirit. The super spirit gem is for me to use for the parasitic contract." Li Xiu said.

"Use the super spiritual gems on Earth to give the parasitic contract?" After hearing this, the old immortal's expression became even more complicated.

Most trial-takers might not even be able to get the super spiritual gems of the symbiotic contract, but Li Xiu actually arranged for the super spiritual gems of the parasitic contract, and he used the earth's super spiritual gems.

Generally speaking, only the symbiotic contract will use the Earth's super spiritual gems, while the parasitic contract mostly uses the super spiritual gems obtained from the evil spirits, which are relatively much cheaper.

"General Manager Li is really generous." The old man paused and continued, "There is something happening recently. I wonder if General Manager Li has heard about it?"

"What's the matter?" Li Xiu asked with a frown.

"It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to Baoguang Pavilion and talk." The old immortal looked around with a mysterious look.

Li Xiu looked at the immortal old man, and seeing that he was smiling, he nodded and followed him to Baoguang Pavilion.

The old man took Li Xiu into a private room and told the clerk not to disturb him. He then sat down with Li Xiu as host and guest and said mysteriously, "Director Li, you haven't received the news yet, right? Recently, a trial gate was opened, and an ancient demon city was discovered in the trial area."

"There are many ancient cities in the Demon Kingdom. Is there anything special about them?" Li Xiu asked.

The old man laughed and said, "I am old enough to call you brother. Brother Li, you don't know this. Although there are many ancient cities in the Demon Kingdom, after the fall of the Demon Kingdom, most of the ancient cities were destroyed and turned into ruins. There are only a few intact ones. Even most of the buildings in the Tiancheng have not been preserved. The ancient city that was discovered recently is a complete ancient city."

"Even if it's a complete ancient city, so what?" Li Xiu didn't think that whether the ancient city was complete or not would have any impact on the trial-takers who entered the trial ground.

"I wonder if Brother Li has ever heard of a folk fairy tale called The Happy Prince." The old man brought over a bottle of wine, poured a glass for Li Xiu and also poured a glass for himself.

"The Happy Prince?" Li Xiu shook his head. He had never heard of this story.

"Hehe, that's because you are too young, brother Li. When I was a child, there was a fairy tale about the Happy Prince in our textbooks. It said that in a city square, there stood a statue of the Happy Prince. The statue's exterior was inlaid with gold flakes, its eyes were sapphires, and there was a big ruby ​​on the hilt of its sword. The people in the city praised the Happy Prince as the most gorgeous work of art in the world, and they were proud of it..."

"Until one day, a little swallow came to the Happy Prince and told him about the sufferings of the world it had seen. So the Happy Prince decided to use everything he had to help those suffering people. He asked the little swallow to peck out his jewel eyes and gave them to the sick, gave the ruby ​​on the hilt of his sword to the little match girl, and gave all the gold flakes on his body to the poor people in need. In order to help the Happy Prince complete these good deeds, the little swallow missed the opportunity to fly south for the winter and froze to death next to the statue."

"The statue that was once so golden lost its golden makeup and the precious stones that set it off. It became a gray statue, despised by people, and was finally pushed down and melted, disappearing completely."

After finishing the story of the Happy Prince, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh: "Kindness is hard to be remembered, but benefits are eternal. This fairy tale is a little too real."

"When you told this fairy tale, are you trying to tell me that there is also a statue inlaid with gems in the ancient city of the Demon Kingdom?" Li Xiu asked the immortal.

"Yes, of course there is. Not only is there a statue, but it also looks just like the one in the story of the Happy Prince, with gold leaves all over his body, sapphires for eyes, and a ruby ​​inlaid on the hilt of his sword. It looks exactly like the statue of the Happy Prince from the fairy tale." said the old man.

"How could such a thing happen? Has the gem on the statue been taken away?" Li Xiu asked with interest.

"No, the trialist who found the statue of the Happy Prince wanted to dig the gem out of the statue, but he died inexplicably. No one knows how he died, and there was no injury on his body."

After a pause, the old man continued, "We have sent several waves of testers into the ancient city. They found that the gems on the statue of the Happy Prince are probably supernatural gems, but they cannot be removed. Anyone who comes within ten meters of the statue will die."

"Everyone is trying to find a solution now. No one has been able to take the gem off the statue yet. Didn't you want to find the super spiritual sapphire before? If you are interested, you can go and take a look." The old man laughed.

“No one else can get it, let alone me, a trial-taker who doesn’t even have a super spirit, even thinking about it.” Li Xiu was really tempted.

However, Li Xiu is definitely not the only one who is interested in a statue inlaid with several super spiritual gems. Everyone must be trying to find a way. Since none of them succeeded, Li Xiu doesn't think he can succeed.

"In fact, I have already worked out some clues. If you are really interested, Brother Li, I can do my best to help you get the super spiritual gem from the Happy Prince." The old immortal said seriously.

"It's really pitiful how pitiful the parents are." Li Xiu sighed and said, "General Manager, I have to think about this matter."

"Don't worry, brother. You can take your time to think about it. You can go and ask around first, or go to the ancient city to take a look in person. If you need anything, I'm always available to help." said the old man.

"Okay." Li Xiu nodded. If there really was such a statue, he would really have to go and see it.

When Li Xiu was about to leave, the old man sent him a plate of rubies, all of which were pigeon blood red, weighing more than one carat.

"Brother, please pick and choose. If you find something you like, just take it. Consider it a token of my appreciation for you." The old man went to great lengths to save his son.

"I appreciate your kindness, but I don't need the gems. I'll pay you what you want." Li Xiu naturally didn't want to take these gems for nothing, so he paid the market price and bought some of the pigeon blood rubies.

After Li Xiu returned, he took a few rubies and fed them to the bride-to-be. Fortunately, her appetite was not big now, so she was full after eating a few rubies and returned to Li Xiu's fingers.

Perhaps because she is about to be promoted, the bride-to-be has not eaten much recently. What she needs most now is a super spiritual gem.

"If the gems on the Happy Prince are really super-spiritual gems, then all my current problems are solved. The Forbidden Spear requires super-spiritual sapphires, and the Bride needs super-spiritual rubies. Then the gems on the Happy Prince are simply tailor-made for me." Li Xiu planned to go to the ancient city in person to take a look.

The immortal old man had already told Li Xiu that the trial gate was called the Gate of Kindness, and the resources in the trial field were also relatively complete.

Li Xiu asked Sha Chu to inquire about it again, and soon he got the news. It was the same as the information given by the old man, and it was indeed true.

However, the trial in the Kindness Trial Field is not very kind. It is a very cruel Colosseum trial.

In the trial field, evil spirits rarely appear, but in the Colosseum trial of the Gate of Kindness, the trial-taker must kill the evil spirits in order to pass the trial.

It is said that the level of the demons that appear in the trial field changes according to the trial-taker himself.

The opponents of E-level trialists are usually D-level monsters, the opponents of S-level trialists are light-based monsters, and the opponents of light-based trialists are soul-casting monsters.

No matter what level you are, if you don’t have the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels, it is basically impossible to pass the trial.

"In this kind of trial, the lower the level, the more advantages you have. It's not too difficult to jump to a higher level below S-level, but S-level players will have to face light-based monsters, which is very difficult." Li Xiu thought about it and felt that this kind of trial was very beneficial to him.

Theoretically speaking, he is still an S-level, and his opponent is light-based. With Li Xiu's current strength, killing a light-based demon should not be a problem.