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Chapter 643: A New Direction! The Symposium Approaches!
Chapter 643: A New Direction! The Symposium Approaches!
The events in the Cherry Blossom Capital had become common knowledge not only within the country but had even reached the ears of some in the Dragon Nation.
After all, it was rare for such a powerful beast companion to wreak havoc right in the heart of the city, causing a riot.
Although the majority of people were unaware of the full story, even those who knew the truth would never dare to speak of it openly.
Nevertheless, it was evident to everyone in the capital that something unusual was afoot over the past couple of days.
The entire city was placed under strict lockdown.
Pet inspections were reinstated at all critical locations, and the measures were indeed stringent.
However, this was just the tip of the iceberg for the average citizen.
Deep beneath the surface, where most ordinary people had no clue, an investigation that wasn't worth digging too deeply into, along with subsequent actions, unfolded with great fervor.
No one was a fool.
And even if they were, the ironclad facts would make the sequence of events crystal clear.
After all, the mall's surveillance cameras had clearly captured the appearance of the White-Scaled Python.
Of course, the subsequent Saint-Ranked Shikigami did indeed puzzle many.
But thanks to the time-based beast companion's ability to retrace, the truth was finally uncovered.
The Red Demon King.
The White-Scaled Python.
The beast companions of the Akagari and Yatsufu families.
And not just any companions, but their representative ones.
Despite the Yatsufu family's vehement protests of innocence, it was clear that the most powerful Yoshino family had found a reason, and over these two days, they had pushed these other two families to their limits.
Not only did the Yoshino family take action, but the visiting Special Envoy from the Eagle Nation, Yoshino Yukitsuki, had also joined in.
This had crossed a line with the Golden Heart.
The competition was no longer just about securing a foothold for the Golden Heart's tribal branch; it had directly harmed the Golden Heart's interests and authority.
The atmosphere was tense.
The Yoshino family, along with the other two major clans, and the smaller clans caught in the crossfire, had, within a matter of days, plunged the Cherry Kingdom into chaos.
Of course, the common folk were oblivious to this.
Even if the upper-echelon struggle escalated to physical conflict, aside from some minor details and the truly reckless who brawled in public, any violence would be discreetly handled in secluded locations.
In such a situation, even Dong Muchun and Su Ping were unaware of the full extent of the turmoil within the Cherry Kingdom.
As Shen Qiu had mentioned earlier, they hadn't ventured out to explore other parts of the capital this time.
Instead, they had remained in the hotel.
Su Ping was delighted with this arrangement.
He had plenty of research and specific areas to delve into, and even if he did nothing but think, lying there for ten days or half a month while maintaining his life force was a piece of cake.
Moreover, Shen Qiu had brought along a rather intriguing research material.
The Imagination Stone, a Saint-Ranked resource, didn't have to be used solely as a resource.
Over the past two days, Su Ping's primary entertainment in the hotel had been this stone.
He discovered a fascinating way to use it.
By placing his hand on the Imagination Stone and enveloping it with his psychic power, he could, according to his thoughts, create a realistic shadow that matched his imagination due to the stone's absorption of his spreading psychic energy.
This shadow was so lifelike it was uncanny.
It was indistinguishable from a real person.
This situation reminded Su Ping of a skill Femail possessed!
Imagination Materialization.
This hyper-class skill originated from the Jade Dreamland's inherited hyper-class skill in Dragon City.
Initially, only the Fairy Dragon could cultivate this skill.
However, with Su Ping's external assistance, he quickly made it possible to cultivate this skill on all beast companions.
The skill's ability allowed one to concentrate psychic energy and materialize imaginary objects into actual combat-ready illusions.
In comparison, the manifestations from the Imagination Stone were far less effective.
Forget about using these illusions for combat; they couldn't even speak and were merely completely illusory shadows.
Of course, a significant reason was that Su Ping's invested psychic power was insufficient, and he couldn't compare to Femail.
Femail's Imagination Materialization skill was so advanced that it made Su Ping's attempts seem like mere child's play.
The reason was simple: Femail's Imagination Materialization skill had reached the absurdly high level of Mastery.
It had to be said that Femail's talent in this area was also quite frightening.
With just a few days of cultivation, the super-tier skill was almost complete, and with the nourishment of evolution, it had reached a state of mastery. It was even on the verge of perfection, progressing towards a state of transcendence. Describing it as uncanny would not be an exaggeration.
Moreover, Femail's Imagination Materialization was a step above ordinary Imagination Materialization.
He could connect the consciousness of players in the Dream Heart through dream connections and transfer them to the bodies of the Imagination Materialization. By doing so, he could reduce his control over these imaginary clones.
This allowed for higher combat efficiency, and it also enabled the players in the Dream Heart to participate in these 'world' quests.
Femail had already experienced many such world quests, which were quite interesting.
Upon seeing this, Su Ping couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Compared to the effects of the Imagination Stone, it seemed similar, but in reality, it was worlds apart.
However,
Just because it was like this, it didn't mean that the Imagination Stone had no value.
On the contrary, the reason Su Ping could play with it for so long was precisely because of the inspiration the Imagination Stone gave him!
Indeed, inspiration!
Currently, the only thing that could capture Su Ping's focus and inspire him was undoubtedly the ability to enter dreams.
Before,
Su Ping had already fulfilled the most basic requirement of entering dreams.
In other words, the ability to enter dreams developed by Meng Huangliang was essentially something Su Ping had already accomplished.
What he lacked was the second stage of the cultivation process.
How to defeat opponents within dreams.
Moreover, it wasn't just about overpowering them with energy; he also wanted to be able to fight above his level effortlessly, just like Qian Yi, Ya Ya, Old Sha, and Xiao Qing.
This was what Su Ping envisioned.
Now, the way the Imagination Stone's energy circulated gave him an idea.
The way the Imagination Stone formed illusions, and the energy it contained was just one aspect.
In fact, what enabled this situation was Su Ping's own mental force.
He could catalyze his mental force in this way.
By doing so, he could form and solidify the scenarios he envisioned.
But what about the opponents?
Yes, this was the direction Su Ping was thinking of.
This was also what he had in mind—the possibility of fighting above his level through mental force!
The dream world had already been initially established through the Dream Core.
And the dream connections were also completed through the Dream Butterfly's racial skill.
Currently, Femail had mastered these two skills and had already achieved initial results.
He could forcibly connect with others' mental dreams, bringing two people together in the dream world. As the dream's leader, Femail could shape the scenes, conversations, and interactions with the dream creatures within the dream.
All of this was possible.
Not a single mistake, not a single word, not a single action, not a single content, not a single 6191 book, not a single look!
However, opponents could resist. Even if they didn't wake up, the imbalance in energy could still cause the dream to end.
So, how could one fight above their level in such a situation?
This was almost impossible.
But Su Ping loved to challenge the impossible!
Now, he had found the most interesting and most feasible combat method he could think of at the moment.
Who said that fighting in dreams required one's own mental force?
Why not use the Imagination Stone in dreams to concentrate the opponent's power with one's own mental force?
In the dream, he could absorb the opponent's energy and form a counterattack.
Even if the opponent couldn't kill him, with Femail's presence as the dream's main character, he could still turn the tables!
Of course, this was just an idea, a thought born from the Imagination Stone. To realize and verify this idea would require a long time.
However, Su Ping also recalled an inspiration from the past.
Fear.
When he watched that movie with Qin Xiaoxue, he saw something.
Fear had an impact on mental force, and when he returned last year, he had specifically studied this.
Even in the Eternal Spirit Core, some Spiritual Companion Beasts among the Soul Heart's pets relied on fear-based psychic power conversion.
These pets' attack form was to convert mental force into fear.
By harnessing the fear of its enemies, Femail absorbs mental force to manifest as an absolute terror within the dream realm, effectively eliminating opponents within the dream.
With this ability, Femail becomes invincible within the dream world, requiring no direct action. In this dream realm, enemies are drawn to Femail's mental force and energy, becoming the very embodiment of fear, only to be defeated by Femail itself!
A complete one-stop service!
Femail only needs to create this dream world, and that's enough!
This realization finally allows Su Ping to understand the vague spiritual hyper-class skill, which becomes crystal clear at this moment.
At this very moment, the hyper-class spiritual skill he sought, and even the skill worthy of the Hall of Fame, has finally emerged! It is no longer an unattainable fantasy.
Of course, this is just an idea, and to realize it, he will need to experiment and try step by step.
But this is enough.
This idea alone is sufficient for Su Ping to confidently assert that his trip to the Cherry Kingdom was not in vain.
He doesn't even care about continuing to observe the energy flow of the Golden Heart.
This idea aligns more with Su Ping's expectations for himself compared to the Golden Heart's abilities that require a significant amount of power to perform.
Naturally, ordinary people would never understand why Su Ping can deduce a critical hyper-class breeding direction for a key skill from a minor ability granted by the Imagination Stone.
But the thought processes of geniuses are indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Su Ping himself is well aware of this.
Therefore, he completely abandoned his 'market research' responsibilities and focused solely on the stone, leaving Dong Muchun utterly perplexed by Su Ping's intentions.
Fortunately, the outcome she had hoped for not only disappointed her greatly but also fell short of her expectations, even compared to working in the Dragon Nation or at Pingyun.
After spending two days and a night feeling bored and restless, Dong Muchun finally heard a knock on her hotel room door on the night before the symposium, which was also the day before the Golden Heart's branch office opening.
Knock, knock, knock!
As the door opened, Shen Qiu's figure appeared once again.
"Miss Dong!"
"Come in."
With Shen Qiu's arrival, Su Ping concealed his previous demeanor and resumed his role as the Marketing Manager and Assistant.
Shen Qiu looked at him with interest and then took a seat, turning to Dong Muchun:
"Miss Dong, I can now tell you that the guy who sent people to ambush you has suffered some punishment!"
"Oh? Who is it?"
Dong Muchun asked.
In fact, when Su Ping revealed Akagohanten's identity, she already knew.
However, Dong Muchun also understood that given the situation on this island nation, even with the involvement of the Golden Heart's envoy, it would be nearly impossible to eliminate one of the clan leaders of the Cherry Kingdom.
So, she had no expectations.
However, not only did she not expect it, but even Su Ping was somewhat surprised by the extent of the Cherry Kingdom's actions, which far exceeded their imagination.
"It has been confirmed that the two groups who ambushed you and your assistant were from the Yatsufu Clan and the Red Ghost Clan! This time, the Yoshino Clan, upon learning of this, did not hesitate to go to war with both clans.
As for the Yatsufu Clan, that's one thing, but the Red Ghost Clan, which had a grudge with Su Breeder, has had its family power completely expelled back to Nara.
Additionally, during the previous great battle, one of the Red Ghost Clan leader's companion beasts was slain, and the remaining two Saint-Ranked companion beasts were severely injured, significantly reducing their strength!
The other members of the Red Ghost Clan also suffered some setbacks, resulting in a considerable decline in their power!"
As he spoke, Dong Muchun nodded:
"Not bad, this Yoshino Clan does have some skills. Elder, rest assured, I will attend tomorrow's symposium on time!"
Shen Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief:
"Hehe, that's good. After all, this was an agreement made long ago, and it's a mutually beneficial arrangement for us. With that, I'm relieved.
Also, after this symposium, we'll all be on the same side. The President is almost done with his busy schedule, and at that time, he is eagerly looking forward to meeting you, Miss Dong!"
"Oh? Then I'll look forward to it!"
(End of Chapter)
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