Published: February 13, 2025
Ye Zhongming and the Mechanical Genius both had unsightly expressions.
It wasn't due to fatigue, but rather because they saw a… device behind Kani.
In order to be with the Mechanical Genius, Kani made a special trip back to the Ferrosong People, hoping to gain the clan's recognition and blessing for their relationship.
If possible, who wouldn't want to have it both ways?
Moreover, the Su Clan had already given their consent, and both the Mechanical Genius and Kani believed there wouldn't be any issues.
But unexpectedly, a problem arose.
"Why does the clan treat you this way!"
The little boy said this through clenched teeth.
Indeed, the little boy felt that he didn't like Kani, as he found her short, even though he wasn’t taller than her. He disliked her freckles, even though he himself wouldn’t grow up to be good-looking. He also criticized her for not having enough fuleira, even though he had less than her.
But he knew one thing: Kani had left the Ferrosong People without saying a word for him. The only reason she returned was to seek the clan's permission to stay with the Mechanical Genius.
After all, Kani had the blood of the Ferrosong People flowing through her veins.
Yet that not-so-great race forced Kani to install a device called the "Dragon Heart."
This device required her to return to the installer periodically to refill it with a "life liquid" whose formula was known only to him. If she failed to do so, the Dragon Heart would wither, and once it withered, Kani would die.
The Dragon Heart replaced Kani's original heart!
This was an extremely malicious act!
The Ferrosong People shamelessly told Kani that it was for her own good, as replacing her heart with the Dragon Heart was a thing that cost millions of Moon Age Gold. The direct effect was to speed up her cultivation, allowing the user to quickly increase their fuleira.
But the downsides, or side effects, were equally apparent. Once approaching bottlenecks, such as fuleira reaching ten thousand or twenty thousand, breakthroughs would become very dangerous, with a risk of explosion at any moment. At a hundred thousand fuleira, it could be said that it was a matter of life or death!
Even if you were incredibly lucky and broke through a hundred thousand fuleira, the flaws of the Dragon Heart would soon manifest. The energy it could produce and the life energy provided were not able to sustain such a large amount of energy. This would make cultivation extremely difficult, and reaching twenty thousand fuleira would become impossible. That was the theoretical peak of the Dragon Heart; essentially, after surpassing the threshold of a great master, the user's strength would stagnate.
For Kani’s sake?! Using this?!
Perhaps this thing allowed for rapid cultivation below great masters, but the ghost gate loomed ahead. You needed to pass through each one, and the faster you cultivated, the more life-and-death trials you faced in a short time!
The success rate for those trials was about thirty percent, and even for a hundred thousand fuleira, reaching that threshold was less than one percent!
To put it bluntly, this wasn’t just about controlling Kani, but rather controlling the Mechanical Genius to influence Ye Zhongming’s Star Eye Clan and even the Su Clan!
Using an ordinary clansman to exchange for possible benefits, the Ferrosong People were calculating well.
Moreover, by doing so, they clearly weren’t afraid of offending Ye Zhongming’s Star Eye Clan because they were stronger than the Star Eye Clan. As for the Su Clan, they likely didn’t think they would stand up for Kani. The prior consent was due to Ye Zhongming’s connection with the Mechanical Genius, and the Ferrosong People had already given them face. Now, their target was their own clansman, and no one could stop them!
But for the Mechanical Genius, this was an insult. For Ye Zhongming, this was contempt and provocation!
They didn’t even consider the feelings of the Mechanical Genius and Ye Zhongming at all.