He shook his head to drive away the memory of rows upon rows of text and procedures. Then he said confidently, "If other people can do it, so can I."
Already he can determine that the two phantom figures in his mind can't help him. It is because the production method is not a spell or fighting technique. It is more of a knowledge-based skill.
The phantoms can't help him build a divine armament just like they can't help him cook. So he is on his own in regard to the matter.
The only thing the phantoms can help him do is learn some of the energy manipulation techniques in the large textbooks. The rest is up to him.
After mulling it over, he took out a trouser and his white robe from his pouch. He wore them and returned to the lecture hall to register for forging and formation classes.
After doing so, he returned home to begin studying the textbook. In fact, he had already begun studying it on the flying board. This made him frown on his way home.
The more he looked at the textbook, the more his mind was strained. It was full of diagrams and formulas. It was as if he was studying advanced geometry and advanced calculus.
If not for the reward for mastering this, he would have given up. But it was because he knew that it would be worth it that he didn't think of giving up at all.
The divine lightning armament he is currently using is already very powerful even though it is suboptimal for him. It grants him a boost to his strength, speed, and defense and even gives him elemental attacks, but it is only a level 10 armament.
For other cultivators at the second mortal coil whose body is only at level 10 and whose mind can only reach level 11, this divine armament will be the best that they can handle, physically and mentally.
A level 10 armament is what will bring out the most power in them. But this is not the case for him. Thanks to Mountain Karma, his body is three times stronger than normal people's, so he can handle a level 30 armament.
From what he learned from Elder Storm Hawk and from what he read in the production textbook of the divine lightning armament, a level 30 armament will require the carcass of a foundation establishment beast with lightning affinity.
If he can get a level 30 divine lightning armament, his current power won't be ((5 Life Force + 5 Internal Energy ) × 3 Mountain Karma ) × 10 Divine Lightning Armament, which is 300.
His power will be ((5 Life Force + 5 Internal Energy ) × 3 Mountain Karma ) × 30 Divine Lightning Armament, which is 900. That will be a threefold increase in his power.
This is just the power he can enjoy currently at the fourth transformation of the second mortal coil. Once he reaches the peak of the second mortal coil and acquires a life force and internal energy quality of 11, his power will reach 1,980.
That kind of power will not only be unmatched in the second mortal coil, it will be enough to kill many cultivators at the third mortal coil.
And it is just raw power. He can make that raw power do interesting things like flying.
This is why he said to Elder Storm Hawk that he finally saw how Elder Void Claw managed to kill a nascent soul senior as a golden core cultivator himself.
This is a feat that he too will be more than capable of once he reaches that level. This is even without the help of the Mountain Karma.
As he got home, he looked around and discovered that Roar wasn't around anymore. It was then that he remembered that he had sent Roar to help his mother manage his dojos and have his mother help Roar hunt in the Green Forest.
This made him think back to why he got Roar. It was to help him hunt in the Green Forest.
After reading the production methods of the divine lightning armament, he now knows why the Blood Skull sect runs the Beast Hunting Center and why they monopolized the trade of carcasses all over the Five Veins Region.
As the strongest sect, they have the right to monopolize anything they want. No one can stop them, and no one should try since what they are monopolizing is directly related to the use of their fighting techniques.
The armaments are made from beast carcasses. So the Blood Skull sect needs a lot of beast carcasses and is determined to get them at all costs.
Human carcasses can also be used. The Blood Skull sect doesn't care. They will use any material that they can lay their hands on.
In fact, the corpse of those who forge their foundation with the divine lightning or all elemental armament is the best raw material to use to create an armament.
This is why there is a rule that no one can kill each other in the sect and every disciple's corpse belongs to the sect. If not for the first rule, the Blood Skull sect won't be able to stand.
But since the disciples of the Blood Skull sect are not hunting everyone in the region en masse, the least that everyone can do is let them buy all the beast carcasses available in the region. This is in everyone's best interest.
It is like feeding a beast so that it will be full. As long as the beast is full, it won't go hunting and killing what it shouldn't kill.
It is in everyone's best interest that the Blood Skull sect have all the beast carcasses they can use and have the largest territory so that they will be able to have enough money to buy so many beast carcasses.
Being the strongest sect and also a sect which needs a lot of carcasses to train, It is clear that if the Blood Skull sect doesn't get what they want, there will be trouble for everyone.