In the laboratory, Qin Muye, Chen Lu, Luo She, and another video connected to the high echelons of Wen Country watched as a researcher cast an Evil Curse on a monkey.
You could clearly see a fiery red magical brilliance descend upon the monkey with lightning speed, visibly weakening it.
Everyone present, as well as those watching through the video, got excited at this scene. Things were finally on track, and it only took three days.
"Mr. President, I think our cooperation can move a step further now," Qin Muye spoke up. The President of Wen Country was all smiles, "Certainly, I will have the Treasury approve a hundred billion in research funds for Scholar Sir to manage. At that time..."
"Your Excellency Mr. President, I'm not talking about funds, but about the knowledge I need. Your currency, even your entire financial system, is of no use to me but waste paper and codes. What I want is all the knowledge from the first and second reforms, not the so-called research funds. I hope you can understand," Qin Muye interrupted.
Funds? They were useless to him, just beating around the bush.
Besides, it was just a pointless formalism. As if the research institute wouldn't grant the funds if he didn't ask for them.
How could that be possible? The success of Artificial Elements wasn't technically challenging for Qin Muye, but for Wen Country, which lacked elements but wanted to advance society through magic, it was an incredibly important step.
The President of Wen Country exchanged glances with the Cabinet through the video, and quickly reached a consensus.
"Of course, there's no problem Scholar Sir, but we also need adequate sincerity from you, like your Magic System," the President said.
Everyone was talking business; only fools talked friendship.
"Agreed. I will hand over the training and growth process of Mages to your country. However, please note that I can't guarantee full compatibility," said Qin Muye after a moment of contemplation, ready to exchange the legacy within the Mage Reclassification Certificate. Before mastering it, this thing was valuable to Qin Muye, but once learned, it was only the Reclassification Certificate that held value. The knowledge inside had become his own, and using it for profit was a recycling of waste; after all, giving it away didn't mean he couldn't use it anymore.
"Scholar Sir, ours are two different eras of scientific systems, including but not limited to weapons, medical care, materials, and so on," said the President of Wen Country. His meaning was clear-it was not enough.
Qin Muye had anticipated this. Indeed, it wasn't enough. Although this knowledge was outdated, it could produce a tremendous leap when combined with the Magic System in Qin Muye's territory.
"Add a Warrior profession, too. This profession can totally match with your National Martial Artists. That's my bottom line. After all, these two professions and the knowledge from the first and second reforms are equally important for your country," Qin Muye asserted.
Both parties were buyers and sellers, naturally starting with outrageous demands and bargaining down to a reasonable price.
There was only a total of thirty days. Holding onto an exclusive edge and keeping things hidden was nonsensical-the magic knowledge wasn't a treasure to him.
Of course, the goal was to convert that as soon as possible into the technological knowledge he lacked as a foundation. He wasn't there to show off or slap faces, was he?
After some negotiation, Qin Muye still had to offer the Weakness Curse and the Dissolving Beam, two Death System Magic techniques, as additional conditions to obtain sufficient knowledge.
However, he was also devious, including neither secret techniques in the warrior nor the mage professions, just the corresponding training and growth methods. As for magic, it was even more of a trap-reaching a military level required at least the magic power of a Great Mage who could perish together with a divine being; otherwise, one shouldn't even dream about it.
He was able to make magic reach the military level, naturally, because of the "Lord Era" rules.
Qin Muye was actually guessing too. Maybe the other party had left some tricks in the knowledge he needed. Harmful intentions should not be harbored, but one cannot do without the caution against others.
Being cautious was the key. Given his current situation under someone else's roof, it was really a last resort.
The strength of National Martial Artists was extraordinary, with an embraced pill Grandmaster having the strength of a 2nd-tier hero unit, which was a level 20+.
Their attributes weren't high, but they had a multitude of skills and talents.
They could even be immune to magic to a certain extent, for example, a Weakness Curse could indeed reduce the opponent's attack power, but the opponent's skills would add direct damage during the attack, bypassing the attack power attribute.
Although they were made of flesh and blood, an embraced pill Grandmaster could dodge bullets. While there's some skill and limitation to it, such reflexes were still quite remarkable.
But don't even think about withstanding bullets with sheer resilience. Demon Blood might withstand it, but an embraced pill Grandmaster can't, due to their not-so-high bodily attributes.
Moreover, National Martial Artists would experience a decline in vitality in their later years unless they could make their strength smooth and uniform to lock in their vitality and become an embraced pill Grandmaster. But how many people could succeed in that?
Currently, there are only seven embraced pill Grandmasters on record.
However, if magic were to shine gloriously, it might take National Martial Arts further.
Wen Country does not have many embraced pill Grandmasters, but there are quite a few transformation, shadow, and clarity level National Martial Artists, and they are robust and
The knowledge Qin Muye wanted naturally included National Martial Arts, but due to the limitations of the era, there was a high probability it wasn't optimized like the modernized version of National Martial Arts.
And it might be some styles of National Martial Arts that no one practices anymore. The ones on record would definitely not be given; they have legacies of their own, and causing a big fuss would not be good.
But Qin Muye didn't mind. National Martial Arts was indeed a bit beyond his expectations, but for him, it was just icing on the cake.
After concluding the negotiations, Qin Muye let out a sigh of relief and continued to supervise the research on magic power while self-studying various knowledge on the side.
The promised knowledge of the first and second era reforms would take three days to be handed over to Qin Muye, as compiling and summarizing it required time.
Therefore, Qin Muye did not hand over the inheritance of mages and warriors yet. However, to show sincerity, he first offered the magic of the Dissolving Beam.
From this moment on, the greatest gain was no longer the so-called instance rewards or that skill named Lord Summon, but the crystallization of the entire civilization, even if it was outdated, the accumulation it carried was not something ordinary people could accomplish. Furthermore, cooperating with Wen Country to study magic power would allow Qin Muye to understand the nature of this miraculous energy more deeply, enabling him to better transform spirit monsters and even contemplating Champion Level transformation involving beliefs and souls, among other things.
One magic civilization might not suffice, but with the addition of hypnotism and Psychological Suggestion from Technology Civilization, and with "Lord Era," he refused to believe it still wouldn't work.
Especially since National Martial Arts also involved records and training of the spiritual aspect; if he had enough Champion Level spirit monsters, then his territory would soar to