Seeing Ye Li drawing the blueprint of the Spirit Gathering Cannon on paper, everyone including Ou Qianxie had already been completely immersed in it.
Ye Li himself had the same feeling when he saw this kind of drawings. The stronger a person is, the easier it is for him to be obsessed with these exquisite designs.
Among the five masters and apprentices, Ye Li's weapon-casting ability is the lowest. Even though he has now reached the level of upper-grade earth-level, he is still a long way behind Niu Qianjin and Yan Fangtong.
Niu Qianjin and Yan Fangtong are now at the peak of the Earth level and are only one step away from entering the Heaven level.
However, a breakthrough at this level is no small matter and it is not that easy. The two have been stuck at this level for many years and have not been able to find a breakthrough.
But after seeing the blueprint that Ye Li brought, the expressions on their faces changed instantly, because they both found their own breakthrough in the blueprint.
The two believed that once they were able to thoroughly study the Soul Gathering Cannon blueprints, they would naturally be able to take a step forward and reach the Heavenly Level.
Ye Li looked at Ou Qianxie and others who were immersed in the blueprint, and smiled slightly. He knew this would be the result. After all, all the technologies contained in this blueprint were amazing things.
For the next month, Ye Li stayed in the Foundry Hall and studied the Soul Gathering Cannon with everyone.
Of course, with the addition of true masters like Ou Qianxie and Pei Ku, the so-called research has become a one-sided study for Ye Li and Niu Qianjin.
Although Ye Li had made the Soul Gathering Cannon himself in the past, his understanding of its core technology was still relatively superficial. Over the past month, with the continuous guidance of Ou Qianxie and Pei Ku, the casting skills of Niu Qianjin, Yan Fangtong and Ye Li have been improved to a higher level.
Niu Qianjin and Yan Fangtong both entered the heavenly level, and Ye Li also stepped into the late earthly level through accumulation.
A month later, Ou Qianxie called everyone together and said, "We have now completely figured out this Soul Gathering Cannon and can now move on to the manufacturing stage."
Ye Li nodded and said, "I used to think I had a complete understanding of the Soul Gathering Cannon blueprint, but now I realize how shallow my understanding is.
The power of the Soul Gathering Cannons I created varies even within the same level, so it is difficult to fix the power at the upper limit. For example, for the Yuantai Period cannons, there are cannons in the early Yuantai Period and cannons in the late Yuantai Period.
The materials used are the same, so I should be able to fix all the Yuantai period cannons at the peak of the Yuantai period, and they should not fluctuate up and down.
Now, after the guidance of Master and Senior Brother, I understand the problem. If I am asked to make this Spirit Gathering Cannon, I will definitely be able to keep its power at the peak level of each major level."
Ou Qianxie looked at Ye Li and smiled, saying: "Ye Li, the power of this Soul Gathering Cannon is very good, but the materials he used are a bit complicated. I think there should be room for improvement to make the manufacturing process more simple.
By the way, if the Soul Gathering Cannon uses something like star crystals, it won’t be easy for us to get them.
If that hidden organization is possibly connected to the Jinde Empire you mentioned, then it should be easy for them to get star crystals from the Miracle Continent. However, on our continent, star crystals simply do not exist.
What we have more here is spirit stones, so I have been thinking about it these days, saying that if we can replace the star crystals we use with spirit stones, then we can really produce them in large quantities.
Otherwise, even if we make them, they won’t be usable at all and will just become a pile of decorations.”
Hearing Ou Qianxie's words, Ye Li reacted immediately. It was indeed true. He had never thought about this problem. After getting used to star crystals, he had already seen that there were no star crystals on the Black Eye Continent. Only the four holy places could get some from the sea, but they were not enough for the internal consumption of the major forces and it was impossible for them to be circulated.
"Master, can the spirit stone really replace the star crystal? Can we use the spiritual energy in the spirit stone?"
Ye Li asked.
Ou Qianxie pondered for a moment and said, "I once got a few pieces of star crystal from Brother Xue to study, and I roughly figured out its properties. I think it has some similarities with spirit stones.
Although the spiritual energy of the spirit stone cannot be used for cultivation, it is still spiritual energy after all. It should be possible to use it to launch attacks.
I am now planning to go into seclusion for a while and study with Pei Ku to see if we can improve the structure of the spirit gathering cannon and make it adapt to the spirit stone. In this way, all the spirit gathering cannons we make can be used.
After that, we will teach the craft to other spirit talisman masters in the Foundry Hall, and let everyone make them together. We should be able to make a lot at once."
After hearing Ou Qianxie's words, Ye Li nodded at the first half, but shook his head at the last sentence.
Seeing this, Ou Qianxie asked in confusion: "Ye Li, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Ye Li said: "Master, the matter of the Soul Gathering Cannon must be kept strictly confidential, we cannot let other people in the Foundry Hall know about it.
What I told you about Dahuntian before must also be kept strictly confidential, because we have no idea who the enemies may be.
The seeds released by the Great Soul Heaven's soul clone may be attached to anyone, so we must keep it strictly secret.
Although our Foundry Hall is quite powerful, our strength is not top-notch. Once someone targets us and plots against us in secret, all of us will be in danger.
We must keep this secret strictly, and no one except the five of us can reveal these things to anyone else."
After hearing this, Ou Qianxie and the others' expressions changed. Ou Qianxie said, "I understand. We must keep this matter completely confidential and not tell anyone.
However, this will greatly restrict the production speed, and we may not be able to forge a large number of Soul Gathering Cannons."
Ye Li smiled and said, "Master, when I was in the Miracle Continent, I found a good way to overcome this problem.
We completely disassembled the Soul Gathering Cannon's more than 300 parts, and then taught them to different Spirit Masters separately. This way, each of them knew the same thing, and it also prevented any of them from mastering the casting method of the Soul Gathering Cannon on their own.
We can now use the same method to break the Soul Gathering Cannon into very small pieces and teach different people to cast it. During the casting process, we should not reveal what this thing is used for. Just say that you use it to study certain things. As long as it is broken down finely enough, I don't think anyone can guess what the whole thing is based on the words of a few people.
Moreover, the casting of some core parts was originally completed by me and my three apprentices, so the confidentiality is even better. "