Chapter 548 — The Bridge of Spiritual Power Exchange

"It was by this method that I replaced a Demon Race general and transmitted myself to Taihuang Heaven. But this time I want to build a world bridge connecting the two realms of Jingping and Taihuang Heaven. This world bridge must be very stable—unlike an altar, it must allow people to shuttle between the two worlds.

" The Black Tiger God pondered a moment, then said, "Then it is a spatial spiritual energy transfer bridge. The form of such a bridge can be designed as a funnel. Once space is opened, the spiritual energy of the two realms enters a state of flow. If someone from Taihuang Heaven goes to Jingping and enters Jingping through the spatial bridge, then Jingping must lose a portion of energy, which flows from Jingping into Taihuang Heaven. And the reverse is also true. .

. You have quite the ideas, Junior Brother! " He gave Shen Mu's shoulder a heavy slap. Shen Mu's expression changed drastically; he silently popped his dislocated arm back into place, and was utterly won over by the Black Tiger God. The Black Tiger God's eyes lit up. He clapped his hands and laughed. "I have a plan.

We need not design an altar—the Lord has a great altar ready for use. The Desolate Ruins also has a similar great altar, the Lord's escape route: if Taihuang Heaven is breached, he can return to the Desolate Ruins through that altar.

Both altars are meant for sacrifice and summoning true gods, and can be connected to the world bridge without fear of energy congestion causing collapse. The only difficulty now is working out those two equations! " Shen Mu grew excited. The Black Tiger God was not only fast, but his attainments in the arts of calculation were unfathomably deep—even far surpassing Shen Mu's own. With his help, the spatial energy transfer bridge spanning two worlds could surely be built all the faster, connecting Taihuang Heaven and Jingping! Suddenly he thought of Long Qilin, and an inexplicable ache rose in his heart. "Both are mounts, but compared to Brother Tiger, Fat Dragon is. .

. Brother Tiger runs faster, his cultivation realm is higher, he isn't a picky eater, and his calculations are better than mine. . .

" He hurriedly cast aside the bitterness in his heart and threw himself wholeheartedly into the calculations with the Black Tiger God. The Black Tiger God's attainments in calculation were indeed astonishing. Shen Mu had to use calculation yuan weapons—the Taiji Disc, the Bagua Disc, and others—assembled into a massive heterogeneous calculating tool just to keep pace with his speed.

Shen Mu simply handed over his calculation yuan weapons to him, letting him do the calculating while he provided the problem-solving approach.

"You've prepared too few calculation yuan weapons. I'll forge a few more! " With that, the Black Tiger God swiftly forged a great pile more calculation yuan weapons, dividing his attention among many tasks, simultaneously operating six massive heterogeneous calculating tools.

"Fat Dragon had no idea how to forge yuan weapons. .

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" Another pang of bitterness rose in Shen Mu's heart. No sooner had he stated a problem-solving approach than the Black Tiger God would give the answer—extraordinarily fast.

Man and tiger worked without sleep or rest, ceaselessly calculating in the east gate tower of Licheng.

Eight days later, the tower was piled thick with manuscripts.

Suddenly Sang Wan's voice came: "Threshing Brother, what are you two doing here? " Shen Mu lifted his head from the pile of papers, his eyes bloodshot.

He saw Sang Wan, along with Yu He, Shu You, and several young divine ability practitioners, standing outside the gate tower, peering in with curiosity. Everyone was startled.

The manuscripts here were piled as high as a man, row upon row, placed neat and orderly without the slightest disarray. And amid the papers, Shen Mu and a tiger-headed youth both had deep dark circles, bloodshot eyes, stubbled beards, and looked utterly unkempt. "So it's you.

" Shen Mu withdrew his gaze and continued writing and sketching on the paper. "Wait a moment. Brother Tiger and I have already worked out the two equations. Using them, we've calculated the spatial spiritual energy conversion runes, and are now designing the spatial framework of the world bridge.

" Yu He, Shu You, and the other divine ability practitioners looked blank.

After a moment, Shu You asked guiltily, "Sang Wan Junior Sister, did you understand that? " Sang Wan shook her head blankly. Shen Mu and the Black Tiger God each used their primal energy to form exceedingly fine measuring scales, drawing on the paper for a long while, marking one scale after another, until at last they rose. The Black Tiger God said excitedly, "Come, let us go at once and build this world bridge, and see whether it can connect the two realms!

" Shen Mu hesitated. "The Sage Master said not to stir up trouble.

This world bridge has not yet been verified—if we build it and test it now, I fear it may.

. .

" The Black Tiger God was even more excited than he was. He slapped his chest hard, his spirit soaring.

"This isn't stirring up trouble—at most it's causing a fuss. It's fine.

If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame! "