When the New Year arrived, Zhang Yue returned to Donghai City before the New Year. He didn't go back to Jidao Academy first, there was already a holiday, and went directly to Tunghai University to see Li Mingxue.

I haven't seen each other for more than a month, and Li Mingxue didn't feel any difference, when Zhang Yue was in Jidao Academy, although the two of them were in the same city, they only met once in three or four weeks.

"How about going out this time?" asked Li Mingxue.

"It's ok, a little trouble was solved. Zhang Yue didn't say that the so-called minor troubles were flying planes in the face of typhoons and dueling with senior martial artists.

"Let's go see the light show. "Li Mingxue is rarely interested.

Zhang Yue nodded, and Li Mingxue and the two of them watched a splendid light show to welcome the New Year under the tallest building in Donghai City.

The New Year passed, and the days returned to normal.

Zhang Yue practiced at Jidao Academy, and Li Mingxue also studied hard at Tunghai University.

There are still changes, Zhang Yue has finally reached the peak of the intermediate martial artist, and the cultivation of internal strength can no longer grow, he tried the best Qi Pill, but he still can't break through the senior martial artist.

After determining the stable annual production of silver shrimp on the volcanic island, Shenxiu Pharmaceutical's Peiyuan Pill began small-scale mass production.

Although it is small-scale, compared with the previous production, it is already a heaven and an underground. Basically, it can meet the needs of all the disciples below the level of martial artist in several shareholder families.

The remaining Peiyuan pills can finally begin to flow into the market and create benefits for Shenxiu Pharmaceutical.

With the support of Peiyuan Pill, which was openly supplied, Li Mingxue's cultivation began to progress rapidly, and he had already broken through to the eighth level martial apprentice, only one step away from the highest ninth level martial disciple.

Zhang Yue's two disciples, Yu Wenjie, have also cultivated to the seventh level, and they are only about Bao Bao Hang'er Langdang, and now they are only second-level martial disciples.

During the Spring Festival, Zhang Yue went home for a few days, reunited with his family, and instructed the two apprentices by the way.

Returning to Jidao Academy, there was not much time left before March, and Zhang Yue's mood became more and more excited day by day.

The twelve-year astronomical tide is approaching, can you obtain the Immortal Island inheritance and officially embark on the path of cultivation?

He was not completely sure, except for the Dao Pavilion, no one else could see the immortal island floating with the tide, maybe he was no exception, he could only try his best, if it was not successful, Zhang Yue planned to worship a grandmaster as a teacher, continue to cultivate in the martial arts with peace of mind, and then find other opportunities in the future.

One day, Dong Shiwu, vice president of the Jidao Academy, summoned him. He was the second-ranked disciple of the Dong family in the East China Sea, and he was in charge of the work of the Extreme Dao Academy on a daily basis, and the dean, Grandmaster Zhao Mengshan, rarely took care of these daily affairs.

"Zhang Yue, sit. ”

As soon as he entered the office, Dong Shiwu, who was on his back, greeted him and buried his head in the pile of documents. After a long while, he finished processing the official document, took a long breath of relief, and raised his head.

"Dean Dong, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, about the matter of Changxia Island last time, after further investigation by the state, the contents of the lead container you found are very valuable, plus your performance in saving the crew, and after communicating with the Martial Arts Association, it was decided to officially reward you. ”

"Reward?" Zhang Yue perked up, it turned out that the country would give a reward for the matter of Changxia Island.

"Well, two rewards, you can choose one of the two. ”

"What is it?"

"The first one is that the state will grant you the title of knighthood for your merits this time, Ning Haibo. ”

"I just did such a thing, and I was crowned uncle?" Zhang Yue said in surprise.

In the Tianqi Empire, knighthood is a great honor, generally non-military merits or martial arts masters are not sealed, since the end of the war more than twenty years ago, there are very few people who can be knighted in peacetime, basically they are awarded to martial arts masters and grandmasters.

"Your credit is not small, Shi Kan is at the peak of a senior martial artist, you can beat him to death with one palm, although I don't know how you did it, but you should have the strength to fight against a martial arts master. ”

Dong Shiwu overestimated Zhang Yue's strength a little, he no longer had a second superb strength bead available, and now he could only cast the Spring Tide Six Stacks.

"Martial arts masters will be awarded the title of uncle, with your qualifications and talents, it is a matter of time before you are promoted to martial arts master, and the country will give you the title in advance. Dong Shiwu explained.

"What's the other reward?" The first reward is so tempting, and the second must not be bad.

"The second reward is Yuan Tianbo, the president of the Martial Arts Association, who will personally guide you once. Speaking of this, even Dong Shiwu's eyes showed envy.

"The president of the Martial Arts Association, Yuan Tianbo Yuan Heavenly Master?" Zhang Yue asked after taking a breath.

"That's right, you also know that above the martial arts master is the grandmaster, above the grandmaster is the great grandmaster, and above the great grandmaster is the highest peak of the martial arts world-Zhenguo Heavenly Master, there are only five people in the whole world, and our Tianqi Empire lives alone in the third, and the president of the Yuan is one of them. ”

"I'll pick the second reward. Zhang Yue said without hesitation, being able to get the guidance of Yuan Tianshi is something that all martial arts practitioners dream of.

"I guess you will choose the second one, you are still young, the days are long, the title of Earl of Ninghai will be yours sooner or later. President Yuan is very busy, and I will let you know when he can find time to guide you. Dong Shiwu said with a smile.

Coming out of the vice president's office, Zhang Yue found Wu Manmei and told her about it.

"That's it, to disturb my sleep?" Wu Manmei said lazily.

"I'm still sleeping, it's eleven o'clock. ”

"Don't you know I'm a night owl. ”

Zhang Yue shook his head: "You are well-informed, what is that thing I found last time?"

"You just want to know this, I know a little bit, I heard that it is a raw ore of radioactive metal. ”

"What's so magical about this thing, the Dongyi people want to build a base specially?"

"I don't know, I'm not in the metal industry. ”

"What kind of metal is that?"

"I heard it was uranium. ”

"Uranium?"

Zhang Yue tried hard to recall the knowledge of chemistry class, as if it was a heavy metal, radioactive, what did the chemistry teacher say at that time, this element is extremely rare in this planet, and its mineral deposits have not been found.

Zhang Yue asked about uranium metal, and it was okay, since this thing had nothing to do with martial arts, he was not interested, no matter what the Dongyi people were going to do, anyway, the country was worried about it.

At this time, in a strictly confidential laboratory in the imperial capital, several big figures of the Tianqi Empire were listening to the scientists' reports with serious faces.

"Let's say, what is the magic of this uranium metal, you few domestic physics authorities want to find us specifically. ”

"I'll tell you. An old scientist with gray hair turned on the projector and introduced.

"Uranium, atomic number 92, is a natural radioactive metal, uranium metal has nuclear fission phenomenon, one of the isotopes can form a chain fission reaction. We thought that there was no naturally occurring uranium ore in the world, and the cost of artificial synthesis was extremely high, so we could not consider its threat, but now - Dongyi people have found natural uranium ore, although the taste is very low, but it does have the possibility of mining and refining. The old scientist said with a solemn face.

"Nuclear fission? What do you mean?"

"A physical phenomenon, you just need to know that the nuclear fission of one kilogram of uranium can theoretically release the energy of the explosion of 20,000 tons of high explosives. In other words, this thing can be used to create a super bomb that is unprecedented in human history. ”

Several big people were stunned and speechless.

"A new era of war is coming, and the deterrent power of warriors will be replaced by nuclear fission bombs. The old scientist asserted.