Jiang Yan, who planned to get involved, had indeed gone through some careful consideration.

Anyway, for him, even if he really encounters danger, it's a big deal to abandon the true spirit body of this spirit sub-world and the group of sub-machine forces that have developed.

Relying on the multi-hearted and multi-purpose talent of the ability, and the ability to divide oneself derived after exerting it to the extreme, Jiang Yan can already divide his soul at will. For him, if he loses this soul on the side of the Lingzi World, although it can't be said to be indifferent, at least it is not that he can't afford it, Jiang Yan still has another soul on the side of the Red Jade Building in the Canglan Domain.

Because of the synchronous link of the ability, no matter how Jiang Yan divides the soul, there will be no so-called distinction between 'doppelganger' and 'deity' for him, any split soul can be regarded as an ontology, even if all his split souls are separated by an extremely long cross-border distance, they will not be divided into two different existences because of this, and the will is unified.

To take a figurative analogy, Jiang Yan's self-differentiation ability creates a state of soul separation is probably the same as ordinary people's left and right hands are controlled by the same brain, but both hands perform their own duties.

For Jiang Yan, the loss of a split soul is almost equivalent to the experience of an ordinary person who has broken off an arm. It is certain that it is uncomfortable, how much of the power of the soul division that is divided occupies for the whole, then after the soul division is lost, the strength of the whole of 'Jiang Yan' will have to be weakened in the same proportion.

To a certain extent, Jiang Yan's ability to self-differentiate can be said to be extremely similar to the slime of his contract elf 'Xiaobai', both of which can be split freely, but Jiang Yan is slightly weaker in terms of doppelganger ability, he can only split his own soul, and he can't even divide his body freely like Xiaobai. Well, although the 'human body' and the 'slime body' are not suitable for comparison in the first place......

Well...... Thinking about it carefully, Jiang Yan and Xiaobai's slime are really extremely compatible, whether it is in the cooperation of the abilities and talents of the two sides, or in some similar traits.

Jiang Yan, who had thought about it, finally opened his eyes and looked at Lukes who was quietly waiting for his reply with a smile.

"Doctor, I agree to this commission of yours. But...... I have one condition. ”

Hearing the first half of the sentence, a happy smile appeared on Lux's face, but immediately after, he heard Jiang Yan's follow-up words, and the smile on his face stiffened a little.

"Greedy little ghost!" Shaking his brows, Lux glared at Jiang Yan angrily, and said, "Obviously this is a good thing for you, for me, and even for the old man of Angus and the girl of Lily Luka, why do you still want to make conditions with me?"

Jiang Yan leaned his body back into the sofa, revealing a very solemn look and said to Lux: "You can't say that, doctor, after all, didn't you say it just now? This time the Dragon God Sacrifice is different from the past, it is likely to be accompanied by extremely high danger, maybe it is possible to lose my life, right? I want to take this kind of danger, and it is not too much to ask for benefits, right?"

Lux blew his beard, slapped the table and said, "Isn't the reward of the Dragon God Sacrifice enough to satisfy you?"

"Hey, one yard is one yard!" Jiang Yan shook his finger, looked at Lux's eyes playfully and asked: "Let's not talk about whether I can win, even if everything goes well, the reward of the 'Dragon God Sacrifice' will be earned by myself, and if I lead Hal and them to form a team to participate, that is, I will fight as a representative of the research institute, right?" It is not an exaggeration to see it as a competition between various forces!"

At the end of speaking, Jiang Yan paused, looked at Lux, whose eyes flickered slightly, and continued: "We won't mention the other forces and factions, but for a research institution like you, participants like Hal and I, because of the particularity of the identity of the 'Dragonborn Experimental Subject', can actually be regarded as the 'representative work' of the 'Dragonborn Cultivation Technique' of your Eleventh Research Institute, right?"

"The better the performance of the 'work', the more it proves that the 'maker' is excellent! Doctor, you are honest...... If we win, will the institute gain great benefits? The reason why you specifically asked me to lead Hal and the others to participate in the "Dragon God Festival" is also to deepen my position as a 'test subject from the 11th Research Institute'? In this way, the better we perform in the open 'competition' of the "Dragon God Festival", the more satisfied the higher-ups will be with you as the 'creator' of our test subjects, and the more benefits you will be able to gain?"

"......" Lux looked at Jiang Yan with a slightly surprised gaze, and did not refute it soundly, which was equivalent to him acquiescing to what Jiang Yan had just said.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan smiled knowingly: "So you see, we have to take the risk to participate in the Dragon God Festival, and you can wait to receive fame and fortune without doing anything, isn't this inappropriate?"

Lux tugged at his thin cheeks, and showed a somewhat penetrating smile at Jiang Yan: "Boy Yan, isn't it really a little inappropriate for you to say that, anyway, I am also your creator, and the institute has cultivated you to such a big age, which can be regarded as a favor to you, right?"

For a while, there seemed to be some rivalry, and the atmosphere between the two became a little heavy.

"Come less!" Jiang Yan rolled his eyes at him directly: "It's all said that one yard is one yard, doctor, if you say this to Hal, they are okay, but I? Didn't you sell it to the military department a long time ago? After that, I stayed in the special assassination unit, a place where I took my life to do tasks, and dedicated two years of hard work to the empire, and I have already become self-reliant. ”

"Alas...... Really, it's only been two years since you went out, and your kid has become so uncute, and you don't know how to be considerate of me, an old man! I really miss that innocent and well-behaved child before!" Lux raised a hand to cover his forehead, acting like a father who had a headache because of his child's unfilial piety, which made Jiang Yan twitch the corners of his eyes.

Please, old man, can your acting skills be a little more fake? Uh, well, with your gloomy and ghostly honor that can scare crying children, I'm afraid you won't be able to play that kind of father image in your life.

With a snap, Jiang Yan, who didn't want to see him continue to perform nonsense, slapped the table directly.

"Don't talk nonsense, if you want me to lead the team, the benefit fee can't be less!"

"Okay, okay, you talk about it first, what do you want?" Putting down his hand, the expression on Lukes' face became serious at once, and his eyes looked at Jiang Yan with scrutiny.

As Jiang Yan said, this "Dragon God Sacrifice" is actually a competition between the major power factions of the empire, whether it is in terms of reputation or actual interests, the major power factions, including the royal family, are unwilling to retreat, not to mention the opportunity to achieve pure-blooded dragon descendants and the contract qualification with the legendary strength of the high-level pure-blood dragon species, just the fact that you can get the appreciation of the "dragon" in the festival is enough to make the major power factions fight for blood.

Why has the imperial family been able to continue to sit firmly on their own throne of supreme power in the empire from the founding of the country to the present, so that no powerful nobleman in the country, no matter how ambitious, has never overthrown the throne?

The reason is not because there is a "dragon" behind the royal family!

And for the various forces within the empire, this "Dragon God Festival" is undoubtedly a huge opportunity, and it is very similar to the "Holy Son Selection" that the Holy Light Church is preparing, and it is reported that this time the "Dragon God Festival" is also the kind where the registration conditions for participants are very relaxed, and the competition rules tend to be fair and just, and under the attention of the "Dragon", there will basically be no dark phenomenon.

In other words, all of them rely on their strength, even Tianjiao, who was born in the royal family, also has the possibility of defeat.

This made the major careerists in the empire also move their minds, because if they took this opportunity to get the appreciation of the 'dragon', maybe they could also have the opportunity to sit on the throne that represented the highest power of the empire.

Lukes, as the doctor representing the highest position in the circle of researchers, does not have much ambition for political rights, after all, even if he wants to fight, it is relatively difficult to win against the major aristocratic giants who have been rooted in the empire for at least hundreds of years.

However, if you don't fight for it at all, you can't do it, because this time the "Dragon God Festival" is the best stage for all major research institutions in China to display their 'works', just like Jiang Yan said.

More capital investment, better equipment resources!

In order to compete for these, even professional researchers who have always been interested in studying more advanced technologies have begun to gear up.

Take the "Dragonborn Recreation Project" as an example, as far as Jiang Yan knows, in addition to Lux's Eleventh Research Institute, there are several other research institutes in the empire that are also in charge of this project at the same time, almost all of which are presided over by some other 'doctors' at the same level as Lux, and the successful cultivation of dragonborn experimental subjects is not limited to Hal and them.

Lux is planning to use Hal and the others as his own representatives to participate in this "Dragon God Festival", and there seem to be many excellent seedlings of the level of Hal and Lily cultivated by other research institutions, and the other party also has the same idea of sending test subjects to participate in the grand stage of the "Dragon God Festival" like Lux.

Obviously, even if there will be other participants at that time, the Dragonborn test subjects to which they belong will be directly put together to compare their advantages and disadvantages because of their similar identities, and the victory or defeat between them will also represent the victory or defeat of the major research institutions in disguise.

It's fair to say that this is the contest between Lux and his fellow competitors.

Come to think of it, the reason why Lux asked Jiang Yan to ask for it was also to increase his chances of victory as safely as possible.

Therefore, Jiang Yan had the time to openly ask Lux for favors, because he knew that as long as this old man didn't want to lose to those fellow competitors, he would definitely agree to him.

He unceremoniously said what he wanted.

"Alright, Doctor, I said earlier that I wanted to set up my own lab, now let's upgrade, I'm going to form my own research team, and ...... I have permission to recruit members directly from within your institute, as well as access to the institute's internal resources! In addition, this team is only under my own name, and you have no right to interfere in the management or the results of the research!"

Hearing the first half of Jiang Yan's words, Lux immediately frowned.

If you just form a team of individuals, it's nothing, and as an internal member of the institute, the corresponding resource supply is fine, but ...... Jiang Yan's follow-up condition is that he plans to poach talents directly from within his research institute!

In particular, the independent management of the latter and the private distribution of research results...... If Lux agrees, Jiang Yan's team will simply use the manpower and material resources that belong to the public of the research institute to cultivate his own private assets!

"Impossible!!" Therefore, Lux categorically rejected Jiang Yan, and his eyes became cold: "Boy Yan, you are joking, I really can't agree to this kind of condition." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to veto, the conditions can be discussed again?" Jiang Yan said with a smile, seeing that Lukes's face softened slightly, he continued: "The supply of resources can be slow, my side can pay salaries and bonuses to team members out of my own pocket, and most of the resources and facilities can also be purchased by myself except for a few ones!"

Lux's face softened a little when he heard this, but he quickly furrowed his brow again.

I only heard Jiang Yan and said: "It's just, in terms of member recruitment and internal management...... I'm not going to regress on that. ”

Lukes' eyes were scraping at Jiang Yan like a knife, but he found that this kid's face had not changed in the slightest and he was still looking at him with a smile.

Seeing this, Lux's eyes narrowed, the spiritual light on his body appeared, and a heavy spiritual pressure slowly released around him, enveloping Jiang Yan's body, the atmosphere instantly became extremely heavy as if it had been solidified, and the table in front of Jiang Yan and the sofa under him were all affected by this spiritual pressure, and there was actually a somewhat overwhelming creaking sound.

However, this kind of coercion was perfectly confined by Lux within two meters of Jiang Yan's body, and it was not leaked outside.

However, Jiang Yan, who was under this pressure, still had no change in his complexion, and sighed leisurely.

"Tsk, Doctor, every time you appear outside, you must be accompanied by a guard, and the world in the outside world still thinks that Doctor is just a researcher who is good at technical research, but this spiritual pressure strength is already at the level of a military-level elf envoy, right?"