Yang Rai had the Rank 4 Resources collecting for quite some time now. He had enough sets to create a fortune almost instantly. However looking at the stock pile wasn't creating a feeling of hopefulness. He was worried that the entire supply was about to disappear completely since he likely would need at least 81 sets of rank 4 to make a single set of rank 5. That was if the ratio stayed the same. Yang rai pulled out the Gourd Vine and inspected it.
Hmm this vine is quite good however the gourds it generates take some serious time. A month's time for rank 5s isn't really ideal. Oh well I'll just feed it more power and see what happens. I need to wait for more rank 4 resources anyways.
Yang Rai was able to communicate with Gourd Vine after he started feeding it extra energy. It had been apparently starving from being harvested so much.
"Who is this Sir who is filling my belly?"
"I'm Yang Rai, are you the consciousness inside the Gourd Vine?"
"Strictly speaking, yes I am. What's up with this world force you're feeding me, it is exceptionally pure."
"It's generated through my many glyphs that use the 9 heavenly forces."
"Wait 9 forces? Isn't it 7?"
"There is an extra Yin and Yang. I suppose it's the reason why I'm capable of creating these seemingly impossible things."
"Do you mind if I try to do that myself?"
"Not a problem."
"I'd like to see a set of these 9 at rank 5 like me. I might be able to copy that."
"I'm afraid I don't have rank 5 yet. I was attempting to understand the strength behind a rank 5 material first."
"So you're saying that you helping me is helping you to help me which would help you again?"
"If you want to see it that way then yes."
"Great. So are you ready to do whatever it is you need to do?"
"I believe I'm ready to try."
Yang Rai gave the gourd vine to a spirit to hold for a while. He set up 81 sets of rank 4 resources. He was nervous for a moment but when he did the check to see if his ratio was correct his worry faded. You see he had done the same before, a simple verification of the total amount of energy the amount that he would augment it by. The resonation of the materials and proper amounts of control. He was ready to succeed, but also prepared for failure. Because he Thought that maybe even just seeing the fusion process would help the gourd vine. Also Yang Rai would learn the issues quickly regardless and then make it work after a couple of tries.
The Energy began to swirl around and grow in strength. All of these materials were peak Rank 4 strength. He decided to copy the method from 3 to 4 for the 4 to 5 process. The Gourd vine watched this massive amount of energy swirl around and condense creating a powerful aura. It was awestruck that a mere Emperor was capable of this level of control over such a massive amount of World Force energy.