Chapter 71: The Myriad Realms Formation!
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on bringing back a successful item.】
【Item Name: A Chance-Obrained Ancient Text】
【Item Origin: An ancient text casually obtained during Simulation】
【Item Analysis: the Myriad Realms Formation】
【Item Hint: The Myriad Realms Formation is a method for traveling the myriad realms created by a great power. Cultivating this method allows one to ignore the rules of the Heavenly Dao and travel the myriad realms. Note: if one's strength is insufficient, one easily suffers heavenly punishment.】
“Shua!”
As the System’s notification sounded, a scroll of ancient text radiating a faint glow appeared before Lu Qingyang, slowly drifting down onto his palm.
“A method for traveling the myriad realms… If I cultivate this, will I really be able to travel the myriad realms?”
“Can I go home?”
Lu Qingyang could scarcely believe it, and could not help but open the ancient text in his hand.
“Weng!”
As the ancient text unfolded, a profound and unfathomable fluctuation spread outward, as if it could pierce through time and space and reach the distant beyond.
“Weng!”
Immediately after, another hum rang out, and that fluctuation grew even richer.
The densely packed writing on the ancient text also slowly floated up, surging toward Lu Qingyang.
Lu Qingyang’s heart trembled slightly, and he hastily reined in his mind. He knew this was the ancient text recognizing its master.
“Huu…”
After a long while, Lu Qingyang let out a long breath of turbid air and opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing across the depths of his gaze.
“So the method for traveling the myriad realms is a method for finding the entrance to the barriers of plane-worlds.”
“It’s not freely traveling the worlds like I thought…”
“But this method really is obscure and hard to understand. Even with my current Comprehension, I still find it muddling.”
“And moreover…”
Lu Qingyang frowned. According to what the ancient text said, to open a plane’s world barrier, one had to possess fortune and strength far surpassing this world.
Otherwise, even if one could enter, one would be rejected by the plane’s Heavenly Dao and die from the backlash.
Just like the result in his Simulation.
“But… I remember that inside Ancestor Lidao’s Storage Ring, there seemed to be coordinates carved for a small world Secret Realm!”
Lu Qingyang’s gaze flickered. With a flip of his right hand, a jade talisman appeared in his palm.
“I never imagined that less than a thousand li from my Chaotian Sect, there would be a small world Secret Realm.”
“No wonder the Heavenly Saber Sect was willing to mobilize its entire sect. It seems it wasn’t just for revenge.”
“According to what’s recorded in this jade talisman, at most in less than a hundred years, the entrance to that small world will open.”
“But now, as long as I can comprehend the Myriad Realms Formation, I won’t need to wait that long!”
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang placed the jade talisman into his Storage Ring and closed his eyes, hurrying to comprehend the Myriad Realms Formation.
He also very much wanted to see what the legendary small world was like…
…
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed.
With the destruction of the Heavenly Saber Sect.
The Chaotian Sect’s influence in the Tiangong Island sea region gradually expanded.
After all, Tiangong Island did not have only the Chaotian Sect.
There were still dozens of Golden Core sects and Foundation Establishment sects.
In the past, everyone had coexisted peacefully.
But after the battle with the Heavenly Saber Sect, the Chaotian Sect had risen abruptly, already faintly showing a trend of dominating the Tiangong Island sea region.
Even the larger Nascent Soul sects of the Seven Stars Sea Region held the Chaotian Sect in awe.
Beixuan Island had even been taken under the Chaotian Sect’s wing, and now thousands upon thousands of puppets were mining resources there.
Beixuan Island, Spirit Ore Mountain.
Old Huang, who had broken through to Golden Core by relying on pills, was currently leading dozens of Golden Core True Monarchs in inspecting the Chaotian Sect’s Production Puppets.
“Fellow Sect Masters and Palace Masters, please look!”
Old Huang stood at the edge of the mine, pointing at the mine shaft being excavated several hundred meters ahead.
“This Tier-Two Spirit Ore vein, from the surface to underground, is roughly eight hundred meters deep, and the quality of the spirit ore contained within is excellent.”
“But you all know as well that in a Tier-Two mine shaft of this quality, beasts and ore worms are inevitably found alongside. If ordinary disciples were sent to mine it…”
“Even Foundation Establishment True Persons would be injured during extraction.”
“But now, there’s no need to worry about that!”
“Everyone, step forward and look there. That is our sect’s newest Tier-Two Production Battle Puppet!”
Hearing this, everyone crowded forward.
A humanoid puppet two meters tall with a sleek physique and four arms growing from its back appeared before them.
The puppet was silver-white all over, with intricate patterns engraved on its back.
Each arm was wrapped in a black-red chain, looking full of intimidation.
Old Huang pointed at the puppet, continuing his introduction with no small amount of pride.
“Look at its head. A high-grade spirit stone is embedded in its forehead, providing spiritual power to drive it.”
“At the same time, a Tier-Two spell of our sect, the Thunderbolt Art, has been pre-inscribed inside the puppet’s body!”
“With this puppet here, mining and slaying beasts are handled without missing either!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, exclamations burst out from the crowd.
“Hisss~”
“There’s even this kind of operation?”
“I long heard the Chaotian Sect excelled at making puppets. Now it seems that’s no lie!”
“Under those conditions, our sect’s disciples can be spared a great deal of hard labor!”
“…”
A crowd of sect and palace masters discussed animatedly, delight on their faces.
“Then may I ask Director Huang, how much does this Tier-Two Puppet sell for?”
Finally, a sect master at the early stage of Golden Core stepped out from the crowd, slightly excited as he inquired.
His name was Li Changan. Although only at the early stage of Golden Core, he was the Sect Master of the Heaven River Sect.
“This puppet is priced by our sect at one thousand high-grade spirit stones.”
Old Huang watched Li Changan with a smile, as if certain the other would buy.
Sure enough, hearing this price, Li Changan’s eyebrows twitched, and then he gritted his teeth and said.
“Fine! This old man will buy it!”
After saying this, Li Changan immediately took out a storage bag and handed it to Old Huang.
“Haha, congratulations, Sect Master Li.”
Old Huang smilingly put away the storage bag, then took out a list.
“Sect Master Li, actually, considering your sect’s situation, our sect also has Tier-Three Puppets available for selection.”
“If there’s a need, you can take a look.”
After saying this, Old Huang handed the list to Li Changan.
“Tier-Three Puppet?”
Li Changan was stunned, then took the list and glanced over it.
“Five thousand high-grade spirit stones?”
“Hisss!”
Li Changan sucked in a cold breath, eyes wide.
“What? Does Sect Master Li think it’s expensive?”
Old Huang’s smile remained unchanged. “If you find it expensive, our sect won’t force it.”
“I only hope Sect Master Li can cherish this opportunity. After all, our sect’s Tier-Three Puppets all have to be reserved in advance.”
The reason Old Huang was so calm was that he had grasped the soft spot of these Golden Core sects.
Five thousand high-grade spirit stones converted to low-grade spirit stones was five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, roughly on par with two to three years of income for these sects.
Using two to three years of income to add a Golden Core combat power to one’s sect — by any measure, that wasn’t a loss.
As for profit… under Jiangxin’s standardized production, the cost of a Tier-Two Puppet was no more than four hundred high-grade spirit stones.
The cost of a Tier-Three Puppet was only two thousand spirit stones.
So, selling puppets was simply outrageous profit!
And Old Huang truly was cut out for business. With just a few words, he set these sect masters’ minds stirring.
Immediately, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator stepped forward and cupped his hands to Old Huang.
“Director Huang, this old one is willing to purchase a Tier-Three Puppet.”
“However, this old one only has one thousand high-grade spirit stones on hand. May I pay first and defer the remaining few thousand for a few years?”
Hearing this, Old Huang frowned again.
But in the next instant, he made his decision.
“Fine! Since Elder Lin is so sincere in wanting to purchase, I’ll sell you one.”
“But let me say the ugly part first. Our Chaotian Sect is not a charity. Since Elder Lin cannot pay the full amount now… then naturally I cannot let Elder Lin take the puppet away.”
“However, I can offer Elder Lin the method of a futures-puppet mortgage.”
“Futures… futures-puppet? A mortgage? What is a futures-puppet mortgage?”
The Lin-surnamed sect master was somewhat bewildered, not understanding what Old Huang meant.
Seeing this, Old Huang began striving to recall a profound field of study Lu Qingyang had once explained to him…