NOVPUB"The Tribulation Crossing Raft still has three important nodes that aren’t completed yet, and right now there is one, of crucial importance; therefore, after arranging everything today, I will go in person to assist with its construction."
Xun Fǔjūn couldn’t help being taken aback, then frowned and said,
"Isn’t the great elder there?"
Shao Yangzi shook his head slightly, "Senior Brother Yan has supervised the construction of this raft for many years at great expense. If I don’t go to support him, I’m afraid it will affect the foundation."
"As Sect Master, how can you leave as you please? It’s better to let me go."
Xun Fǔjūn flatly refused.
Seeing this, Shao Yangzi’s face showed gratification, but he still shook his head and said,
"I was born in Chunyuan Peak, with thick and unmatched mana; no one within the sect is comparable to me. I am the most suitable choice. As for you… during the time I cannot be distracted with other matters, the sect can only rely on you."
"Me?"
Hearing Shao Yangzi’s words, Xun Fǔjūn was startled.
He shook his head slightly, about to decline.
But Shao Yangzi didn’t give him the chance to refuse, directly pushing a token into Xun Fǔjūn’s hand.
"This is the acting sect master’s token. In my absence, you will be no different from the Sect Master."
"But you must promise me, the issue with Guan Ao must not happen a second time!"
Hearing this, Xun Fǔjūn was instantly stunned.
His gaze fixedly looked at the token in front of him that seemed unremarkable.
"Acting, sect master’s token?"
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Wanfa Peak.
After returning from Xinjian Peak, Bu Chan went back to solidify his realm.
Meanwhile, Wang Ba stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the spirit beast area that had been expanded several times over the past twenty years.
Compared to the past, there was an additional separated territory here.
Stone lizards, either entirely fiery red, completely water-blue, earth-yellow, and so on, each about half the height of a person, were languidly consuming emerald wasps in this domain.
Their gazes, for the most part, were filled with dullness, with only a very few among them flashing with spiritual light in their eyes.
Wang Ba’s gaze swept over these stone lizards, but eventually settled on a pale purple stone lizard.
This stone lizard’s body was mostly covered in pale purple, but there were other mottled patterns on its limbs and abdomen.
Despite this, faint thunder could still be seen leaping on the body of this stone lizard from time to time.
A trace of regret flashed through Wang Ba’s eyes,
"The Fire Element and Wind Style have been successfully cultivated through purification. It’s a pity that the Thunder-attributed Stone Dragon Lizard is still somewhat lacking."
Over twenty years, by continuously backcrossing lizards of the same color line, Wang Ba had eventually, a few years ago, successfully obtained pure-colored Hundred Colored Stone Lizards.
Of course, strictly speaking, after repeated backcrossing, these could no longer be called Hundred Colored Stone Lizards.
Because their bloodline had become completely polarized, becoming extremely singular, and other bloodlines were basically suppressed to the lowest degree.
This was evident in their appearance, as each bloodline-singular Stone Lizard’s body color also became very singular.
The Fire Element Stone Lizard, corresponding to orange-red or scarlet colors.
By the same token, the Water Line Stone Lizard corresponded to water-blue colors, and so on.
Throughout these years, Wang Ba had sequentially separated the Five Elements and also the extremely rare Wind Style.
After conducting in-depth research on these pure-colored stone lizards, Wang Ba also found several strengths and weaknesses of the pure-colored stone lizards.
Simply put, they have short lifespans, strong capabilities, a higher breeding rate compared to spirit beasts of the same class, and an extremely low proportion of Spiritual Wisdom. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Each pure-colored stone lizard, under the breakthrough provided by Wang Ba’s increase in lifespan, and the continuous breeding, had now reached third order top grade.
Very adept at manipulating a single type of Spiritual Energy, although their bodily strength was average, they often could suppress same-class spirit beasts with their extraordinary control over a certain attribute of Spiritual Energy.
Just like the Phantom Chicken, apart from Jia 15, Jia 17, Jia 18, and the Wu Clan’s Phantom Chicken, none of the chickens were a match for these pure-colored stone lizards.
However, such spirit beasts only have a lifespan of about one hundred and fifty years or so, not even living as long as a Foundation Establishment Competitor.
Pure-colored stone lizards with Spiritual Wisdom were even fewer.
But perhaps due to their short lifespan, these stone lizards could lay eggs generally every ten years or so.
Laying a batch every fifteen to twenty years; as to when they would stop laying eggs, he wasn’t quite clear.
Such characteristics, however, gave Wang Ba some ideas.
Whether it was contributing them to the sect or keeping to sell himself, both seemed like good choices.
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However, given that the numbers were still very scarce, he had not yet fully actualized these ideas.
"Next, besides continuing to purify the thunder-attributed Stone Dragon Lizards, I must increase their numbers."
"Speaking of which, the spirit food made from these pure-colored Stone Dragon Lizards can practically serve as a substitute for spirit items."
Wang Ba felt somewhat emotional.
After purifying the pure-colored Stone Dragon Lizards, some of the lower-grade, less pure-blooded female Stone Dragon Lizards had been refined by Wang Ba into spirit food.
He had originally just tried it out of habit.
Yet, he had never imagined that these Stone Dragon Lizards, once refined into spirit food, would contain extremely pure Five Element Spiritual Energy.
This pure Five Element Spiritual Energy was even sufficient for cultivating techniques like the "Green Emperor Kind God Tactics" and the "Cloud-Water True Vacuum Technique", with quality completely enough to only perhaps need some special spirit materials for cultivation.
That wasn’t the key point, however. The key was that Wang Ba discovered that the spirit food made from Wind Style Stone Dragon Lizards could also provide the extremely rare Wind Style Spiritual Energy.
This discovery immediately led Wang Ba to decide to increase his investment in the Hundred Colored Stone Dragon Lizards.
Over the past twenty years, what was originally estimated to last forty or fifty years of Merit, with his cultivation of the Five Elements and the upgrading of his Wind Spiritual Root Dantian to perfect Foundation Establishment, was now gradually running out.
If not for his holding three positions, earning a not so insubstantial amount of Merit each year, he might have already run out of Merit long ago.
However, once he managed to integrate the "Ride the Wind with the Six Methods" into the Myriad Laws Golden Core, the subsequent Merit required, based on his annual salary, would likely be inadequate.
Not just for "Ride the Wind with the Six Methods", but also for the "Dragon-Tiger Yuankan Method".
In over twenty years, his cultivation with the Thunder Style Spiritual Root had been slower, but now it had also reached middle-stage Foundation Establishment.
Once he also breaks through that stage, the required Merit would be just as staggering.
However, if he had a constant supply of Wind Style and Thunder Style Stone Dragon Lizard essences, he wouldn’t need to worry about this issue at all.
Thinking of this.
Wang Ba’s gaze once again swept over the Stone Dragon Lizards in front of him, as well as the more distant chicken farm, Spirit Turtle Pond, Ghost Eel Pool, Monkey Mountain...
Rich aromas of top-grade Class III lingered throughout the entire Spirit Beast Area.
"Class IV... still not enough." Wang Ba sighed softly.
Between top-grade Class III and Class IV, there seemed to be an insurmountable chasm.
Even a creature with tremendous talent like the Wu Monkey King was currently stuck at top-grade Class III, with no sign of progressing.
But Wang Ba also knew that was the norm for cultivation.
In the natural state, the vast majority of top-grade Class III spirit beasts basically had no chance of advancing any further until death.
It was like a heavenly moat.
For both cultivators and spirit beasts.
Wang Ba didn’t dwell on this sentiment for too long.
More than twenty years of peaceful life had not made him lose his vigilance.
The news of the fall of the Qi State had subtly alerted him to a sense of urgency once again.
Having left the Spirit Beat Area, he went to the peak once more, experiencing the black stone at the top of it that was already beginning to show hints of vitrification and faint flashes of thunder, and nodded in approval.
The strikes of more than two hundred Class II and several hundred Class III Thunder Tribulations not only gradually pushed his body to perfect Foundation Establishment, but also slowly changed the nature of this stone.
Perhaps as time went by, this change would grow even greater, eventually leading to a second Tianji Peak.
After meditating on this stone for a while.
He got up and went to the spirit beast store in the Xuanwu Market, as was his custom.
Unfortunately, to his disappointment, he did not encounter any new species of spirit beasts, nor did he come across a Ghost-pattern Stone Dragon Lizard.
However, Wang Ba did not immediately leave but took the rare opportunity to stroll around the Xuanwu Market.
Passing by a tea house, although there was a sound-proofing formation, he could still faintly hear an experienced storyteller’s voice coming from inside:
"...On the shores of the North Sea in Yan, that Demon King-heart snatcher, with means so cruel and strange, scared the disciples of the Demon Sect into a pathetic flee..."
"...crying out ’Immortals and demons must die’..."
Just as he was engrossed in listening.
At that moment, a Sound Transmission Talisman flew from afar and landed in his hand.
After a sweep of Spiritual Sense, Wang Ba’s expression slightly hardened:
"Master Song summons me to go immediately?"
"What could be so urgent?"
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