Chapter 496: Chapter 469: Making a Fortune Quietly

Wang Wu quietly observed from a distance, analyzing the variables within.

Two days later, with the activation of the immortal array, the Azure Dragon Array Soul emerged. This Azure Dragon Array Soul was undoubtedly very powerful, at least twice as strong as the Vermilion Bird Array Soul that Qingxue took away, but it was also rather dumb, not as nimble as the former.

Could it be that the more Heaven and Earth Needles there are, the larger the array soul becomes, and thus more rigid? Easier to turn around a small boat?

Wang Wu wasn’t quite sure, because the Vermilion Bird Array Soul he previously created was incredibly agile.

In the end, a group of people cautiously and joyfully took away the Azure Dragon Array Soul, and those Heaven and Earth Needles similarly sank into the ground without a trace.

“Understood; due to the war, the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower couldn’t be restored to its optimal state, becoming an unfinished project hastily wrapped up.”

“As for these array souls, they signify authority, a stake in controlling the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower. Holders gain the empowerment from the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, which should be considered a very advanced method.”

At this moment, Wang Wu felt he had gained a lot, having learned new knowledge.

The only pity was that, as various factions continued to take away array souls, the situation within the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower would eventually stabilize, even if it could not finally become the Zhenyuan Tower.

But the rampant Three Calamities here would also virtually disappear, making his wish to fully harness the Yin Fire require a little more time.

“But one should be content. Over the past hundred years, my gains have been quite good.”

Wang Wu comforted himself, breaking through the Blood Curse Celestial Punishment, exceeding the second limit of the Earth Immortal, gaining a significant wife. Isn’t that delightful?

The Yin Fire Resistance increased to 9991 points, Evil Wind Resistance to 9011 points, and his lifespan surprisingly had 15,000 years remaining.

The identity of the key perpetrator was cleared, hmm?

While Wang Wu was contemplating this, a sudden feeling emerged in his heart, as he watched a tiny spark, almost invisible to the naked eye, leisurely fly back from afar, circling around him before ignoring the Three-Defense Treasure Armor and piercing through as if nothing was there. It landed on his wrist, leaving only a small red dot, and then there was no more movement.

What does it mean?

Was this the first Vermilion Bird Array Soul he created?

How are you still here when the Heaven and Earth Needles have disappeared? Moreover, this is suspicious.

The logic doesn’t add up.

He had created the Vermilion Bird Array Soul earlier, but the thirty-six Heaven and Earth Needles did not disappear, and Qingxue could even continue to operate and form a new Vermilion Bird Array Soul and take it away, so what exactly is going on?

Wang Wu wanted to know the answer, but the Vermilion Bird Array Soul couldn’t answer him.

But it was incredibly smooth and agile to control, not rigid at all.

And it had great freedom too; for instance, it had wandered off somewhere unknowingly in the past two days and then just came back now.

“Can you tell me where you went before?”

Wang Wu tried to communicate with it but to no avail.

However, he didn’t dare to rashly activate it.

He just didn’t know the specifics, but he wasn’t stupid.

Theoretically, Qingxue had already taken away the Vermilion Bird Array Soul, so aside from the opposite group, there couldn’t and shouldn’t be a third Vermilion Bird Array Soul. This point was a red line.

If he recklessly tried to control the Vermilion Bird Array Soul to wander around, believe it or not, it would immediately alarm the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch, who could easily give him an immortal artifact or an honorary medal, after which the Vermilion Bird Array Soul would have to be handed over to the Hidden Origin Association.

So, stop thinking about investigating, stop trying to understand the truth. There are many things in this world where you can live without knowing the truth.

Isn’t it better to quietly make a fortune?

After all, he could now consider himself a shareholder in this unfinished version of the Zhenyuan Tower.

“Then next, of course, take advantage of the rampant Three Calamities to quickly harness the Yin Fire and Evil Wind!”

Wang Wu said nothing more and returned to the Three-Defense Fortress, took off the Three-Defense Treasure Armor, and pretended to be in seclusion. Then he activated Level 27 Passive Concealment + Level 3 Forgetfulness and instantly rushed out.

Aiming directly at the areas where the Three Calamities were most rampant, the results were as he expected; in just a few days, within this Sin Prison Tower, twelve sets of Heaven and Earth Needles had disappeared, with all their array souls taken.

The remaining six sets were of lesser quality, but they were under frantic repair, seeing as their Celestial and Earthly Compass wasn’t broken, and they weren’t exploring new Heaven and Earth Needles. As long as they gathered forty-nine or sixty-four Heaven and Earth Needles, they could remove an array soul upon activation.

So according to this trend, in less than a month, this Sin Prison Tower would quiet down completely. For the Hidden Origin Association to restart the Zhenyuan Tower project, they’d likely have to wait until the Dubhe Immortal Alliance was eliminated and their neutral status reestablished, then start secretly and quietly.

In short, nothing much changed.

For Wang Wu, it meant he couldn’t find Yang Thunder anymore, and the rampant Three Calamities had reduced by more than half.

Without Yang Thunder, there was less Yin Fire, but there was still plenty of Evil Wind.

Level 6 Evil Wind was abundant.

In this situation, Wang Wu had no other choice but to wander around the world, letting the Level 6 Evil Wind blow, waiting to see when it would penetrate his current Evil Wind Resistance, and meanwhile, he scavenged for trash.

Yes, scavenging for trash.

There were still some abandoned Heaven and Earth Needles, and numerous broken array stones were left in place. The intact ones had been removed, and everyone was in a hurry.

As for these broken array stones, Wang Wu picked up each and every one, leaving none behind.

This didn’t really have any taboos; repairing the array stones was costly and not worthwhile, extremely not worthwhile.

Besides, who cares about the whereabouts of these broken array stones?

When all the normal operational Heaven and Earth Needles have sunken into the ground, even with the Celestial and Earthly Compass, one couldn’t find the discarded Heaven and Earth Needles through networking.

This place isn’t exactly vast but isn’t small either, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, and being ceaselessly eroded by the Level 6 Evil Wind day and night. Who would be so bored to conduct a house visit, revisit an old haunt, and reminisce about past glorious days?

Are you insane!

In fact, Wang Wu has noticed that some array stones with greater damage have begun to be eroded by the evil wind. If he doesn’t take them, they will weather into a pile of worthless yellow sand in a few days or a dozen days at most.

In the entire month that followed, Wang Wu was essentially in a state of scavenging.

The harvest was significant, but the Level 6 evil wind never managed to break through his Evil Wind Resistance. As for the Yin Fire, he gathered a few scattered ones, which were equally insignificant.

But the various broken array stones he collected reached a total of fifty thousand pieces.

Consider it a windfall.

During this period, as the last set of Heaven and Earth Needles were buried underground and the array soul was taken away, the entire Sin Prison Tower finally returned to tranquility; the sixteen groups were gone, which meant sixteen original stakes.

The Level 6 evil wind visibly weakened to Level 5, then to Level 4, and finally stabilized at Level 3.

Of course, this was also due to the contribution of the Great Immeasurable Immortal Talisman.

Because this talisman stabilized a crack blasted open by the Dubhe Immortal Alliance.

Exactly, just a crack, not a big hole.

The damage was much smaller.

And the big hole from before has, in fact, been almost completely repaired; even if there are flaws, the problems are not significant.

“Hmm, it seems like I’m the only one left in this world, which is quite nice.”

Wang Wu finished wandering around and returned to the Three-Defense Main Fortress; he didn’t expect that while he was scavenging around, Qingxue had come and left him a jade talisman.

Judging by the time, it should have been seven days ago.

Activating the jade talisman, Qingxue’s voice immediately rang out.

“Where have you gone? I came to find you, but couldn’t locate you. There are quite a few things outside; we’ve already secured victory in this war. My master also solidified her position within the Hidden Origin Elder Council, so I can’t wait for you here any longer, I have to leave.”

“Don’t worry, after this busy period, I will come to get you again, or you can use this jade talisman to find the Black Domain Chief and leave through them.”

“Of course, I understand your feelings. After all, this is the place where you were born, and it’s understandable if you want to stay a bit longer. How about we set a time—it be ten years? I’ll come and get you after ten years.”

So close, yet they missed each other.

Wang Wu felt a bit regretful but it was limited to that, because his harvest was substantial.

At this point, he didn’t think too much and decided to wait here for ten years until Qingxue comes to fetch him.

Currently, Yin Fire and evil wind aren’t usable for cultivation; without enough spiritual qi, achieving the maximal common denominator pill requires enough external stimulus.

“Then let’s try repairing those array stones.”

These array stones are absolutely treasures.

Wang Wu hadn’t forgotten the method he used to rescue Feng Muhai initially.

As long as one uses array stones to set up a Heaven and Earth Needle, determines the irradiation of Yin and Yang Qi, and infuses hundreds of billions worth of spiritual qi, a small region of Tao can be formed.

Speaking of which, he is just one threshold away from ascending to Taiyi True Immortal.

This threshold is to determine his Tao.

However, this cannot be rushed; it has to be done gradually as there are many areas he needs to improve.

At this moment, Wang Wu took out an array stone with significant damage and used Spirit Essence Micro to observe and appraise it. The appraisal results were fairly standard, not surprising, and the repairs were not difficult; the challenge was the lack of materials and spiritual qi.

This thing consumes spiritual qi tremendously.

Additionally, Wang Wu noticed that these damaged array stones have been slowly emitting and dispersing spiritual qi continuously, meaning that even without the evil wind, in the most common environments in the Cultivation Realm, in a few hundred years, these array stones would turn into ordinary stones.

“So collecting them and putting them in a Qiankun Bag is pointless; they will continue to disperse regardless.”

“Hence, it’s necessary to speed up the process, but this requires immediate investment of large amounts of spiritual qi. Alas, we’re back to square one.”

Wang Wu was also helpless; no wonder those powers decisively abandoned these damaged array stones, as repairing them really is thankless and fruitless. Why trouble oneself?

“Why not try obtaining spiritual qi through decomposition, and then use it to repair the less damaged array stones?”

The Four Clowns proposed a very sensible suggestion at this time, as Wang Wu currently had no channels to obtain new spiritual qi.

But the question remains: how long does the decomposition process take, and how much extra spiritual qi is required? As soon as the spiritual qi is decomposed, it would automatically dissipate; in this Sin Prison Tower’s spatial environment, it’s like trying to hold water in a sieve comically and absurdly.

As for the Three-Defense Fortress, it now remains just a shell because without periodic supply of materials, the spiritual qi inside is long exhausted; and just because the evil wind weakened, otherwise it would have long been weathered away.

Therefore, he must first build a Heaven and Earth Needle, which is most suitable.

The Yin and Yang Qi are ready and mostly stabilized; now he just needs five hundred intact array stones.

With such a Heaven and Earth Needle, one can decompose array stones, repair array stones, and replicate the scene of rescuing Feng Muhai from before.

“So, do I have enough spiritual qi to repair five hundred array stones?”

Wang Wu hesitated for a moment, then made his decision.

Do it!

Sell everything to do it!

There’s no other way than this, otherwise the fifty thousand picked array stones would be wasted for nothing, right?

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