Chapter 527: Chapter 121: The Style of the Righteous Path
A corner of the White Jade Camp.
The junior commander hurried to the scene of the incident: “What exactly happened?”
The junior commander was puzzled as he saw no casualties among his own soldiers. But a strange emotion was twining around his heart, a very big oddity!
“Commander, this is terrible!”
“Our Mana Pool, our Mana Pool is gone!”
“Suddenly, a drab stone ball appeared, and it swallowed our Mana Pool!!”
The soldiers reported the situation in a panic.
The junior commander’s eyes widened in shock: ?!
He looked at the empty space where the Mana Pool used to be.
“I was wondering why something seemed off…” the junior commander cursed, “The Mana Pool can be stolen? Thieves from the Thousand Peak Forest must have sneaked in.”
“But it’s not a big deal, all these military armaments have been refined. I will activate the spell, and we can search for its location!”
“Protect me!”
After saying that, the junior commander began to deploy his methods.
He was also in a hurry.
This is the Mana Pool we are talking about.
It was one of the trump cards of the White Jade Camp in combating Lord Long and sustaining the fight. If they couldn’t retrieve it and return it to its original place, the White Jade Camp’s ability for continued combat would surely be greatly weakened.
A layer of fine cold sweat formed on the junior commander’s forehead.
“Damn it, why can’t I find its location?”
The Mana Pool was moved into the cabin of the Mechanical Dragon!
This Mana Pool was nearly perfectly round in shape, with a diameter of three zhang and five chi, and a depth of two zhang and three chi, roughly the size of a common pond.
Sun Lingtong was in a horse stance, manipulating a Finger Technique with one hand, while the other hand held the wrist of the hand casting the Finger Technique, fully committed to maintaining a Stealing Technique.
Stealing Technique — Real-Steal Hand!
It was this stealing technique that shrank the Mana Pool to the size of a round table, while also temporarily concealing it from the searching of the victim.
“Little Zhuo, hurry, hurry, hurry!” Sun Lingtong urged.
His mana and Divine Sense were rapidly depleting.
Sun Lingtong was merely at the Foundation Establishment Level and had not joined Liangzhu Country, not bolstered by the National Power.
Yet this Mana Pool is a Magic Treasure, a treasure that only Golden Core Cultivators and Nascent Soul Cultivators are qualified to use!
Ning Zhuo raced against time, deploying methods and quickly inspecting the Mana Pool.
“The main material used for the pool walls is Green Profound Jade. This jade is hard in texture and can absorb geomancy, transforming it into Earth Element Spiritual Energy.”
“The water in the pool is century-old stalactite milk, creamy in color, capable of accumulating and storing a massive amount of Earth Element Spiritual Power.”
“There are three Arrays in the entire Mana Pool: the Planting Array, the Land Submersion Return-to-Origin Array, and the Pure Spirit Array.”
The Planting Array allowed the Mana Pool to merely touch the ground and connect to the deep underground ley lines. If there were no ley lines formed in that area, it would absorb geomancy to the greatest extent.
The Land Submersion Return-to-Origin Array could transform Earth Element Spiritual Energy on a large scale into Earth Element Power.
It is worth mentioning that this array was once highly popular in history, almost all cultivation forces adopted it to lay down for their sects, families, and other important locations, providing a massive amount of Earth Element Power.
As a result, because Earth Element Spiritual Energy was being extracted too much all over the world, it caused the entire continent to sink.
Forcing the Dynasties at the time to issue an emergency decree, strictly forbidding all forces, big and small, from using the Land Submersion Return-to-Origin Array.
As for the Pure Spirit Array, it has the function of refining Spiritual Energy. It purifies all Spiritual Energy, making its properties as uniform as possible.
After the purification of Spiritual Energy, it becomes more efficient to utilize, otherwise “impurities” will be too much, with too much loss, and the effect will not be good.
Ning Zhuo’s fingers manipulated, continuously promoting techniques, and igniting the Talismans in the Mana Pool.
“There are more than three thousand Talismans on the pool walls, forming a Magic Prohibition together, they are… ‘Earth Mother Nourishing Secrets’!”
Ning Zhuo, within the Upper Dantian of his Divine Sea, his Divine Sense roiled like waves. The surfaces formed by the Divine Sense shimmered brilliantly, then, as his thoughts delved deeper, the surfaces shattered and were expended one after another.
“I have a plan now, boss, hold on!” Ning Zhuo cheered.
Sun Lingtong’s face immediately lit up with joy; the speed of Ning Zhuo’s solution exceeded his expectations.
Ning Zhuo took out more than a dozen staff heads and then a wooden mallet, hammering fiercely, forcing the staff heads into the pool’s walls.
He then employed Mechanical Techniques, manipulating the staff heads, successfully interrupting the operation of the Mana Pool, forcing the triple Array to gradually come to a halt.
The Magic Prohibition of “Earth Mother’s Nursing Secrets” was also pried open by the staff heads, creating many gaps and openings, allowing Ning Zhuo to gaze into the core depths.
He poured in all his mana with all his might.
The mana flowed along the staff heads, precisely locating the core of the Mana Pool, flooding it and purifying it like a deluge!
After just a dozen breaths, Ning Zhuo washed away most of the connection between the Mana Pool and its original owner. The rest would be a slow grind, taking a very long time.
By doing this, Ning Zhuo had achieved his goal.
He immediately stopped the infusion of mana and withdrew his Divine Sense.
Huff huff…
Ning Zhuo was gasping for air, his face pale, with a substantial consumption of Divine Sense and a desperate need to replenish his mana.
Sun Lingtong was even worse off.
Sensing that the Mana Pool was no longer shaking violently, he immediately deactivated his Stealing Technique, and tiredly slumped straight down onto the ground.
But he was extremely excited, his eyes sparkling, staring intently at the Mana Pool.
Ning Zhuo was finishing up his work. He was using various materials to set up a Sealing Array around the Mana Pool, which was the size of a small table.
Sun Lingtong observed Ning Zhuo’s technique and nodded in satisfaction, immediately praising: “Little Zhuo, all my training of you since childhood has not been in vain. This method of suppressing treasures, although you haven’t used it in a long time, you practiced it far too many times before, and it has now become second nature to you, ingrained in your bones! You have done very well!”
Though exhausted in body and spirit, Ning Zhuo’s face also showed a celebratory flush of red when looking at the Mana Pool before him.
“I’ve refined most of it and found out that this Mana Pool is called the Earth Milk Pure Spirit Pool.”
“According to estimates, it’s worth four hundred and fifty-five Mid Grade Spirit Stones on the market!”
“We’ve struck it rich, we’re wealthy now!”
The Earth Milk Pure Spirit Pool was of a Magic Treasure Level.
And the price range of Magic Treasures was extremely vast!
A Magic Treasure Level Mana Pool belonged to the class of great treasures; the cost of refining them was usually a tremendous sum, only affordable for use by medium to large forces.
Therefore, the price of a Magic Treasure Level Mana Pool was exorbitant.
Typically, the annual output of a Golden Core Level power would be around 1.5 million Mid Grade Spirit Stones.
Note that this figure refers to output, not pure profit.
Such an Earth Milk Pure Spirit Pool equals the product of a Golden Core Level power for three consecutive years without eating or drinking, saved up just to afford it.
For a single Golden Core Cultivator, assuming he has a strong profit-earning ability, working solely for profit without eating or spending any money, it would take at least forty-seven years!
Upon hearing the price quoted by Ning Zhuo, Sun Lingtong miraculously squeezed out a bit of energy from his exhausted body.
He got up: “Quick, Little Zhuo, this is a rare opportunity!”
“There are at least two more Mana Pools in the White Jade Camp.”
However, Ning Zhuo waved his hand: “Don’t rush, boss.”
“We’re not in good shape, we urgently need to recover!”
“Let’s not take any more Mana Pools first.”
“If we weaken White Jade Camp too much and they can’t withstand Lord Long, then where would our opportunity to continue come from?”
Sun Lingtong gave Ning Zhuo a thumbs up, clicking his tongue in praise: “Little Zhuo, I’ve said it long ago—you have talent in our line of work!”
Ning Zhuo suddenly coughed: “If not for the Divine Decree compelling us and given Zhu Xuanji’s reminder to weaken Liangzhu Country, being a person of the Righteous Path, how could I carry out such acts?”
Sun Lingtong extended his other hand, also giving a thumbs up: “Little Zhuo, your words have the very essence of the Righteous Path!”