Chapter 709: Chapter 219: Gold Element Lung Temple_2
“Little Zhuo, you must customize a set of this for me!” Sun Lingtong put forward his request.
Ning Zhuo did not hesitate at all and immediately nodded.
He had never thought of rejecting any request from his good brother.
But Sun Lingtong added proactively, “No rush. Since you’re currently pressed for time, you can make it after this great battle is over and you have some leisure time.”
Ning Zhuo donned the Iron Han Armor and flew into the sky.
While controlling the Mechanical Battle Armor, he also divided his attention to command the Mechanical Golden Swallows.
The Golden Swallow flock circled around him, sometimes gathering like a school of fish, sometimes dispersing like the wind.
Their golden wings flashed with dazzling sharp light under the sunlight, exuding an imposing aura.
In the evening, Ning Zhuo emerged from the Fetal Breathing Spirit Boat, completing his body cultivation for the day.
He ate some Spirit Food, no longer feeling hungry, and then entered the interior of the cave to begin an important cultivation!
Sun Lingtong first cast the Cremation Prajna Soul Liberation Sutra, igniting the flames.
Ning Zhuo extracted his lungs and threw them into the flames.
The vacancy in his body was temporarily replaced by a makeshift lung formed by blood vessels.
Both lungs burned rapidly in the flames, quickly melting.
Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Gold Essence!
Ning Zhuo tossed a piece of treasure into the flames to be smelted along with his lungs.
The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Gold Essence was a reward from his battle achievements.
After much deliberation, Ning Zhuo decided to spend a portion of his battle rewards to exchange such a reward with Liangzhu Country.
“I’ve already modified the cooperation terms, asking Lin Bufan to bring back the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Water Essence for me.”
“The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Gold Essence was obtained from Liangzhu Country.”
“Now, only the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Wood Essence remains.”
Even though Ning Zhuo had many battle achievements, he still needed to be frugal.
After all, the opportunity to exchange for National Power Bricks was too precious, so he exchanged most of his battle rewards for National Power Bricks.
For a cultivator to use National Power Bricks, they must gain the recognition and permission of a Cultivation Kingdom.
Otherwise, even if they managed to seize such treasures, they wouldn’t be able to use them.
National Power Bricks are designated for specific uses under the decision of the monarch or high-level officials. Once allocated, even the closest individuals cannot use even a bit of it.
Unless the usage range specified by the monarch or other high-level officials was broad enough to encompass more than one cultivator.
Ning Zhuo already possessed Earth, Fire, and Water elements—only the Gold and Wood elements were left.
The reason he chose the Gold element was because the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Wood Essence was easier to encounter in the current environment.
Every mountain in the Thousand Peak Forest was a Heavenly Pillar Giant Tree. The environment’s wood element energy there was extremely abundant, and Ning Zhuo speculated that some larger factions might have the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Wood Essence in their treasuries.
Ning Zhuo focused entirely on refining his lungs and the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Gold Essence.
Everything proceeded smoothly, and the success began to show.
Suddenly, Ning Zhuo thought of Fire within Wood.
At this moment, his advanced fire-attributed realm reminded him that using Fire within Wood could accelerate the refinement and save thirty percent of the effort.
Ning Zhuo suppressed the urge.
He was inherently cautious, deciding not to take unnecessary risks. After all, the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Gold Essence was extremely precious, and it was best to follow the steps methodically.
Moments later, Ning Zhuo accomplished a great feat.
He opened his mouth and lightly inhaled, drawing a cluster of golden light into his body.
The golden light settled where his lungs were, and the previous cluster of blood vessels immediately disintegrated, making way for it.
The golden light restored a pair of lungs, re-integrating them with the rest of his body to reconstruct a cycle and balance.
Golden Element Lung Palace!
Ning Zhuo’s strength increased once more.
Somewhere in a valley within the Thousand Peak Forest.
Lord Long personally visited Young Master Shengxu.
Young Master Shengxu lay on his bed, as weak as a piece of white paper, coughing twice. “What brings you here?”
Lord Long was silent for a moment, his mood heavy as he spoke, “We have agreed to your request.”
Young Master Shengxu: “Oh?”
His eyebrows slightly raised, revealing a trace of joy.
Then, he struggled to prop himself up, leaning against the bedhead, looking at Lord Long. “Is that true?”
Previously, Lord Long had invited Young Master Shengxu to assist the Thousand Peak Forest side once more.
But the latter made a demand, asking for a Spring Eye of Life Sea Dragon Fountain. At that time, Lord Long directly refused without hesitation, his attitude was very clear and firm.
Now, Lord Long’s attitude was also very clear, but it had completely changed from before.
Life force or vitality, once accumulated, would form a sea of vitality.
This is the Life Sea.
As the Life Sea continued to accumulate and reached a certain point of qualitative change, it would produce a spring eye in the sea, continuously generating new vitality.
The Thousand Peak Forest is a Wood Element Land, where vitality was vast. There were several locations in the forest where Life Seas had formed.
But not all Life Seas had spring eyes in them.
However, Young Master Shengxu knew that not only did a certain Life Sea have spring eyes, but it also had more than one, and they were Dragon Springs containing Dragon Energy!
This particular Life Sea resided within the body of the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King.
Young Master Shengxu proposed that he would assist if he received a spring eye of the Life Sea Dragon Fountain from the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King. Naturally, this would be a significant loss for the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King.
Therefore, Lord Long, being one of the temple priests of the Dragon King Temple, had refused without hesitation back then.
But now, with the imminent war, the top officials of the Dragon King Temple urgently discussed the matter and decided to invite Young Master Shengxu to take action.
After all, they could not contact the Heaven and Earth Brothers.
The pivotal contention of this war with Liangzhu Country remained the Divinity Transformation battle.
Even though Young Master Shengxu did not possess Transforming Spirit Level cultivation, he had Transforming Spirit Level combat strength! This held immense significance in the current battle situation.
Lord Long sighed and directly produced a Divine Decree to address Young Master Shengxu’s questioning: “Of course, it is true.”
Young Master Shengxu merely glanced at the Divine Decree and discerned Lord Long’s sincerity.
The Divine Decree carried the rich aura of the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King, with mixed demonic and divine intent that was challenging to forge.
Such a decree could only be issued by the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King himself.
This transaction involving the Life Sea Dragon Fountain could proceed only with the Dragon King’s nod.
Young Master Shengxu used his Divine Sense to suspend the decree mid-air and unfolded it to read.
After a moment, he nodded slightly. “Since you have agreed to my conditions, I will certainly act.”
“However, this single decree is not sufficient for assurance.”
“Another needs to be signed!”
Upon saying this, Young Master Shengxu retrieved another Divine Decree.
The back of this decree depicted a deity’s image.
The deity was adorned in a moon-white cloud-patterned wide-sleeved Taoist robe, with a dark dragon-shaped jade pendant hanging at the waist, and river-walking shoes.
The deity had an appearance like flawless jade, with a third eye on the forehead. One hand held the Cause Illuminating Mirror, and the other the Consequence Contract Gold Certificate.
The deity rode a Three-legged Cyan Tone Crane, whose feathers revealed the principles of the Great Dao, dropping each contract’s golden text with every flap of wings.
The Heavenly God—Contract!
This deity was an ancient Heavenly God, presiding over contracts. Due to the nature of their duties, they remained eternally relevant.
Seeing this, Lord Long’s eyes flashed with a fierce glint, and he spoke expressionlessly: “So, Young Master Shengxu came well-prepared.”
Young Master Shengxu did not respond but used his Divine Sense to suspend the blank decree of the Contract God and wrote the document with his Divine Sense.
After writing, he handed it to Lord Long to review.
Lord Long nodded.
The two decrees met in the air, turning into a ball of light.
The light shot up like a flash, disappearing before the two of them, darting into the highest heavens.
A few breaths later, Young Master Shengxu felt a constraint descending upon himself. He chanted a spell and confirmed the decree had taken effect, then nodded to Lord Long: “With this, the contract is concluded. When do you want me to act?”
Lord Long offered the Life Sea Dragon Fountain with both hands and immediately said: “Please, Young Master, rest and gather strength, awaiting the most opportune moment to act.”
Young Master Shengxu accepted the Dragon Fountain and lay back down, completely motionless.
Lord Long sighed inwardly and turned to leave.
Though he succeeded this time, his heart felt quite heavy.
The Life Sea Dragon Fountain would greatly help the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King recover from injuries. But now, due to circumstances, they had to extract a spring to recruit assistance.
Returning to the front-line camp, Lord Long immediately mobilized the army to advance towards Dragon King’s Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
The allies of the Thousand Peak Forest marched grandly to the front of the Liangzhu Country’s front-line camp before abruptly halting.
The second grand battle was about to erupt!