Chapter 448: Righteous Demeanor

A corner of the White Jade Camp.The young commander rushed to the scene of the incident: "What in the heavens happened?"The young commander was perplexed, seeing no casualties among his soldiers. Yet a peculiar feeling coiled within him, a profound strangeness!"Lord Commander, disaster has struck!""Our Dharma Power Pool, our Dharma Power Pool is gone!""Suddenly, a drab stone sphere appeared, and it swallowed our Dharma Power Pool!!"The soldiers reported in panic.The young commander's eyes widened sharply: ?!He looked at the empty space where the Dharma Power Pool had been placed."I knew something felt amiss —" The young commander swore an oath, "A Dharma Power Pool can be stolen? Thieves from the Thousand Peaks Forest have infiltrated.""But it matters not, these military armaments have all been refined. I shall activate the magic formula to locate its position!""Protect me!"With that said, the young commander began to employ his methods.He was also in a hurry.This was a Dharma Power Pool, after all.It was one of the White Jade Camp's hidden cards against Lord Long, to sustain their resistance. If it could not be recovered and returned to its original place, the White Jade Camp's sustained combat capability would undoubtedly be greatly weakened.A fine layer of cold sweat seeped from the young commander's forehead."Damn it, why can't I detect its position?"The Dharma Power Pool had been moved into the cabin of the Mechanical Dragon Boat!This Dharma Power Pool was almost perfectly round in shape, three zhang and five chi in diameter, and two zhang and three chi deep, roughly the size of a common pond.Sun Lingtong stood in a horse stance, one hand forming finger seals, the other holding the wrist of the hand forming the seals, fully exerting himself to maintain a treasure-stealing technique.The Art of Theft - Practical Copyhand!It was this very art of theft that had shrunk the Dharma Power Pool to the size of a round table, while also temporarily obscuring it from the victim's search."Xiao Zhuo, quickly, quickly!" Sun Lingtong urged.His Dharma power and spiritual sense were being consumed rapidly.Sun Lingtong was merely at the Foundation Establishment level, and had not joined the Two Pillars Nation, thus not receiving the nation's power amplification.And this Dharma Power Pool was a magic treasure, a treasure that only Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators were qualified to use!Ning Zhuo raced against time, employing his methods, quickly inspecting this Dharma Power Pool."The main material used for the pool wall is Cyan Profound Jade. This jade is hard in texture and can absorb earth energy, converting it into earth-attribute spiritual qi.""The pool water is百年石鐘乳 (Bainian Shi Zhongru), a milky white substance that can accumulate and store vast amounts of earth-attribute spiritual energy.""The entire Dharma Power Pool has three layers of magical formations: the Land Cultivation Array, the Earth Submergence Returning to Origin Array, and the Pure Spirit Array."The Land Cultivation Array allows this Dharma Power Pool, merely by contacting the ground, to connect with the earth veins deep underground. If there are no earth veins in the area, it will absorb earth energy to the greatest extent.The Earth Submergence Returning to Origin Array can convert earth-attribute spiritual qi on a large scale into earth-attribute Dharma power.It's worth noting that this magical formation was once extremely popular in history, almost all cultivation powers used it to lay it in important areas like sects and families, providing vast amounts of earth-attribute Dharma power.As a result, because too much earth-attribute spiritual qi was extracted globally, the entire continent began to sink.This forced the imperial dynasty at the time to issue an emergency decree, strictly prohibiting all powers, big and small, from using the Earth Submergence Returning to Origin Array.As for the Pure Spirit Array, it has the effect of purifying spiritual qi. It can purify all spiritual qi, making its properties as unified as possible.After spiritual qi is purified, it is more efficient to use; otherwise, with too many "impurities," the consumption is too great, and the effect will be very poor.Ning Zhuo's fingers moved, constantly activating methods, stirring up the talismans within the Dharma Power Pool."There are over three thousand talismans on the pool wall, together forming a magical restriction, which is—·《Earth Mother's Nurturing Essentials》!"In Ning Zhuo's sea of consciousness within his upper dantian, his spiritual sense surged and ebbed, the mirror-like surfaces formed by his spiritual sense glittered, and then, as his thoughts deepened, piece after piece of the mirror-like surfaces shattered and were consumed with a crash."I have a way, Boss, hold on!" Ning Zhuo cheered.Sun Lingtong's face immediately revealed joy, Ning Zhuo's speed of deciphering was faster than he had imagined.Ning Zhuo took out more than a dozen staff heads, and also took out a wooden mallet, hammering fiercely, forcefully driving the staff heads into the pool wall.He then used mechanical arts to manipulate the staff heads, smoothly interfering with the operation of the Dharma Power Pool, forcing the three layers of magical formations to gradually cease.The magical restriction of 《Earth Mother's Nurturing Essentials》 was also pried open with many gaps and openings by the staff heads, allowing Ning Zhuo to reach the core.He fully infused his own Dharma power.This Dharma power followed the staff heads, precisely finding the core of the Dharma Power Pool, refining it as if a great flood were washing over it!After a dozen breaths, Ning Zhuo had washed away more than half of the connection between the Dharma Power Pool and its original owner. The rest would be a slow grinding process, taking a long time.Having reached this point, Ning Zhuo had achieved his objective.He immediately stopped infusing Dharma power and withdrew his spiritual sense.Whoosh, whoosh...Ning Zhuo was gasping for breath, his face pale, his spiritual sense greatly consumed, and his Dharma power urgently needed replenishment.Sun Lingtong was even more exhausted than he was.Sensing that the Dharma Power Pool was no longer vibrating violently, he immediately revoked the Practical Copyhand theft technique, and sat heavily on the ground, exhausted.But he was very excited, his eyes shining, staring intently at the Dharma Power Pool.Ning Zhuo was doing the finishing work, he was using various materials around the Dharma Power Pool, which was the size of a small table, to set up a sealing magical formation.Sun Lingtong observed Ning Zhuo's technique and nodded with satisfaction, immediately praising: "Xiao Zhuo, my training you since childhood was not in vain. Although you haven't used this set of methods for suppressing treasures for a long time, you practiced it too many times before, it has long been thoroughly mastered, practically ingrained in your bones! You've done a great job!"Although Ning Zhuo was physically and mentally exhausted, a joyful flush appeared on his face as he looked at the Dharma Power Pool before him."I've refined more than half of it and learned that this Dharma Power Pool is called the Earth Milk Pure Spirit Pool.""According to estimates, its market price is four million five hundred fifty thousand mid-grade spirit stones!""We've hit it big, we're rich!"The Earth Milk Pure Spirit Pool was of the magic treasure level.And the price range for magic treasures was enormous!A Dharma Power Pool of the magic treasure level was a heavy treasure, and the cost of refining it was often a huge sum, which only large and medium-sized powers were qualified to use.Therefore, Dharma Power Pools of the magic treasure level were expensive.Typically, a Golden Core level power's annual output value was about one million five hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones.Note, this is output value, not net profit.Such an Earth Milk Pure Spirit Pool was something a Golden Core level power could buy only by not eating or drinking for three consecutive years.If placed on a Golden Core cultivator, assuming he had strong profitability, relying on his personal efforts, without eating, drinking, or spending money, and only earning money, it would take at least forty-seven years!As soon as Sun Lingtong heard the price quoted by Ning Zhuo, a trace of strength was miraculously squeezed out of his exhausted body.He stood up: "Quickly, Xiao Zhuo, this is a rare opportunity!""In the White Jade Camp, there are at least two more Dharma Power Pools."But Ning Zhuo waved his hand: "Don't rush, Boss.""We are in poor condition and urgently need to rest and recover!""Let's not take the Dharma Power Pools for now.""If we weaken the White Jade Camp too much, and they can't withstand Lord Long, how can we continue our operation?"Sun Lingtong gave Ning Zhuo a thumbs-up, praising profusely: "Xiao Zhuo, I said it long ago—you have a talent in our line of work!"Ning Zhuo immediately coughed: "If it weren't for the divine decree upon me, and being forced to do so, plus the earlier instructions from Zhu Xuanji for us to weaken the Two Pillars Nation, how could I, a person of the righteous path, commit such acts?"Sun Lingtong extended his other hand, also giving a thumbs-up: "Xiao Zhuo, your words have the demeanor of the righteous path!"Please read at: m.badaoge.info