Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 481 - 454: Change of Plans?
"Seven days left, it’s almost time to take action."
After consolidating his current status, Wang Wu immediately leaped onto the Heaven and Earth Needle again, embedding it into the Celestial and Earthly Compass, activating Level 19 Spirit Essence Perception.
Indeed, it must be Perception, otherwise it won’t have much effect.
And in the instant he unleashed Spirit Essence Perception, his perception injected into the Celestial and Earthly Compass, which was then magnified at least a thousand times.
His perception was thereby amplified a million times beyond normal.
This was an unprecedented sensation.
Simply releasing Level 19 Spirit Essence Perception or merely using the Celestial and Earthly Compass could never reach this degree.
At this moment, Wang Wu even felt that, in this world, only he was worthy of using the Celestial and Earthly Compass.
The entire world suddenly became silent, still, and the Yin and Yang Qi, previously like swimming fish, like black and white mist metamorphosing unpredictably, turned colorful.
Moreover, they were extremely rich colors, countless full, tension-laden vibrant hues were flying, leaping, and dancing. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
What a world brimming with vitality.
He even saw the source of the Yin and Yang Qi, yes, was it a heart or a mountain?
It didn’t matter anymore.
Because at this moment, Wang Wu knew very clearly that it was the core of the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, also the core of this eternal celestial artifact.
This eternal celestial artifact continuously emitted and released Yin and Yang Qi to maintain its own operation and existence.
However, a huge gap allows a large amount of Yin and Yang Qi to leak, and at the same time, a large amount of Yang Thunder erupts at that gap, triggering countless Pale Fires, countless Evil Winds.
It seems, the materials used to refine this eternal celestial artifact were the Three Calamities?
No, not directly the Three Calamities, but some substance not belonging to the Cultivation Realm, which internally contains the Three Calamities, the calamities are merely a product.
Wang Wu thought about the base of the Hidden Origin Bell, which required several materials obtained from Outer Heaven to engrave arrays.
Now, this rationale is probably the same.
At this time, Wang Wu’s sense quickly sought out and immediately found all the Heaven and Earth Needles; simultaneously, he also understood the basic principle of the Hidden Origin Association’s work on repairing the Sin Prison Tower.
The so-called Heaven and Earth Needle is a kind of seam-filling method similar to rivets; they aren’t located precisely at the gap because that gap is above, the center of the gap perfectly aligned with Yun Ding City.
So the purpose of the Heaven and Earth Needle isn’t to control this Sin Prison Tower but indeed to repair it.
Of course, after the repair is complete, whatever changes or uses these Heaven and Earth Needles have, those are separate matters altogether.
"So, determining the position of the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle is really simple; based on the current variation of Yin and Yang Qi, this position isn’t fixed, but it must be located in the place most suitable for suppressing the Yin and Yang Qi, meanwhile—Qin Wushuang is merely so; the twenty-four Heaven and Earth Needles he deployed and constructed over the past decades haven’t found the most suitable position, always falling short by a line."
"But this is already quite good, understandable."
The next moment, Wang Wu silently exited the Level 19 Spirit Essence Perception, a total of five strands of divine thought had already turned to ash; fortunately, during this period his divine thought had mostly replenished to eight strands, for now, the issue wasn’t big.
Jumping back to the ground, Wang Wu contemplated for several seconds, suddenly turned, and began swiftly dismantling the twenty-fourth Heaven and Earth Needle.
But not in a one-sided dismantling, rather, with selection and purpose.
Within moments, he surprisingly dismantled over nine hundred pieces of Profound Iron and Giant Stone engraved with Vermilion Bird Array Patterns from this Heaven and Earth Needle.
These materials were all sourced locally but had undergone deep processing, both surface and interior treatments had been performed, hence not fearing the corrosion of the Three Calamities, also known as Vermilion Bird Array Stones.
Truly priceless.
After all, a single Heaven and Earth Needle costs a trillion points of Spiritual Qi.
Once Wang Wu dismantled fifteen hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones in one breath, this twenty-fourth Heaven and Earth Needle was battered and unsightly; if Qingxue were here, she might fight him desperately.
Yet, strangely and amazingly after so much dismantling, this Heaven and Earth Needle could still operate perfectly, even its signal strength improved, the effect on suppressing Yin and Yang Qi became even better.
"So it’s inadequacies in technology, made up for by materials."
Wang Wu smiled slightly, recalling the past twenty days where Qingxue and Zihan, these two array masters, busily repaired the Heaven and Earth Needle every day in a seemingly high and mighty manner; now it seems, carving decoratively on feces was no more than this.
Truly, at least a third of the materials were wasted.
"The position of this Heaven and Earth Needle shouldn’t be here; shifting sixty li to the east would be optimal, but this one can’t be changed anymore, so slimming down first."
Next, Wang Wu, using Spiritual Essence Micro, constantly adjusted the dismantled array stones like transforming a magic cube, altering the positions of different array stones to achieve the slimming standard.
It’s worth mentioning that the specification of the Heaven and Earth Needle isn’t standard, due to the enormous variation in Yin and Yang Qi to suppress; thus sometimes, just reaching maximum effect, then fixed at a certain specification.
For example, along the way, the tallest Heaven and Earth Needle was nearly 350 meters, and the shortest was 290 meters; the average diameter was between three to four meters.
This gave Wang Wu the most room to play.
In one fell swoop, under the premise of not interrupting the Heaven and Earth Needle’s signal, which actually managed to suppress a significant portion of Yin and Yang Qi, Wang Wu slimmed down this Heaven and Earth Needle by one-fifth, lowering it by six meters.
Then everything was as seamless as before, unless it was Qingxue or Zihan personally coming to inspect, otherwise, it was impossible to notice these differences.
Meanwhile, Wang Wu smoothly obtained a thousand eight hundred precious Vermilion Bird Array Stones.
He had no greed at this moment.
Because Qingxue was greatly kind to him, and Sister Frost Monarch was equally so, even though initially Sister Frost Monarch only considered taking care of him casually, perhaps as an investment.
However, it’s about actions, not intentions.
Having tidied everything up, Wang Wu immediately went to the twenty-third Heaven and Earth Needle and slimmed it down using the same method and means.
And he enhanced the suppression of Yin and Yang Qi by 10% for each of these two Heaven and Earth Needles, making it easier to find and explore the location of the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle.
After all this, another day had passed, with six days left before the deadline; Wang Wu dared not be negligent and headed straight to the location he had locked onto.
This process was a bit difficult because as long as he moved away from the Heaven and Earth Needle, the Celestial and Earthly Compass would lose signal.
Therefore, the Vermilion Bird Array Stones Wang Wu dug out previously came into play. He buried one every hundred li, accurately determining the change in Yin and Yang Qi, allowing the signals of those two Heaven and Earth Needles to project over.
Moving forward for a thousand li, he basically reached the predetermined area.
This was also the most suitable area.
Wang Wu could even pinpoint the location for constructing the Heaven and Earth Needle within three steps.
However, he didn’t do so; instead, mimicking the standard of Qin Wushuang, he smashed down three hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones thirty li away, directly locking the base of the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle.
Of course, he dared not connect the Celestial and Earthly Compass online; excellence is good, but being too excellent is a bit astonishing.
The remaining task was to immediately return and find Miss Qingxue, and there should still be time, as there were still five days left as agreed upon for waiting for him for fifteen days.
"You must have some faith in me."
Wang Wu, driving the Three-Defense Boat, swiftly headed back while continually using the Celestial and Earthly Compass for navigation, for the location of Qingxue and others had also been hit with three hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones by Qin Wushuang, and even though it couldn’t be connected online, using the Celestial and Earthly Compass still allowed tracking.
Moreover, the distance wasn’t too far.
Especially as Wang Wu frequently activated his Spiritual Essence Micro, he wouldn’t deviate, and in just a day and a half, he had returned. But upon seeing those Three-Defense Fortresses and a Heaven and Earth Needle base already built over ten meters high, he couldn’t help but be stunned.
What’s going on?
Could it be that they couldn’t even wait for fifteen days?
No, that’s Qin Wushuang gesturing over there!
So how did he come back? That next to him is Zihan, and there’s Qingxue too, great, she’s still here.
Wang Wu breathed a sigh of relief, while under the stunned gazes of a group of people, he smoothly parked the Three-Defense Boat not far away.
Fortunately, no one shouted for fugitive Wang Zhige to quickly surrender.
Of course, he couldn’t clearly see their expressions.
Only Qingxue swiftly rushed over, first collecting the Three-Defense Boat and pulling Wang Wu to the Three-Defense Main Fortress.
Then, a sweep of the Jade Talisman formed a sealed space.
Once they had both taken off their Three-Defense Treasure Armor, Wang Wu’s surprised gaze met with Qingxue’s complex gaze, and they both felt something was off.
"Did you complete the exploration?"
"Did your master compromise?"
"You really completed the exploration?"
"Weren’t we supposed to wait for fifteen days? There’s still three days left. Why didn’t you wait for me to return?"
Each asked two rapid questions, and Wang Wu then smiled wryly, "I indeed explored the location for the twenty-fifth Heaven and Earth Needle, which is much better than this position."
Qingxue also had a complex look,
"Someone stepped in to mediate, and my master is ready to compromise, six-to-four split. We get six, the others four. Under the current situation, this is the best result. Next, as long as Qin Wushuang can prove his exploration poses no issues, and keep the count of Heaven and Earth Needles within a hundred, we’ll formally cooperate. But did you truly complete the exploration?"
Qingxue still couldn’t fully believe it, finding it hard to believe.
Wang Wu nodded solemnly, "That’s right, I completed the exploration, fifteen hundred li from here. I guarantee that my location is more effective than where Qin Wushuang explored. My Level 18 Spirit Essence Micro can achieve this, so please contact your master at once, stop seeking others for collaboration. I assure you, I can reduce the count of Heaven and Earth Needles to ninety-nine!"
"Ninety-nine? Are you joking!"
Qingxue was taken aback, still disbelieving, what kind of joke was this, had it truly succeeded.
"Of course, I know you don’t believe it; even I can hardly believe it myself. But mere words are unsubstantiated, evidence speaks. I trust your master has the patience for this, spending a few days, a glance will make it clear."
Hearing this, a rare hint of a smile appeared in Qingxue’s eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
"I believe you, but I must report to my master. Only she can decide, and I hope you understand."
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