Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 497 - 470: Financial Freedom
Get straight to work!
Wang Wu first selected nine groups of array stones with the least damage from his pile of 50,000 damaged array stones.
Since different array talismans cannot be combined, theoretically they could, but since even the Hidden Origin Association’s top members didn’t choose this approach from the beginning, it was clear it wasn’t suitable.
These nine groups of array stones represent nine types of array talismans.
Wang Wu further selected the set with the best quality and the lowest overall repair cost.
Ultimately, he decided on the White Tiger array talisman, which was also the one with the most discarded Heaven and Earth Needles. It seemed that, in the end, they only managed to gather thirty-six Heaven and Earth Needles for one group and forty-nine for the other, both somewhat inadequate.
Next, Wang Wu dismantled the Three-Defense Main Fortress and his own Three-Defense Treasure Armor to construct a crude Cultivation Quiet Chamber with a low level of Spiritual Qi leakage, serving as a sort of operating room.
This was the necessary space for repairing the array stones.
Following that, he used Qi Blood as a talisman, plastering a thick layer around the Cultivation Quiet Chamber to further reduce the level of Spiritual Qi leakage.
At this point, Wang Wu nodded in satisfaction, casually taking out a piece of White Tiger array stone, his Spirit Essence Micro enveloping it. The changes and core of the inscribed White Tiger array talisman immediately reflected in his Divine Soul.
Even though he had never encountered it before, Wang Wu mastered it completely in less than half an hour.
Of course, there was no need to brag. The Four Clowns mastered it in twenty minutes, eventually proving that while it was challenging, it wasn’t overly difficult.
Wang Wu’s Divine Thought was constantly growing slowly because his overall strength was already quite formidable, so now the limit of his Divine Thought had increased to twelve threads. Even if consumed, one thread could be restored in five days.
In a sense, he could impersonate one of the Five Clowns.
"The simulation is completed. The theoretical amount needed to repair this White Tiger array stone is 3.2 million points of ordinary Spiritual Qi. Are you sure you want to repair it?"
Wang Wu felt a twinge of pain, 3.2 million points, even if five hundred stones averaged this value, it would require 1.6 billion points of Spiritual Qi, let alone this being the least damaged piece.
He wanted to cry.
But there’s truly no shortcut or retreat in such matters.
You either invest true gold and silver, or you don’t shy away from it. There’s no third path.
With a long sigh, Wang Wu activated the Heart of the Earth, borrowing some Spiritual Qi from the Second Foundation Establishment Array’s three Spirit Pills.
Speaking of which, these three Spirit Pills have indeed been through a lot. They once reached the Second Grade in the Acquired Cultivation System, but due to intense maneuvers by Wang Wu, various hidden injuries led to their grade dropping, and they were relegated back to Innate, only to painstakingly cultivate back to the Second Grade.
But now, their grade has to decrease again, there’s no choice.
The Innate Five Demon Pills are already First Grade and represent a fortress built by bloodline, not to be easily shaken.
All the bloodline talents rely on the Five Demon Pills.
As for the Acquired Creation Fire Spirit Pill, Wang Wu managed to elevate the Creation Fire Spiritual Qi to Level 7, on the verge of advancing to the Eighth-Grade Creation Fire Spirit Pill. At this critical juncture, no changes can be afforded.
As for the Wind Spirit Pill, with its frail form, it remains a companion to the Creation Fire Spirit Pill, and Wang Wu doesn’t wish to separate them...
In conclusion, he can only operate on the Support Pill, Tool Pill, and Oxen and Horses Pill. Endure a while longer; suffer a bit more. In the future, I can help you cultivate back.
The Foundation Establishment Array silently operated, converting Wood Spiritual Qi, Water Spiritual Qi, and Golden Spiritual Qi into ordinary Spiritual Qi in proportion, which was then used for the repair of the White Tiger array stone.
Not bad, these three types of Spiritual Qi have now reached Level 4.5, converting to ordinary Spiritual Qi at a fairly high cost-efficiency.
In fact, Wang Wu and the Four Clowns also worked out if using high-level Spiritual Qi made the repair more effective, which it did, but it would complicate matters, seemingly linked to the array stone’s core materials.
The core materials inside were originally the Giant Stone and Profound Iron found in the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, which seemed unremarkable at first, yet they possessed a scientific name called the "Old Remains."
The specific implications are irrelevant.
Just understand that, due to these core old remains, unless the array stone is complete, any remnants would rapidly crumble and disintegrate once leaving the specialized world of the Sin Prison Tower.
Thus, those from the Hidden Origin Association weren’t ignorant of the benefits of scavenging, but in taking it back, there’s little point.
Similarly, based on this core of the old remains, one must be gentle and patient in repairs, avoiding any excessive stimulation.
The best approach is a slow simmer, like rain transforming everything, for repairs.
Using high-level Spiritual Qi would risk aggravating the damage further, wouldn’t it?
Wang Wu had the assistance of Level 19 Spirit Essence Micro, making the repair process eye-opening and quite challenging.
Completed repairs after three days. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
If it were anyone else doing the repairs, it would require at least ten times the time and ten times the consumption to start with.
Although those forces have vast resources, not lacking in this...
But the problem is, a normal Heaven and Earth Needle requires at least ten thousand array stones...
Moreover, repairing a single Heaven and Earth Needle alone is meaningless; a specific integer is necessary.
Like forty-nine, sixty-four, eighty-one, etc.
Plus, many array stones simply shattered into sand, making them irreparable.
As a result, it becomes necessary to forge new array stones, which incurs even greater costs and time consumption.
Various reasons lead these forces to choose not to repair.
Next, Wang Wu continued diligently, monotonously repairing day in and day out, handling those easier to repair within three days, and those harder within ten or fifteen days.
Only those three Spirit Pills steadily became gaunter.
Falling from the Second Grade to the Third Grade, and then from the Third Grade to the Fifth Grade, the Spiritual Qi, which was originally at an average Level 4.5, has now been diluted and weakened to Level 2...
At this moment, Wang Wu had only completed the repair of three hundred White Tiger Array Stones, with a shortfall of two hundred pieces.
"What should I do?"
Wang Wu felt helpless as he searched every Qiankun Bag he had, only to find that his pockets were emptier than his face.
Sigh, for now, let’s use Qi Blood to transform, striving not to let the Bloodline Evolution Level drop.
Wang Wu continued to sell assets at a loss; things were like this, and there was no chance for regret, just keep going.
Fortunately, his Innate Bloodline Five Demon Pills were strong enough and could still sacrifice for repairs.
Using up the usual stored Qi Blood, he then consumed fixed assets, downgrading the Demon Pills, even if this would temporarily downgrade his various Bloodline Talent Divine Techniques, he couldn’t be bothered.
The Bloodline Divine Techniques could still be improved later, and he didn’t need to be so luxurious for now.
For instance, the Level 18 Spiritual Essence Micro, it’s only slightly less effective for repairing array stones, taking a bit more time is fine.
Come on!
But after downgrading all five Demon Pills to Second Grade, Wang Wu had only repaired another one hundred and fifty array stones.
Actually, by this point, Wang Wu had already consumed almost 4 billion points of Spiritual Qi, and it was estimated that another billion points were needed.
Because the remaining fifty array stones were the most severely damaged, they were the hardest fortresses to tackle.
"I’m sorry, Creation Fire Spirit Pill!"
Wang Wu shed tears and refined the Spirit Pill.
One sentence, even if it means bleeding and eating meat, I must keep going.
There’s no turning back now.
Just like that, he continued like a maddened general, a howling butcher, stubbornly persevering, and after another six months, successfully repaired the last fifty White Tiger Array Stones.
As for the losses, they weren’t too significant; the Creation Fire Spirit Pill seemed unaffected, with the Creation Fire Spiritual Qi only dropping back to Level 6.
But it was a success, because in just these three short years, the array stones in his Qiankun Bag automatically decomposed and completely destroyed over five thousand pieces.
Even the other array stones were no exception, with their quality declining.
This was already in the stable environment of the Qiankun Bag; if it were in the external environment, these array stones would’ve likely been annihilated long ago.
Wang Wu felt heartache and liver pain; such wastage is a crime.
Because the Spiritual Qi within those annihilated array stones mysteriously disappeared, leaving him with only a handful of yellow sand.
Without a doubt, the Qiankun Bag, as a treasure, was insufficient at this level.
So Wang Wu, without hesitation, immediately used the five hundred White Tiger Array Stones to build a miniature Heaven and Earth Needle on the spot.
He could only do it on the spot, as he had dismantled that Three-Defense Main Fortress, and the ruins had been blown into sand by the Evil Wind, the vast wilderness was all sand, and he was afraid Qingxue wouldn’t find him.
But it didn’t matter if she couldn’t find him; he was really in a hurry now, couldn’t care about Qingxue or Frost Monarch.
If delayed for years, all these array stones would automatically annihilate.
Fortunately, he had completed the first step, swiftly and efficiently completing the basic structure of the Heaven and Earth Needle, and then before laying down the last array stone, he drilled in.
Afterwards, he dared not slack off, immediately adjusting the Heaven and Earth Needle, to complete the irradiation of Yin and Yang Qi; these tasks were familiar, and with the Spiritual Essence Micro, it was sufficient.
Especially at this stage, the Yin and Yang Qi in the Sin Prison Tower had long been stabilized, making it easier.
Next, he immediately took out the array stones on the verge of collapse for disassembly.
This had no technical content, just disassemble, whether gently or violently, it was the same, no difference, but one point stood out: because it was inside the Heaven and Earth Needle, under the irradiation of Yin and Yang Qi, it simulated a mini Sin Prison Tower environment, so no Spiritual Qi could escape or leak.
All would surround the Yin and Yang Qi.
Wang Wu’s actions were swift.
In a day, he violently disassembled over a hundred array stones on the verge of collapse, successfully recovering about ten million points of Spiritual Qi.
A bit too little.
But as Wang Wu began to disassemble slightly better array stones that could last for several more months, the harvest finally became abundant.
Even just one array stone of this type, at the minimum, could disassemble and recover five million points of Spiritual Qi.
Slightly better ones could disassemble and recover ten million points of Spiritual Qi per stone.
Oh, this is delightful!
Of course, such array stones would take longer to disassemble, not suited for hard disassembly, requiring one or two days.
The lower the damage degree, the more so.
For array stones taking over three days to disassemble, one could recover 100 million points of Spiritual Qi per piece.
Wang Wu disassembled and recovered for six months, disassembling about two thousand array stones, easily obtaining 5 billion points of Spiritual Qi.
All prior investments paid off at this moment.
Financial freedom!
