Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 526: Chapter 282: The Second Ruin

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[Earth Spirit Pearl]

Description: The Earth Spirit Pearl is an Earth Element Spirit Pearl created through a sophisticated Array that harnesses the power of the natural environment; it is not an Innate Treasure. It contains an extremely abundant amount of Earth Element Spiritual Power. It takes a hundred years to reach First Grade, and a thousand years to fully form. Once the Earth Spirit Pearl has completely finished forming, it can continuously release Earth Element Spiritual Power while also automatically absorbing Spiritual Power to replenish itself. It can be used by Cultivators or Demon Beasts for Cultivation, as well as in the forging and refining of Arrays and Magical Treasures. Furthermore, it can be combined with the other Four Element Spirit Pearls to construct an Artificial Spiritual Vein via a Five Elements Transformation Array.

Grade: Fifth Grade (Unformed)

Limitation: Only applicable for forging and refining Arrays and Magical Treasures below the Fifth Grade.

Points: 150,000

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"Holy shit!"

The first thing Cheng Zongyang noticed was the item’s value. He was astonished when he saw the final Point tally.

’This thumb-sized object is actually worth so much?’

But he was well aware of the ’hut’s’ usual practices. An item priced at 150,000 Points could probably be sold on consignment for tens of thousands more.

But soon, his attention returned to the Earth Spirit Pearl’s description. When he saw the part about creating an Artificial Spiritual Vein, his eyes instantly lit up.

’Wasn’t this exactly what I was looking for?’

’If I could get my hands on five fully formed Spirit Pearls and set them up in Jade Peak Immortal City, it would truly live up to its name!’

But the thought of the astronomical number of Points made Cheng Zongyang shake his head.

’A single Fifth Grade one is worth over a hundred thousand, so wouldn’t a fully formed one be close to a million? Five of them would cost over five million. How many Red Blood Pills would I have to sell to afford that? Not to mention the accompanying Array, which probably wouldn’t be cheap either.’

Cheng Zongyang calculated silently. ’Wouldn’t that be at least five or six million Points to start? With that many Points, I could get countless other items to furnish the Immortal City.’

’And give it to the Mole Beast to devour? I’m not that generous. Selling it on consignment alone could net me 170,000 to 180,000 Points—a massive profit.’

He handed the Earth Spirit Pearl to Luo Dingran for inspection and climbed out of the pit himself.

Once outside, he looked at the mountain of excavated earth, and an idea struck him. He couldn’t help but walk over with the Spirit Tester to check it again.

As it turned out, the soil actually contained a considerable amount of Spiritual Qi.

"This has become Spiritual Soil?"

Cheng Zongyang’s astonishment was quickly followed by a wave of joy. He quickly turned to Luo Dingran, who was deep in thought behind him, and said, "Don’t let any of this soil go to waste. Leave it here and have Zhang Jinquan and the others try to use it to plant Spirit Medicine."

Pulled from his thoughts, Luo Dingran looked puzzled at first after hearing Cheng Zongyang’s words. But when he heard the part about planting Spirit Medicine, he put two and two together and asked in surprise, "It’s become Spiritual Soil?"

He recalled how the Spiritual Soil they had purchased from the Jade Stone Market was set aside by Zhang Jinquan specifically for growing things like Spirit Medicine.

Although Spiritual Qi existed in the Wilderness World, it was relatively thin. They didn’t know if this was due to their specific location or if the entire Wilderness World was like this, but they had basically never found any Spiritual Soil. Or rather, they hadn’t discovered any yet.

This was also why they still needed more manpower.

"That’s right." Cheng Zongyang nodded in confirmation. "The Spiritual Power level is mostly Lower Class, but the core area should reach Middle Class. We can separate it for different uses."

"Understood. I’ll arrange that properly. But my lord, what are your plans for this Earth Spirit Pearl?" Luo Dingran asked.

Cheng Zongyang asked in return, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Luo Dingran shook his head. "On this matter, I truly cannot offer any advice. Whether used for personal Cultivation, for an Array, or for Artifact Refining, it’s an excellent choice. But we currently lack the necessary means for any of those. The only feasible option is to sell it."

Cheng Zongyang paused for a moment, then chuckled.

"You and I are on the same page. The Earth Spirit Pearl is valuable, but we can’t just sell it off so easily. It would feel like too much of a loss.

"When you have a moment, try to put out a purchase request for the other four types of Spirit Pearls of the same grade, as well as the accompanying Array. Let’s see what the prices are before we decide anything.

"Also, since an Earth Element Spirit Pearl exists in this world, it means the other four types of Spirit Pearls likely exist too. If we find more temples like this one in the future, we might have a chance of discovering them."

After listening, Luo Dingran nodded in deep agreement. "My lord speaks wisely. I wonder if the second ruin is a similar kind of place."

Cheng Zongyang asked eagerly, "Is that place far from here?"

Luo Dingran shook his head. "Not far. It’s about three li upstream along the river at the foot of the mountain. It’s in a large river called the Shanyang River. This river is the upper reach of the Li River in our territory, though we don’t know where its source is. I’m not sure why the same river has two different names."

This time, Cheng Zongyang was quite surprised. "How could it have been found in the water?"

Luo Dingran explained with a smile, "According to the report, a few explorers hadn’t bathed in two days, so they went over there to wash up. As it happened, they ran into a fish-type Exotic Beast. The group worked together to kill it and also accidentally discovered an underwater structure. But because the current was too swift, they couldn’t get close, and the excavation conditions were poor. So they set it aside for now to deal with this ruin first."