Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 551: Chapter 292: Functional Update, Astonishing Function

Cheng Zongyang was instantly stunned by the Ring Spirit’s statement.

’Passageways to all sorts of worlds? This is basically a battlefield for the Ten Thousand Races!’

’But that would explain why the script left by Cultivators here is identical to the ancient script from the outside world.’

’Perhaps the outside Martial Arts Realm is one of the worlds connected to this Wilderness World? If so, where is the passage?’

After making these connections, Cheng Zongyang fell silent.

His and the Ring Spirit’s theories both seemed a little insane!

But this line of thought also led Cheng Zongyang to a possible answer for another question.

’The reason this world has no people and no bodies... is it because they were all taken by another system host, who only left behind animals and Exotic Beasts? Or to put it another way, was every living being capable of generating the Power of Faith stolen?’

Cheng Zongyang fell silent once more. He jotted down this highly plausible theory, intending to organize his thoughts on it later.

Next, Cheng Zongyang went through his prepared questions one by one, taking note of the important points.

However, the Ring Spirit didn’t know the answers to some questions. It explained that its control over this world was still too limited to access more information. This included questions about the existence of the passages, clues about a Five Elements Array, and the nature of the competition between Divine Daoists and Cultivators.

This left Cheng Zongyang feeling rather frustrated. He would just have to wait until the Ring Spirit gained more control to get his answers.

Among his questions, he also received an answer from the Ring Spirit about the one thing he was most curious about: Soul Crystals.

Soul Crystals are items refined by Divine Daoists. They are used to house a sliver of their divine consciousness and to absorb the faith of their followers.

The Divine Daoist eventually reclaims it. It’s like raising fish—once it’s fattened up, they harvest it, then put it back to continue absorbing.

The Power of Faith can enhance a Divine Daoist’s Cultivation.

Ordinary people cannot absorb this Power of Faith. If Mountain Spirits and Ghosts absorb it, they become Divine Daoists, like the River God Cheng Zongyang had met. To a Cultivator, however, it is poison; absorbing it would destroy their Dao Foundation. For a Martial Artist, their mind would be eroded by the divine consciousness within.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zongyang felt a jolt of alarm as he recalled the behavior of the River God’s remnant soul.

’Though he wasn’t worried about being influenced by the divine consciousness, who knew what other problems might arise.’

However, the Ring Spirit was still unclear on the finer points of Cultivation for Divine Daoists and Cultivators.

If he wanted the Ring Spirit to quickly gain control over the Realm of Ten Thousand Races and become omniscient, the only way was to continue raising the Ring Spirit’s Level—which was tied to the level of the Marketplace Hut.

This meant he needed to trade continuously to reach the transaction volume milestones sooner.

The current transaction volume was already over halfway there. It would likely take a while longer, but this was also the period of most frequent trading.

After all, the addition of goods like Spirit Rice and the Ice and Fire Spirits had significantly boosted the transaction volume.

Once he had finished asking all his major questions, the Ring Spirit stopped responding to his other minor queries.

Cheng Zongyang had no choice but to put away his notebook. At the same time, the Marketplace Hut’s trading function had ceased, beginning a 24-hour update cycle.

Back in his personal room on the Third Level, he began to study the important information he had recorded.

The Ring Spirit may not have known everything, but it had answered many of his questions. At least now he had some understanding and wasn’t operating completely in the dark.

The answers also led him to connect the dots on several related matters.

Take the Soul Crystals, for instance. The existence of the Three Monarchs Divine Statue implied that there were other Divine Statues out there.

Soul Crystals could grant Divine Dao Abilities to Mountain Spirits and Ghosts, which represented a potential method for cultivating future assets.

Considering this crucial information, Cheng Zongyang felt that trading a Soul Crystal worth over a million Points for these answers had been well worth it. This knowledge would provide a clear direction for his future explorations.

A few hours later, Cheng Zongyang returned to the first floor and handed the notebook to Luo Dingran. "Here are the answers to some of our questions. I’ve reorganized them," he said. "Take a look. Moving forward, focus your explorations on the key areas I’ve outlined here. Have you put in the purchase request for the Five Elements Spiritual Vein Array?"

Luo Dingran took the notebook and replied, "I’ve already put in the request, but the price is still unknown. We’ll have to test the waters bit by bit."

Cheng Zongyang nodded. "I’ll try looking for one in the outside world."

The Ring Spirit wasn’t sure if any Five Elements Arrays existed, but it did offer a clue: if one did exist, it would likely be found within Sect Ruins.

That meant he would have to search for it himself. Of course, if one could be found in the outside world, it would save a lot of trouble.

He then summoned the five Spirit Pearls.

He looked at the fully formed Wood Spirit Pearl—plump, perfectly round, and radiating a faint green light. Then he looked at the other four "underdeveloped" Spirit Pearls. Cheng Zongyang knew they could be nurtured further.

The quickest way to mature them was to have them absorb a powerful Five Elements Spirit Monster. But that was clearly not feasible. Alternatively, he could try to purchase a Five Elements Spirit Monster that was incapable of resisting.

The Ring Spirit had told him all this. It also added that he didn’t need to wait for the other four Spirit Pearls to mature; he could set up an array using just the completed Wood Spirit Pearl.

By arranging the array according to the generation cycle—Wood feeds Fire, Fire creates Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal carries Water, and Water nourishes Wood—the continuous stream of Wood Spiritual Qi could rapidly empower the Fire Spirit Pearl. This would create a chain reaction, strengthening the other pearls in sequence. Finally, the array would convert the Water Spirit Pearl’s energy back into Wood Spiritual Qi, which would then be absorbed by the Wood Spirit Pearl, completing the cycle.