What is an immortal?

Chapter 428: New Plan


Yuan Ming took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and picked up the green round bead again, rubbing it in the palm of his hand.

As he infused mana into the round orb, it emitted circles of green halos that enveloped the nearby area within seventy or eighty feet.

However, this green halo seemed to possess neither offensive power nor defensive capabilities.

Yuan Ming, utterly puzzled, released his Divine Sense into the bead, attempting to sense the runes contained within.

Contrary to Yuan Ming's expectations, there were no runes inside the green round bead; only a whirlwind-like green spiritual power, spinning rapidly, which turned out to be Wind Attribute Spiritual Power.

"It seems that this bead is not a magic treasure," Yuan Ming thought to himself.

Nevertheless, since it was given to the Silver Void Tree Demon for safekeeping by the Six Desires Venerable, it must be a precious item.

After a moment's thought, Yuan Ming immediately began using various Divine Skills to test the effect of the green round orb.

At first, he merely used the Exorcism Technique to suspend the orb in the air nearby and tested it with various Five Elements Techniques and Soul Cultivator powers among others. However, the green round bead showed no response; he also noticed that regular attack techniques seemed unable to inflict any damage on the orb.

Yuan Ming was not discouraged. After standing in place for quite some time, he seemed to think of something and took out a green talisman, crushing it.

A door-sized green Wind Blade appeared out of nowhere, striking towards the green round bead.

Yet, as soon as the green Wind Blade entered the illuminated area of the bead, it abruptly stopped, then disintegrated and dissipated.

Yuan Ming's eyebrows raised, and he took out an even more powerful Wind Attribute Talisman but did not activate it immediately.

This talisman, found in Thunderbolt Ancestor's storage magic tool, was a third-level Talisman, and its might was probably fearsome; it was uncertain whether the round orb could withstand it.

After mulling over it several times to ensure he could prevent the talisman from damaging the orb, he finally crushed the talisman.

The next moment, a green Wind Dragon, seven or eight feet long, appeared out of thin air, with clearly defined scale armor, baring its teeth and claws as it pounced towards the green round orb.

Where the Wind Dragon passed, a violent wind rose in the air, and the ground was scored with deep marks.

However, as soon as the Wind Dragon entered the halo of the green round bead, it crumbled just like the Wind Blade, visibly collapsing bit by bit, turning into numerous particles of green light that scattered, and the gale it whipped up could not blow into the area of the green halo at all.

That area appeared to be a forbidden zone for Wind Attribute attacks!

"Could it be that this object is the legendary Wind Stabilizing Pearl, capable of restraining Wind Attribute attacks?" Yuan Ming thought to himself, the more he considered it, the more likely it seemed.

This was a treasure famous in legend!

Delighted, he played with the green round bead for a while before carefully storing it away, then picked up the last item, a silver banner, and charged it with mana to sense the runes inside.

His eyes brightened, the silver banner housed only five runes forming an array, barely reaching the Magical Treasure Level. These five runes all emitted fluctuations of space, revealing that it was indeed a Space Treasure!

Space artifacts weren't uncommon; Storage Bags and Spiritual Beast Bags fell into the category of space artifacts, but Space Treasures were extremely rare.

The reason for this was the spiritual materials.

Space artifacts like Storage Bags mostly relied on the power of forbidden restrictions to barely create a storage space, which didn't demand much from the materials.

However, to elevate an artifact to the rank of a magical treasure was a different story altogether, requiring the integration of a considerable amount of space-attribute spiritual materials; yet space-attribute materials were scarce, getting snatched up quickly whenever they appeared, making them almost invisible in the market, and Space Treasures were even rarer.

Yuan Ming activated the silver banner with mana, whereupon the banner unfolded into a gargantuan silver flag, spinning lithely around his body.

Containing an array of runes, he quickly grasped the capabilities of the silver flag.

The silver flag had a very singular ability, able to slightly manipulate the surrounding Space Power.

This ability might seem unimpressive, but it was exceptionally formidable: it could create a Space Restriction shield, deflecting an enemy's attacks, and when used at the right moment, it often produced miraculous effects.

Yuan Ming ceased operating the small flag and stored it in his Storage Ring, falling silent.

Though he had been in dangerous situations during his journey to the Shura Palace, caught between Nascent Soul cultivators far stronger than himself, facing crisis after crisis and even confronting the supreme power of the Six Desires Venerable, his final gains were astonishingly high. Solely the number of Spirit Stones exceeded two million, which by his current expenses, was probably enough to support his cultivation all the way to the Nascent Soul Stage.

After all, a sect of Chang Chun Temple's scale would likely not exceed this amount in resources when nurturing a Nascent Soul cultivator.

In addition to Spirit Stones, there were various elixirs, magical treasures, and even secret skills - enough to keep him busy for a while.

"That said, the cultivation of the Moonlight Technique demands more and more Desire Power, and with the current small-scale efforts, there seems to be a shortage. It's time to vastly expand the Moon God Sect," Yuan Ming pondered quietly to himself.

Previously, with his limited strength, he had only dared to preach with caution among the mortals, afraid to draw the attention of the Cultivation Sects.

But now the situation was different; his strength had greatly increased, and having entered the Stealing Heaven Tripod, he was effectively equivalent to the Sleeping Witch, sufficiently powerful to contend with Nascent Soul cultivators. With so many Magical Treasure Secret Techniques now at his disposal, there was no longer a need to proceed with the same caution as before.

And more crucially, large-scale preaching, whether in the Mortal World or in the Cultivation World, required a substantial investment. Cultivators were not like mortals; without a similar level of resource investment, it was impossible to truly win over a group of cultivator believers.

With this thought, Yuan Ming's mind shifted as he entered the Stealing Heaven Tripod and found that there were more than a dozen new points of Believer's Desire Power near the White Jade Lotus Platform than before.

Yuan Ming sensed these additional Desire Powers; they were all Loose Cultivators in distress from the Black Wind Desert, likely believers converted by Xu Che.

Their cultivation levels were not high, most of them Qi Refining Stage Cultivators, with only two at the Foundation Establishment Stage, but all together, their Desire Power was still significant.

Yuan Ming felt greatly relieved and located the Desire Power light spot belonging to Xu Che, extending his Divine Sense towards it.

At this moment, Xu Che was resting in an inn within an underground city. Sensing the arrival of Yuan Ming's Divine Sense, he immediately sat up and respectfully said, "My lord."

"You have been doing quite well recently, having developed quite a number of Cultivator believers," Yuan Ming commended.

"These are all duties that your subordinate should fulfill," Xu Che respectfully replied.

"Continue to maintain this momentum. Do not stint on resources, nor pay too much attention to those Cultivation forces. Fully devote yourself to the development of Cultivator believers, and contact me directly when necessary," Yuan Ming instructed.

"Yes," Xu Che replied joyfully upon hearing this.

He knew that Yuan Ming could descend with divine majesty across the distances, and with Yuan Ming's assistance, his effort to win over believers would go much more smoothly.

In the following time, Yuan Ming transmitted several formidable secret techniques to Xu Che and, after some consideration, also bestowed upon him the mnemonic for the first three layers of the Heart Cleansing Technique.

After following Yuan Ming, Xu Che's knowledge greatly improved, and he no longer held much resistance towards Soul Cultivation. He immediately expressed his gratitude with great joy, and his confidence in following Yuan Ming grew even more steadfast.

After withdrawing his Divine Sense, Yuan Ming sat silently for a moment and formed a hand seal to open the top of the altar.

An intricate Array Map appeared, and he reached for the Silver Crystal Stone that had exhausted its Spiritual Power.

Recently, he had experienced many things and his knowledge had also greatly increased.

This Silver Crystal Stone looked very similar to a Void Stone; if he was not mistaken, it should be a type of Space Spirit Stone.

Yuan Ming left the Stealing Heaven Tripod and activated the Space Restriction, his figure flickering as he appeared inside the Stone Chamber beneath the Black Tower.

He walked slowly towards the Void Stone, bringing the Silver Crystal Stone close to it.

The Void Stone shone faintly, and the Space Power within it began to resonating, emitting waves of silver radiance.

"Indeed, they are of the same origin," Yuan Ming muttered to himself, summoning the Shura Stone Tablet and channeling the Space Power from the Void Stone into the Silver Crystal Stone.

The Silver Crystal Stone immediately lit up with a layer of silver radiance, which grew from faint to bright.

Yuan Ming's eyes brightened with a look of pleasant surprise.

He had only been trying to see if it were possible to transfer the Space Power from the Void Stone into the Silver Crystal Stone, and to his astonishment, it was indeed possible.

Yuan Ming immediately continued to infuse the Space Power into the Silver Crystal Stone.

As time slowly passed, the Space Power within the Silver Crystal Stone became increasingly abundant, correspondingly, the Space Power inside the Void Stone diminished significantly.

The spaces carved out by the Void Stone vibrated, gradually beginning to shrink. The space housing the Black Tower shrank the fastest, already reduced by over ten miles; the spaces where the Medicine Garden and the entrance to the Shura Palace were located, being smaller, did not seem much affected.

Yuan Ming's brows furrowed but he did not stop.

A half-hour later, the Space Power within the Silver Crystal Stone was fully charged and could no longer contain any more.

Yuan Ming hurriedly stopped casting, as a considerable amount of Space Power had been depleted from the Void Stone, with the space where the Black Tower stood having shrunk by a considerable near hundred miles.

However, obtaining a complete Silver Crystal Stone was not a bad deal.

Yuan Ming placed the stone into the Altar Formation and activated it. He then took out a bulging Storage Bag and placed it on the altar.

A golden light enveloped the object and sent it towards Xu Che's location.

Within the mystical Array Map atop the altar, the Silver Crystal Stone burst forth with a stream of silver light, infusing it into the map.

A thread of silver radiance flickered within the golden light encasing the Storage Bag, which then vanished in a flash.

"This altar's Restriction could not previously transmit objects; it must have been because the Silver Crystal Stone's Spirit Power was depleted!" Yuan Ming's eyes sparkled with excitement.

With the ability for remote object transmission, he could do so much more.

Inside the Nameless Inn, Xu Che's vision was suddenly filled with golden and silver light, rapidly condensing into a ghostly image of a door that was several feet high.

He took a surprised step back.

The golden and silver door creaked open and a Storage Bag shot out from within, falling to the floor in front of Xu Che, as the door then faded away.

Xu Che looked at the Storage Bag on the ground, not daring to touch it.

"Do not panic; this Storage Bag is a gift from me," Yuan Ming's voice resounded in Xu Che's mind.

Xu Che's body trembled greatly, as he bowed his head deeply, "Your divinity is boundless, my lord!"

Remote object transmission was unheard of, and even those major factions with Nascent Soul cultivators might not be capable of it; Yuan Ming's Divine Skills were becoming ever more inconceivable.

"Inside the Storage Bag is a batch of spiritual materials, magic artifacts, and quite a few Foundation Establishment Stage elixirs. You may handle them as you see fit. While attracting believers, do not neglect your own Cultivation," Yuan Ming continued.

"Thank you, my lord. Your subordinate will certainly not let you down," Xu Che knelt to the ground.

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