Book 6: Chapter 90: Crystal Ancient Artifact! News of the Crystal Source Heart |
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Constructing a hyperspace teleportation array is an enormous project that requires significant investment and time, impacting the interests of the entire Shenwu World. Naturally, it cannot be funded solely by the Wang Clan.
Therefore, regarding this hyperspace teleportation array, a meeting must be convened upon returning to determine the investment, allocate costs, and establish shares. A separate "Hyperspace Division" could be set up to oversee the construction and future maintenance.
"Since Shouzhe is interested in building the hyperspace teleportation array, I will contact my friend after I return," Shuiyue Sacred Diagram nodded solemnly. "I will also try to persuade him to take on this task."
This is the benefit of Wang Shouzhe's previous generosity.
After several engagements, he and Shuiyue Sacred Diagram have established a good relationship and sufficient trust, which is why she is willing to expend effort and use her connections to help.
"Thank you, Senior." Wang Shouzhe paused and added, "Besides, we also need some eighth-grade spiritual rice seeds that can be self-sustained. I hope you can keep an eye out for them."
"This is not easy," Shuiyue Sacred Diagram showed a troubled expression upon hearing this. "Eighth-grade spiritual grains are treasures of each Cave Heaven. For instance, Shuiyue Cave Heaven has a type of ancestral eighth-grade Sacred Jade Spiritual Rice and a small eighth-grade water-attribute spiritual vein, covering about twenty acres of eighth-grade Sacred Water Spiritual Farmland. If the Wang Clan had eighth-grade Sacred Water Spiritual Farmland, we could supply some spiritual seeds at a fair price, but we cannot allow the Wang Clan to self-sustain the seeds."
"Shouzhe understands." Wang Shouzhe cupped his hands in gratitude. "Senior, just keep an eye out. It's fine if there are none."
Spiritual rice and farmland at the seventh or eighth grade are strategic resources for high-end forces, and acquiring them is not easy.
Especially eighth-grade spiritual rice seeds, which are considered treasures by each family. Shuiyue Sacred Diagram is already treating Wang Shouzhe as one of her own by offering spiritual seeds at a fair price. As for selling seeds that can be self-sustained, it would only happen if Shuiyue Cave Heaven went bankrupt or owed a huge favor.
After the conversation, having asked and entrusted what needed to be, Wang Shouzhe saw off Shuiyue Sacred Diagram and her party.
With their departure, only the "natives" of Shenwu World remained on this Shattered Star Beach.
In the following period, the Wang Clan began organizing personnel to explore this Shattered Star Beach.
The first place to be explored was the shattered star spiritual vein discovered by Wang Anye.
Though called a shattered star, its size was considerable, with the longest part stretching over two thousand miles and the widest part over seven hundred miles, forming an irregular rugged shape.
A small tower boat compared to it was as insignificant as a speck of dust.
Under the protection of Cai Youdao, Wang Anye conducted a detailed survey of this spiritual vein and discovered that a small segment of its core reached the standard of an eighth-grade spiritual vein, classified as "small," with a "metal" attribute.
If transplanted to the Wang Clan, it could be used as a core to cultivate about twenty acres of metal-attribute eighth-grade Sacred Spiritual Farmland, suitable for planting eighth-grade metal-attribute spiritual grains or long-term cultivation of eleventh-grade metal-attribute spirit medicine.
Upon learning of this discovery, Wang Shouzhe was quite excited.
When they first acquired the Returning to Origin Small Cave Heaven, they spent several Chaos Spirit Stones to create a micro eighth-grade five-element spiritual vein, which only resulted in two acres of eighth-grade five-element spiritual farmland.
Wang Anye casually found a small eighth-grade metal spiritual vein, which could become the foundation of a Cave Heaven force.
Unfortunately, it was a metal spiritual vein. If it were a water spiritual vein, they could have requested some spiritual seeds from Shuiyue Cave Heaven to plant, and the produced eighth-grade Sacred Jade Spiritual Rice would greatly benefit Ruolan.
Besides this eighth-grade spiritual vein, there was also a medium seventh-grade spiritual vein and three medium sixth-grade spiritual veins on this shattered star, all of which could be extracted to expand the spiritual farmland.
Moreover, the most important discovery was a spiritual stone mine vein within this shattered star, with a large reserve and high grade, potentially yielding Chaos Spirit Stones.
However, extracting and transplanting spiritual veins or mining spiritual stones is not a task that can be completed overnight.
The primary focus now is handling matters related to the Crystal Ancient Ruins and conducting in-depth interrogations of the Atana race captives to uncover their purpose, base location, overall strength, and other intelligence.
After confirming the safety of the Crystal Ancient Ruins, the core members of the Wang Clan and Yun Tiange returned to the ruins and set up a sturdy interrogation room.
Yun Tiange introduced Crystal Ancient Spirit Artifact 996 to Wang Shouzhe and said, "Shouzhe, since you insist on not sharing my gains from the Nanhua Ruins, this Crystal Ancient Ruins and subspace will belong to your Wang Clan."
"???"
Crystal Ancient Spirit Artifact 996 was taken aback.
What? Our research base suddenly belongs to this Immortal Clan?
Can she object?
No, it seems objecting is futile...
A stream of information flashed rapidly through Spirit Artifact 996's core, and she suddenly realized, dejectedly, that this Immortal Clan had three fifteenth-level powerhouses, and she had no power to resist. Given this, she could only accept this outcome.
"Miss 996," Wang Anye nodded, "We meet again. Thank you for the information on the Atana inheritance crystal. It was very useful to us."
"You're welcome," Spirit Artifact 996 replied. "The Atana race is a despicable and untrustworthy race. We, the Crystal Ancient Clan, helped them a lot, even developing a complete cultivation inheritance system for them, but when we were in our most difficult time, they betrayed us."
"Next, please help us translate," Wang Anye requested. "We need to interrogate the Atana Prince Shaman."
Spirit Artifact 996 readily agreed, "I can provide some methods for mental torture interrogation, and I also have mental pain sharpening potions here..."
"..." Wang Anye.
Miss Spirit Artifact, aren't you a bit too enthusiastic?
What followed was a long interrogation of Prince Shaman.
One must admit, the mental pain sharpening potion provided by Spirit Artifact 996 was very effective, and the mental interrogation method was also effective. In immense pain, Prince Shaman gradually revealed the information.
After compiling this information, it was handed over to Wang Shouzhe.
The good news was that the Atana race's territory was far from the Domain of Destruction, and it took them over a thousand years to find their way here.
The bad news was that the Atana race was a powerful and violent race with strong aggression, and their Atana God Emperor was a terrifying seventeenth-level existence.
Seventeenth level!
According to the void sea's individual combat power classification, the seventeenth level is almost at the top of the food chain, a super-dominant existence.
Wang Shouzhe had once seen the true form of the Nirvana Buddha Lord, and Li Ci had seen the Dao Master of the Primordial Dao Palace, both of whom were super-dominant at the seventeenth level.
However, the distance of over a thousand years sounds far, but that's because Prince Shaman didn't have an accurate void sea navigation map, only an outdated version from who knows how many years ago, so they had to fly and find their way, stopping along the way to loot good things. If they didn't have to explore and could rely on a void sea navigation map, the journey would take at most a few hundred years.
In the vast void sea, this isn't considered a very long distance.
A strong sense of crisis immediately enveloped the Wang Clan members.
Additionally, there was slightly better news: Prince Shaman's mission was a secret operation, and almost no one in the Atana race knew about it.
According to his confession, he came for the Crystal Source Heart, a divine artifact left by the Crystal Ancient Clan in the Domain of Destruction.
Regarding the Crystal Source Heart, it all started with Prince Shaman's story.
According to Prince Shaman's account, Wang Anye compiled the story, and it turned out to be quite interesting.
Prince Shaman was born into the Atana royal family, but he was originally very ordinary and unremarkable in all aspects, akin to a waste material in the vast Atana royal family.
Later, he offended a popular prince and was demoted back to the Atana royal family's ancestral land to reflect on his mistakes.
During this process, he accidentally obtained a ring left by an ancestral royal. The ring looked ordinary on the outside but, by chance, shed its disguise and revealed its true form.
It turned out to be called the "Divine Dragon Ring," and inside it resided the remnant soul of the first ancestor of the Atana royal family.
With the "guidance and protection" of the ancestral remnant soul, Prince Shaman's life began to soar, reversing his fate, and eventually becoming so outstanding that he caught the eye of the God Emperor and was appointed as a "prince."
During this process, all those who had bullied him were trampled underfoot, allowing him to enjoy the pleasure of revenge.
The Wang Clan members, upon hearing this story, exclaimed, "Goodness."
Isn't this the standard protagonist mode from the Wang Clan's early manuscripts? It's practically the alien version of the "accompanying grandfather waste material counterattack flow" manuscript~
Nowadays, the officially published novels of the Wang Clan no longer follow this template, proving that reality is indeed stranger than fiction.
Prince Shaman, who had counterattacked all the way to the pinnacle of life, found himself in fierce competition among the princes, with two other princes not inferior to him, one even slightly better.
If things followed the normal trajectory, Prince Shaman had over an eighty percent chance of ending up as a prince in the future.
Unwilling to accept this, he once again sought the guidance and protection of the ancestral soul in the Divine Dragon Ring. After much contemplation, the ancestor finally revealed a secret.
His ancestor was once a servant of a great existence in the Crystal Ancient Clan.
When the Crystal Ancient Clan was destroyed, his ancestor happened to be on a mission outside, thus avoiding the disaster.
If he could find the divine artifact "Crystal Source Heart" left by that great existence of the Crystal Ancient Clan, it would be easy for Prince Shaman to become the Atana God Emperor.
Thus, Prince Shaman embarked on this secret mission to the Domain of Destruction.
"The Crystal Source Heart is indeed a great divine artifact of our Crystal Ancient Clan," Spirit Artifact 996 explained to Wang Anye. "Our Crystal Ancient Clan was founded on crystal energy, and all our life, research, and warfare relied on Source Crystals. The great Crystal Source Heart has the ability to convert various energy materials into Source Crystals, providing us with endless power."
In the Crystal Ancient Clan, Source Crystals resembled spiritual stones and couldn't be used for cultivation, but they could power crystal ancient energy cannons, energy shields, crystal ancient armor, crystal ancient warships, and more.
With the ability to mass-produce Source Crystals, the Crystal Ancient Clan became so powerful that even a mighty force like the Immortal Alliance struggled to resist.
Naturally, Wang Shouzhe and the Wang Clan members were very interested in the Crystal Ancient divine artifact, the Crystal Source Heart, but they also understood that obtaining such a high-level artifact would not be simple.
However, since Prince Shaman had followed clues all the way here, it indicated that the Crystal Source Heart should be within the Domain of Destruction. The specific location, however, was likely only known to the "accompanying grandfather."
Wang Shouzhe immediately ordered the separation of Prince Shaman's "Divine Dragon Ring" from the spoils for a separate interrogation of the "grandfather" within.
The "grandfather" initially remained silent, pretending to be dead, but later, Wang Chenlun intervened, using the Reincarnation Law to forcibly extract him from the ring, threatening to wash his mind in the river of reincarnation if he dared to withhold information.
In Wang Chenlun's current state, pulling a true spirit from the river of reincarnation is unlikely, but throwing someone in is easy.
However, if he cooperated and confessed, sparing his life was not out of the question.
This "grandfather" was already a remnant soul, existing for who knows how long, yet his mental power still reached the fifteenth-level standard, comparable to a Sacred Diagram in terms of pure mental power.
Clearly, he was a formidable figure in life.
Under Wang Chenlun's suppression and torment, he finally revealed the truth.
He was indeed Prince Shaman's ancestor and a servant under the Crystal Ancient Clan's great figure, Councilor Mairon. When the Crystal Ancient Clan faced disaster, he took advantage of the chaos to stab them in the back, plundering a large amount of resources before fleeing.
With the vast resources he plundered, he established the Atana Royal Dynasty and developed it into a powerful force.
However, during his peak, due to his excessive brutality, he was betrayed and usurped by his most trusted prince, forcing him to use a secret technique learned from the Crystal Ancient Clan to attach a wisp of his remnant soul to the Divine Dragon Ring, disguising the ring and hiding it in the Atana royal ancestral land.
Unexpectedly, as time passed, the power of this remnant soul weakened, eventually falling into a deep sleep until it was accidentally acquired by Prince Shaman.
Upon awakening, he assessed the situation and disguised himself as a concerned ancestor, continually supporting Prince Shaman's rise, then deceiving him into seeking the "Crystal Source Heart."
He did this not out of kindness to help Prince Shaman but to use the remnant soul to merge with the divine artifact Crystal Source Heart, repair the remnant soul, and perform a soul transfer to reclaim the Atana God Emperor position.
After hearing this, the Wang Clan members fell into a moment of silence.
If their remnant soul were attached to a ring, would they attempt to seize their descendants?
Clearly, this was impossible. The Wang Clan's family rules, clan teachings, and long-established values would never allow such actions.
However, this Atana ancestor was willing to betray the Crystal Ancient Clan at a critical moment, indicating he was a selfish, treacherous individual, so it's no surprise he disregarded blood ties.
Not to mention that the current Atana royal family was likely descended from the prince who killed him and usurped the throne, making him even less inclined to care.
It could be said that the Atana race, founded on betrayal and plunder, perhaps also inherited the genes of usurpation and rebellion.
According to Prince Shaman's account, several generations of Atana God Emperors rose to power through usurpation.
He, too, was considering secretly accumulating power with the Crystal Ancient divine artifact Crystal Source Heart, hoping to succeed the throne smoothly. If not, he might resort to rebellion.
In their subconscious, they had little psychological burden regarding usurpation.
"Record this story in the clan teachings," Wang Shouzhe instructed Wang Anye solemnly, "as a negative example for the clan members to learn from. A family tainted with the genes of betrayal can lead to endless trouble."
"Yes, Great-grandfather," Wang Anye complied.
Subsequently, the "grandfather" in the Divine Dragon Ring produced an ancient void sea navigation map, marking the approximate location of the "Crystal Source Heart."
Upon receiving this location, the Wang Clan members were initially delighted.
However, after Wang Baosheng meticulously compared the ancient and current navigation maps and studied the marked location, his expression turned grave: "If this old man isn't lying, then the Crystal Source Heart is almost near the center of the Domain of Destruction. That place harbors great terror."
Great!
Wang Shouzhe sighed and immediately abandoned the plan to search for the Crystal Source Heart.
Setting aside the reliability of the information from the Divine Dragon Ring's "grandfather," even if the Crystal Source Heart were truly at that location, the Wang Clan, at this stage, couldn't afford to take such a risk.
For a family, the most important thing isn't to take risks to earn money but to survive steadily and securely.
Wang Shouzhe handed over the Divine Dragon Ring's "grandfather" to Wang Chenlun for suppression.
As for Prince Shaman and the other captives, after being forced to condense their "Inheritance Crystal Nuclei," they were placed under restriction and imprisoned. Once the spiritual stone mining area was established, they would be sent to dig pits to atone for their sins.
However, during the process of condensing the Inheritance Crystal Nuclei, something unexpected occurred.
The issue arose with Prince Shaman's "Inheritance Crystal Nucleus."
When that Inheritance Crystal Nucleus formed, everyone was shocked.
Its level was even higher than the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus obtained from the corpse of the Green-skinned Sacred Diagram!
It's worth noting that the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus condensed upon the death of the Green-skinned Sacred Diagram was a standard fifteenth-level "Inheritance Crystal Nucleus," while Prince Shaman's was a sixteenth-level "Inheritance Crystal Nucleus"!
Such a high-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus is extremely rare, even among the Atana race, known for its strong individuals.
However, upon reflection, it's not entirely incomprehensible.
After all, a sixteenth-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus is roughly equivalent to a high-level Sacred Diagram for humans. As a prince, Prince Shaman had the potential to aspire to the Atana God Emperor position, so inheriting a sixteenth-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus equivalent to a high-level Sacred Diagram was quite reasonable.
This crystal nucleus would grant Prince Shaman the potential to advance to the sixteenth level. If he couldn't become the God Emperor, his potential limit would be the sixteenth level.
Nevertheless, this unexpected event was a genuine boon for the Wang Clan.
With this sixteenth-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus, along with the fifteenth-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus from the Green-skinned Sacred Diagram, the Wang Clan essentially possessed two Sacred Diagrams.
The inheritance method of these "Inheritance Crystal Nuclei" is somewhat akin to the True Demon Core of the Demon race, as they were indeed created by the Crystal Ancient Clan with reference to the Demon race's inheritance. Of course, they also drew inspiration from some of the Immortal Clan's codex and immortal scripture inheritance methods.
The inheritance method of the Inheritance Crystal Nuclei can be roughly divided into four types.
First, when the inheritance period approaches the end of one's lifespan, an Atana individual separates a large amount of vital energy and infuses it into the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus, leaving it for the next inheritor. In this case, once the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus is fully condensed, the original body's combat power will experience a significant reduction and quickly enter the aging phase.
Second, when one's lifespan is still abundant, one can voluntarily separate a standard amount of vital energy into the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus and then separate it from the body, transferring the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus to another.
This method also significantly weakens oneself, but the advantage is that as long as one promptly receives an Inheritance Crystal Nucleus of the same or higher level, the impact on the body will be reduced to a manageable extent.
Currently, Prince Shaman and the other captives used this method to condense their Inheritance Crystal Nuclei.
Third, upon death, when the soul consciousness dissipates, the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus automatically absorbs vital energy.
This function was inherent in the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus from its inception to reclaim it in emergencies or unexpected situations leading to a clan member's death, preventing the precious Inheritance Crystal Nucleus from disappearing due to a break in inheritance.
Because of this method of reclaiming the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus, Prince Shaman and others were willing to obediently condense their Inheritance Crystal Nuclei. After all, if they refused, killing them would still yield the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus.
Fourth, a high-level powerhouse can spend a large amount of vital energy and time to nurture a lower-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus.
For example, a fifteenth-level Sacred Diagram can, over a lifetime, nurture an additional thirteenth-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus. A thirteenth-level powerhouse can nurture an eleventh-level Inheritance Crystal Nucleus.
This is somewhat akin to the way immortal scriptures divide into codices, and codices divide into divine abilities.
Additionally, with an Inheritance Crystal Nucleus, an Atana individual can, upon reaching the level limit of the crystal nucleus, gradually refine it over time. Exceptionally talented individuals might even break through to the next level, such as advancing from the thirteenth to the fourteenth level.
Many twelfth-level, fourteenth-level, and sixteenth-level Inheritance Crystal Nuclei originated this way.
However, in most cases, the advancement of an Inheritance Crystal Nucleus is achieved through the gradual accumulation of several generations, or even dozens of generations.
To be fair, the inheritance method of these Inheritance Crystal Nuclei is quite different from codices and immortal scriptures, as this was a method tailored by the Crystal Ancient Clan for the Atana race's advancement. If truly cultivated, there would likely be many hidden issues.
However, they can help clan members who cultivate the Xuan Yuan Art find a path to the Da Luo Realm through the Xuan Yuan Art, ultimately combining their insights with the Inheritance Crystal Nucleus to condense a genuine Xuan Yuan Sacred Diagram.
This method is somewhat similar to the demon cultivators of the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, who use the True Demon Core to comprehend the True Demon Dao.
Doing so is more challenging than directly inheriting the True Demon Scripture but easier than creating a new Dao from scratch.
In comparison, the comprehension difficulty of the Atana Inheritance Crystal Nucleus is simpler than that of the True Demon Core, as its attributes are neutral and balanced, stable and steady, with the lowest requirements for aptitude and comprehension. Relatively speaking, it is far more suitable for humans than the True Demon Core, with its peculiar, sinister, and dark attributes.
Therefore, an Inheritance Crystal Nucleus can essentially correspond to an immortal scripture, a codex, or a divine ability inheritance stone, unlike the True Demon Scripture, where the probability of achieving it with just one True Demon Core is low, often requiring the comprehension of two True Demon Cores for a chance to achieve it.
Of course, individuals with special bloodlines like Wang Shouzhe would never walk the ordinary Xuan Yuan Dao.
Thus, all the harvested Inheritance Crystal Nuclei would be sent back to the clan, allowing clan members with relatively ordinary bloodline attributes to have the opportunity to explore the Xuan Yuan Dao. This would not only increase the number of experts in the clan but also enrich the future codices, immortal scriptures, and even Sacred Diagrams of the Xuan Yuan Dao.
After the interrogation concluded.
Wang Shouzhe temporarily entered a state of seclusion.
Since he advanced to the Void Realm, he had been contemplating one thing: attempting to differentiate and condense a divine ability inheritance from the Green Emperor Codex.
The Green Emperor Codex is a pure wood-type codex, and the one Wang Shouzhe inherited is a high-grade codex, containing profound and mysterious wood-type Heavenly Dao laws.
Today, after learning about the Atana race's inheritance method, Wang Shouzhe felt inspired and decided to enter seclusion.
At this moment.
In the quiet chamber used for seclusion.
Wang Shouzhe sat cross-legged, with the greenish Green Emperor Codex floating above his head, its pages flipping with a rustling sound.
As the pages turned, strands of Yi Wood laws fell like specks of light, resembling petals, leaping and spinning, eventually converging into Wang Shouzhe's palm, accumulating more and more.
Several days later, a green divine ability inheritance stone appeared in his palm.
It was jade green, surrounded by green light, full of vitality, with mysterious law patterns adorning its surface, exuding an aura of profound mystery.
This divine ability inheritance stone was not an ordinary stone but a manifestation of laws.
In its current state, it could complete one inheritance of the Green Emperor lineage's divine ability.
However, in its current state, after completing one inheritance, its internal energy would be completely exhausted, and the inheritance stone itself might even disintegrate due to energy depletion. Moreover, it lacked intelligence and wouldn't, like a codex or immortal scripture, absorb the essence of heaven and earth during cultivation, possessing various mysteries. It was merely a manifestation of laws.
Therefore, a wood-type divine ability inheritance ground must be constructed for it, using formations to gather pure wood-type spiritual energy to recharge it, assisting in the evolution of wood-type law divine ability power. In this way, this divine ability inheritance could be passed down for a long time.
At this moment, the Green Emperor Codex, after differentiating a divine ability inheritance stone, had its original brilliant radiance dimmed significantly, appearing as if it had suffered a severe depletion of vitality.
Wang Shouzhe had promised the Green Emperor Codex's spirit artifact that he would help it ascend to the level of an immortal scripture in the future.
Seeing it in this state, he hurriedly returned the Green Emperor Codex to the Purple Mansion, placing it close to the Green Emperor Immortal Scripture, using the power of the immortal scripture to nourish its depleted vitality, gradually replenishing the wood-type Heavenly Dao laws it had separated.
In its current state, attempting another differentiation in the short term was impossible.
Even if it were possible, the codex's spirit wouldn't be willing.
This is the process of a codex differentiating a divine ability inheritance, and most divine ability inheritances in the world are derived from codices.
Even if there are exceptional geniuses who can forge a divine ability path without relying on divine ability inheritance, they are ultimately a minority.
Unless viewed across the entire history of the Shenwu human race, in this time scale, it would appear more frequent.
Mainly, most "wild" geniuses capable of such extraordinary feats are often discovered early, either recruited by major families and granted divine ability inheritance or attracted to academies, sacred lands, and immortal palaces, rarely growing wild and reaching the Divine Realm.
After some contemplation, Wang Shouzhe decisively ended his seclusion.
"Shouzhe, congratulations on differentiating your first divine ability inheritance," Yun Tiange seemed to have been waiting outside the door. Upon seeing him emerge, she approached with a smile to offer her congratulations.
In her lifetime, not only had she differentiated divine abilities, but she had also differentiated two volumes of the Han Yue Codex, so she was naturally familiar with such matters."It's a pity it's a wood-type Divine Realm inheritance, not my life origin type," Wang Shouzhe lamented.
"..." Yun Tiange rolled her eyes and retorted mercilessly, "You sure think highly of yourself. Creating your own Divine Realm inheritance and manual inheritance isn't easy."
Just as they were speaking.
A long, resonant sword hum suddenly came from afar.
The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wang Anye excitedly flying over on an immortal sword.
After landing, he immediately cupped his hands and reported a piece of good news to the two of them: "Great-grandfather, Spirit Artifact Sixth Miss has finally agreed to join our Wang Clan."
"..." Wang Shouzhe was taken aback, "Wasn't she already with the Wang Clan?"
"It's different. Before, she was forcibly assigned by His Majesty Mu Yun and was somewhat unwilling," Wang Anye explained. "After some ideological education from me, she is now sincerely devoted."
"Does it matter?" Yun Tiange was indifferent, her tone casual and lazy, "It's just a relic Spirit Artifact. Does sincerity really make a difference?"
"It does matter," Wang Anye nodded. "The young lady said she is willing to assist our Wang Clan in development and plans to fiercely retaliate against that treacherous Atana race. To this end, she's taken out some of her treasured resources, including a fifteenth-tier Crystal Ancient Commander Armor!"
Fifteenth-tier? Crystal Ancient Commander Armor?
Wang Shouzhe's eyes lit up.
Yun Tiange, however, was taken aback, her voice rising an octave: "Didn't that little girl 996 say the relic was already exhausted, and she had already used her last trump card to help me fight the Atana race? She actually lied to me?"
She never expected that the Spirit Artifact 996, who seemed so aloof and straightforward, would actually lie.
It would have been one thing if she lied, but she even hid a fifteenth-tier Crystal Ancient Commander Armor? And this was just "among" the resources...
Why such differential treatment? If it had been taken out earlier, would she have struggled so much in the past?
Oh, no, wait, even if it had been taken out earlier, her mental power wasn't enough, so she probably couldn't have worn the fifteenth-tier Crystal Ancient Commander Armor.
Yun Tiange was so furious that she was practically fuming, her mind a bit muddled, and her gaze at Wang Anye was subtly off.
Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but glance at Wang Anye, then at Yun Tiange, feeling a myriad of emotions.
One has to admit, there are indeed significant differences between people.
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