Chapter 956: Resource Points |
Within the Nine Heavens, Meng Zhang, accompanied by Yang Xueyi and Niu Dawei, was carefully searching in a certain area.
Not long ago, Yang Xueyi used achievement points to exchange for a resource point from the Administrative Hall in Heavenly Palace.
The outer boundary of the Grand Dust World was a thick barrier surrounding it. When those external small worlds were attracted by the gravity of the Grand Dust World and were about to fall into it, a special Return to Emptiness great power would be exerted, using a Great Divine Ability to gradually integrate these small worlds into the Nine Heavens. Over the course of countless years, these small worlds would slowly be absorbed and become nutrients to bolster the growth of the Grand Dust World.
During this process, the parts of those small worlds that were difficult to digest and absorb would undergo a series of wondrous transformations within the Nine Heavens, turning into various spiritual items, including Nine Heavens Refined Essence.
The areas where a large number of spiritual items and materials gathered became resource points within the Nine Heavens.
Due to Heavenly Palace's involvement in this process, they had a certain understanding of the distribution of resource points.
The Nine Heavens was vast and boundless, with many places that could shield a cultivator's Divine Sense, rendering many investigative methods ineffective. Without prior intelligence, searching aimlessly in the Nine Heavens would likely take decades or even centuries without finding any resource points.
Yang Xueyi used achievement points to obtain resource point intelligence from Heavenly Palace, but it only gave a rough estimate of the location. To truly determine the resource point's position, much time and effort would be required to search within that approximate area.
Meng Zhang and the two other Primordial Spirit True Monarchs spent more than three months searching inside the Nine Heavens based on the intelligence from Heavenly Palace. When Meng Zhang was starting to get impatient, they finally discovered their target.
The similar intelligence provided by Heavenly Palace was not entirely precise. It only offered a rough direction, and the specific conditions within the resource point were also only outlined vaguely.
There were numerous resource points within the Nine Heavens, but their richness in produce depended entirely on luck.
If they were unlucky and the resources within the resource point were too meager to compensate for the expenditure of achievement points, then they would have to accept their misfortune.
However, that was not the worst-case scenario. The most disastrous situation was when someone exchanged for a resource point, found the location based on intelligence, but discovered that the resource point was already claimed by someone else.
This situation had occurred on occasion.Within the Nine Heavens, cultivators often roamed, and teams collecting Nine Heavens Refined Essence were never scarce. Some lucky individuals would inadvertently discover unclaimed resource points. Those whose strength was insufficient would take what they could and leave, plundering the resources within the resource point. Those with greater power would directly occupy the resource point.
Although Heavenly Palace was the supreme ruler of the Grand Dust World, it had never claimed to own everything within it. As for the various resources within the Nine Heavens, Heavenly Palace had never declared ownership. When cultivators used achievement points to exchange for resource points from Heavenly Palace, they only received the approximate location of the resource point, not its ownership.
If someone reached a resource point before others, Heavenly Palace had no responsibility and would not easily intervene in such disputes. How the conflict should be resolved depended on the strength and background of the parties involved.
In the Cultivation World, wars triggered by disputes over resource points were not uncommon.
Taiyi Sect was lucky this time; the resource point they found had not been discovered by others yet.
A resource point was a semi-independent space hidden within spatial gaps. In this space, for some unknown reason, a large amount of cultivation resources had gathered. The resources within this point were quite abundant. Besides the common Nine Heavens Refined Essence, there were several kinds of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects and a few precious spiritual materials.
Similar resources were rarely seen within the Grand Dust World, and even with a considerable amount of spirit stones, they might not be obtainable.
Meng Zhang and the other two didn't rush to plunder these resources; instead, they took out a series of formation flags and arranged them around the space. Then, they flew out talismans and covered the surrounding area with them. They worked together to set up prohibitions, hiding the resource point.
This way, the chances of the resource point being accidentally discovered by others were greatly reduced. Moreover, a resource point with prohibitions on its exterior was considered to have an owner. If someone else found such a place, they would have to think carefully before taking action, considering whether they wanted to get into conflict with another sect over some resources.
Many years ago, when Meng Zhang and Jin LiTrue Monarch entered the Nine Heavens, they inadvertently discovered an extremely tiny resource point. Because they found out it was already claimed, they only secretly plundered it for a while and did not have the intention of completely taking over the entire resource point.If luck is not on their side, they may discover that behind the resource point is a super sect, or even a Holy Land territory. To compete with them for the resource point, one must first consider their own strength. In reality, any sect that can have a fixed resource point within the Nine Heavens is at least a Primordial Spirit sect with some strength. While resources are valuable, it still requires careful consideration to confront such a powerful enemy for them.
Meng Zhang and the others spent half a day setting up the prohibitions and hiding the entire resource point. Because the environment within the Nine Heavens is special, only Gold Core stage cultivators at the least can enter here. It's inconvenient to arrange a long-term presence of manpower here. If the stationed cultivators are too weak, they can easily be killed and robbed. However, if too powerful a force is stationed, it would consume too much of the sect's resources. Especially for sects with many resource points, despite their considerable strength, they do not have enough manpower to guard each resource point. At most, they would arrange some stationed cultivators in certain large resource points or places with particularly valuable resources. Within the Nine Heavens, Primordial Spirit cultivators often come and go, so arranging Gold Core stage cultivators to guard has little effect. Taiyi Sect only has a few Primordial Spirit cultivators and is often short of manpower, so they naturally cannot waste them in this place.
After perfectly concealing the entire resource point, Meng Zhang and the others took their time to count and examine the various resources inside. Some spiritual objects and materials need time to grow, so there's no need to rush to collect them. They plundered all the resources they could collect. After being plundered, the resources in each resource point would slowly regenerate after some time. The more valuable the resource, the longer it takes to regenerate. After collecting the resources, Meng Zhang and the others carefully observed and searched the surroundings to ensure that no one was spying on them. They triple-checked the prohibitions that concealed the resource point to ensure there were no traces or flaws. Only after completing all of this did they set out on their way back.
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