Chapter 431 - 427: Farsighted Dragons Leaving Seeds

Chapter 431 - 427: Farsighted Dragons Leaving Seeds

"Six million..." The number of desolate pearls was quite a shocker, something he hadn’t expected from the decades of savings from the city. After all, Grandquake City was like most cities underneath large entities, forced to give taxation and tributes, limiting the amount of wealth that could be kept.

Based on his rough estimation of the City Lord’s memories, this ring shouldn’t have more than three hundred thousand desolate pearls collected and saved over the decades, and that was counting other objects and materials acquired, not just the desolate pearls. This included Astral Crystals! But just the number of desolate pearls, unrefined and present, was six million!

He took a deep breath, realizing the female Realmlord was likely embezzling funds or obtaining desolate pearls beneath the eyes of the financial overseers, and they might be willing to allow it to pass due to her strength. Or better yet, they might not have!

If that was the case, it was in the female Realmlord’s best interest to find him before the others, preventing them from learning of her deceit and the inevitable truth of her thieving ways. As for considering this as the female Realmlord’s wealth? Absolutely impossible!

He also knew the absurdly high salary of a Realmlord Guardian of these cities, and it wasn’t even close to being remotely near that much. They earned far, far less.

Wei Wuyin frowned slightly, considering some matters. After a moment, he flipped his palm and inspected the astral crystals stored within the ring, finding it to be extremely insignificant in comparison, merely two hundred thousand. This was roughly the same as six hundred thousand astral stones in his starfield, sufficient to fund a mid-level force for decades.

According to the City Lord’s memories, there was a failure rate in refining desolate pearls into astral crystals, being a pitiful 10% for top-tier refiners, far less for those starting out. There were even those who needed a hundred desolate pearls to fashion out a single astral crystal, having a 1% success rate.

He had obtained the refinement method, discovering that it required numerous methods that were on par with some advanced alchemical methods in terms of difficulty of application and control. Furthermore, it was linear and unchangeable. At least for others!V/\IssịT n0(v)eL/b(i)(n).co/m for the b/est novel reading experi/en/ce

He analyzed the method for a while, finding some flaws via comparison and his own knowledge of refinement. This knowledge was obtained via Eden when it had completed the Mortal Star Formation Tribulation. Just like King and Ori who gained a grasp of higher Intent, he had learned advanced principles of the Alchemic Dao.

This was one of the massive differences between him and Qingye Ying. He had grasped more from the tribulation, obtaining a deep understanding of the seven alchemical principles. He still had to comprehend and incorporate that knowledge, and like a skilled mathematician meeting a new problem, he could easily discover the inherent flaws within it, and even find new, quicker, and more efficient ways to solve the problem.

After a brief meditation lasting roughly two days, he had finished revising the method. With a calm breath, he smiled bitterly. While this new method was perfect to enhance the refinement rate, it wasn’t needed for him. His Astral Souls could diffuse the desolate power within and absorb all the innate astral essences it contained without any refinement required.

His actions were essentially useless and would bear no fruit for himself. At best, he could use these astral crystals to concoct enhanced essence pills to expedite the recovery of astral force or accelerate the cultivation speed of others. Regardless, he decided to do so out of testing his limits.

"Hurry!" Kratos excitedly shouted, throbbing intensely now that Wei Wuyin had finished his work. At least it had the presence of mind to wait for him to complete his studies and improvements before urging him, showing the respect it held for him and Eden.

With a gentle and warm smile, Wei Wuyin responded with a joyful chuckle: "Okay! Okay! Let’s do this." When those words left his lips, Kratos was racing extremely quickly to the point the mountain was rumbling from its force of its beats. Wei Wuyin had long since gotten used to the explosive beats of his heart, simply laughing and bringing out twenty thousand desolate pearls.

When he was losing his mind, losing himself, he orchestrated three methods to escape his unfortunate predicament, and only Bai Lin had succeeded! He left behind three seeds, but only one was reaped and it allowed him to find a sect safely! While he never intended to become an alchemist, or stay for eight years, he eventually regained himself!

Wei Wuyin bitterly smiled at his theory, "It seems the dragons are not a species lacking intelligence and wisdom if true. To plan out an escape route expecting this type of fate, how insidiously devious and frighteningly farsighted. Unfortunately, the plans still fell short, likely not expecting the King of Everlore’s departure would result in a vicious decline in cultivation standards. How unfortunate!" He lamented at their indirectly foiled plans, but felt respect at the implementation of it.

The dragons had planted seeds for their escape in these vessels, passed down through generations. If one of these seeds reached a certain cultivation level, perhaps they might’ve been lured by the bloodlines within them and fall into a ploy to act against the Auric Sea, possibly freeing the dragons as a result. After all, the Divine King had done this, and he would never let a dragon reach a level of development to do so.

It was quite intelligent.

After Wei Wuyin reached this point, he truly felt a bitter sensation emerge in his heart. But when he recalled Anu, he realized there might be a second seed planted. When he thought this, his Celestial Eyes gleamed with brilliance. If so, the ruination of the starfield might be linked to the dragons’ escape.

He frowned, unsure how to react to this, especially considering his own intentions. Was he the third seed? Could Anu have made him another seed?

Thinking this, he felt extremely uncomfortable. It would explain why a dragon of that caliber would unhesitantly pass on the full extent of the True Dragon Transmutation Method to him...

The second method to cultivate the True Dragon Transmutation Method, the only method applicable to a human like himself would actually use, involved passing alongside Anu’s bloodline to his children indirectly! This was clearly its intent, and he was definitely not the first or last!!

It was definitely how Yuan Longshi and Lian Yu were born...

"Who cares! Who cares! Who cares!" Ori immediately sounded, linked to his thoughts and mind. It revealed its own perspective of this possibility, clearly feeling it was irrelevant.

"No matter what, your intentions won’t change." Eden wisely said. It knew Wei Wuyin’s emotions and intentions clearer than others, snugly situated within his Sea of Consciousness. Even if he was planted as a seed by Anu, would that change anything?

Absolutely not!

Furthermore, Kratos was there! How could he ever think about stopping now?!

With renewed vigor, Wei Wuyin took a deep breath before expelling out all those turbid, uncomfortable feelings. "You’re both right; it matters not if I’m being calculated within someone’s scheme. I’ll still act how I wish, according to my own heart and will."

"Tch!" King merely made his signature sound, but a trace of pride was leaked.

Wei Wuyin relaxed his mind, no longer thinking of these complicated and unnecessary things. It was time to restore his Bloodline Source, and then...push it even further!