Chapter 188: Throw them into dungeons

At his seemingly innocent question, the world fell silent. An eternity seemed to have passed when Mary spoke with a sigh."Of course we can engrave the formation again, but this time using Grade Four blueprints," Mary spoke matter-of-factly.

After confirming that all of his attention was on her, she continued, "But that would increase the amount of spirit stones needed to keep the formation up and running by large amounts."

After hearing her words, David once again fell silent, and a contemplative expression appeared on his face. Today, he was no longer the ignorant youth from before but could be considered somewhat knowledgeable, so he could understand what her words implied.

Like every occupation, formations were also divided into nine grades; as one went higher up the grades, the more excellent the formation became.

The difference between Grade Three and Grade Four formations was like Heaven and Earth.

Mary had currently used the Grade Three blueprint to engrave these formations connecting the spatial nodes. Although Grade Three required fewer spirit stones for operations, they also had one glaring weakness: the formation constructed using the Grade Three blueprint lacked the ability to self-repair.

Such an ability was only present in formations above Grade Four, and obviously, Grade Four formations were money-guzzling.

You could easily run two, if not three, Grade Three formations at the cost of a Grade Four formation; this was also the reason why Mary chose a Grade Three formation in the first place.

Hence, if David really wanted to earn money from this new venture, he needed someone to look after them, preferably formation masters.

After a back-and-forth discussion between the two of them, David decided to look for some talented formation masters in the Crouching City. If he wasn't satisfied there, he could always head back to Nightblade City and recruit someone from there.

While David was discussing his business plans, the world was completely shaken and was undergoing an unprecedented change because of his interference.

Slowly but steadily, the number of Foundation Building Realms was rising to an unprecedented level, never before seen in history.

The Bank of Eternal Origin and its Miraculous Coffee made the whole Green Heaven World go crazy.

This situation made the ruling powers extremely threatened.

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The territory ruled by the Divine Might Heavenly Empire was huge; it could even be said to be endless from a mortal's point of view.

This seemingly endless stretch of land was governed with the help of one hundred and eighty cities, with direct representatives from the imperial throne reporting directly to the Divine Might Heavenly Emperor.

According to the rumors, all of these one hundred eighty representatives were beings at the Yin and Yang realm; their power was unquestionable. It was no wonder the empire was able to rule the land with no one questioning their authority.

Other than these one hundred eighty cities, there was also one capital where the royal court met.

A lofty palace stood in the center of the city. A plaque hung above the door.

Divine Palace!

The main hall of the palace was spacious and grand. Silver pillars wrapped around dragons and phoenixes. Two rows of mighty cultivators stood, all facing a mighty figure above.

Divine Might Heavenly Emperor!

The Divine Might Heavenly Emperor sat on the dragon throne. He was nearly ten feet tall. Golden light flickered behind him and stars shone, making him look holy and imposing.

The cultivators in the hall were not as tall as the Divine Might Heavenly Emperor. The imposing Emperor wore a curtained pearl crown and looked down sharply.

"Has the Zenith Immortal been found?" the Divine Might Heavenly Emperor asked in a thunderous voice.

A ruddy old man in a luxurious robe stood up and saluted. "No one has come to take the reward declared by the royal court. Whoever the Zenith Immortal is, he is extremely calculating and deeply hidden."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cultivator in golden armor stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think the Zenith Immortal is someone from the Alchemist Organization. This is their deliberate ploy to destabilize the empire."

The other cultivators stood up and expressed their opinions.

"Those bastards are really arrogant. Now they are even plotting against our empire. Do they really not put the Empire in their eyes?"

"This is a direct insult to the prestige of the empire!"

"The Alchemist Organization isn't that bright. If they had the ability, they would have long unified the world."

There were two contrasting opinions in the court: one blaming the Alchemist Organization and the other not believing it.

The Divine Palace was noisy like a fish market. The Divine Might Heavenly Emperor frowned.

After a long while…

The cultivators stopped.

The Divine Might Heavenly Emperor stared at them expressionlessly, scaring them so much that they lowered their heads and returned to their positions.

"We heard someone obtained the inheritance of the Blood Moon Ancestor."

"Send a general to investigate the matter."

The Divine Might Heavenly Emperor spoke with an unquestionable tone; he didn't seem to care about the Zenith Immortal or the changes brought by him.

The cultivators bowed.

"How much time do we have left?" the Heavenly Emperor asked.

The atmosphere in the hall instantly turned oppressive.

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"Grade One Alchemist at your service, only at one mid-grade spirit stone per day!"

"Blueprint of the legendary Grade Four formations!"

"Breaking news: someone finally managed to cross the Great Dragon River in one piece!"

All sorts of shouts reverberated through the square as people tried to attract the attention of passersby.

Mary and David walked through the streets while casually looking here and there.

This was one of the places David decided to visit to find formation masters. But seeing the condition of the people here, he had no hope.

Just as David was about to give up, his eyes landed on a young girl standing alone in one corner. The girl looked extremely normal, dressed in a simple and crude robe, but there was something about her that made David's gaze gravitate toward her figure.

Not just him, even Mary beside him seemed to have noticed something and was looking at the girl.

Curious, David asked for a status report, and after paying the required sum, a window appeared in front of him.

[Name - Roxy White

Age - 18

Potential - SSS

Cultivation - Second rank Body Refining Realm

Crystallization of life - The Mana Devourer, a Heavenly Emperor grade Crystallization of life

Remark - Absolutely cannot miss, do your best and invest in her. Abandoned by her parents when she was a child, Roxy grew up alone facing bullying and hardships every day; as a result, she developed a cautious personality. On a special note - she had the talent to be a great formation master.] Continue reading at mvl

David's eyes widened in disbelief once they landed on the grade of her Crystallization of life. Heavens, she was very close to the sovereign grade!

She was an absolute treasure!

With shining eyes, David walked up to her and asked, "What can you do?"

Everyone in this square was offering some sort of service in exchange for Spirit stones; David was curious what she wanted to do.

Roxy was flustered by David's sudden appearance, and a flustered expression appeared on her face, but she still replied to David's questions.

"I can cook tasty food," Roxy spoke in a low voice, with her head hanging down.

Like everyone, she was waiting for David to laugh at her response, but the mockery that she was already prepared for didn't arrive.

"So you can cook food. Nice, now follow me," David smiled and said.

Of course, he didn't really care what services she offered; he just wanted to take her with him.

Mary was puzzled by David's attitude, not understanding the reason behind his enthusiasm. Sёarᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

David asked her some miscellaneous questions to warm up to her, and indeed after some time, Roxy finally let down her guard and started to smile.

Looking at her smiling face, David inwardly felt pleased.

Their conversation was suddenly interrupted by a loud, ear-piercing shout: "She is the person who cooked for the young master last night!"

Following the shout, David and the two girls were surrounded by an unknown group from all sides.

"Arrest the girl and her accomplices, throw them in our Whitetooth family dungeon!" an extremely arrogant voice announced loudly.

The crowd who was minding their business started looking and gathered in a circle; clearly, they were very interested in the drama.

"Look who the tyrant from the Whitetooth family is targeting this time."

"This little tyrant is really sadistic; he really bullies beautiful girls into submission."

The crowd cheered and discussed excitedly; some of the experienced ones even took out melon seeds, eagerly waiting for a good show.

David, on the other hand, almost fell to the ground when he heard the arrogant voice.

Whitetooth family? It appeared he really had some fate with this particular family.

However, this doesn't mean he was going to deal with this bullshit.