Free Web NovelChapter 456: Chapter 282: Ten Thousand Years Divine Wood
With Yang Jing’s current mastery of Artifact Refining, a single glance at the diagrams was enough for him to identify which Spiritual Materials needed for the Flying Boat could be swapped for lower-grade substitutes. While still incredibly rare, these substitutes could at least be found.
’This Ten Thousand Years Divine Wood... there’s no substitute for it.’
Yang Jing frowned and set down the Jade Scroll.
The Flying Ship True Spirit required a piece of Ten Thousand Years Divine Wood at least nine zhang long to serve as its Dragon Bone. This Dragon Bone had to bear the brunt of the power from the Flying Boat’s Arrays and also support the Restriction formed from the True Spirit’s True Blood. If the material were even slightly inferior, the Flying Boat would destroy itself during operation.
Ten Thousand Years Spirit Wood was common enough—the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had plenty within its grounds—but not a single specimen qualified as Divine Wood.
Even the Nine Yang Sect’s Pure Yang Apricot Tree fell far short of being a Divine Wood.
Most of the Divine Wood in the Nine Heavens World were remnants from the Upper Realm. Across the entire Western Continent, only the Profound Pure Sect’s Immortal Vine could be considered Divine Wood.
However, the Immortal Vine’s texture was soft and pliable, making it completely unsuitable for a Dragon Bone. And the Profound Pure Sect would never give the Immortal Vine away.
Although Yang Jing knew that refining this Spiritual Boat would be incredibly difficult, he hadn’t expected it to be *this* hard.
He considered taking a step back and using a different Flying Boat to house the Blood Pool, but after witnessing the various Divine Techniques of the True Spirit Flying Boat, he couldn’t bring himself to settle for less.
A Flying Boat refined with Kunpeng True Blood could perfectly execute the Kunpeng’s Divine Technique of Breaking the Boundary. It could not only enter and exit various Realms at will but also remain untroubled by the vast majority of the world’s Arrays.
If he could place the Blood Pool on a Kunpeng Flying Boat, Yang Jing would, for all intents and purposes, be immortal.
Putting the Jade Scroll away, Yang Jing suppressed the tumultuous thoughts in his mind.
He set a deadline for himself: the Blood Pool had to be completed before his trip to the Central Continent.
The Central Continent was home to countless Major Sects on par with the Six Sects, and its population of Nascent Soul Cultivators far exceeded that of the Western Continent. He had also managed to slightly offend the noble Sima Family.
Without the Blood Pool, Yang Jing couldn’t feel at ease.
After emerging from his Inner World, Yang Jing collected the promised three hundred and sixty thousand Spirit Stones from the Lu Family. He also took a look around the Lu Family’s secret vault and selected three types of Spiritual Materials.
Two could be used for refining the Blood Pool, and one could be used for the Flying Boat.
Lu Heyun’s heart twinged in pain as he watched Yang Jing select a piece of Void Stone the size of a human head.
This Void Stone was one of the best Spiritual Materials for refining Spatial Restrictions.
After the Lu Family had chanced upon this piece of Void Stone at an auction, they had treasured it, planning to use it to refine a true War Flying Boat.
Before Yang Jing entered the secret vault, Lu Heyun had hesitated, wondering if he should hide some of the more precious Spiritual Materials and treasures.
But the memory of Yang Jing’s awe-inspiring power when he slew Wu Jingyuan in battle made him suppress the tempting thought.
"This piece of Void Stone is worth far more than thirty thousand Spirit Stones," Yang Jing said with a smile. "But please, don’t be concerned, Fellow Daoist Lu. In return, I will eliminate the Black Wind Thieves for you and rid you of this persistent threat."
As long as the Black Wind Thieves were still around, the Bishui Zhang Family inheritance he held couldn’t be brought into the light. Naturally, he wouldn’t make such a simple mistake.
Lu Heyun’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected Yang Jing to be so generous. The threat of the Black Wind Thieves had already stretched his Lu Family’s Golden Core manpower to its limits.
Although the Central Army Governor’s Mansion had already issued a warrant and dispatched three Flying Boats to patrol the five surrounding kingdoms, they had been unable to find any trace of the Black Wind Thieves.
There were rumors that the Black Wind Thieves had fled to the Southern Domain, but Lu Heyun could not rest easy, terrified that one misstep would lead them to suffer the same fate as the Bishui Zhang Family.
After losing his family’s inheritance, Zhang Shunan had gone completely mad.
"Fellow Daoist Yang, I will never forget this kindness. I will gather all the families in the Lu Kingdom and raise another three hundred and sixty thousand Spirit Stones as a bounty for the Black Wind Thieves."
Yang Jing’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected such a pleasant surprise.
「Fifteen days later.」
He appeared to be out searching for traces of the Black Wind Thieves, but in reality, he was in his Inner World, breaking into Wu Jingyuan’s Storage Ring.
He was extremely curious about the techniques Wu Jingyuan had suddenly unleashed.
Although the Spiritual Divine Sense Restriction Wu Jingyuan had placed on the ring was profound, it was no match for Yang Jing, a cultivator of the Five Dragons Hibernation Scripture.
After breaking the Restriction, he impatiently began to inspect the contents of the Storage Ring. He bypassed the mountain-like piles of Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, and Magical Artifacts, immediately retrieving the Jade Scrolls stored within.
The contents of most of the Jade Scrolls were unremarkable, merely inheritances the Wu Family had collected after their rise to power.
As his Divine Sense swept over one particular Jade Scroll, Yang Jing suddenly paused.
*True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman*
The Jade Scroll contained a supreme inheritance related to Spirit Talismans, complete from Tier One all the way to Tier Five.
The Cold Qilin Talisman and Golden Body Talisman that Wu Jingyuan had used were both detailed within.
Wu Jingyuan had even attempted to create these two Talismans, and another Jade Scroll specifically recorded his personal insights on the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman*.
With just a glance, Yang Jing determined that the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman* was in no way inferior to the inheritance of the Bishui Zhang Family.
Satisfied, he stored the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman* along with the other Inheritance Jade Scrolls. Yang Jing then unceremoniously dumped the rest of the contents from the Storage Ring into his Inner World, letting the Wanhua Child sort through them.
The gains from this trip to the Lu Kingdom had somewhat exceeded his expectations.
But matters required a proper conclusion. Yang Jing chose a Black Wind Dao stronghold—a location he had tortured out of Wu Jinglian—and released the Black Wind Thieves he had imprisoned in his Inner World.
He had the Wanhua Child use Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi to manipulate the thieves, making them cast various forms of Magic and attack him. This left behind authentic traces of Magical Combat. Then, he used the Celestial Waterfall Sword to slay every last one of them.
The Celestial True Yang coating the Celestial Waterfall Sword completely obliterated the Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi within the Black Wind Thieves’ bodies, leaving no trace behind.
"Master Yang, your Swordsmanship is incredible! Even when besieged by all these Black Wind Thieves, you still annihilated them with ease."
Lu Heyun praised, marveling at the clean, decisive sword wounds on the Black Wind Thieves’ corpses.
"To think the Black Wind Thieves’ stronghold was so well-hidden. No wonder it evaded our search parties."
Ouyang Jitong, as the Chief Clerk of the Central Army Governor’s Mansion, noticed even more details.
These Black Wind Thieves had laid an ambush in the cave, intending to surprise Yang Jing. They had unleashed their most powerful techniques in an instant, yet Yang Jing had still slain them with his sword.
"That Wu Jinglian fought like a cornered beast, trying to take me down with him," Yang Jing said. "I completely obliterated him with a Thunder Technique."
’The Wanhua Child had used various methods on Wu Jinglian, leaving traces within his body that would have been extremely difficult to erase. So, he had simply used the Five Fire Divine Thunder to wipe him from existence entirely.’
"That’s right, Wu Jinglian is definitely dead," Ouyang Jitong said, completely convinced. "His Soul Token in the Wu Clan Ancestral Hall is still there. I had hoped to use its aura to track his location, but I came up with nothing. Then, just a short while ago, the cultivator monitoring the tokens reported that Wu Jinglian’s Soul Token had completely shattered."
Yang Jing nodded.
"Thank you, Master Yang, for ridding our Lu Kingdom of this great menace!"
Lu Heyun said immediately.
Warriors carried over case after case of Spirit Stones, placing them before Yang Jing until they formed a small mountain.
Although the Spirit Stones could have been presented in a Storage Bag, piling them up like this was far more impactful and a more direct way to display the sincerity of the Lu Kingdom’s Immortally Cultivation Clans.
"Well, it would be rude of me to refuse."
With a smile and a wave of his hand, Yang Jing swept all the Spirit Stones into his Storage Bag.
"What about my Zhang Family’s inheritance? Where is the Zhang Family’s inheritance?!"
A commotion suddenly erupted in the distance. A disheveled and grimy Zhang Shunan was screaming hysterically, trying to rush toward Yang Jing.
Lu Heyun frowned. ’How did news of this reach that old coot’s ears? Isn’t this just going to make Master Yang lose face?’
With a meaningful glance, he was about to order the family’s Golden Core Disciples to drive the madman away.
Yang Jing stopped them and addressed Zhang Shunan with a sanctimonious air.
"The inheritance stolen by the Black Wind Thieves is indeed in my possession," he said. "However, given the Zhang Family’s current Power, I’m afraid you would be unable to protect it. It is better that I take it back to my Sect and entrust it to Bai Shui True Monarch for safekeeping."
Zhang Shunan’s eyes were bloodshot.
"It was you! You’re the mastermind behind the Black Wind Thieves! You’re the one who stole my Zhang Family’s inheritance!"
"He’s mad, completely mad!"
Lu Heyun barked angrily, stepping forward to slap him twice across the face before ordering the Lu Family disciples to restrain Zhang Shunan.
"I don’t mean to air Bai Shui True Monarch’s dirty laundry," Lu Heyun said, "but this Zhang Shunan is truly a man whose evil deeds have caught up to him. Before the Black Wind Thieves, there were several other bands of Tribulation Cultivators in my Lu Kingdom, and Zhang Shunan was the one pulling the strings behind all of them. His current predicament is entirely his own fault! Master Yang, please pay no mind to this madman’s ravings."
