Free Web NovelChapter 1687: Chapter 41: Where Kings Reside
After a battle ended, Jiang Wang gained a deeper understanding of the Dao Technique called Smoke-free Armor.
Indeed, it is very suitable for this kind of Zhong Xuan environment Dao Technique.
"After personally applying it, do you have any issues now?" Zuo Guangshu eagerly glanced at him and asked.
Jiang Wang was about to speak when the young man earnestly added, "If there are issues, ask them directly, don’t beat around the bush. The Mountain and Sea Realm is very important to me." freēwebnovel.com
These last words made Jiang Wang lose his playful mood.
He thought for a moment and said with equal seriousness, "Smoke-free Armor is a good Dao Technique, but it might... not have that great a significance."
Zuo Guangshu was silent for a moment.
Goodness, when praising, the compliments are unending, but when criticizing, he directly denies the existence of the Dao Technique’s significance.
Ultimately, he is not someone who can’t take criticism, and he asked with an upright attitude, "Why do you say that?" freēwebnovel.com
"Smoke-free Armor was specifically created for extreme Zhong Xuan environments, and its application space is inherently small. Even in extreme Zhong Xuan environments, when should this Dao Technique be applied? It can’t be activated all the time, right?" Jiang Wang said seriously. "It must be applied in battle conditions, but during brief bursts of combat, in a state where the Five Mansions shine equally, I can also resist the effects of the hundredfold Zhong Xuan environment, so why go through the unnecessary additional effort?"
Zuo Guangshu paused for a moment and said, "The Smoke-free Armor Dao Technique was created to be constantly activated... We need to ensure we’re always in our best state, able to react in peak condition at any time. This is the significance of Smoke-free Armor, it only consumes Path Origin, not additional energy, while ensuring our state."
At this point, Zuo Guangshu added, "The Mountain Sea Realm is extremely dangerous!"
Jiang Wang frowned and said, "Then the consumption of Path Origin will be a significant problem. How long do participants generally stay in the Mountain Sea Realm? If the time is too long, the constant consumption of Path Origin by Smoke-free Armor could be a burden."
"It could be one or two days, it could be one or two months," said Zuo Guangshu, "But these aren’t issues, we will take enough Prime Stones in."
The word "enough" instantly rendered Jiang Wang silent.
Perhaps this is the limitation of perspective.
He realized that he was the one always looking up at the sliver of sky above.
Always thinking about how to endure through the long duration, how to reduce the consumption of Path Origin...
After all, using Prime Stones to maintain abundant Path Origin is truly a luxurious act.
Judging by the terrifying consumption of Smoke-free Armor in the hundredfold Zhong Xuan Environment, it would devour almost one Prime Stone a day. Calculated over a month, one person would require thirty Prime Stones, two people would require sixty.
What does sixty Prime Stones represent?
Equivalent to sixty top-grade Channel-opening Pills or twenty fine squirrel boxes!
Even a True Man of the Age like Yu Beidou, when doing a task, would count the Prime Stone reward by the tens. In the end, it still wasn’t given...
When Jiang Wang left Qi for Chu, making such a far journey, he shamelessly asked Zhongxuan Sheng for "advances" of travel funds, and Zhongxuan Sheng was only stingily able to come up with a few Prime Stones. This was even after their De Sheng Trading Company had developed, and Zhongxuan Sheng’s purse had become more affluent.
And now, without seeing anything yet, Zuo Guangshu was already prepared to throw sixty Prime Stones into the Mountain Sea Realm.
"Then I have no issues, with adequate Path Origin, Smoke-free Armor is very suitable," Jiang Wang said.
Zuo Guangshu said, "Even so, we must also try to let our flesh bodies adapt to similar environments. We have to consider situations where the Prime Stone consumption is excessive, or the storage box is lost. Of course, unless living in such environments for many years, no matter how the flesh adapts, it will definitely not be as free as under Smoke-free Armor."
"That’s natural. But speaking of which..." Jiang Wang looked around: "How is your Zhong Xuan environment created here? Does the Zuo Family also have someone with Zhong Xuan Ability?"
Zuo Guangshu explained, "Part of it relies on Heavy Stones, these minerals that naturally enhance or diminish the Power of Zhong Xuan nearby are very rare. Another part relies on the Array Plates produced by the Zhong Xuan Family."
Naturally enhancing or diminishing the Power of Zhong Xuan nearby...
Jiang Wang almost immediately thought of the Hanging Monastery.
"Suspended Stone?" he asked.
Zuo Guangshu said, "Also called Suspension Stone or Feather Stone, it is indeed one of them, but now it is almost extinct."
So the Suspension Stone is indeed extinct; that phrase "Exhausting the world’s Suspension Stones to form the Hanging Monastery" is not an exaggeration?
This precious stone could actually be monopolized by the Hanging Monastery...
Jiang Wang couldn’t help but think.
The Hanging Monastery’s past might have been stronger than now.
Just how would the Hanging Monastery, which remains a top sect in the world today, have been even stronger and more glorious?
"The Zhong Xuan Family actually sells their Array Plates to Chuguo?" Jiang Wang asked about another concern.
"Many forces construct complex Zhong Xuan environments to assist in cultivation. The Zhong Xuan Array Plates are a pillar industry for the Zhong Xuan Family," Zuo Guangshu said somewhat surprised, "They heavily profit from this, and you didn’t know?"
"I haven’t concerned myself with these," Jiang Wang shook his head, "And since it is a pillar industry, Zhongxuan Sheng probably hasn’t yet had the qualifications to take over this business."
Zuo Guangshu nodded, "Indeed."
The two stayed for three days in the extreme Zhong Xuan environment, then temporarily concluded their adaptive cultivation.
