Chapter 1445: The Sea Pacifying Order's Extraordinary Effect

On a deserted island in the Golden Toad Sea, Wang Changsheng and over twenty other Nascent Soul cultivators gathered in a stone pavilion, chatting and laughing cheerfully. While their juniors explored the Immortal Flying Ruins for treasures, they held an exchange fair, sharing cultivation insights and gaining various benefits.

"Fellow Daoist Wang," Shen Wenbin asked curiously, "your Wang family excels in puppet mechanisms. If you could acquire Millennium Ironwood, you should be able to craft a fourth-tier puppet beast, right?" The scarcity of fourth-tier puppet beasts was mainly due to the difficulty in finding their materials.

The cost of crafting a single fourth-tier puppet beast was enough to forge a complete set of magical artifacts. Even the primary material, Millennium Ironwood, was manageable, as the ten major sects had some in stock. However, fourth-tier demon beast souls were rare even among them. When demon beast souls were refined into magical artifacts, the artifacts could transform and attack, enhancing their power. Controlling a fourth-tier puppet beast consumed twice the spiritual sense required for a magical artifact. Furthermore, if a fourth-tier puppet beast was damaged, repairing it was exceptionally troublesome.

In addition, fourth-tier puppet beasts required high-grade spirit stones for power. It was known that Wang Changsheng, from the Zhenhai Sect's inheritance, only possessed a little over twenty high-grade spirit stones, suggesting other major sects wouldn't have many more. While there were many spirit stone mines in Dongli Realm, only large-scale mines had the potential to produce high-grade spirit stones. The Dongli Realm had no more than twenty large spirit stone mines, and their output decreased annually, leading to a diminishing supply of high-grade spirit stones. Major powers typically reserved any high-grade spirit stones they acquired for powerful array formations, not using them casually.

For these reasons, fourth-tier puppet beasts were exceedingly rare. Wang Changsheng gave a bitter smile and said, "I wish I could craft a fourth-tier puppet beast, but it's not that easy. Fellow Daoist Li, I've heard that your Divine Weapon Palace can craft flesh-and-blood puppets, which can be used as external avatars."

A plump, large-eared old man in a red robe smiled faintly, his belly fat jiggling. He said, "Theoretically, yes, but there's still a significant difference between flesh-and-blood puppets and external avatars. However, external avatars are incredibly difficult to craft. I heard there's a ten-thousand-year spiritual medicine in the Immortal Flying Ruins that can take human form. If one could acquire it, they might be able to create an external avatar."

"A ten-thousand-year spiritual medicine that can take human form?" Wang Changsheng's face filled with envy. He knew very well that a ten-thousand-year spiritual medicine was completely beyond his reach. According to their agreement, apart from artifact-refining materials and demon beast materials, a portion of the spiritual medicines acquired by the Wang family had to be handed over to the Myriad Swords Sect. Wang Changsheng simply hoped that Wang Qingjing and the other four would return safely; he didn't expect them to find many spiritual medicines.

"By my estimation, they should be coming out soon, within the next day or two."

In the Immortal Flying Ruins, an underground cave.

Ye Haitang and the other four were seated cross-legged on the ground, discussing something. Their journey to the Immortal Flying Ruins had yielded enormous rewards. They had thousands of millennium spiritual medicines, and their most precious find was the Profound Female Pearl, an excellent spiritual item for crafting external avatars. They were considering how to conceal some important treasures, as the Myriad Swords Sect would surely not leave the Profound Female Pearl for Wang Changsheng if they saw it.

"How about we hide them in the mouth of the Earth Dragon Worm? We can make it spit them out later," Wang Qingling suggested.

"If it swallows the storage ring, that would be a huge loss. Let's see if Cousin Qingjing can figure something out; perhaps the Sea-Suppressing Token has other functions," Ye Haitang suggested. They had spent considerable time researching the Sea-Suppressing Token and were certain it originated from the Spirit Realm. Unfortunately, this magical artifact couldn't be used; otherwise, with its abnormal defensive capabilities, it would undoubtedly be an invaluable treasure. Even using a puppet array to attack the Sea-Suppressing Token left no mark.

Wang Qingjing held the Sea-Suppressing Token in her hand, examining it repeatedly. The reverse side of the token featured a palace design, seemingly representing something. Wang Qingjing let out a soft exclamation. She pressed her finger on the palace gate design, injecting spiritual power. A mechanical sound resonated, and the Sea-Suppressing Token emitted ten thousand rays of iridescent light. The light was so dazzling that the five of them could barely open their eyes. After a moment, the iridescent light dissipated, revealing a blue palace over ten zhang tall. The palace was lavishly decorated, and its plaque bore the three characters "Profound Water Palace."

Wang Qingjing and the other four were dumbfounded. Did this magical artifact truly have other uses? It could transform into a magical robe and also into a palace? They controlled two puppet beasts, sending them inside. They found no abnormalities. They then released spiritual beasts into the hall, which roamed freely and safely. Even a storage bead thrown inside showed no anomalies. This Sea-Suppressing Token was undoubtedly an invaluable treasure, likely rare even in the Spirit Realm.

After a period of testing, they discovered that the palace could accommodate dozens of cultivators, came with a fourth-tier spirit-gathering array, and could also store treasures. The only drawback was that any living beings inside the palace would die once it transformed back into a token. With the Sea-Suppressing Token in hand, cultivation wouldn't be affected even in a spirit-deprived land, making it an absolute boon for travel, treasure hunting, and exploration.

They placed their most valuable treasures inside the palace, keeping some ordinary items on their person. "The existence of the Sea-Suppressing Token must not be revealed," Wang Qingjing said solemnly, taking a deep breath. "Otherwise, it will bring trouble to our family. 'An innocent man is guilty for possessing a treasure'."

In her opinion, the Sea-Suppressing Token's value was no less than that of a Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure. If news of it leaked, it would bring immense trouble to the Wang family. Wang Qingling and the other four naturally understood this and agreed.

The cave began to shake violently, as if someone was attacking the array formation. Ye Haitang took out a blue spiritual disk, cast a spell into it, and her delicate expression changed. She exclaimed, "Oh no, another Nascent Soul foreign race cultivator is here! She's chasing Fairy Qian."

"Can we save her? It would be good to form a positive connection," Wang Qingjing asked with a frown.

"We should be able to. Fortunately, I set up a teleportation array that can send us fifty thousand li away. The foreign race shouldn't catch up that quickly," Ye Haitang replied. She had set up many array formations recently. She was cautious in her actions; ever since encountering a Nascent Soul foreign race cultivator, she had been worried about encountering more, so she had prepared a teleportation array capable of sending them fifty thousand li away.

Outside the cave, Qian Yue's magical robe was stained with blood. Her face was pale, her left arm was gone, and her aura was weak, clearly indicating she was gravely injured. She had been searching for treasures, and her sensing pearl had reacted. She had assumed it was her fellow disciples, but it turned out to be a Nascent Soul foreign race cultivator. Her innate magical artifact had self-destructed, and she could no longer escape.

"Trying to leave? Leave your life behind," a female voice, filled with killing intent, echoed from the horizon. A blue giant python, over a hundred zhang long, flew in from the distance.

The blue giant python opened its mouth, and a blue light shot out. Qian Yue's figure flickered, swiftly dodging. The blue light struck a tall peak, which instantly froze, and the ice spread rapidly, encasing the entire peak.

A massive blue flower basket descended from the sky, covering Qian Yue. Qian Yue tried to evade, but the blue flower basket emitted a vast expanse of blue misty light, releasing an irresistible gravitational force. Qian Yue felt as if a ten-thousand-zhang tall mountain was pressing on her shoulders. Her legs trembled, and it was difficult to even take a single step, let alone dodge.