Chapter 19 Recovering Stolen Goods

Having collected his spoils, Ye Chuxiao did not choose to immediately dismantle the formation diagram that enveloped the entire Divine Armament Manor. Instead, he inscribed the secrets to breaking the formation on a stone tablet.

The cultivators trapped in the Divine Armament Manor, if they followed the instructions on the stone tablet, would soon be able to break the formation and regain their freedom.

Of course, if they didn't believe it and didn't follow the instructions, they could still escape... When the formation's operation caused a shortage of energy supply in certain links, the formation would become sluggish, and gaps would appear, so an exit would naturally emerge.

It was just that by the time that happened, the cultivators trapped inside would definitely suffer a lot.

Activating Dao rhythm, he returned to the Good Fortune Warship.

On the Good Fortune Warship, Ye Chuxiao spent his fate value in the cabin, setting up a small stall to sell off a large number of useless spiritual weapons at 80% of the market price.

In less than two days, he had cleared out most of the spoils he had collected.

The remaining magical treasures in the storage bracelet were all considered by Ye Chuxiao to be top-quality.

Some had unique functions, some had extraordinary effects, and some were simply artifact embryos with the potential to become artifacts.

Of course, Ye Chuxiao didn't sell a single artifact.

Because the characteristics after reaching the Tong Shen realm had extremely strong domain amplification effects, any artifact was extremely precious.

Even if some artifact characteristics overlapped, it was the same.

Overlapping characteristics, repeated activation, would not cover up the effect, but would further enhance it.

On the Good Fortune Warship, after resting for a month, Ye Chuxiao was not completely idle. In addition to sorting out the memories he obtained from the cultivators, he also purchased many strange and secret records on the Good Fortune Warship to enhance his knowledge.

Although Ye Chuxiao did not suffer any losses in the Immortal Treasure Realm, it made him fully realize that he might not need to be proficient in some areas of knowledge, but he couldn't be ignorant of them.

The level of cognition should be as broad as possible; knowledge is power.

"There's not much time left!" Ye Chuxiao consumed Dao rhythm and obtained six years of time through the Good Fortune Warship.

Once the time was up, Ye Chuxiao would be pulled back to his original time node.

And, of course, all the worlds he had visited would be temporarily closed to him until six years had passed.

It seemed that doing so, to some extent, could maintain the integrity of the logic.

But... Ye Chuxiao felt that something was wrong.

After all, if you really wanted to find this kind of 'integrity', there were still a lot of flaws.

"So, the final interpretation right belongs to the Good Fortune Warship?" Ye Chuxiao stood on the deck, looking at the undulating Sea of Chaos. The purple qi flowing across it, when looked at again, was like overlapping lines.

"I have searched through many precious classics, even paying with fate value and Dao rhythm, but I have not found any specific content related to breaking through to the Wu Ding realm."

"The most clues I got are actually the same as what Yan Po conveyed before. The Wu Ding realm is a choice, the Wu Ding realm is a new beginning... how to do it, how to find it, how to break through, not a single word."

"The Wu Ding realm is not a dead end. Some worlds may not have the Wu Ding realm, but within the myriad realms, the Wu Ding realm is not uncommon."

"A message, if many people know it, then it cannot be truly 'kept secret'. And the reason why it is kept secret must be because there is a more important reason." Ye Chuxiao relaxed his brow.

In any case, when he returned to Daheng, if he won Ying Shu and Jin Buyi in the Heart Pill competition, he might be able to glimpse the Wu Ding realm through the special nature of the Heart Pill.

"Before returning to Daheng, there is one more place I need to go first."

Ye Chuxiao walked to the bow of the ship, opened the panel, and then entered the coordinates.

This time, he did not spend any more Dao rhythm.

He simply used his existing identity to descend directly.

Eight years had passed in the island world since Ye Chuxiao stirred up the great sharing of spiritual roots event.

In these eight years, many people still stayed in the spiritual root square, diligently improving their spiritual roots.

But there were also people who chose to be content with the status quo.

In fact, the latter was the majority.

Eight years was enough for most people to recognize their own mediocrity, not only because of their background and talent, but also because of their mentality, perseverance, determination, and other factors.

Of course, the local forces entrenched in various islands were also an important factor in causing the sharing of spiritual roots movement to gradually cool down.

They developed a series of paid projects around the spiritual root square, exploiting it layer by layer.

Many cultivators calculated that the virtual spiritual root they had painstakingly cultivated, the actual cost was almost close to really buying such a spiritual root.

And in this process, he had also put in time and effort... it was really not worth it.

Only those cultivators who were single-mindedly thinking of creating a high-grade spiritual root would endure in the spiritual root square.

Of course, there were exceptions.

Some islands opened up the spiritual root square, and because they had been投放 (tou fang - released, put in) early, more cultivators had used it.

Therefore, the amplification effect of the shared spiritual roots in the center of the square was excellent, and a large number of cultivators visited these islands with a pilgrimage mentality.

Even if they could not stay for a long time because of the high cost of living in these places, they would selectively stay for a period of time, as a topic of conversation for their future cultivation life.

Dinghai City, near the spiritual root square, Ye Chuxiao, wearing the face of the 'wanted' Wang Shirui, stood above the spiritual root square, but no one noticed him.

Under the domain of an Intent Realm cultivator, as long as he didn't want to expose himself, cultivators below the Intent Realm could not possibly detect him.

What's more, Ye Chuxiao also wore an artifact cloak.

The only characteristic of this cloak was 'secrecy', wearing it provided an excellent stealth effect.

Even within the domain range of an Intent Realm cultivator, it could conceal most of his aura.

In the battle in the Immortal Treasure Realm, if Ye Chuxiao hadn't raised his perspective, swinging his blade from the angle of 'heaven' instead of from the angle of a person, carrying out indiscriminate attacks, he might not have been able to kill the owner of this cloak.

Flying down onto the huge spiritual root statue, Ye Chuxiao stroked the cold, rough sculpture with his hand.

"The connection between the shared spiritual roots has been completely severed. Even my perception of this spiritual root has been strengthened and sealed layer by layer. Once I read the information stored within, it will trigger an alarm... There are also a large number of powerful runes hidden below. It's not a problem for me, at most just a little trouble, but after all, it's still some trouble..."

"Also because of these seals, the effect of the shared spiritual roots has weakened a lot, perhaps this is also an important reason for the cooling of the popularity."

Reaching out his hand, Ye Chuxiao easily brushed aside the so-called small troubles and touched the core of this shared spiritual root statue.

A large amount of information was imprinted into Ye Chuxiao's spiritual roots, merging with Ye Chuxiao's Divine Tree Spiritual Root.

The Divine Tree Spiritual Root became slightly thicker.

But it was very different from the improvement Ye Chuxiao had envisioned.

"The shared spiritual root in Dinghai City was established the earliest, and Dinghai City itself also has a very strong flow of personnel. Over the years... it's impossible to have only this little accumulation."

Ye Chuxiao tasted the spiritual root information he had just obtained and vaguely had an answer.

"Many of the spiritual root information entries are broken and incomplete. It should be that every once in a while, someone uses some means to forcibly plunder and tear apart the spiritual root information within, taking it away."

This method of taking spiritual root information was different from Ye Chuxiao's.

Ye Chuxiao's method was imprinting; he took a copy, but a copy was retained in the shared spiritual root.

In fact, for those cultivators who took the path of imaginary spiritual roots, Ye Chuxiao did not cut their flesh, but provided them with a possibility.

And the current method of forcibly tearing away a part of the spiritual root information was completely harming others to benefit oneself.

It was equivalent to really consuming a large amount of cultivators' time and energy, only to fulfill a very small number of people.

Weakened layer by layer, it was no wonder that the success rate of imaginary spiritual roots dropped sharply, and most people lost their original enthusiasm.

"Although I had expected it, but... someone picked my fruit and made me take the blame, which makes me very angry." Ye Chuxiao had already quietly enveloped the area with his domain and knew that he had changed from thousands of idols to an openly wanted bandit.

Before, he didn't know why.

After all, even if the high-level officials of the island world were afraid of him, the middle and lower-level cultivators should be grateful to him.

Now he understood very well.

How could a thief, a swindler, a deceiver of the world, a name stealer, still be respected?

Ye Chuxiao's reputation in the pirate world was far worse than a collapsed idol.

Wei Zhou dragged her tired body into the small office.

The office, which never saw the light of day, was filled with various paper materials and documents, and a large pile of semi-defective storage rune discs was piled in the corner.

Wei Zhou's main job now was to sort out the potentially useful information from these semi-defective rune discs, first convert it into paper documents, and then submit it. After passing the review, she would then apply for rune discs to re-store the information.

It was a very time-consuming, energy-wasting... but uncertain whether it was meaningful work.

It was simply the best job to consume and wear down a person's ambition, wildness, and dreams.

Compared to the infinite glory of a few years ago, she had long been abandoned by her family.

Recently, they were even choosing marriage targets for her, planning to use her to exchange for some support and resources.

Loosening the buttons of her suit jacket, she supported her lower back with both hands, thrusting her hips forward in a completely unladylike manner.

Wei Zhou made a sound like a salted fish being deep-fried in hot oil.

Then, shaking her body, she slammed heavily on the sofa, letting her hair completely cover her face.

Her whole person seemed to have faded another shade of color.

"Do you regret it?"

"Publicly revealing the truth to the public, speaking up for me." A voice came from the swivel chair behind her.

Wei Zhou suddenly woke up and jumped up from the sofa.

The high heels on her feet flew up and landed in her hands, turning into weapons.

Ye Chuxiao turned the chair around and smiled as he looked at Wei Zhou, who was full of a defeated dog's aura.

Wei Zhou was pinching an alarm rune in her hand, but she hesitated to crush it.

Then, as if repeatedly relaxing, she plopped back down on the sofa.

"You still came back as they expected!"

"You shouldn't have come back."

"You left strangely back then, and many people saw it, knowing that you had great secrets on you."

"All the spiritual root squares with strong popularity have secret surveillance. Once you show up, they will arrest you," Wei Zhou said.

Ye Chuxiao smiled and said, "I know, I have already been to the spiritual root square in Dinghai City."

"The settings inside are very interesting."

Wei Zhou raised her head, glanced at Ye Chuxiao, and then lowered her head again: "It seems that your cultivation has improved a lot, and you may think that you now have the capital to talk."

"But I still want to advise you, your own value is far more valuable than all the spiritual root squares for some people."

Ye Chuxiao understood Wei Zhou's reminder.

It's just that Wei Zhou didn't understand Ye Chuxiao's current certainty.

It was no exaggeration to say that whether it was head-on or sideways, below Wu Ding... Ye Chuxiao could be called invincible.

The domain range far surpassing ordinary Intent Realm cultivators, the powerful artifact suit, as well as many spare artifacts, and various cultivator methods that had reached at least the master level, all of these allowed Ye Chuxiao to create a huge distance between himself and ordinary Intent Realm cultivators.

If he hadn't never directly witnessed the demeanor of the Wu Ding realm and couldn't make an accurate judgment, Ye Chuxiao would even have the idea of being able to fight beyond his level against Wu Ding.

"It seems you still don't regret it."

"If you regret it, you should have crushed the rune in your hand, used me to make a contribution, and get rid of the current situation."

"Of course, you may not be clear, you are not trusted."

"The rune in your hand is actively monitoring you at all times," Ye Chuxiao said to Wei Zhou.

Wei Zhou was stunned: "What?"

Before she could recover, the office door was kicked open.

"You slut, you really colluded with the great thief Wang Shirui, you two are really lovers... He came back, not to the spiritual root square first, but to find you." A man with wine-red hair and a rampant face walked in with arrogant steps.

Behind him, there were also two Miao Jing realm cultivators, vaguely wanting to surround Ye Chuxiao.

"Who is this?" Ye Chuxiao asked Wei Zhou.

Wei Zhou said coldly with hatred in her eyes: "Wei Ya, originally a collateral branch of the Wei family. With the support of outsiders, he killed my Wei family's ancestor and seized the sovereignty of my Wei family..."

"Tsk tsk tsk! Still so rotten, what direct lineage, collateral branch, these are all dross that should have been eliminated long ago, but you still take it seriously."

"In this era, the capable are on top, and the incompetent are eliminated. This is what keeps the water flowing and not stagnant," Wei Ya said.

Wei Zhou sneered and said nothing, not arguing with Wei Ya.

First of all, the Wei family's property was built by Wei Zhou's ancestors. Wei Ya's family were just poor relatives who came to rely on them after they became rich.

This was not the capable living on top, but being a dog for outsiders and then taking over the nest.

Secondly, Wei Ya didn't have any ability either. In just a few years, the Wei family had become riddled with holes.

They had long lost control of Dinghai City.

"I know where the spiritual roots I lost went!"

"It turns out there are some here." Ye Chuxiao looked at Wei Ya, and then reached out his hand.

Wei Ya couldn't resist at all, and the two Miao Jing realm cultivators beside him couldn't resist either. They all surrendered to Ye Chuxiao's reach.

Ye Chuxiao's gentle wave was already a collapse of the heavens for them.

Taking the spiritual root information, along with Wei Ya's virtual spiritual root, out of his body.

Then, Ye Chuxiao crushed this spiritual root, which was equivalent to abolishing Wei Ya's cultivation and cutting off his path.

In the future, Wei Ya would no longer be able to integrate into a new spiritual root and cultivate again.

"It's just one-thousandth of the loss. It seems that the bulk was still taken away!"

"Who is his master?" Ye Chuxiao asked Wei Zhou.

Wei Zhou said with hatred in her eyes: "Xuanhai City, the Bai family."