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Chapter 867 - 721: Eighth Rank Ancient Inheritance!

Chapter 867: Chapter 721: Eighth Rank Ancient Inheritance!

[Seventy-three inheritances of Seventh Grade; six complete, the rest variously incomplete. All of Seventh Grade, lower tier.]

Wang Zijia: "..."

Subconsciously, he looked up at the sky, at the myriad of light orbs.

If calculated like this, the entire Scripture Pavilion might not even compare to the current breadth of spells within him?

’How did I once find this place so amazing, vowing to one day exhaust its knowledge? Was my ambition truly that small?’

At this moment, Wang Zijia felt somewhat reflective.

And clearly recognized how much he had changed compared to himself from over a decade ago.

"Forget it, just leave it," Wang Zijia shook his head and eventually took nothing with him as he left.

As far as becoming an Immortal and the breadth of Tao Law were concerned, Wang Zijia had perfected his foundation; aside from something particularly special, he temporarily had no need for these lower-level Dao consistencies.

There was consequently no reason to squeeze out the limited heritage of Wanyu.

[Understood, Immortal Venerate!]

Following Wang Zijia’s thought, he once again exited the Scripture Pavilion.

...

Standing at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, he looked back at the ancient structure, which remained unchanged.

For some reason, Wang Zijia had previously seen it as ancient and majestic, with a long history.

Now, it seemed somewhat decrepit and shabby.

Perhaps this was how a different state of mind leads to a different perspective.

When Wang Zijia came back to himself, Zheng Zhuo with the smell of alcohol suddenly flickered into sight from a distance.

Fortunately, since Wang Zijia’s return to the sect, Zheng Zhuo had not spent all his days drunk and ragged, managing to keep himself quite presentable.

"Brother Zheng!"

"Brother Wang!"

After they greeted each other, seeing Wang Zijia’s disappointed expression, Zheng Zhuo asked, "Do you need an array Dao inheritance? Should I find a way for you?"

Wang Zijia shook his head, saying, "No need, the Star Constellation Great Formation of Daqian should meet my requirements."

Zheng Zhuo’s lips moved, but ultimately, he said nothing.

"Brother Zheng, your timing is perfect. Please inform Brother Zhang and Brother Li that I have some matters to deliberate," Wang Zijia changed the subject.

Zheng Zhuo nodded, "Alright, should we discuss at my place or go to Wanyu Great Hall?"

"Let’s go to your place, Brother. The hall is a bit too formal," Wang Zijia pondered for an instant and replied accordingly.

"Alright!"

Zheng Zhuo nodded and, while leading Wang Zijia toward his own Cave Mansion, sent out messages.

...

Shortly after, in an Octagonal Pavilion within the heart of Zheng Zhuo’s Courtyard, surrounded by spiritual plants.

Wang Zijia and the others waited for a while, Zhang Decheng and Li Zhengfang not only arrived, but Ding Haiping unexpectedly came along as well.

"It’s an issue of moderate importance, why has the Head Teacher also come out?" Wang Zijia asked Ding Haiping, who was leading the group, as they descended.

"My cultivation has also stabilized quite well. I just happened to hear that Junior Brother had important matters to discuss, so I thought I’d come along and see," Ding Haiping replied with a smile.

While they exchanged greetings and took their seats, wine was served.

Li Zhengfang frowned at this, saying to Zheng Zhuo, "You’re bringing this out during a deliberation? You’re getting more unreasonable."

Zheng Zhuo paused, replying indifferently, "I don’t have any proper tea, and besides, this is Qingling Wine, a beverage just like tea."

Before Wang Zijia emerged, the higher-ups of Wanyu were not on good terms — while there was no hatred, disharmony still existed.

Back then, Zheng Zhuo had an older brother, a cultivator who walked the path of ’Entering the Coffin’, who went mad for certain reasons, causing quite a stir.

In the end, it was Li Zhengfang who personally suppressed him, and before long, he died completely.

This left a significant impact on the young Zheng Zhuo!

After achieving progress in his cultivation, Zheng Zhuo, although he did not bear a grudge, still held some resentment.

Moreover, as the master of the Scripture Pavilion, who was clearly the most likely in Wanyu to become an Immortal, he lived in a carefree and untidy manner, often drunk and slovenly.

This greatly irked Li Zhengfang, who presided over Demon Suppression Peak.

So, there was a slight tension between the two of them.

Of course, previously, with only three surviving Tribulation Crossing cultivators in the entire Wanyu, an outright conflict was impossible.

And now it was even less likely.

Seeing the tension, Zhang Decheng quickly intervened with a laugh, "Hey, drinking tea every day can be monotonous, a change of taste isn’t so bad..."

Before he could smooth things over, Ding Haiping and the others frowned in unison and looked towards the courtyard.

Li Shenghui, with a man and a woman, entered the courtyard and smilingly said, "What a lively gathering! Seems like no small matter!"

"I invited them," Wang Zijia spoke up before Ding Haiping and the others could react, preempting them.

Hearing this, they got up to greet the newcomers.

"Greetings, Patriarch, greetings, Immortal Venerate Void Willow..."

The group greeted each other formally.

Void Willow, the honorific title of Ding Haiping, was essentially his revised Tao Law name.

This was an ancient tradition in which many monks would, after becoming Immortal, modify their Tao Law names to relate to their Tao Fruit, thereby determining their Immortal Venerate title.

It was one of the few traditions that had been passed down since ancient times.

...

Three from Daqian, four from Wanyu, plus Wang Zijia, a total of eight people, seven men and one woman, took their seats in turn.

Lei Ting hadn’t allowed Wang Zijia to bring him along, for otherwise, these individuals would definitely not carry themselves freely.

While the disciples poured Spiritual Wine, the group chatted briefly about the matters of the Spirit Suppressing Realm.

Because of Wang Zijia’s presence, the atmosphere between the two parties was somewhat harmonious, but there was also a peculiar sense of sharp rivalry, or perhaps competition?

Anyway, the atmosphere was a bit strange.

"Ninth Younger Brother, you suddenly summoned us; do you perhaps have instructions for us?" After a moment, Li Shenghui proactively steered the conversation towards official business.

"What is the current situation with the clan’s Multi-Heavens Great Formation inheritance?" Wang Zijia didn’t beat around the bush, asking very directly.

Ding Haiping and his company frowned but did not interject.

It was evident that they all knew when it came to the inheritance of Array Dao, Wanyu could not compete with Daqian, whose forte was precisely Array Dao and incantations!

Upon hearing the question, the three from Daqian paused, and Li Shenghui said, "There are roughly two incomplete Eighth-Grade inheritances left. Along with six Seventh-Grade Arrays derived from the insight into the Star Constellation Great Formation—three of the Twenty-Eight Star Divisions, two of the Heavenly Palaces, and one Wanyu Dragon Vein Array."

At this, Li Shenghui looked at Wang Zijia and asked, "Ninth Younger Brother, are you specifically looking to establish a Great Array, or are you intending to delve deeper into the study of Array Dao?"

Wang Zijia’s expression shifted as he looked at the three men from Li Shenghui’s group and said, "Does the clan possess an Eighth-Grade Array instrument? Or an Eighth-Grade Array Master?"

The expressions of the three men stiffened. Li Shenghui replied somewhat awkwardly, "We do not have that, after all, it has been thousands of years since we had an Earth Immortal. For a Tribulation Crossing Cultivator to become a Seventh-Grade Array Master already requires some serendipity, to reach Eighth-Grade... is nearly impossible."

Wang Zijia didn’t seem to find it problematic. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then give me one of the inheritances from the Star Constellation Great Formation! You can fill in the price, how about we consider it your breakthrough reward?"

Without hesitation, Li Shenghui nodded and said, "Okay!"

The rest, hearing of the breakthrough, all turned to look at Li Shenghui in surprise.

Without waiting for questions from the group, Wang Zijia then turned to look at the Head Teacher and said, "Head Teacher, does our sect possess any available Cave Worlds?"

"Patriarch, we do have them." Before Ding Haiping could speak, Li Jianye, who was sitting next to Li Shenghui, suddenly interjected.

Ding Haiping glanced indifferently at him, and Li Jianye immediately stopped speaking.

At this moment, Li Zhengfang, who was beside Ding Haiping, spoke up.

"Our sect has a total of twenty-six spaces that could be considered worlds on their own: eleven Cave Heaven Worlds, twelve small thousand worlds, and three middle thousand worlds, including your Qinglian World, Junior Brother Wang."

"Aside from the fifteen worlds that are occupied with various long-term spiritual plant farming and a large population, the remaining eleven worlds can be mobilized at any time."

"Junior Brother Wang, do you need to use one of these to perfect your Earth Immortal World?"

Zhang Decheng suddenly interjected at this point, "Junior Brother Wang, it would be best to speak of consuming worlds after becoming an Immortal, as it will surely affect your rank."

Hearing this, everyone’s brows furrowed simultaneously.

Wang Zijia shook his head and said, "I do indeed need at least one world, but not for consumption; rather, for refining."

"Refining?" The group was momentarily taken aback, and then Ding Haiping said, "You already have your own Earth Immortal World, why would you opt for refining a portable Cave World? I heard that’s extremely difficult to create and the costs are huge."

Wang Zijia shook his head again and said, "No, it’s because my immortal-spiritual-object-for-becoming-Immortal, the Magma Destruction World Heart, is too difficult to find. I plan to refine a world and create one such spiritual object myself."

"Ah..."

"Uh..."

"Create... one? An Immortal spiritual object?"

Seven Tribulation Crossing Cultivators stared at Wang Zijia in stunned disbelief.

"Junior Brother, are you saying you intend to craft your own Immortal spiritual object?" Ding Haiping asked after a pause for confirmation.

"Yes!" Wang Zijia nodded and added, "Is there a problem?"

Out of the group, the most knowledgeable Zheng Zhuo spoke up at this time:

"There isn’t necessarily a problem. The Central Immortal Domain is also researching this area. But man-made Seventh-Grade Immortal spiritual things... even the Central Immortal Domain hasn’t reported success! With our limited resources, will that be enough?"

"I have my own means," Wang Zijia didn’t elaborate any further but instead looked at Li Zhengfang and said, "Can the sect free up a Cave World?"

Li Zhengfang nodded and said, "We can vacate three quickly within ten or half a month; more would take a bit longer, mainly because of the issue with the inhabitants, as there are not many in three of the Cave Worlds."

"That should suffice. If nothing goes wrong, actually, just one should be enough!" Wang Zijia said nodding.

It wasn’t that Wang Zijia was overly confident, but rather that he didn’t care about the quality; as long as the final product took form, even if it was substandard, it didn’t matter.

It’s like steaming buns—one requires a sellable result, so there’s a question of success or failure. The other only needs a cooked lump of dough, regardless of taste or degree of fermentation; with a recipe at hand, how could there be talk of failure?

"Then I shall go and retrieve the inheritance?" Li Shenghui suggested.

Wang Zijia shook his head and said, "Let someone else do that. Are you prepared for our work on breakthroughs tomorrow?"

Overjoyed, Li Shenghui replied, "Of course, I’m ready, but at that time, I may need to use your esteemed Treasure Land."