The Spirit Clan Elders had sensed Wang Sheng’s formidable power—the kind that seemed like it should not exist in this world.
With such a being present, the chances of success, which were originally less than ten percent, increased by dozens of times or even more.
However, having not witnessed Wang Sheng’s combat, the Spirit Turtle Elder directly summoned the Divine Sparrow King into the cave to inquire.
“How strong?”
The Divine Sparrow King recalled how Wang Sheng casually subdued three Demon Kings and said, “In front of him, I am like an ant. Previously, he suppressed them with ease…”
After listening, the elders felt even more emotional.
Although they were certain, hearing these things firsthand still felt terrifying.
“Who exactly is he?”
In the previous interactions, Wang Sheng had never revealed his information, and after demonstrating his strength, the elders dared not ask.
The Divine Sparrow King seemed a bit puzzled, “Elder, don’t you know? That man is the one who helped us defeat the White Lotus Spirit King, Wang Sheng!”
“It’s him!”
The elder remembered that event very clearly. At that time, he had asked for some information, but unfortunately, though the Divine Sparrow King knew a few things, he only had a superficial understanding of spiritual techniques, so he did not completely grasp the methods Wang Sheng had shown, and moreover, could not find the person.
Therefore, eventually, knowing such a powerful individual, the Spirit Clan Elders could only let it be.
“Forget it, although it’s a bit late, after all these twists and turns, we finally met him. Divine Sparrow, go call back the Spirit Kings of our clan, I have something to announce.”
Since he had agreed to be a follower, he also needed to make some preparations.
If it were before, even as an elder, he could not force others, but now, with a peerless powerhouse who could solve problems, those Spirit Kings would probably agree without needing his persuasion.
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On the other side, Wang Sheng had already left the place where the Spirit Clan Elders were.
Although he did not have the Divine Sparrow King to lead the way, such spatial tactics were trivial for him; a simple Instant Teleportation allowed him to exit the area and then return to Qingshan Village.
The village was as usual, but it appeared more mysterious due to the presence of the Teleportation Array.
Zhu Xiao had not yet returned; he was probably still in the outer world.
He spoke a few words to Li Yongfeng and continued with his closed-door cultivation.
The two scales given by the Spirit Clan Elder still required some simple analysis.
Because of the scales, he suspected that the Spirit Clan had long been influenced by Heavenly Father, just that they were unaware of it.
Setting aside the matter of separating these scales,
taking the task of defeating Heavenly Father, they had only given two scales without saying anything else; was this really reasonable?
Anyone needing scales to break through their strength limits who accepted this commission, without any information, would most likely be killed by Heavenly Father.
He didn’t believe the Spirit Clan rebel left only means of confrontation without any useful information.
If there really were no meaningful information, then he had to carefully study the function of the scales; perhaps there were some hidden mechanisms, and if it was because the Spirit Clan had forgotten some things due to being influenced, it would also be the same.
He took out the two scales.
The scales were golden-yellow, and under the light, their color appeared very beautiful, but what was most important was the power they contained.
The Spirit Clan ancestor who left the scales was very powerful, and the power within the scales was not simple.
“According to the Spirit Clan Elder’s words, the power hidden within the scales is the Spirit Clan’s innate talent, so which exactly is the talent, or are all three the talent?”
Breaking through strength limits, entering the Spirit World, and the sealing effect inherent in the scales themselves could all possibly be the Spirit Clan’s talents.
It was just not clear which one exactly it was.
The standard of the scales’ manufacture was high, but for Wang Sheng, it was not an insoluble problem. After spending some time, he understood some information.
“That Spirit Clan ancestor who resisted Heavenly Father must have existed, and his talent probably relates to the path of Spiritual Cultivation, whether the method to break through strength limits or the method to seal the Spirit Clan’s talent were both derivatives of his spiritual power talent, especially the sealing method, which indeed had a touch of ingenuity similar to my talisman creation method.”
Wang Sheng felt somewhat emotional.
If that Spirit Clan ancestor had not died, his achievements would definitely not have been so limited.
Thousands of years ago, he had already awakened the method of spiritual power, even leaving behind a method similar to talisman creation. As long as one deeply researched for a period, it might have been improved.
Perhaps both the Spiritual Cultivation path and the talisman creation method would have appeared long ago, instead of now having only the Qi Blood Martial Arts, with no other professions existing.
“Mechanical City too, it’s quite a pity.”
Originally, he had not thought this much, but the matter of this Spirit Clan ancestor made him wonder, the destruction of Mechanical City, was it really because other powers saw it as a threat, or was there another reason?
Perhaps, Heavenly Father?
“You really deserve to die, Heavenly Father!”
Now, it seemed that Heavenly Father not only stopped the advancement of strength but also unintentionally prevented many other things from emerging.
Like the sealing method of the Spirit Clan ancestor.
This was definitely something with great potential. If developed, it could affect the entire Spirit Clan, even the progression of all beings in the whole world.
Wise beings are the most adept at developing and utilizing tools.
Yet, it was due to the existence of the Heavenly Father that this path was obliterated.
And that is just one such kind; who knows how many other things quietly disappeared in the darkness.
To the development of the world, the degree of the Heavenly Father’s malignancy was even more terrifying than imagined, almost entirely obstructing it.
This Spirit Clan ancestor was among the most formidable of them.
Two scales brought significant gains to Wang Sheng, unrelated to his strength.
Initially, he thought only the scales that allowed entry into the Spirit World would be useful to him, but after researching, he realized the other scale was not so simple.
“Both scales even have a sequence, I must use the one that enters the Spirit World before I can use the other one to lift the limits on my strength, meaning, does breaking the limits of one’s strength completely depend on being inside the Spirit World?”
Breaking the limits of strength, Wang Sheng was presently only able to break about thirty percent.
However, the information within the scales was about breaking them entirely, reaching the next realm.
“It seems there are some secrets of the Spirit World I still have not completely figured out.”
Both the Stargazing Valley Master and the Spirit Clan ancestor knew more about the Heavenly Father and the Spirit World than he.
These two have lived for a very long time; taking the Stargazing Valley Master, for instance, according to Yue, he had already lived over 250 years and was from the middle period of the Great Zhou dynasty.
Over long periods, they gathered more comprehensive knowledge.
Wang Sheng was not discouraged; what he needed to do now was to accumulate these experiences.
Both the information left by the Stargazing Valley Master and the items left by the Spirit Clan ancestor were of great value.
“But this information is more or less similar to my own deductions.”
Breaking the limits of one’s strength entirely requires being in the Spirit World, which was quite in line with his assessment, the only difference being that he needed to be in his own Spirit World.
However, breaking them in his own Spirit World required much greater strength.
“So the Spirit World is crucial…”
Wang Sheng pinched the scale that provided entry to the Spirit World; this scale would now be his focus.
“Hope there will be a harvest.”
The scale could only be used once, so although he felt he could use the scale to pull himself into the Spirit World of the Heavenly Father, he refrained from using it.
He then went back into solitary cultivation.
Practicing cultivation while studying the items in his hand, the sealed Heavenly Father, and the scale.
Time went on, and it was now the year 566 of the Great Zhou calendar.
Wang Sheng had been in seclusion for not a short period, occasionally pulling people into his Spirit World for cultivation.
Obtaining pure spiritual power was nothing extraordinary; this bit of pure spiritual power was insubstantial.
The most important was actually the information from those people after their cultivation; this information was extremely beneficial for perfecting his Spirit World.
Zhu Xiao made the most and the most practical suggestions.
The stronger the strength, the more one could perceive some features of the Spirit World.
Zhu Xiao even provided a crucial piece of information which allowed Wang Sheng to enhance the completion and stability of his Spirit World significantly.
Wang Sheng opened his eyes, murmuring to himself, “Now, even if the whole population of Qingshan Village were to enter, I should be able to withstand it, right?”
The population of Qingshan Village now was over five hundred people, a significant improvement compared to the sparse few individuals before.
And the more people it can withstand, the more spiritual power and Divine Thought he gathers each use, the greater the enhancement.
“Who knows when it will be possible to achieve full coverage…”
If it covered the entire world, then even if only a thousandth or ten-thousandth of the people used it at the same time, the amount of pure spiritual power he would gain was a terrifying number.
“This is truly the right way to use the harvesting method!”
And this method benefits both sides without causing any adverse consequences, even actively drawing people in.
“Much easier to use than the original!”
Though there’s a hint of those slaying the dragon becoming the dragon themselves, as long as he stays true to his heart, no evil dragon will emerge.
“Continue to perfect it, only the last step left!”
The progress in the Spirit World was the result of cultivation, but during this time, Wang Sheng was not only cultivating but also researching.
From the scale left by the Spirit Clan ancestor and the Heavenly Father, although he had not yet discovered how to enter the Heavenly Father’s Spirit World, he managed to create something else.
That is, a way to let outsiders actively enter his Spirit World with his consent instead of him always having to pull them in.
After all, he knew his own Spirit World inside and out; finding this method was easy.
Simply put, he had made a key.
A key to open the Spirit World, also called the entrance credential.
Only by this could he attract cultivators to enter more covertly…