Chapter 456: Chapter 38: Mysterious Ore
After discussing the affairs of the academy, Huangtian was about to leave when he arrived at Jiangyuan City and saw several giant beasts in the sky.
And leading them was a True Dragon that had disappeared for thousands of years.
He instantly became alert, his keen eyesight allowing him to discern that these giants were not Demon Beasts, but rather the Spirit Clan, who traditionally do not interfere with the Human Race.
As the birthplace of the Spirit World, Shuzhou held many powerful beings, and with these powerful beings present, the Spirit Clan could not stir up much trouble. However, as the leader of a nation, he naturally could not just watch.
He quickly made his way to the front of these giant beasts along with the new City Lord of Jiangyuan City and another Great Grandmaster.
“Leader!”
As an important city, the City Lord of Jiangyuan City was personally appointed by Huangtian, and naturally recognized him.
Huangtian nodded his head, said nothing, and told him to go back and prepare to protect the people of Jiangyuan City, while he himself turned towards the Spirit Clan that had now approached.
The leader of the Dragon Clan was Long Lie, who had interacted with Wang Sheng before.
Seeing the powerful being appearing before him, Long Lie stopped.
As a prodigy, Huangtian had already taken a step toward the next realm.
In Long Lie’s perception, the Human before him was not as powerful as the elder he had met before, but he was still extremely formidable, beyond what he could handle.
“Is this the Martial Saint that sir mentioned?” he wondered internally.
Seeing Long Lie and the beasts stopping, Huangtian, not sensing any malice, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, “Gentlemen, may I ask why you have come to our Human Race city?”
There were Spirit Clan within the country, which did not surprise Huangtian, but the Spirit Clan generally avoided cities, so seeing these giant beasts was unexpected for him.
Long Lie was not here to cause trouble and was naturally very polite.
“I am looking for an elder of your Human Race. He said that if my Dragon Clan emerges, I should find him in a place called the Three Counties.”
“Elder?” Long Lie’s power was comparable to that of a top Great Grandmaster. The elder Long Lie was referring to could only be one of two people: his own master Wang Sheng, or Zhu Xiao.
Thinking of the incident with the Hanhai Dragon King a year ago, Huangtian deduced who the True Dragon was seeking, “You must be looking for my master.”
“I see, a disciple of the elder, my apologies. May I ask if you could lead me to your master?”
Long Lie became respectful.
“Master should already be aware and I expect he will arrive soon.”
Without his master’s permission, he dared not take anyone to Qingshan Village.
As soon as Huangtian finished speaking, a figure appeared.
“Master!”
“Elder!”
“It really is a coincidence that you arrived on the same day. Follow me and make yourself smaller.”
Although he gave the command in a commanding tone, even the Marine Spirit Clan members who had not met Wang Sheng obeyed without resistance.
When Wang Sheng appeared, they felt a sense of conviction.
It wasn’t long before Wang Sheng led Huangtian and the Spirit Clan back to his residence.
Huangtian and Long Lie were alright, knowing Wang Sheng’s capabilities; though shocked, they also felt it was to be expected, while the other members of the Spirit Clan were even more fearful.
If it came to a fight, it seemed they would have no ability to resist.
Dragon Smoke, transformed into a Child, came up and served tea to everyone.
“Now that you’ve come to find me, have you made your decision?”
“Yes, elder, our Dragon Clan has decided to emerge and plan to cooperate with the Human Race.”
Although it’s harsh, the reality is very clear; even if the shackles are removed, the difference between the Spirit Clan and the Human Race is large, and without cooperation with the Human Race, the gap might widen even further.
Moreover, the Spirit Clan and the Human Race don’t have a life-and-death enmity; or rather, the Jiang Family, who once had a major feud with the Spirit Clan, has already been eliminated by the Human Race themselves, thus providing a solid foundation for cooperation.
“It seems your conspicuous appearance was indeed in preparation for emergence?”
“Yes, elder, we couldn’t hide it from you.”
They could have come to Shuzhou in smaller forms discreetly, but returning to their true forms after emerging from the sea was also a declaration of their return.
“Besides your Dragon Clan, are these others as well?”
Wang Sheng looked at the Spirit Clan members behind Long Lie—all were from the Sea Clan.
“Essentially, they are from the Overlord Level species of various marine regions, thinking the same as our Dragon Clan.”
The strength of the Dragon Clan could be said to be the strongest among marine Spirit Clans, but other species were also a formidable force. Moreover, due to the disaster befalling the Spirit Clan, all were unified in solidarity, hence the Dragon Clan had informed other species of their intention to emerge.
Over the past year, that’s what they had been working on.
Eventually, nearly all of the Sea Clan decided to emerge and cooperate with the Human Race.
Representatives from various marine regions had been sent.
This visit also had a testing purpose, but this idea was abandoned the moment they saw Wang Sheng.
Cooperation! Cooperation was essential!
With such a powerful being among the Human Race, it was clear they were ahead, and there was no need for a direct confrontation.
Of course, crucially, there was no significant conflict of interests between the marine Spirit Clan and the Human Race.
“We have seen the elder!”
The other members of the Sea Clan also came forward to greet him, very respectfully.
“Now that you’ve decided to emerge, then emerge. The Human Race will soon be unified. For specific cooperation details, you can discuss them with this one.”
Wang Sheng pushed Huangtian forward.
Datong was going to truly become a unified nation, and as its leader, Huangtian was the most suitable person for liaising, which was the fundamental reason why he had brought Huangtian back.
“My friends from the Spirit Clan, I am called Huangtian, currently the leader of the Datong United Nations.”
“We have seen Leader Huang!” They wouldn’t decide to cooperate with the Human Race without some investigation.
The Datong United Nations and Huangtian were the most important pieces of information they had gathered.
Unexpectedly, it was related to the senior.
However, since it was so, organizing cooperation would be even more convenient.
“We here can basically represent all of the Sea Clan in the sea, and we came specifically to confirm the details of cooperation with Huang Yuan,” said Long Lie, who trusted Wang Sheng enough to want to finalize the cooperation details here.
Huangtian thought the same; the sea was vast and filled with powerful beings, and with Wang Sheng overseeing, they wouldn’t fear being taken advantage of at the beginning.
“How do you wish to cooperate?”
Long Lie and a few Sea Beasts exchanged glances, and a sea snake came forward and then spat out stones, jewels, and other items.
They all appeared to be rare treasures from the sea.
“We know that the Human Race rarely ventures into the sea, and it’s not as convenient as it is for us Sea Clans, and we also don’t understand the land well. Thus, the initial cooperation we defined was trade.”
“Trade between the Sea Clan and the Human Race.”
This method had been devised by the Sea Clan. The benefits were overt, seemingly unstable, but also the most stable form of cooperation.
Once the interests were deeply entrenched, it would be difficult for the Human Race and the Sea Clan not to cooperate.
At first, Wang Sheng hadn’t paid much attention, but after his Divine Thought swept over the items the sea snake had spat out, he changed his mind.
He picked up a few stones.
“Is this ore from the deep sea?”
“Yes, senior, this ore was discovered recently, and it’s excellent for forging weapons.”
“Forging weapons?”
Wang Sheng realized he had overlooked something—that there was land in the sea too, which could also produce ore, and potentially ones not found on land.
After the unification under Datong, he would no longer have to worry about the metals for refining flying swords.
However, after the five flying swords absorb metals to a certain extent, they would no longer take in more, requiring different metals.
Though the metals from land were still sufficient now, they would eventually be depleted.
Wang Sheng thought he had to turn to other worlds, but now the Sea Clan gave him another direction.
“Are there more ores like this one?”
The members of the Spirit Clan looked at each other, and eventually, Long Lie stepped forward and spat out a stone.
“Senior, this is a stone recently discovered by our Dragon Clan, but we haven’t found its specific use yet. However, we are certain it has a high energy reaction and might be useful to you.”
“Mechanism Stone?”
Before Wang Sheng could speak, Huangtian recognized the item.
Wang Sheng was also aware of the term “Mechanism Stone.”
Now, activating Mechanical Beasts was done using Human Race Qi-Blood, but initially, it was not so.
Originally, activating Mechanical Beasts involved using these Mechanism Stones.
Mechanism Stone, within the [Mechanical Technique] discipline, is considered one of the most crucial stones, characterized by containing extremely powerful energy and being a type of Energy Stone.
However, records in [Mechanical Technique] stated that these Mechanism Stones existed a long time ago, and Mechanical City had initially used these ancient relics.
After they were depleted, humans began to provide the energy.
“Mechanism Stones have disappeared for thousands of years, how could they appear again?”
Huangtian had been searching without any news, and now he saw it here.
“How did you get this?”
Seeing both of them being so cautious, Long Lie suddenly realized that this item might be more important than he thought.
However, he dared not hide it.
This item was originally brought as a gift for the senior.
“This stone… no, the origin of the Mechanism Stone is quite remarkable. It was found in our Dragon Clan’s territory, but this kind of stone wasn’t there before; it just appeared recently, which is indeed curious…”
“Appeared out of nowhere?” Wang Sheng fell into thought.
An item from thousands of years ago had suddenly reappeared.
Why did it feel so familiar?
“Spirit Clan’s talent?”
Yes, the Spirit Clan’s talent also appeared then vanished, only to reappear now.
“Is it the same with the Mechanism Stone?”
Wang Sheng picked up the Mechanism Stone and felt the energy within.
It was an extremely pure form of energy; he tried to absorb it using various Cultivation Techniques.
The more he transformed it, the more astonished he felt.
The energy within the Mechanism Stone could be transformed into either Qi-Blood or spiritual energy and could even be turned into the Power of Great Medicine.
“Actually a universal energy?”
That was astonishing!
If that were the case, this type of stone would become the most important resource in the future, as many things would rely on this type of stone.
“Mechanism Stone… perhaps it should be called Energy Stone, a clean and pollution-free energy stone, exclusively from the sea?”
Wang Sheng thought about his guess; it was definitely not certain.
“There are some things I don’t want to hide; this stone is very important, and cooperation might need to incorporate this.”
Long Lie’s dragon face changed.
Important things—all of which he might have been too hasty about?