The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 461 The Tower of Zhenyuan
Fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as Wang Wu had guessed, once the problem of exploring the Heaven and Earth Needle was solved, everything else was no big deal.

The prisoners did nothing more, and no other forces came to provoke them.

Wang Wu only came out twice every two years, once to help speed up the construction and once to help with the exploration.

Of course, he didn't actually follow Shuangjun's suggestion that the project must be completed in two years. Instead, he delayed the time to two and a half years, which would reduce the cost, but not by as much.

Therefore, in the past fifty years, the Frost Domain has only built 21 Heaven and Earth Needles.

At this speed, it already ranks in the middle of the eighteen construction teams. Only the top five construction teams can build a building in about two years.

Wang Wu thought this was fine.

He also spent the happiest time of his life cultivating himself.

It's safe enough, no one dares to disturb it, and most importantly, there's plenty of spiritual energy.

Over the past fifty years, he has used his position to save Shuangjun eight trillion points of spiritual energy, while also pocketing nearly ten billion of it.

This is so awesome!

However, it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say that these 10 billion points of spiritual energy significantly improved him, because he used them almost entirely to patch up his deficit.

Of these, he spent two billion points of spiritual energy just to repair the hidden damage to the Water Spirit Pill, Wood Spirit Pill, and Gold Spirit Pill.

Because he has now reached level 19 in Spiritual Essence, he has discovered many hidden injuries and imperfections that he could not have detected before.

He made corrections and renovations simultaneously, which cost a great deal of money.

Of course, there are also many benefits. The Three Spirit Pills, after being repaired and rectified, are in excellent condition. Although the overall grade has only been raised by one level, with all of them reaching the second grade, the comprehensive potential they bring is undeniable.

However, Wang Wu doesn't have the chance to upgrade all three spirit pills to the first grade yet, because he discovered that even when using his level 19 spiritual essence to observe the Creation Fire Spirit Pill, he could still find some hidden injuries that he couldn't detect before. So, there was nothing he could do but start repairing them.

You could say that these past fifty years, which he called cultivation, were actually all about repairing hidden injuries.

Repairing the Creation Fire Spirit Pill was even more difficult and costly. He spent a total of 5 billion points of spiritual energy, rushing to complete the repair.

The good news is that the Creation Fire Spiritual Energy, which has undergone thorough deep repair, has been successfully upgraded to Level 7 Creation Fire Spiritual Energy.

Unfortunately, only a real-world test can reveal the specific data and power of these techniques.

In short, these past fifty years have been pretty good.

He even took the time to upgrade his passive stealth (level 26), danger perception (level 26), and super armor (level 22), and also upgraded his self-healing to level 25.

After the self-healing talent reaches level 25, it naturally develops some inherent tendencies, allowing you to choose which aspect to focus on.

Wang Wu's choice was fairly conventional: rapid health recovery.

In this way, the level 25 self-healing ability can restore 100,000 health points per second. With the addition of the passive effect of the level 1 healing ability, it can restore 500,000 health points within three seconds, then cool down for three seconds before continuing the round.

It's still quite considerable, to say the least.

At this point, he had used 120 billion units of spiritual energy to basically fill in his shortcomings, and his foundation had been solidified in a new dimension.

So much so that the four clowns kept urging him to quickly find a senior or junior sister to deal damage with so that they could observe his real-time combat strength.

Wang Wu ignored it, because he needed to move on to the next task: the final push to improve Yin Fire resistance.

It is worth mentioning that in the past fifty years, due to the repair of the Three Spirit Pills and the Creation Fire Spirit Pill, he has cumulatively increased his lifespan limit by another 5000 years, and his total lifespan has exceeded 23756 years.

They were well-prepared and had ample ammunition.

Therefore, while scouting the location of the 47th Heavenly Needle, Wang Wu decided to launch a general offensive.

However, there is a problem: Shuangjun's third disciple, that guy named Feng Muhan, always accompanies Wang Wu on his explorations. Even if he does all the dirty and hard work, he remains true to his original intention and shamelessly follows along, claiming that he wants to protect his senior's safety.

That's right, this Feng Muhan is a true Taiyi fifth-level True Immortal.

(Note: Previously, Qin Shijie's realm was revised to Taiyi Stage 3, and Bai Yu's realm was revised to Taiyi Stage 2.)
Since his arrival, he has kept all the old criminals, including Xiong Wangshou, in a very subdued state, which speaks volumes.

Wang Wu wanted to increase his Yin Fire resistance, but he couldn't very well do it in front of him. Although Feng Muhan was now considered one of his own.

At this moment, Wang Wu held the Heaven and Earth Compass and personally controlled the three-proof boat, while Feng Muhan was on high alert behind him. They had been out for five days, and under normal circumstances, they would complete the exploration within twenty days.

So in reality, Wang Wu was just wandering around aimlessly, occasionally dropping by to other groups' construction sites for discussions.

"I wonder if the level 26 passive stealth ability will be able to hide from this old guy?"

Wang Wu was quite troubled. Several times he even thought, "Forget it, so what if you see it? We're all on the same side, what's there to be afraid of?"

But his cowardly mentality prevented him from overcoming this hurdle.

"Hey, Xiao Feng, after this exploration is finished, I want to go and wander around the other groups' Heaven and Earth Needles to learn from them. You don't need to come with me."

“Senior, absolutely not. My master instructed me to protect your safety. You are now the key to the construction of the Heaven and Earth Needle in our Frost Domain. There can be no accidents. I guarantee this to my master with my life.”

As expected, Feng Muhan refused quite decisively.

"But I don't think it's a big deal! The past fifty years have been quite safe. There have only been three calamities, and we have the three-defense armor and the three-defense boat. What's there to be afraid of? I hope you can understand my need to explore other array patterns. If I don't understand these array patterns, I won't be able to die in peace."

"I'm sorry, senior, there's no room for negotiation. Moreover, firstly, the other array patterns are all secrets of the Hidden Origin Society. If you are discovered, you may violate the laws of the Hidden Origin Society and be thrown into the Great Wilderness Prison for thousands or tens of thousands of years. Even my master can't save you."

"Secondly, you think the past fifty years have been peaceful and wonderful, but what you don't know is that in the past fifty years, I have fought these prison guards in private over a hundred times before I finally subdued them. I drove away the intruders six times and even killed a Taiyi level 5 prisoner. Even now, we are followed by three tails belonging to different forces."

"You may not know how much the Frost Domain has invested in the construction of the Heaven and Earth Needle. My master had to serve in the Outer Heaven for three hundred years. The entire foundation of the Frost Domain has been put into it. Perhaps in your eyes, the Frost Domain is a large and powerful family, but you don't know that once the Frost Domain misses this opportunity, it will completely lose its voice in the future."

"It's that serious, isn't this just a desolate prison of sins?"

Wang Wu was very surprised.

"It's not just a simple Great Wilderness Prison of Sin, because it's a permanent immortal artifact forged five million years ago. It was lost more than 500,000 years ago and could no longer be sensed until a group of descendants of prisoners escaped from the prison by chance, and that's when it reappeared in the world."

"The Hidden Origin Society paid a huge price to purchase it, not to restore it as the Great Wilderness Sin Prison, but to build it into the Hidden Origin Society's second Zhenyuan Tower."

"Senior, surely you understand what the Zhenyuan Tower is?"

"Is it an upgraded version of the Hidden Origin Bell?"

“That’s right. One Zhenyuan Tower is worth ten Yinyuan Bells. We, the Yinyuan Society, pursue neutrality and fairness, but first we must be invincible. Only two Zhenyuan Towers can ensure this.”

"The Vermilion Bird Heaven and Earth Needle that we are building now is the foundation for our Frost Domain's future intervention in the Zhenyuan Tower. If we do not build it, we will have to rely on other forces in the future."

"I understand. If that's the case, why didn't other forces grab a larger share in the beginning? Why are they jumping around like this now?"

Wang Wu asked curiously, "Normally, shouldn't the big fish eat all the fish and the small fish not get to eat them?"
"Because the Hidden Yuan Society still has some sense of shame and at least wants to maintain a semblance of fairness. Furthermore, repairing the Sin Prison Tower is a huge investment that other forces cannot afford to absorb in a short period of time."

"Most importantly, there are other external forces besides the Hidden Origin Society that are eyeing us covetously. That's why the Hidden Origin Society was forced to unite and accelerate the repair of the Sin Prison Tower. The sooner the repair is completed, the better the external environment will be. In fact, you know nothing here, senior. You think this competition is limited to the small Heaven and Earth Needle."

"In reality, over the past hundred years, the Hidden Origin Society has already fought three battles with other forces in the Outer Heavens. In the cultivation world, three branch altars have been destroyed and one branch has been forced to be transferred. The external pressure is enormous, and the internal pressure is equally enormous. I won't say what you did with the 120 billion Dou of spiritual energy you consumed over the past fifty years, but you must at least ensure that you don't cause any trouble. In any case, you must complete the construction of these one hundred Heaven and Earth Needles."

"And we must be quick; we absolutely cannot give other forces the chance to reap the benefits."

After Feng Muhan put it this way, Wang Wu finally realized that he was still too limited, no wonder Qingxue was transferred away.

She moves wherever she's needed.

"Alright, then I have nothing more to say. Everything will remain the same. But there's one thing: over the past fifty years, I've saved you eight trillion dou of spiritual energy. I'll take 120 billion dou of spiritual energy for myself. That's not excessive, is it? Don't try to play the trick of discarding someone after they've served their purpose."

Wang Wu said cautiously, "This matter must be made clear."

"Please rest assured, senior. I was just using an example. You naturally have the authority, and all of this is legal. I just hope that you can cooperate with us and please don't say anything about traveling alone for reference."

"alright, I got it."

Wang Wu sighed, resigning himself to the idea for the time being.

However, the Zhenyuan Tower?
He suddenly had a bold idea.

(End of this chapter)