The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 472 A whim
Wang Wu had no time to be happy; he immediately took action.

He absorbed all this spiritual energy immediately, channeling it into the Five Demon Pills of Innate Bloodline, the Three Logistics Pills within the Second Foundation Building Array, and his acquired system.

We'll make up for the deficit we incurred before.

Wang Wu could even multitask, simultaneously dismantling the array stones, circulating his qi and blood to re-cultivate the Five Demon Pills, enhancing three logistics pills within the second foundation-building array, and finally refining the Creation Fire Spiritual Qi within the acquired system.

Feeling great, so awesome!

But gradually, as time went by, after only about half a year, Wang Wu became numb!
Because he discovered that his energy expenditure could not keep up with the rate of decomposition.

Those array stones that weren't too badly damaged were a real steal.

Decomposing a single piece often yields two to three hundred million points of spiritual energy. With good luck, a single array stone can yield five hundred million points of spiritual energy – what a lucrative deal!

Wang Wucai re-cultivated the Five Demon Pills to Grade One and the Logistics Three Pills to Grade Three. The total amount of spiritual energy condensed by the Yin and Yang energies in this Heaven and Earth Needle exceeded 50 billion!

“You can’t continue to break it down. The sturdiness of this Heaven and Earth Needle is beyond doubt, but all this spiritual energy depends on the illumination of Yin and Yang energies. If you manipulate it even slightly, it will create unpredictable variables.”

"Believe us, too much spiritual energy is not a good thing. Once the total amount of spiritual energy here exceeds one hundred billion, believe it or not, if you make one wrong step, you will be refined into an immortal pill by this one hundred billion spiritual energy?"

The Four Clowns are issuing a serious warning!

"You must find a way to consume all 50 billion points of spiritual energy before you can continue decomposing it."

Wang Wu was also terrified; too much spiritual energy could be deadly.

He immediately began to integrate, filling all the spirit-containing gourds, spirit-containing cauldrons, and spirit-containing jars he had with him to the brim, compressing them as much as he could, but in the end he could only hold three billion.

His innate bloodline Five Demon Pills had also reached the theoretical maximum storage, a full 15 million points of level 4 refined blood energy.

Five million of these were stored within the five demon cores, while the remaining ten million circulated around the Heart of the Earth, continuously supplying the acquired spiritual energy to the spiritual pill system. This was not permanent storage; it was like the temporary storage of guests in a hotel or inn, or goods in a port.

This won't work if it goes on for too long.

Even so, the innate bloodline system could only barely hold 1.2 billion points of spiritual energy.

Within his acquired spiritual pill system, the Creation Fire Spirit Pill became the biggest buyer. It can store 10 million points of level 7 Creation Fire Spiritual Energy, which, according to the conversion rules, is actually only equivalent to 640 million points of ordinary spiritual energy.

Of course, there are four other elixirs in the Acquired Elixir system.

Wang Wu sent Feng Lingdan a red envelope containing 100 million yuan.

The Ice Spirit Pill, Wood Spirit Pill, and Gold Spirit Pill were each given a "red envelope" containing 50 million points of spiritual energy, and were instructed to operate on their own, with the timing of digestion and refinement to be determined later.

In short, after all that effort, Wang Wu only managed to deposit less than 5.1 billion points of spiritual energy as disposable 'cash flow'.

Note that this is not a fixed asset.

Several years ago, Wang Wu squeezed out 5 billion yuan by selling everything he owned, which became fixed assets, and four-fifths of it has already been repaid in the past six months.

Sigh! I kind of miss the Greatest Union Dan. Otherwise, with it, depositing 10 billion would be no problem at all.

Wang Wu was very anxious because the remaining array stones in his Qiankun bag were not bound by any conditions and were being annihilated over time.

When they perish, they release spiritual energy, and then the spiritual energy within this Heaven and Earth Needle will continuously increase.

He now has two choices: either throw out the remaining array stones or open a hole in the Heaven and Earth Needle to allow the spiritual energy to dissipate.

But this is pure, white spiritual energy, is it dissipating?
Throw it away!

Sin ah.

You might as well just kill me.

"I need to improve my logistics pills and enrich them. Then, I need to deploy two foundation-building formations in my innate bloodline system, one is the Five Elements Breaking Formation, and the other... let's say the Five Elements Breaking Formation again."

Wang Wu decided to launch three major projects to see if he could absorb some of the spiritual energy.

"That's impossible, Wang Wu. Please calm down. Perhaps your ideas were good in the past, but this time, you must listen to our advice and make a choice!"

The four clowns issued another solemn warning.

Their warnings finally calmed Wang Wu down.

Yes, let alone three major projects, even thirty more projects wouldn't be enough to handle it. He still has a lot of array stones left. If all of these spiritual energy were decomposed, it would amount to at least 300 billion.

This is too deadly. If it weren't for the exposure of Yin and Yang energies, it would be fine, but now that it's been exposed, it's like putting a fuse in the middle of a hundred billion tons of TNT.

Any sudden enlightenment he experiences, any aftershock of his cultivation, will cause subtle changes in the Yin and Yang energies, and then immediately detonate the spiritual energy at the level of hundreds of billions or trillions.

At that point, he only had two possible outcomes.

One was annihilated, the other was refined into an elixir of immortality. "Alright then, let's try a different approach."

Wang Wu sighed. Five years had passed, and half of his ten-year promise with Qingxue remained. He was destined not to be able to resolve all the array stones within ten years.

unless--

He glanced down at the almost invisible red dot on his wrist, and with a thought, the Vermilion Bird Array Soul floated out, but it was only the size of a butterfly. It merrily hovered around Wang Wu's body.

Do you need spiritual energy?

The Vermilion Bird Array Soul neither responded nor absorbed spiritual energy, which was correct. The power contained within the Vermilion Bird Array Soul was borrowed from the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, consisting of countless pale flames plus at least level 15 Creation Fire spiritual energy.

"Wait, there's still a way!"

With a thought, Wang Wu manipulated the Vermilion Bird Array Soul to launch a tiny attack outwards—a very, very weak one, weakened by a factor of ten thousand!
In other words, this Vermilion Bird array spirit is very sensitive and very easy to control. Otherwise, if it were the Vermilion Bird array spirit that Qingxue took away, its smallest form would be the size of a peacock, and with that dull appearance, if Wang Wu dared to operate it like that, he would be the first to die.

But now, a miracle has happened.

The Vermilion Bird's spirit gently flapped its wings, and a pale flame appeared. This substance could not react directly with spiritual energy unless a physical body was used as a medium...

But besides that, half of what this Vermilion Bird Array Soul released was at least level 15 Creation Fire Spiritual Energy.

This power, however, is capable of delivering a devastating attack on ordinary spiritual energy.

The Creation Fire Spirit Qi released by the Vermilion Bird Array Soul was at most 10 points. As a result, almost instantly, 100 million points of ordinary spiritual energy were forcibly compressed and refined, thus forming a chain reaction.

More spiritual energy was refined, compressed, and then diffused throughout the entire Heaven and Earth Needle space.

Besides, the pale fire is not without its uses. It is true that it does not react with spiritual energy, but it can compress space and create physical suppression.

Like stones and wood, they can coexist peacefully, but if a large stone is placed on top of them, then we can only apologize.

And so, like simmering bird's nest over a low flame, Wang Wu continuously controlled the Vermilion Bird Array Soul to compress and refine it. In the end, after three hours, he successfully refined and purified the 50 billion points of spiritual energy into level 6 Creation Fire Spiritual Energy, and the total amount was also compressed to one billion points.

At this moment, the Vermilion Bird Array Soul finally became interested in these Creation Fire Spiritual energies. The small figure it transformed into didn't even need Wang Wu's control. Like a whale swallowing its prey, it absorbed most of them in one gulp, and with another gulp, it absorbed them all.

Then, it seemed to burp and nonchalantly began to circle again.

Wang Wu didn't understand the reason behind this. It was impossible for him not to feel sorry for the person, but it seemed that there was really no other way.

After thinking it over, he made another decision.

"I want to deploy the Five Elements Breaking Formation on the Five Demon Cores of the Innate Bloodline! Perform the calculations for me."

"Why? Your innate bloodline can wait for the opportunity to deploy the Five Elements Profound Yellow Array later. You just want to consume more spiritual energy. Can't we be a little more ambitious? It's only three hundred billion points of spiritual energy. Is it really worth wasting such an opportunity?"

The four clowns continued to earnestly persuade him, saying that the third-tier Five Elements Profound Yellow Array was the most suitable for Wang Wu.

I've already obtained a few array diagrams from Xiong Wangshou. If I keep trying, I might actually have a chance to get all the array diagrams.

"It's not about wasting opportunities or consuming spiritual energy, but rather that I suddenly had an epiphany: the moon has its phases, and people have their joys and sorrows. Nothing in this world is perfect. So from now on, I will avoid the idea and obsession of pursuing perfection. I should not be too full in anything; eighty percent is good enough."

Wang Wu spoke with deep feeling.

"What do you mean?" The four clowns were baffled. Why are you saying this out of the blue?

"You can think of it as my level 27 danger perception + level 3 early warning coming into play."

"Do you remember what Qingxue said about how Snake Nineteen and the others died?"

"The Azure Dragon Clan has removed their Hidden Dragon Tendons."

"When I was controlling the Vermilion Bird Array Soul just now, it seemed that I was using the power of the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower. In any case, this matter suddenly came to mind. It was a whim, but it may not be without reason."

"Although I have pledged allegiance to the Frost Domain and theoretically clung to the Frost Lord's coattails, my former master, Elder Gray, is truly a handful. He asked the Frost Lord if I was still alive. Guess what the Frost Lord said, and Elder Gray believed it?"

"Back when I was Elder Gray's disciple, even the simple-minded Bai Yu knew to invite the high priest of the Mangshan Ancient Bear Clan to cast a blood-curdling spell on me. Do you think he'll go and inform the Azure Dragon Clan to extract my Hidden Dragon Tendon now that it's Elder Gray's turn?"

"But hasn't his level 27 divination already confirmed that Feng Muhan is the murderer who killed Qin Yu?"

"Yes, theoretically speaking, I have now perfectly disappeared and faked my death, and can live a carefree life. But it is precisely because everything is going too smoothly and is too perfect that I need to take precautions in advance."

"Furthermore, is there really no doubt about this matter?"

"I was arranged to enter this place by the Qin family. There are more than a dozen prisoners who can testify that it was my spiritual insight that helped Shuangjun set up the Heaven and Earth Needle. This cannot be hidden. Even if Qingxue later found a Grandmaster of Formations, the Still Water True Man, he could only fool ordinary people. Could he fool Elder Hui?"

“He used his level 27 divine calculation to deduce the so-called Master Zhishui. He didn’t even need to deduce it to me to know that he was a fake.”

(End of this chapter)