Longzang

Chapter 740 Confidence Greatly Increased
The Corpse Dragon is too large and too powerful, completely mismatched with the Shadow Dragon.

This was the conclusion reached by Wei Yuan and the cultivators of Taichu Palace after discussion. However, if the Corpse Dragon was refined and only a quarter of its original size remained, it would be able to fit perfectly with the Shadow Dragon, thus enabling it to materialize from the void and initially possess some of the power of the Imperial Realm.

During the discussion on how to refine it, not only Zhang Sheng, Bao Yun, Xu Henshui, and Yu Zhizhuo were present, but Sun Yu, who was far away at the northern mountain gate, also indirectly participated in the discussion through Wei Yuan's avatar. In the end, it took a full hour to come up with a perfect solution.

The Yin-Yang Grand Array can be used to refine the Corpse Dragon amidst the hustle and bustle of human life. As for the three-quarters of the dragon's body, after being refined by the Grand Array, it will produce two major categories of products: the real and the illusory.

The most valuable parts of the artifacts are the dragon scales, some of the dragon claws and teeth, as well as various internal organs such as liver and gallbladder. These essential parts are of very high quality and only require slight refining within the grand formation to remove impurities. The scales, claws, and teeth can be used to refine spiritual treasures, while the liver, gallbladder, internal organs, and flesh are top-grade medicinal materials that can be used to refine various Imperial-level spiritual pills.

Ordinary materials in the real world, such as flesh and blood, are much more difficult to refine, requiring repeated refining to remove impurities and foul odors, and finally yielding large quantities of elixir materials.

Among the illusory objects, there are two useful ones. One is chaotic energy. The quality of the corpse dragon's body is actually not very good, but it has condensed the essence of the entire world and is exceptionally large. Therefore, the total amount of chaotic energy it produces is considerable, roughly equivalent to thirty or forty Liao clan Dharma forms.

Secondly, there's the true essence of corpse stench. Wei Yuan is skilled at using such things, and the corpse stench produced by the Corpse Dragon is far superior to other corpse stenches. After refining it, the true essence can roughly power Wei Yuan to unleash his full power a hundred times. Basically, if Yu Jing is affected, he'll most likely have to vomit.

The useless impurities and foul air were collected and given to the old Taoist Chuhe for use; many spiritual plants used this as nourishment. Chuhe was overjoyed, thinking that he wouldn't need to work hard to find fertilizer for the next hundred years.

The same principle applies to the impurities and waste left over from refining physical materials. Although the immortal plants don't value them, the increased potential of human resources will soon lead to a large number of spirit beasts and plants, all of which are excellent nutrients. Finally, they can be ground into powder and sprinkled into the sea to feed the fish. After all, these are leftovers from the refining of the demonic beasts; if the fish eat too much of them, perhaps a few demonic fish will emerge.

At this point, all the materials refined by the Corpse Dragon had been put to use, leaving no stone unturned.

Such a thorough refining scheme could not have been achieved without the collective wisdom and efforts of all the cultivators in the Primordial Palace. We also have to thank the Primordial Palace for its abundant resources; regardless of the refining method, we could find a wealth of empirical data for comparison and verification. Only then did we arrive at this final scheme.

With the plan finalized, the young woman moved the Yin-Yang Grand Array outside the city. Now that two new mines had been added to the central city, its area had greatly increased, spanning over three hundred li in circumference, more than enough to accommodate the grand array.

The Yin-Yang Furnace is the core of the formation, with 300,000 mortals surrounding it to form the array, all in order to refine the Corpse Dragon. Once Wei Yuan had transported the Corpse Dragon into the array, the young woman Yin-Yang activated the formation. Wisps of black energy began to emerge from the Corpse Dragon, while dust fell from its body, and occasionally a dragon scale would fall off.

Wei Yuan watched for a while, and seeing that the formation was functioning normally, he felt relieved. He suddenly remembered something and asked the girl, Yin Yang, "How can you still move?"

The girl, Yin Yang, said that the shackles of human life had been broken, and she had gained some ability to carry out daily activities. However, she could only walk around and do some simple tasks; she could not fight and still needed luck.

Wei Yuan wanted to delve deeper, but Yu Zhizhuo pulled him away to study the mining plans for the two mines. Yu Zhizhuo couldn't see the girl's yin-yang at all, nor could anyone else. Everyone could see the immortal plants in their true forms, but the girl who appeared after Bing Li's advancement was no longer visible to the cultivators.

Spirit ores of Imperial Realm and above can be transformed between the real and the virtual, just like Nether Iron and Nether Crystal.

Earth Core Flame Jade is a celestial ore, capable of withstanding the Great Sun True Fire. It's generally not very useful even for ordinary cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, and therefore of little use to Wei Yuan at this moment. Its main purpose is to exchange it for Heavenly Merit Points or other resources. This item is even more useful than Celestial Silver. Yu Zhizhuo's real concern is the Ancient Spirit Charcoal. This charcoal can replace the charcoal made from spirit wood for preparing gunpowder. Yu Zhizhuo estimates that using the Ancient Spirit Charcoal will at least double the power of the new gunpowder. At that time, even ordinary gunpowder guns will be lethal to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Yu Zhizhuo was extremely meticulous in his work. He dragged Wei Yuan around all day, digging a tunnel tens of thousands of feet long, and finally formulated a detailed mining plan, which was then handed over to the Human World for execution.

With this, all the spoils have been compiled, and the great battle between immortals that I participated in has come to a perfect end.

Including the chaotic energy that the Corpse Dragon can refine in the future, plus the Star Pivot Stone, and the two bites from the small world, Wei Yuan can save at least three hundred years of hard work. Now he only needs to cultivate and meditate step by step. In two hundred and eighty years, he can advance to the late stage of the Dharma Aspect realm and the Heart Aspect realm. Before he dies of old age, he can take a look at the threshold of the Imperial Realm.

Hundreds of top-grade magic treasures and more than ten spiritual treasures were also quite valuable. Wei Yuan planned to sell some and keep some for his own people. The ruined immortal weapon still needed careful study, so he had already given it to Yu Zhizhuo to take back.

Needless to say, the two mines they acquired instantly propelled Wei Yuan into the ranks of the wealthiest Dharma Aspects in the Primordial Palace, perhaps even the richest. But thinking about it, it makes sense. Wei Yuan, at the mid-stage Dharma Aspect level, essentially plundered an entire Imperial View World, and this was an Imperial View World controlled by an immortal, different from the ordinary mental worlds of Imperial Views. This wasn't just ordinary sudden wealth!

If he were to seize the Heart World of Ancestor Xuan Yue… Wei Yuan suddenly shuddered. His intuition told him the outcome: the losses would be extremely heavy, and even if he could win, he wouldn't be able to squeeze any profit out of the land.

The world of the patriarch must be extremely poor and extremely arrogant.

Although they became rich overnight, the risks were immense in retrospect. The Thunder Wolf Tribe was actually the only race in that world, and Silver Blade, Wrathful Thunder, and Thunder Spirit were the strongest beings in the entire realm. No matter how small that world was, these strongest beings could not be described simply as geniuses.

If that world were as large as this one, Lei Ling's status among the Dharma Aspects would not only be comparable to Su Xuejing, Wei Yuan, and Ji Liuli, but would also include all the Dharma Aspect geniuses from other races such as Wu Liao Guiche and the Li tribe of the Sea Clan. The strongest among them would be Lei Ling.

Therefore, to kill Lei Ling, a Dharma form, it required the full suppression of human affairs, Zhang Sheng's sneak attack, and the combined efforts of several immortal plants to finally kill her.

In the early stages of Yu Jing's reign, the Silver Blade withstood the suppression of heaven and earth, the curses of tens of thousands of people, and the four great curses of Red Lotus Karmic Fire, Langya True Meaning, Jianmu Vitality, and Phoenix Blood True Flame. It was still able to kill Wei Yuan once, and in the end, it was only after the girl's Yin-Yang Strike with more than ten swords that she finally managed to kill him.

Those who can reach the top in a world, even a small one, are all ridiculously strong. Moreover, the Thunder Wolves are a powerful fighting race specially selected by the Left Wise King for sacrifice, so their strongest members are naturally even more extraordinary.

Unfortunately, these small worlds belong to the Left Wise King, and he can take them back as soon as he notices something is wrong. Otherwise, if he could have completely absorbed them, he might have reached near perfection in the Myriad Transformations Realm.

Just as he was feeling regretful, Wei Yuan suddenly remembered that behind the door beside Jade Mountain was also a small world, and an extremely dangerous one at that. This was a small world fished up by the three-headed bird; surely no one would take it back, right?

With his strength greatly improved, Wei Yuan felt confident and began to plan his return to that small world.

(End of this chapter)