Fire Monster

Chapter 310: Arms Race
Wu Jin, Wu Yuan and the others fell silent, standing there at a loss as to what to do.

Zhao Guanshan also looked up at this moment, his heart as calm as water, without any ripples. He ignored it completely and just continued to do his own thing.

Because the one who should be anxious now is not him.

At this time, he methodically used high-pressure psychic energy to irradiate and shock a large amount of materials. After they reached the level of Destiny 1080, he first assembled them into an operating table and guided the high-pressure psychic energy onto the operating table.

This gives the operating table the ability to engrave, cut, polish, and assemble Destiny Level 1080 high-level materials.

This is very important. Only with this can you deploy and upgrade the eighth-level spirit supply tower.

In fact, at this stage, the requirements for crafting are no different from those required by immortal cultivators to refine top-grade magical tools.

This was Cheng Muye’s original words, because two thousand years ago, when the world of immortal cultivation had not yet collapsed, the magic weapons used by mid-level immortal cultivators were no more than this.

Therefore, among the secret books given by Cheng Muye, the description about the eighth-level spirit-offering tower is the most complicated, detailed, and comprehensive. It is also mixed with many of his own insights. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a treasure secret book.

However, the secret manual he gave about the Nine-Level Spirit Offering Tower was very vague and not so accurate, because he also admitted that he had no chance to understand it.

Before this, Zhao Guanshan had silently deduced the relevant information and data on how to deploy and upgrade the eighth-level spirit supply tower more than a dozen times.

Now that we are getting started, everything is naturally going very smoothly.

He built ten parts on average every day, and estimated that he would be able to successfully complete the deployment and upgrade of the eighth-level spirit supply tower in six months.

There’s no way, the eighth-level Spirit Offering Tower is just that powerful.

After a few days, Wu Jin's voice suddenly came.

"Fellow Daoist Guanshan, Fellow Daoist Guanshan! Let's talk. This is not a solution. If you don't trust us, you can just control the Level 7 Spiritual Supply Tower to kill us. Now you have trapped us here. You must think that although we won't die, we can easily ruin your plans. So, let's talk."

"I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Wu, I know what you want to talk about, but please be patient. I'm not a bad person. I just want to become the national teacher. I want to be the messenger of destiny in the world. After I become the national teacher, if you want to leave, I won't stop you."

Zhao Guanshan spoke loudly, with a righteous look on his face, and spoke very seriously and earnestly, but when these words fell into the ears of Wu Jin, Wu Yuan and others, they immediately looked at each other in bewilderment.

"But, Fellow Daoist Guanshan, isn't your Zhao family a conservative faction?"

"Yes, I am a conservative, so I want to turn hostility into friendship. I want to resolve the contradiction between the immortal cultivation system and the destiny system, so that I can use both of them and make them the armor and spear of mankind to attack the evil demons and rebuild the immortal cultivation world. Fellow Taoists, you really should lend me a helping hand."

"Rebuilding the world of immortal cultivation? Fellow Daoist Guanshan, are you suffering from hysteria? You are so unreliable! If you want to mess around and do whatever you want, that's your own business. Why did you rob our ship? And even our spirit tower?"

Chen Qing was so angry that he cursed.

"Well said, Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, but this ship was originally built by my Zhao family's ancestors. Now I am just taking it back. As for the Spirit Offering Tower, I built it myself. What does it have to do with you?"

"There is no point in saying more, Brother Zhao. The Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace has been shrouded by evil spirits. You have seen that situation before. If you think that is your destiny, I advise you to face the reality."

Wu Yuan also tried to persuade him earnestly.

"That is the evil god, not my destiny. My destiny has not yet awakened. Everyone, relax. Three years later, when I deploy and upgrade the eighth-level spirit supply tower, I will return to the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace to capture the evil god and save millions of human beings from danger!"

"Forget it. After three years, the opportunity has faded. We saw the evil god with our own eyes. Aren't you afraid that he will destroy us all?"

Tang Zhen also shouted.

"My fellow Taoists, please relax. That evil god is not invincible. We have severely damaged it twice in a row. The reason it showed up now is to confuse your minds and cause us to fight among ourselves."

“Also, although the evil god is extremely treacherous, it is impossible to take over the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace in a short period of time. This will only turn into a long-term war.”

"I won't say much about this matter. I will only make a promise to you. If I become the state teacher of Linjiang Prefecture's Taoist Palace one day, I will rebuild the five immortal statues and set up beacons for the five core Taoist traditions. At the same time, I will also open up the spiritual world so that Qi cultivators and mortals can each have their own place. The two can be completely compatible with each other."

"Whether you believe it or not, please be patient and wait. Don't fall for the evil god's scheme and cause civil unrest, forcing me to kill people."

"Everything, please wait and see!"

Zhao Guanshan specifically explained it to Wu Jin, Wu Yuan and others. Now that they have calmed down, they can think about it seriously.

In the future, if he wants to develop the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, they will be indispensable helpers.

Only by bringing them together, standing in the same camp and becoming vested interests, can we resist the counterattack of Linjiang Prefecture.

If that evil god, or that fallen one, really revealed his true form and fought with him for three hundred rounds, he would wake up laughing in his dreams.

But the fear is that it will erode the people of Linjiang Prefecture. It will only last for a short time and it is impossible for it to erode mortals, but if it affects important departments, or even those radical Qi-refining practitioners, that would be a big trouble.

But no matter what, Zhao Guanshan must take over the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace.

Only one of him and that fake Tianmingduo can survive. "Daoyou Guanshan, what are you going to do? Do you need our help?"

At this time Wu Jin spoke again, just like a supporting actor.

Zhao Guanshan immediately said, "I plan to use the eighth-level spirit supply tower to spread a huge demon-suppressing net to cover the entire Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace. In this way, we can isolate them and protect them, so that they will no longer be disturbed by demonic energy and evil spirits, and can live a peaceful life."

"As for you all, I really hope you can help me. Let me put it this way. I want to borrow some spiritual stones from you with a level 7 spiritual tower as collateral. I want as many as you can get. The more the better. After I take over the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, I will pay you back double! I am willing to swear on my unawakened destiny that if I break my promise, destiny will hate me!"

Zhao Guanshan spoke with great sincerity this time.

"Fellow Daoist Guanshan, how about changing the conditions? We can buy your ship. Or, three years later, when you take over the Linjiang Prefecture Dao Palace, you have to promise to build a seven-level spirit-supplying tower for us."

"Of course there is no problem with that, but the prerequisite is, how many spirit stones can you take out?" Zhao Guanshan showed great interest.

Wu Jin glanced at the others and said, "Over the years, I have accumulated a total of 300 spirit stones. Now I am willing to give them all out. I hope you can do the same, because this is the best way for us to go out to sea and find the Floating Cloud Taoist Palace. You have all seen how powerful the Level 7 Spiritual Supply Tower is."

"Or, you can choose to stay in Linjiang Prefecture forever."

Everyone was silent. Who didn’t have some assets?

It's not that easy to go out to sea by boat.

but--

"Zhao Guanshan, you still need to swear to the Lihuo Taoist Talisman!" Xu Ayue suddenly shouted. She did not believe in fate, but she still believed in the power of the Lihuo Taoist tradition. Because Zhao Guanshan was a Qi-refining master with outstanding potential, he would never give up this path, even if he wanted to become a national teacher.

This is her intuition.

"Okay, I am willing to swear to Lihuo Dao Fu that as long as you can gather 500 spirit stones, I will build a large ship and a seven-level spirit tower for you after I take back Linjiang Dao Palace. If you break the oath, I will let Lihuo Immortal rain down thunder and rage, jump out and beat me to death!"

"Similarly, I am still willing to return double the amount of the amount that exceeds 500 spirit stones."

Zhao Guanshan was really sincere, because he really needed spirit stones.

After these words were spoken, everyone finally compromised. It was not that they didn't want to, but they really had no other choice. Now Zhao Guanshan had already sworn to the destiny and to the orthodoxy, and both of his legs were tied, unless he had a third leg. In short, the cost of his breach of contract was still very high.

After some discussion, Wu Jin, Wu Yuan and others secretly gathered together a total of one thousand spirit stones for Zhao Guanshan.

My goodness, they are planning to fleece Zhao Guanshan.

Five hundred dollars to buy a large ship and a seven-level spirit tower.

The remaining 500 yuan can double in just three years.

Okay, this business is indeed doing well!

Zhao Guanshan agreed decisively.

"Everyone, now that the deal is done, please be patient and don't let your imagination run wild. Just wait for good news."

Zhao Guanshan threw out the ash bag and asked Wu Jin and the others to put the spiritual stones in it and then throw it in. Anyway, he had to be on guard. Before the big thing was successful, he should not have direct contact with this group of people...

After receiving the one thousand spirit stones, he did not use them to practice or continue to temper his pure yang body. Instead, he continued to prepare the eighth-level spirit supply tower as if nothing had happened.

It was not until some time had passed that Wu Jin greeted him anxiously again.

“Fellow Daoist Guanshan, the Linjiang Prefecture Dao Palace seems to have taken precautions. They have suddenly increased the frequency of launching the Demon Suppression Net in recent days. It seems that they are increasing their spiritual energy reserves.”

But Zhao Guanshan did not respond to him and pretended not to hear him. From this moment on, he would no longer communicate with Wu Jin and others. It was not that he wanted to shirk his responsibility, but he did not want to leak the information on his side. The fake Tianmingduo had a very strong sensing ability, and their conversation that day should have been collected by him word for word.

That’s why there are such changes today.

Zhao Guanshan said that he would use an eight-level spirit-supplying tower to cover the Linjiang Taoist Palace and cut off its water and electricity supply, rather than attacking it directly.

Now it seems that this fake destiny has adjusted its strategy. It no longer fights street battles by corroding and infiltrating key positions, but instead wants to engage in an arms race.

After all, it also knows how to deploy and upgrade the eighth-level spirit supply tower.

Maybe the ninth-level Spirit Offering Tower can also do it.

In three years, maybe he could really build a nine-level spirit-offering tower.

However, this is Zhao Guanshan's real intention. Only by tying up the energy and attention of the fake Tianmingduo can he not have time to corrupt and infiltrate the humans in Linjiang Prefecture. Otherwise, if he is really determined to perish together with the enemy, it will be easy for him to become a drug addict with a corrupt heart, an empty soul, and all kinds of weirdos everywhere.

(End of this chapter)