Tian Yuan War Chronicles: The Path of Artifacts to Ascension – Chapter 49

Ch 49: Not Willing to Give Up

Actually, with Hua Kong’s current salary, there is absolutely no need to covet the wealth of these cultivators, but as a Grand Artisan, once an idea is generated, it is difficult for him to let it go if he can’t do it.

Divine Sense swept over those formations, and Hua Kong felt disgusted with these complex formations for the first time.

In order to ensure that the materials stored in the space formation were not damaged, he had to find a similar Storage Bracelet and start studying it.

These formations all rely on internal energy formations, and the pipes supplying Spiritual Power penetrate into each formation like spider webs and blood vessels.

The formation that strengthens Spirit Iron on the outermost layer is the end of these formations, and this end is closely linked to the defense formation in the lower layer.

The pipes supplying Spiritual Power in the lower-level defense formation extend over to provide energy sources for this formation, and some patterns extend from this formation that strengthens Spirit Iron and connect to the defense formation in the reverse direction.

A portion of the energy in these pipes will flow back to maintain the balance of the outermost defense formation nodes. Once the balance of these backflows is lost, it will trigger the self-destruction of the defense formation.

In this way, these formations protect the internal space formation layer by layer.

There will be a small recognition formation in each layer of the defense formation. This formation is activated and closed when recognition and derecognition occur. Once activated, this formation will continue to run unless the original owner derecognizes it.

Once this formation is activated, it will identify the Natal Essence Qi carried on the Divine Sense probed by the owner using the Storage Magical Item. If it can match the Natal Essence Qi in the essence blood, the defense formation will release it, allowing the owner to store and retrieve materials.

If it does not match, the defense formation will not react, and outsiders will not be able to use it.

Although Hua Kong is very familiar with this formation, he has always been imitating it and has never studied it carefully. Now, after studying it, he realized that this formation is extremely complex.

It is mainly composed of several major blocks: the formation for extracting Natal Essence Qi from essence blood, the formation for storing this Natal Essence Qi, the formation for extracting Natal Essence Qi from Divine Sense, the formation for comparing whether the Natal Essence Qi is the same, the formation for clearing Natal Essence Qi, and the formation for controlling the defense formation.

This recognition formation is like a keyhole for opening the defense formation, and only the Divine Sense of the recognized owner can pass through.

Hua Kong thought of an idea: Is it possible to take out the Natal Essence Qi stored in this recognition formation and then use this Natal Essence Qi to deceive the recognition formation?

Hua Kong then asked Lin Yu to recognize several empty Storage Bracelets and tried it out. In the end, Hua Kong discovered that this path would not work.

First of all, it is very difficult to obtain. These formations are inside the defense formation, and only Natal Essence Qi can pass through the defense formation. Spiritual Power of any other form cannot pass through.

Hua Kong didn’t want to give up, so he separately carved this formation for research. Only then did Hua Kong discover that it still wouldn’t work.

In fact, there is very little Natal Essence Qi stored, and it will quickly decay and become ineffective once it is separated from the protection of the formation.

If the process of obtaining this Natal Essence Qi destroys the balance of the internal energy of the formation storing the Natal Essence Qi, the formation will also fail and self-destruct.

Even if it is taken out intact, when using this Natal Essence Qi to deceive the formation, it is impossible to cover up one’s own Natal Essence Qi in the Divine Sense, just like using two keys to open a lock at the same time, it is impossible to open it.

Moreover, some special Spiritual Power marks will be added to these Natal Essence Qi by the formation, which can only be used inside the formation.

Hua Kong also wanted to use a Magical Artifact to release this Natal Essence Qi, but it still didn’t work. Only then did he realize that this Natal Essence Qi had been marked by the Spiritual Power inside the formation and had become ineffective.

The marked Natal Essence Qi cannot be extracted again by the recognition formation. It can only be used as a keyhole and can no longer be used as a key.

This unexpected detail made Hua Kong laugh and cry! He had to find another way! The plan to pick up the leaks was shelved for the second time.

This failure even affected Hua Kong’s cultivation, and he had to take out the Heart-Clearing Mantra and practice it several times.

Perhaps the Heart-Clearing Mantra worked, Hua Kong suddenly thought of the Magical Artifact that could corrode formations that he had heard from Lin Yu before.

Hua Kong checked some information and found that to make this Magical Artifact, he actually needed several prohibited items from the Xuanming Continent.

For example, one of the medicines is Bai Man Xue, which is the juice of a white vine. This vine is just an ordinary vine, not even a Spirit Grass.

It grows in some cold and humid places. For some reason, the juice of this white vine is actually the color of blood. It is highly poisonous to cultivators and can effectively destroy the effect of Spiritual Power. It is explicitly prohibited on the continent.

The other Spiritual Objects are also extremely Yin and evil, and are not tolerated by ordinary cultivators, so they are listed as prohibited items in most parts of the continent.

Hua Kong was now dumbfounded! The plan to pick up the leaks was shelved for the third time. Hua Kong took out the Heart-Clearing Mantra again and practiced his state of mind several times before he regained his peace.

To buy prohibited items for a few Nascent Soul Stage’s Storage Magical Items, if it were Hua Kong from the Seven Yang World, he would probably do it, but Hua Kong from the Eight Yang World would never do it. That would be too demeaning.

Hua Kong was unwilling, but he wouldn’t risk the world’s disapproval for these materials. He had to put this matter aside for now and turn his attention back to normal cultivation.

Not long after, one day when he had just come out of the Meditation Room for cultivation, he saw Little Wild Child lying on Lin Yu’s long table swallowing Spirit Fruit, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

Didn’t Little Wild Child’s gastric juice also digest some Magical Artifacts? Could it be that her gastric juice can also make that kind of Magical Artifact?

“Little Wild Child!”, Hua Kong shouted excitedly.

“Ah~~! Are you sick! What are you shouting for?”, Little Wild Child shouted in fright, and the Spirit Fruit in her hand also fell.

“Can your gastric juice digest Magical Artifacts?”, Hua Kong asked.

“Of course! I can even digest you!”, Little Wild Child said dissatisfied.

“Don’t be angry! Don’t be angry! Can you lend me some?”, Hua Kong looked at Little Wild Child expectantly.

“What are you looking at? What are you going to do?”, Little Wild Child suddenly became nervous.

“Oh! I need a treasure that can corrode the formations of Spiritual Objects to make Magical Artifacts, but I can’t find a suitable one! Lend me some?”, Hua Kong pleaded.

“Ten roasted whole sheep!”, Little Wild Child asked for an exorbitant price.

“Okay!”, Hua Kong agreed readily.

“Oh! I asked for too little! Add five more roasted suckling pigs!”, Little Wild Child suddenly regretted it and wanted to raise the price.

“You~~! Okay~~!”, Hua Kong agreed with gritted teeth.

“You stingy! It’s just a little barbecue! I won’t give it to you!”, Little Wild Child pretended to be pitiful.

“Okay! Okay! I’m sorry! What exactly do you want?”, Hua Kong was also convinced.

“Ten roasted whole sheep! Ten roasted whole cows! Ten roasted suckling pigs! Ten roasted wild deer!…”, Little Wild Child ruthlessly extorted a sum from Hua Kong.

“Okay! Anything is fine! Can you give me the gastric juice now?”, Hua Kong said helplessly.

“Okay! Wah~~Wah~~”, Little Wild Child vomited out the residue at the bottom of her stomach along with some gastric juice, all of which was vomited on Lin Yu’s long table.

“You~~”. As soon as the smell of the gastric juice spread out, Hua Kong almost fainted. He didn’t know what she had stored in the bottom of her stomach.

“You asked for it!”, Little Wild Child said innocently.

“Okay~okay~”, Hua Kong quickly covered his mouth and nose, took out a wooden bucket, and scraped Little Wild Child’s gastric juice and those residues into it. As for those remaining on the long table, he shouldn’t have to worry about them. Lin Yu would definitely burn the long table.

“Remember my barbecue!”, Little Wild Child reminded.

“Okay! I’ll give it to you in one hundred installments!”, Hua Kong replied.

“One hundred installments? What do you mean?”, Little Wild Child didn’t understand.

“It means there are too many of these things! Eating too much at once is not good for your stomach! So I’ll divide it into one hundred times for you! I’ll give you some every day!”, Hua Kong explained.

“Okay! I’m going to sleep! I didn’t expect you to look like a bad person, but you’re quite trustworthy!”, Little Wild Child agreed readily and turned to find an empty room to sleep.

“Thank you!”, Hua Kong replied with a smile.

“You’re welcome! You’re welcome!”, Little Wild Child waved her hand.

Hua Kong quickly came to the room in the backyard where he made artifacts, started the formation used for research, and stuck a drop of Little Wild Child’s gastric juice on it.

Sure enough, the formation at the gastric juice quickly became weak like ice being roasted by fire, but the formation quickly self-destructed because the internal energy flow lost its balance.

It works! Hua Kong was overjoyed! This at least shows that this formation can be broken. As long as he makes up for the energy lost inside it, he should be able to maintain the stability of the defense formation.

Once the idea was determined, Hua Kong immediately started making this Magical Artifact.

This Magical Artifact is actually very simple. In essence, it is a Magical Artifact that can corrode the formation, embed itself in the formation, and provide a certain amount of energy injection in the reverse direction to the formation.

Hua Kong tried a few times and determined the amount of energy injection that could maintain the stability of the formation. This Magical Artifact was like opening a window on the running formation, allowing Divine Sense that had not passed through the recognition formation to probe into it.

Then Hua Kong followed suit, opened all the defense formations, and saw the space formation inside.

This formation not only maintains the space for storing materials, but also plays a certain protective role itself. It must be opened through the recognition formation like the previous formations.

It can also prevent others from directly obtaining the materials inside through space spells.

The time to test Little Wild Child’s gastric juice has come. Hua Kong carefully put the Magical Artifact dedicated to the space formation on it.

In a burst of sizzling sounds, the space formation also failed to block Little Wild Child’s gastric juice! All the formations have been opened!

Hua Kong was overjoyed and quickly took the empty Storage Bracelet recognized by Lin Yu to do an experiment.

After a careful manipulation, these formations were indeed opened, and Hua Kong took out a Spirit Fruit that he had placed in it!

It’s not broken yet!

Hua Kong used his Divine Sense to manipulate it to leave the space of the Storage Bracelet, reached out and grabbed it, took a bite in his mouth! It’s so fragrant! It’s so sweet!