Chapter 888
The Black Sun Tower's Reaction and the Discovery of the Radiant Spirit Vein
Chapter 888 The Black Sun Tower's Reaction and the Discovery of the Radiant Spirit Vein
Beyond the modern age of magic, lies the Tower of the Black Sun.
Beneath a colossal throne sat a tiny incense burner, upon which three incense sticks were stuck upside down.
A group of wizards are worshipping this incense burner.
The worshippers were discussing it.
"Still unable to find that original archaeological wizard? We deliberately spread false information throughout the wizarding world, telling those archaeological wizards that they would receive a special reward if they found the tomb and traces of their origin wizard. Who would have thought that after so many years, we still haven't found anything."
“He has been making many unusual moves recently, and the [Expulsion Curse] has been triggered twice.”
"The exonerated 'sinners' are harmful to wizarding civilization, and it is impossible for their names to reappear unless the prophecy is resolved. The prophecy of the Tower of the Black Sun is the truth, but this era is not our territory after all. The White Wizard Association is stronger than ever before. It is more powerful than any of the previous era's overlords."
"Heh... They have plenty of problems of their own. They have to deal with the dark wizard problem eventually. If they keep dragging this out, let's see how they end up."
"The Demon Ascension Plan in the Starfield Sea has caused so much trouble."
"Silence. The messenger from the main tower of the Age of Stars has arrived."
The group of worshippers immediately lowered their heads.
They looked down at the shadow on the ground, the shadow of a demonic dragon, signifying that the other party had come carrying the will of the Tower of the Black Sun.
The corpse on the throne suddenly vanished, transforming into a demonic dragon.
The dragon sat on his throne and took a deep breath, the smoke from the incense sticks sticking upside down falling into his mouth and nose.
"What are you doing with this branch tower?"
"The curse of exoneration has been repeatedly triggered, and someone is trying to restore the honor of the sinner. The White Wizarding Association is going against the tide, committing evil in the name of benevolence."
"Yet you do absolutely nothing here."
“The tradition of ritual magic has been severed in this era, and there is nothing you can do about it.”
"Without ritual magic, there would be no soil on which we exist."
The priests looked down at the shadow of the dragon on the ground, who had clearly picked up a large opium pipe and was chewing it dry.
"The key is the expulsion curse."
"You cannot allow the expulsion curse to be triggered again."
“Send our people there.”
“Investigate across the land and find out who is repeatedly triggering the expulsion curse. Eliminating them while we're at it wouldn't hurt. You're all too concerned about the White Wizard Association's reaction.”
"Besides that, I see many other problems as well. The Black Sun Tower needs to make its move in this era. Sacrificial magic needs to be re-established and reaffirmed. The White Wizard Association is indeed an obstacle. But the Starfield Sea's Ascension Project might be able to help us return to this era."
The dragon sat on the throne.
"I will sit on this throne for thirty years."
“From today onwards, I will be in charge of this branch tower.”
The priests bowed their heads in reverence for the dragon.
……
In the Three Cave Worlds, Locke, Hussein, Old Henry, and others sorted out the resources of this world. Apart from the super vein in the Celestial Realm whose spiritual energy storage capacity could not be determined at present, there was also a relatively small spiritual energy vein in the Celestial Realm.
Old Henry tapped the ground with his treasure-hunting ruler, then dug out a piece of ore that looked like silver with a shovel, as if it were a stone cast from molten silver.
"What is this? This should also be a kind of spiritual energy, but I don't know what kind it is."
He picked the ore up from the ground, and instantly the entire ore changed from its original silver color to a charred black.
Old Henry was startled and put down the ore he was holding.
Because he wasn't wearing magic gloves, he touched the stone. Who knew the ore was so strange? It turned completely black the moment he touched it. Heaven knows what it was.
So he was so frightened that he immediately dropped it.
Old Henry kept wiping his hands with his clothes.
Locke glanced at him, then stood at a distance and examined the spirit ore. He immediately had a guess in his mind. After putting on the Golden Dragon Claw Air Pineapple, he picked up a piece of ore with the magic gloves adorned with the pineapple, but the ore did not change at all.
Old Henry gave the ore a strange look.
“Strange, Captain, why doesn’t this ore turn black when you pick it up?”
Hussein said, "Because you're ruthless, old pirate."
The old pirate glared at him.
Locke said, “It’s normal that you don’t know this. This should be the Flowing Light Spiritual Aura, which is very rare in spiritual aura mines. I didn’t expect that this small, medium-sized world would have two rare spiritual aura mines and a super emerald green spiritual aura mine at the same time.”
It must be the influence of the World Tree leaf.
Otherwise, in a world of this level, having even one spirit vein mine would be considered extremely fortunate.
Locke pondered, "The Radiant Spirit is a condensation of silver magical power. Its silver nature is changeable and prone to transformation, so the Radiant Spirit is easily affected by the power it comes into contact with. The Radiant Spirit will become whatever power it comes into contact with is like."
"It was Old Henry's magical power that affected that shimmering spiritual energy, causing it to change. Radiant spiritual energy is rare to begin with, not to mention that it is extremely difficult to mine. If the mining method is not correct, the entire vein will be contaminated and ruined."
Locke said, "So the piece of spirit essence that old Henry was holding just now is now useless. A piece of Radiant Spirit Essence costs about five million magic stones and is a necessary material for cultivating certain silver magic plants."
"Even when used on ordinary magical plants, it can allow them to acquire some plant factors related to silver magic, or enhance their resistance to lodging and their toughness."
Locke was quite pleased.
Because I'm going to participate in the Golden Cup, I'm cultivating a super flying magical plant, and the Radiant Spirit is the best resource for cultivating magical plants.
Unexpectedly, he obtained an entire vein of radiant spiritual energy.
Old Henry stared dumbfounded at the luminous aura that had turned into something as black as charcoal. He was stunned, never expecting that simply picking up a stone would destroy the aura.
No, this is way too fragile!
The old pirate was filled with regret; he should have worn a pair of magic gloves before touching the spiritual energy!
Locke looked at the old pirate and asked, "Old Henry, what is the reserve of this spirit energy vein?"
Old Henry said, "This is a small vein, about ten pieces."
Thinking of this, old Henry's lips trembled. "Captain, you're not going to make me pay compensation, are you?"
Locke looked at him in surprise. "What are you talking about? We discovered this vein ourselves, it's not mine. Besides, we were able to find it in the mountains thanks to you."
"It's normal for you to accidentally break one."
Old Henry immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He was genuinely startled.
Locke said, "The mineral vein has been explored. This time we came as an expedition team and did not bring any wizards specializing in mining. We need to find an earth wizard or an alchemist. There are many earth wizards in Golden Crown Mountain. I can find an earth wizard when I get back."
The members of the expedition team had all come with him on this expedition, and they were not prepared to stay here for an extended period. According to the timeline of the wizarding world, this time he had been in the Three Caves World for only about four months. However, due to the special relationship between the Celestial Realm and the mortal world, the wizards perceived time to be more than forty years.
These wizards were different from themselves; they did not have the Elixir of Zero to replenish their spiritual light, so they were exhausted and longed to return home.
If he doesn't consider going back soon, these formal wizards might start to grumble.
Locke recalled a travelogue he had once read on a wizard's airship, which contained a story written by a wizard about a second-circle wizard in an expedition who did not choose to return to the wizarding world for a long time, and the first-circle wizards under his command dared not speak out against him for a long time.
Over time, these people's intentions changed, and they began to secretly sabotage the second-ring wizard.
Although the second-circle wizard eventually returned to the wizarding world, his gains were greatly reduced, he basically lost everything, and even lost money.
'For wizards, the Three Caverns are just desolate wilderness; unless they are professional excavators hired by me, they are unlikely to want to stay here for long.'
Locke pondered, "This is partly why old Henry refused my invitation."
Secondly, it wouldn't be good to keep these hired wizards in the Three Caverns World for too long.
'Many of my plans are here, and the roots of my tree of prosperity lie here. They certainly shouldn't linger here too long.'
When Locke came this time, he did not tell these wizards the coordinates of the plane. On the Exploration Vanguard, since there were no reference points, they should not have had the technical means to obtain the relevant plane coordinates.
But if you stay here for an extended period of time, then it's hard to say.
Ultimately, every legitimate wizard is an independent individual with their own ideas. I am merely hiring them; I am the boss, and they are the employees.
If a boss believes that his employees will obey his orders and do whatever they want simply because he pays them, then he is in trouble.
With that in mind, Locke said to old Henry and Hussein, "Now that we've completed our exploration, let's go back."
"Old Henry, you didn't gain anything material this time, so I'll offer you five pieces of Azure Spirit Essence as payment, is that alright?"
Five dollars equals five million, roughly the reward a second-ring wizard would receive for a particularly challenging mission.
Of course, it's impossible to make as much profit as plundering other wizard ships and supplies from Void Stations as Old Henry did.
But this is a reasonable compensation.
Old Henry's decision to join his expedition this time was also to repay the favor he had done for letting him go last time.
But Old Henry contributed a lot to this mission, so I should give him some compensation. That way, it will be easier to ask for cooperation next time.
Old Henry, on the other hand, beamed with joy.
"Of course. Even without these five pieces of emerald spiritual energy, my return this time would have been quite fruitful. At least I can boast to my captain that I saw two great divine races!"
"There were many pirates on the ship, but none of them had ever seen these two great gods before."
"Those are, after all, the two major enemies of the wizarding civilization on the front lines."
Old Henry was quite pleased to hear that Locke wanted to return home, as he was a pirate and couldn't stand long-term missions.
He was genuinely worried that Locke would force him to build a digging well here before he could return.
However, it can no longer be built now.
The construction of the excavation well for the super mineral vein is quite complex and cannot be done by him alone. Moreover, it is even more impossible to build a spirit energy processing plant.
The old pirate Henry said to Locke, "Captain, I must say, I feel very comfortable traveling with you."
"It feels more comfortable than being with the captain on my ship."
"This time, entering this dimension took less than four months. I originally thought it would take you a year."
“Generally, it takes one or two years to complete a plane exploration. You've conquered this plane quickly, especially considering how complex it is.”
Old Henry stood atop the mountain, looking down at the vast land with a complex expression.
"This land was forged by the Titan Kings. No wonder it is so vast. Normally, wizard expeditions would easily perish in such a plane."
"But under the captain's leadership, we acquired this plane in just four months."
"I must say, from a pirate's perspective, you are also a good captain."
The three packed their belongings and informed the nine official wizards before preparing to retreat.
These wizards were very discreet, knowing that this world would be Locke's foundation, so they adopted an attitude of not asking questions or paying attention.
Locke then summoned Orion, gave him a few instructions, and then completely incorporated all the forests of this world into his Forest Sanctuary and under the illumination of the Moon of Evolution.
The main tree in my own forest sanctuary is the Tree of Prosperity.
Currently, the forests of this entire world are subordinate forests of his own Forest Sanctuary, thus forming a dimensional passage between the entire world and himself. He can establish a deep ecological alliance with this world through the Forest Alliance Spell, an ecological corridor, and two major magical spells.
The world's situation of "no gods under heaven, everyone can become a god" is the first miraculous fruit of its own tree of prosperity, and also an indispensable principle of its current prosperity.
The spell model of its own Tree of Prosperity is based on the first power of Myster, supplemented by the power of the four seasons, and then supplemented by the principle of prosperity.
Therefore, one's own tree of prosperity currently possesses the prosperity of spring.
The core of spring's prosperity lies within this prosperous era of the world.
Therefore, this world is indeed very important to me right now.
Locke and the wizards boarded the Vanguard of Exploration. Before leaving, Orion and a large group of rangers saw them off.
Orian's eyes were filled with tears.
"Thank you, Teacher Shuren."
"You have changed the world forever."
Locke left him with a single sentence.
“You yourselves changed this world. Orion, after I’m gone, you must lead the Rangers well. This place is in your hands.”
The giant of wind stood behind him, waving goodbye to Locke. She and her husband wore expressions of nostalgia and reluctance.
The Water Giant looked at Locke with a look of nostalgia. She and the Oracle Giant were the survivors; the other giants were killed in the process of resisting the Eye of God.
The rangers all gazed longingly at Locke.
Locke suddenly looked at the wolf giant.
"However, Dire Wolf Giant, you can come with me to my world. Would you like to?"
Amidst the envious gazes of the many rangers and giants, the wolf giant was initially stunned, but then he immediately said, "I'm willing! Teacher!"
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(End of this chapter)