212 Immortal Relations (1/2)
Various spiritual crystals, red and orange, were placed around the room and linked together by a spiral formation. This allowed him extract a burst of spiritual energy from the crystals that amplified each other in series until it reached his body. There, it was given a final burst of spiritual energy from himself and injected into the control plate to repair and rewrite the inscriptions on it.
Chen Wentian liked to think that he was quite good at inscriptions but even he could not have performed this repair without help from Jasmine's mother. She was a supreme expert at the Spirit Overlord Realm and her knowledge far surpassed his.
The spiral array was her idea and it allowed him to mimic her spiritual energy to some degree. The beacon emitted by the control plate had to reach the beast kings across a vast distance and through interference from the two human kings. The plate's original energy had long since depleted and his own Spirit Lord Realm cultivation was insufficient to recharge it.
The array was a workaround that allowed him to send out micro bursts of spiritual energy that was at the Spirit King Realm. Each burst required the utmost concentration and drained an incredible amount of energy from both the spiritual crystals and himself. He had to recover for over ten minutes just to perform another burst. Every so often, he would also have to replaced depleted spiritual crystals with new ones.
Despite the difficulty and the amount of money burned, the repair job was going along well. He estimated it would be ready in another ten days, but only if he didn't keep getting distracted…
Chen Wentian was recovering from the latest session when a series of loud human noises and waves of spiritual energy leaked into the room. He couldn't spare any of his own spiritual energy to put up a shield. He could only scrunch his nose and try to ignore it.
He was inside Immortal Dust Scorpion Tie Buqun's secret underground palace. It was only a backup residence as his main one in Beast God City was not safe and could not be used. This one wasn't too big but it was still reasonable for an immortal and had five floors and close to a hundred rooms of various sizes.
He was staying here with Tie Buqun and Mei Qiaofeng. The three of them were hiding and waiting for the beast kings to attack the Beast God City. This place was pretty close to the city, only a short flight away. It had remained a secret for hundreds of years… but, with the ruckus those two were making, there was a tiny change a passing immortal king might detect them…
”Hey, Blue Dragon!” A cheerful voice echoed around the inscription room.
Chen Wentian looked up at Tie Buqun who entered the room without being invited. The short man's face was red and sweaty, like a farmer that had just finished plowing some fertile fields. There was a heavy smell of alcohol in his breath like he had been drinking all day.
”I'm trying to work and yet you two keep distracting me.” Chen Wentian said.
Tie Buqun barked out a laugh, ”Not my fault, she's a screamer. Hahaha. You could be having some fun too. She's still in there. You know her, she's always ready for a good battle, anytime and anywhere.”
”No… I don't know her. And I thought you didn't like her?” Chen Wentian asked.
”Why do you say that? She's my senior sister and we've gotten along for many years.”
Chen Wentian shrugged, ”You seem uncomfortable whenever she touches you.”
”Oh that, I'm just very peculiar about touching, a bad habit from my youth when I couldn't properly control my poison powers. I'm fine after a little while though I still get some memories of those times.”