771 The Wrong Recipient! (1/2)
Fairy Ling You was obviously more inclined towards believing the words of her trusted subordinate. She didn't think that Long Nanzi had any exceptional talents when it came to refining artifacts. Regardless, this was just a small matter in her eyes.
The most important task she had now was to improve the army's ranking. With her current level of cultivation and her ownership of a Dharmic Battleship, her army could easily overpower the current seventh army in a challenge and take its place.
There would be no objections from the other side. After all, she was now at the Spirit Immortal realm!
Of course, Fairy Ling You's ambitions weren't that simple. She wasn't interested in being number seven. She wanted to be sixth in ranking. It might be the difference of a single position in the ranking, but it made a world's difference in the resources that were made available to the army.
That was why this required careful planning. As for Wang Baole, Fairy Ling You couldn't care less about the man. She had disliked the manner in which he conducted himself right from the start. Regardless, she couldn't refuse the patriarch's orders. Of course, she wasn't bothered about handing over the Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield either. In her mind, Wang Baole would need at least one to two years to successfully refine the artifact. She was untroubled as she ended the conversation with a wave of her hand.
Oblivious to all of this was Wang Baole, who was currently making his rounds in the Ice Phoenix Legion. Everywhere he looked, he saw numerous female cultivators making up a majority of the army. It was a pity that they weren't delicate beauties but handsome and dashing looking women with wind beneath their feet as they marched from one place to another…
He had always thought his dashing good looks to be his trump card, but they had little effect in this camp. No one paid any attention to him at all. In fact, no one bothered to respond to his greetings when he initiated them. Wang Baole coughed awkwardly and tried to make excuses for the strangeness. He finally realized something wasn't quite right when he arrived at his residence.
It seems like men don't have much authority here… Wang Baole eyed his residence while recalling the residences he had passed by on his way here. It was clear that female cultivators enjoyed a higher status as well as better accommodations than male cultivators in the Ice Phoenix Legion.
So be it. It's all because their commander is a cold-hearted woman. Wang Baole shook his head. He activated the entrance to his cave abode with his token and entered his residence. He wasn't exactly pleased with the sparse space, but he hadn't been expecting a lot in the first place. Having sat down, he began to organize his thoughts.
I'm now considered a disciple of the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect. As long as I don't make life difficult for myself, I shouldn't have to worry too much about the threat posed by the Ink Dragon Legion.
My next target should be to secure my standing in the Ice Phoenix Legion. From there, I'll find a way to build my own army and then acquire more cultivation techniques from the Eye of the Eternal Star!
Of course, I should try and establish contact with the royal family if I have a chance to do so… I'll be able to gain more from that! Wang Baole narrowed his eyes as he considered his future plans. There were Spirit Immortal realm cultivators all around him now, not to mention a Planet realm patriarch. There was also the fact that he was now on the sect's headquarters, the Sovereign Planet. Unless there was no other choice, he wasn't going to use his ability to steal another person's identity.
I'm going to have to refine the Divine Justice Shield or whatever it's called if I want to secure my position in the sect. I should make use of this opportunity to study the advanced artifact refinement techniques in the Divine Eye civilization! After some thought, Wang Baole made up his mind. He pulled out the jade slip containing the instructions for crafting the Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield and began studying them in earnest.
He had only performed a sweeping glance the previous round and had noticed certain exceptional qualities this particular artifact possessed. Upon closer study now, his eyes began to widen. The more he studied the instructions, the more excited he became. Finally, he gasped out loud.
Is the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect really so wealthy? I mean, this is a… Spirit Immortal realm artifact! Wang Baole was taken aback with shock. The gentle young woman in the yellow skirt had told him that this was an artifact that every artifact refinement disciple in the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect had to refine as part of the sect's trials.
I can't imagine the standards of artifact refinement that the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect has reached… Do all disciples undergoing the trial have to refine a Spirit Immortal realm artifact? Wang Baole thought he might have been mistaken. But he was sure he had read the instructions right after studying it carefully a second time. In fact, the second reading revealed an even more shocking discovery.
Applying the Federation's standards to the Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield, it would be classified as something surpassing a ninth-grade Dharmic Armament. It's almost a Divine Armament at this point… The potential for further evolution is astonishing as well. It could very well develop into something that's more powerful than a Divine Armament… My god, is the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect really that powerful? Wang Baole gulped, and his face had turned pale. This was a terrifying revelation to bear.
The Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield was mainly used as a defensive and counter-offensive artifact. There were eight levels to its strength, and every increment in level intensified the power of its counter-offensive shock waves by five percent. At its eighth level, it could turn a quarter of the original offensive force back onto the enemy. There were clearly more advanced levels of evolution after the eighth level. Even though the contents in the jade slip didn't mention anything about that, Wang Baole's experience and intuition told him that there must be more advanced levels after the eighth level!
It was a shocking discovery, one that humbled Wang Baole. He stopped underestimating the sect. In fact, he was beginning to feel stress weighing down on him. It was like a mountain sitting on his shoulders, affecting his ability to breathe.
I have to start working hard! Wang Baole took a deep breath as he stared at the jade slip in his palm. Thoughts churned in his head as he began analyzing and studying the jade slip's contents. Time passed steadily. Soon, seven days had passed since Wang Baole had first arrived at the Ice Phoenix Legion camp.