Chapter 65
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"Damn, they do have a Celestial Designer here to help them in making the base. I am starting to question about the background of the Lan Shan Clan now. Even if the Celestial Designer was kidnapped, it will be difficult for them to force him to help in their immoral activities. I feel its easy to assume that this Celestial Designer is not kidnapped, but hired!" Zhang Wu Ji made his deduction after looking at the tidy and well-arranged room.
Based on his understanding, its impossible for them to create such a tidy room if it were to keep a prisoner inside here to help do their biddings. According to the number of tunnels and the Living Cell, Zhang Wu Ji believes that they're planning for a big plan to take the Wen Wu City.
As he prepared to steal the Blueprints, the sound of footsteps came into the underground base.
Minutes later, a group of people walks into the Celestial Designer's Chamber. Seven of them, one dressed in a beautifully sewn robe, while the other six look like normal bandits. The one with the robe takes his seat on the chair by the side of the working table before he starts talking.
"When will your boss bring me the girls?" the Celestial Designer started his speech by asking a question. Listening to his words, Zhang Wu Ji anger rises.
"Master Su, We're still trying to request them from the Wen Qing City. Recently because there was an increasing demand of prostitutes from the Imperial County, the Wen Qing City already purchase some slaves that come from the Western County." one of the bandits answered his question, but the answer wasn't something he likes to hear.
Taking out a miniature toy in his hand, he channels a surge of Fighter Qi to expands into a complete crossbow. Aiming at the feet of the bandit that replied his words, the Celestial Designer fired a bolt on his feet, making the bandit cries before he was shot in the shoulder, stomach, upper thigh, right chest, and then head.
The bandit is dead on the spot, without a single hint of hesitation is seen from the Celestial Designer's face when he fired the bolts. Repeatedly firing until the ten bolts in his crossbow are out, the crossbow then turns into ashes, along with the bolts on the bandit's body.
"How about the resources?" he asked his next question.
One of the five remaining bandits took out a pouch filled with the stone slabs in it. He gently put the pouch on the table and stacks them neatly in a line of ten, five stone slabs in each row.
"Master Su, we collected as much Rose Eye Fruits you ordered. Can we... Get our antidotes now?" the bandits gently requested.
"Of course! Here, take this pouch of Rose Radiance Pill. There will be some extras inside but make sure you continue to collect the Rose Eye Fruit for me." the Celestial Designer drops a pouch of an estimated amount of 200 pills inside. Following after his sentence, he tosses a piece of stone slab to the bandits and pointed at the door.
"Subordinate understands." he turned around and left. Zhang Wu Ji was closer to the exit, so he followed the bandit and see what he tried to do.
It seems that after the bandit went out from the Underground Base, he was surrounded by other bandits that have patches of red in their face. It seems that the plant bearing the Rose Eye Fruit is an extremely poisonous one. Zhang Wu Ji noticed that one of the bandits is yet to consume the pill, so he snatched it while hidden by the Orchid Assassination Art.
Rose Radiance Pill
-Usage: Removal of the Rosy Eye Tree's poison.
-Durability: 4/4
"Nothing special, but the Rosy Eye Tree... Weren't this tree the food for Stone Soil Beast?" Zhang Wu Ji search through his memories of this tree. It wasn't an edible fruit for human, but for the Stone Soil Beast, it was their most delicious delicacy. The poison within the fruit can works as the digestive liquid in their stomach, allowing them to eat more before their hibernation season comes.
Returning to the tunnel again, the Celestial Designer already finishes giving instructions to the bandits. After they left, the Celestial Designer activates a piece of miniature and toss them on the entrance and let it expands. It ends up blocking the entrance without allowing anyone to get in and out.
Pulling a rope hanging just above his Working Table, the Celestial Designer ring the calling bell and ordered those that sleeping on the two Living Cells to come forward. When all of them gathered, the Celestial Designer sent some Fighter Qi to the ceiling and opened a hidden chamber that he did not notice earlier.
Up here, materials are abundant. Ingots, Woods, Crystals, and paper. All of them were arranged in a very precise manner to allow the workers to reach the ingredient at ease.
"Alright, under the order from the Wen Qing City Lord, we will poison their river and made them suffer from losses of Qi in their body. Then, as we arranged, we will take the route from the Orchid Mountain and purposely fight with the bandits so we can enter their village with injuries. When we're in, those in the mountain will start the mechanical pump to start poisoning the river."
"When all their villagers started to have visible symptoms of red patches on their face, we will start selling the Rose Radiance Pill with a high price. After we distribute the pill to all over the Wen Wu City, we will escape from the city and watch how the Orchid Mountain Bandits pillage the Wen Wu City until no building left unturned." the Celestial Designer revealed their plan as he directed his people to follow the Blueprint / Recipe to create the mechanical pump.
After filling it up with the Rose Eye Fruit, the mechanical pump begin to run it's grinding process and end up with a gourd of poison. It wasn't a serious poison, to begin with, but the antidote can only be found in the Orchid Mountain, which made this poison a rare substance that cannot be easily cured.
With the gourd of poison is placed on another entry slot on the mechanical pump, two workers made their way to the lower floor, and went straight to the blockade and use a piece of stone slab to remove the blockage before leaving the underground base.
Zhang Wu Ji returned to the upper floor, and look at what they were doing. Noticing that it was nothing much but randomly scouring around for things to do, Zhang Wu Ji went down, lay his hand on the three blueprints and steals them before he returned to the upper floor and clear their shelves with materials.
Once all the stuff that will not attract their attention is stolen by him, Zhang Wu Ji left the underground base and quickly chase the two workers that left the base earlier.
He caught up with them about twenty minutes later. Noticing nothing out of ordinary, Zhang Wu Ji simply stab their heart with the Iron Thrusting Dirk in his hand and sent the two workers to their way to the King of Underworld. Putting the stone slab with the mechanical pump aside, Zhang Wu Ji rummages their body before he buried them to remove the suspicion in case anyone came here to search for the workers.
Flying back to the Wen Wu City's Northwest side, Zhang Wu Ji encountered a few bandits sneaking around to collect the Rose Eye Fruits.
"Although it's a little waste, it was for the sake of the residents of the Wen Wu City." Zhang Wu Ji ignites the remaining Fire Elemental Qi inside his Incense of Element storage and lit the small section grown with Rose Eye Trees into burning flames.
The fire becomes noticeable when smokes went up into the sky, but none of the bandits came to inspect what is the cause of the fire. After burning them, Zhang Wu Ji searches the bandits for any valuables before he left them there to burn. This was the most efficient way to destroy the evidence of his participation.
Returning to the City, Zhang Wu Ji immediately instructed the residents to stop drinking the water source came from this river. Additionally, Zhang Wu Ji instructed his men to reject any visitors to come through this door and stops all the resident from leaving through this entrance. Without any reason were given to the public, some of them started to make a fuss but soon silenced by a pouch of Qi Sensing Pill right on their face.
Back to the Blacksmithing Department, Zhang Wu Ji drops all the loot related to blacksmithing for them to recycle the scraps. While they're busy handling the scraps he brought, Zhang Wu Ji ordered his three disciples to deliver him some of the stone slabs.
Zhang Wu Ji idling around while waiting for their stone slabs. After noticing it will not happen so soon, he continued with his transformation into the Tyrant Martial Body. After two attempts, the task he assigned his disciples to complete is done and presented right before him.
[Status: 45%]
"Master, are you..." Li Tong, the densest among the three approached their master and check him out. But that moment, Zhang Wu Ji opened his eyes and stares at him.
"From tomorrow onwards, The three of you will prepare the stone slabs like this to be delivered to my room. I will process them before it we kept them inside the Department Vault. How many of the Dual-Headed Pickaxes is completed?" Zhang Wu Ji gave them a simple direction before questioning them about the progress.
"Dear Master, the blacksmith's skill is getting well by day, at this moment, I dare to say among a hundred pickaxes, only one or two have a little flaw. We inspect each of them carefully so the master can feel confident about our quality control." Li Jing answered.
"Good. I will depend on you three for this matter. If the task is too much to handle, feel free to promote one or two of the blacksmiths to be your assistants." Zhang Wu Ji gave them the approval and his trust in their decision, but still, his instruction is not over yet. He took the Formation Engraving Chisel out in front of the three before he took a stone slab and begin to engrave the Spatial Formation Engraving into the piece of slab.
The moment his engraving is completed, Zhang Wu Ji inspects their status.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 10 Items | 1.5KG
-Usability: Two-time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 2/2 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
"Hmm... It seems that the warning restriction is gone. The weight is also become 1.5kg instead of 1kg. But their number of usability is not good enough. Should I try to put another engraving on it?" Zhang Wu Ji remembered that the Formation Clay he made can accept three engraving at one, which is a very good result.
After inspecting it for the first time, Zhang Wu Ji continues hi engraving process. Unfortunately... The stone slab is broken the next moment he completed the engraving.
"Is the stone durability is too weak, or there was a problem with the Spatial Formation Engraving? I remembered that it was a 21 lines addition version, so the effect should not be this bad... Wait, let me see what that guy get from his piece of Spatial Stone." Zhang Wu Ji is puzzled with the results. Fortunately, he has a piece of Spatial Stone stolen from the Celestial Designer's worker he killed.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 13 items | Weight: 2.3KG
-Usability: Three-Time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 3/3 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
After checking on the Celestial Designer's version of Spatial Stone, Zhang Wu Ji noticed another six additional lines that he missed in his own Spatial Formation Inscription. By practicing them on three more pieces of stone slabs, Zhang Wu Ji is now confident in making something better.
It was a part of the missing tail and head, where it was still usable without it, better with it, and even more, if they were arranged correctly. The depth of this tiny understanding is like drawing, where each stroke brings a meaning to the drawing, but too much will spoil its meaning, and too less made the drawing insignificant.
Finally, Zhang Wu Ji completed his own research.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 15 items | Weight: 4.5KG
-Usability: Five-Time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 5/5 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
"Good. Although their quality is still ungraded, the effect of my own version of Spatial Formation Inscription is far better than what the book describes." Zhang Wu Ji smiled as he looks at his stone slab like a fool from his three disciple's sight.
"Master..." they wanted to wake him from his engrossed condition, but before they did, Zhang Wu Ji returned into his mind.
"Good! This is how it should be." Zhang Wu Ji stands up and juggles with the Spatial Stone. Under the watchful eyes of his three disciples, he injects ten strands of Inner Qi into the Spatial Stone and uses it to collects fifteen pieces of the unengraved stone slabs.
After showing that it can be used as a temporary spatial storage, Zhang Wu Ji withdraws the item out from the Spatial Stone and repeated the action four more times before it disintegrates. This ability to create a Spatial Storage is out of their capability, so it made his disciples impressed by his ability to do so.
"Master! That's amazing! If we can have a hundred of this, moving from one battlefield to another can be made so simple!" Li Jing said. In fact, his words are somewhat true, because when the Meng Clan is still prospered, the members of their family earn their living by producing such a storage tool for the people in the city they establish their family root.
Unknown of what reason, the Meng Clan vanished from the Southern Imperial Kingdom without any news.
But this created one more question for Zhang Wu Ji. Unknown of what it might be, Zhang Wu Ji turned it into three different question.
"Is the Celestial Designer a Formation Master as well?"
"Did he made this out from the Formation Engraving Chisel?
"Where did he collected this Spatial Stone, if the two previous question is answered?"
This was the question haunting his mind for now, at least until he sees it personally how the Celestial Designer gets his hand on the Spatial Stone.
Looking at the remaining 50 pieces of stone slabs, Zhang Wu Ji took the Formation Engraving task as the most urgent, until he returned to his room to inspect the three Blueprints. Considering that should he take a look first, Zhang Wu Ji decided to put this dishes away from his plate for now, as his plate was filled with a different thing he could hardly swallow.
An hour later, Zhang Wu Ji came out in a tired condition. Although the engraving task did not cost him too many strands of Inner Qi, the fatigue that building up in his body does. This gave him the understanding of;
"Why the people in higher level won't be obsessed by forging things they're confident with but risk it with something far better but easier to fail."
It was all for the reason of combating Forging Fatigue. The success may yield the forger with plenty of cash, but when one become a Pill Master, Master Blacksmith, or Celestial Designer, in which way they cannot earn money easily? It may take them no effort to forge something, but it cost them more than what they got to improve themselves.
Finally returned to his room, Zhang Wu Ji's tired expression is witnessed by Meng Ran by the window of her room.
"I need to make sure that the issue with the Underground Base is not neglected. Let me put this three blueprints at a side first. I should meditate for a while to replenish my mind, and also take a bottle of the Inner Demon Slaughtering Wine." Zhang Wu Ji put aside the other task on the table as he walks to his bed and sits in a meditating posture.
Putting all his mind in meditation, Zhang Wu Ji spent the night and two more days to increase the amount of storage of energy inside his body. with a total of 50 hours of meditation after a short period of rest, something he did not expect happened.
The three days period is over and added with the increment of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji quietly advances past the 5th Stage of Inner Qi Fighter. With a total strength of 401 Strands of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji felt his body, strength, and stamina increased compared to a few days ago.
"I did not imagine before that meditation for three days without working felt like having three days of break. I've been taking too much into my shoulder recently..." he flexed his shoulder and neck before standing up to have fun with the 400 strands of Fighter Qi.
"We should take a look at the blueprints first." he went to his table and touches the first scroll.
[Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!]
[Mechanical Flame]
"What?" he was questioning the content of the first scroll but went ahead to touch another.
[Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!]
[Mechanical Crusher]
[Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!]
[Mechanical Pump]
"Screw you, damn Celestial Designer! This three pieces of the blueprint is a stove, a stone mortar, and a damn water pump! Are you a construction worker!"
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"Damn, they do have a Celestial Designer here to help them in making the base. I am starting to question about the background of the Lan Shan Clan now. Even if the Celestial Designer was kidnapped, it will be difficult for them to force him to help in their immoral activities. I feel its easy to assume that this Celestial Designer is not kidnapped, but hired!" Zhang Wu Ji made his deduction after looking at the tidy and well-arranged room.
Based on his understanding, its impossible for them to create such a tidy room if it were to keep a prisoner inside here to help do their biddings. According to the number of tunnels and the Living Cell, Zhang Wu Ji believes that they're planning for a big plan to take the Wen Wu City.
As he prepared to steal the Blueprints, the sound of footsteps came into the underground base.
Minutes later, a group of people walks into the Celestial Designer's Chamber. Seven of them, one dressed in a beautifully sewn robe, while the other six look like normal bandits. The one with the robe takes his seat on the chair by the side of the working table before he starts talking.
"When will your boss bring me the girls?" the Celestial Designer started his speech by asking a question. Listening to his words, Zhang Wu Ji anger rises.
"Master Su, We're still trying to request them from the Wen Qing City. Recently because there was an increasing demand of prostitutes from the Imperial County, the Wen Qing City already purchase some slaves that come from the Western County." one of the bandits answered his question, but the answer wasn't something he likes to hear.
Taking out a miniature toy in his hand, he channels a surge of Fighter Qi to expands into a complete crossbow. Aiming at the feet of the bandit that replied his words, the Celestial Designer fired a bolt on his feet, making the bandit cries before he was shot in the shoulder, stomach, upper thigh, right chest, and then head.
The bandit is dead on the spot, without a single hint of hesitation is seen from the Celestial Designer's face when he fired the bolts. Repeatedly firing until the ten bolts in his crossbow are out, the crossbow then turns into ashes, along with the bolts on the bandit's body.
"How about the resources?" he asked his next question.
One of the five remaining bandits took out a pouch filled with the stone slabs in it. He gently put the pouch on the table and stacks them neatly in a line of ten, five stone slabs in each row.
"Master Su, we collected as much Rose Eye Fruits you ordered. Can we... Get our antidotes now?" the bandits gently requested.
"Of course! Here, take this pouch of Rose Radiance Pill. There will be some extras inside but make sure you continue to collect the Rose Eye Fruit for me." the Celestial Designer drops a pouch of an estimated amount of 200 pills inside. Following after his sentence, he tosses a piece of stone slab to the bandits and pointed at the door.
"Subordinate understands." he turned around and left. Zhang Wu Ji was closer to the exit, so he followed the bandit and see what he tried to do.
It seems that after the bandit went out from the Underground Base, he was surrounded by other bandits that have patches of red in their face. It seems that the plant bearing the Rose Eye Fruit is an extremely poisonous one. Zhang Wu Ji noticed that one of the bandits is yet to consume the pill, so he snatched it while hidden by the Orchid Assassination Art.
Rose Radiance Pill
-Usage: Removal of the Rosy Eye Tree's poison.
-Durability: 4/4
"Nothing special, but the Rosy Eye Tree... Weren't this tree the food for Stone Soil Beast?" Zhang Wu Ji search through his memories of this tree. It wasn't an edible fruit for human, but for the Stone Soil Beast, it was their most delicious delicacy. The poison within the fruit can works as the digestive liquid in their stomach, allowing them to eat more before their hibernation season comes.
Returning to the tunnel again, the Celestial Designer already finishes giving instructions to the bandits. After they left, the Celestial Designer activates a piece of miniature and toss them on the entrance and let it expands. It ends up blocking the entrance without allowing anyone to get in and out.
Pulling a rope hanging just above his Working Table, the Celestial Designer ring the calling bell and ordered those that sleeping on the two Living Cells to come forward. When all of them gathered, the Celestial Designer sent some Fighter Qi to the ceiling and opened a hidden chamber that he did not notice earlier.
Up here, materials are abundant. Ingots, Woods, Crystals, and paper. All of them were arranged in a very precise manner to allow the workers to reach the ingredient at ease.
"Alright, under the order from the Wen Qing City Lord, we will poison their river and made them suffer from losses of Qi in their body. Then, as we arranged, we will take the route from the Orchid Mountain and purposely fight with the bandits so we can enter their village with injuries. When we're in, those in the mountain will start the mechanical pump to start poisoning the river."
"When all their villagers started to have visible symptoms of red patches on their face, we will start selling the Rose Radiance Pill with a high price. After we distribute the pill to all over the Wen Wu City, we will escape from the city and watch how the Orchid Mountain Bandits pillage the Wen Wu City until no building left unturned." the Celestial Designer revealed their plan as he directed his people to follow the Blueprint / Recipe to create the mechanical pump.
After filling it up with the Rose Eye Fruit, the mechanical pump begin to run it's grinding process and end up with a gourd of poison. It wasn't a serious poison, to begin with, but the antidote can only be found in the Orchid Mountain, which made this poison a rare substance that cannot be easily cured.
With the gourd of poison is placed on another entry slot on the mechanical pump, two workers made their way to the lower floor, and went straight to the blockade and use a piece of stone slab to remove the blockage before leaving the underground base.
Zhang Wu Ji returned to the upper floor, and look at what they were doing. Noticing that it was nothing much but randomly scouring around for things to do, Zhang Wu Ji went down, lay his hand on the three blueprints and steals them before he returned to the upper floor and clear their shelves with materials.
Once all the stuff that will not attract their attention is stolen by him, Zhang Wu Ji left the underground base and quickly chase the two workers that left the base earlier.
He caught up with them about twenty minutes later. Noticing nothing out of ordinary, Zhang Wu Ji simply stab their heart with the Iron Thrusting Dirk in his hand and sent the two workers to their way to the King of Underworld. Putting the stone slab with the mechanical pump aside, Zhang Wu Ji rummages their body before he buried them to remove the suspicion in case anyone came here to search for the workers.
Flying back to the Wen Wu City's Northwest side, Zhang Wu Ji encountered a few bandits sneaking around to collect the Rose Eye Fruits.
"Although it's a little waste, it was for the sake of the residents of the Wen Wu City." Zhang Wu Ji ignites the remaining Fire Elemental Qi inside his Incense of Element storage and lit the small section grown with Rose Eye Trees into burning flames.
The fire becomes noticeable when smokes went up into the sky, but none of the bandits came to inspect what is the cause of the fire. After burning them, Zhang Wu Ji searches the bandits for any valuables before he left them there to burn. This was the most efficient way to destroy the evidence of his participation.
Returning to the City, Zhang Wu Ji immediately instructed the residents to stop drinking the water source came from this river. Additionally, Zhang Wu Ji instructed his men to reject any visitors to come through this door and stops all the resident from leaving through this entrance. Without any reason were given to the public, some of them started to make a fuss but soon silenced by a pouch of Qi Sensing Pill right on their face.
Back to the Blacksmithing Department, Zhang Wu Ji drops all the loot related to blacksmithing for them to recycle the scraps. While they're busy handling the scraps he brought, Zhang Wu Ji ordered his three disciples to deliver him some of the stone slabs.
Zhang Wu Ji idling around while waiting for their stone slabs. After noticing it will not happen so soon, he continued with his transformation into the Tyrant Martial Body. After two attempts, the task he assigned his disciples to complete is done and presented right before him.
[Status: 45%]
"Master, are you..." Li Tong, the densest among the three approached their master and check him out. But that moment, Zhang Wu Ji opened his eyes and stares at him.
"From tomorrow onwards, The three of you will prepare the stone slabs like this to be delivered to my room. I will process them before it we kept them inside the Department Vault. How many of the Dual-Headed Pickaxes is completed?" Zhang Wu Ji gave them a simple direction before questioning them about the progress.
"Dear Master, the blacksmith's skill is getting well by day, at this moment, I dare to say among a hundred pickaxes, only one or two have a little flaw. We inspect each of them carefully so the master can feel confident about our quality control." Li Jing answered.
"Good. I will depend on you three for this matter. If the task is too much to handle, feel free to promote one or two of the blacksmiths to be your assistants." Zhang Wu Ji gave them the approval and his trust in their decision, but still, his instruction is not over yet. He took the Formation Engraving Chisel out in front of the three before he took a stone slab and begin to engrave the Spatial Formation Engraving into the piece of slab.
The moment his engraving is completed, Zhang Wu Ji inspects their status.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 10 Items | 1.5KG
-Usability: Two-time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 2/2 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
"Hmm... It seems that the warning restriction is gone. The weight is also become 1.5kg instead of 1kg. But their number of usability is not good enough. Should I try to put another engraving on it?" Zhang Wu Ji remembered that the Formation Clay he made can accept three engraving at one, which is a very good result.
After inspecting it for the first time, Zhang Wu Ji continues hi engraving process. Unfortunately... The stone slab is broken the next moment he completed the engraving.
"Is the stone durability is too weak, or there was a problem with the Spatial Formation Engraving? I remembered that it was a 21 lines addition version, so the effect should not be this bad... Wait, let me see what that guy get from his piece of Spatial Stone." Zhang Wu Ji is puzzled with the results. Fortunately, he has a piece of Spatial Stone stolen from the Celestial Designer's worker he killed.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 13 items | Weight: 2.3KG
-Usability: Three-Time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 3/3 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
After checking on the Celestial Designer's version of Spatial Stone, Zhang Wu Ji noticed another six additional lines that he missed in his own Spatial Formation Inscription. By practicing them on three more pieces of stone slabs, Zhang Wu Ji is now confident in making something better.
It was a part of the missing tail and head, where it was still usable without it, better with it, and even more, if they were arranged correctly. The depth of this tiny understanding is like drawing, where each stroke brings a meaning to the drawing, but too much will spoil its meaning, and too less made the drawing insignificant.
Finally, Zhang Wu Ji completed his own research.
Ungraded Spatial Stone
-Capacity: 15 items | Weight: 4.5KG
-Usability: Five-Time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10
-Durability: 5/5 | Quality: Ungraded
-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from (1) Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.
"Good. Although their quality is still ungraded, the effect of my own version of Spatial Formation Inscription is far better than what the book describes." Zhang Wu Ji smiled as he looks at his stone slab like a fool from his three disciple's sight.
"Master..." they wanted to wake him from his engrossed condition, but before they did, Zhang Wu Ji returned into his mind.
"Good! This is how it should be." Zhang Wu Ji stands up and juggles with the Spatial Stone. Under the watchful eyes of his three disciples, he injects ten strands of Inner Qi into the Spatial Stone and uses it to collects fifteen pieces of the unengraved stone slabs.
After showing that it can be used as a temporary spatial storage, Zhang Wu Ji withdraws the item out from the Spatial Stone and repeated the action four more times before it disintegrates. This ability to create a Spatial Storage is out of their capability, so it made his disciples impressed by his ability to do so.
"Master! That's amazing! If we can have a hundred of this, moving from one battlefield to another can be made so simple!" Li Jing said. In fact, his words are somewhat true, because when the Meng Clan is still prospered, the members of their family earn their living by producing such a storage tool for the people in the city they establish their family root.
Unknown of what reason, the Meng Clan vanished from the Southern Imperial Kingdom without any news.
But this created one more question for Zhang Wu Ji. Unknown of what it might be, Zhang Wu Ji turned it into three different question.
"Is the Celestial Designer a Formation Master as well?"
"Did he made this out from the Formation Engraving Chisel?
"Where did he collected this Spatial Stone, if the two previous question is answered?"
This was the question haunting his mind for now, at least until he sees it personally how the Celestial Designer gets his hand on the Spatial Stone.
Looking at the remaining 50 pieces of stone slabs, Zhang Wu Ji took the Formation Engraving task as the most urgent, until he returned to his room to inspect the three Blueprints. Considering that should he take a look first, Zhang Wu Ji decided to put this dishes away from his plate for now, as his plate was filled with a different thing he could hardly swallow.
An hour later, Zhang Wu Ji came out in a tired condition. Although the engraving task did not cost him too many strands of Inner Qi, the fatigue that building up in his body does. This gave him the understanding of;
"Why the people in higher level won't be obsessed by forging things they're confident with but risk it with something far better but easier to fail."
It was all for the reason of combating Forging Fatigue. The success may yield the forger with plenty of cash, but when one become a Pill Master, Master Blacksmith, or Celestial Designer, in which way they cannot earn money easily? It may take them no effort to forge something, but it cost them more than what they got to improve themselves.
Finally returned to his room, Zhang Wu Ji's tired expression is witnessed by Meng Ran by the window of her room.
"I need to make sure that the issue with the Underground Base is not neglected. Let me put this three blueprints at a side first. I should meditate for a while to replenish my mind, and also take a bottle of the Inner Demon Slaughtering Wine." Zhang Wu Ji put aside the other task on the table as he walks to his bed and sits in a meditating posture.
Putting all his mind in meditation, Zhang Wu Ji spent the night and two more days to increase the amount of storage of energy inside his body. with a total of 50 hours of meditation after a short period of rest, something he did not expect happened.
The three days period is over and added with the increment of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji quietly advances past the 5th Stage of Inner Qi Fighter. With a total strength of 401 Strands of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji felt his body, strength, and stamina increased compared to a few days ago.
"I did not imagine before that meditation for three days without working felt like having three days of break. I've been taking too much into my shoulder recently..." he flexed his shoulder and neck before standing up to have fun with the 400 strands of Fighter Qi.
"We should take a look at the blueprints first." he went to his table and touches the first scroll.
[Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!]
[Mechanical Flame]
"What?" he was questioning the content of the first scroll but went ahead to touch another.
[Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!]
[Mechanical Crusher]
[Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!]
[Mechanical Pump]
"Screw you, damn Celestial Designer! This three pieces of the blueprint is a stove, a stone mortar, and a damn water pump! Are you a construction worker!"
"Damn, they do have a Celestial Designer here to help them in making the base. I am starting to question about the background of the Lan Shan Clan now. Even if the Celestial Designer was kidnapped, it will be difficult for them to force him to help in their immoral activities. I feel its easy to assume that this Celestial Designer is not kidnapped, but hired!" Zhang Wu Ji made his deduction after looking at the tidy and well-arranged room.Based on his understanding, its impossible for them to create such a tidy room if it were to keep a prisoner inside here to help do their biddings. According to the number of tunnels and the Living Cell, Zhang Wu Ji believes that they're planning for a big plan to take the Wen Wu City.As he prepared to steal the Blueprints, the sound of footsteps came into the underground base.Minutes later, a group of people walks into the Celestial Designer's Chamber. Seven of them, one dressed in a beautifully sewn robe, while the other six look like normal bandits. The one with the robe takes his seat on the chair by the side of the working table before he starts talking."When will your boss bring me the girls?" the Celestial Designer started his speech by asking a question. Listening to his words, Zhang Wu Ji anger rises."Master Su, We're still trying to request them from the Wen Qing City. Recently because there was an increasing demand of prostitutes from the Imperial County, the Wen Qing City already purchase some slaves that come from the Western County." one of the bandits answered his question, but the answer wasn't something he likes to hear.Taking out a miniature toy in his hand, he channels a surge of Fighter Qi to expands into a complete crossbow. Aiming at the feet of the bandit that replied his words, the Celestial Designer fired a bolt on his feet, making the bandit cries before he was shot in the shoulder, stomach, upper thigh, right chest, and then head.The bandit is dead on the spot, without a single hint of hesitation is seen from the Celestial Designer's face when he fired the bolts. Repeatedly firing until the ten bolts in his crossbow are out, the crossbow then turns into ashes, along with the bolts on the bandit's body."How about the resources?" he asked his next question.One of the five remaining bandits took out a pouch filled with the stone slabs in it. He gently put the pouch on the table and stacks them neatly in a line of ten, five stone slabs in each row."Master Su, we collected as much Rose Eye Fruits you ordered. Can we... Get our antidotes now?" the bandits gently requested."Of course! Here, take this pouch of Rose Radiance Pill. There will be some extras inside but make sure you continue to collect the Rose Eye Fruit for me." the Celestial Designer drops a pouch of an estimated amount of 200 pills inside. Following after his sentence, he tosses a piece of stone slab to the bandits and pointed at the door."Subordinate understands." he turned around and left. Zhang Wu Ji was closer to the exit, so he followed the bandit and see what he tried to do.It seems that after the bandit went out from the Underground Base, he was surrounded by other bandits that have patches of red in their face. It seems that the plant bearing the Rose Eye Fruit is an extremely poisonous one. Zhang Wu Ji noticed that one of the bandits is yet to consume the pill, so he snatched it while hidden by the Orchid Assassination Art.Rose Radiance Pill-Usage: Removal of the Rosy Eye Tree's poison.-Durability: 4/4"Nothing special, but the Rosy Eye Tree... Weren't this tree the food for Stone Soil Beast?" Zhang Wu Ji search through his memories of this tree. It wasn't an edible fruit for human, but for the Stone Soil Beast, it was their most delicious delicacy. The poison within the fruit can works as the digestive liquid in their stomach, allowing them to eat more before their hibernation season comes.Returning to the tunnel again, the Celestial Designer already finishes giving instructions to the bandits. After they left, the Celestial Designer activates a piece of miniature and toss them on the entrance and let it expands. It ends up blocking the entrance without allowing anyone to get in and out.Pulling a rope hanging just above his Working Table, the Celestial Designer ring the calling bell and ordered those that sleeping on the two Living Cells to come forward. When all of them gathered, the Celestial Designer sent some Fighter Qi to the ceiling and opened a hidden chamber that he did not notice earlier.Up here, materials are abundant. Ingots, Woods, Crystals, and paper. All of them were arranged in a very precise manner to allow the workers to reach the ingredient at ease."Alright, under the order from the Wen Qing City Lord, we will poison their river and made them suffer from losses of Qi in their body. Then, as we arranged, we will take the route from the Orchid Mountain and purposely fight with the bandits so we can enter their village with injuries. When we're in, those in the mountain will start the mechanical pump to start poisoning the river.""When all their villagers started to have visible symptoms of red patches on their face, we will start selling the Rose Radiance Pill with a high price. After we distribute the pill to all over the Wen Wu City, we will escape from the city and watch how the Orchid Mountain Bandits pillage the Wen Wu City until no building left unturned." the Celestial Designer revealed their plan as he directed his people to follow the Blueprint / Recipe to create the mechanical pump.After filling it up with the Rose Eye Fruit, the mechanical pump begin to run it's grinding process and end up with a gourd of poison. It wasn't a serious poison, to begin with, but the antidote can only be found in the Orchid Mountain, which made this poison a rare substance that cannot be easily cured.With the gourd of poison is placed on another entry slot on the mechanical pump, two workers made their way to the lower floor, and went straight to the blockade and use a piece of stone slab to remove the blockage before leaving the underground base.Zhang Wu Ji returned to the upper floor, and look at what they were doing. Noticing that it was nothing much but randomly scouring around for things to do, Zhang Wu Ji went down, lay his hand on the three blueprints and steals them before he returned to the upper floor and clear their shelves with materials.Once all the stuff that will not attract their attention is stolen by him, Zhang Wu Ji left the underground base and quickly chase the two workers that left the base earlier.He caught up with them about twenty minutes later. Noticing nothing out of ordinary, Zhang Wu Ji simply stab their heart with the Iron Thrusting Dirk in his hand and sent the two workers to their way to the King of Underworld. Putting the stone slab with the mechanical pump aside, Zhang Wu Ji rummages their body before he buried them to remove the suspicion in case anyone came here to search for the workers.Flying back to the Wen Wu City's Northwest side, Zhang Wu Ji encountered a few bandits sneaking around to collect the Rose Eye Fruits."Although it's a little waste, it was for the sake of the residents of the Wen Wu City." Zhang Wu Ji ignites the remaining Fire Elemental Qi inside his Incense of Element storage and lit the small section grown with Rose Eye Trees into burning flames.The fire becomes noticeable when smokes went up into the sky, but none of the bandits came to inspect what is the cause of the fire. After burning them, Zhang Wu Ji searches the bandits for any valuables before he left them there to burn. This was the most efficient way to destroy the evidence of his participation.Returning to the City, Zhang Wu Ji immediately instructed the residents to stop drinking the water source came from this river. Additionally, Zhang Wu Ji instructed his men to reject any visitors to come through this door and stops all the resident from leaving through this entrance. Without any reason were given to the public, some of them started to make a fuss but soon silenced by a pouch of Qi Sensing Pill right on their face.Back to the Blacksmithing Department, Zhang Wu Ji drops all the loot related to blacksmithing for them to recycle the scraps. While they're busy handling the scraps he brought, Zhang Wu Ji ordered his three disciples to deliver him some of the stone slabs.Zhang Wu Ji idling around while waiting for their stone slabs. After noticing it will not happen so soon, he continued with his transformation into the Tyrant Martial Body. After two attempts, the task he assigned his disciples to complete is done and presented right before him.Status: 45%"Master, are you..." Li Tong, the densest among the three approached their master and check him out. But that moment, Zhang Wu Ji opened his eyes and stares at him."From tomorrow onwards, The three of you will prepare the stone slabs like this to be delivered to my room. I will process them before it we kept them inside the Department Vault. How many of the Dual-Headed Pickaxes is completed?" Zhang Wu Ji gave them a simple direction before questioning them about the progress."Dear Master, the blacksmith's skill is getting well by day, at this moment, I dare to say among a hundred pickaxes, only one or two have a little flaw. We inspect each of them carefully so the master can feel confident about our quality control." Li Jing answered."Good. I will depend on you three for this matter. If the task is too much to handle, feel free to promote one or two of the blacksmiths to be your assistants." Zhang Wu Ji gave them the approval and his trust in their decision, but still, his instruction is not over yet. He took the Formation Engraving Chisel out in front of the three before he took a stone slab and begin to engrave the Spatial Formation Engraving into the piece of slab.The moment his engraving is completed, Zhang Wu Ji inspects their status.Ungraded Spatial Stone-Capacity: 10 Items | 1.5KG-Usability: Two-time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10-Durability: 2/2 | Quality: Ungraded-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from 1 Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another."Hmm... It seems that the warning restriction is gone. The weight is also become 1.5kg instead of 1kg. But their number of usability is not good enough. Should I try to put another engraving on it?" Zhang Wu Ji remembered that the Formation Clay he made can accept three engraving at one, which is a very good result.After inspecting it for the first time, Zhang Wu Ji continues hi engraving process. Unfortunately... The stone slab is broken the next moment he completed the engraving."Is the stone durability is too weak, or there was a problem with the Spatial Formation Engraving? I remembered that it was a 21 lines addition version, so the effect should not be this bad... Wait, let me see what that guy get from his piece of Spatial Stone." Zhang Wu Ji is puzzled with the results. Fortunately, he has a piece of Spatial Stone stolen from the Celestial Designer's worker he killed.Ungraded Spatial Stone-Capacity: 13 items | Weight: 2.3KG-Usability: Three-Time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10-Durability: 3/3 | Quality: Ungraded-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from 1 Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another.After checking on the Celestial Designer's version of Spatial Stone, Zhang Wu Ji noticed another six additional lines that he missed in his own Spatial Formation Inscription. By practicing them on three more pieces of stone slabs, Zhang Wu Ji is now confident in making something better.It was a part of the missing tail and head, where it was still usable without it, better with it, and even more, if they were arranged correctly. The depth of this tiny understanding is like drawing, where each stroke brings a meaning to the drawing, but too much will spoil its meaning, and too less made the drawing insignificant.Finally, Zhang Wu Ji completed his own research.Ungraded Spatial Stone-Capacity: 15 items | Weight: 4.5KG-Usability: Five-Time usage | Inner Qi Consumption Rate: 10-Durability: 5/5 | Quality: Ungraded-Information: The most basic and simple Spatial Product made from 1 Spatial Formation Inscription. This Spatial Stone can only be used for a simple storing tool to reduces the difficulties from moving an item from one side to another."Good. Although their quality is still ungraded, the effect of my own version of Spatial Formation Inscription is far better than what the book describes." Zhang Wu Ji smiled as he looks at his stone slab like a fool from his three disciple's sight."Master..." they wanted to wake him from his engrossed condition, but before they did, Zhang Wu Ji returned into his mind."Good! This is how it should be." Zhang Wu Ji stands up and juggles with the Spatial Stone. Under the watchful eyes of his three disciples, he injects ten strands of Inner Qi into the Spatial Stone and uses it to collects fifteen pieces of the unengraved stone slabs.After showing that it can be used as a temporary spatial storage, Zhang Wu Ji withdraws the item out from the Spatial Stone and repeated the action four more times before it disintegrates. This ability to create a Spatial Storage is out of their capability, so it made his disciples impressed by his ability to do so."Master! That's amazing! If we can have a hundred of this, moving from one battlefield to another can be made so simple!" Li Jing said. In fact, his words are somewhat true, because when the Meng Clan is still prospered, the members of their family earn their living by producing such a storage tool for the people in the city they establish their family root.Unknown of what reason, the Meng Clan vanished from the Southern Imperial Kingdom without any news.But this created one more question for Zhang Wu Ji. Unknown of what it might be, Zhang Wu Ji turned it into three different question."Is the Celestial Designer a Formation Master as well?""Did he made this out from the Formation Engraving Chisel?"Where did he collected this Spatial Stone, if the two previous question is answered?"This was the question haunting his mind for now, at least until he sees it personally how the Celestial Designer gets his hand on the Spatial Stone.Looking at the remaining 50 pieces of stone slabs, Zhang Wu Ji took the Formation Engraving task as the most urgent, until he returned to his room to inspect the three Blueprints. Considering that should he take a look first, Zhang Wu Ji decided to put this dishes away from his plate for now, as his plate was filled with a different thing he could hardly swallow.An hour later, Zhang Wu Ji came out in a tired condition. Although the engraving task did not cost him too many strands of Inner Qi, the fatigue that building up in his body does. This gave him the understanding of;"Why the people in higher level won't be obsessed by forging things they're confident with but risk it with something far better but easier to fail."It was all for the reason of combating Forging Fatigue. The success may yield the forger with plenty of cash, but when one become a Pill Master, Master Blacksmith, or Celestial Designer, in which way they cannot earn money easily? It may take them no effort to forge something, but it cost them more than what they got to improve themselves.Finally returned to his room, Zhang Wu Ji's tired expression is witnessed by Meng Ran by the window of her room."I need to make sure that the issue with the Underground Base is not neglected. Let me put this three blueprints at a side first. I should meditate for a while to replenish my mind, and also take a bottle of the Inner Demon Slaughtering Wine." Zhang Wu Ji put aside the other task on the table as he walks to his bed and sits in a meditating posture.Putting all his mind in meditation, Zhang Wu Ji spent the night and two more days to increase the amount of storage of energy inside his body. with a total of 50 hours of meditation after a short period of rest, something he did not expect happened.The three days period is over and added with the increment of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji quietly advances past the 5th Stage of Inner Qi Fighter. With a total strength of 401 Strands of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji felt his body, strength, and stamina increased compared to a few days ago."I did not imagine before that meditation for three days without working felt like having three days of break. I've been taking too much into my shoulder recently..." he flexed his shoulder and neck before standing up to have fun with the 400 strands of Fighter Qi."We should take a look at the blueprints first." he went to his table and touches the first scroll.Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!Mechanical Flame"What?" he was questioning the content of the first scroll but went ahead to touch another.Obtained one Celestial Blueprint!Mechanical CrusherObtained one Celestial Blueprint!Mechanical Pump"Screw you, damn Celestial Designer! This three pieces of the blueprint is a stove, a stone mortar, and a damn water pump! Are you a construction worker!"
