Chapter 962 962 Counterattack
Chapter 965 965. The Power of the Pale Dragon Tail
“Okay, I more or less understand,” Xia Feng nodded. “What about the materials for breaking the seal? Specifically, what is needed?”
“Level 8 spirit materials are ‘True God Bone’, ‘Three Divine Spirits’, and ‘Ksitigarbha Glazed Glass’. Level 7 spirit materials are ‘Heart-Slaying Residue’, ‘Cosmic Star Core’, ‘Heart-Slaying Tree Fruit’, and ‘Luo Xiu Nightmare’. Level 6 spirit materials are…”
Xia Feng meticulously noted down all the materials the Empress mentioned. He figured that the super factions should be able to produce level 6 and level 7 spirit materials, but level 8 might be a different story.
After a moment of thought, he looked at the Empress and asked, “Your Majesty, you mentioned before that the Golden Sparrow Feather can help you recover your strength, correct?”
“Yes.”
“Alright, I’ll see if the Golden Sparrow Flower people are willing to give it later.” Xia Feng stroked his chin, pondering. “Besides these, Your Majesty, what other resources do you think I can ask from those factions?”
“S-grade spirit paper, God Relics. You can try probing for these,” the star-skirt woman said calmly. “However, whether it’s S-grade spirit paper or a Legendary God Relic, they are the most treasured possessions of each faction. It’s hard to say how much you can negotiate.”
Xia Feng nodded. He definitely wanted to probe for the Sin Legion’s Holy Dragon Judgment. However, he only knew about Holy Dragon Judgment and had no idea what good things other factions possessed.
The Empress, sensing Xia Feng’s curiosity, explained, “The Sin Legion’s S-grade inheritance is called ‘Yama Manor’. The Element Holy See’s S-grade inheritance is called ‘Azure Forbidden’. The Jinyang Power Faction’s S-grade inheritance is called ‘Mirror of Imagination’.”
“Mirror of Imagination. I believe you would be interested in this,” the Empress glanced at Xia Feng with amusement. “This spirit robe is an extremely rare S-grade concept skill with the concept word ‘Mirror’. Its effect is simple: after using the Mirror of Imagination, your spirit artifact will be mirrored, and a second one will appear out of thin air. Of course, how much of its original effect can be utilized depends on your concept and mental power.”
Upon hearing this explanation, Xia Feng’s breathing hitched, and his black eyes widened almost imperceptibly. “Wow, this spirit robe sounds pretty powerful! But my spirit artifact is Alpha-grade, can the Mirror of Imagination mirror it?” He guessed it couldn’t, but it wouldn’t be a big deal. After all, as long as it could mirror his other spirit artifacts, that would be amazing! He knew that many of his spirit artifacts had usage limits, time limits, and various other restrictions. If he could obtain the Mirror of Imagination, it would allow him to further break through his limitations. For example, the Vermilion Bird Demonic Armor, or the Undead Chart… Especially the Undead Chart, when combined with the Mirror of Imagination, wouldn’t it effectively add 13 spirit artifact slots out of thin air?
Thinking of this, Xia Feng frowned. However, the Mirror of Imagination was a spirit robe. Once he exited the spirit robe state, the mirrored Undead Chart would dissipate, which was a significant problem. After pondering for a moment, Xia Feng shook his head. Forget it, he didn’t even know if he could swindle this item from the Jinyang Power Faction yet, so he wouldn’t think about it for now. He would worry about it if he could actually obtain this ability.
After listening to the Empress’s explanation, Xia Feng felt a bit confused. “It seems like one faction is missing. What about the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall? What is their S-grade inheritance?”
“Burning Heaven…” The Empress thought for a moment, then mused, “I estimate it to be ‘Burning Star Flowing Fire’, as Burning Heaven’s predecessor was the Second Gate Pillar, and Burning Star Flowing Fire is the inheritance spirit robe of the Second Gate Pillar.”
“Huh? Huh?” Xia Feng was stunned, his eyes widening again. “The Second Gate Pillar? The Second Gate Pillar that was destroyed during the Imperial Civil War??”
“You didn’t know?”
“Your Majesty, I was still a student a year and a half ago. What could I possibly know?”
“That’s true.” The Empress’s gaze was calm as she explained, “After I awoke, I perused the Heavenly Revelation Knights’ records of the ten thousand years of Heavenly Revelation. The investigation into the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall only had some progress in the last hundred years, with the increasing activity of the Burning Heaven Holy Lord.”
“You’ve probably guessed it. The so-called Year Lord who founded Burning Heaven is the Pillar State of the former Second Gate Pillar, Xia Hou Nian.” “However, looking at the current scale of Burning Heaven, it is much stronger than the Second Gate Pillar during its founding period. Coupled with Xia Hou Nian’s alliance with the Heavenly Gift Great Calamity and the Destruction Star God, if they were to truly go to war with the current Empire, even if they couldn’t overthrow the Empire, it wouldn’t be difficult to inflict a heavy blow upon it.”
“Good heavens, Burning Heaven is that fierce?” Xia Feng muttered inwardly. He remembered feeling quite relaxed when he visited Burning Heaven Island and left.
“Besides Pillar State Xia Hou Nian, the Second Gate Pillar had three disciples who defected to the Empire after the civil war three thousand years ago. They were Ri Nuo, Yue Ji, and Shi Ming.”
Xia Feng nodded. He had actually met all three of these disciples. Yue Ji was He Jianzhu. Ri Nuo was the masked man suppressed next to the Refining God Tower in the Nightmare Realm’s Calamity Demon Sea. As for Shi Ming, he was the one who put the news of the ‘saint’s remains location’ into a ‘holy box’ and threw it into the Bei Qiu Abyss for various factions to fight over.
He could only say… the disciples of the Second Gate Pillar were all talented individuals with their own secrets. Although Ri Nuo, Yue Ji, and Shi Ming served as disciples of the Second Gate Pillar, Xia Feng felt that these three might not be any simpler than Xia Hou Nian. At least, He Jianzhu gave Xia Feng the impression that Yue Ji was just one of her clones. In addition, Xia Feng clearly remembered that when he encountered Ri Nuo in the Calamity Demon Sea, this masked man also possessed the ability to use clones. So, it was highly likely that Ri Nuo, a disciple of the Second Gate Pillar, was also just a clone? What about Shi Ming? The more he thought about it, the deeper Xia Feng’s internal monologue became. Indeed, the disciples of the Second Gate Pillar were all talented, and it was no wonder they eventually disappeared.
“Alright, I understand more or less. That’s all for now, those guys are waiting outside the Sumeru Gate.” Xia Feng nodded, waved his hand, and turned to leave.
“…Come back here!”
“Huh? Your Majesty, is there anything else?” Xia Feng turned back.
“Evil disciple, are you truly going to confine me here?” The star-skirt woman on the right looked displeased, frowning as she looked up at Xia Feng.
“Your Majesty, don’t think I don’t know. You are just a wisp of a remnant spirit descended here. You are here, and it has no impact on your Heavenly Revelation Divine Palace.” Xia Feng revealed his arrogance again. “Your Majesty can stay here with your main body for a few days. I’ll be back soon.”
“Oh, right, and return the spirit materials for the Gate to the World to me. Unless absolutely necessary, I don’t want to waste any Black Crow feathers.” Xia Feng smiled and extended his hand.
“…” The Empress’s expression was blank. Being bullied so wantonly by her believer, she felt very unhappy, but there was nothing she could do. With a thought, a pile of spirit materials appeared.
Xia Feng put away the spirit materials, satisfied. He reached out and patted the Empress’s cheek beside her, praising with a smile, “Lord Dragon God, you’re so good.”
The Empress: “!!!!”
With that said, Xia Feng glanced at the main body Dragon God sitting beside the remnant spirit, her thigh pressed close to the remnant spirit. He raised an eyebrow and also reached out to pat that majestic and beautiful face, “Lord Dragon God, you’re so good.”
Saying this, Xia Feng didn’t dare to linger. With a thought, he hastily exited the Place of Seal and disappeared.
At the same time, the two star-skirt women sitting side-by-side, the pale dragon tail beneath their skirts began to move in sync: left swing, right swing, left swing, right swing…
However, with the sudden disappearance of her believer, the residual warmth of the hand that had patted her cheek faded, and the dragon tail swinging beneath her skirt slowly lost its power and returned to stillness.
