A World Worth Protecting

Hearing Wang Baole’s exclamation, Jin Duoming, who was lying on the chair, raised his right hand slightly. Immediately, the giant ape carrying the chair stopped and even turned around so that the chair was facing Wang Baole.

After noticing the three puppets beside Wang Baole, Jin Duoming suddenly took off his aviators and took a closer look. For the first time, he sat up from his unchanging lying position with a look of surprise and interest apparent in his eyes.

“These are puppets? There are other people selling puppets as well. What’s so special about these three of yours?” Jin Duoming asked curiously.

Noticing that Jin Duoming seemed interested, Wang Baole also grew excited. He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. Instantly, the Diamond Ape roared loudly, looking at the giant ape carrying Jin Duoming’s chair.

The giant ape’s eyes instantly lit up, and its breathing quickened. It looked very agitated as if it was deeply attracted to the Diamond Ape.

“Interesting.” Jin Duoming smiled slightly, impressed by how shockingly real-life the Diamond Ape puppet was. After all, ferocious beasts usually had some level of instinct themselves. If the ferocious beast could be fooled into thinking that it had met its fellow beast, it meant that the puppet was extremely life-like, which was something rarely encountered.

Noticing Jin Duoming’s facial expressions, Wang Baole cleared his throat and pointed towards the beautiful female puppet. Immediately, changes to the puppet’s facial expression took place. It was like a real human, no longer trying to stand provocatively. Instead, it instantly looked cold and distant, and as it raised its right hand, it took out a longsword. It was standing there, with its long hair over its shoulders as the dress it was wearing flew in the direction of the wind. It was like a beauty that had walked straight out of a painting.

Jin Duoming’s eyes instantly lit up. Wang Baole was delighted as he activated his hand seals and pointed again. Immediately, the beautiful, yet cold and distant female puppet, became extremely provocative—charisma emanating strongly from head to toe. Jin Duoming leaned forward uncontrollably to take a closer look.

Finally, Wang Baole suddenly stepped forward and swept the ground with his feet. It was shockingly forceful, instantly creating a sonic boom that hurled towards the beautiful female puppet. The puppet managed to block the impact with all its efforts, retreating amidst the sound of impact. As Jin Duoming grew surprised and as the dust settled, cracks could be seen on the female puppet’s body. However, if one were to take a closer look, they would see that the cracks were healing on their own!

“Daoist Jin, this puppet of mine is extremely hardy and is carved with self-repairing inscriptions. Regardless of whether you are using it for protection or for other purposes, it can do the job!” Wang Baole spoke calmly, noticing that Jin Duoming’s eyes were glowing brightly, extremely tempted by it.

After that, he activated his hand seals again, pointing towards the burly puppet. The puppet immediately moved, showcasing a set of routines in front of Jin Duoming. It looked ferocious and impressively strong. After it ended its performance, the burly puppet stood there, sneering.

“Uh… Hmm… Uh…”

Hearing that sound, the bodyguards from Trilunaris Corporation all trembled with shock, flabbergasted at what they saw. That was especially so for the female cultivators, who stared with their eyes wide, dumbfounded.

Jin Duoming also shivered. He then slapped the chair while laughing heartily. He was about to speak when the female housekeeper beside him suddenly grew alert and exclaimed hurriedly.

“We want all of them! A million Spirit Stones for each of them!”

Hearing that the housekeeper had offered a price before him, Jin Duoming looked somewhat unhappy. However, he didn’t say much as he looked at Wang Baole.

Wang Baole seemed to understand what was going on as well. He felt that even though Jin Duoming was rich, he wasn’t someone silly, but was instead someone who simply didn’t place much emphasis on money. Wang Baole understood that he shouldn’t be greedy as he agreed to the price humbly, before taking out a hundred other puppets…

Eventually, with the housekeeper seeped in shock and Jin Duoming basking in satisfaction, both parties completed the transaction. Holding the Spirit Stone Card that was non-identity bearing, Wang Baole sent Jin Duoming and company off with a smile.

Before leaving, Jin Duoming, who apparently grew more interested in Wang Baole, asked for his name. He looked surprised upon hearing Wang Baole’s name. It sounded familiar as if he had come across it previously. He then waved and left.

Tycoon, this is a real tycoon! Looking at Jin Duoming who was leaving, Wang Baole was full of emotions, even somewhat sad that they were gone. He only turned around when he could no longer see them.

In my entire life, my favorite thing is to make friends with tycoons. Wang Baole caressed his storage bracelet and felt for the non-identity bearing Spirit Stone Card as well as the seventh-grade Dharmic Armament saber. A fire lit up in his heart as if there was a pool of lava in his body.

Delightfully, he began searching for the Mystic Trace Fog, while trying out the seventh-grade Dharmic Armament. The only issue was that such a powerful Dharmic Armament could only reach its fullest potential when used by someone of Foundation Establishment stage. It was a stretch for a True Breath cultivator to use it, as it would be like a child trying to wield a large axe.

Even though Wang Baole was on the same level as a Foundation Establishment cultivator physically, the most he could do was hold the saber and use it as a close-quarters combat weapon. He was still unsteady in using spells to control the saber like a flying sword.

Despite that, the power of the saber was astonishing even if one was using it as a close-quarters combat weapon. Wang Baole had merely activated a tiny portion of his cultivation and gently wielded the saber, but a deafening sound was immediately produced. An imaginary figure of a crocodile appeared, creating a frightening crack in the ground.

That made Wang Baole exhilarated, as he felt that he had gained an additional trump card. Therefore, he excitedly tried it out a few more times before realizing that he couldn’t use the saber excessively as he was only at Foundation Establishment stage physically. He then kept the saber and continued his search for the Mystic Trace Fog.

A few days later, when he had found the Mystic Trace Fog, he began to try out the teleportation repeatedly. He was bolder since he was protected by the Dharmic Armament. Just like that, a week flew past.

In that one week, Wang Baole was transported numerous times and had failed on all occasions. The alterations he made to the bead grew in number, and the size of the bead changed as a result.

At the same time, Wang Baole managed to find two fragments in the process, making the total number of fragments he possessed eleven. He also finally found a way to mask his Spirit Qi source temporarily, and to a certain degree weaken its movement as it spread out. It required the use of his devouring seed, but it still couldn’t last.

Within the week, Wang Baole also met some people he knew. They were all disciples from the four major Dao Colleges, and after meeting and exchanging information with each other, they all left on their separate ways.

Wang Baole hadn’t meet Zhuo Yifan and Zhao Yameng since the start. However, from what the others told him, he came to know that they had also managed to find numerous fragments themselves.

In terms of dangerous situations, Wang Baole came across the Nocturnal Moon Bat, and also experienced the Poisonous Rain. He even saw the mirage from afar once.

Just like that, after researching and searching continuously, Wang Baole’s luck seemed to have been exhausted, which wasn’t unexpected. Therefore, two days later, when he reappeared after being teleported by the Mystic Trace Fog, he realized that he was surrounded by a dense forest!

It wouldn’t have been an issue if it was just the forest, but when he climbed to the top of a tree and looked towards the sky, he held his breath as he could no longer see the earth.

Looking into the distance, it seemed like the forest covered the entire area. That instantly made him realize that he had been teleported to the dark side of the moon, and was deep within it rather than on its periphery.

I won’t die if I don’t kill myself… Wang Baole was bewildered and extremely vigilant as he looked at the silent forest, his breathing rapid.

The vegetation there was different from that on earth, both in terms of color and appearance. Most of the vegetation was of a purple hue which would change according to time. At the same time, in terms of appearance, they were all circular. It was similar to being in a fantasy world, and one could occasionally see segmented creatures the size of a calf scurrying by.

The Spirit Qi was clearly more concentrated there than on the front face of the moon. However, the environment was unfavorable to Wang Baole as it meant that the creatures there were also capable of absorbing Spirit Qi, which made them exponentially more dangerous.

As Wang Baole carefully advanced, he came across a two-headed, multi-segmented creature the size of a lion which was changing its color between blue and yellow. As it climbed onto a tree, the tree suddenly split apart, swallowing the creature whole.

That sent chills down Wang Baole’s spine, and he grew even more alert.

I need to get out of here soon. I need to find the Mystic Trace Fog and be teleported away! Wang Baole inhaled deeply, advancing at an even faster speed within the forest. After three hours, he was still unable to find the boundaries of the forest and didn’t sense the Mystic Trace Fog. That made him anxious, and he was about to change his direction in search of another marshland when he suddenly paused in his steps, looking towards his left.

There’s someone there? Wang Baole was appalled, as he saw through the gaps between the vegetation that there were hundreds of cultivators in the area before him!

They were all dressed similarly, and Wang Baole realized that he had met someone dressed in the same manner as them when he was in the Mystic Luna Realm. He immediately recognized them to be from the Five Generation Sky Clan!

They had placed array formations in the area and excavated a huge trench, and hundreds of people were moving about as if trying to transport something. At the same time, in another direction, Wang Baole saw something that made his pupils constrict and gripped his heart with shock. He saw… a giant tree!

The tree seemed to be communicating with someone, and that person was an elder who was frowning in thought. The vibe given off by him was of someone who had reached Core Formation!

This… This…. The scene made Wang Baole’s head buzz with activity.