Chapter 400 - 174: "I’d rather call it... the Celestial Mandate.

Chapter 400: Chapter 174: "I’d rather call it... the Celestial Mandate.

Chen Fan didn’t confirm it right away. Instead, he crafted another Level 1 Ghost Fire on the spot and began to experiment.

Ghost Fire and energy could still flow through the Copper Pipe while it was in its Illusory state.

There was no difference at all.

He tried attacking it. He swung his blade, which struck the ground directly. The blade passed right through the Copper Pipe without causing it any damage, as if the pipe wasn’t even there. The Ghost Fire flowing inside remained completely unobstructed.

Perfect!

After several more experiments, Chen Fan finally smiled. With a single thought, he converted all the Copper Pipes he had previously built into their Illusory state. Now, he no longer had to worry about anyone destroying his tracks.

Most importantly, this Illusion ability didn’t consume a single extra Ghost Stone.

’That’s great.’

In the past, he might have considered the third Celestial Dao Blessing Effect, "Unearned Rewards." It would have meant that crafting 10 meters of Copper Pipe would only cost one Ghost Stone, a significant reduction in consumption.

But when considering his ultimate potential, resource-type Celestial Dao Blessing Effects were the worst choice.

After all, the benefit of that Celestial Dao Blessing Effect could be replicated with enough Ghost Stones, whereas the "Absolute Illusion" Celestial Dao Blessing Effect was something that couldn’t be bought, no matter how many Ghost Stones one had.

It was like the mission "Ruling the World." If he hadn’t had that to complete, he wouldn’t have chosen the Celestial Dao Blessing Effect for his Ghost Fire that let him upgrade without Heavenly and Earthly Treasures. After all, he didn’t actually need to create that many Ghost Fires.

"Not bad."

Chen Fan grinned and hacked at the Copper Pipe on the ground a few more times. But just then, he suddenly froze, a vague feeling that something wasn’t quite right.

After a moment, he called over two Mortal Realm Members who were passing by and hadn’t gone to sleep yet. He had them grab shovels and quickly dig out all the dirt from underneath the Copper Pipe.

Soon, a small pit, large enough to bury a person, was dug out.

And the Copper Pipe, in its Illusory state, was now floating in mid-air with no support whatsoever.

"..."

Chen Fan stared expressionlessly at the suspended Copper Pipe. He then tried crafting another Copper Pipe, this one not in an Illusory state. The moment it solidified, it fell into the pit.

He then tried crafting a Copper Pipe in mid-air while it was already in an Illusory state.

Upon its completion, this Copper Pipe also fell to the ground.

He tried a different approach.

He picked up the non-Illusory Copper Pipe that had just fallen into the pit, held it high in the air, and then converted it into its Illusory state before slowly letting go.

A shocking scene occurred.

The Copper Pipe remained suspended in mid-air.

With no support whatsoever.

He understood.

A Copper Pipe couldn’t normally float without support. However, if a pipe was supported while in its non-Illusory state, it would maintain its current position after being converted to its Illusory state, regardless of whether that support disappeared.

’As for what use this discovery is...’

"..."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan created tens of meters of suspended Illusory Copper Pipe in one go, then crafted a Max Level Suspended Basket and attached it to the pipe’s surface.

Activate!

The Suspended Basket instantly accelerated to its top speed, coming to a sudden stop when it reached the end of the Copper Pipe.

’An aerial High-speed Rail?’

Chen Fan mused thoughtfully. It seemed like a useless discovery at first. He would definitely have dealings with the Eternal Night Hall in the future, and underground tunnels were much safer. What was the use of an aerial high-speed rail? It would be a sitting duck.

He couldn’t think of a use for it for now.

But he felt it would definitely be useful in the future.

He then stretched, returned to the Mortal Realm High-speed Rail behind him, and, seen off by the two Mortal Realm Members, rode it toward Nameless Mountain, ready to sleep.

’So sleepy.’

...

「The next day.」

Day broke.

On the second day after the rainy season ended, the Mortal Realm had many matters to attend to. Mortal City had returned to its usual bustling state, with people from various factions constantly zipping back and forth on the High-speed Rail.

’Who knows what all these people are so busy with.’

’Running around day after day, you’d think they were earning a fortune in Ghost Stones.’

"..."

Chen Fan sat on the City Wall of Cave No. 1, just like any other day, examining the Exotic Treasure in his hands. It was a banner-type Exotic Treasure, and like the other one, it was unidentified.

’It’s impossible for a place as large as the No. 7 Defense Line not to have a single Appraiser.’

’So, he was more inclined to believe that Elder Qi had determined these two Exotic Treasures were quite valuable and thus wanted to gift them to him. The reason they weren’t appraised was that Elder Qi worried he wouldn’t be able to part with them if he knew what they were.’

’This wasn’t being stingy, nor was it selfish.’

’It was just human nature.’

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[Exotic Treasure Name]: Commanding Heaven Banner

[Exotic Treasure Level]: Yellow

[Exotic Treasure Effect]: Can summon wind and rain.

-

It was a very simple description panel. To put it more directly, it could create thunderstorms in a small area. It was the same type of Exotic Treasure as the Tribulation Clouds, with roughly the same effect, just a different name and description.

This type of Exotic Treasure was exactly what the Mortal Realm lacked.

It could be used to better charge the Celestial Pillars. He could build more Celestial Pillars and charge them even outside the rainy season.

Two Yellow Level Exotic Treasures.

Both were exactly what the Mortal Realm needed.

"Not bad."

Quite satisfied, Chen Fan stuffed the banner into his robes and prepared to head down from the City Wall to check on the Port.

Just then—

His Sound Transmission Talisman grew slightly warm.

Shao Qiu’s voice came from within.

"Domain Lord, the first batch of Ghost Corpses has entered the Jiangbei Wilderness and will soon reach the Mortal Realm. There are many more Ghost Corpses following behind. Where should we put them?"