Chapter 133 - 114: Delusional Appearance

Chapter 133: Chapter 114: Delusional Appearance

This was probably the Source Ore’s most deeply ingrained memory. It had never suffered such a major setback since its birth.

"Don’t worry, I’ll help you get revenge!"

Upon viewing this memory, the Source Ore’s Spirituality became unstable, even faintly transmitting a sense of fear.

Chen Qi naturally had to back it up. Red Heart 7 was truly detestable.

Chen Qi already knew what happened next, and there were no surprises.

Chen Qi’s gains this time were far less than he had expected.

But there was nothing to be done, given the Source Ore’s unique life form.

’In any case, the main goal of Spirituality Assimilation is complete. It’s not a loss, and you could even say it’s a huge gain.’

’The Chris family’s Gambling Stone Secret Technique is really something else. A shame they didn’t pass it on to me!’

Source Ores come into existence in two ways. One is through hundreds of millions of years of gestation, a natural creation of heaven and earth.

The other is like the one in Chen Qi’s hands, originating from the influence of a powerful being.

Although both are Source Ores, and their essence is even the same—a type of non-flesh-and-blood life form—their value in the eyes of Cultivators is worlds apart.

The true value of the latter is often hundreds or even thousands of times that of the former.

The key to this, of course, is the "Spiritual Source"—the bird song that Chen Qi encountered.

After all, it was a trace left behind by a powerful being. No matter how insignificant, it offered immense benefits to Low-level Transcendents.

Unfortunately, without performing Spirituality Assimilation, the two types of Source Ore are fundamentally impossible to distinguish.

And once Spirituality Assimilation is performed, the Source Ore is completely bound to its master, unable to ever bond with a second one.

If Chen Qi were to die, the Spirituality of the Source Ore in his hand would likewise vanish.

The huge difference in value between the two types of Source Ore led merchants in the Inner World to spot a business opportunity.

Thus, the stone gambling business was born and quickly swept through the Extraordinary World.

The Source Ore in Chen Qi’s possession was merely one of the most unremarkable types among the Low Tier, its value limited.

The price difference was not enough to tempt High Tier beings.

But for High-level Source Ores, especially the legendary ones said to be formed from Divine Blood, the hidden, exorbitant profits were enough to make even a Throne drool with envy.

Thus, Gambling Stone Secret Techniques appeared. At the height of their power, the Chris family possessed such a technique.

According to the boasts in Jomoya Chris’s diary, the reason he had abandoned his family’s fortune and bankrupted himself to purchase this Source Ore was that he had used a Secret Technique to sense its uniqueness.

It seemed the fellow wasn’t just bragging after all. Too bad for him, it all ended up in Chen Qi’s hands.

As Chen Qi disengaged from the spiritual world, 30% of the Source Ore’s Spirituality returned, and he instantly felt a connection to the liquid metal in his hand as if it were his own flesh and blood.

3.5.

The Source Ore’s Spirituality frequency had actually increased. This was clearly a result of the Spirituality Assimilation.

Although it seemed like a lot had happened, all of it had taken place only in the spiritual world.

If one were to measure the time in the real world, only about 0.3 seconds had passed from the moment Chen Qi began to the end of the Assimilation.

The preceding phase of overlapping Spirituality frequencies had already taken 0.3 seconds.

At the actual moment of Spirituality Assimilation, time did not exist.

Such were the wonders and marvels of the spiritual world.

Therefore, Chen Qi had ample time remaining. He was certain he could get everything done before the Sun rose.

"Time to get to work!"

Chen Qi poured his Spirituality into the Source Ore, and the liquid metal in his hand transformed into an even more exquisite Silver gauntlet, covering his right hand.

The next moment, Chen Qi touched his right hand to the ground. With it as the Origin, all metallic substances in the vicinity liquefied completely.

When it solidified, a massive metal ritual array, covering 3,000 square meters, had appeared before Chen Qi.