Chapter 1343 - 36: Bountiful Harvest! Digging Pits to Trap Others

Wang Shouzhe was also magnanimous, directly tossing the Immortal Spirit Stone to Emperor Longchang.

Emperor Longchang held the Immortal Spirit Stone with both hands, as if cradling a rare treasure, his eyes full of fascination: "I never thought I would have the chance to see an Immortal Spirit Stone in my lifetime."

Wang Shouzhe had also heard of Immortal Spirit Stones but didn’t have the same insight as Longchang.

He asked curiously, "I know this object is rare, but I didn’t realize it was so rare that even Your Majesty hasn’t seen one. Could it be more precious than a Dao Artifact?"

"Immortal Spirit Stones have many uses. For example, they can provide a boost of Immortal Spirit Qi to Lingxu Realm Cultivators during training, significantly increasing their cultivation speed. They also have a substantial effect during breakthroughs," Emperor Longchang said with emotion, "But Immortal Spirit Stones are extremely rare and expensive. No Lingxu Realm cultivator would use them for regular cultivation. Their biggest benefit is assisting at the Peak of Lingxu when breaking through to a True Immortal."

"Dao Artifacts are certainly precious, but once crafted, they can be passed down, and theoretically, their total number will only increase. However, Immortal Spirit Stones are consumables and extremely useful even to True Immortals, so their quantity in the world only decreases."

Wang Shouzhe nodded, "Xian’Er and Kun’er are both Immortal Seeds; using an Immortal Spirit Stone would accelerate their growth, right?"

"Of course it would... but you mustn’t do that," Emperor Longchang quickly advised. "They’re still young, and their growth speed isn’t slow right now, while Immortal Spirit Stones are extremely rare. The best usage is when Xian’Er or Kun’er is at the peak of Tier Twelve and breaking through to Tier Thirteen."

"Additionally, since Immortal Spirit Stones are also quite useful to True Immortals, if you hold one while seeking help from a True Immortal, as long as it’s not a particularly difficult task, you can generally achieve your wish."

"Alright, I will keep it and use it as the situation demands," Wang Shouzhe nodded, thinking that this Immortal Spirit Stone would likely not last until they reached the peak of Tier Twelve—it would take far too long.

"Shouzhe, you mustn’t act rashly and squander it," Emperor Longchang advised again. "Don’t assume there are many Immortal Spirit Stones. Just think, Blood Venerable was a True Immortal, and he passed down only one, and how many True Immortal Relics are there in the world for you to uncover?"

"Your Majesty, since I’ve known you, this is the most like an elder I’ve ever heard you speak," Wang Shouzhe smiled gently. "Rest assured, I will not use this one until there is another Immortal Spirit Stone."

"Hmph!"

Emperor Longchang, in a huff, tossed the Immortal Spirit Stone back to Shouzhe.

He made a silent vow in his heart: three months, this time he wouldn’t speak to Wang Shouzhe for at least three months.

Wang Shouzhe didn’t mind his petulance, and casually gathered up all the Spirit Stones and treasures.

While he had already swiftly put on the "Hidden Sea" storage ring, he was still using "Endless Abyss" at the moment.

Storage rings require refinement through Divine Thought and binding to the entrance of one’s Divine Soul, allowing only one binding at a time.

If not for this, one could have several on one finger, and more on the toes, and use a string to make them into necklaces, belts, or other strange and indescribable ornaments...so many necklaces and belts.

Wouldn’t that turn one into a walking supply depot?

To exaggerate further, for example, if the Cloud Ray Flying Ship traveling between Daqian and the Immortal Dynasty were stuffed full of storage rings inside, how much could it carry at once?

Correspondingly, exchanging storage rings is also quite troublesome. Because only one can be bound at a time, one must unbind the existing one before binding another.

Moreover, one must retrieve the contents of the storage ring before unbinding, otherwise, it would be difficult to access them afterward.

Wang Shouzhe’s storage ring contained many items, and it wasn’t convenient to unbind it at the moment, so he simply continued to use "Endless Abyss" and would switch after returning home.

But that’s enough digression for now.

Among the legacy left by Blood Venerable were many Celestial Secret Recording Discs, containing his cultivation insights and diaries.

Initially, Wang Shouzhe was quite interested and watched for a while, but soon lost interest.

Blood Venerable was simply a fervent bloodline tech enthusiast. The original "Saint Gu Treasure Manual" was a legitimate Gu Cultivation Treasure Manual, although some of the Gu techniques were indeed unconventional, the overall Cultivation Technique was relatively proper, yet he forcibly bred the bizarre Wedding Robe Blood Gu.

However, while the Wedding Robe Blood Gu had many defects, if he had used it quietly himself, it wouldn’t have caused too much impact.

But instead, he didn’t.

Not only did he unethically capture experimental subjects and cultivate the Wedding Robe Blood Gu on a large scale, conducting extensive human experimentation, and creating a massive number of Blood Nest Warriors, but he also incited people with grandiose ideas about "creating a new humanity" in a cult-like manner. How could the Divine Martial Dynasty not ban him?

When the Divine Martial Dynasty officially charged him with "crimes against humanity," it truly was deserved.

Even the originally proper "Saint Gu Treasure Manual" was designated as a "Forbidden Evil Scripture."

And yet, Blood Venerable himself was quite indignant.

In his "diary," grievances against the Saint Emperor and slurs such as "old dog Saint Emperor" and "old thief Saint Emperor" appeared frequently and without hesitation.

In addition, there were accusations such as, "Why is your path the Great Way, and others’ paths all deviant and evil?"

In Wang Shouzhe’s view, bloodlines can be researched, but not with such reckless disregard for ethics and large-scale human experimentation. There needs to be oversight and proper regulation in such research.