: The Reaction of the Black Sun Tower and the Discovery of the flowing light spirit breath ore vein
Outside the Modern Magic Era, the Black Sun Tower.
Beneath a massive throne sat a tiny incense burner, with three sticks of incense inserted upside down into it.
A group of wizards were worshipping this incense burner.
The worshippers were engaged in discussion.
"Is it still impossible to find that original Archaeology Wizard? We deliberately spread false information throughout the Wizard World, telling those Archaeology Wizards that as long as they found the tomb and traces of their progenitor wizard, they would receive a special reward. Who would have thought that after searching for so many years, we would still find nothing?"
"He has been quite active lately; the [Expulsion Curse] has been triggered twice."
"The [Sinners] who have been expelled are harmful to the Wizard Civilization; it is impossible to let their names appear again unless the prophecy is resolved. The prophecy of the Black Sun Tower is truth, but this era is not our territory after all. The White Wizard Association is unprecedentedly strong. They possess a power that the overlords of previous eras did not have."
"Heh... they have plenty of their own problems. They eventually have to solve the Black Wizard issue; if they keep dragging it out like this, I'll see how they handle the aftermath."
"The Demon Ascension Plan in the Star Domain Sea has caused so much trouble."
"Silence. The messenger from the main tower of the Age of Stars has arrived."
The group of worshippers immediately lowered their heads.
They looked down at the shadow on the ground, which was the shadow of a demon dragon, representing that the other party had come carrying the will of the Black Sun Tower.
The corpse on the throne suddenly disappeared, transforming into a demon dragon.
The demon dragon sat on the throne and took a sharp breath, and the smoke rising from the upside-down incense fell into his mouth and nose.
"What is this branch tower of yours doing?"
"The Expulsion Curse has been triggered repeatedly; someone is trying to restore the honor of the Sinner. The White Wizard Association acts perversely, committing evil deeds in the name of benevolence."
"Yet you sit here doing nothing."
"The inheritance of Sacrificial Magic in this era has been severed, yet you can do nothing."
"Without Sacrificial Magic, there is no soil for our existence."
The worshippers looked down at the shadow of the demon dragon on the ground; he had clearly picked up a large tobacco pipe and was chewing on it in his mouth.
"The Expulsion Curse is the key."
"You cannot allow the Expulsion Curse to be triggered again."
"Send our people out."
"Investigate the land and find out exactly who is repeatedly triggering the Expulsion Curse. It wouldn't hurt to remove them while you're at it. You care too much about the reaction of the White Wizard Association."
"Besides that, I see many other problems. The Black Sun Tower must place its chess pieces in this era. Sacrificial Magic needs to be re-established and confirmed. The White Wizard Association is indeed an obstacle. But the Demon Ascension Plan of the Star Domain Sea might help us return to this era."
The demon dragon sat on the throne.
"I shall sit upon this throne for thirty years."
"From this day forward, I am in charge of this branch tower."
The worshippers bowed their heads one after another, showing their respect and submission to this demon dragon.
...
In the Three Caves World, Locke, Hussein, Old Henry, and the others organized the resources of this world. Besides that super ore vein in the Celestial Realm whose Spirit Breath storage capacity could not yet be determined, there was also a smaller Spirit Breath ore vein in the Celestial Realm.
Old Henry tapped the ground with his Treasure-Seeking Ruler, then used a shovel to dig out a piece of ore that looked like silver, appearing as if it were a stone cast from molten silver.
"What is this? This should also be a type of Spirit Breath, but I don't know what category it belongs to."
As he picked up the ore from the ground, the entire piece immediately turned from silver to a scorched black color.
Old Henry was startled and dropped the ore in his hand.
Since he wasn't wearing Magic Gloves when he touched the stone, and who knew this ore was so bizarre—turning completely charred upon contact—god knows what it was.
Thus, he dropped it immediately in fright.
Old Henry kept wiping his hands on his clothes.
Locke glanced at him and inspected the Spirit Breath ore from a distance. A guess formed in his mind. After putting on the golden dragon claw air pineapple, he used the pineapple-clad Magic Gloves to pick up a piece of ore, and this time, the ore did not change at all.
Old Henry looked at the ore strangely.
"Strange, how come when you pick it up, Captain, the ore doesn't turn black?"
Hussein spoke up: "Because your hands are dirty, Old Pirate."
The Old Pirate glared at him.
Locke said, "It's normal that you don't know this. This should be flowing light spirit breath, which is very rare among Spirit Breath ores. I didn't expect that this small medium-scale world would simultaneously contain two types of rare Spirit Breath ore veins, as well as a super verdant spirit breath mine."
It must be the influence of the World Tree Leaf.
Otherwise, for a world of this level, having a single Spirit Breath ore vein would already be a unique blessing.
Locke mused, "flowing light spirit breath is a condensation of silver magic power. Its silver nature is volatile and governed by change, so flowing light spirit breath is easily influenced by the power it comes into contact with. Whatever form the contacted power takes, the flowing light spirit breath will take that form as well."
"It was Old Henry's magic power that influenced that piece of flowing light spirit breath, causing it to change. flowing light spirit breath is rare to begin with, not to mention the mining difficulty is extremely high. If the mining method is incorrect, the entire vein will be contaminated and thus ruined."
Locke continued, "So the piece of Spirit Breath Old Henry just held is considered ruined. The price of one piece of flowing light spirit breath is about five million magic stones; it is a necessary material for cultivating certain specific silver magic plants."
"Even if used for ordinary Magic Plants, it can allow them to acquire some plant factors related to silver magic, or enhance the Magic Plant's lodging resistance and toughness-related traits."
Locke was quite joyful in his heart.
Because he was going to participate in the Golden Cup and was currently cultivating a super flying magic plant, and flowing light spirit breath was the best resource for cultivating Magic Plants.
He hadn't expected to obtain an entire vein of flowing light spirit breath.
Old Henry stared blankly at the flowing light spirit breath that had turned into charcoal. He was dumbfounded; he hadn't expected that just casually picking up a stone would directly destroy this Spirit Breath.
No, this is way too fragile!
The Old Pirate felt a twinge of regret; if he had known, he would have put on a pair of Magic Gloves before touching this Spirit Breath!
Locke looked at the Old Pirate and asked, "Old Henry, what is the estimated reserve of this Spirit Breath ore vein?"
Old Henry said, "This is a small vein, about ten pieces or so."
At this thought, Old Henry's lips trembled. "Captain, you aren't going to make me pay for it, are you?"
Locke looked at him in surprise. "What are you talking about? This ore vein was discovered by us in the first place, it's not mine. Secondly, it's thanks to you that we were able to find it among the mountains."
"It's only normal that you accidentally damaged one piece."
Old Henry immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He had truly been startled.
Locke said, "The ore vein survey is complete. This time we only came as an exploration team and didn't bring any wizards specialized in ore mining. We would need to find an Earth Wizard or an Alchemist. There are more Earth Wizards at Golden Crown Mountain; I can look for one after I return."
The members of the exploration team had all followed him here for adventure; they weren't prepared to stay here for a long time.
This time, entering the Three Caves World, according to the time in the Wizard World, it had only been about four months. But because of the special relationship between the Celestial Realm and the mortal realm before, the wizards' perception of time was closer to forty years.
These wizards were different from him; they didn't have the zero potion to replenish their Light of the Mind, so they were already exhausted, and their hearts yearned to return home.
If he didn't consider returning soon, these Official Wizards might start grumbling.
Locke recalled a travelogue he had once read on a wizard airship, which contained a story written by a wizard about a Second Ring Wizard in an exploration team who chose not to return to the Wizard World for a long time. The First-Ring Wizards under him harbored silent resentment over the long period.
As time passed, these people's hearts changed, and they began to secretly sabotage that Second Ring Wizard.
Although the Second Ring Wizard eventually returned to the Wizard World, his gains were greatly reduced—he basically came back empty-handed and even lost a sum of money.
'To wizards, the Three Caves World is just the wilderness. Unless they are professional excavators hired by me, they wouldn't be willing to stay here for a long time.'
Locke thought: 'Part of the reason Old Henry refused my invitation was also this.'
'Secondly, it's not good to let these hired wizards stay in the Three Caves World for too long.'
'Many of my arrangements are here, and the foundation of my tree of prosperity is also here. It truly isn't appropriate to let them stay here for too long.'
When Locke came this time, he didn't tell these wizards the Plane coordinates. On the exploration vanguard, since there were no reference points, they shouldn't have the technical means to obtain the relevant Plane coordinates.
But if they stayed here for a long time, that might not be the case.
Ultimately, every Official Wizard is an independent individual with their own thoughts. He had only hired them; he was the boss, and they were the employees.
If a boss believes his employees will follow his orders completely and do whatever he wants just because he paid them, he will run into trouble.
Considering this, Locke said to Old Henry and Hussein, "Since the exploration is complete, let's head back."
"Old Henry, you didn't have any material gains this time, so I'll use five pieces of verdant spirit breath as your reward, is that alright?"
Five pieces meant five million, which was roughly the reward for a Second Ring Wizard performing a rather difficult mission.
Of course, it couldn't be as profitable as Old Henry plundering other wizard ships and void stations.
But it was a reasonable reward.
And the reason Old Henry joined his exploration team this time was also to repay the favor of Locke letting him go last time.
However, Old Henry had put in a lot of effort in this mission, so it was only right to give him some reward. This way, it would be easier to ask for cooperation next time.
Old Henry's face immediately lit up with a smile.
"Of course. Even without these five pieces of verdant spirit breath, this trip back would be a great harvest. At least I can brag to my captain that I've seen the two Great God Clans!"
"Many pirates on the ship have never even seen these two Great God Clans."
"After all, they are the two major enemies of the Wizard Civilization on the front lines."
Old Henry was quite happy to hear that Locke wanted to return. He was a pirate after all and couldn't stand long-term missions.
He was actually a bit worried that Locke would force him to build an excavation well here before they could go back.
However, it couldn't be built now anyway.
The construction of an excavation well for a super ore vein was quite complex; he couldn't do it alone, and they would also need to build a Spirit Breath processing plant, which was even more impossible.
Old Pirate Henry said to Locke, "Captain, I have to say, I still feel very comfortable operating with you."
"It's a more comfortable feeling than operating with the captain on my own ship."
"Entering this Plane this time took less than four months in total. I originally thought you would need a year."
"General Plane exploration is hard to complete without a year or two. You conquered this Plane quite fast, especially one with such a complex situation."
Old Henry stood at the mountaintop, looking down at the vast land with a complex expression.
"This land was forged by the Titan King God Clan. No wonder it's so vast. Under normal circumstances, a wizard exploration team would easily meet with disaster in such a Plane."
"But under the Captain's leadership, we only took four months to obtain this Plane."
"I must say, from a pirate's perspective, you are also a good captain."
The three of them packed their things and informed the nine Official Wizards, and then they prepared to withdraw.
These wizards were very discreet; they knew this world would be Locke's foundation, so they adopted an attitude of not asking and not paying attention.
Locke summoned Orion, gave him a few instructions, and then brought all the forests of this world completely under the illumination of his Forest Sanctuary and the Moon of Evolution.
The main tree of his current Forest Sanctuary was the tree of prosperity.
Since the forests of this entire world were now subordinate forests of his Forest Sanctuary, the entire world had formed a Plane passage with him. He could establish a deep ecological alliance with this world through the Ecological Corridor of the Forest Alliance Spell and the connection of the two Ultimate Magics.
And the situation of [No gods in the world, everyone can become a god] in this world was the first miracle fruit of his tree of prosperity, and also a currently indispensable principle of prosperity for his tree of prosperity.
The Spell Model of his tree of prosperity itself was built on the foundation of the first type of Mist's Power, supplemented by the power of the four seasons, and then with this principle of prosperity as a key supplement.
Therefore, his tree of prosperity currently possessed Spring Prosperity.
And the core of Spring Prosperity lay within the prosperous age of this world.
Thus, this world was indeed very important to him right now.
As Locke and the wizards boarded the exploration vanguard, Orion led many Rangers to see them off just before they were ready to leave.
Orion's eyes were filled with tears.
"Treant Teacher, thank you."
"You have changed this world forever."
Locke left him with a single sentence.
"It was you yourselves who changed this world. Orion, after I leave, you must lead the Rangers well. I leave this place to you."
The Wind Giant stood behind him, waving goodbye to Locke, her and her husband's faces filled with reminiscence and reluctance.
The Water Giant's gaze toward Locke was full of nostalgia; she and the Oracle Giant were survivors, while the other giants had been killed during the resistance against the Divine Eye.
All the Rangers watched Locke with reluctance.
Locke suddenly looked toward the Demon Wolf Giant.
"However, Demon Wolf Giant, you can come with me to my world. Are you willing?"
Under the envious gazes of many Rangers and giants, the Demon Wolf Giant was stunned at first, but then he immediately said, "I am willing! Teacher!"