Chapter 139: Returning Fully Loaded
"Please let me play with the fireworks!" Du Busi said earnestly.
"I'm just an eight-year-old kid, plus a few thousand months," he added jokingly.
Du Qianjue and Xue Linglong burst into laughter.
The trio didn't linger any longer; they silently tore through space and left the Daymoon Empire.
"Hehehe..." Du Qianjue's eerie laughter lingered in the air.
In the underground of the Hall of Virtue, the few lines left by Du Qianjue emitted an imperceptible dark, deathly aura.
Framing the Holy Spirit Church was not as simple as leaving a few lines, but with the death aura from necromantic magic and Du Qianjue's own dark energy inherited from the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, it was perfect.
Even if it couldn't directly prove that the Holy Spirit Church was responsible for the armory theft, it was enough to turn many forces within the Daymoon Empire against each other.
And among them, Du Qianjue and his Sect benefited the most without leaving a trace.
But that's a story for later.
Without any special incidents, these armories would remain sealed for a long time, with hardly anyone daring to enter.
And this meant that for a long time, neither the Hall of Virtue nor the Daymoon Royal Family would realize that their underground armories had been emptied...
The trio, triumphant from their "Zero-Cost Shopping" plan, swiftly returned to their Sect.
Du Qianjue directly manipulated the earth element to hollow out a large cave inside the Sect's main peak, compressing the surrounding rock to create a massive cavern.
The main peak, being the largest within the Sect's grounds, easily accommodated a few thousand square meters of space.
Plus, with the rock forcefully compressed against the cavern walls, the structure was extremely stable, eliminating any risk of collapse.
This was similar to what Xuanzi did for the Tang Sect in creating an underground laboratory, except Xuanzi dug under the ground while Du Qianjue hollowed out a mountain.
However, to ensure complete safety, Du Qianjue also created stone pillars to support many stress points within the cavern.
After all, this place was intended to store the Sect's arsenal of soul guide devices, so security was crucial.
Du Qianjue didn't need these soul devices for himself, so he decided to leave them all to the Sect, whether they used them or sold them directly to the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
He only kept the grade-eight and grade-nine fixed soul guide shells and the Sun-Moon Divine Needles for himself, storing the rest in the cavern.
He didn't keep all the fixed soul guide shells either; it wasn't necessary.
He kept eighteen grade-nine and one hundred grade-eight shells for himself, storing the rest in a starlight blue sapphire storage ring, which he gave to Du Busi.
Fixed soul guide shells, unlike ordinary soul devices, could cause mass destruction upon detonation. Even a sufficient number of grade-eight shells could kill a Titled Douluo.
Grade-nine shells were even more potent.
Thus, it was better to keep them securely held, only accessible to the Sect Master of each generation.
"By the way, uncle, you can take out some of the grade-seven and eight soul devices and sell them to the people of Earth Dragon Gate," Du Qianjue said while giving the fixed soul guide shells to Du Busi.
"No need to give them away, just sell them at the normal price based on the average price in the Daymoon Empire. After all, we benefited quite a bit from Earth Dragon Gate initially, so this part can be considered compensation."
"You can also sell them three to five grade-eight fixed soul guide shells, no problem."
The embargo on soul devices by the Daymoon Empire towards the Douluo Three Kingdoms was almost infuriatingly thorough, covering everything from soul device blueprints and core formation diagrams to the most basic soul master knowledge, which few on the Douluo Continent knew.
What little they knew was outdated by several generations compared to the Daymoon Empire.
Rare metals and various soul devices were even scarcer; they were virtually priceless on the Douluo Three Kingdoms, impossible to buy.
If they could be bought, the prices were several times higher than in the Daymoon Empire.
Otherwise, the grade-nine soul devices Du Qianjue sold during the auction in Star Luo City wouldn't have fetched such high prices.
While grade-nine soul devices were precious, costing several million golden soul coins each was absolutely impossible; they were just overpriced in the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
Selling a batch of soul devices to Earth Dragon Gate at normal Daymoon Empire prices was a fair compensation.
Nowadays, many sects used soul devices, and Earth Dragon Gate likely needed this batch to strengthen their sect.
"Alright, I understand," Du Busi nodded. "Helping Xue Linglong break through did bring significant benefits. Initially, we didn't have anything suitable, but now with various soul devices, we can subtly compensate them."
"Yes, that's what I was thinking. No matter what, we've taken all the treasures from inside. Although they can't use them, we can't deny their value," Du Qianjue smiled.
Without the millennium glacier marrow from Earth Dragon Gate, Du Qianjue wouldn't know how to win over Xue LingLong, let alone make her his wife.
Of course, these things couldn't be explicitly stated to Earth Dragon Gate; they could only compensate them indirectly by selling high-grade soul devices.
This task was delegated to a Soul Douluo elder by Du Busi, since Nan Qiuqiu, the master of Earth Dragon Gate, was only a Soul Douluo herself. Sending a Titled Douluo would be too dismissive.
When Du Qianjue returned to his own courtyard, Xue Linglong was tinkering with a piece of millennium glacier marrow.
Under Xue LingLong's control, the millennium glacier marrow didn't release any energy, even outdoors, keeping the extreme cold contained within the ice pillar.
"What are you doing?" Du Qianjue hugged Xue Linglong from behind.
Xue Linglong snuggled into Du Qianjue's arms, smiling and said, "Nothing much, just thinking about how to use the millennium glacier marrow more perfectly."
"Directly absorbing such a heavenly material and earthly treasure is quite wasteful. There should be a more perfect way to use it that we don't know about."
"This isn't something that can be accomplished in a short time. If we really don't know how to use it, we'll keep it until I become a god. Then, combined with the Polar God Crystal, I'll help you craft divine gear," Du Qianjue said softly, kissing Xue LingLong's forehead.
Xue Linglong nodded and put away the millennium glacier marrow.
"I need to go into seclusion for a while, and I might have to go to the sea," Du Qianjue said.
"Do you need me to accompany you?" Xue Linglong asked.
"If you could accompany me, that would be great. I'm afraid it might get boring otherwise."
"Okay, then we'll go together."
(End of Chapter)