Chapter 31: Refining Equipment Materials (Seeking Collection and Recommendations)
The two of them were shocked to hear Yu Feng say such things so casually. If anyone else had said that, they would have been taken for fools. But Yu Feng's strength was evident, and the Dark Church's archives also recorded that it was absolutely forbidden to go east to preach, otherwise those incredibly powerful Daoist cultivators would instantly destroy the entire Dark Church.
What Yu Feng said is also the truth, it's just that this is the truth of several thousand years ago. In the past few decades, there hasn't been a single one in the Central Plains who has seen him. However, people from the Dark Church rarely come to the East, and the cultivators in the East are indeed all reclusive and hidden from the world. Except for some low-level disciples who walk among mortals, the rest of the high-ranking cultivators rarely emerge unless it's a major calamity, often spending hundreds of years cultivating in seclusion on the mountains.
Yu Feng's nine true and one false words made the two of them completely believe, they were also secretly rejoicing in their hearts that their Dark Assembly had not gone to Zhongtu to develop due to the suppression of the Bright Church, nor did they have the strength to do so, and therefore had not provoked the Zhongtu Daoist sect. At the same time, they were laughing at the Bright Church for being ignorant of good and evil, seeking their own death. Both of them wished that Yu Feng would pull out one or two seniors from the East Mountain Gate to directly destroy their arch-nemesis, the Bright Church.
"However, I see that the two envoys are very interested in this jade essence. Although it's quite troublesome to refine and consumes a lot of materials, if you're both willing, I can provide enough jade stones and help you refine them for free when I have nothing else to do." Yu Feng changed the subject and offered to help them refine some jade essence. The main reason was that although he didn't know what other powers the Dark Church still had hidden, on the surface, it seemed that there was still a significant gap between them and the Holy See of Light.
Because from the performance of these years, the Dark Church has always been in a state of being beaten. If it can make the cultivation speed of the people in the dark a little faster, then it can also narrow this gap, so that the Dark Church and the Bright Church can be evenly matched, and let the two churches fight each other, anyway, no one can win. Their doctrines are almost exactly opposite, and the two churches cannot get along. In that case, the Vatican will not have any extra energy to send troops to conquer the east, it's just that this plan will take at least several decades or even hundreds of years, which is of no help to current events.
"Thank you, Lord Qingxuan! If we can obtain many Jade Essence, the power of our Dark Sect will surely increase greatly in the future, and we won't have to worry about the attacks from the Light Church anymore. Regarding the matter of the Concealment Symbol, we are willing to offer all our souls and jade stones to ask Lord Qingxuan to help us refine the Concealment Symbols. Of course, we will not let Lord Qingxuan's efforts go to waste in helping us refine them. Our undead mages and dark sorcerers have collected over 5 million people's souls. If Lord Qingxuan can help us refine 800 ordinary Concealment Symbols and 100 high-grade Concealment Symbols..."
The remaining souls that come down will be our gift to the adults, but we don't have many jade stones at present. We've almost bought all the jade stones from Western countries, but it may not meet the quantity you require, sir. However, we've already purchased several large jade mines in Southeast Asia, and there will be a continuous supply of jade stones coming over." Mason said to Yu Feng.
"This will do, and the number of yin souls is sufficient. As for the jade stones, I won't hide it from you, I have some stock myself. These were given to me by the elders when I was cultivating in the mountains, but they are all refined jade essence. I can use these jade essences to help you refine some first, maybe about half of what you said. Later, you can return some jade stones and that will be enough." Yu Feng heard that they had collected so many yin souls and was overjoyed. This wasn't something left for him, these were all his. What's the point of refining the hidden escape symbol if he already has the yin souls? These people are really easy to deceive.
But in his heart, he thought that these dark cults were indeed old monsters. In the nine states and the central plains, they absolutely belonged to the demon level. For no reason, they collected so many yin souls. How could heaven not have descended with a heavenly punishment to kill them? It's known that collecting such a large number of yin souls would definitely cause the heavens and earth to be disturbed, triggering the nine heavenly thunderbolts. However, thinking again, these yin souls must not have been collected by one person. Otherwise, how could these people still be alive today?
"By the way, have you guys found the Millennium Peach Wood Essence?" Yu Feng listened to their conversation about those materials and felt that something was still missing.
"As for the thousand-year-old peach tree, our Dark Assembly spent a long time searching for it, but in fact, we didn't find it ourselves. It was some mountain hunters who stumbled upon it by chance in a valley while drinking and talking about a huge peach tree. Coincidentally, there were also members of our Dark Assembly nearby. Later, I personally went to see that ancient peach tree, and I can confirm that it has lived for over a thousand years. However, sir, you mentioned something about the essence of the thousand-year-old peach wood, but we didn't dare to dig it up easily, fearing that you might have some special requirements. So our Dark Assembly sent many people to specifically protect it, lest it be destroyed." Yalo was deeply grateful when Yu Feng used his own private jade essence to help them refine the Hidden Escape Symbol. He hastily told him about the thousand-year-old peach tree.
"A living thousand-year-old peach tree? Well, that's even better. In that case, these two pieces of jade will be my gift to the two envoys. Please don't decline, I still have some time in the next few days. You can send over the prepared materials first and also prepare a secret room for me. I'll help you refine some hidden escape symbols. With the materials, it won't take more than a few days." Yu Feng heard that it was a living thousand-year-old peach tree, which was truly hard to find. He had flown in the Qing Dynasty for decades but never saw a peach tree that lived for over a thousand years. It's estimated that they were all cut down and burned by people. Unexpectedly, there was still one in the Western world, and the influence of this Dark Church was indeed not small, able to find a thousand-year-old peach tree in just over ten days."
"Ah! Really? Thank you so much, Qingxuan. We'll put those jade stones and yin souls in a small castle not far from here, where I have an estate. I often stay there too, and the secret rooms are already prepared. If you don't mind, please come to my place to refine the Hidden Escape Symbol." The two were surprised that Yu Feng was willing to give them the essence of jade. From his words, they knew that it took tens of thousands of jade stones to successfully refine this thing, let alone how beneficial it would be for them. It was clear that this jade essence was extremely precious to them. The two people received such a gift and laughed so hard that their mouths couldn't close. If the two hadn't looked so ugly from laughing, the atmosphere of the three people's conversation might have been even better."
"Not far from here, that's good, better late than never, let's go today. After a while, I'll have to go somewhere else to take a look." Yu Feng thought about it and decided to deal with the Jade Symbol event first before going to find trouble at the rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral. After all, no one could guarantee what would happen next time, and if something unexpected happened, it wouldn't be just a matter of one or two days. Yu Feng felt that he should refine the Hidden Symbol first, even if he couldn't hand it over to them, but at least divide it into hundreds to let the Dark Church rest assured, so they could speed up their actions. If they had been slow for a thousand years and hadn't been beaten by anyone, then there was no need to worry."
