Chapter 1215: Dragon Sky Treasure Vault

The next day.

Early in the morning, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, led by Li Fuluo, headed straight for the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault.

"The Dragon Sky Treasure Vault is located within the Dragon Sky Pavilion at the center of the city, and the Dragon Sky Pavilion is where the Inspectors sent by the Five Veins and some guardian experts reside."

The three figures swept across the high sky within the city, and along the way Li Fuluo explained some of the rules within the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault to the two of them.

"Right, these are your Dragon Sky Jades."

At the same time, Li Fuluo took out two dark-gold, perfectly round jade stones. On the surface of the jade stones, text seemed to emerge, and upon closer inspection, it was clearly the names and positions of Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Within the jade stones, dragon shadows faintly coiled, emanating a mysterious aura.

"This is your identity token within the Dragon Fang Guard. Refine a drop of your essence blood into it. When you enter the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault later to exchange for treasures, you will also need this."

"And more importantly, only by relying on this can you use it as a medium to communicate with the other members of the Dragon Fang Guard."

Li Fuluo looked at Li Luo and said: "In the Twenty Banners, only by cultivating the 'Return Dragon Art' can one merge qi, but in the Dragon Sky Five Guards, the 'Dragon Sky Jade' is needed as a medium. Without it, you won't be able to merge into the battle formation during combat."

"This battle formation is our Dragon Fang Guard's Dragon Fang Formation."

Li Luo suddenly understood. So in the Dragon Fang Guard, unlike in the Twenty Banners where one had to cultivate the 'Return Dragon Art,' simply refining this so-called 'Dragon Sky Jade' would allow them to form battle formations during combat and aggregate their strength.

This was indeed far more advanced than the Twenty Banners.

However, the manufacture of this 'Dragon Sky Jade' should be a secret art belonging to Li Li Tianwang's vein, and the difficulty of crafting it is extremely high. Otherwise, each of the Dragon Sky Five Guards wouldn't be capped at ten thousand members, unable to continue expanding.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge did as instructed and refined a drop of their essence blood into the 'Dragon Sky Jade.' Soon, a wisp of flowing blood thread appeared within the jade stone, and at the same time, the two also felt an extremely tight connection form between themselves and the jade stone in their hands.

In fact, if they sensed carefully, they could also detect the circulation of many auras. Clearly, those auras belonged to members of the Dragon Fang Guard.

Jiang Jiang Qinge had never been in the Twenty Banners, so she still felt a bit of novelty toward this special application of power, constantly toying with the jade stone in her hand.

"What are you two planning to exchange for in the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault?" Li Fuluo asked.

"I'll exchange for a 'Marquis Casting Platform Method,'" Jiang Jiang Qinge said without much hesitation, clearly having decided long ago.

For Marquis-level experts, the most important thing was always the forging of the Marquis Platform. However, forging a Marquis Platform required consuming one's own potential, and no one knew how far their own potential could carry them. Under such circumstances, methods that could reduce the consumption of potential became critically important.

Whether it was a Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure or the so-called 'Marquis Casting Platform Method,' they were all for this purpose.

Therefore, regarding Jiang Jiang Qinge's request, Li Fuluo quite agreed, and her caution in cultivation also made him feel gratified. After all, Jiang Jiang Qinge had not become careless and recklessly consumed her potential just because she possessed three Nine-Rank Light Phases.

"The Marquis Casting Platform Method is divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower Three Ranks. For this trip, you can only exchange for treasures priced below twenty thousand Dragon Essence, so you can only exchange for a middle-rank Marquis Casting Platform Method," Li Fuluo said.

Jiang Jiang Qinge didn't really mind. Middle-rank was middle-rank. After all, if she wanted to aim for a Ten-Pillar Golden Platform for her second Marquis Platform, she would still basically have to rely on her own potential.

"Commander Li Luo, what about you?"

"Do you have any Virtual Nine-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light?" Li Luo asked. Currently, his Wood and Earth Phases had already reached Upper Eight-Rank. To advance to Virtual Nine, he would need Virtual Nine-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light.

Li Fuluo said indifferently: "Although Virtual Nine-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light is rare, it definitely exists. However, this grade of Spirit Water Strange Light has an exchange price of around thirty thousand Dragon Essence, roughly the same as an Upper-Rank Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure."

Li Luo was speechless. Based on his basic salary of one thousand Dragon Essence per month as a commander, he'd have to work for three years to exchange for a bottle of Virtual Nine-Rank Spirit Water Strange Light?

At this point, Li Luo had also completely seen it: serving in this Dragon Fang Guard, the so-called 'Dragon Essence' was truly indispensable.

"I suggest you exchange for a Marquis Art suited to yourself. With your quota of twenty thousand this time, you should be able to exchange for a Spirit-Derivation grade Marquis Art. Once this kind of Marquis Art is mastered, it will bring a considerable boost to your combat power," Li Fuluo suggested.

"A Spirit-Derivation grade Marquis Art, huh..."

Li Luo pondered. He truly hadn't cultivated a Spirit-Derivation grade Marquis Art yet. The Myriad Phase Dragon Fang Sword Formation was an Unparalleled Embryo Art, even surpassing Upper-Rank Si Si Tianming grade Marquis Arts. As for the Three Dragon Sky Banner Codex, a single banner was only Spirit-Communication grade, but now with three banners in hand, it was comparable to Lower-Rank Si Si Tianming grade.

So if he could cultivate another Spirit-Derivation grade Marquis Art to supplement his own methods, that would indeed count as a path.

While Li Luo was thinking, after about an incense stick's worth of time, they arrived at the 'Dragon Sky Pavilion.'

The Dragon Sky Pavilion stood in the central area of Dragon Sky City. This place was the hub of the guardian strange formation that protected Dragon Sky Ridge, so outsiders could not enter. The moment Li Luo's group of three arrived here, they felt several fierce and powerful auras surging from the shadows. Each of these auras was stronger than Li Fuluo's.

However, Li Fuluo merely took out the Dragon Fang Guard Commander token with a calm expression. Those auras swept over the token and quietly withdrew.

"Within the Dragon Sky Pavilion, the five Inspectors are at the head. The Li Li Zhiqiu you saw yesterday is the Inspector of the Dragon Blood Vein. Besides the five great Inspectors, there are also some top-tier Marquis-level experts. The lineup is quite luxurious."

"Within Dragon Sky City, dragons and snakes are mixed together. Many loose-cultivator Marquis-level experts often come here to trade. These people are all desperadoes. If there weren't powerful forces to intimidate them, I'm afraid they'd even dare to covet the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault here," Li Fuluo casually said to Li Luo and the other.

Li Luo inwardly clicked his tongue, because he knew that although the lineup of this Dragon Sky Pavilion was luxurious, the truly strongest force in Dragon Sky Ridge still had to be the Dragon Sky Five Guards.

Because once the Five Guards formed a complete Dragon Sky Grand Formation, it could withstand even a King-level expert.

Li Fuluo led the two through one black pavilion after another, finally arriving at the depths, where a vast lake appeared. Above the lake coiled a giant dragon statue. At the forehead of the dragon statue, a golden great door stood open, with gilded large characters gleaming upon it.

"Dragon Sky Treasure Vault."

The three swept up through the air and landed outside the great door. A middle-aged man could be seen seated cross-legged at the door, recording for those who came out from the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault.

"Go in yourselves, then each find what you want. I'll wait for you here," Li Fuluo said.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge nodded in agreement. They went to the gatekeeper, handed over their 'Dragon Sky Jade,' and after the latter inspected it, he gestured for the two to enter on their own.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge exchanged a glance, then, carrying some curiosity, walked into this treasure vault that gathered many treasures from the Dragon Sky Five Veins.

Walking in, their field of vision instantly broadened. Tower after tower stood within, and atop each tower, dazzling treasure light radiated outward.

And at the top of the towers were different markers.

Treasure Tool Tower, Marquis Art Tower, Spirit Water Strange Light Tower, Casting Platform Tower...

Truly dazzling and abundant, with deep foundations.

Previously, when Li Luo was in the Dragon Fang Vein, he had also visited the Dragon Fang Cave where the Dragon Fang Vein stored Marquis Arts, but clearly, compared to here, the latter appeared far shabbier.

From this, one could also see that Li Li Tianwang's vein truly valued the Dragon Sky Five Guards greatly, even placing arts exclusive to each vein here.

At this moment, there were still some members obviously from the other four Guards within the Dragon Sky Treasure Vault. When they saw Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, they cast surprised glances. Of course, these were mostly directed at Jiang Jiang Qinge, after all, her appearance truly gave one a stunning impression.

"I'm going to check out that Casting Platform Tower," Jiang Jiang Qinge said softly to Li Luo, ignoring those gazes.

Li Luo nodded with a smile, then temporarily parted ways with Jiang Jiang Qinge, while his footsteps headed toward that 'Marquis Art Tower.'

He wanted to take this opportunity to see what unique aspects the Marquis Arts of the other four veins had.