Chapter 997: Three Palaces, Six Phases

Li Fengyi, Li Jingtao, and the others took the jade bottles Li Luo tossed over. After a moment of stunned silence, they hurriedly opened them to check, and when they saw the many "Spirit-Phase Gold Dews" flowing within, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"How do you have so much Spirit-Phase Gold Dew?" Li Fengyi asked in shock.

They had worked hard to collect them all the way here, only harvesting about a hundred drops, and after she and Li Fuling activated the permissions for the Gold Dew Terrace, there hadn't been much left. Yet, the amount Li Luo had just casually tossed out was likely hundreds of drops, right?

"Cousin Lingjing and I were lucky enough to enter a secret realm, where we obtained quite a lot of Spirit-Phase Gold Dew," Li Luo laughed.

In that golden palace, their gains had been extremely bountiful, and after resolving the Spirit-Eroding True Demon, he had also scoured the battlefield, picking up quite a bit of Spirit-Phase Gold Dew while looting the corpses.

"It's fine, just keep it," Li Luo said with a smile when he saw their hesitation.

Li Fengyi and Li Jingtao nodded with a smile upon hearing this. Deng Fengxian, however, was still hesitating over whether to accept this generous gift from Li Luo. But at this moment, Li Fengyi turned her gaze toward him and questioned, "You don't want to accept my third brother's things—do you have a rebellious heart?"

With such a heavy accusation leveled against him, Deng Fengxian was somewhat helpless and could only say to Li Luo, "My thanks to the Dragon Head."

Li Luo smiled and waved his hand.

At this time, Li Fengyi glanced sideways at Li Hongli and said nonchalantly, "Our third brother is still the righteous one; he even pays out of his own pocket to make up for his companions. Unlike some people, who contribute nothing yet still want to get a spot for free."

Li Hongli’s face flushed red instantly. How could she not know that Li Fengyi was mocking her for wanting to occupy the second spot that the Third Line had pooled together?

However, if not for this incident with Li Luo, she indeed would have had a high probability of obtaining that second spot based on her own status. Although people from the other two lines might have been slightly dissatisfied, it could ultimately have been suppressed.

But now that Li Luo had so generously produced so much Spirit-Phase Gold Dew, and even provided an extra spot for Lu Qingmei, if she were to greedily claim that second spot now, the comparison would surely breed resentment among the other two lines. This was clearly what Li Luo wanted to see—an attempt to sow discord among their Dragon Blood, Dragon Bone, and Dragon Horn lines.

Li Wuyuan’s expression was also somewhat unnatural. He thought for a moment and smiled at the teams from the Dragon Horn and Dragon Bone lines: "We have two spots here; one is given to Qingfeng, and the other should be decided by a candidate from your side."

To appease the teams from the other two lines, he had no choice but to give up the spot originally intended for Li Hongli.

Upon hearing this, Li Hongli immediately wanted to say something, but was met with Li Wuyuan’s gaze: "It is only a 'Pearl-Condensing Art'; our Dragon Blood Line also has many in its collection, which are not necessarily any worse than what is here."

Li Hongli could only swallow her words. She was not a fool; she knew that Li Wuyuan could not openly favor her right now. Otherwise, if it provoked resentment from the other two lines, it might just allow the Dragon Tooth Line’s generation to gain the upper hand.

This result left her feeling somewhat regretful. Had she known, she wouldn't have opened her mouth to mock Li Luo and Li Fengyi, only to end up causing her own spot to fly away.

However, Li Luo paid no mind to her annoyance. He raised his head and cast his gaze toward the massive Heavenly Dipper Wheel, where some people had already gathered a hundred drops of Spirit-Phase Gold Dew and begun to dash onto the high platform.

Among them, Li Luo saw some familiar figures; Qin Yi, Zhu Dayu, Jiang Wanyu, Zhao Shenjiang, and others were all there. Clearly, they all had no small interest in the "Pearl-Condensing Art."

Although they all came from powerful factions with deep foundations, the Pearl-Condensing Art was quite unique; it required a degree of compatibility with one's own phase to improve the efficiency of condensing Heavenly Pearls. Therefore, finding a reliable Pearl-Condensing Art often required some luck.

Under Li Luo’s gaze, someone on the high platform was the first to extend their palm, holding a hundred drops of Spirit-Phase Gold Dew, and then touched the massive Heavenly Dipper Wheel.

As the golden light circulated, the Heavenly Dipper Wheel began to rotate slowly, its countless complex and ancient patterns flowing with mysterious light like star charts.

The rotation of the Heavenly Dipper Wheel did not last long before it stopped. Then, many eyes saw a streak of light, about three zhang long, fall from within and land between the eyebrows of the person who had activated the wheel.

That person immediately sensed the information in their mind with joy, and a moment later, a satisfied smile appeared on their face.

It seemed they had obtained a quite satisfactory "Pearl-Condensing Art."

Subsequently, more and more people began to step forward to rotate the Heavenly Dipper Wheel.

Li Luo watched for a while and discovered a pattern: it seemed the longer the Heavenly Dipper Wheel rotated, the brighter and longer the light contained in the "Pearl-Condensing Art" that fell out would be.

Clearly, the efficiency of this "Pearl-Condensing Art" in condensing Heavenly Pearls would also be higher.

In just a short while, dozens of people had gone up to try, and it seemed the highest light obtained for a "Pearl-Condensing Art" was only about ten zhang.

However, as the various geniuses began to go up one after another, it seemed the good things were becoming more frequent.

Zhu Dayu, Jiang Wanyu, Zhao Shenjiang, and others all obtained "Pearl-Condensing Arts" with light reaching over thirty zhang, each of them beaming with joy.

The most astonishing was still Qin Yi. Amidst the many gazes, she drifted up with her sleeves fluttering, and as her jade hand extended, the Heavenly Dipper Wheel began to rotate.

The rotation of the Heavenly Dipper Wheel lasted for a full five minutes, a duration that made many people’s eyelids twitch. Finally, a pale blue light flew out from within the wheel.

The light was a full fifty zhang long, like a meteor streaking across the sky, falling toward Qin Yi’s fair brow.

As Qin Yi savored the profound "Pearl-Condensing Art" in her mind, a hint of joy appeared on her beautiful face. This Pearl-Condensing Art was no worse than the top-tier ones in their Qin Heavenly King Line, and in terms of compatibility, it was even more suitable for her.

With this "Pearl-Condensing Art," her cultivation speed in the Heavenly Pearl Realm would also increase by several notches.

This was indeed a good harvest.

Qin Yi’s graceful figure drifted down amidst many envious gazes, while Li Luo rubbed his hands together and dashed onto the high platform with Li Fengyi and the others.

After the previous tests, Li Luo had already realized that it seemed the higher the grade of one's phase, the stronger the light of the "Pearl-Condensing Art" obtained, and the higher its grade.

Li Fengyi and Li Jingtao tried first and successfully obtained a "Pearl-Condensing Art" with light of about twenty zhang.

Seeing this, Li Luo extended his palm and touched the Heavenly Dipper Wheel.

The Heavenly Dipper Wheel was extremely cold, like cold jade. Li Luo scanned it carefully; he could faintly feel that this object contained terrifying energy, but this energy was held in check. He figured this was a protective mechanism—if anyone attempted to destroy the Heavenly Dipper Wheel, it would surely invite a counterattack.

No wonder; such a treasure of deep foundation—if it could be snatched away, even a Heavenly King-level faction would be moved by it. After all, although the "Pearl-Condensing Art" was limited to the Heavenly Pearl Realm, it was a crucial link in that realm. With the help of such a treasure, the cultivation of one's subordinates in the Heavenly Pearl Realm would naturally be a step ahead of others.

As Li Luo’s thoughts turned, he had already pushed the hundred drops of Spirit-Phase Gold Dew from his palm into the Heavenly Dipper Wheel, and then, the wheel began to rotate.

Many gazes were cast toward him, including those of Qin Yi, Jiang Wanyu, Zhao Shenjiang, and others who had already finished.

After all, after his battle with Zhao Shenjiang, Li Luo’s strength had completely reached the peak of his generation; his every move naturally attracted attention.

Their gazes followed the rotation of the Heavenly Dipper Wheel.

Then they found their eyes growing a bit sore.

Suddenly, they snapped back to their senses—the rotation time of this Heavenly Dipper Wheel was a bit too long!

Consequently, their expressions couldn't help but change. Even Qin Yi’s fifty-zhang light "Pearl-Condensing Art" hadn't taken this long, right?

Could Li Luo’s three phases be comparable to Qin Yi’s low-ninth-grade Water Phase?

In the crowd, Qin Yi’s beautiful eyes were also fixed on this scene. Her gaze flickered. Others thought Li Luo had three phases, but in her exchanges with him, she had discovered that Li Luo’s phase power was not limited to three types. Therefore, Li Luo’s three phases might still have a distinction between main phases and auxiliary phases. If he had three auxiliary phases, wouldn't that mean he had six types of phases? With such complex phases, obtaining a Pearl-Condensing Art that was compatible with himself would naturally be extremely difficult; even within this Heavenly Dipper Wheel with its deep foundation, it might not be possible to find one.

At the thought that Li Luo might actually return empty-handed from this Heavenly Dipper Wheel, Qin Yi felt like laughing. It wasn't schadenfreude; she just simply wanted to laugh.

At this moment, Li Luo also felt that the Heavenly Dipper Wheel had been rotating for a bit too long, and his brows furrowed: "No way? Is a Pearl-Condensing Art that fits me this difficult to find?"

At the very moment Li Luo felt a bit anxious, he suddenly felt a slight disturbance from within his body.

This disturbance caused Li Luo’s expression to change instantly.

Because he discovered that this disturbance was actually coming from the mysterious golden wheel inside his body.

In this instant, the mysterious golden wheel, which had never reacted no matter how he probed it, seemed to have rotated just a little.

And the moment the mysterious golden wheel rotated, Li Luo felt the Heavenly Dipper Wheel before him vibrate as well. The next instant, the light patterns on the Heavenly Dipper Wheel brightened rapidly.

Swish!

A streak of light seemed to be spat out from the very depths of the Heavenly Dipper Wheel.

As soon as the light appeared, it roared with the energy of heaven and earth, transforming into a full hundred-zhang beam of light that descended from the sky.

In this area, many eyes widened instantly, staring in utter shock at the hundred-zhang light. This was a full twice as strong as Qin Yi’s just now!

Amidst those many shocked gazes, the light fell into Li Luo’s brow, and he hurriedly checked it at the first opportunity.

Immediately, complex information began to flow through his mind.

"Three Palaces, Six Phases Pearl-Condensing Art."

When Li Luo scanned this Pearl-Condensing Art, his expression became quite colorful and suspicious.

This kind of Pearl-Condensing Art...

This isn't just "compatible"! This is practically tailor-made, alright!!