[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme":3,"chapter-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-344":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1390973,1845,"Chapter 344 - 340: The Precious Little Casket","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-344",344,"\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang’s expression showed evident confusion as he turned to look at the purple divine crystal in Xia Feng’s hand, hesitating before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s in a nearby divine essence mountain range, where upper-grade divine marrow was previously used and buried in the gathering spirit land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it seems that after so many years of nurturing, there’s a faint sign of transforming into top-grade divine marrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up a piece of purple divine crystal: \"This is produced from the Purple Crystal Divine Vein; it should also rival the top-grade divine crystal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng stored the purple divine crystal into his storage ring, correcting him: \"It’s still a bit short of matching the top-grade divine crystal, but it is pretty good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang scratched his head and handed the purple divine crystal to Xia Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are your plans, my lord?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng looked at him for a moment but did not answer the somewhat inquisitive question, instead continuing to ransack the secret chamber’s treasure vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he searched, he complained: \"Tsk, is there nothing good here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang’s expression was somewhat embarrassed, thinking that even this Fourth Branch’s vault of the Dongfang Clan held items already precious to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What sort of good things does my lord desire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng thought for a moment: \"Divine marrow, ancient divine artifacts, powerful divine techniques, and other special items, perhaps?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang’s face showed a distinctly helpless look: \"My lord, aren’t you making it difficult for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divine marrows are surely planted to form divine veins for continuous development.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for ancient divine artifacts, if the clan leader had one, why would he send people to snatch the ancient divine artifacts from you two?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed slightly before continuing: \"But there are divine techniques; some are stored over in the Library Pavilion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng’s eyes lit up significantly, leaving Xia Tianming to tidy up the remaining odds and ends there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he followed Dongfang Zhuangzhuang to the Scripture Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there were many seemingly interesting divine techniques there, Xia Feng held nameless divine techniques, the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique, and the Supreme Technique, so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt slightly indifferent and couldn’t help but be a bit disappointed when he looked over these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Dongfang Zhuangzhuang spoke nervously: \"My lord, that’s... that’s all there is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng considered: \"You said earlier that divine marrow had been buried.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any way to retrieve the buried divine marrow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke more and more possibly to himself: \"If only it were possible to extract the divine marrow from within the divine vein.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang hesitated, then instinctively said: \"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The divine marrow in that area has been Nurtured for so long it’s beginning to elevate to top grade. If extracted now, it might revert to its original grade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, when you move it to a new location, it will take a considerable time to form a new divine vein.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only then can you resume extracting divine crystals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng visibly hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to bring several divine veins back to Great Xia so the divine power in the Lower Realm would be more abundant, making it easier to birth new martial gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it wildly, Xia Feng even thought of dismantling every divine vein from the Infinite Divine Domain back to Great Xia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was merely a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang spoke at the opportune moment: \"I recall there are several ordinary divine veins nearby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, I’ll fetch a rough distribution map for my lord later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four or five medium-to-lower grade divine veins, plus another upper-grade divine vein, all can be dismantled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you enter the center of the divine vein and find a way to sever the surrounding divine crystals, you can extract the core divine marrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divine marrow looks much like divine crystal, but the surrounding divine power and state make it easy to distinguish between divine crystal and divine marrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two talked, Xia Feng kept storing all the divine techniques into his storage ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang led him to Dongfang Changming’s bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the clan leader seems to have a private stash, but I don’t know the exact location.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only roughly know that it should be in his bedroom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t heard about what’s inside either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sincerity made Xia Feng, who followed behind, somewhat doubtful: \"Why are you so cooperative? Many things, like the private stash in the bedroom, I wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t mentioned it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang paused, his expression suddenly becoming odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, he spoke up: \"Perhaps, I don’t particularly like them either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang did not elaborate on the story, but Xia Feng could roughly guess a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not-so-clever, a child, albeit with decent talent, still somewhat naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He likely hadn’t been bullied little by other family members in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang pushed open the bedroom door as Xia Feng took in the sight of the lavishly decorated room and slightly curled his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine sense wasn’t much use at this moment, so Dongfang Zhuangzhuang began to explore the room with Xia Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they explored, Dongfang Zhuangzhuang continued briefing Xia Feng on future matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If my lord spares me, I plan to head towards the Dongfang Clan’s main house and report the situation here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia Feng’s slightly narrowed eyes, he added: \"Of course, I’ll use getting lost as an excuse, circling around various places.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he paused: \"Haha, I probably won’t even need an excuse; without a travel permit, I doubt I could find the main house from here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng was rummaging through cabinetry and spoke unpleasantly: \"What exactly are you trying to say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongfang Zhuangzhuang coughed: \"The Fourth Branch has been annihilated by my lord, surely the main house and other branches will know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To avoid losing face before the other three clans, the main house will surely dispatch the Eastern Divine Guard Squad to hunt you and that other lord down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scratched his head: \"I just figured, my lord shouldn’t mistake me for being the informant then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The main house has its own information channels and location detection methods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice dwindled: \"So, earlier I suggested my lord to visit the Purple Crystal Divine Vein because of this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The divine power of divine crystals within the Purple Crystal Divine Vein is potent, effectively masking their location detection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng nodded in contemplation, and just as he was lost in thought, his palm suddenly touched an empty box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arched an eyebrow, immediately regaining focus to look at the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The box wasn’t large but appeared quite valuable, with a faint divine power seal on it, seemingly meant to prevent others from opening it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With some interest, Xia Feng let Dongfang Zhuangzhuang continue searching while he began examining this box.\u003C\u002Fp>",1129,"2026-06-05T22:57:42.810Z",1,"novelbin.me","9c5b2fdfeb7c2a3e1536188ec4ae434c5cb3452b59b000e8ca79cc8516310005","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-345","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-343",634,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-cover.jpg"]