Chapter 895: The Mutation of the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda (First update, requesting all)

Zhang Kaishuo asked, "What do we do now?"

"Our time is quite limited; we must gather our kin within half a day and leave the country to avoid the limelight."

There was no other way; the Qingmu King had promised to hold off the Dark Night King for him for one day, so time was extremely limited.

In such a short time, it was impossible to sell off the assets of the Li Family, so they could only choose to abandon them.

However, compared to the harvest, this loss was still within an acceptable range. Besides, Li Changsheng felt that if he were given another year or two, he might just be able to stage a comeback.

"That's all we can do!"

Xu Wenhua was open-minded about it; in fact, he had been mentally prepared for this ever since he agreed to follow Li Changsheng.

Most importantly, Xu Wenhua only had two relatives, Xu Fanghua and Xu Xiangzhi, and he held no major assets. The only thing he was reluctant to part with was the Academy, but after the Academy had finally become the top institution, this kind of thing had to happen.

Yet, even if given the chance to choose again, Xu Wenhua would still do the same.

Similar to Xu Wenhua, Zhang Kaishuo, Ning Wei, and Qian Yuanfei were not burdened by families or assets; they only needed to gather their relatives and leave the Langya Kingdom.

Ning Bizhen was all alone and had no assets to her name, so she just needed to follow Li Changsheng.

In this way, it was actually Li Changsheng's side that was the most troublesome; his clan members alone numbered in the thousands, and just gathering those scattered in various places would take some time.

Fortunately, Li Changsheng had already notified Clan Leader Li Wenbo in advance, and he believed that most of the clan members had already been gathered by now. As for those who did not arrive at the clan within the stipulated time, they would unfortunately have to be abandoned.

"Alright, it's time for us to go back too!"

Following Li Changsheng's order, the group mounted their large Flying Demon Pets and flew rapidly toward the Academy.

At this moment, the Imperial Palace was already in ruins; before leaving, Li Changsheng had let his Demon Pets destroy it at will, so that the Imperial Family would suffer even greater losses.

To rebuild the Imperial Palace, especially to set up various Restrictions and Forbidden Arrays, the Imperial Family would likely have to expend a massive amount of resources. The key was that many losses simply could not be compensated for with resources.

Because of this, the Dark Night King Dou Cangqiong would likely hate Li Changsheng even more, but Li Changsheng was already deep in debt; since the two sides were already in a situation of life-and-death, what did a little more matter?

The Forbidden Arrays in several Important Areas of the Imperial Palace had all been destroyed, but these arrays were different from the one in the Dragon Lair; the treasures suppressing the array eyes were clearly a grade lower.

With the speed of lightning, the group charged into the Gale Layer and flew toward the Academy at an extremely fast speed.

A cyan protective shield appeared on Aixi's body, blocking all the gale winds, while Li Changsheng and Ning Bizhen began to check their harvest this time.

Aside from the harvest in the Secret Realm, the main gains were Dou Zhangsheng's Space Ring and several Treasure Boxes from the depths of the Imperial treasury.

Unfortunately, Dou Zhangsheng's Space Ring had a Soul Imprint, which required Starlight Divine Water to slowly wear down.

The several Treasure Boxes had Composite Restrictions; to break the restrictions while keeping the boxes intact, one would likely need special treasures like a Forbidden Bead.

As for the harvest obtained from the Imperial Secret Technique Building, the Royal Garden, and the Core Treasury, it would have to wait until after they were tallied.

At this moment, Li Changsheng took out the Sun Command.

As a combined World Wonder, the Sun Command might be his biggest harvest this time.

Because it had been refined by Dou Zhangsheng, the Sun Command naturally contained Dou Zhangsheng's Soul Imprint, and it would also take some time to make it his own.

Even so, Li Changsheng could still exert a portion of the Sun Command's power.

Even if it was only a portion of its power, as long as it was combined with the Taiyin Token, the power unleashed would definitely exceed that of the Sun Command in its prime; this was the advantage of a combined World Wonder.

At this time, Ning Bizhen spoke up: "Changsheng, I also obtained a World Wonder!"

In Ning Bizhen's right hand, a golden bead was floating slightly, emitting a brilliant golden halo.

The Golden Treasure Bead was obtained from Dou Qingtian; it could be used for both offense and defense, and it was unknown where Dou Qingtian had obtained it.

Judging from the energy fluctuations emitted by the Golden Treasure Bead, this was a Low Grade World Wonder.

Originally, Li Changsheng didn't pay much attention to the Golden Treasure Bead; after all, it was Ning Bizhen's war trophy, and it wasn't of much use to him.

Yet at this very moment, Li Changsheng seemed to sense something and couldn't help but look at his own Space Ring.

Inside the space of the Space Ring, an ancient Nine-Story Stone Pagoda had for some reason floated up on its own, and some strange phenomena were faintly appearing on it, but because it was too blurry, Li Changsheng couldn't make it out at all.

The Nine-Story Stone Pagoda was obtained from the Langya Liu Clan's treasure vault; it possessed the function of slightly nourishing treasures and was a treasure that the Spirit King Liu Yongtu had obtained from an ancient Ruins in his early years.

Because the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda's effect of nourishing treasures was negligible and the cycle was extremely long, Li Changsheng had regarded it as a chicken rib and kept it in his Space Ring; he hadn't expected it to change this time.

The moment Li Changsheng took out the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda, the Golden Treasure Bead suddenly emitted a strong golden halo.

At the same time, the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda trembled violently, trying to break free from its restraints, but it was held firmly by Li Changsheng.

It was clear that there was a connection between the two.

"This Golden Treasure Bead might be a part of the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda!"

Li Changsheng thought to himself, feeling a faint sense of excitement.

However, this was Ning Bizhen's war trophy after all; although they were partners in an intimate relationship, he still had to discuss it with her, otherwise, it wouldn't be good if Ning Bizhen harbored any resentment.

Ning Bizhen did not show any reluctance and generously handed the Golden Treasure Bead to Li Changsheng.

As the distance closed, the two...

Without hesitation, Li Changsheng loosened his hands; the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda and the Golden Treasure Bead moved in unison, and the two made contact instantly.

In an instant, the Golden Treasure Bead rushed into the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda and finally embedded itself into the groove at the center of the first floor.

The next moment, the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda emitted a golden halo, and the revealed phenomena became slightly clearer, but it still appeared blurry and was hard to see clearly.

"A combined World Wonder!"

Li Changsheng had a guess; judging from the current situation, this was clearly a World Wonder.

From the sensing of his Mental Power, the energy fluctuations emitted by the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda went from nothing to something, suddenly reaching the level of a Low Grade World Wonder.

Although it was still Low Grade, the energy fluctuations it emitted were about 30% stronger than those of the Golden Treasure Bead; it seemed that the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda's function was that of a relay station and an amplifier.

As for whether the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda's function of nourishing treasures had been enhanced, or if other functions had been added, he would have to wait until he tested it.

Li Changsheng examined the Nine-Story Stone Pagoda; there was a groove in the center of each floor of the pagoda. After embedding the Golden Treasure Bead, there were still eight grooves left. If nothing went wrong, it would likely require eight more World Wonder-level beads.

The question was, what grade was the complete Nine-Story Stone Pagoda?

(End of chapter)