Ding Shan was also gambling, but everyone's gambling method was different!
He was from the Equipment Refining Sect, which was also an orthodox Taoist inheritance, just like the Dao of Pills and Talismans. To the Swordsman's orthodoxy, they were the kind of impure cultivators who relied too much on external objects. However, in their ideology, what was the difference between the Equipment Refining Sect relying on external objects and the Swordsman relying on swords?
Since he was from the Equipment Refining Sect, it was a test of each cultivator's background. Unfortunately, his orthodoxy was very strong, but his power was far from the resources of the real big powers in the universe. In the eyes of others, he was very rich, but only he knew that his little bit of wealth was not enough in front of the real big powers' Half Immortals!
And the Equipment Refining Sect's reliance on external objects was very important.
For example, if he wanted to quickly pass through the Third Decay, he needed a divine object to help him speed up the process of his Primordial Spirit's decay. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the change of era before the Fifth Decay, and would lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Divine objects were hard to find in the world! To bear the Primordial Spirit of a Third Decay Half Immortal, it was not something that ordinary objects could bear! Ding Shan had searched the universe for thousands of years, but he could not find it. This was also fate!
He had to admit that compared to the ancient times, it was very difficult to find scraps in the current cultivation world! Everyone had been searching for scraps for millions of years, so how could it be his turn?
He could wear out iron shoes to look for something in vain, only to find it by chance! After searching for thousands of years, he could not find a suitable divine object. This time, he had no choice but to participate in the Mirror Observation Mission, and he actually found one, and it was an ownerless object!
The Empty Divine Magic Conch, an ownerless and innate spiritual treasure! It was just placed in the Mirror Observation Wall, and no one picked it up, and it had been floating there for thousands of years!
It was not that no one really wanted it, but it was because it had a special function!
The Mirror Observation Wall had a leak, and the Inner and Outer Scenic Sky cultivators started to enter and sweep, so the positioning of the Mirror Observation Wall became a big problem! However, in the world of cultivation, there was never a lack of people who were broad-minded and had good karma. Therefore, there were always Half Immortals who set up their own beacon towers in unfamiliar airspace to point out the direction for later generations!
Even though there were only a handful of such people, the Wall of Mirrors had formed a perfect system of guidance over the past tens of thousands of years. At the very least, this system was still very complete within a certain distance of the stronghold. But it was a different story if one ventured any deeper. Given enough time, the entire Wall of Mirrors would be covered by this system one day.
Most of the Waymark artifacts left behind were ordinary artifacts that would lose their effectiveness over time. Then, someone would replace them with new artifacts. However, there were also some system fulcrum artifacts that were extremely precious!
For example, the Empty Divine Magic Conch. It was unknown which selfless person had placed it here, but it was used as a supporting Waymark node in this large airspace. After tens of thousands of years, it had not moved at all.
It was not that no one had ever thought about this innate spiritual treasure, but since it was in the entire Waymark System, its existence naturally affected all the Half Immortals who came in. Once someone made a move, everyone would know. Under such circumstances, who would end up in a situation where everyone wanted to beat them up?
It was precisely because of this that this innate spiritual treasure that did not have any innate spiritual intelligence had been floating here for tens of thousands of years. It was completely embedded in the Waymark System. As time passed, it became a big attraction of the Mirror Observation Wall. Many Half Immortals would come to look at it after entering and sighing with regret before leaving.
Thus, it became a symbol, a lucky spiritual treasure, and received everyone's respect. In this wave of Half Immortals, whether it was the Interior or Exterior Immortals, it was almost time for them to return. Therefore, they had already seen what they wanted to see. Up until now, other than Ding Shan who was still wandering around not far away, there were no other cultivators.
Ever since he saw this treasure, he wanted to take it for himself! He had no choice. A man's ambition was short when he was poor, and a horse's hair was long when it was thin. He knew that this was wrong, but in order to save himself, he could not care so much.
After a hundred years of planning and meticulous preparation, the drama of swapping a leopard cat for the crown prince was about to be completed!
The plan was very complicated, but also very simple. It was to create an artifact that could temporarily replace the Empty Divine Magic Conch.
For a refiner like him, it was not easy to achieve this. However, after a hundred years of observation, where there was a will, there was a way. He really made such a thing! Whether it was the guidance of the Waymark, the fluctuation of the aura, the attribute of the spiritual treasure, or even the appearance, it was enough to pass off as the real thing!
But the problem was, of course, it was impossible for him to really create a treasure that was the same as an innate spiritual treasure. He could do this because the Empty Divine Magic Conch only used a small part of its abilities in the Waymark System. He only needed to simulate this part.
His imitation could not withstand close observation, and the time it could use the Waymark System was also very limited … Therefore, when to replace it was a very important problem!
He set the time to when his mission period was up. At that time, hundreds of people would leave, and no one would suspect the small changes in the Waymark System! When the next batch of Inner and Outer Scenic Sky cultivators came in, he would have already returned to the Exterior Scenic Sky! When someone found out, the two batches of Half Immortals added up to more than a thousand people, who would interrogate them one by one?
It was a flawless plan!
Before that, he would secretly replace the fake with the real one. At the same time, he would secretly observe everyone's reaction!
If someone came to check, he would replace it with the real one! If no one noticed, then he would continue … There were still a few years left. He was amazed at himself for having such a perfect plan!
Just like the situation now, there were two identical Empty Divine Magic Conches floating in the void, faithfully carrying out their duties. If it was not intentional, it would be very difficult for anyone to notice that he had really put in all his effort in this imitation. This was also a kind of psychological compensation. After all, he had taken away something that was public, which was very immoral!
Ding Shan paced back and forth at the maximum controllable distance from his imitation. He destroyed a few spiritual bodies here and there. This kind of life would still take a few years. It was very boring and dry! He was worried and afraid that some blind and nosy person would come and ruin his good deed!
This kind of life was very torturous, but if a person had the motivation to become an immortal, and had the experience of thousands of years of painstakingly searching for treasures, then all of this was not so unbearable!
Cultivation was very difficult. What was difficult was not only the body, but more importantly, the soul! The despair in the struggle, the unwillingness in the despair, the madness in the unwillingness … When all of these were mixed together, there was nothing that they did not dare to do!
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