Chapter 395: Correct and Rational
What is this black mist, a ghostly thing.
When Wang Jixuan gets a bit closer, he feels a pang of heart palpitations.
It's as if this thing is a great poison for him.
Master Wang became genuinely interested and extended a wisp of Spiritual Sense to investigate carefully, but any contact with this substance would quickly result in corruption.
This is the first time Wang Jixuan has seen something outside Cloud City that could restrain or defend against his Spiritual Sense.
Those ancient civilizations competing with the Yina civilization really have something to them.
At this moment, the Daoist was only twenty-five kilometers in a straight line from Hei Yao, Ye Zi, and that old man.
From this distance, he could closely investigate with his Spiritual Sense, know everything that was happening there, and also provide timely assistance if Nierdamon fell into danger.
Wang Jixuan carefully observed Hei Yao.
He feared the other might have other means to prevent Spiritual Sense detection, so he specially used some Spiritual Recognition Techniques and completely concealed his own Qi fluctuations.
Hei Yao mostly just sat by the fire, as if he was in a dark night.
Ye Zi sat with her legs together on the bench opposite him, looking a bit delicate, barely daring to speak loudly.
And that old man...
He gave Wang Jixuan a slight sense of crisis.
This wasn't like those aged Spirit Cultivators he had fought before, who were nearing the end of their lifespan.
The quantity of Spiritual Energy in him seemed comparable to Hei Yao and Nierdamon at their peak, enough to rank among the top Spirit Cultivators, yet what made Wang Jixuan feel the warning signs was likely something else hidden on him.
Spiritual Energy Circuit?
Means from other ancient civilizations?
Or a few more black mists?
Wang Jixuan couldn't understand, so he became even more cautious, and at the same time found an area nearby to both study the strange black mist and start burying Array Bases, setting up Array Flags.
Formation is an important means for Cultivators to confront many with few.
This time Master Wang spared no expense, using many precious treasures to create the Array Base.
It was thanks to the previous battle of seizing the gate, otherwise, Wang Jixuan would have the desire but not the power to arrange high-level formations.
Just...
Hmm, the material for Artifact Refining is almost used up, kinda miss the Blade Beast's Fake Interstellar Gate.
The formation setup is almost done, and there has been some progress in studying the black mist.
This is a living thing.
In Master Wang's intuitive feeling, the black mist can perform simple thinking, the mist itself is its form, if Wang Jixuan's guess is correct, this thing should be a product processed numerous times on the souls of intelligent life.
As he finished setting up the formation, Wang Jixuan was contemplating whether to lure them over to take action when Hei Yao and the others began a simple chat.
Hei Yao stopped roasting his hands, rubbing them together, and said slowly:
"Has half an hour passed?"
The gray-robed old man beside him shook his head, "I don't have this civilization's timekeeping tool."
Ye Zi took out a communicator and glanced at it, "Three more minutes."
"Tsk," Hei Yao sighed softly, his thick eyebrows and big eyes showing a trace of compassion, "Let's add another ten minutes, our technical advantage cannot be deciphered overnight, there's no need to kill too many innocent people, we've already won."
"Oh," Ye Zi bowed her head and obediently adjusted the timer.
Meanwhile, the old man said, "Winning and losing is relative, Hei Yao, this is already a critical moment, the Great Pioneer must not be underestimated, and if we can't use him, it's best to eliminate him directly."
"I understand."
Hei Yao shook his head with a smile:
"It's just that I actually have quite a sentiment for this low-level civilization before me.
"When I came here a few times looking for the guardians of the Yina civilization, I stayed here for a bit, learning about the culture and art.
"The level of civilization is determined by the theories and techniques mastered, but the height of civilization art is determined by individual imagination, isn't that interesting?
"Our main problem now is how to suppress the Blade Beasts that are about to turn against us."
The old man indifferently said, "Just grant them death."
Hei Yao shook his head, "The current scale of Blade Beasts is very large, with an overall combat power level far exceeding the period when the ancient Yina civilization and the other seven civilizations fought for dominance, this combat prowess is very precious."
"You've said it many times, Hei Yao," the old man frowned, "but there are so many difficulties in using Blade Beasts as expeditionary force, the Galino's council has started opposing us, they want to dominate this Star Domain, how could they possibly wander in the void between domains for thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years?"
Hei Yao raised an eyebrow, "This is the time to test our wisdom, anyway, let's bluff first, if this force loses control, then remove part of it while preserving part, to let them become expeditionary army."
The old man said, "The interstellar managers will not agree."
Wang Jixuan suddenly raised an eyebrow.
Managers?
Interstellar managers?
The Daoist suddenly thought of the Yina civilization's history.
At its peak, the Yina civilization had become the overlord of this Star Domain several times, yet when they tried to expand outward, they were limited by high-level civilizations.
Then the Yina civilization attempted a collective Ascension, investing a large amount of resources.
The collective Ascension failed, which caused them to fall from their prime, from the domain overlord to a regional overlord, and continued attempts led to Wang Jixuan's Residual Soul reaching this world through their experiments, becoming the Great Pioneer of the Yina civilization. The Yina civilization developed Spiritual Energy and became the overlord again.
So-called high-level civilizations, are they not in this plane?
Are they in a higher plane?