Chapter 218: Establishing the Framework
“What?! You can move the pocket realm!” The older woman, Zhu Yi, was visibly taken aback by Li Lang’s claims. “I see. This changes things, then. Apologies, please allow me some time to confer with our elders. Please feel free to wait on the first floor.”
The woman turned around along with her partner, Ma Kong. Then darkness consumed them within an instant. In the blink of an eye, they were gone.
An advanced movement technique. I should learn one soon, too. Hopefully, this trip to the Dark Sea Arena will allow me to chance across something nice. A large gathering of Foundation Establishment cultivators should at least have a few amazing techniques up for trade, right?
Heading into the former teahouse, Li Lang spotted several servants managing the place. They were all mortals, and they politely bowed toward him, but didn’t dare to stick around to converse with him. He found himself a seat at the table where he once saw Jian Beiyun operate a gambling ring.
In fact, this table was where he made his first pot of gold. He was able to abuse his ownership of the Crucible to profit from it by manipulating the bets. Thinking up to that point, he suddenly had the urge to move away lest he get exposed.
Wait, they only suspected I had ownership of the pocket realm before, but now that they confirmed it, they know I fixed the bets! Well, it wasn’t like I cheated Nightmoon Valley out of their money, though. They shouldn’t care, but I’m not going to bring it up just to be safe.
With doubts about his money lingering in the back of his mind, the couple, Zhu Yi and Ma Kong, returned. They were unaware of what was going through Li Lang’s mind and only thought he was acting nervous because of his recent big reveal. In their minds, it was a huge deal.
The Crucible, formerly known as The Great Trial of Water Crest, was a special artifact in the minds of all organizations within the Luminescent Domain. They may not know it was composed of three Spirit-grade artifacts, but they did know its capacity was enormous. It was the only known man-made artifact that simulated natural pocket realms.
Regular pocket realms were tears in the fabric of space that led to a different dimension. It was simply a doorway that connected point A to point B, with the former being this main world. This doorway couldn’t be moved.
The Crucible was different. It was essentially a space ring with shocking capacity and could contain living beings! The harm it could cause was enormous. Just the fact that organizations could smuggle their entire force while being almost undetectable rang the alarm bells.
“Li Lang, we’ve conferred with the Valley Master about your newfound control of the pocket realm. First, the Valley Master would like to express his gratitude for being so forthcoming with us. He is also overjoyed about your breakthrough.”
“He is too kind. Please give my regards to the Valley Master for me.”