pappabearbooks Chapter 1083 - 494: Team Member +1
Chapter 1083 - 494: Team Member +1
Wang Jixuan said:"For a Loose Immortal to take another step, it’s incredibly difficult. Old brother, you know your own situation best, you’re quite depleted as well."
Mao Mo looked utterly defeated.
Wang Jixuan continued, "So I don’t dare promise you that I can help you reach a higher level in the future. All I can say is that I have plenty of resources here, and spiritual power is sufficient. Moreover, I can even take you to meet a Da Luo Golden Immortal senior later on..."
Mao Mo’s body trembled three times.
He stared at Wang Jixuan, lowered his voice and asked, "Da Luo?"
"Yes, but this senior comes and goes without a trace. He dumped me here and left, saying he’ll come to pick me up after some time."
Wang Jixuan sighed softly, patted the dust off as he stood up, and said warmly:
"Come, old brother, let me show you around my base."
Mao Mo suddenly got interested.
He was actually a bit puzzled.
Puzzled why Wang Jixuan, who could directly command him through that Primordial Spirit contract, chose to persuade him through emotion and reason.
He wasn’t stupid; in fact, he had already resigned himself to becoming a prisoner...
A slight humming echoed from deep within the passage.
A silver-white underground shuttle stopped by the two, with the Flying Wing Door automatically opening to reveal a simple yet high-tech-looking interior.
Inside, there were only two sofas facing each other.
Wang Jixuan gestured for him to enter, and a somewhat dazed Mao Mo climbed in, sitting on the sofa, his Dao Body immediately comforted by the ergonomic design.
This was a detail not valued in either the Cultivation World or the Immortal Realm.
"Oh," Mao Mo swayed his body, "quite comfortable."
Master Wang smiled with squinted eyes, crossed his legs, and snapped his fingers.
The underground shuttle slowly advanced towards the First Base.
Outside the windows on both sides, at first, they saw the underground rock layers constantly passing by, but at some point, these layers showed traces of silver-white.
They crashed into a membrane of light.
Mao Mo, as if discovering something, widened his eyes and looked at the alleyways appearing on the sides of the passage, filled densely with countless Immortal Beetles.
Those Immortal Beetles were transporting spiritual ore!
The shuttle began to decelerate.
Wang Jixuan spoke into the air, "Mu Dan, arrange a welcome banquet."
A gentle female voice echoed from various parts of the shuttle, "Okay, boss."
With a creaking sound, the shuttle came to a steady stop and opened the Flying Wing Door on its own, revealing a steel-structured platform area outside.
Wang Jixuan floated out, smiling as he invited, "Old brother, this way please."
Mao Mo sneakily looked around, his mouth agape, unable to close for a while.
This was already inside the base, in a low-lying corner.
Looking up from here, crisscrossing metal corridors could be seen, countless dwellings hanging in the air, and all around ’Mechanical Puppets’ could be seen moving, and what shocked Mao Mo the most was...
There was no Immortal Law here!
He couldn’t feel any spiritual energy fluctuations from those Mechanical Puppets!
They were unrelated to spiritual energy!
Mao Mo attempted to extend his immortal sense, which was blocked within the base, allowing him to see half of the base’s appearance.
Everywhere was ’steel and iron,’ and everywhere one could see Mechanical Skill.
"Old brother, this way."
Wang Jixuan floated ahead, calling out.
Mao Mo took two steps forward, jumped onto the white cloud at Wang Jixuan’s feet, continuously praising, the shock in his eyes lingering.
"Is this all your property?"
"Indeed," Master Wang laughed, "I do have quite a lot of resources now."
Mao Mo sighed, "You say quite a lot of resources? You wouldn’t happen to be the Young Palace Master of some Immortal Palace in the Immortal Realm, would you?"
"Of course not, I’m purely a small cultivator from Xu Realm."
"Then did you save some Da Luo Golden Immortal in your previous life?"
"That’s possible."
"You’re getting too pleased with yourself... Well, to be fair, little brother, your place is truly something, impressive, though I can’t pinpoint exactly why, it just feels impressive, and there are many things that are absent in the Immortal Realm."
"This is just my front door," Master Wang said leisurely, "wait till you scratch your chin, ahead is my very first base."
Huh?
Mao Mo became interested immediately, eyes wide as he looked ahead, following Wang Jixuan into the portal unfolding like a painting.
He smoothly entered this transformed subspace.
A mechanical city, filled with spires, Mechanical Bodies, and Immortal Beetles, came into Mao Mo’s view.
"My goodness..."
Mao Mo’s words began to repeat endlessly by his mouth, and his entire demeanor became constrained.
Bewildered and drifting, Mao Mo was led by Wang Jixuan to the welcome banquet, where Zheng Shiduo greeted him, warmly chatting and soon becoming like brothers with Mao Mo.
After rounds of drinks and tastings of dishes.
The slightly intoxicated Mao Mo suddenly realized.
Wang Jixuan was giving him treasures, bringing him to such a secret place for a tour, and even hosting a welcome for him. But in reality, it all indirectly conveyed one thing.
He couldn’t leave.
Trying to jump ship meant risking his life.
Mao Mo couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable, but he didn’t dare say much.
At this point, he could only turn his grief and anger into power.
"Brother Mao," Zheng Shiduo gently blinked, "come to my room later, I’ll show you something good."
Across the dining table, Wang Jixuan slightly frowned, wanting to remind but feared disrespecting Lao Zheng’s face.
Lao Zheng shouldn’t mess things up, right?
Moreover, Mao Mo, at the very least, was a Loose Immortal, it should be easy for him to handle Lao Zheng, no need to worry too much... right.
Thinking of this, Wang Jixuan chose not to interfere, continuing to address Gao Huating and Red Snake’s cultivation dilemmas.
...
Fortunately, Zheng Shiduo just took Mao Mo to play billiards and arcade games.
Seeing that Mao Mo’s mood was stable and behavior was usual, Wang Jixuan instructed Mu Dan to continue observing.
Mu Dan reported, "Boss, the Immortal Beetles have been fully retracted, the underground marks have been initially destroyed, and now we just wait for someone from the Immortal Realm to come."
"Yeah," Wang Jixuan said, "Logically, with such a big event here, even though they haven’t directly reported it, they should send people over to check."
"Yes, we must prepare to retreat."
Mu Dan said with concern:
"Exterminating demons feels good temporarily, but post-battle issues are countless.
"Although we can directly close and take the subspace with us, discarding the constructed base perimeter so easily feels a bit wasteful.
"Moreover, we currently lack the ability to traverse beyond the Xu Realm; using Tianluo’s means to transverse the Immortal Spirit Road could easily get us marked by the Heavenly Dao, leaving us only to hide further outside this realm."
"It’s good to have a retreat plan."
Wang Jixuan comfortably stretched with a yawn:
"After all, what’s done is done, I certainly can’t bring them back to life.
"If this guy doesn’t cause trouble, and we can develop steadily, that would be ideal, but if he insists on making trouble.
"What else could be done."
Mu Dan puffed her cheeks, "We could actually join forces back then to plan a grand enterprise together!"
"Oh, come on, really slaughter people from this realm?"
"If we were considering the problem from a perspective of maximizing benefits, there was actually a better path for us."
"What path?"
"Wait for Dou Qian Taoist to activate the large array and refine the beings of this realm, then we make a move. Boss, your Foreign Soul Puppet can likely be restored to its peak, and you could further advance in Demon Path cultivation."
Wang Jixuan: ...
The Daoist looked up at Mu Dan, his gaze slightly complex.
Mu Dan felt a bit uneasy, whispering, "This is merely a thought process one would choose through absolute rationality, people are not just plants and trees, your choices are understandable, boss."
"Mu Dan," Wang Jixuan suddenly asked, "if there was a chance to choose, would you save a hundred billion humans or ignore a hundred billion humans and continue with your established plan?"
"That depends on the plan and whether these hundred billion humans are beneficial to you."
"I see," Wang Jixuan sighed softly,
"You should remember one more thing... Forget it, I won’t lecture you. If I’m no longer around, you can activate the self-destruct program and accompany me to the Netherworld."
"That’s quite romantic," Mu Dan smiled happily.