The fully restored Life-Giving Creation Cauldron stood nine feet tall and seven feet wide. Its bronze surface was engraved with countless True Script Runes, inspiring awe at a glance.
Eight strange beasts—dragons, tigers, luan birds, turtles, snakes, and more—sat crouched upon its eight-sided shoulders!
Each beast raised its head and opened its jaws, as if letting out a soundless roar.
Wang Chen fished eight Medium Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag, cast the Object Manipulation Technique, and tossed them into the eight beast mouths!
The Spirit Stones, gleaming with Spiritual Light, rolled through the passages and into the cauldron's belly.
Though Wang Chen could not see what was happening inside, through his Divine Soul connection with the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron, he sensed the eight Medium Spirit Stones he had fed into it silently vanishing.
All the spiritual energy within them was absorbed completely by the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron.
And this precious cauldron conveyed a feeling of delight to him.
A Taotie!
Wang Chen wailed soundlessly in his heart.
Yet his hand did not stop.
There was no helping it. He had already boarded this pirate ship; if he cut his losses now, the sunk cost would be far, far too great.
He truly could not afford the pain.
So Wang Chen could only grit his teeth, stiffen his spine, and endure the ache as he fed one costly Medium Spirit Stone after another into the cauldron.
The Life-Giving Creation Cauldron ate however much it was given. Its huge belly seemed like a bottomless abyss.
Little by little, it swallowed the fortune Wang Chen had painstakingly accumulated.
At first, Wang Chen fed it Spirit Stones eight at a time.
Later, he found that far too slow, so he increased both the number and the speed.
He had gone completely numb!
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