Cao Feiyu's cherry lips parted slightly. "A sixteenth order low grade status spiritual material..."
"Compared to this status spiritual material, this mountain of tens of millions of Dao Crystals suddenly seems rather ordinary." Chen Fei took over, his tone returning to its usual calm, though a sharp glint also flashed deep in his eyes.
Tens of millions of Dao Crystals were certainly an astonishing fortune for Great Cang Realm cultivators, but Dao Crystals were ultimately consumables.
A sixteenth order low grade status spiritual material, however, was entirely different. It was a supreme treasure that touched upon laws and concerned the Great Dao. Its value could hardly be measured in ordinary Dao Crystals.
Under most circumstances, what cultivators obtained were Status Fragments rather than complete status spiritual materials.
"Judging from the arrangement of these Dao Crystals, their purpose is to form a Spirit Nurturing Array. Using the vital energy of an enormous quantity of pure Dao Crystals as fuel, it continuously nurtures the status spiritual material within the Jade Box, preventing its status from collapsing over the long years and returning to heaven and earth on its own."
Hearing this, Cao Feiyu carefully observed the fluctuations in vital energy. Sure enough, she discovered that the energy emitted by those Dao Crystals was not scattering randomly. Instead, it was being guided in thread after thread toward the Jade Box at the center, like all rivers flowing into the sea.
The Array Puppet returned safely and stood beside Chen Fei, the faint demonic qi clinging to its body slowly dissipating.
Chen Fei pressed a hand against the core formation on the puppet's chest. His divine sense carefully swept across every formation pattern and vital energy circuit inside and out, confirming that during its brief reconnaissance, its core had not been corroded by demonic