The Phone Plane actually had several different standards when it came to piracy.
One was forcibly cracking someone else's technology. That was just being capable enough to steal it outright—like a secret cooking recipe.
But some forms of piracy would get the pirates hunted down by the genuine owners until they died, perhaps even exterminating their entire clans—like the foundational cultivation techniques of Wutai and Four Sects.
The Simple Spirit-Gathering Formation Feng Jun had developed with Carefree Platform was far too easy to pirate, so Carefree Platform had placed Sealing Talismans on the outside and marked them with Carefree Platform's insignia.
The Sealing Talismans were useful, but true experts could crack them with some effort. Yet even after cracking them, the Carefree Platform insignia would make imitators think carefully about the consequences.
Thus, even if someone cracked the Simple Spirit-Gathering Formation, they could only make a few for personal use. Selling them for profit would infringe upon Carefree Platform's interests.
What Luo Lieyang had said about cracking Lead-Acid Batteries was indeed not difficult. It would merely take some time. What he needed to consider was whether it was worth doing.
Yet the moment he spoke, Feng Jun pushed back with extreme force, making him involuntarily think of one possibility: coveting another's possessions could get one hunted down!
To be honest, he was extremely curious what gave Feng Mountain Lord the confidence to say such a thing. As far as he knew, aside from gaining Busheng the Real Person's favor, Pacify Arms Mountain seemed to have no other powerful backers.
Of course, Pacify Arms Mountain Lord's rise had been exceedingly strange, as though he had appeared overnight, proving that his origins were indeed mysterious. Yet while the goods he traded were rare, they were mostly mundane items. That did not seem