Research Pavilion

In the Mortal Domain's Strategist Pavilion.

Chen Fan had gathered there with Wang Kui and the others. They watched the Image Recording Stone's footage again as he shared what the Heaven-Questioning Bell had just told him. "Wang Kui."

Chen Fan turned to Wang Kui. "Contact the Household Pavilion Master. Have him send me the files on outstanding candidates in the 'architecture' subject of the Mortal Domain Third Spring Examination, especially those who think outside the box."

"The rest of you."

"Tell me whatever comes to mind. Any idea at all."

This unexpected development had shattered the Mortal Domain's plans. They needed a stronger foundation; otherwise, if these dangers reached them, they would have almost no power to fight back.

More importantly,

their escape route was gone.

Before, they could still retreat to the Fallen Firmament. If worse came to worst, they could spend the rest of their lives there. Now even that option was gone. They were not the only continent capable of reaching the Fallen Firmament.

"Copper Pipe."

Wang Kui spoke first. Looking at the projection on the Heavenly Derivation Display, he stood up and weighed in his hand the Copper Pipe on the surface of the Xixi Yi Xixi structure shown on the wall.

He was the Heavenly Storehouse Pavilion Master.

He oversaw the Mortal Domain's inventory, so he was keenly attuned to anything involving Copper Pipe.

"This is the first continent we've encountered with a structure that uses Copper Pipe. Neither the continents in this sea nor those that came through the War Mire had one."

"But this continent does."

"That means..."

"Either the region containing Fourth-Level Continents has richer resources, or this continent's legacy stretches back a very long time." Chen Fan nodded slightly.

Copper Pipe was only a building-module blueprint. When they first obtained it,