Chen Mobai decided to stay.
Tianhe Realm was his biggest opportunity. There was no doubt that he would spend a long time in this world in the future. In this world full of battles and dangers, he couldn’t always hide.
It just so happened that this time he was guarding Qingguang Island, which allowed him to observe the large-scale battles in this world more directly.
Moreover, with Shenmu Sect supporting him, such opportunities were rare.
Even if Shenmu Sect couldn’t hold on in the end and had to retreat through the teleportation array, it would definitely cause a big commotion and couldn’t be concealed. He only needed eight seconds to return to the city, and if the island really broke, it would be no problem to hide for eight seconds in his own underground room.
After leaving from Bajiang, Chen Mobai first went to the street in the island’s market to see if he could purchase some talismans or artifacts that could increase his combat power. However, he was too late and almost everything had been bought up.
What was left were either defective or damaged artifacts with greatly reduced power.
As for the elixirs, they were completely sold out. Even the medicinal herbs that could restore spiritual power or heal injuries were bought by cultivators who were willing to spend money.
The shops opened by Shenmu Sect were even worse. After ordering the island to be sealed off, the shops were closed and all the supplies were controlled by Zheng Deming, with some being distributed to the disciples on the island.
On the other hand, there were still many self-cultivators who wanted to make a fortune and were selling items that they didn’t dare to sell on weekdays, but they raised the prices two or three times higher than usual.
Chen Mobai was interested in a spirit mirror artifact that combined offense and defense, but the stall owner asked for 80 spirit stones, which made him shake his head and leave.
After taking a look around, he realized that he was too poor and could only return to his wooden house, but he found someone waiting at the door.
“Manager Wang, why are you standing at the door?”
Chen Mobai greeted him. This person was the manager of Shenmu Sect who had rented him this wooden house. It seemed that he had just arrived and was hesitating whether to wait a while longer. When he saw Chen Mobai coming back, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“Friend Chen, this is the summons issued by our Shenmu Sect. You are a Qi Refining stage cultivator. I came here to inform you and hope that you can help defend Ling Island at this critical moment and assist our sect.”
Manager Wang handed a summons with the Shenmu Sect’s sect seal to Chen Mobai. Since he had already decided to stay, he naturally wouldn’t refuse.
“No problem. I just don’t know where to receive the spirit stones mentioned in the summons.”
The conditions for recruiting self-cultivators to defend the island mentioned in the summons were exactly the same as what Qihou had revealed. As long as they accepted the summons from Shenmu Sect, they would be given spirit stones as rewards before each day’s battle.
Such conditions were sincere.
“If you are willing, you will belong to my team, and I will distribute the spirit stones.”
Manager Wang’s words made Chen Mobai nod involuntarily, and then he immediately signed his name on the summons.
“According to Senior Zheng’s spirit talisman investigation, the first wave of monster armies will arrive in about two hours. I still need to go to the other dozen or so self-cultivators to deliver the summons. I hope you can gather at this place one hour later, Friend Chen.”
After listening to Chen Mobai, he nodded again, and Manager Wang was also generous and directly paid him 5 spirit stones.
After all, the island protection formation of Shenmu Sect had already been activated. Even if these self-cultivators wanted to escape, they couldn’t do it. They weren’t afraid that Chen Mobai would change his mind after receiving the spirit stones.
But what Manager Wang didn’t know was that immediately after he left, Chen Mobai used the Turtle Treasure to return to the Earth Origin Star.
Of course, he wasn’t running away, but going to purchase supplies for battle.
At the entrance of his house, Chen Mobai casually glanced at the more than two hundred talismans sent by the Wood Spirit Talisman Shop, and then put them into his backpack. After that, he called Wu Wan.
In Qingguang Island, the inflation was high, but the prices of artifacts in the Earth Origin Star had always been stable. However, the prices of battle artifacts were unusually high.
There was no way. The production of powerful killing artifacts needed to be declared and approved by the relevant departments of the Immortal Gate. After approval, the buyers also needed to register, and each use had to be reported. Various reasons caused the prices of battle artifacts to soar.
On the other hand, the production of defensive artifacts only required registration, so their value had always been stable.
Chen Mobai felt that in battles, it was still important to prioritize stability and self-preservation. Although he had cultivated the Water Element Shield and had the Wood Shield Talisman and Wood Armor Talisman, he still felt that he needed to purchase another defensive artifact in order to participate in the island defense battle with peace of mind.
“For a defensive artifact, the budget is around 80,000 Good Deeds.”
After stating his requirements in one sentence, Wu Wan, as a first-tier appraisal master, actually had quite a few resources that met his requirements.”I only have this one on hand right now. If you need the other two, I’ll have to get them from other blessed lands.”
“How long will it take?”
“One is in the same city, it should arrive by tomorrow. The other one needs to be transferred from Weiyu Blessed Land. If you’re not stingy with Good Deeds, it can arrive in three days at the earliest.”
In the Immortal Gate, delivery within the same city is free, but shipping from other blessed lands is not cheap. However, Chen Mobai wouldn’t care about these at this time, as he was running out of time.
So he started looking at the defensive artifact that Wu Wan took out of his safe.
It was a helmet, entirely golden, looking very cool.
“It’s a mid-grade first-order artifact. Once worn, it can defend against spells that directly attack the sea of consciousness. When I was refining it, I also built in a spiritual power shield. If it’s filled with spiritual power in advance, it can be released once without using your own spiritual power.”
Wu Wan introduced the helmet with a hint of reluctance.
“Oh, I didn’t expect it to be personally refined by Master Wu.”
Although every appraiser has a heart to become a refiner, Wu Wan’s words still surprised Chen Mobai.
“When I was refining this helmet, it was meant to help enhance consciousness during Foundation Establishment. Because I only got a Vein Protecting Pill, not a Spirit Rising Powder. Unfortunately, my foundation was still insufficient, and my Foundation Establishment failed. It will take several years to reach Qi Refining perfection again. If you need it, I can sell it to you at a discount.”
When Wu Wan said this, although his tone was light, Chen Mobai still heard his sigh.
The difficulty of Foundation Establishment is as hard as reaching the sky for ordinary Immortal Gate cultivators like them.
“What price does Master Wu plan to sell it for?”
“This artifact is made from refined gold essence, so the material cost is extraordinary. We’ve known each other for a long time, so let’s say one hundred thousand Good Deeds.”
“That’s too expensive, I only have a budget of eighty thousand Good Deeds.”
Chen Mobai had been buying talismans and replenishing spirit water auxiliary medicine recently. The original one hundred and sixty thousand Good Deeds that Chan Si transferred to him was only half left. This time, in order to participate in the Island Defense War, he didn’t plan to save, eighty thousand Good Deeds was all he had.