Chapter 452: Truth Stone
Wei Ge’s portable cave was like his identity.
Its walls were bare and the space didn’t have any superfluous items.
When they entered, the four sat at a round table and began talking.
"Mountain master, these are the reports for the past several years." Wei Ge said and pushed a jade tablet towards Yu Nianzhen.
Seeing the jade tablet, the swordsman picked it up and directly read the contents using his soul power.
When he was done, he passed the jade tablet to Jiang Yue and the other followed Yu Nianzhen’s lead.
Soon after, he finished reading and put the jade tablet on the table.
"When we came here, we wanted to talk about building smaller stages around the main stage. It seems there is no need." Yu Nianzhen stated and Jiang Yue nodded appreciatively.
In the end, he and Yu Nianzhen were novices when it came to building martial arenas.
Because of this, their vision was limited compared to Wei Ge who belonged to the Border Guard faction that had arenas all over the Cangxing world.
"If nothing goes wrong, everything will be ready at least five years before the event." Wei Ge assured.
"That’s good to hear." Yu Nianzhen said.
"There is one thing." Jiang Yue suddenly said.
"What’s the matter?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"We need formations around each martial stage, the trading area, and the entire arena."
When Yu Nianzhen was practising his sword in the past eighty years, Jiang Yue was not idle.
He used the bones of sixth-level demonic beasts and other resources to practice his formation skills.
During that time, he made a point of comprehending the formations needed for the upcoming event.
After eighty years of hard work, Jiang Yue was sure he could arrange all the formations within ten years.
"Fellow Daoist Wei, is there a shop that sells sixth-level formation materials in the trading area?" Jiang Yue asked.
"There is." Wei Ge answered right away.
Originally, he was worried about this matter.
With his experience, he knew it was necessary to have formations around the martial stages.
After all, one mistake during a fight could lead to disastrous consequences.
However, Wei Ge was not assured to hire a foreign formation master.
Although the Cangxing Mountain didn’t have a deep grudge against any of the other worlds, Wei Ge was worried about falling into a conspiracy.
If he hired a dishonest formation master and an accident happened during the event, the Cangxing Mountain may not be able to bear the consequences.
Thinking this way, he delayed the matter of formations and planned to take his time recruiting a formation master.
Fortunately, with the appearance of the deputy mountain master, Wei Ge didn’t have to worry anymore.
"The Fog mystical mountain is a mid-grade world and most of its cultivators are formation masters. They have a shop in our trading area." Wei Ge detailed.
"Formation world...’ Jiang Yue couldn’t help but look forward to it.
Although he had a formation legacy, he still looked forward to learning more.
"Is there a shop that sells skills and legacies?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
When Wei Ge heard this, he sighed and a cruel light flashed in his eyes.
"There used to be." He said and Meng Zihua explained.
"Some years ago, such a shop opened in our trading area. However,..." Meng Zihua said and also sighed.
"Was it selling fake goods?" Yu Nianzhen immediately caught on.
"Rather than fake, I would say they were modified." Wei Ge said and removed a box from his storage ring.
"I confiscated a few of the exercises and martial arts." He said.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen frowned and took the box.
For the next hour, he and Jiang Yue studied the exercises.
However, their knowledge was lacking and they couldn’t distinguish the real from the fake.
"This sword manual feels a little strange." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Jiang Yue asked but Yu Nianzhen only frowned.
As a sword-origin cultivator, Yu Nianzhen had an intrinsic understanding of swords.
However, when he read the sword manual confiscated by Wei Ge, he felt unnatural.
Although Yu Nianzhen couldn’t pinpoint the problem, he knew there was a problem.
"I purchased a spear manual from the shop but comprehending it always made me feel unnatural. Because of this, I began to suspect the shop and later discovered they were selling erroneous goods." Wei Ge explained.
"It’s difficult for ordinary cultivators to discover the problem. Fortunately, fellow Daoist Wei discovered it quickly. Otherwise, our Cangxing cultivators would sooner or later fall into trouble." Meng Zihua said, a gloomy expression clouding her face.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue couldn’t help being angry but Yu Nianzhen was more thoughtful.
"What’s on your mind?" Jiang Yue questioned when he saw the thoughtful look on his husband’s face.
"It’s impossible for a reincarnation realm cultivator to modify these kinds of advanced cultivation techniques and manuals." Yu Nianzhen said and Wei Ge nodded.
"Mountain master Yu is right. With our level of enlightenment, we can create or modify lower-grade techniques but it’s impossible to mess with advanced techniques." Wei Ge said and then continued.
"I have inquired and such modified techniques have appeared in many places in the Reincarnation World."
"Which world is responsible for the techniques?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"That’s the thing..." Wei Ge sighed and shook his head.
"One of the first things I did when you appointed me was to hire a group of people to start collecting information. Through this group, I know about the modified techniques but there is no information about the source."
"What about the owners of the shop in our trading area?" Jiang Yue said.
"It’s useless." Wei Ge said and explained.
"They were all shadow clones. When I went to arrest them, they turned into shadows and disappeared."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but frown.
"Our Cangxing mountain is desperate for legacies and this weakness can be easily exploited. We need to be more careful in the future." Yu Nianzhen said.
"What about the legacies in the library?" Jiang Yue couldn’t help but worry.
"Don’t worry, I have authenticated those legacies." Meng Zihua assured.
"How?" Jiang Yue asked in surprise.
When she heard this, Meng Zihua removed a stone from her storage ring.
The stone was the size of a small pebble and glowed with a white light.
"Truth stone?" Jiang Yue couldn’t help but gasp in surprise.
"I didn’t expect the deputy mountain master to know the truth stone." Meng Zihua said with a look of surprise on her face.
In fact, Jiang Yue didn’t know anything about the truth stone.
However, when Meng Zihua took it out, the treasure compass immediately identified the treasure.
"This truth stone was discovered in the Land of the Fallen and can be used to authenticate treasures." Meng Zihua said.
As the young leader of the BlueStar Treasure pavilion, Meng Zihua was entitled to some rare treasures.
Since the discovered truth stone was large, she naturally got a piece when it was divided into smaller pieces.
"Fellow Daoist Meng, can you let us see how it works?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Of course." Meng Zihua said and took the sword manual from Yu Nianzhen’s hand.
A moment later, she placed the manual on the table and placed the truth stone on top of it.
Less than five breaths later, the truth stone turned from white to a brilliant red.
"If it turns green, it means that an item is authentic but if it turns red, it means the item has been modified to produce an effect contrary to the original intention. If an item is damaged, the stone will turn varying shades of yellow depending on the severity of the damage." Meng Zihua said.
"How useful." Jiang Yue couldn’t help but admire.
"Did all the confiscated techniques test red?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Without exception." Wei Ge said with a gloomy look on her face.
"This is too vicious." Jiang Yue said and everyone fell silent for a moment.
"From the information I have collected, sabotaging other worlds is normal." Wei Ge said and then explained
"I don’t quite understand the principle but I have learned there can’t be more than three thousand places for each tier of worlds. If a world wants to ascend, another world must fall."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but be alarmed.
All along, they thought they only needed to advance their cultivation and the grade of their Cangxing world would ascend with them.
However, the situation seemed more complicated than they thought.
"We need more information." Yu Nianzhen said and Wei Ge nodded.
"I have dispatched people to find the information we need." Wei Ge said.
"Fellow Daoist Wei has worked hard." Jiang Yue said.
"Everyone is doing their best." Wei Ge said and looked at Yu Nianzhen.
"The mountain master has a heavy burden on his shoulders." He said.
In the past eighty years, many people opposed Yu Nianzhen’s decision.
