Chapter 644

Chapter 644: Ten-Thousand-Year Field

Warships earned the title of large treasure weapons due to requiring materials tens to tens of thousands times greater than same-rank treasures. Their might grew with size.

Take snow-peak ironwood as example. Crafting treasures might need half a tree, or three to five at most.

But building warships demanded entire forests. A whole grove might yield single thousand-foot-long vessel.

Though considered large treasure weapon, size limited potential. Seventh-rank would be its ceiling unless expanded later – reaching eighth-rank near impossible.

Yet this snow-peak ironwood remained invaluable.

Core rule of crafting large treasure weapons: materials must be uniform.

Mixing random materials wasted resources.

But amassing vast quantities of identical materials proved difficult. Eighth-rank materials were scarce enough in fragments, let alone warship quantities.

Material scarcity severely restricted Mo Sect’s large treasure production. Otherwise, how could millennia-old sect with vast manpower possess mere hundred eighth-rank warships?

While insufficient for full eighth-rank warship, this ironwood met majority requirement.

With foundation laid, gathering remaining materials through heavy spending became feasible.

Mo Sect’s current wealth helped. Other sects’ demands made material collection easier.

Fang Lie calculated: After retrieving forest, materials could be gathered within decade. Construction would take century. With fortune, Mo Sect might gain new eighth-rank warship in thousand years!

Each eighth-rank warship rivaled Thunder Tribulation Immortal in combat power, massively boosting sect strength. Fang Lie immediately summoned nearby clones upon discovery.

Mature trees were uprooted wholesale. Only saplings survived, roots preserved with living soil for replanting.

After looting, Fang Lie torched mountain. Once-pristine snow peak melted, spiritual essence destroyed. No Spirit Plants would ever grow there again.

Meanwhile, another Fang Lie clone discovered greater prize – intact Ten-Thousand-Year Field!

Ten-Thousand-Year Field meant ten thousand Spiritual Field acres. Planting top-grade Spirit Plants on single acre annually for ten millennia created cycle. Thereafter, one acre yielded ten-thousand-year spirit herbs yearly.

Primary method for great family clans and major sects to obtain high-level spiritual items.

Wild ten-thousand-year spirit herbs were vanishingly rare. Mo Sect’s million disciples found them maybe once per decade through purchase or discovery.

Ten-Thousand-Year Fields solved scarcity, but required astronomical investment beyond ordinary sects’ means.

High-level spirit herbs demanded at least seventh-rank treasure fields. Fang Family’s prime fields during Fang Lie’s youth were merely fifth-rank.

Single seventh-rank Spiritual Field acre matched same-rank treasure’s value, often exceeding it.

Ten thousand seventh-rank acres formed Ten-Thousand-Year Field – colossal wealth in land alone.

Spiritual Energy demands were crushing. Fields degraded without sufficient energy. Special fields required specific upkeep – some needing annual high-rank demon beast blood applications. Neglect caused withering.

Maintenance required placement on Spiritual Vein’s eye, plus annual infusions of powdered high-grade spirit stones and spiritual fertilizers.

Despite costs, great clans and major sects endlessly pursued more Ten-Thousand-Year Fields. Demand never waned.

There was no other choice. The demand for ten-thousand-year spirit herbs among high-level Cultivators was simply too overwhelming. At their realm, relying on meditation to advance their cultivation would take thousands of years just to cross a single minor stage.

Only top-grade ninth-rank spirit pills could boost their Magic, but these required thousands of spirit herbs. The lowest-grade herbs needed were over a thousand years old, while over a dozen main ingredients had to be ten-thousand-year varieties.

Though an acre of ten-thousand-year spirit herbs matured each year, it could only produce a few batches of spirit pills. After accounting for failed batches, the final yield remained pitiful. Divided among a dozen Thunder Tribulation Immortals, each might get one or two pills—sometimes none at all. What use was that?

This explained why Fang Lie’s Spirit Liquid became so sought-after. It essentially multiplied their supply of ten-thousand-year spirit herbs.

Yet Fang Lie wasn’t all-powerful. Refining Spirit Liquid required lower-aged versions of the same herbs, and many high-grade herbs lacked abundant young specimens. For those, Fang Lie could only resort to expensive purchases.

A Ten-Thousand-Year Field symbolized a sect’s strength and heritage. More fields meant more high-level Cultivators and greater power.

Here, the Mo Sect lagged far behind. Though wealthy, they were poor at cultivating spirit herbs and worse at alchemy. Their strongest alchemist was likely Fang Lie himself—yet his skills paled against any elite disciple from the Xuan Sect.

Fang Lie had heard the Mo Sect possessed only one Ten-Thousand-Year Field, alongside numerous inferior Thousand-Year Fields. Those could only grow herbs up to a thousand years old, used by Wind Tribulation Immortals and above.

Now, Fang Lie had shockingly discovered another Ten-Thousand-Year Field. Though modest in scale and containing hundreds of sixth-rank Spiritual Fields instead of proper plots—likely built by the Ximen family clan within recent millennia—it remained invaluable.

According to Mo Qianxun’s information, the Ximen family clan kept both their Ten-Thousand-Year Fields within their main stronghold. Fang Lie had never considered targeting those.

Yet the Ximen family had secretly cultivated a third field outside their protective array, hidden by an illusion formation and surrounded by restricted zones. Normally, this posed no risk—nobody would dare steal from their backyard. Its decades of secrecy proved its safety.

Everything changed when Fang Lie arrived. His Void Divine Eye divine skill could pierce even small thousand Secret Realms hidden in the void—let alone a mere illusion formation.

A passing clone spotted it and froze in disbelief.

A Ten-Thousand-Year Field’s value—including its spiritual items—rivaled a Ninth-Rank Treasure. For the Ximen family to leave such a sect treasure exposed was sheer madness!

Fang Lie didn’t hesitate. Roaring with excitement, he issued an emergency summons. Clones swarmed to the location, followed by his true body.

This was necessary—the field’s defenses were formidable. Nestled in a scenic basin surrounded by mountains, it boasted mountain-protection formations, Divine Lightning Towers, a Thunder Tribulation Immortal, several Fire Tribulation Immortals, and thousands of Nascent Soul-stage Cultivators manning formations. Its defenses matched those of large towns.

Without sufficient clones, the assault would fail. Even a successful attack without his true body would cripple the clones’ Nascent Soul energy.

But Fang Lie’s true body carried bamboo leaf (sword talisman) gifts from Mo Qianxun—each containing Semi-Immortal Sword Energy. Though precious, they meant nothing compared to seizing the field.

Fearing desperate defenders might destroy the field, Fang Lie acted decisively. From afar, four clones unleashed four bamboo leaves simultaneously.

By the time guards noticed four clones attacking, it was too late. Four emerald Sword Energies tore across thousands of miles, intersecting in a square formation that slashed through all four mountain defenses.

The Semi-Immortal Sword Energy’s might proved absolute. Everything in its path—Cultivators, formations, Divine Lightning Towers, treasures—disintegrated into dust.

When the energies faded, the basin lay flattened. Mountains, defenses, and thousands of Cultivators had vanished—leaving only the pristine Ten-Thousand-Year Field untouched.