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Chapter 1057

Chapter 1057: Silent Contest



With that, Ji Tianqing entered the Constellation Well and began condensing an origin crystal . Having done it once already, the lady was much faster than last time and had soon drawn upon the power of a dozen small stars . Two medium stars flickered momentarily before spitting out star power as well, and the energy eventually converged into the Storm Pearl .

One would know at a single glance that Ji Tianqing had activated more stars than Basil had, and the quality of her product would be higher . It was just that human origin power capacity was a tad inferior to the dark races at the same level of cultivation, and the arachne were famous for their strength and deep origin power pools . Hence, there was no telling if Ji Tianqing’s origin crystal would be of a higher quality than Basil’s .

After Ji Tianqing had gone down into the well, Li Kuanglan said, “Our Jingtang Li Clan has our own set of comprehension regarding the well . Although the art itself is less profound than Tianqing’s, the condensed origin crystal won’t be inferior . Those who find her technique unsuitable can use mine . ”

With that, Li Kuanglan recited a summary of incantations .

Both Ji Tianqing and Li Kuanglan were addressing people like Zhao Yuying and Wei Potian who hadn’t been to the Constellation Well before . The other Imperial experts had benefited from the sidelines, but having any amount of extra support against the dark races was a good thing .

In less than an hour, Ji Tianqing drifted up from the well with an origin crystal . This one was of much greater quality than her first one, almost catching up to Qianye’s high-quality crystal .

The sky was already turning dark when Ji Tianqing returned, and both camps returned to rest .

Edward and Anwen walked side by side, the latter explaining the main points of origin blood extraction without holding back . Edward listened intently and would bring up his own ideas from time to time . After returning to camp, Anwen asked, “How do you feel about it?”

Edward said slowly, “I’ll probably be able to produce a marquis-level origin blood . ”

Anwen nodded . “It might not stop there if you can activate some of the key stars . ”



Edward shook his head . “I’m not strong enough . ” Edward had always been a proud genius, but he wasn’t blindly arrogant in the face of a true power gap . Anwen processed this Holy Son’s character and made note in his mind . It wouldn’t be a bad thing for the demonkin if all the top characters of the vampire race’s younger generation were this intelligent .

The experts in the Imperial camp were mostly engaged in cultivation . Song Zining, though, was frowning in front of the bonfire . He suddenly stood up and patted Qianye on the shoulder . “Follow me to the well . ”

Qianye saw the Storm Pearl Song Zining was fiddling with . “Don’t tell me you’re going to condense an origin crystal now? The night here can’t be considered frigid, but it does weaken our vitality and origin power . ”

“Don’t worry, I won’t go into the well . I’m only going to take a look . ”

Since he had said so, Qianye felt that it was fine to accompany him to the well . The Imperial camp was a fair distance from their destination, and Qianye was afraid the Demoness would attack again if he were to let the seventh young master go alone .

The two soon arrived at the well . Song Zining jumped up and stood in the air, deep in thought as he gazed at the sparkling stars below .

Moments later, he returned to Qianye’s side and said, “Did you notice?”

Qianye was also looking down this whole time and felt that something wasn’t quite right . Yet, he couldn’t really pinpoint what was wrong . He thought that it was his own misconception at first, but now that Song Zining was asking him, something had to be out of place .

Song Zining didn’t keep up the suspense . He pointed to a certain direction, saying, “See those stars? Those are the ones Tianqing drew star power from . That, that, and that too . ”

After Song Zining pointed them out, Qianye understood what was wrong . “Those stars haven’t recovered their star power!”

“Indeed . Some time has passed already, but there’s no change in them at all . If that’s the case, it seems they might not recover any time soon . ”



There were tens of thousands of stars in the well, and most of them were small flickering stars, the easiest type to sense and absorb from . Each condensation process would only activate a small number of stars . Even Qianye’s attempt, during which he had drawn from a great number of them, was negligible compared to the whole . One would hardly notice this without careful observation .

The fact that the absorbed stars didn’t recover implied a lot of things . This was different from the Empire’s past understanding of the Constellation Well . The two factions reaching a temporary compromise was also based on the belief that the star power was boundless and that it would make no difference no matter who went in .

Just as Qianye was thinking hard, Song Zining thought of something . “It’s not a true starry sky at the bottom of the well!”

“Then what is it?”


Song Zining shook his head . “I don’t know, either . ”

He gave it some thought before saying, “If that’s the case, we have to change our strategy a bit . The rest of us will go down for the condensation and you last, that way, your chances of sensing the bigger stars will increase . ”

Qianye thought back to the process in detail and realized that it made sense . It was indeed quite difficult to find the special stars amidst the sea of smaller ones .

At this moment, Anwen and Eden were seated face to face, the former explaining to him about the latest extraction process he had thought of .

Eden waited until the explanation was done before asking, “Why did you help Edward and the others perfect their methods? Wouldn’t that increase the vampire race’s strength?”

Anwen smiled faintly . “It will, but ours will increase even more . The gap between our races will only grow bigger and bigger . ”

Eden remained half-skeptical .



Anwen said with a smile, “Don’t think too much . You go down after Edward tomorrow, let me see if the new method is effective . ”

The next day, the Evernight experts stood guard while Edward entered the Constellation Well . At the same time, they were also observing and learning the process . The Imperial crowd stood halfway up the mountain looking down at the well .

Edward was, after all, a Holy Son who had survived blood torture and possessed a wisp of a Great Monarch’s aura . His condensation process was extremely smooth, forming a marquis-level origin blood in a much shorter time compared to Basil .

This outcome stirred up the Evernight experts and filled Anwen with anticipation .

When it was the Empire’s turn, the one to appear was surprisingly not Li Kuanglan or Zhao Yuying, but Wei Potian instead .

The man’s characteristics were clear—he was outstanding in defense, but one grade inferior in other aspects, including cultivation talents . According to Anwen’s calculations, he would barely be able to form a crystal . Why would they let him take the field?

Once inside the well, projections of mountain ranges appeared around Wei Potian to resist the gravitational power . His defensive specialization lessened his burden here, and the drain on his origin power was no faster than Ji Tianqing .

No one knew whether it was sheer luck or a characteristic of the Thousand Mountains, but Wei Potian activated numerous stars in succession after entering the well . Although they were only minuscule stars, he managed to surprise everyone by drawing over a dozen of them .

In the end, he managed to gain victory in numbers and form an origin crystal . Although the quality was rather mediocre, it was still a profit nonetheless .

Anwen observed the process from afar, seemingly lost in thought . Eden had descended into the Constellation Well by this point, so Anwen pushed away all distractions and focused on Eden’s first try .

Before long, dozens of stars were activated and their energy entered the blood rod in front of Eden . There were a total of seven medium-sized stars among them, to which Anwen nodded approvingly . He observed and calculated carefully in hopes of perfecting the origin blood formation process .

One could see Eden fumbling about as the blood was almost formed . It was obvious that he was trying to sense some of the bigger stars, or even the dark star . However, he never succeeded up until his demonic energy was depleted, ultimately ending up with a count grade origin blood .

Before this, Edward had managed to establish communication with a big star related to the vampire race . That was why he had managed to form a marquis-grade origin blood . Although he had only reached the weakest big star and the time was quite limited, it granted the end-product a qualitative upgrade .

Eden wasn’t too far off . The drop of origin blood he had collected was far superior to ordinary count-grade ones . With some luck, it could increase a demonkin’s talent to the virtuous count rank .

After Eden exited the Constellation Well, Li Kuanglan entered the well from the Empire’s side . Her second performance was even more outstanding than Ji Tianqing’s . In the blink of an eye, she had activated dozens of small stars and the number was quickly increasing, eventually closing in on a hundred . Although she had only drawn upon two medium-sized stars, the number of smaller ones was much greater than Eden’s . It was truly difficult to say whose performance was better .

Soon, Li Kuanglan successfully condensed a medium-grade origin crystal filled with icy aura . The quality was much higher than her first one and just shy of entering the high-quality range .

The sky was almost dark at this point, and the gravitational power in the well had become chaotic . As such, the people from either side went back to rest and wait for the second day .

Anwen was silently calculating in his tent when he thought of something . He suddenly rushed to the side of the well and looked down, his expression gradually changing .

“What’s the matter?” The Demoness’ voice echoed in the air .

Anwen’s expression was unsightly . “I think we’ve been tricked,” he couldn’t help but sigh . The vampires and arachne had somehow managed to obtain the condensation method from the humans, but they never understood the secrets of the Constellation Well .

If he weren’t here, or in constant calculation to surpass the other two races in method, perhaps no one would’ve noticed this small discrepancy . Despite his meticulous calculations, he still didn’t know that this was the first time the well had displayed an unusual situation after being drained so quickly .





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