Eternal Tale

”Yellow-tier, one thousand mid-grade spirit stones, Earth rank, ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones, Earth-tier... a million... top-grade spirit stones.”

Mo Fuyang shivered when he mentioned the Earth-tier. He had never even seen a top-grade spirit stone. ”As for the top-tier... I have no contact with it, so I don’’t know its value. It should be priced with supreme-grade spirit stones.”

Seeing the shocked expressions of the seniors, he explained, ”This item is a legacy from my family, not something I purchased. It has been around for over three thousand years.”

Hiss!

Chen Xun and the others all gasped. The item was good, but it was also expensive. They had never seen top-grade or supreme-grade spirit stones either.

”Young friend, is the quality of this item really that good?”

”Senior, this item is sold by the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance. Although it’’s a bit pricey, the material is top-notch, and many of the items they sell can last for ten thousand years!”

Mo Fuyang looked at his Nine Heavens Immortal Sound Array Disk with great care, gently stroking it. ”It can even automatically absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to replenish its spiritual power. No cultivator dares to question the authority of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.”

”The Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance? Just this item alone, I highly approve.”

Chen Xun clicked his tongue in amazement. So much important information, who knows how many people from the Immortal Alliance are out there. ”With this quality, it indeed benefits us lower-level cultivators.”Mo Fuyang’’s eyelid twitched. This senior’’s appearance of hardship was somewhat convincing, but his strength was probably overwhelming, making it not quite appropriate.

Chen Xun picked up a few low-grade spirit stones to examine. They were still hexagonal crystals, but the concentration of spiritual qi inside... so pure, without a trace of impurity.

Mo Fuyang appeared very apprehensive, bowing his head and cupping his hands. ”Senior, please forgive my lack of manners.”

”No worries, we’’ve all been through this.”

Chen Xun’’s eyes were filled with seriousness and sincerity. ”Mo Fuyang, I have never looked down on you, so there’’s no need for such behavior.”

”Moo!” Black Bull, lying nearby, expressed its agreement.

Little Crane sat beside them, blinking twice, deeply imprinting her big brother’’s words and actions in her heart.

Mo Fuyang was visibly shaken, still bowing, but the sly low laughter behind him completely broke his composure, a drop of cold sweat silently trickling down.

”It seems these spirit stones are quite effective, especially when combined with the vast spiritual qi of this world, who knows how fast cultivation could be.”

”Indeed, Senior, the consumption of low-grade spirit stones is the greatest. Qi-Enhancing Pills have resistance, but spirit stones do not.”

Mo Fuyang’’s eyes were filled with nostalgia and reminiscence. ”I’’ve heard that the offspring of those great powers are bathed in spirit stone elixirs from birth...”

Rich bastards!

The term suddenly popped into Chen Xun’’s mind. He put down the spirit stones and spoke calmly, ”It seems mid-grade spirit stones can also be used as resources for Nascent Soul and even Divine Transformation phase cultivation.”

”Senior has a keen eye. One mid-grade spirit stone is enough for me to cultivate for three days, equivalent to ten days of my meditation!”

Mo Fuyang’’s expression was somewhat elated. ”Moreover, mid-grade spirit stones have a wide range of uses, and cultivation is just one of them. No cultivator ever thinks they have too many, not even the great powers.”

”Then doesn’’t that mean the bottle of Qi-Enhancing Pills I gave you is equivalent to a year of your cultivation? Or, in other words, saving you three years of cultivation time?”

”Senior, you are wise!”

Mo Fuyang solemnly stood up and bowed. ”I am unworthy of this bottle of Qi-Enhancing Pills.”

Black Bull flicked its tail on the ground. Big Brother’’s mind is getting sharper; it hadn’’t thought that far.

Chen Xun sat cross-legged on the ground, a smile on his lips. ”I told you, this is what you deserve. Sit down.”

His eyes were clear, and his understanding of the concept of spirit stones in the great world was becoming clearer. These resources were incredibly solid, a hundred, a thousand times more effective than the spirit stones in the small boundary, just as he imagined.

”Yes, Senior.”

”Young friend, how are the cultivation realms divided in this great world?”

”Huh? Senior?!”

Mo Fuyang leaned forward slightly, his eyes widening. ”You... you don’’t know?”

”Just asking, no need to think too much.”

”Yes, yes.” Mo Fuyang’’s palms were already sweating. It was too strange, so strange it didn’’t even seem like a cultivator, but this situation only made it more eerie.

He dared not think further and began to explain to Chen Xun.

The cultivation realms in the world of immortals are divided into: Qi cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, Void Refinement, Unity, Great Ascension, and Tribulation Crossing—the nine realms known to all!

But it seems there are realms beyond Tribulation Crossing, though Mo Fuyang couldn’’t say for sure, as he had no contact with them.

Even the Nine Heavens Immortal Sound Array Disk didn’’t mention it, perhaps not daring to mention such beings.

The lifespan in the Void Refinement phase can reach seven thousand years, the Unity phase eleven thousand years, the Great Ascension phase sixteen thousand years, and the Tribulation Crossing phase twenty-two thousand years!

But these lifespans are just averages. No one knows how long these old monsters can actually live. They have countless methods, and there are many treasures that extend life, each more terrifying than the last.

Little Chi listened, dumbfounded. Tribulation Crossing, twenty thousand years! That means spirit beasts can live at least thirty thousand years! That’’s living history!

It looked at Xun, Brother Bull, and Sister Crane, who were all exceptionally calm, and suddenly didn’’t feel so excited, just secretly calculating lifespans.

Mo Fuyang didn’’t have much feeling about these realms, not even envy. They were too distant, and he felt like an observer describing something unrelated to himself.

Chen Xun listened with a thoughtful expression. What lies beyond Tribulation Crossing? He didn’’t know how far he and Bull could go on the Five Elements immortal path, and he felt indifferent about the matter of lifespan.

Black Bull just snorted lightly, with no envy in its eyes. Even if they were Tribulation Crossing powerhouses, all beings born of heaven and earth have a lifespan limit, but they do not!

What it cared about was what lay beyond Tribulation Crossing, and it would definitely help their fourth brother overcome that great tribulation of lifespan!

Little Crane’’s eyes were lively, and she didn’’t care about lifespan either. As long as she could follow her big brother and the others, she never worried about life or death, as she wasn’’t afraid of dying.

”I see, thank you.”

”Senior, you’’re too kind. It’’s my duty.”

Mo Fuyang was becoming more relaxed and never felt any hostility from this senior. ”It’’s my honor to resolve your doubts, Senior.”

”Young friend, where are we now?”

”A regular junkyard, also a lifeline for us ordinary scattered cultivators. We call ourselves scavengers.”

Mo Fuyang’’s rich voice echoed within the boundary. ”The ’’Clear Dust Misty Ship’’ comes once every hundred years, dumping all kinds of trash from Xuanwei Heaven at the edge of the great sea domain.”

”This is... a junkyard?”

”That’’s right, Senior.” Mo Fuyang’’s eyes were very certain. ”This is the legendary Xuanwei Heaven junkyard, known as a place even spirit beasts don’’t come to!”

Black Bull: ”...”

Little Crane: ”...”

Little Chi: ”...”

Chen Xun touched his nose and chuckled, ”Just as I expected.”