Alchemy Master

Chapter 984, The High-Class Spirit Crystal Area

Translator: Silavin

The Ancient Jade Pavilion’s ultimate treasure was priced at a staggering one hundred Heaven Earth Spirit Pearls!

Therefore, even though this treasure had been placed in the Ancient Jade Pavilion for hundreds of thousands of years, no one had ever touched it.

Qin Yichen did have Heaven Earth Spirit Pearls on his person.

However, he had no intention of taking them out.

Apart from Heaven Earth Spirit Pearls, all he had left was some Spirit Liquid from last time.

So, his objective was not to extract any Five-Coloured Profound Stone, but rather… Mutated Spirit Seeds.

Within Peak Grade Spirit Seeds lay pure Stellar Energy.

Within Mutated Spirit Seeds, however, existed Stellar Energy of various Attributes.

For instance, some Mutated Spirit Seeds contain the energy of ice, so naturally, after being refined by a powerful cultivator with the Ice Attribute, the benefits would be twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, such Mutated Spirit Seeds were extremely rare. While not quite as elusive as Five-Coloured Profound Stones, which hadn’t been extracted by anyone in over a decade, it was still exceptionally difficult to find someone who could extract even one in a year!

Similarly, due to their rarity, the price of Mutated Spirit Seeds was quite astonishing. Even those that merely contained a trace of special Stellar Energy, without reaching particularly high purity, could be sold for dozens of times the price of Peak Grade Spirit Seeds upon changing hands. Some with relatively high purity could even fetch nearly a hundred times the price.

In other words, randomly extracting a single Mutated Spirit Seed was equivalent to obtaining several thousand drops of Spirit Liquid, or even nearly ten thousand drops!

Compared to the Treasure Area, the Spirit Crystal Area was undoubtedly much quieter.

Shooting Star Spirit Crystals that casually cost over a thousand drops of Spirit Liquid each were not something ordinary gamblers could afford to play with. Even existences like the Brilliant Sky Sacred Land could not bear to waste money here.

This was true high-stakes gambling!

After all, while the Ancient Jade Pavilion’s Spirit Crystal Area offered the greatest chance of extracting Mutated Spirit Seeds or even Five-Coloured Profound Stones, the probability was pitifully low. The vast majority of Shooting Star Spirit Crystals could only yield one to two Peak Grade Spirit Seeds.

In other words, any casual selection here basically meant over a thousand drops of Spirit Liquid flying away from one’s pocket.

Perhaps because Saints Heavenly Manor’s Heaven Stairway was about to open, countless top-tier Forces’ talented geniuses had gathered in Saints Heavenly City. These people, without exception, had Forces backing them with substantial financial resources.

Therefore, today’s Spirit Crystal Area was considerably livelier than usual.

Even so, in the enormous Spirit Crystal Area, there were only around two to three hundred people.

Beautiful attendants followed behind these ‘wealthy patrons’ one after another.

In truth, every time the Heaven Stairway opened, such situations would occur.

Many powerful cultivators visiting Saints Heavenly City for the first time would come to this place, which had extracted the most Five-Coloured Profound Stones across the entire Human Race, to try their luck and broaden their horizons.

Perhaps, if their luck was good, extracting a Five-Coloured Profound Stone for their Sect would represent wealth sufficient to continue their inheritance for generations.

Moreover, many amongst them actually came with another mentality.

The Spirit Crystal Area of Saints Heavenly City’s Ancient Jade Pavilion was practically synonymous with ‘high-class gambling. Being able to select Shooting Star Spirit Crystals here was itself a symbol of superior status!

Of course, whether harbouring a mindset of testing their luck or showing off their wealth, amongst these people, within a year or two, perhaps one or two lucky fellows might extract a Mutated Spirit Seed. The vast majority of the rest would lose everything with no return.

Enormous Shooting Star Spirit Crystals were placed upon massive counters. Each and every Shooting Star Spirit Crystal here possessed extremely spiritual fluctuations, with visions ascending. Even the treasure that anchored the Water Moon Crystal House in the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty was truly inferior compared to the most ordinary Spirit Crystal here.

After all, compared to Saints Heavenly City, the most majestic place of the Human Race, the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty was merely a remote location. In the Crystal Houses there, being able to extract a Spirit Seed was already cause for delightful surprise.

Yet here, merely the price of purchasing a single Shooting Star Spirit Crystal reached as high as ten Peak Grade Spirit Seeds.

Between the two, there was simply no basis for comparison!

“Young Master, Young Lady, welcome to the Ancient Jade Pavilion’s Spirit Crystal Area.”

The moment they stepped into this area, a captivating voice transmitted over.

As a fragrant breeze swept past, a beautiful attendant approached gracefully with a sweetly smiling face.

When she caught sight of Feng Qianxue, this beautiful attendant, whose appearance could also be considered beautiful, immediately felt somewhat ashamed of her own inferiority.

However, she had clearly seen many extraordinary personages before. The colour of loss in her eyes flashed past in an instant, then was once again replaced by a beaming smile as she spoke with a pleasant voice. “Are you two interested in trying your luck?”

“En.” Qin Yichen nodded, deliberately adopting the same posture as the outstanding young talents from other major Forces, pretending to look around curiously with left and right glances, displaying an eager-to-try appearance.

“You two, please follow me.” Seeing Qin Yichen’s demeanour, the smile on the attendant’s face grew even richer, and even her voice seemed to sweeten by several degrees.

With her discerning eye, she could tell from their bearing and attire alone that they were definitely no ordinary individuals, absolutely noble personages from some Major Force.

Such people generally spent quite lavishly. As long as they purchased Shooting Star Spirit Crystals based on her introduction, she would receive a considerable commission!

Very quickly, this beautiful attendant led Qin Yichen and his companion swiftly into the Spirit Crystal Area, tirelessly introducing the Shooting Star Spirit Crystals before them and their prices.

Furthermore, this attendant’s sharp eyes discovered that when she mentioned those prices that she herself could only look up to for her entire lifetime, neither this young man nor that fairy-like woman showed any fluctuation in their expressions. Clearly, the two of them had no particular concept of money.

Witnessing this scene, the attendant’s introductions became even more enthusiastic.

Following the attendant’s introductions, Qin Yichen’s gaze swept across the Shooting Star Spirit Crystals placed upon the massive counters. In this brief moment, he discovered quite a few familiar Shooting Star Spirit Crystals.

Back when his Crystal Appraisal Technique had reached the Partially Accomplished Stage, he had spent no small fortune here to elevate his Crystal Appraisal Technique to Fully Accomplished Stage.

Of course, after reaching Fully Accomplished Stage, the Ancient Jade Pavilion’s upper echelons had personally presented him with generous gifts, requesting that he not come here ever again…

After all, with his Crystal Appraisal Technique at its peak, coming here was as simple as making withdrawals.

Relying on this familiarity, he could actually accomplish the same thing. What was even more different was that even if he extracted something Heaven Defying, everyone would only attribute it to luck!

“Hm?” During his casual wandering, Qin Yichen’s body suddenly halted, his gaze stopping upon a Shooting Star Spirit Crystal wreathed in Spiritual Energy.

“Young Master truly has excellent judgement. This Shooting Star Spirit Crystal overflows with Spiritual Energy. It’s absolutely no ordinary object!”

Seeing Qin Yichen’s form pause, the attendant walking ahead swept her gaze across the price marked on the counter. Immediately, a trace of delight flashed through her beautiful eyes as she hastily introduced it.