69novels Chapter 51 Tianxuan Stone Workshop, Saint King Wei Yi
Chapter 51 Tianxuan Stone Workshop, Saint King Wei Yi
A lush oasis stretching for tens of thousands of miles.
It supports a magnificent ancient city.
The city walls soared into the clouds, their array patterns faintly visible, absorbing and releasing the essence of the ten directions.
The Holy City of the Northern Regions.
Li Xian stood outside the city gate, his gaze calm.
His goal was clear: to obtain the ancient emperor's weapon spirit from the Wang Family Stone Workshop, to earn some source stones, and to purchase the Enlightenment Immortal Tea.
Enter the city.
The long street is wide and paved with jade.
Palaces stand on both sides, and islands float in mid-air, shrouded in clouds and mist.
Li Xian stopped outside the Wang family's stone archway.
The place was bustling with activity, and its energy soared to the heavens.
He was about to take a step.
"Young man, I've noticed you've been standing there for quite a while. Perhaps you'd like to go in and gamble a bit?"
An old, gentle voice rang in my ears.
Li Xian's pupils suddenly contracted.
All the muscles in my body are tense.
There were no fluctuations in spiritual consciousness, and no changes in airflow.
An elderly man with white hair and a youthful face had appeared three feet away from him, smiling at him.
Extremely dangerous.
The omniscient perspective flashed wildly through my mind.
'The Ancient Princess Family. Void Magic. An Old Monster.'
Li Xian's eyes remained expressionless as he slightly cupped his hands in greeting.
"I'm short on cash, so I'll just look."
After saying that, he turned and left.
His steps were steady, without a trace of panic.
He immediately abandoned the idea of entering the Wang Family Stone Archway.
The water is too deep.
With his cultivation at the second level of the Dao Palace, even if he were to cut out the soul of an ancient emperor's weapon, he would definitely not be able to leave this street.
The most efficient solution: Find a powerful backer.
In the holy city, where is the strongest backer?
Tianxuan.
Half an hour later.
Li Xian stood at the end of a quiet, ancient path.
Weeds grew rampant, and ancient trees grew wildly.
The palace was mostly collapsed, and the stone steps were cracked.
A mottled bronze plaque covered in green moss hangs diagonally on a broken stone gate, with the two characters "Tianxuan" faintly visible.
Six thousand years ago.
They were exiled to a remote and forbidden area and their members were wiped out overnight.
Now, only a desolate wasteland remains.
Li Xian took a deep breath.
Concealing all aura, I stepped inside.
He knew that a top figure of the world was sitting in these ruins.
The Sage King, Wei Yi.
After passing through two desolate courtyards, a blue stone appeared ahead.
On the bluestone sat an old man, looking very frail, who was guarding the workshop.
His face was covered in deep wrinkles, and his eyes were cloudy, as if a gust of wind could blow him over.
Li Xian stepped forward and bowed slightly:
"Senior, I'd like to select a few stones."
The old man shakily lifted his eyelids, glanced at him, and spoke in a hoarse, strained voice:
"Tianxuan... has long since declined. The good materials have all been taken by the major holy lands, leaving only some discarded stones. Go in and see for yourself."
His acting was completely natural.
fun!
Li Xian nodded: "Thank you."
He entered Tianxuan Stone Archway.
The three industrial parks are overgrown with weeds up to their knees.
The stones on the ground were mostly white and showed no signs of source energy fluctuations.
Li Xian did not use his divine sense; he placed his palm on the ground and activated the Zhang Family Source Technique.
Yuantian residual technique.
Earth veins, air currents, and traces of time.
Half an hour later, he kicked out a smooth, pebble-like stone the size of a watermelon from a collapsed corner of the wall.
There was a very faint sense of blockage in the meridians.
Go deeper.
Li Xian stopped in his tracks near the ruins of what used to be the Tianzi No. 1 Industrial Park.
He crouched down, parted the waist-high weeds, and dug out a rough stone the size of a millstone.
The instant my palm touched it.
The familiar scent of orchid and musk flashed by in my perception.
'It shares the same aura as the strange rock in Shizhai.'
'The jade stone from which the Human Essence Fruit was cut in the original story.'
Li Xian moved it out.
Finally, he picked up a palm-sized piece of silvery-white stone from a pile of rubble. He wasn't sure if it contained any source; he just made the choice based on intuition.
Three stones were placed in front of the bluestone.
"I've made my choice," Li Xian said.
The old man glanced at it and shook his head:
"They're all waste rocks, but give me ten catties of source material."
Ten catties.
At the Holy Stone Archway.
There aren't even enough tickets for the outermost perimeter.
Li Xian did not haggle.
For this being, ten jin and one hundred thousand jin make no difference.
He threw out ten pounds of ordinary minerals and pulled out a broken monk's knife.
"Borrowing this precious land to cut the stone."
The old man didn't speak, but closed his eyes to rest.
The first one was a pebble the size of a watermelon.
As the blade fell, the stone skin peeled off like snowflakes.
"Click."
A blinding blue light shot into the sky, illuminating the surrounding dilapidated courtyard walls in a deep blue hue.
A fist-sized, crystalline source block rolled down.
Blue Diamond Source.
A rare gem among heterologous species.
It is worth thousands of kilograms of pure source.
Unfortunately, the interior was completely open, and no rare treasures were sealed inside.
Li Xian, expressionless, took it into the Sea of Bitterness.
The old man slightly raised his eyelids, a hint of surprise flashing across his face, seemingly trying to relieve his loneliness in old age:
"Young man, you have good eyesight."
Li Xian didn't respond.
I didn't want to compete with an old man in acting; I thought it was childish.
He raised the cleaver, turning the blade toward the palm-sized piece of silvery-white stone.
The stone was too small, so he cut it very slowly.
Peel away the stone skin inch by inch.
When the last, thinnest layer of stone peeled off—
"boom!"
An extremely rich life essence erupted like a volcano, accompanied by a blazing pure white light, shooting straight into the sky!
The entire ruins of Tianxuan Stone Archway were illuminated.
A piece of source, about the size of a walnut, lay quietly in the stone powder.
Divine Source!
Although it is only the size of a walnut, its immortal divine substance is enough to drive cultivators from the outside world crazy, and it is worth eight or nine hundred thousand catties of pure source.
The old man's cloudy eyes suddenly snapped open, his gaze sharp and intense.
He stared intently at the divine source, seemingly sensing an aura of the same level.
"The divine source... there's a living thing inside." The old man's voice, no longer trembling, was now grave. "Cut it open and see. It can't escape the remaining array patterns here."
Li Xian nodded.
With a gentle flick of the knife tip.
The divine source cracked open.
The center of the white light.
A silver insect egg, smaller than a grain of rice, lay dormant.
There was no sign of life, but there was an extremely ancient and desolate aura.
Li Xian held the insect eggs in his palm and looked at the old man:
"Do you recognize him, senior?"
The old man examined it for a long time, then slowly shook his head:
"This is an ancient, alien species that I do not recognize. But it is indeed a living ancient insect egg. If it hatches, it may become a divine insect."
Li Xian looked at the insect eggs without the slightest hesitation:
"It is fate that I found this item in Tianxuan. This insect egg is full of vitality. If you don't mind, senior, I will keep it for the purpose of prolonging life."
The old man gave Li Xian a deep look.
His gaze seemed to see through his sea of suffering and his hidden depths.
"Young man, I appreciate your kindness," the old man shook his head, "but it's just an insect egg, its vitality too weak to be of much use. You should keep it for yourself."
Li Xian did not insist, and took out the jade bottle.
The insect eggs, suspected to be from the lineage of the Divine Emperor, were sealed inside, to be devoured or cultivated later.
Then he walked toward the last stone, the size of a millstone.
The broken monk's knife transformed into a ball of cold light.
The stone skin fell off in a rustling sound.
When the stone is cut in half.
A unique fragrance, like orchids and musk, suddenly burst forth.
The aroma is so rich it's almost tangible; one breath and you feel your pores open and your blood surge.
Ishiuchi.
A pinkish glow emanates from it.
With a flick of his wrist, Li Xian peeled off a pink fruit about half the size of a fist.
The fruit is crystal clear, shaped like a baby, and exudes an alluring luster.
Human Yuan Fruit.
Li Xian quickly took out a jade box and sealed it inside to isolate the fragrance.
The old man stood up.
He walked up to Li Xian.
Looking at the jade box, he sighed softly:
"Human Essence Fruit. It is highly poisonous when eaten raw, but if it is combined with other spiritual herbs to make a precious elixir, it can extend the lifespan of a powerful being by more than a hundred years. If it were put in an auction house, it would be worth at least two or three hundred thousand catties of pure essence."
He looked at Li Xian, his tone somewhat complicated:
"You young man, your mastery of Origin Arts has reached such a level. The ruins of Tianxuan have become your blessed land."
Li Xian looked at the old man.
Two to three hundred thousand catties of raw material, that's a lot.
But that won't buy me the protection of a saintly king.
He didn't speak, but turned his palm over, and a flash of light appeared in the sea of suffering.
Another jade box appeared in his hand.
"Click".
The jade box is opened.
There was no dazzling light.
There was only a boundless life force that almost made the void ripple.
A pink fruit, more than twice the size of the previous one, lay quietly in the box.
The surface of the fruit.
Several extremely fine dark gold lines have already appeared.
The exotic fragrance no longer wafted outwards, but instead became a restrained aura, almost like the essence of Taoism.
The old man's body jolted violently.
Two terrifying beams of light suddenly erupted from those eyes, which had always been cloudy and perfectly disguised, causing the surrounding void to groan in despair.
"this……"
The old man stared at the fruit.
His voice finally revealed a hint of barely concealed emotion.
"It has already begun to transform into the Earthly Fate Fruit... Its medicinal effects are more than ten times stronger, a sight that is rare even once in ten thousand years."
The old man took a deep breath.
The divine light in his eyes slowly faded, and the surrounding void returned to calm.
"This thing is worth millions of kilograms of source energy. Powerful beings would go mad upon seeing it, holy lords would kill upon seeing it... even sages would be tempted."
The old man looked at Li Xian, his tone becoming extremely serious:
"Put it away."
He pushed the jade box back in front of Li Xian.
Li Xian did not answer.
They captured the fleeting longing in the old man's eyes.
The survivors of Tianxuan.
Having lived for six thousand years, his lifespan is nearing its end.
Even a saintly king cannot resist the temptation of the Earthly Fate Fruit.
Li Xian looked at Wei Yi, her tone as calm as if she were discussing a bowl of water.
"Senior, a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."
"As a Dao Palace cultivator, if I were to carry this thing around in the Holy City, I wouldn't survive the night."
He pushed the jade box containing two fruits side by side in front of the old man.
"I need Originium, and I need my life."
"The fruit belongs to our senior."
Li Xian stared into the old man's eyes.
"All I want is for you, senior, to protect me in this sacred city stone workshop so I can safely cut a few stones."
That's all.
In the ruins.
Dead silence.
The wind rustled through the withered grass.
The old man looked at the two jade boxes in front of him, and then at the young man in front of him who was so calm that he was almost eerily so.
a long time.
A meaningful smile appeared on the old man's withered lips.
"You young man... you've got a knack for business."