As the crowd dispersed, the Great Thousand Tower remained as lively as ever.
This time, so many Feind clans had been slain within the Scared Ancient Abyss that everyone possessed a considerable number of Demon Slaying Points. Thus, everyone was impatient to exchange those Demon Slaying Points for the items they needed.
"Liu Bai, come with this old man," Lu Tong said with a smile as he looked at Liu Bai.
Now that Liu Bai had become a Demon Slayer King, the number of Demon Slaying Points in his possession was naturally the greatest. Furthermore, considering his status, Lu Tong planned to directly open the highest grade treasure vault of the Saint Abyss Branch of the Great Thousand Tower for him to choose from.
The two ascended all the way to the top floor. As they walked, Lu Tong said, "I heard your main purpose for coming this time was related to Five Elements spiritual essences?"
After seeing the Sovereign Celestial Body Liu Bai cultivated, Lu Tong had already guessed many things.
The inheritance of the Five Emperors Divine Sovereign was certainly powerful, but the precious resources required to cultivate it were also truly enormous. During the ancient era this would have been manageable, but after countless years of development in the Great Thousand World, many innate spiritual essences had already been nearly exhausted.
This was also the primary reason why many ancient and powerful inheritances gradually disappeared into the dust of history.
Actually, given the level of the Five Emperors Divine Sovereign, he should have left behind the complete Sovereign Celestial Body itself, just like the Primordial Immortal Body left behind by the Immortal Great Emperor. That way, later generations could directly inherit the Sovereign Celestial Body instead of painstakingly reconsolidating it themselves.
Just like Mu Chen in the original story. The Primordial Immortal Body had been formed from immortal power gathered at the birth of heaven and earth. If Mu Chen had been required to recollect those immortal powers himself in the present era to condense the Primordial Immortal Body, it would have been utterly impossible!
"Back then, the Five Elements Divine Sovereign used the destruction of his Sovereign Celestial Body as the price to annihilate a Heavenly Demon Emperor. I originally believed that after that, the Five Emperors would never again appear in the world."
"However, these innate Five Elements spiritual essences are not easy to find. Even here, I only possess two types. If that still is not enough, then we can only ask the Great Elder to think of a solution."
The "Great Elder" Lu Tong referred to could naturally only be the current foremost figure of the Great Thousand Palace and the First Demon Slayer King, Qin Tian.
"Two types?" Liu Bai frowned.
"At present, I only possess the Wood, Water, and Earth types. I still lack the Metal and Fire types. I wonder if Senior Lu has them here?"
Lu Tong was also startled upon hearing this and said in surprise, "You have actually already gathered three types?"
He had just been saying how difficult innate Five Elements spiritual essences were to find, only to be immediately proven wrong.
"Pure luck," Liu Bai replied with a faint smile.
That truly was the truth.
If he had not coincidentally encountered the group from the Buddha Sect, how could he have obtained the Phoenix Eye Bodhi and the Yellow Springs Weak Water?
Those were genuine ancient relics. It was uncertain whether the entire Great Thousand World still contained any more of them.
After sighing emotionally for a moment, Lu Tong regained his composure and smiled.
"Your luck is indeed good. The two types I possess happen to be the Metal and Fire element spiritual essences among the Five Elements!"
As he spoke, the two had already stopped before an ordinary looking treasury gate.
Lu Tong waved his sleeve, causing brilliant spiritual light to bloom from the bronze gate. Then, amidst creaking sounds, the gate slowly opened.
As the gate opened, dense treasure light immediately rushed toward them, dazzling Liu Bai's eyes to the point that he could barely keep them open.
Once he focused his gaze, however, his eyes instantly brightened.
Within the enormous treasury, crystal spheres floated in the air. Every crystal sphere emitted dazzling treasure light, clearly indicating that the objects within were extraordinary.
"As expected of one of the most important branches of the Great Thousand Palace. The collection here is obviously far superior to the one on Abyss Continent."
Liu Bai roughly glanced through the treasures filling the treasury and could not help but praise them.
Lu Tong merely smiled silently before leading him inside.
"The rules here are the same as the Abyss Branch. The prices are marked on the crystal spheres. If you take a liking to something and possess enough Demon Slaying Points, then you may exchange for it."
Liu Bai's eyes heated up as he quickly stepped forward and swept his gaze across the crystal clear spheres.
"High Rank Saint Artifact, Clear Sky Divine Sword, one thousand Demon Slaying Points."
"Quasi Peerless Divine Ability, Thousand Hand Buddha Palm, one thousand five hundred Demon Slaying Points."
"Heavenly Fiend Asura Body, ranked thirty fifth on the Ninety Nine Sovereign Celestial Body Ranking, two thousand three hundred Demon Slaying Points."
"..."
Inside the crystal spheres were dazzling arrays of treasures that left Liu Bai endlessly amazed. Clearly, the quality of the items within this treasury was vastly superior.
Just as Liu Bai was about to ask about the two Metal and Fire element spiritual essences, a particular name suddenly entered his field of vision and attracted his attention.
"Life Devouring Pearl. Rumored to be an item left behind by the Life Devouring Great Emperor. Specific function unknown. One thousand Demon Slaying Points."
It was not considered a particularly valuable treasure and was even priced the same as the High Rank Saint Artifact Clear Sky Divine Sword.
The reason Liu Bai noticed it was because of his little brother, Liu Mubai.
His younger brother originally possessed only average talent. It was solely because Liu Bai had once given him the heavenly and earthly Flame, the Life Devouring Flame, that he had gradually risen.
At present, all of Liu Mubai's cultivation depended on that flame. Therefore, if Liu Bai wanted to raise his cultivation potential further, he would need to begin with the Life Devouring Flame itself.
Precisely because of this, when Liu Bai had previously researched the Life Devouring Flame, he had accidentally seen the title "Life Devouring Great Emperor" in an ancient text. Unfortunately, that Great Emperor was an extremely ancient figure from before the great war, so the surviving records about him were exceedingly scarce.
Lu Tong did not notice Liu Bai's abnormal reaction. Instead, he waved his hand directly, and two crystal spheres, one golden and one crimson, floated before Liu Bai.
"This is Chaos Gold Sand and Glazed Purifying Fire Pearl. They are Five Elements spiritual essences of the same grade as Heavenly Wood Divine Essence and should satisfy your requirements."
Liu Bai's eyes immediately brightened. He directly took the two crystal spheres into his hands and carefully examined them before a brilliant smile spread across his face.
"How much do these two spiritual essences cost?"
"Five thousand Demon Slaying Points."
Hearing this, Liu Bai joked, "Doesn't a Demon Slayer King receive any discount?"
Lu Tong immediately burst into hearty laughter before replying, "No, no. Even if the Great Elder personally came, the price would still be the same."
"If my guess is correct, you are now an absolute wealthy tycoon. Would you still care about such a small expense?"
That truly was not wrong. It could be said that Liu Bai was currently the richest individual among the entire Demon Slayer force.
"Good. I'll buy them!"
He generously took out his Demon Slayer Token, and after deducting five thousand Demon Slayer Points, these two Five Elements spiritual essences officially belonged to Liu Bai.
While processing the deduction, Lu Tong looked at the remaining balance displayed on the Demon Slayer Token, and even he could not help but feel envious. This caused the supervisor of the Great Thousand Tower to transform into a gold medal salesman as he proactively promoted his goods.
"How about it? Want to take a look at Peerless Saint Artifacts? With your current balance, you can still exchange for a pretty good Peerless Saint Artifact."
Liu Bai immediately shook his head upon hearing this.
"Forget it. Peerless Saint Artifacts are too expensive, and besides, I'm not lacking them..."
Those words immediately caused Lu Tong to freeze before his teeth began itching.
What kind of words were those?!
Even many super powers might not possess a single Peerless Saint Artifact, yet you were saying you did not lack them.
But after thinking about it, it made sense. Whether it was the Heavenly Emperor Sword or the World Shocking Divine Spear, both were first class Peerless Saint Artifacts. Liu Bai alone possessed two of them, so he truly had the qualifications to say such things.
Of course, Lu Tong's earlier words had clearly been partly joking as well, because the Sacred Abyss Branch did not actually possess any treasures at the Peerless Saint Artifact level.
He simply had not expected this fellow to show off so blatantly!
Liu Bai took the initiative to walk toward the area containing quasi-Peerless Saint Artifacts as he began searching for the item he wanted.
Very quickly, he found his target.
It was a black whip slowly rotating within a crystal sphere. The whip was covered in sharp thorns that emitted a chilling gleam. Every segment of the whip seemed engraved with ancient runes, and the subtle wriggling gave off an extremely strange feeling.
"This whip is called the God Binding Whip. It is a quasi-Peerless Saint Artifact refined from the branches and leaves of an ancient Mandala Flower. For it to reach this level, that Mandala Flower must at least have attained the Heavenly Sovereign level."
Lu Tong smiled as he introduced it.
This was precisely the item Liu Bai had been searching for, and also the gift he intended to bring back for Mandala.
After glancing at the price, two thousand Demon Slayer Points, plus the earlier Life Devouring Pearl, the total only came to three thousand. After directly paying, Liu Bai realized he still had four thousand Demon Slayer Points remaining.
"Feels like I can't spend it all..."
Hearing his muttering, Lu Tong's pupils instantly widened, and both his hands began twitching as though he wanted to give this fellow a "small" lesson!
"Does this place have any items related to the Array Dao?"
In the end, Liu Bai still asked Lu Tong.
Upon hearing this, a mysterious smile appeared on Lu Tong's face.
"I already knew you would ask about that, so I've already prepared something for you..."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeve and another two crystal spheres floated over.
Seeing this, Liu Bai's eyelids twitched slightly. He suddenly had the feeling this old fellow was up to no good.
After carefully examining them, the slight unease in Liu Bai's heart immediately vanished.
"Detailed Records of Fusion Arrays" and "Ten Thousand Explanations of Array Artifacts."
For Liu Bai, whose attainment in the Array Dao had already reached the pinnacle, the value of these two Array application manuals even exceeded the attraction of Peerless Saint Artifacts.
Take the "Ten Absolute Arrays" he had obtained from the Scared Ancient Abyss for example. If he could completely fuse all ten Arrays together, then its power would absolutely not lose to an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign!
This directly increased Liu Bai's combat strength and was not something external objects could compare with.
As for Array Artifacts, they were also extremely excellent treasures. Their power mainly depended on the Arrays engraved upon them.
If Liu Bai could mass produce Array Artifacts crafted from Grandmaster level Spiritual Arrays, then the Five Elements Divine Palace would truly soar into the heavens!
"So? Satisfied?"
Lu Tong leaned over with a broad grin, the wrinkles on his face practically spreading apart.
This immediately made Liu Bai cautious. He always felt this old fellow was about to demand an outrageous price.
"How much does Supervisor Lu intend to charge for these two items?"
Seeing that neither item displayed a listed price, Liu Bai knew these were likely not originally part of the treasure vault, but specially prepared by this old fellow to "trap" him.
"Hehe. In front of a Ancestor of the Array Dao like you, I wouldn't dare ask for a random price. How about this? You should understand their value clearly. 'Detailed Records of Fusion Arrays' was the painstaking work of the old man Wan Zhen, and its value is enough to compare to a quasi-Peerless Saint Artifact. As for 'Ten Thousand Explanations of Array Artifacts,' we'll count it as a top tier High Rank Saint Artifact."
That meant the total value of both items together would be three thousand Demon Slayer Points. Liu Bai silently calculated for a moment and found it acceptable, so he nodded in agreement.
This naturally delighted Lu Tong as well.
Although the value of these two items was high, they were also extremely selective regarding their buyers.
Array Dao experts like Liu Bai would naturally be willing to pay a high price, but ordinary cultivators, even Heavenly Sovereigns, who lacked achievements in the Array Dao, would never willingly spend their hard earned Demon Slayer Points to purchase such "useless" items.
This could be considered a win win situation.
Meanwhile, on the first floor of the Great Thousand Tower.
Mu Chen, who had already finished selecting his items, was speaking with Luo Li.
"You plan to go to the Ancient Tai Ling Clan?"
Mu Chen's voice carried some surprise.
Luo Li smiled gently and lightly nodded her head. Her beautiful jade like face emitted a faint radiant glow, so beautiful it dazzled the eyes.
"The Luo God Clan has already stabilized now. The Blood God Clan has been heavily damaged and no longer poses a threat. As long as the Luo God Clan focuses on recuperation, there won't be any problems."
Luo Li softly said.
However, Mu Chen frowned. Earlier, Luo Li had clearly shown little interest in going to the Ancient Tai Ling Clan, so why had she suddenly changed her mind so quickly?
Mu Chen's eyes flickered as he stared at Luo Li.
"You decided to go to the Ancient Tai Ling Clan because of me, didn't you?"
Luo Li froze for a moment. Seeing Mu Chen's expression, she knew she could not hide it from him. She lightly bit her red lips and said,
"The current me is still too weak. I can't help you."
Earlier, when the Buddha Ancient Clan pressured Mu Chen, although she had been furious inside, she had been powerless. Facing Heavenly Sovereigns, even with the Luo God Celestial Body, she could do nothing.
Mu Chen fell silent after hearing this. He also did not wish for something like that to happen again.
Of course, besides strength, Luo Li had another consideration. If she truly became the Saintess of the Ancient Tai Ling Clan, then she would gain the support of the Ancient Tai Ling Clan. At that time, even if Mu Chen truly turned hostile with the Buddha Ancient Clan, she would possess enough power to support him.
At the very least, relying on the strength of the Ancient Tai Ling Clan, she could still protect Mu Chen's life.
It could be said that everything Luo Li was doing was completely to secure a final path of retreat for both herself and Mu Chen!
Mu Chen naturally understood this as well.
However, the Ancient Tai Ling Clan was also one of the Five Ancient Clans. Even though Luo Li had inherited the Tai Ling Divine Light, if she wanted to firmly establish herself as Saintess, she would undoubtedly have to endure countless hardships.
Faced with the girl before him being so unwaveringly devoted, Mu Chen's heart was also filled with deep emotion.
At one moment, he even had the impulse to accompany the girl before him, but he quickly suppressed that thought.
Mu Chen understood very clearly that he could not make such a choice, because his future was not only for himself. There was also his father and his mother. He needed to walk his own path!
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