Somewhere on the Lord Continent, a man stood atop an altar, meticulously calculating something. However, as a surge of powerful counter-energy struck, he was instantly alarmed and, without hesitation, ceased operating the grand array.
Alas, he was still too slow. A terrifying energy surged directly towards him. He spat blood and collapsed onto the ground.
Several black-clothed figures beneath the altar rushed forward.
"What happened? How could this be?"
"Qian Ji Zi, what the hell is going on with you? Didn't you say you could deduce that person's coordinates on the Lord Continent?"
"This Qian Ji Zi isn't dead, is he? What a failure."
"Why don't we just burn him?"
Suddenly, Qian Ji Zi, who had been unconscious on the ground, clutched his chest and struggled to his feet, saying, "Cough, cough, cough, I'm still alive, I'm not dead."
The black-clothed figures: ヽ(ー_ー)ノ
"What exactly happened?" the black-clothed men quickly inquired.
"That guy prepared a powerful formation in advance. I couldn't deduce his exact location at all and suffered a powerful backlash. If I hadn't immediately halted the deduction array, I would truly be a corpse by now," Qian Ji Zi replied quickly.
The black-clothed figures were furious. "You scoundrel, didn't you say it was foolproof? You wasted so much of our high-grade materials. Do you know how precious these materials are? How much manpower and resources we wasted to search for them? We've been nurturing you for nothing all these years, you good-for-nothing!"
"Give me another chance. This Zhou Yan used a powerful formation to protect himself. If I can't deduce it, others surely can!"
"Then you get one more chance. If you fail again, you will directly commit suicide and meet the Ancient Emperor!"
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When Zhou Yan was at the Great Desolation Trading Market, he was subjected to deductions by many from ancient aristocratic families. Without exception, they all suffered backlashes.
Possessing a building like the Exalted Hall, trying to deduce his location was simply a pipe dream.
Zhou Yan arrived at the Trial Secret Realm. This secret realm requires a long time to re-enter each time it is opened. Now that his level has been raised to 40, he can explore for four days by entering.
Upgrading this Trial Secret Realm now requires a Four-Star Space Stone.
He had previously gone to the Great Desolation Trading Market and bought so many Origin Stones. So far, he had only opened a small portion of them. He planned to open those Origin Stones first.
He was sure to open Four-Star or higher Space Stones from them, and then he would upgrade this Trial Secret Realm.
Yin Lihua also had very high luck. He found Yin Lihua.
"Come, let's open Origin Stones together." Zhou Yan took her hand and walked towards the courtyard where he lived.
Yin Lihua's pretty face blushed slightly. She nodded and followed Zhou Yan into the small courtyard.
He had already instructed someone to retrieve the Origin Stones from the Treasure Chamber and they filled the entire courtyard.
"So many."
Yin Lihua was very shocked to see the entire courtyard filled.
"There's still more. Our luck is quite high. We just need to focus on opening these Origin Stones these few days and not worry about anything else," Zhou Yan said.
However, the quantity of these Origin Stones was too large. If the two of them opened them, they wouldn't know when they would finish. Thus, he opened his communicator and contacted Diao Chan and the others, asking them to return.
Upon hearing Zhou Yan's message, Diao Chan and the others instructed others to rush back to the territory.
As for the few of them, they took out their Return City Stones and transformed into streaks of light, returning to the territory.
"We're back," Diao Chan and the others messaged Zhou Yan.
"Come to the Heavenly Emperor's Palace to open Origin Stones, and also call Si Teng and the others."
Many hands make light work. He had bought tens of trillions of Origin Stones last time, and the quantity was simply too much. He had no choice but to ask everyone to help open them.
With tens of trillions of Origin Stones, the treasures that could be obtained from them would undoubtedly be astonishing.
Diao Chan and the others soon arrived at the Heavenly Emperor's Palace. Upon seeing the Origin Stones scattered everywhere, they were all greatly surprised.
"So many stones, Lord, how many did you buy?" Si Teng was very surprised.
They looked at the Origin Stones filling the ground, extremely shocked. As Zhou Yan broke open the Origin Stones, obtaining Origin Crystals of astonishing value, they were all amazed.
"You didn't go robbing, did you?" Hua Yue Rong guessed.
"Your Lord is so rich, how could I rob? I bought them, only tens of trillions of Spirit Coins," Zhou Yan said.
They were shocked again: "Tens of trillions of Spirit Coins..."
How many Origin Stones could that buy?
"So, the Origin Crystals we use for cultivation are opened from here? These Origin Stones are indeed very peculiar."
Nie Xiaoqian also curiously broke open a piece of Origin Stone. A strong light emanated from within. The crowd took a look and saw a milky white spiritual liquid.
"Little Qian sister, what kind of luck is this? You actually opened such a good treasure right away," Diao Chan said, looking at Nie Xiaoqian.
"It's so magical, there's actually spiritual liquid inside," Nie Xiaoqian was also very surprised.
"This is nothing. I even opened a person before, and they're still lying in the Spiritual Qi Courtyard," Diao Chan said.
"A person lying inside and still being alive is truly astonishing." Nie Xiaoqian had heard of it before but had never seen it with her own eyes.
"Let's see who has better luck," Zhou Yan said to everyone.
"Okay."
Diao Chan and the others also joined the team of opening stones. As more and more Origin Stones were opened by everyone, they would occasionally let out exclamations.
There were indeed many treasures within these Origin Stones.
After a long while, Zhen Mi opened an Origin Stone and surprisingly found an egg. She exclaimed, "Come quickly, there's an egg!"
Everyone curiously stepped forward and touched the egg, saying, "It's still a little warm. What kind of egg is this?"
"Let me see."
Zhou Yan took a look.
[Item: Unknown Beast Egg]
[Quality: Unknown]
[Description: After hatching, you will obtain a mystical beast.]
"Beast Egg!"
Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "This Beast Egg can only be identified after hatching to know its specific species. The quality is uncertain. Who wants it?"
They looked at each other, and finally said, "Since Sister Zhen Mi opened it, let's give it to Sister Zhen Mi," Sun Shangxiang suggested.
"I think it's better to give it to Sister Cai Yan. Her melee combat ability is relatively weak. Having a mystical beast to protect her will greatly increase her safety," Zhen Mi placed the Beast Egg in front of Cai Yan.
"That's a good idea," Zhou Yan also chimed in, saying to Cai Yan, "You are the one who needs protection the most among us. Take it."
"Thank you, Sister Zhen Mi," Cai Yan nodded.
Zhen Mi was a support class, and her buffs to the entire team were very powerful. Only when she was safe could the others fight with peace of mind.
They continued to open stones and subsequently obtained various precious materials, even obtaining quite a few Yin Underworld Stones.
These were materials that could upgrade the Underworld, and they had finally been opened.
Because of the large quantity of Origin Stones purchased, they frequently obtained many precious materials, even a lot of Nine-Star materials.
These Nine-Star materials were crucial for upgrading the Exalted Hall, and Zhou Yan was very happy.
Subsequently, Zhou Yan opened another precious material, Soul Crystal.
"This crystal is so strange, I can feel a very powerful soul fluctuation."
"This quality is actually Six-Star, what good luck."
"This is a material needed for the Hall of Heroes. Not bad, everyone continue."
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(Author: I'm sick today, so I can only manage two updates.)