This Saint artifact-level weapon could only be used by Zhou Yan.
"This is a Saint artifact, what incredible luck. This one Saint artifact alone is worth over fifty billion!"
Zhou Yan was overjoyed.
Spirit artifacts were already precious and rare.
Let alone Saint artifacts.
Each Saint artifact was immensely valuable, costing at least tens of billions.
This Saint artifact's power attribute alone increased by a thousand points, clearly demonstrating the might of Saint artifacts.
"It's a shame. The minimum requirement for this Saint artifact is reaching the fiftieth heaven realm. Only I can use it."
Even though Diao Chan and the others were cultivating rapidly, they were still far behind him.
He put away the Saint artifact, planning to give Diao Chan and the others better weapons when he acquired them in the future.
They continued to unseal stones. Zhen Mi also unearthed a high-quality space stone.
Zhou Yan also found several high-grade materials that he didn't need at the moment, so he put them away for later use.
Before long, perhaps due to Diao Chan's incredible luck, she unearthed another piece of equipment.
This time, it wasn't a Saint artifact, but a Spirit artifact-level armor, incredibly beautiful and designed for females.
[Equipment: Crystal Spirit Armor]
[Quality: Spirit Artifact]
[Durability: 5000/5000]
[Attribute 1: Defense +800]
[Attribute 2: Soul Damage -80%]
[Attribute 3: Spiritual Power Damage -80%]
[Attribute 4: Spiritual Power Recovery Speed +80%]
[Attribute 5: Constitution +50]
[Attribute 6: Stamina +50]
[Attribute 7: Elemental Resistance +50]
[Attribute 8: Spiritual Energy Shield (Summon a spiritual energy shield that absorbs 1000 damage. Cooldown: 12 hours)]
[Equipment Requirement: Female, Level 80, Spirit 100]
[Description: Made from Spirit Crystal ore.]
Upon seeing this equipment, Zhou Yan said to Diao Chan, "You should use this. Try to unearth a few more Spirit artifacts."
The value of this Spirit artifact was no less than several billion Spirit Coins.
He had already recouped his initial investment from the source stones he had purchased.
He still had a large pile of source stones left to unseal. He wondered how many times their value would multiply once he was done.
The three of them continued unsealing stones and found a pile of high-quality Source Crystals, Spirit Stones, and God Stones. He even unearthed an entire seven-star Godwood. Unfortunately, it wasn't a nine-star one, which didn't meet the requirements for the "Ling Xiao Treasure Palace."
However, these materials would definitely be useful later, so he put them away.
Zhen Mi then unearthed a Spirit artifact-level crown. When she wore it, she truly resembled a queen.
"Sister Zhen Mi is so beautiful," Diao Chan praised.
"This headpiece suits you very well, it's beautiful," Zhou Yan also commented.
"Thank you."
Zhen Mi's face flushed slightly. Especially after putting on the headpiece, she looked even more like a queen.
They continued unsealing stones.
Zhou Yan spotted the source stone he had purchased at the very beginning. This source stone, worth two billion, was three meters tall and one-and-a-half meters wide. He had previously sensed a heartbeat-like fluctuation from within this source stone.
He even speculated if there might be an egg inside.
This was entirely possible.
He had heard that many people had unearthed powerful pet eggs from source stones, many of which were ancient breeds or even divine beasts.
He wondered if he had such luck and felt a sense of anticipation.
He began to unseal this source stone.
As a cracking sound echoed, a soft light illuminated the entire courtyard. Zhou Yan looked at the situation inside with surprise.
His expectation of a pet egg was not met.
There was indeed a living being inside.
A person.
"Holy crap, there's a person inside!"
And it was a man, no less!
Zhou Yan was greatly surprised and wanted to ask, "Zhang San, is this considered human trafficking?"
Diao Chan was also shocked and said, "How can there be a person inside a source stone?"
"This is truly rare. A person living inside a stone, this is too magical," Zhen Mi was also very astonished.
"He's not dead, is he?"
"I can sense life fluctuations. He's not dead yet."
Zhou Yan looked at the person enveloped in a peculiar liquid. It was a man with chiseled features, black hair cascading over his shoulders, and clad in an ancient robe. He looked like an ancient relic.
He wondered how old he was.
Zhou Yan would probably have to call him an ancestor.
He looked at the liquid that encased the man. It emanated a powerful life force, and it was this spiritual liquid that had kept the man immortal for millennia.
"What is this liquid? It doesn't seem simple."
He clicked to examine it:
[Item: Divine Liquid]
[Quality: Mythic]
[Description: Unknown]
"Damn it!"
The description was unknown!
Are you kidding me!
"Lord, how should we handle this fellow?" Zhen Mi looked at Zhou Yan.
Diao Chan was also curious about how he would deal with him.
This person seemed to be in slumber, and no one knew how long he had been sleeping.
"Let's set him aside for now and wait for him to wake up on his own. Hopefully, he'll wake up soon."
Zhou Yan couldn't retrieve any information about the man, but since he had bought him, he was considered his person. He would definitely question him about his origins once he woke up.
They resumed unsealing stones and obtained many more precious items, but Source Crystals were still the most abundant.
Diao Chan and the others could use them for cultivation for several years.
The source stones worth one hundred billion were all unsealed.
He did a quick calculation. The total value of the unearthed items from the one hundred billion Spirit Coins was around five hundred billion.
It was only a fivefold increase, which wasn't much.
He didn't care about such trivial sums.
As for the man suspended in the divine liquid, Zhou Yan placed him in the "Spiritual Courtyard."
As for when he would wake up, it wasn't his concern as a man.
He checked the time; it was almost eight o'clock.
He had breakfast with Diao Chan and the others, then went to the instance.
He had purchased a considerable amount of Void Stones, materials used for upgrading instances.
As the materials were consumed, the level of the [Spider Demon Cave Instance] was finally raised to level 50.
After this, five-star quality Void Stones would be required.
He didn't have Void Stones of that caliber at the moment, so he could only upgrade it to this point.
Upon reaching level 50, the [Spider Demon Cave Instance] gained three new attributes.
[Special Attribute 3: Slightly Difficult (Maximum team size: 10 people)]
[Special Attribute 4: Difficult (Maximum team size: 50 people)]
[Special Attribute 5: Master (Maximum team size: 110 people)]
He then upgraded the other instances to level 50 one by one. However, he ran out of materials, leaving several instances to be upgraded only to level 40.
He would deal with that later.
With the increased difficulty of the instances, the levels and strength of the monsters would undoubtedly increase. He didn't have time to enter and observe the monsters' strength at the moment, so he would do so when he had free time.
He began to summon the soldiers of his territory.
He was about to descend onto the Lord Continent.
Once the army was assembled, he communicated with the Lord's Heart and began the descent to the Lord Continent.
A flash of light enveloped the entire territory as it began to teleport.
It was as if they were traversing a space-time tunnel, cosmic rivers, the boundless void, and mysterious planets. Finally, with another flash of light, they descended into a world of ice and snow.
"Boom!"
The entire territory landed upon a frozen land. The sky was filled with snow, and the world was a vast expanse of white.
The entire world was a stark white.