I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1289 - 788: Bountiful Harvest

"Have you determined what truly occurred?"

In the Inner City of Zhou Tian City, a solemn middle-aged man dressed in a Daoist robe featuring thunder and lightning designs inquired gravely.

Seven or eight individuals radiating Primordial Spirit auras lingered behind him, as multiple women with tangled hair lay sprawled before him on the floor.

"Hall Master, we've uncovered the details,"

A youth garbed in a Thunder Magic Robe advanced to deliver the account.

"A shadowy assailant shrouded in black robes and donning a Ghost Face Mask emerged abruptly, cleaving Zhou Tian City clean in two with a single blade strike that shattered the Circulation Star Array.

Next, he swiftly eliminated the Gongshu Clan Leader along with various other Primordial Spirit Ancestors from the Gongsu Family.

After that, he stormed into the Inner City and raided multiple Treasury Vaults belonging to the Gongsu Family.

Prior to his departure, he massacred every Primordial Spirit Realm and Golden Core Realm cultivator from the Gongsu Family concealed within the Inner City."

As the youth relayed his findings, the faces of the seven or eight figures on their feet shifted through various shades of astonishment.

It couldn't be avoided; every incident the youth described carried staggering implications.

From parting Zhou Tian City with a lone sword swing to slaying the clan head and a host of Gongsu Family Primordial Spirit Realm experts, these accomplishments demanded overwhelming might.

Zhou Tian City in particular, reinforced by the Gongsu Family across hundreds of thousands of years, was deemed utterly unassailable.

The Circulation Star Array held fame as one of the mightiest formations across the Heavenly Origin Great World.

In theory, not even the pinnacle Primordial Spirits enduring the Eighth or Ninth Tribulations could pierce its defenses swiftly.

But now, claims arose of a single sword dismantling Zhou Tian City?

The notion struck everyone as far too astonishing to accept right away.

The solemn middle-aged man himself displayed clear signs of turmoil.

He fixed his gaze on the youth and demanded in a low tone, "Can you confirm the accuracy of your account?"

"Hall Master, all that I've shared was observed by the citizens beyond the city walls; it stands as absolute fact.

I further applied the Soul Searching Technique to examine the Divine Souls of certain opportunists who infiltrated the Inner City amid the turmoil.

Their revelations matched precisely what the residents recounted," the youth affirmed with gravity.

Truth be told, upon first hearing these happenings, his own disbelief surpassed that of the assembly here.

Deeming it so implausible, he promptly deployed the Soul Searching Technique against some Golden Core Realm trespassers exploiting the disorder.

To his surprise, the results verified every detail as reality!

"Cleft Zhou Tian City with one sword..."

The solemn middle-aged man whispered, his inner disturbance intensifying.

Should the youth's report prove correct, the enigmatic attacker on Zhou Tian City possessed unfathomable strength, far beyond anything he could challenge.

Yet how had the Gongsu Family drawn the ire of such a monstrous foe?

This riddle baffled the solemn middle-aged man as well.

Just then, the leading woman among the weeping group, clad in opulent attire, cried out abruptly.

"Hall Master, you have to avenge our Gongsu Family. There's no doubt; that fiend is identical to the one who slew our Seventh Master and plundered the secondary treasury—his garb matches that villain's exactly!"

"What are you claiming?!" The solemn middle-aged man recoiled at her statement and pressed urgently, "Are you certain the masked destroyer of Zhou Tian City is that same individual from before?"

As the spouse of a core Gongsu Family descendant, the young woman occupied a notable role in the household.

Her Cultivation, limited to the Foundation Establishment stage, alone spared her from the catastrophe.

Familiar with the prior incident, she affirmed with seething resentment.

"No mistake about it—the mask on that demon is identical; it has to be the culprit from that time!"

Instantly, the solemn middle-aged man's hand quivered, his inner dread impossible to conceal.

He recognized that the nightmare haunting the Holy Alliance for decades had at last materialized.

He rose abruptly, "We depart now—head straight back to the Holy Alliance!"

With that figure's emergence, swift notification became essential.

The fate of the Gongsu Family no longer factored into his thoughts.

A lineage bereft of nearly all its Primordial Spirit Realm and Golden Core Realm forces warranted scant attention henceforth.

Should some ancient powerhouse linger beyond the starry expanse, the Gongsu Family's ousting from the Thirty-Six Upper Clans remained unavoidable.

A house fated for ruin held no further value to him.

...

"Ah Qing, we've hit the jackpot this round!"

Inside a modest treasury chamber, Little Li tumbled joyfully through heaps of Spirit Stones, his features alight with delight.

Lingering awe filled the eyes of Little Yan and Xiao Bai.

Excitement coursed through Lu Qing too.

He had already accessed the assorted treasuries and inventoried their contents.

Even the Storage Magical Treasures seized from the fallen Gongsu Family Primordial Spirits had been included in the count.

The haul proved remarkably bountiful.

Bountiful to the point where Lu Qing himself brimmed with enthusiasm.

Abundant Magical Treasures and Elixirs abounded, yet offered limited aid to Lu Qing.

The Spirit Stones, however, which he prized above all, delivered a massive windfall.

Echoing his prior raid on the Gongsu Family's secondary treasury, these vaults brimmed mostly with middle grade Spirit Stones, low-grade ones barely present.

Lu Qing's quick assessment pegged the total from the treasuries plus the Primordial Spirits' Storage Magical Treasures at more than two million middle grade Spirit Stones!

Top-grade Spirit Stones numbered over twenty thousand!

A staggering twenty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.

Recall that during Lu Qing's earlier seizure of the Gongsu Family secondary treasury, a mere thousand top-grade Spirit Stones had been his take.

Even at the famed Tianshu City auction, the Immortal Golden Bell—a High Grade Spirit Artifact—fetched just fifteen thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.

"It's no surprise for a lineage enduring hundreds of thousands of years; their reserves run truly deep."

Lu Qing exhaled deeply.

Still, he grasped the reasons behind the Gongsu Family's vast top-grade Spirit Stone reserves.

Primarily, it stemmed from their ancient heritage spanning millennia.

Additionally, the pristine spiritual essence in top-grade Spirit Stones resisted easy absorption without profound power.

Typical Primordial Spirits viewed middle grade Spirit Stones as lavish for Cultivation.

Top-grade ones for Cultivation amounted to sheer extravagance.

Solely those at the late-stage Primordial Spirit Realm past the Seven Tribulations could harness their essence fully without loss.

Thus, the bulk of Gongsu Family Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators never merited using top-grade Spirit Stones in practice.

As years passed, the clan's top-grade Spirit Stones simply piled higher.

Middle grade Spirit Stones, by contrast, saw heavier depletion.

Hence, the treasuries combined yielded just two million of them.

Regardless, two million middle grade Spirit Stones or twenty thousand top-grade ones represented a massive boon for Lu Qing.

Middle grade stones offered modest gains, yet proved somewhat useful.

Their volume would still propel his Cultivation forward appreciably.

Furthermore, should he forgo them personally, supplying Little Yan and Little Li would furnish prime Cultivation aids.

Those twenty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones promised major leaps in his Cultivation.

At minimum, enduring another one or two Primordial Spirit Tribulations lay well within reach.

On top of that, Lu Qing uncovered a startling discovery.

He gingerly retrieved a compact box.