Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2287: 163: Redemption_2

It was no wonder the Chongyuan Patriarch had previously forced a mere Refining Void Cultivator to reincarnate back into the Little Cang World; apparently, there was no alternative, and such a desperate measure was born of absolute necessity.

Setting aside that peculiar technique, he scanned the remaining cultivation methods and secret arts within the inventory. Eventually, he picked out several unfamiliar spells, intending to use them to diversify his combat repertoire.

Following these selections, he moved to the spirit beast category and chose more than ten divine beasts at the Unification stage. Although he had hoped for those at the Crossing Tribulation stage, the treasury unfortunately held none; in fact, these Unification divine beasts nearly exhausted the entire current stock.

Once the divine beasts were secured, his attention shifted to the miscellaneous goods. Suddenly, his eyes lingered on a specific entry, and a flicker of astonishment crossed his face.

“Nine-Colored Divine Soil… to think such a legendary treasure still exists.”

The description stated that this soil was the very first handful of spirit earth formed during the birth of various great realms. Refined and collected by a Great Cultivator of the Spirit Plant Dao, it contained profound mystical laws and thrived on Chaos Origin Substance.

Its benefits for spirit plants were immense; anything planted within it would grow at a rate where a single day equaled a hundred days of natural development.

“This is truly a magnificent find! Both Junior Sister and Wang Liu will find it invaluable.”

Because Bu Chan utilized the Nine-colored Gourd Seed as her lifebound spirit plant, her Cultivation speed was directly tied to its growth. This treasure would perfectly offset her mediocre natural talent.

Furthermore, the Wang Liu—the form taken by his disciple, Imperial Willow—could also achieve rapid growth through the use of this soil.

“The quantity is quite limited, however; only four portions remain.”

This Nine-Colored Divine Soil functioned similarly to the Treasure Basin of Immortal Essence in that it could not be used indefinitely; it required time and a supply of Chaos Origin Substance to replenish its efficacy. Nevertheless, its value remained extraordinary.

Without a second thought, Wang Ba immediately attempted to claim all four portions of the Nine-Colored Divine Soil.

To his surprise, he found he could only select two; the other two portions had vanished from the list entirely.

“Has someone else already claimed them?”

“What a shame.”

Though Wang Ba felt a pang of regret, he nonetheless added the remaining two portions to his basket.

When he finalized his list, the total cost manifested in the air: sixteen billion eight hundred forty million Cloud Shells. Compared to this staggering sum, his initial two hundred seventy million suddenly looked pitifully small.

“How did it reach such a high price?”

Wang Ba was momentarily stunned by the figure.

He had been too preoccupied with picking items that caught his fancy to bother checking the individual price tags, yet the cumulative total was astronomical.

Upon closer inspection, he realized the bulk of the cost came from the elixirs and rare spirit materials.

Regarding elixirs, he had completely cleared out the treasury’s stock of twenty-five ‘Tribulation Crossing Divine Pills.’

That single purchase alone accounted for two billion five hundred million Cloud Shells.

The remaining medicinal pills for healing and aiding Cultivation added another billion to the debt.

As for spirit materials, he had selected rare eighth and ninth-tier items essential for raising divine beasts, effectively gutting that section for another two to three billion.

Among all these, the Nine-Colored Divine Soil was the most expensive, priced at a whopping two billion per portion.

Beyond these, the array plates, exotic spirit plants, and spirit beasts also represented significant expenditures.

“Ah, I almost forgot these…”

Wang Ba scrolled to the end of the inventory and found the ‘Realm Remains’ exactly where he expected.

The stock was plentiful, totaling eight pieces.

The price was relatively modest at ten million Cloud Shells each, roughly equivalent to a high-quality upper-grade Dao Treasure.

“Only ten million… quite a bargain.”

Wang Ba selected every last one of the Realm Remains without hesitation.

The floating price tag flickered and rose, reaching a final total of seventeen billion six hundred million.

Wang Ba remained unfazed. After a moment of deliberation, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out several middle and upper-grade Dao Treasures. These were items with fewer Innate Cloud Bans, limited power, or niche functions, which he placed atop the list for trade-in.

The list glowed as it scanned and appraised the value of these Dao Treasures.

The evaluation took a considerable amount of time.

For a collection consisting of seventy-six upper-grade and one thousand six hundred eighty middle-grade Dao Treasures, the list offered approximately seven billion Cloud Shells. Wang Ba considered this a very fair price, especially since he had intended to discard them anyway.

A soft light emanated from the list, drawing all the Dao Treasures into its pages.

His available Cloud Shell balance immediately surged to nine billion seven hundred million.

“I am still eight billion short.”

Wang Ba’s brow furrowed slightly.

He had acquired this hoard of Dao Treasures during the collapse of the Sea Market, using spirit food and low-grade materials to buy them from desperate merchants. He had kept some for the Little Cang World and carried the rest for contingencies.

Now, apart from a few high-value middle and upper-grade Dao Treasures he had specifically kept, his entire surplus collection had been traded away.

Despite this, a deficit of eight billion remained.

As he weighed his options, he remembered the Ruyi Dao Treasure he had seized after defeating the three Bodhisattvas, as well as the bangle from the Female Bodhisattva and the mountain treasure from Bodhisattva Qinglan.

These three items were all top-grade Dao Treasures, likely sourced from the Sea of Chaos Realm.

They seemed to be treasures that cultivators had managed to nurture through sheer luck.

Consequently, these treasures possessed exactly twenty-eight Innate Cloud Bans—just enough to qualify for the top-grade ranking.

Even so, they were genuine top-grade items.

Such treasures could provide significant combat advantages even to Perfect Practitioners facing their tribulations.

After a brief moment of indecision, he chose the Female Bodhisattva’s bangle. It possessed extreme sharpness but lacked versatility, making it one of the more mediocre examples of a top-grade Dao Treasure. He placed it upon the list to be appraised.