Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 523: Su Yuan Picks the Treasure
Previously on Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”...
Numerous freshly ascended Dao Venerables of the Miluo Dao Court have stepped into the Nine Stars Land, plunging into the Nine Extreme Treasure Star in search of valuable treasures.
Su Yuan's divine sense connected to his disciples, followers, and the diverse cultivators from the Miluo Dao Court, monitoring the shifts happening inside the Nine Extreme Treasure Star.
The transformations in the Nine Extreme Treasure Star were profound. Through the influence of an enigmatic force, the planet's surface had ballooned out by hundreds of folds, and its core now boasted a self-contained spacetime dimension.
The surroundings had shifted dramatically as well. Certain perilous zones instilled a hint of peril even in Su Yuan, whereas particular treasure troves sparked a flicker of greed in his gaze.
"It's best not to use treasures from other Chaos realms to accelerate the growth of my Little Chaos. However, it can be enhanced using the Chaos Jade condensed by the True-Word Jade Dish. So, treasures are also extremely important to me!"
Su Yuan mused quietly to himself.
"I can use my disciples, subordinates, and others within the Miluo Dao Court as my eyes, thereby finding more treasures."
Su Yuan pressed on with his inner thoughts.
He could detect the treasures deposited inside the Nine Extreme Treasure Star as offerings from others, yet he refrained from claiming them. This caution stemmed from uncertainty about whether those three entities would scrutinize those items. Should his true nature be revealed by mistake, the fallout would prove unforeseeable.
In contrast, the treasures that spontaneously manifested on the Nine Extreme Treasure Star were up for grabs in his competition."Anything with a quality surpassing a Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure is worth me making a move." Su Yuan thought to himself.
He examined the circumstances of his disciples sequentially and abruptly spotted Su Li's predicament.
Right now, Su Li had also penetrated the Nine Extreme Treasure Star.
With her command over the Fortune Dao Principle, she enjoyed a substantial edge in the hunt for treasures.
Soon after stepping into the Nine Extreme Treasure Star, she had secured four treasures, all without drawing any attention from others.
And presently, she was protecting the fifth treasure she had discovered, anxiously anticipating its full appearance.
In front of her, an ancient zither was gradually ascending.
Across the zither's body, nine-hued streams of light swirled endlessly, each embodying a Dao Principle. This marked it as a Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure!
"I've set up a concealment array. Others shouldn't be able to detect it, right?"
Su Li cast a look at the array barrier she had erected, sensing its fragility.
Indeed, her intuition proved accurate.
Having just advanced to the Dao Venerable stage lately, she lacked deep expertise in arrays at that caliber. Moreover, the Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure emanated an overpowering presence; as the artifact rose midway, its aura demolished the barrier. Beams of deep radiance burst forth, lighting up a region hundreds of thousands of light-years wide.
At once, countless individuals detected the anomaly here and surged toward the site.
"I'm done for!" Su Li lamented inside.
She cast a final, reluctant glance at the zither, then swiftly pivoted and headed off to another area, refusing to dawdle there.
As a mere First-Order Dao Venerable, remaining on site would make guarding the treasure impossible. It was wiser to hunt for the subsequent find. Thanks to her Fortune Dao Principle, locating another wouldn't pose much challenge.
Not long after Su Li's departure.
A beam of light streaked in at breakneck pace, unveiling the form of a man.
"A damaged barrier?"
Dao Venerable Qirui scanned the scene and grasped the cause. He peered toward Su Li's escape route, a faint smirk tugging at his lips. "What good is luck? The most important thing in treasure hunting is strength. Without strength, finding a treasure is useless."
His words resounded through the vicinity.
The four Dao Venerables arriving a bit later all showed sharp shifts in their faces.
Dao Venerable Qirui regarded the four with a steady look.
From his frame, seven Dao Principles unfurled in succession. Four among them had merged, their combined might alarmingly intense.
The four's countenances altered once more.
They unleashed their individual Dao Principle Domains in response.
One possessed five Dao Principles, three fused. Another wielded four Dao Principles, likewise three fused. The other two were Third-Order Dao Venerables, each notably inferior to Qirui.
"Do you wish to contend with me?" Qirui inquired evenly.
The four traded looks, quietly encircling Qirui.
"You are just one person. Do you dare to oppose all of us?" one of them declared.
Qirui let out a cold huff. "Seeking death!"
He turned his palm and summoned a feather fan, swinging it straight at the speaker. All seven Dao Principles mobilized at once, channeling a Daoist technique. A dreadful, marrow-piercing gale force barreled directly at that individual.
The speaker hastily mounted a defense and pulled back swiftly, yet both his velocity and protective strength paled far behind Dao Venerable Qirui's.
Within one breath's time, that Dao Venerable's corporeal frame and bones were utterly obliterated by the onslaught. At the same time, his conceptual essence skeleton met the same fate.
Bereft of the "skeleton" foundation, his body, blood, and spirit crumbled instantly into powder and scattered, reverting to his Dao Principle domain for rebirth.
Remaining at the site was a violet greatsword, remarkably a Three-fused Dao Treasure as well.
A grin spread across Dao Venerable Qirui's features. He beckoned with his hand, drawing the blade instantly into his hold. After a quick inspection, his icy stare shifted to the surviving three.
The gap was immense.
Wordlessly, the three spun around and bolted.
Dao Venerable Qirui effortlessly raised a barrier, concealing the treasure's glow. Next, he drove the newly acquired war blade into the earth below him. It slowly dimmed and vanished, becoming a tribute to hasten the treasure's surfacing.
The ancient zither, previously emerging at a torturously slow rate that could span decades, abruptly accelerated. The duration shrank from decades to just tens of minutes.
Dao Venerable Qirui bided his time patiently. The instant the treasure neared full emergence.
Qirui lunged toward the zither, extending his hand to seize it, but his fingers grasped only void.
He lifted his head in shock, surveying the area.
"Who?"
He fixed his gaze on the surroundings, realizing his barrier bore a massive breach at some point.
Dao Venerable Qirui grew quiet.
He figured this breach was intentionally left visible for him.
Drawing a deep breath, he quelled the anger within, spun on his heel, and departed.
A being capable of snatching the treasure undetected was vastly superior to him. No degree of fortune mattered; his power fell short of claiming this prize.
In another location.
Su Yuan turned his palm over and examined the zither now in his possession, giving an approving nod.
A Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure ranked highly, holding substantial worth.
Yet, this artifact served little purpose remaining with him.
"How should I convert it into value?"
Su Yuan typically transformed treasures via the Nine Extreme Treasure Star's sacrifice mechanism to boost other artifacts' emergence, but that approach seemed risky lately. Thus, he sought an alternative way.
Abruptly, Su Yuan conceived a rough idea: establishing a black market right there.
Su Yuan wielded his Twelfth-order Fused Dao Principles, forging a World Pearl, and hurled it upward into the Nine Extreme Treasure Star's skies.
The Twelfth-order Fused Dao Principles generated a mock-Chaos Barrier, defying the Nine Extreme Treasure Star's oppressive force, enabling it to float amid the star's cloud layers.
This World Pearl stood out boldly. Any treasure seeker traversing the Nine Extreme Treasure Star could spot it without effort.