Chapter 157: All Things Under Heaven, I Am Destined to Have.

Chapter 157: All Things Under Heaven, I Am Destined to Have.

As the restrictions were broken, the treasure trove's doors swung open, releasing a surge of dense spiritual energy. Countless Spirit Stones flooded out, making it impossible for his Divine Sense to accurately count their number. Piles of Divine Artifacts and medicinal herbs lay within, a testament to the profound heritage of a sect with six Nascent Soul cultivators, passed down for hundreds, even thousands of years.

And this was only a fraction of their wealth!

The rest remained sealed within a Spirit Artifact, yet even this portion was enough to leave one's eyes bloodshot with excitement.

Following Chen Qiu's orders, several Mock Heaven Sect disciples rushed forward, gathering the treasures from the vault and placing them on the flat ground outside. Only then did Zhao Dezhu rush over, his breath rapid and eyes bloodshot as he exclaimed:

"Sect Leader, the inventory is complete."

"There are over 400,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, just shy of 410,000."

"There are exactly 8,992 Medium-grade Spirit Stones."

"Three High-grade Spirit Stones!"

"Countless Spirit Herbs, Divine Artifacts, and Spell Scrolls, including 178 Spell Scrolls from the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm, which are invaluable and have no fixed market price."

"Fourteen Enchantment Scrolls."

"Over a thousand Golden Core Talismans, two First Rank Nascent Soul Offensive Talismans, one First Rank Nascent Soul Defensive Talisman, and four First Rank Nascent Soul Escape Talismans."

"Additionally, there are over 300 Golden Core Array Disks."

"Four First Rank Nascent Soul Bodies and one Second Rank Nascent Soul Body."

"There are also some special Divine Artifacts, including Yuanzong Sect's Heritage Divine Artifact, totaling three items."

"Sect Leader, we've struck it rich!"

The sheer magnitude of this wealth left the surrounding Mock Heaven Sect disciples breathless. Before joining the sect, they were all at the level of Grand Elders, but none had ever witnessed such opulence.

Nearly ten thousand Medium-grade Spirit Stones alone could buy several states in Great Xia!

To amass such a number of Medium-grade Spirit Stones in Great Xia would require pillaging countless sects.

Countless Foundation Establishment Peak Great Perfection cultivators were unable to advance to the Golden Core stage due to the lack of 77 Medium-grade Spirit Stones, but here, there were nearly ten thousand of them.

There were even five Nascent Soul Bodies!

"Sect Leader, we've truly struck it rich!"

By now, numerous Mock Heaven Sect disciples had gathered, their eyes gleaming with excitement and anticipation as they beheld the vast wealth. Once the sect assimilated these resources, their collective strength would soar.

Chen Qiu exhaled slowly, his expression calm as he swept his sleeves, collecting all the treasures into his Pocket World. Only then did he turn to his disciples and say, "In the pursuit of immortality, one should remain unmoved by joy or sorrow."

"You all go and gather the remaining wealth from Yuanzong Sect. I'll head to the rear mountain."

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

The disciples exchanged glances, then scattered in different directions to continue their search. In that moment, they understood each other's thoughts.

Truly worthy of being the Sect Leader.

To remain unperturbed by wealth that could buy half of Great Xia was a mindset beyond ordinary mortals.

Without Fei Long and the others by his side, Chen Qiu ventured alone to the rear mountain. After confirming his solitude, he set up soundproofing and line-of-sight blocking arrays, creating a space of complete isolation.

He then retrieved the 8,992 Medium-grade Spirit Stones he had just acquired, adding them to the 300 he already possessed, and spread them out on the ground.

Lying back on the nearly ten thousand Medium-grade Spirit Stones, he gazed at the serene sky above, his expression dreamy as he casually picked up a few stones and tossed them, a smile tugging at his lips. Alone here, he could finally release the excitement within!

Nearly ten thousand Medium-grade Spirit Stones!

This was it!

After a thousand years of effort, he had broken free from the Great Xia's cage and arrived in the Xuantian Continent for this very moment.

Just this one bounty, no, just this one demon-slaying mission, had earned him wealth equivalent to half of Great Xia, something unattainable in his previous life.

And this was only a fraction of his gains!

There were also the resources within the Spirit Artifact, the scattered treasures throughout the sect, the territories governed by Yuanzong Sect—four cities and a market town that generated substantial tax revenues each year.

However, he neither had the time nor the manpower to manage these territories, so he planned to sell the tax revenues from these five areas to a powerful force at a high price.

The rich spiritual energy emanating from the Medium-grade Spirit Stones was incredibly soothing.

Lying alone on the rear mountain of Yuanzong Sect, Chen Qiu felt incredibly content. He even considered taking a nap, for this was the first time he had possessed such immense wealth. Based on the exchange rate of one Medium-grade Spirit Stone being worth six hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones...

The Medium-grade Spirit Stones beneath him were equivalent to 5.4 million Low-grade Spirit Stones.

In all his lifetimes, he had never acquired such a vast fortune.

Moreover, the treasure trove in the Yuanzong Sect had 14 Enchantment Scrolls, 6 of which he had used for self-destruction, and now they were all replenished, with an additional 8 scrolls.

For the moment, he didn't want to check the information on those scrolls.

He just wanted to lie here quietly, peacefully enjoying the bountiful fruits of his first endeavor in the Xuantian Continent.

If there were any scrolls he could use, he would keep them.

The ones he couldn't use would serve as backup for self-destruction or as materials for forming the Twelve-Stage Incarnation.

Either way was fine.

He looked towards his own panel above his Dantian.

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"Name": Chen Qiu.

"Cultivation": Golden Core Peak Great Perfection (100.00%).

"Scrolls": Growing Taller, Sky's Missing Person, Spirit Qi Pressure, Dantian Expansion (Unique), Self-Destruct Entry, Focus Power (Lightning Summoning Technique), Revitalizing Wind, Step-by-Step Advance, Slippery Hands, For My Use, Night Moon Wolf Demon, Truth and Illusion, Mutual Enhancement, Dual Spellcasting, Regular Decree Guest, Ten-layer Spellcasting, Typhoon Storm, Self-derived Forty-nine, Ten Thousand Arts Integration, Umbrella Over the World, Omniscient, Virtuous Sage, Virtue Bodyguard, Frost on Snow, Body Technique Supremacy.

"Cultivation Techniques": Earth Penetration Technique, Illusionary Technique, Lightning Summoning Technique, Nine Toxins Soul Annihilation Technique, Skyfall Snow.

"Spirit Beast": Night Moon Wolf Demon.

"Affiliation": Mock Heaven Sect, Sect Leader.

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His current cultivation progress had reached the peak of the Golden Core stage, and there would be no changes until he formed the Twelve-Stage Incarnation. With the opportunity to form it, he would not allow himself to form a lower-grade Primordial Spirit.

The remaining scrolls were basically his precious scrolls.

These scrolls formed the basis of his current combat power.

If there was an emergency, the only scroll he might consider discarding was "Sky's Missing Person," which was a white scroll that he had kept all along.

Sometimes, this scroll could be very useful.

Apart from this scroll, he couldn't bear to discard any of the others, as each one contributed to his combat power.

Originally, there was also a "Nation" option on the panel, but after arriving in the Xuantian Continent, this option disappeared.

After Chen Qiu's mood gradually calmed down, he took another look at this batch of Medium-grade Spirit Stones and then stored all the Spirit Stones in his Pocket World. He stood up and headed towards the Yuanzong Sect Grandmaster Hall to continue his search.

Once the Yuanzong Sect was emptied, he could leave.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

At this moment, in the rear mountain of the Yuanzong Sect, a young Brown Bear was waving his orders to his clan members: "This soil is all top-grade Spirit Soil, and there's none of this in Great Xia. Move it all, dig three feet deep!"

"And these Spirit Trees, look how lush they are. I can't imagine how comfortable it would be to climb such a tree. The leaves look so fresh, let's move them all."

"You few, go block those Spirit Beasts. Don't let them escape. I saw some Spirit Roosters, and these can be raised as meat chickens for our brothers' meals later."

"Hey, be careful, don't shake down the Spirit Fruits from the tree, and don't damage the roots. Later, plant this tree by my cave, and it's mine alone, none of you are allowed to touch it."

Chen Qiu temporarily granted them access to his Pocket World, allowing them to freely move all the items inside. The rear mountain of the Pocket World was large enough to accommodate all these things.

However, the rear mountain of the Mock Heaven Sect had been abandoned for too long, and only a small portion had greenery; the rest was barren land. Despite transplanting numerous Spirit Beasts before leaving Great Xia, the area still lacked vitality.

But with the full support of the Yuanzong Sect, things would be different.

Once this batch of items entered the rear mountain of the Mock Heaven Sect, it would undergo a complete transformation. Moreover, these Spirit Trees would continuously emit Spirit Qi, improving the air quality and increasing the concentration of Spirit Qi in the atmosphere.

"This is great."

The young Brown Bear looked at his busy clan members and casually patted a fruit tree with his bear claw. He caught a falling fruit and brought it to his mouth, chewing heartily. The sweet juice stimulated his taste buds, causing him to close his eyes in blissful enjoyment.

"Well, Old Deng, was my plan correct?"

"If we had stayed in the Endless Desert, would we have this kind of treatment? We don't have the scorching heat of the desert, and we can dig our own caves and create our own homes within them."

"Instead of digging pits in the desert and sleeping in them, like we did in the Endless Desert. Many times, I felt like I was treating myself like a Beggar Bear, just missing a layer of mud to cover myself."

"Look at us now."

"This life, tsk."

The young Brown Bear took another big bite of the Spirit Fruit in his hand, his face filled with intoxication: "Don't mention it, this is the kind of taste I'm talking about. It's a pity there aren't any beautiful female demons; if there were, it would be perfect."

"My life has no regrets."

"Indeed.

Sitting by his side, the older brown bear was holding a pile of spirit fruits, his smile uncontrollable as he almost split his bear face with joy. He patted his soft belly with his slightly worn bear claw.

"Son, you truly are the most outstanding leader of the Brown Bear Clan in centuries. When we left the Endless Desert, those other demon races mocked you. Now, they must be regretting it."

"Hmph! Even if they come, the Sect Master won't accept them. We Brown Bears are naturally adorable, a talent not every demon race possesses."

The younger brown bear leaned against the tree trunk, gazing through the mottled leaves at the clear sky above, and whispered, "This kind of life is truly wonderful. I wish it could last forever."

Meanwhile, numerous brown bears were excitedly collecting everything in sight, even digging up the ground to a depth of four or five feet, leaving the area barren. They took everything, including leaves that had fallen into the soil, to use as fertilizer.

Everything was useful, all of it good.

"Hey, Junior Nephew Zhao."

Inside the Yuanzong Sect's disciple dormitory, Zhao Dezhu's uncle looked at the more than ten medium-grade spirit stones he had found under an outer sect disciple's bed. After checking that no one was around, he whispered to Zhao Dezhu.

"Shouldn't we leave some? We might need them for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage or for future cultivation."

"There's no one else here, so no one will know," Zhao Dezhu shook his head and sighed softly. "Uncle, I suggest we forget about it. These ten-plus medium-grade spirit stones, what's the point? How much can they increase your cultivation?"

"The risk is too high, and the reward too small. If the Sect Master finds out, he'll surely be displeased with you. Will you even have a chance at any future opportunities?"

"If the Sect Master doesn't find out, it'll be even more troublesome. You're getting addicted to this petty theft, and as you keep getting away with it, you'll become bolder. One day, when the Sect Master discovers it, your life will be at stake, and that's even more troublesome."

"True," Zhao Dezhu's uncle nodded awkwardly. "I know this logic, but I was just testing your loyalty to the Mock Heaven Sect. I wouldn't take them."

Just then, a sigh was heard from outside the door.

Qu Jia's Supreme Elder, who knew when he had arrived, stood outside the door, expressing his regret. "My chance to report a fellow disciple has slipped away. Don't look, those ten-plus medium-grade spirit stones were placed there by me after I found them under an inner sect elder's bed."

"It was all to set up a trap, so I could report them."

"You should think about why an outer sect disciple would have medium-grade spirit stones under their bed."

". . ."

Zhao Dezhu's uncle glared at Qu Jia with a dark expression. "Qu Gui! I remember you didn't used to be so scheming!"

"Hmph!"

Qu Gui leaned against the doorframe and shrugged. "What can I do? Zhao Buzhu, the Sect Master has obtained a few Nascent Soul Pills. The rest of us have similar lifespans, so the order of who achieves Nascent Soul first will likely be based on merit, right?"

"There's no way to earn merit."

"So, we can only think of ways to report fellow disciples."

"I really want to achieve Nascent Soul soon. I've been waiting for so many years; I can't stand the wait any longer."

Zhao Dezhu and his uncle, Zhao Buzhu, exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts. It made sense. After a moment of hesitation, Zhao Buzhu looked at Qu Gui and suggested, "Why don't we fish together?"

Qu Gui's eyes lit up, and he smiled. "That's doable."

Zhao Buzhu then put the ten-plus medium-grade spirit stones back under the bed and hid with Qu Gui, waiting for the next person to take the bait.

And so, the group gradually grew, until there were more than twenty people fishing. They looked at each other expressionlessly and dispersed, deciding not to fish anymore but to focus on plundering Yuanzong Sect.

They were all old foxes.

No one would be tempted by a few medium-grade spirit stones to commit the foolish act of privately hoarding resources. Who knew if the Sect Master had special means of surveillance? Being clever at this moment meant giving up on the path to Nascent Soul.

Not a single person took the bait.

Seeing that they couldn't fish for merit, the group didn't want to waste time and dispersed.

"Careful, careful!"

On the mountain of Yuanzong Sect, the Starlight Sect's Sect Master was directing several Mock Heaven Sect disciples to carefully separate the Yuanzong Sect's Alchemy Hall from its foundation, preparing to move it into his pocket world and place it next to the Mock Heaven Sect's Alchemy Hall.

It could serve as a practice ground for his disciples, very useful indeed.

Yuanzong Sect's Alchemy Hall was a valuable asset, protected by a formation array, making it extremely sturdy. No matter how much force was used to destroy it, it wouldn't collapse, and the damage wouldn't affect the surroundings. It was perfect for disciples to practice on.

Of course, it couldn't compare to the Mock Heaven Sect's Alchemy Hall.

The Mock Heaven Sect's Alchemy Hall was superior to Yuanzong Sect's in every way, except for the Sect Master's reluctance to activate the formation array, the outdated and unusable equipment, and the already abandoned alchemy furnace.

"Over here!"

Fat Dragon directed a few Mock Sky Sect disciples to prepare to uproot the massive hot spring on Yuanzong's rear mountain. This hot spring was a valuable treasure.

It was a full ten zhang wide.

The hot spring was naturally formed by a huge stone called "Healing Jade," and Yuanzong had dug out the center of this enormous "Healing Jade" to create a hot spring.

The stone felt smooth and glossy to the touch.

In Xuantian Continent, it was commonly used to make stone beds. A naturally formed Healing Jade of this size was extremely valuable, and with a "Desire Flame Orb" embedded at the bottom of the hot spring, it could keep the water clean and warm at all times.

Once they returned, they would place this hot spring at the rear mountain of the Mock Sky Sect and then figure out a way to create a river and waterfall there. With the hot spring below the waterfall, it would be incredibly comfortable.

"That's right!"

Fat Dragon looked at the enormous Welcoming Pine tree beside him, "Let's take this Welcoming Pine back too. A Welcoming Pine of this size is rare, and it's all good stuff."

"This Yuanzong is truly a treasure trove."

These items were all extremely valuable, but if they were to sell them, few people would be interested in buying. In reality, these items represented the foundation of a sect's heritage, which was not limited to spirit stones and combat power but encompassed various aspects.

Of course, among these, combat power was the most crucial factor. If a sect lacked combat power, it meant they were merely temporary guardians of this heritage, and it didn't truly belong to them.

For instance, Yuanzong.

All things in the world are connected to me by fate.

Nearly six to seven hours had passed.

The sky had already darkened.

Only then did Chen Qiu and the others reluctantly leave Yuanzong. The sect, which had previously been enveloped in spirit qi, resembling a paradise, now appeared dilapidated from a bird's-eye view.

Not a single corpse was in sight.

Even the buildings within the sect and the green stones paving the ground had been removed.

The rear mountain was even more barren. The once lush and verdant mountain was now completely bare, and all one could see was the brown-yellow soil, not a single green plant in sight.

Everything they saw had been taken away.

Several hours after Chen Qiu and the others left, some people cautiously approached. The commotion at Yuanzong during the day had attracted a lot of attention, and they dared to come only under the cover of darkness. They wanted to see what had happened.

Soon, they confirmed one thing!

Yuanzong, the dominant sect for many years, had been annihilated!

Shock and fear filled the eyes of these first arrivals. This was a significant event; it had been a long time since a sect of Yuanzong's scale had been wiped out.

Yuanzong had a Peak Perfection Third Stage Primordial Spirit master!

For a moment,

These people scattered in panic, intending to spread the news to their respective sects. Some of the bolder ones, realizing that not many people knew about this yet, seized the night's cover to rush to Yuanzong, hoping to find some valuable treasures.

After all, Yuanzong had a strong foundation after so many years.

However, soon...

These people returned from the mountain with blank expressions, having achieved nothing. They had witnessed sect annihilations before, but this was the first time they saw such a thorough annihilation, leaving nothing behind.

They even saw a crushed healing pill for the Qi Condensation stage, deliberately crushed.

It was obvious.

The group that annihilated the sect saw this pill on the ground and didn't bother to pick it up, thinking it had no value. But not wanting to waste it, they crushed the pill. Wasn't this just animal behavior?

"Hmm?"

At that moment, Chen Qiu stood on the deck of the battered and riddled flying boat, looking down at the map in his hand, "Let me see, the sect that shares a border with Yuanzong is the Great Path Sect."

"Tonight, I'll pay a visit to this Great Path Sect and sell Yuanzong's territory to them. They're nearby, so it'll be easier for them to manage."

"This sect isn't weak either; their strongest cultivator has reached the Peak Perfection Third Stage Primordial Spirit."

"Hmm."

Fat Dragon, standing beside him, hesitated for a while before speaking, "Brother Qiu, what if they don't want to pay and just take it by force? After all, Yuanzong's territory is just sitting there. Whoever occupies it now will own it, and we don't have any city covenant documents or anything."

"How do we prove that the territory belongs to us?"

"There's no need for proof."

Chen Qiu shook his head and glanced at the starry sky above, "We annihilated Yuanzong, so the territory naturally becomes ours. If the Great Path Sect doesn't want to pay, we'll take it by force."

"Isn't this behavior no different from that of demons?"

"For friends, we have fine wine."

"For demons, we have another way of dealing with them."

After a brief pause, he put away the map obtained from Yuanzong and leaned against the edge of the flying boat, gazing at the night sky in the distance with a light smile.

"Spring is almost here."

"All things will revive."

(End of Chapter)

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