High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 522

Chapter 522: Chapter 306: Dongfang Ji’s Conjecture! Spiritual Guidance (Extra 25)
 

“Treasure list?” San Ye Semi-Divine, Bai Shan Semi-Divine, and Fang Hai all looked at the list given by Li Yuan.

Half a square of Fire Divine Crystal, Wood God Crystal, Water Divine Crystal, and Metal Divine Crystal…

Emerald Spirit Bamboo, Sky Silk Stone, Ring Green Fruit, Purple Mist Qi Flower Stone, Soul-devouring Ghost Wood…

A dense array of all kinds of treasures, amounting to nearly a hundred items; even the two semi-divines and Fang Hai, as experienced as they were, found themselves somewhat astonished.

Not to mention anything else, just the combined value of the two squares of Five Elements Divine Crystal alone reached 200,000 Seven Stars Points.

Enough to make a semi-divine take notice.

As for the other numerous treasures, none required in a large quantity and most were not considered precious, but the variety was overwhelming.

Moreover, a few of the treasures were extremely rare, only heard of but never seen before by the semi-divines and impossible to evaluate in terms of specific value.

The conference room was silent as a tomb.

“Are these treasures very precious?” Luo Chan was curious in her heart; she dared not release her divine sense to inquire and couldn’t see the list provided by Li Yuan clearly.

But from the expressions of the several high-ranking alliance members, she guessed as much and was secretly startled.

What exactly did Li Yuan ask for?

Li Yuan too waited silently; he had no choice. To cultivate star techniques like “Wind Feather” and “Nine Shadow Clones” wasn’t too demanding in terms of required treasures.

But!

“All Things Divine Body” was different. It was a Supreme Star Technique… and body refining star techniques were unanimously recognized as the premier slaughter star techniques!

In short, once one made progress in cultivating the “All Things Divine Body,” even among peers in the endless river of dimensions, it would be known for its invincible might.

Such a fearsome star technique, with extreme difficulty in cultivation, demanded high proficiency in both Star Meridian Mystery and skill realm… and to cultivate it fully required the aid of a vast amount of external substances.

In fact, the list of treasures above wasn’t complete, and “an Earth Origin Crystal” was also needed, but as Li Yuan already had one, it wasn’t listed.

After a while.

“Li Yuan, must you have these treasures?” Fang Hai said slowly, “The other treasures are one thing, but for items like the Purple Mist Qi Flower Stone, I’m afraid our civilization’s treasure vaults may not have them… We must ask the Alliance Hierarch if he has them.”

“I must.” Li Yuan nodded solemnly, “Otherwise, I won’t be able to match the Beast Emperor.”

Without successfully cultivating the “All Things Divine Body,” Li Yuan estimated that even if his skill realm perception reached the standard of a semi-divine, it wouldn’t necessarily rival the Beast Emperor… the difference in fundamental strength was too great.

Foundations are extremely important.

The several high-ranking officials looked at each other, and Bai Shan Semi-Divine said, “Li Yuan, excluding the three most precious and rare treasures, the total value of all the other treasures combined… exceeds 400,000 Seven Stars Points.”

“For such a large sum of treasures, even a semi-divine would almost find it impossible to produce,” Bai Shan Semi-Divine shook his head.

“Predecessor Bai Shan, I’m not trying to take advantage…” Li Yuan said, remembering how the previous principal had only offered “30,000 Seven Stars Points.”

Most semi-divines probably wouldn’t keep that many Seven Stars Points on hand; they would usually convert them into strength.

“Li Yuan, you misunderstand.”

San Ye Semi-Divine spoke softly, “What we mean is, the alliance can advance these treasures to you… after you clean sweep the entire Mingxu Star Realm, the alliance will then acknowledge your merits and offset it then.”

“Even if we don’t ultimately take the Mingxu Star Realm, as long as you have sufficient strength and points in the future, you can repay the alliance.” San Ye Semi-Divine looked at Li Yuan, “How does that sound to you?”

“Acceptable,” Li Yuan smiled.

This was essentially an interest-free loan.

“Li Yuan, for the other three treasures, I need to inquire with the Alliance Hierarch,” Fang Hai said, “You’ll have to wait a moment.”

“All right,” Li Yuan nodded.

…

Feixing, a place shrouded in mystery and connected to the Martial Divine Star Realm, was where Dongfang Ji was quietly cultivating.

That blurry silhouette sat cross-legged amidst the void, as if he was in another space entirely.

“Master, Fang Hai is requesting communication, an urgent contact,” a deep voice resonated.

“Answer it,” the blurry silhouette said.

Swiftly.

Hum~

A projection appeared, the dim light coalesced to form the phantom of Fang Hai.

“Master,” Fang Hai greeted with respect.

“What’s the matter?”

“It’s concerning Li Yuan and the Mingxu Star Realm…” Fang Hai quickly recounted the situation, “The other treasures can all be retrieved from the Seven Stars Treasury, but the Purple Mist Qi Flower Stone, Soul-devouring Ghost Wood, and Black Rhino Iron… the treasury lacks them. After much thought, I realized only you could possibly have a way.”

Having said that, Fang Hai stood respectfully waiting for Dongfang Ji’s decision.

“This treasure list?” Surprise flickered in the blurry silhouette’s eyes.

With his vast experience, listening to Fang Hai’s description of the list, he had his suspicions.

“Tell Li Yuan, I can procure these three items for him, but it will take three days,” the blurry silhouette said directly, “These treasures, with a total value of 100,000 Seven Stars Points… can be initially charged to the treasury’s account, but in the future, he will need to repay it.”

“Let the debt for this list of treasures be recorded under me,” Fang Hai suddenly said.

“Charge it all to you?” The blurry silhouette expressed surprise, “Fang Hai, this is 500,000 Seven Stars Points.”

“Master.”

“Last time, I acquired the Divine Visualization Method from Li Yuan, and only paid out 30,000 Seven Stars Points,” Fang Hai said, “I’ve always felt indebted, and since Li Yuan was weaker before, he didn’t need that many Seven Stars Points, so I was not in a hurry.”

“Now that Li Yuan just happens to need them, let it be charged to my account, and I will repay it in the future.”

“500,000 Seven Stars Points is still not comparable to one high-level Divine Visualization Method, but at least it’ll ease my conscience,” Fang Hai stated earnestly.

“Alright,” Dongfang Ji nodded slightly. He knew his disciple had a different temperament and disliked being indebted to others.

Magnanimous and forthright.

“Fang Hai, have you made a breakthrough in your spiritual power?” Dongfang Ji suddenly inquired.

“As you’ve discerned, Master,” Fang Hai revealed a slight smile.

Indeed, his spiritual power had broken through restraints and bottlenecks over the past year with the aid of the Divine Visualization Method… and had stepped into the Semi-Divine Level.

“Good,” Dongfang Ji’s eyes brightened.

One moet remember, Fang Hai had already approached the threshold of Laws with his Flying Heaven Level spiritual power. Now possessing Semi-Divine Level spiritual power, his efficiency in comprehending the mysteries of heaven and earth would skyrocket, and the speed of his strength improvement would rise dramatically.

Bottlenecks? In Fang Hai’s cultivation life, at present, there were no such restraints.

Before Li Yuan came along, within the Seven Star Civilization, the person Dongfang Ji valued most was Fang Hai.

“`

“Seven Star Veins, are you confident?” Dongfang Ji asked the key question.

“There’s hope,” Fang Hai nodded. “I will strive to break through to Seven Star Veins before entering the Wanhan Star Realm… If all goes well, once the breakthrough to semi-divine is complete, with a bit of time accumulating Origin Power, I should be able to surpass Senior Lant.”

“Mm,” Dongfang Ji nodded slightly, very satisfied with Fang Hai’s progress.

“Alright.”

“Go tell Li Yuan, within three days, I will have gathered the items,” Dongfang Ji said slowly. “Tell him not to be hasty, occupying Mingxu Star Realm is secondary… If there’s no absolute certainty, do not take the risk.”

“Your disciple understands,” Fang Hai said.

His figure thunderously vanished.

This Void Land was left once again with Dongfang Ji sitting cross-legged in meditation, his form ethereal.

“Master, judging from the treasure list, Li Yuan is aiming to practice the Ninefold Body Refining Star Technique.” The deep voice echoed. “Has his Star Vein progressed this quickly?”

“Indeed, it’s inconceivable.”

“The Ninefold Star Technique requires Nine Layer Star Veins.”

“To practice two Ninefold Star Techniques, even in the Divine Court branch, is extremely rare, and only a group of top talents located in the Divine Realm dare to say they can definitely practice them,” the deep voice went on, chatting away as if it couldn’t stop.

Clearly, the list of treasures had greatly shocked him.

“He has indeed awoken new Nine Layer Star Veins quite quickly, but it’s not beyond my expectations,” Dongfang Ji said indifferently. “However… that he actually has the corresponding Ninefold Body Refining Star Technique, it seems the secrets of Fierce Feather Star Realm are even greater than we imagined.”

“Yes, the semi-divine inheritance is most likely false; it was probably a more powerful Divine,” the deep voice said. “Normally, a false god who’s just ignited the Divine Fire, even if they learned the Ninefold Body Refining Star Technique… wouldn’t likely be qualified to leave behind an inheritance. I suspect he’s received the legacy of a true Divine, it’s just unclear which one from the war ten thousand years ago.”

“No rush.”

“All secrets will eventually be revealed.”

“As long as Li Yuan is loyal to our Seven Star Civilization, that’s enough for now,” Dongfang Ji said, closing his eyes gently. “The ‘Battle of Divine of the Nine Mountains World’ that happened ten thousand years ago, there were only so many powerful divines participating, and those of the Earth System were even rarer… Mm, those three treasures Li Yuan needs, you go find ‘Fang Yao Divine’ from the Multiverse Commerce Guild to gather them for me within a day.”

“Rest assured, master.”

…

Mingxu Star Realm, Bright Moon Base, in the meeting room.

Everyone was waiting patiently.

“Li Yuan.”

One of the projections, Fang Hai who had been closing his eyes all along, suddenly opened them, revealing a slight smile: “It’s all set. In two days, most of the treasures on the list will be delivered.”

“In four days, those three most precious treasures will also be gathered and sent to you, alright?”

“However, those three most precious types of treasure have a total value of 100,000 Seven Stars Points and together with the other treasures you’ve requested… it’ll come to a total of 500,000 Seven Stars Points.”

Fang Hai changed ‘three days’ to ‘four days.’

“Alright.” Li Yuan nodded, 500,000 Seven Stars Points? Indeed, it was an extravagant fortune.

But as long as he could practice them, it would be worth it.

Not to mention within the Seven Star Civilization, even looking at the entire Dimensional Domain… how many can practice two Supreme Star Techniques at the same time?

Even the powerful Ancient Torch Divine only cultivated the ‘All Things Divine Body’ and ‘True Solution of the Earth Star Vein’ to Perfection of the same rank.

“If that’s the case.”

“Li Yuan, then you go ahead and practice first, if you need anything, just communicate with any one of us three,” Fang Hai said.

“Yes, Principal.”

…

After finalizing the many details.

Li Yuan did not return to Xia Country to perform Spiritual Guidance, but chose to retreat within Bright Moon Base.

“The Hall of Inheritance is absolutely safe, but Gu You’s Perception Ability is too strong.”

“Moreover, I’ve requested many rare and precious treasures; perhaps the semi-divines might not notice, but what about Alliance Hierarch Dongfang?” Li Yuan pondered. “Will he guess that I am practicing a Supreme Star Technique?”

“Once I return, will he secretly observe me?”

Li Yuan greatly admired the Alliance Hierarch Dongfang; he had been his idol since he was young.

But because of his admiration and gradual contact with him, he grew more in awe of Dongfang.

And the same went for Gu You.

“Spiritual Guidance involves the Mind Spirit Divine Palace,” Li Yuan mused silently. “This is my biggest secret… I can’t reveal it unless I’m absolutely capable of protecting myself.”

If the Nine Layer Star Vein is exposed? It doesn’t matter; it can be attributed to his innate talent for Star Veins.

If the Mind Spirit Divine Palace is revealed, everything becomes unpredictable.

…

Inside a Fourth-order Battleship, in a Quiet Chamber.

Li Yuan’s Divine Sense enveloped all directions, ensuring there was no power spying.

Within the Mingxu Star Realm, it was highly unlikely for anyone to have a higher Skill Realm or spiritual power than Li Yuan.

“Even if the Three Great Beast Emperors join forces to attack, they couldn’t break through a Fourth-order Battleship instantly,” Li Yuan’s heart grew even calmer. “I hope everything goes smoothly.”

Wu Manong’s death, Li Yuan couldn’t say he was too heartbroken, he was just somewhat sentimental; after all, their emotional bond was not that deep.

But Li Yuan became more keenly aware of one thing—becoming stronger! He must become even stronger!

“To become the strongest Second Rank Life in history.”

“The first Prime Warrior of civilization? Not enough! I must become the strongest Second Rank Life in the history of many civilizations in the entire Dimensional Domain,” Li Yuan’s heart vowed silently. “Only then can I completely pacify the many Second Level Star Realms, making our Seven Star Civilization stronger.”

The strength of a civilization must be upheld by generation after generation of strong individuals stepping forward, contributing.

The first generation of Martial Artists stepped forward, shaped the Law with their bodies, sacrificed their lives, and initiated the beginning of life evolution for the entire Seven Star Civilization.

Semi-Divine Lant stepped forward, saving the Seven Star Civilization from its first crisis of extinction.

The rise of Alliance Hierarch Dongfang made the Seven Star Civilization truly powerful, causing many Foreign Civilizations to fear, daring not to invade again.

“And I.”

“I have the chance to surpass all predecessors in the history of Seven Star Civilization, even surpassing Senior Dongfang, to become a Divine.” Li Yuan’s travels through more Star Realms, the more he saw, the stronger this obsession became in his heart.

“Let’s begin.” Li Yuan closed his eyes, his consciousness entering the second level of the Mind Spirit Divine Palace.

He began the second Spiritual Guidance.

“`