76: Chapter 76 Mysterious Grand Prize

"What do you want?"

Tushan Qing smiled and kicked the ball back.

"That would be star crystals, of course!"

When mentioning star crystals, it seemed as if stars were twinkling in Xing Yaoyan's eyes.

In her understanding, star crystals were the key to Star Beast advancement; as long as her Power Of Will reached a Bottleneck, using a star crystal would allow her to add a new sacred mark to her spiritual sea, directly increasing her strength by a major tier.

"Oh?"

Xing Yaoyan noticed that Tushan Qing suddenly stopped smiling.

"Wh...what's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Xing Yaoyan was unsure for a moment.

"Regrettably, I do not have any star crystals here."

"Ah? None?"

Xing Yaoyan was a bit dumbfounded.

Not a single star crystal in the vast Kingdom of Myriad Demons? Who would believe that...

"There were some originally, but a few months ago, the Human Alliance sent people to trade with us, saying it was for an Awakening ceremony, and they specifically bought all the star crystals in our national treasury at a high price. So, that's how it is..."

"Damn... humans again..."

Xing Yaoyan's feeling towards humans was worse than ever before.

Although she was also a human in her past life, for her now as a Star Beast, humans were the most dangerous and the least trustworthy...

"Sigh... then Your Majesty, please decide. Aside from star crystals, I don't know of anything else..."

Actually, she could have chosen Spirit Crystals or Demonic Cores, but her spiritual sea's Power Of Will was already saturated, so these things were of little use to her now.

As for weapons, Xing Yaoyan expressed that she completely looked down on them; not to mention whether she knew how to use them, besides, these weapons were not as handy as her own golden light of Power Of Will.

So... whatever, I'm tired...

"How about I give you a Cultivation Technique from my Tushan?"

Cultivation Technique! That's right, there's that too.

Xing Yaoyan slapped her forehead suddenly.

A Cultivation Technique, in essence, is a way for Demonic Power to circulate within the body, very similar to human combat skills.

Just like when she fought the Yao Race Prodigy earlier, she had seen them use their own Cultivation Techniques, but because her Star Swallowing Art was too overpowered, she hadn't paid much attention to it.

After all, they were all things that could be slapped away with one palm.

Seeing that Xing Yaoyan's interest had clearly increased quite a bit, Tushan Qing continued:

"This Cultivation Technique was originally created by a Senior and was later collected by Tushan. It does not have a name yet, but I generally like to call it 'Hidden Edge'."

Tushan Qing slightly raised a hand, and a wisp of cyan-green Demonic Qi appeared in its palm.

Although it was only a tiny bit, the oppressive feeling it emitted struck directly at the Soul.

In the next second, the oppressive feeling of this Demonic Qi weakened rapidly, reaching the level of the first rank in the blink of an eye, but the concentration of this Demonic Qi was not lower than before at all.

Xing Yaoyan secretly curled her lips, thinking that if it was just about hiding power, she could actually do it using the Star Swallowing Art. It was just applying the act of swallowing her own presence to swallowing Power Of Will; the practicality wasn't very high.

Seeming to have noticed Xing Yaoyan's disdain, Tushan Qing's smile widened.

"Don't be impatient, it's not over yet."

Suddenly, Xing Yaoyan felt the aura of that wisp of Demonic Qi in Tushan Qing's palm change. The bloody scent on it completely disappeared, replaced by a familiar sense of gentleness.

This is... Spiritual Power!

Xing Yaoyan immediately remembered Hu Wang's Demonic Power that was wrapped in Spiritual Power; he must have relied on this trick to pretend to be a Spirit Beast under the Xiao family's nose for so long.

"But..."

Xing Yaoyan originally wanted to say it might just be an illusion, and in essence, it was still Demonic Power.

Tushan Qing seemed to know her concerns, as it produced a detector out of thin air that looked very expensive.

"Beep! Spiritual Power value 100."

It changed back to Demonic Qi.

"Demonic Power detected, no Spiritual Power detected, please try again later."

"Amazing..."

But it wasn't over yet; the Demonic Qi aura changed again.

"Beep! Star Beast detected, please execute immediately."

...

Engaging in differential treatment, are we!

Xing Yaoyan was numb.

But... it can even work with Power Of Will?!

Xing Yaoyan was completely convinced. If she had known about this trick, she wouldn't have feared any Enforcer before; how could she have been discovered, and how...

Thinking of this, her eyes dimmed.

Forget it, it's all just a bit of weathering...

After a while, Xing Yaoyan looked up again, a joyful smile on her face.

"I want this Cultivation Technique."

"Good, this is the memory crystal recording 'Hidden Edge'; it's one-time use."

As if it had known she would choose this Cultivation Technique, Tushan Qing directly took out the pre-prepared memory crystal and tossed it into Xing Yaoyan's hands.

"By the way, there is one very important thing I must tell you."

Tushan Qing suddenly became serious.

"It is true that Star Beasts can rely on star crystals to make a Breakthrough, but star crystals can only widen your own spiritual sea; they cannot increase its depth, so you also need to devour Star Souls to adjust it."

Xing Yaoyan looked at Little Chaos, who was still sleeping in her spiritual sea, and nodded in deep agreement.

She couldn't help but feel a bit more respect for Tushan Qing as a Senior, and a bit less vigilance.

However... Little Chaos was not devoured...

"Alright, the award ceremony is over. The next time we meet will be at the founding celebration, which is the day you will undergo the 'Blood Refining'."

"Walk around the imperial city more often, prepare well, I believe you will definitely pass..."

"Wait!"

Xing Yaoyan saw that it was about to leave and quickly spoke up.

"Your Majesty, could you give me some more rewards considering the difficulty of my mission? I don't want much, just ten thousand Spirit Crystals."

Just now, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her brain. She thought of a method that could greatly help her increase the chances of passing the "Blood Refining", but to achieve this goal, a considerable amount of Spirit Crystals was needed.

"Sure, I'll give you one hundred thousand."

Tushan Qing generously took out a large bag and handed it to her.

"But..."

Xing Yaoyan's heart skipped a beat, and her hand, which was about to take the bag, trembled.

"If anyone asks you about this, just say the King gave you four hundred million. Remember..."

Ah? One hundred thousand turned into four hundred million?

Xing Yaoyan was stunned for a moment, but after seeing Tushan Qing's extremely meaningful gaze, she knew that even if she didn't agree now, she had no choice, so she had to take the bag and nod obediently.

"Hmm... the Saintess is truly understanding."

Tushan Qing's smile became even brighter.

"Ha... haha..."

Xing Yaoyan laughed along with it, although she didn't know what it was happy about...