77: Chapter 77 Fusang Sacred Tree

Exactly thirty-five secret realm keys, following the trajectory of the Great Cosmic Cycle, hovered and circulated around the figure in black.

Like stars surrounding the moon, or a flowing galaxy.

The faint green light of the keys intertwined and merged.

Forming a hazy and mysterious verdant halo, it illuminated the figure like a dream or illusion.

The loud shouts of the Robber Cultivators came to an abrupt halt.

Just at this moment.

A massive pillar of green light, about ten feet wide, descended from the heavens, completely enveloping the figure.

This scene.

Attracted the attention of everyone within the Secret Realm.

Time seemed to stop for a moment.

There was a dead silence within the Secret Realm.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the mysterious figure in black bathed in green light.

Several Loose Cultivators who had been mocking and ridiculing in front of the hall previously had their eyes pop out of their heads.

Their voices cracked into a sharp, high-pitched tone, filled with an unbelievable tremor: "What am I seeing? So many secret realm keys!"

"No, 'many' isn't even the word for it anymore. How many are there? Let me count..."

"Thirty-five?! My goodness! Is this person an Incarnation of the Secret Realm Mountain God? Or did he just dig up the Secret Realm Ancient Vein?"

On the other side, Chen Xuan had just received his fifth key and was wearing a smile.

Seeing this scene.

His smile instantly froze.

He muttered to himself, "Thirty-five? That's way too exaggerated."

As far as he knew, even if they added the secret realm keys in Elder Jiang's Storage Pouch, the entire Chixiao Sect couldn't scrape together that many secret realm keys.

Beside him, Su Xiaojing, who was in charge of keeping records, also covered her red lips in surprise.

...

In the distance, the Robber Cultivators who had been repelled looked at each other after a brief moment of shock.

Their somber eyes were instantly bloodshot, revealing a look of madness.

They rushed toward the Divine Wood Hall as fast as they could.

"Quick, snatch them before he enters the Secret Realm!"

However, in the next instant.

The scene before them spun around.

A sharp pain came from their necks.

Blood gushed like a fountain, and they died on the spot!

"Black Fiend Twin Eagles, you... you dare kill me..."

"With just you lot, you dare covet such an Opportunity."

The thin one of the Black Fiend Twin Eagles licked a small purple knife, his expression gloomy.

The other, a fat man, held a black heavy hammer with astonishing Spiritual Pressure and spun in place several times.

The heavy hammer was hurled out, kicking up clouds of dust.

The target was aimed straight at Xu Changsheng.

"Hahaha, it's all ours! A mere Middle Stage Qi Refining, how can you accept such an Opportunity? It should belong to us brothers, ha!"

Yet, the figure in black didn't even turn around. His fingers moved slightly, and several quasi-second tier talismans were already clamped between them.

Within a single breath, they were all activated.

"Thick Earth Profound Armor Talisman."

"Azure Wood Spirit Shield Talisman."

"Ren Water Wave-Stopping Talisman."

All were top-tier among quasi-second tier defense Talismans.

A ten-foot-thick defensive shield was erected behind him, with various spiritual lights shining incessantly.

Even though the black heavy hammer was a top-grade Magical Artifact focused on offense, it could not break through the defense.

Boom.

It was bounced back.

Seeing this.

The eyes of the two trembled slightly.

"So many quasi-second tier talismans, this person is definitely no ordinary Middle Stage Qi Refining Cultivator."

"Let's retreat."

As notorious Robber Cultivators, the Black Fiend Twin Eagles understood the principle of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. They immediately stopped and threw out a Storage Pouch.

"Such a profound Opportunity should indeed belong to you, Fellow Daoist, ha!"

"Inside the Storage Pouch are two hundred Spirit Stones as an apology. We hope Fellow Daoist will forgive us."

With a few flashes, they vanished without a trace.

Xu Changsheng didn't pick it up. Who knew if the Black Fiend Twin Eagles had left a mark on it? Besides, he didn't care for two hundred Spirit Stones.

The spatial fluctuations around him gradually intensified.

In the blink of an eye.

Xu Changsheng entered a mysterious space.

Dim and poorly lit.

This was his first impression of the interior of the Divine Wood Hall.

The ceiling was boundless, deep as an eternal night.

In the center of the hall was a massive, slowly rotating blue-gold vortex, like the Milky Way overhead at night.

Silent, yet radiating a majestic vitality.

Xu Changsheng did not lose himself in this dreamlike scene.

He looked around.

After confirming no one else had arrived, he patted his Storage Pouch and summoned several Formation Flags and a green-wood colored Formation Plate.

It was the Yi Wood Azure Thunder Formation.

The exchange of secret keys outside was in full swing. Who knew if an evil Cultivator would enter in the next moment to kill him and seize his treasures?

It was best to be prepared for any eventuality.

His hands continuously formed hand Seals, and the Formation Flags were scattered around.

He then took out several hundred Wood-attribute Spirit Stones and Thunder-attribute Spirit Stones and placed them in the Formation core.

Finally, he threw out several Vision Obscuring Talismans to slightly conceal the Formation Plate and Formation Flags, finally feeling at ease.

Under the protection of a quasi-second tier Formation, he feared no Qi Refining Cultivator.

His gaze was soon drawn to the strangely shaped pieces of wood in the starry sky.

His eyes brightened.

Soul Nourishing Wood, Golden Thunder Bamboo, Time Willow...

These third and fourth-tier spiritual woods, famous throughout the cultivation world outside, were all being sold for a starting price of ten secret realm keys.

Seeing this made Xu Changsheng's heart itch with desire.

He managed to suppress his excitement with great difficulty.

He looked upward, toward those legendary divine woods.

ruomu wood—the entire body was deep blue with a semi-transparent texture, the bark smooth as ice crystals, and the leaves carried silver-white frost patterns.

Moon Laurel—the bark was silver-white, the surface smooth as jade, the leaves were oval-shaped, emitting a soft glow like moonlight.

Flat Peach Wood—the bark was purple-brown with coiling dragon patterns on the surface, and the leaves were narrow and long.

Dachun Wood—its aura was vast and ancient, its bark cracked like dragon scales, with dark green and mysterious yellow intertwined, and almost no leaves.

"They are all divine woods of the fifth tier or higher!"

Xu Changsheng's face showed a look of wild joy. The rank of such divine wood was not fixed; it would rise as the rank of the divine tree itself increased.

But at the very least, they started at the fifth tier.

Each piece of divine wood was marked with the price for exchange.

Third-tier spiritual wood started at ten Spirit Stones.

Fourth-tier spiritual wood started at fifteen Spirit Stones.

And those spiritual woods above were much more expensive.

ruomu wood, twenty-eight secret keys.

Moon Laurel, twenty-five secret keys.

Flat Peach, twenty-three secret keys.

Dachun, thirty-five secret keys.

"They're actually this expensive."

But none of these were Xu Changsheng's goal.

After his gaze briefly wandered, it fixed upon a piece of gold-red wood.

The trunk was like cast glass, the leaves like a Golden Crow spreading its wings, overflowing with reddish-gold and fiery red light.

Fusang Wood—thirty secret keys.

Xu Changsheng breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking to himself that he was truly lucky.

If the Secret Realm hadn't issued him ten more Spirit Stones when he left the Illusionary Beast cage, he probably would have only been able to exchange for a piece of Moon Laurel wood.

Although it could also be used to refine a Natal Spiritual Artifact after advancing to Foundation Establishment.

But in the end, the attributes would clash, and the effect wouldn't be as good as the fusang divine wood.

Without any hesitation.

Xu Changsheng activated the secret realm keys in the same way he opened those strange bronze doors outside, turning thirty secret keys into a beam of spiritual light and striking it onto the Fusang Wood.

Accompanied by a flash of spiritual light.

The gold-red wood flew out of the vortex and slowly landed in his hand.

Not daring to be careless, he took out an exquisite jade box and placed it inside.

He applied several Seals.

Then he pressed it to the very bottom of his Storage Pouch.

After finishing all this, he looked again at the various divine woods slowly floating in the vortex, his face showing a look of regret.

"I really wish I could just take them all."

Just then.

Light flashed from behind; another Cultivator had entered!