224: Catch one, deal with one
“Oh, Fairy, don’t worry!”
Cultivator Wang waved his hand, looking like he knew everything.
“To Penglai Immortal Island, what do those Spirit Stones count for? They’re not even a drop in the ocean!”
“The main thing is to show sincerity! From what I know, it’s a few thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones at the least, and at most, tens of thousands of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, just as a token of goodwill!”
“This small price for an Ascension slot is practically being given away for free! Penglai Immortal Island, it is truly benevolent!”
“Tens of thousands of Top-Grade Spirit Stones…”
The young female Cultivator murmured, her eyes dimming slightly, clearly an astronomical sum for her.
“Hey! Don’t be discouraged, Fairy!”
Cultivator Wang immediately comforted her, “Being chosen is the key! Spirit Stones can be saved up slowly! Penglai Immortal Island will give you time to prepare! If push comes to shove, borrow from your Family or Sect, or sell all your possessions; even losing everything is worth it!”
Many Cultivators around nodded in agreement, their faces showing profound approval.
As long as they could Ascend to the Immortal Realm, what was losing everything?
Penglai Immortal Island only taking “a little” Spirit Stone to let people Ascend was an immense blessing!
“So that’s how it is… just a little Spirit Stone, and one can Ascend to the Immortal Realm… Penglai Immortal Island, truly immeasurable Karma…”
That Loose Cultivator named Zhang was completely convinced, looking at the lucky ones chosen on the high platform, his eyes filled only with pure envy and longing.
Lin Chuping, who had silently observed the entire process: “…”
If Ascension were that easy, this world would have already directly advanced to the Immortal Realm.
These people truly dared to speak, and dared to believe.
“Host, these guys have been thoroughly brainwashed! They signed the highest Rank deed of sale! They sold themselves, skin, bone, soul, and Luck, to Penglai!”
“They’re even grateful, thinking they got a huge bargain… This… it’s killing hearts! It would be better to just rob them openly!”
Lin Chuping’s fingers, holding the jade bone folding fan, darkened his gaze.
He watched as Fairy Yunmiao on the high platform lightly raised her jade hand, immortal light flowing from her fingertips, tracing an abstruse trajectory in the air.
The jade ground in the center of the high platform suddenly lit up with that enormous, incredibly complex golden Formation!
A rich aura of Heavenly Dao Law permeated the air!
“This is the ‘Dao Heart Contract’…”
Fairy Yunmiao’s clear, cold voice resounded throughout the venue.
To others, the Formation was golden, but in Lin Chuping’s eyes, it was a different sight entirely.
As the Formation patterns flowed, countless twisted crimson threads moved, and at the end of each pattern, the phantom of a ferocious ghostly claw faintly appeared, trembling slightly with the immortal light from Fairy Yunmiao’s fingertips, as if ready to pounce and tear at its prey at any moment.
In the center of the Formation, an impenetrable black mist swirled, and within the mist, countless blurry figures could vaguely be seen struggling and roaring; these were the fragmented souls of past “Ascenders.”
“What a good show!”
Lin Chuping’s hand, holding the folding fan, had slowly risen, an abstruse aura, imperceptible to ordinary people, condensing at his fingertips.
“Host, aren’t you going to wait a bit? Perhaps there’s some big boss behind the scenes here.”
“No more waiting. First, destroy this den.”
This world was his domain. Since he already knew what mischief the person behind Penglai Immortal Island was up to, he certainly couldn’t let them succeed.
“It’s fine; first, break this Formation. I won’t expose myself, and we’ll see what kind of monsters it draws out.”
The originally clear sky had, at some unknown point, become overcast, dark clouds rolling and pressing down on the high platform, while purple-gold lightning danced between the cloud gaps, emitting deafening roars.
“What’s going on? Why is it thundering out of nowhere?”
“This thunder… it’s terrifying!”
The crowd instantly stirred, looking up at the sky in astonishment.
Fairy Yunmiao on the high platform also stopped her movements, her delicate brows slightly furrowed, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
She could feel that this thunder was not a natural phenomenon, but intentionally caused by someone!