574: Chapter 572 A Frenzied Acquisition of Soul Crystals!

Hearing Qin Shaowu's words, Chu Xuan's heart jumped: "So, that means this place can stably yield at least 300 soul crystals every day?"

"That's right. At our peak, we even harvested 350 soul crystals, though the efficiency drops the longer we stay."

Qin Shaowu nodded: "That is precisely why we people can quickly increase the Rank of skills that require soul crystals in such a short time..."

"Although we haven't figured out exactly what conditions are required to enter, based on past experience, there are four people who consistently obtain a relatively large number of soul crystals upon entry, including myself, Qin Shaowu, Qin Qing, and Han Feng." Zhao Hongchan added from the side:

"Naturally, after harvesting soul crystals, we are the ones who get the largest share, while the rest are treated as public resources, redistributed according to merit and need."

Qin Shaowu smiled rather smugly: "Brother Xuan, the record here is still held by me. I once obtained 68 soul crystals in 3 hours. Don't look at me like that, your strength is greater than mine, but you might not harvest as many soul crystals as I do. How about we make a bet?"

Chu Xuan's gaze had been fixed on the circular pit. Hearing this, he looked at Qin Shaowu and asked: "What can you bet against me?"

"If you win, then from now on, half of my soul crystal quota will be given to you. If you lose..." Qin Shaowu chuckled and glanced at Gaga Chicken, then laughed: "Then you have to lend me Gaga Chicken to ride for a while."

"You want to ride me?" Gaga Chicken stared at Qin Shaowu, its eyes rolling around a few times, then it cackled: "Boss Chu, you should just agree to him. I believe you will definitely win."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly: "Alright, then I'll take that bet."

"Chu Xuan, don't fall for it." Zhao Hongchan rolled her eyes:

"Today, we have already successfully obtained 348 soul crystals, and the number has almost reached the limit. In this situation, many people who originally met the conditions are no longer able to enter.

And now, there is only a little over an hour left before the 1:00 AM reset, so it's almost impossible to have any significant harvest. You might not even be able to get in, Chu Xuan. This has nothing to do with strength or Rank; for example, Old Zhang cannot enter."

"Is that so? Then I must try it even more." Chu Xuan smiled calmly and walked toward the circular pit.

As he prepared to leap down, Qin Qing stood by and reminded him: "Chu Xuan, after you go in, pay close attention to your surroundings. soul crystals will fall at any time. You must catch them in advance, otherwise they will disappear if they fall to the ground."

While speaking, she handed over a cloth bag and instructed: "The soul crystals obtained in that place cannot be used directly. To authenticate and store them into your Exclusive Space, you need to spend a lot of spirituality value. However, if you bring them back and wait for more than ten minutes, everything will return to normal."

"Hmm, thanks." Chu Xuan took the cloth bag, nodded to Qin Qing, and then said no more, leaping straight into the pit.

"Thud!"

When his feet landed, he felt dizzy. When Chu Xuan came to his senses and looked around, he realized he was no longer in the detention room.

The world was pitch black. The space was narrow and cramped, only about three meters square, and there were no items inside.

"Have I arrived in another world?"

Chu Xuan opened the System mall page. Sure enough, it could no longer be used. He opened the world chat channel again; the number of online people was "1", only himself.

Suddenly, a colorful object fell from thin air in front of him.

Chu Xuan was prepared and grabbed it with one hand. It was indeed a soul crystal.

"It really is a soul crystal, but..."

Chu Xuan observed it carefully. Unlike a normal soul crystal, this colorful stone was rippling with a faint layer of purple gas.

[soul crystal detected. This item cannot be used temporarily. Current authentication requires consuming 98 points of spirituality value.]

Sure enough, as Qin Qing said, this soul crystal could not be used, and the authentication cost was shockingly high. He immediately put it into the cloth bag.

After about ten seconds, Chu Xuan felt movement behind him. He reached back and grabbed another soul crystal.

"Where are these soul crystals coming from?"

Chu Xuan gathered all his spirit. After a while, another soul crystal fell in front of him, and he caught it again.

"Is this... appearing out of thin air?"

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around again, finding that this narrow space was very stable and could not be broken out of.

As for the soul crystals, one would fall every less than 30 seconds, and then be easily caught by Chu Xuan.

"It's very simple. It doesn't seem as difficult as I imagined..."

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly. Only about half an hour had passed, and he had already obtained 124 soul crystals.

Subsequently, the speed at which the soul crystals fell gradually slowed down, but one would still fall every minute or so.

Until the end, the total number of soul crystals Chu Xuan harvested reached 152. Suddenly, the light and shadow around him changed, and he was back in the detention room.

Chu Xuan was standing in the circular pit.

"He's back!"

"Chu Xuan is back..."

Seeing that the cloth bag in Chu Xuan's hand was bulging, the crowd above showed excited expressions. After Chu Xuan came up, they gathered around to ask about the harvest.

When Chu Xuan opened the cloth bag and revealed the 152 soul crystals inside, purple light filled the air, and everyone looked shocked.

"Actually... harvested 152 soul crystals?"

"How on earth was this done?"

"The highest record was 68 in 3 hours by Qin Shaowu, and now Chu Xuan has obtained 152 in less than an hour, which is more than double..."

"No! Don't forget, before this, we had already collected 348 soul crystals today. According to past experience, the further you go, the more difficult it is to obtain!"

"The most we've ever harvested in one go was 350, but the total added up today has already reached 500. Could this be the limit?"

Everyone was both shocked and excited.

Even though Qin Shaowu lost the bet, his face was full of joy: "Brother Xuan, it is now 1:00 AM, the reset time has arrived. Go down and try again. This time, you will definitely be able to obtain more soul crystals!"

Chu Xuan nodded and jumped down again, landing steadily in the pit, but he was not teleported to the different space.

Qin Shaowu said from above: "Brother Xuan, don't worry. The time for each repeated entry is within 15 minutes after 1:00 AM. Just wait a little longer."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan waited quietly.

Ten minutes later, Chu Xuan noticed that the purple gas in the cloth bag had disappeared, so he tried the System authentication again.

[102 soul crystals detected. You can consume 102 points of spirituality value to authenticate all of them and store them in your Exclusive Space.]

— Authenticate.

For the sake of safety, it was natural to authenticate them. Chu Xuan never skimped on the spirituality value that needed to be spent.

Putting these 102 soul crystals into his Exclusive Space, after a few more minutes, Chu Xuan's vision blurred, and he returned to that space.

Just like before, this space would occasionally drop a soul crystal emitting purple gas.

In the first hour, Chu Xuan directly harvested 150 soul crystals.

The speed slowed down afterward. At the two-hour mark, the number of soul crystals in the cloth bag reached 278.

The third hour, 362!

The fourth hour, 439!

Until the end of the fifth hour, the number of soul crystals in Chu Xuan's cloth bag had reached 500!