198: Chapter 198 Robbery of Wealth

Two hundred experience points vanished in an instant, and Zhao Yi once again entered a state of Breakthrough.

When cultivating in the Immortal Realm, for a major Realm Breakthrough, the requirements for the immortal body and immortal power are actually not the most important.

The most important metric is the level of comprehension of the Law.

For example, the Earth Immortal Realm compared to the Human Immortal Realm cannot crush it in terms of immortal body and immortal power, but after comprehending the Law, an Earth Immortal can use the power of the Law to slaughter Cultivators of the Human Immortal Realm.

At this moment, Zhao Yi was swimming in the sea of Laws once again.

If the Breakthrough of an ordinary Cultivator is one of gradual, step-by-step comprehension, then Zhao Yi's is a System-guided infusion.

Not only was it an infusion, but it even helped with consolidation.

Comprehending one ten-thousandth of the Law of Money is the entry level for the Human Immortal Realm, while ten percent is the entry level for the Earth Immortal Realm.

If there were a progress bar for the comprehension of the power of the Law, it would be easy to see that Zhao Yi's comprehension progress for the Law of Money has now reached eleven percent; he has already achieved the Earth Immortal Realm.

Throughout Fuyu Palace, there was Immortal Qi like clouds and mist.

This Immortal Qi was the overflow brought about after Zhao Yi broke through to become an Earth Immortal.

Relying on this overflowing Immortal Qi, Fuyu Palace was refined once again, and its connection with Zhao Yi was strengthened once more.

Outside Fuyu Palace, Approximate smelled the suddenly appearing exotic fragrance and was a bit at a loss.

It was his first time encountering such a situation.

"Strange, every time Master broke through in the past, wasn't it always the Heavenly Tribulation descending, a life-and-death struggle?"

"Could it be that because the world changed, the treatment is different?"

Approximate's voice had not yet faded when black clouds in the sky began to drift over.

"It's a rain cloud~ It's a rain cloud~" Approximate prayed secretly.

However, it was useless; those black clouds drifted above Fuyu Palace and stopped.

Feeling the faint will of heaven and earth around him, how could Approximate not know that this was Zhao Yi's Heavenly Tribulation arriving?

Smack!

Approximate slapped himself.

"Let that mouth of yours be cheap!"

As the tribulation cloud grew thicker and lower, the pressure on Approximate also grew greater.

"I wonder what kind of tribulation this is?"

"It can't be harder than the Hundred Deaths Tribulation Realm, right?"

Plop.

A drop of rain landed on the tip of Approximate's nose.

It was not blazing lightning, nor was it gale winds tearing the sky; it was just a crystal-clear raindrop, slowly falling from the tribulation cloud like the gentlest morning dew in spring.

Immediately after, a second drop, a third drop...

With a patter, it really started to rain.

"Th-this is the Heavenly Tribulation?"

Approximate's eyes widened, and he reached out to catch a drop.

The raindrop landed in his palm, neither cold nor hot, but instead radiated a strange warmth, as if melted gold foil were sliding across his skin.

Suddenly, his pupils constricted.

That drop of "rain" dissolved in his palm and actually condensed into a coin.

"Holy crap, a copper coin?"

Approximate jumped up in shock. Isn't this a currency of Mortals?

Looking closer, it turned back into rain.

A moment later, the rain in the sky suddenly became heavier.

It was no longer scattered drops but a downpour.

But what fell were all coins: copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, purple gold coins, Low-Grade Spirit Stones, Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, High-Grade Spirit Stones, Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and even low-grade immortal stones, Medium Grade Immortal Stones, and so on.

Countless currencies of various shapes crashed down like a rainstorm, clinking and clanging, creating a symphony of gold and jade on the glazed tiles of Fuyu Palace.

"Whoosh~"

The entire Fuyu Palace seemed to be enveloped by a rain of money.

The courtyard accumulated wealth an inch thick; Spirit Stones floated in the streams, and Immortal Stones sank in the ponds.

Even the air was filled with a strange aura of "abundance," which made one's Divine Soul slightly intoxicated and stirred up greed upon smelling it.

"What the hell is this?"

"Wealth Tribulation?"

Approximate finally understood, whispering in a trembling voice, "It's not striking people, it's throwing money?"

Just at this moment, inside Fuyu Palace, a majestic yet lazy voice slowly resonated in the depths of Zhao Yi's heart, like the friction sound of a vault opening.

"You, having comprehended the Law of Money, have stolen the opportunity of circulation between heaven and earth, and seized the power of transaction over all things."

"Now, you shall suffer the backlash of 'Wealth' and undergo the tempering of the heart through 'Desire'."

"If your heart remains unmoved, viewing ten thousand gold as rubble, the tribulation will disperse, and the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit will reach Perfection."

"If greed arises in your heart, and you pick up even a single coin for your pocket, then ten thousand wealths will turn into blades, a thousand desires will become demons, devouring your Divine Soul, and you will forever fall into the state of a 'Miser'!"

As the voice faded, the rain became even more violent.

A huge immortal gold seal slowly descended from the clouds.

The seal knob was a Pixiu, and the seal inscription was startlingly, "Tianlu".

It hovered directly above Fuyu Palace, casting ten thousand rays of golden light.

Wherever it shone, all the fallen coins began to come alive.

Copper coins grew little feet and crawled on the ground; gold coins split open, and greedy "gold worms" crawled out; Spirit Stones rolled away, turning into weeping "tear maidens," begging to be picked up and treasured.

The immortal gold seal released even more endless temptation, as if as long as one held it in one's hand, one could control the financial resources of the Three Realms and be as wealthy as the heavens!

Yet Zhao Yi turned a blind eye to all of this; his Divine Soul was still immersed in the sea of Laws.

However, what flowed in the sea was not water, but transactions, credit, value, and the obsession of the human heart for "possession."

At this moment, the sea of Laws was churning with monstrous waves.

Countless phantoms condensed from "desire" rushed toward him—there was his impoverished self from his past life, the Cultivators from this life who craved wealth, and the phantoms of the world kneeling because he had dug up thousands of Spirit Stones.

They roared and tempted, wanting him to reach out to take, to occupy, to control!

"What is this nonsense?"

Zhao Yi's Divine Soul smiled in the storm.

He had no love for "money" to begin with.

Recalling the past, countless Spirit Stones were gifted by him to Li Yingzhen, and the spirit light sandstone, equivalent to low-grade immortal stones, was also given to Miao Hua.

To say that Zhao Yi viewed Spirit Stones as dirt was not a problem at all.

"I comprehend the Law of Money, not to accumulate wealth, but to facilitate the exchange of goods and bring life to all spirits."

"With this heart not greedy, and this thought not stagnant, why fear ten thousand gold like rain?"

Boom!

Inside Zhao Yi's body, there was a soft sound, as if some shackle had broken.

Outside, the sky-filling rain of money suddenly paused.

Immediately after, all the coins—whether it was the crawling copper coins, the transformed gold worms, or the hovering immortal gold seal—lost their luster in an instant, turning into the most primitive, attribute-less spirit dust.

Like golden snow, they fluttered and fell.

They did not accumulate, nor did they tempt; they only gently covered every inch of Fuyu Palace's land, seeping into the earth veins, nourishing this palace that had been reborn due to the Breakthrough.

Before the Tianlu Immortal Seal dissipated, it looked one last time in the direction where Zhao Yi was in seclusion, as if an old God of Wealth was nodding, and then it also turned into points of light, merging into heaven and earth.

The tribulation cloud dispersed silently.

Sunlight shone down again, illuminating Fuyu Palace, which was covered in "gold dust," and it actually refracted a seven-colored halo, so beautiful it did not seem of the Mortal world.

Inside the cultivation room, Zhao Yi slowly opened his eyes.

There was no gold or silver in his eyes, only a depth of calm as profound as an abyss, as if he could see through the essence of the value of all things.

He exhaled a breath of turbid air; the white air between his mouth and nose condensed, actually forming an illusory, constantly rotating golden ring in the air, which then dissipated.

"Earth Immortal, achieved."

He whispered to himself, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"This Wealth Tribulation is truly quite original."

"Much more interesting than being struck by lightning or burned by fire."

Approximate, hiding in the space between his eyebrows, was equally bewildered.

What was this?

He could still understand Zhao Yi's usual tribulations, but this time, the tribulation was completely baffling; he couldn't understand it at all.