29: The mother and daughter were shocked and horrified.
The space inside the Storage Ring was as vast as a Small World.
Small hills piled up from Top-Grade Spirit Stones emitted Spiritual Qi fluctuations that made her heart race with shock.
In their Forest Realm, even a single Top-Grade Spirit Stone could spark conflicts between Cultivators, yet here, the most common items were Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and they were counted by the mountain!
And this was just the appetizer.
Beside the mountains of Spirit Stones lay a vast herb field.
In the herb field grew various Saint-grade and God-grade herbs that she had only ever seen in ancient texts, which had been extinct for countless millennia.
Thousand-year-old Blood Dragon Ginseng was planted here as casually as common cabbage.
Ten-thousand-year-old Nine-Leaf Spirit Ganoderma exuded a refreshing medicinal fragrance; a single stalk would be enough to increase the foundation of their Misty Rain Tower several times over.
Then there were those miraculous flowers and plants whose names she couldn't even name, but merely by sensing the Dao Rhyme they emitted, she knew their grade absolutely surpassed the limits of her cognition.
Her Divine Thought trembled as she continued to probe deeper.
Then, she saw rows of jade bookshelves.
On the shelves were densely packed Jade Slips.
She picked one up at random and probed it with her Divine Thought.
"Nine Turns Profound Art" — a quasi-emperor grade Body Refining Cultivation Technique!
Boom! Qin Yuebai's head buzzed, and her Divine Soul nearly lost its defense.
"Quasi... quasi-emperor grade Cultivation Technique?!"
In their Forest Realm, a single Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique that could allow one to Cultivate to the Spirit Realm—which is to say, a Middle Thousand Worlds—would be enough to serve as a sect-suppressing treasure, passed down for ten thousand years.
Yet here, picking up a book at random resulted in a supreme tome of quasi-emperor grade?!
That was a quasi-emperor! A legendary existence that transcended the Saint realm!
She picked up another Jade Slip.
"Great Luo Sword Canon" — a quasi-emperor grade Sword Dao secret technique!
She picked up another.
"Void Shift" — a quasi-emperor grade movement Divine Ability!
After checking over a dozen Jade Slips in a row, without exception, they were all quasi-emperor grade Cultivation Techniques and secret arts!
Qin Yuebai felt like she was going crazy.
What kind of place was this?
Was this really a Storage Ring, and not the Scripture Pavilion of some ancient imperial clan?
Her Divine Thought had gone numb, and she continued to look inside mechanically.
Behind the Scripture Pavilion was an armory.
Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks... all sorts of Magic Treasures, exuding a cold aura of slaughter, floated silently in the air.
The lowest quality ones were all Saint-level Magic Treasures!
Among them, there were even a few that she dared not continue looking at!
Qin Yuebai could no longer withstand this massive shock; she withdrew her Divine Thought abruptly, her body went limp, and she nearly collapsed to the ground.
"Mother!" Qin Wanwan hurriedly supported her, her little face filled with worry.
"I... I'm fine..." Qin Yuebai waved her hand, her face deathly pale. She looked at Jiang Yuan, her eyes as if she were staring at a monster.
"Hus... Husband... These... the things inside..."
She was trembling so hard that she couldn't even say a complete sentence.
"Oh, you mean this?" Jiang Yuan said with an air of "it's only natural." "This is the betrothal gift for your Misty Rain Tower. What, are you not satisfied?"
Not satisfied?
Qin Yuebai was about to cry.
This was far more than just satisfied!
Any single item in here, if taken out, would be enough to cause their Forest Realm to be annihilated!
Yes, not just fought over. But annihilated!
"Husband... this... this is too valuable... we... we cannot accept this..." Qin Yuebai's voice was trembling.
"Why wouldn't you be able to accept it?" Jiang Yuan said dismissively. "These things are just common trinkets in our Jiang Family, piled up everywhere in the warehouse. You are my people in the Jiang Family now, so what is the big deal about using a few of these things?"
Common trinkets?
Piled up everywhere in the warehouse?
Mother and daughter, Qin Yuebai and Qin Wanwan, felt their worldviews being rubbed against the ground violently once again.
They couldn't imagine what kind of Family could treat quasi-emperor weapons and quasi-emperor grade Cultivation Techniques as mere trinkets.
This wasn't just wealthy and overbearing; this was a myth!
"Alright, keep these things for now, and when we get to the Jiang Family, you can study them slowly."
Jiang Yuan looked at their "never seen the world" expressions and felt a burst of amusement. He pulled both women into his arms, feeling their breathtaking softness.
"From now on, you are my, Jiang Yuan's, women. With me here, no one will ever be able to bully you two again."
Feeling the warmth of the man's embrace and hearing his domineering words, Qin Yuebai's heart trembled violently for no reason, and a strange, warm current surged into her heart.
Qin Wanwan looked at her mother, then at her father, and felt an indescribable sensation in her heart.
Jiang Yuan wasn't in a rush to claim the two women; there would be plenty of time once they returned to the Jiang Family.
One day later.
The Divine Ark tore through the Void Realm, returning to the Jiang Family territory with vast Emperors Might.
"Your Highness, we are almost at the Jiang Family."
Jiang Yuan nodded, holding the still-dazed mother and daughter, one in each arm, and walked out of the cabin.
When Qin Yuebai and Qin Wanwan saw the scene outside, they were deeply shaken once again.
Outside the Divine Ark lay a boundless, magnificent celestial landscape.
Enormous floating celestial islands hovered above a sea of clouds, each one larger than their entire Forest Realm.
Between the celestial islands, golden divine bridges connected them, with celestial light flowing along the bridges and thousands of strands of auspicious Qi.
Countless celestial cranes and phoenix-like birds flew through the sea of clouds, emitting crisp cries.
Occasionally, one could see True Dragons and Qilins, their bodies as massive as mountains, poking their heads out of the clouds, inhaling and exhaling the essence of the sun and moon.
The Spiritual Qi here was so dense that it had condensed into physical spiritual mist; taking a single breath made one feel their magic power growing.
This... is this the Upper Realm?
Is this the territory of an imperial clan?
Qin Yuebai and Qin Wanwan felt like two frogs from a rural pond that had suddenly been thrown into the endless ocean; everything before their eyes exceeded the limits of their imagination.
Just as they were shocked beyond measure, the world-breaking divine ark slowly docked upon the most magnificent celestial island.
The port of the celestial island was already packed with people.
Leading them was none other than the Jiang Family Head, Jiang Zhan, as well as the Third Elder, Jiang Shouzhuo, and a group of core clan Elders.
Behind them stood thousands of Jiang Family guards with profound auras, clad in divine armor; the cultivation of every single one of them far exceeded their imagination!
Seeing the Divine Ark come to a stop, Jiang Zhan, Jiang Shouzhuo, and the others immediately walked up with smiles on their faces.
"Yuaner, you're back. You've had a hard journey."