82: Chapter 82

"Junior Brothers, wait!"

Ye Hao immediately called out, stopping several Junior Brothers who were hurrying ahead.

Hearing him, the group turned around and immediately bowed, saying, "Greetings, Senior Brother."

"What were you Junior Brothers discussing earlier? Please tell me in detail!"

They then explained to Ye Hao the great battle from yesterday that had drawn the attention of the entire Eastern Region.

When he heard that Elder Qi Yue had single-handedly blocked the Four Great Sects, a surge of pride rose in his heart. Ye Hao's eyes brightened as he listened, then he nodded slowly and murmured, "So that's how it was!"

On one hand, he marveled at Elder Qi Yue's strength; on the other, his reverence for his Revered Master grew. Even a Nascent Soul Stage Expert like Fairy Qi Yue respected his Revered Master so much; his Revered Master's capabilities were truly unimaginable.

"Oh, right, Senior Brother. Please wait here for a moment and don't wander off. I'll go get a few flat peaches for you."

Flat peaches?

Wait, why does that sentence feel a bit strange!

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, a pale white figure appeared out of thin air like a firefly under the moon. Her dress fluttered without any wind, and she suddenly stood right there.

Qi Yue's beautiful eyes swept over Ye Hao, a flash of surprise appearing in them.

Back when she was still in the Central Region, she had heard of Children of Destiny with peak Aptitudes who could spontaneously resonate with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi during Foundation Establishment, ensuring their immortal path would be without the slightest obstruction. This kind of Foundation Establishment was known as the one-in-a-million Perfect Foundation Establishment.

Observing Ye Hao's aura now, she saw Spiritual Qi flowing through his body like a galaxy, perfectly natural and without any obstruction—it was exactly the legendary one-in-a-million Perfect Foundation Establishment phenomenon.

As expected of the Sect Master's Personal Disciple... no, it should be said that it's no wonder he became the Sect Master's Personal Disciple.

"Greetings, Elder Qi Yue!" Ye Hao and the others greeted her with a simple bow.

Qi Yue gave a faint smile and nodded slightly.

"To break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and stabilize your foundation in just four days, not bad!" After praising him, she waved her jade-like hand, and five rosy-white flat peaches appeared out of thin air, floating before Ye Hao.

"This was the Sect Master's instruction: once you all come out of seclusion, you should hurry and taste these flat peaches."

Revered Master's instruction?

Ye Hao was a bit puzzled, but he still reached out and grabbed a flat peach. As soon as he took a bite, a warm spiritual liquid surged down his throat into his Dantian, and a massive amount of life essence instantly filled his entire body.

"This... this... I..."

Ye Hao's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

He devoured the rest of the flat peaches in a few bites and closed his eyes to feel the changes within. His head felt itchy, a sudden clarity as if his brain was growing.

"Elder Qi Yue, these flat peaches... what kind of treasure are they exactly?" Ye Hao couldn't help but ask.

Qi Yue shook her head gently. "That is likely something only the Sect Master knows."

As expected of Revered Master!

No, I really want to continue my secluded cultivation; the cultivation addiction is kicking in!

After a brief chat, Ye Hao took the remaining flat peaches and returned to his room to continue his seclusion, certain that Revered Master's intention was for him to keep working hard on his cultivation.

He would pay his respects to Revered Master next time; he couldn't let Revered Master's expectations down... Inside the Xuanguang Pavilion within the Sect Main Hall, the interior was magnificent and ornate. Dragons and phoenixes were carved onto eight pillars, and a massive starry glass window on one side let in the daylight.

This was Chen Xuan's private residence!

Chen Xuan looked at the patches of Chaos Space; he was still in the sixth seat, while the other seats were empty.

After studying it for half an hour, he still had nothing to show for it!

Chen Xuan had no choice but to exit the Chaos Space. He opened his eyes slightly and looked at the black jade stone floating in front of him.

What on earth is this thing?

He had also taken the chance to ask Qi Yue about this kind of Magic Treasure, but as a "low-level" Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer, Qi Yue obviously didn't recognize such a high-end item.

She only suggested that Chen Xuan could go to the Central Region's Heavenly Secret Pavilion to ask. The Heavenly Secret Pavilion was renowned for knowing everything from astronomy to geography; in the entire cultivation world, there was nothing they didn't know.

Such a mysterious object was very likely a product of the Profound Realm!

As a side note, Chen Xuan had spent 14,500 reputation points this morning and had already broken through to the Nascent Soul Seventh Layer Realm.

As for why he didn't break through to the Soul Transformation Realm in one go... Chen Xuan was a bit conflicted, or more accurately, he was suffering from decision paralysis.

Yesterday, after hosting the people from the Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect, Chen Xuan, now with a huge sum of money, started browsing the shop.

Mid-tier Mountain-Protecting Formation: Price 388,000. It can withstand ten Integration Realm Cultivators working together to break it. Of course, that's assuming none of the ten are ninth-rank Formation Masters... I want to buy it!

Cangwu Flying Boat: Price 290,000. It can travel across provinces, covering a thousand miles in an instant, and can block a full-power strike from an Integration Realm Cultivator. It would be the face of the Sect... I want to buy it.

Mountain-Protecting Divine Beast Egg: Price 440,000. It can randomly hatch a Mountain-Protecting Divine Beast: a Qilin, Baize, Bifang, Suanni, or an Integration Realm workhorse...? What kind of strange thing got mixed in there... I want to buy it!

Elementary Realm Advancement Card (Limited-time item, available for purchase within one month): Price 500,000. Upon use, it increases one's current Realm by one minor stage... This was the thing Chen Xuan wanted to buy most.

Although it seems like a huge loss now, what about when breaking through to the Mahayana Stage or the Tribulation Transcendence Stage later? Using this card then would be a massive gain.

Of course, Chen Xuan also considered getting weapons for his four disciples; after all, he wasn't the type of Revered Master to just leave everything to them.

But... the collection from those "enthusiastic Fellow Daoists" yesterday was quite good.

There were still dozens of earth-rank magic treasures in the storage rings, enough for Mu Wanqing and the others to choose from. One could only say that it was truly the foundation of a Hegemon-level Force.

Besides the earth-rank magic treasures, the Low-Grade Spirit Stones had accumulated to nearly 800,000, along with various other miscellaneous items that were dazzling to behold.

Among them, the most valuable was a Bodhi Bracelet, a high-grade earth-rank magic treasure.

It was donated by a Fellow Daoist from the Leaving Fire Pavilion. It was unclear whether the Leaving Fire Pavilion's Sect Master had been reluctant to use it or if it was a secret stash of another expert within the Sect.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Xuan still hadn't decided how to use this money.

"Sigh, forget it! Since things have come to this, I'll do some gacha draws first!" What if he got lucky and pulled those rewards?

With 157 luck value points left, I refuse to believe that with over 400,000 in savings, I can't trigger a pity pull.

Ten-pull!

[Congratulations to the Host for consuming 100 sect prestige points and obtaining luck value +10]

[Congratulations to the Host for consuming 100 sect prestige points...]

[Congratulations to the Host...]

Another ten-pull!

[Congratulations to the Host...]

In the blink of an eye, the luck value reached 260. Chen Xuan had already invested over ten thousand reputation points. Looking at the long string of identical notification messages, he couldn't help but feel his heart bleeding.

Sigh, it's just a little bit of wind and frost!

[Congratulations to the Host for consuming 100 sect prestige points and obtaining luck value +10]

[Congratulations to the Host for consuming 100 sect prestige points...]

[Congratulations to the Host...]

Just as Chen Xuan was about to ask Qi Yue to prepare an altar for prayer... [Congratulations to the Host for consuming 10 sect prestige points and 367 luck value points, obtaining Lucky All-In *1]

Lucky All-In?

Chen Xuan was completely dazed.

Then, a virtual panel that only he could see popped up with an item, showing two options below: Purchase or Do Not Purchase.

Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat, his pupils contracted; he felt that happiness had come so suddenly.

It really was a case of getting exactly what he wanted!