Chapter 498: Heaven Grade Palace!
However, the old man’s next words immediately caused many people’s expressions to turn ugly.
"On Chaos Heaven Island, there are three palaces in total. They are divided into three levels, Mortal Grade, Earth Grade, and Heaven Grade. The inheritance inside the Mortal Grade palace is the weakest, while the inheritance inside the Heaven Grade palace is the best. As for which palace you can enter, that will be determined by your performance in the previous two stages."
The old man’s face remained indifferent as his hands formed a seal.
Suddenly, three hundred tokens flew out.
Some tokens were bronze-colored, some were golden, and some shimmered with five-colored luster.
Among the three hundred tokens, the bronze tokens were the most numerous, numbering exactly two hundred and fifty. There were forty-nine golden tokens, while there was only one five-colored token.
That single five-colored token flew directly into Li Yun’s hand.
Seeing this scene, everyone’s eyes filled with envy and jealousy. Even Princess Yuehan could not help staring intently at the five-colored token, and a trace of longing appeared in her beautiful eyes.
This five-colored token was the only credential that allowed one to enter the Heaven Grade palace.
Only by possessing this five-colored token would one be qualified to enter the Heaven Grade palace and obtain the best inheritance. As for everyone else, they could only choose the Earth Grade palace or the Mortal Grade palace.
However, despite their jealousy and envy, everyone also understood that it was only natural for Li Yun to obtain this five-colored token. If Li Yun had not received it, that would have been the truly strange thing.
"Alright. Put away your tokens and go seek your respective inheritances."
The old man waved his hand and said calmly, "In one month, Chaos Heaven Island will close. At that time, all of you will be automatically teleported out."
As soon as his words fell, the old man’s phantom vanished.
Seeing this, no one wanted to waste any time. One by one, they held their tokens and began walking toward the three palaces.
"Junior Brother Li."
Just then, a smile appeared on Princess Yuehan’s face. She stepped forward and said gently, "I wonder if you would be willing to sell the five-colored token in your hand. I am willing to buy it for one million high-grade spirit stones."
One million high-grade spirit stones.
Hearing this price, the hearts of everyone around them skipped a beat. They could not help looking at Princess Yuehan in shock.
This was one million high-grade spirit stones.
Even an ordinary Earthly Core Realm expert might not have such wealth after emptying their entire fortune. Even some poorer Heavenly Core Realm experts might not possess assets of this level. Yet now, just to buy this single five-colored token, Princess Yuehan was actually willing to spend a full million high-grade spirit stones.
With so many spirit stones, it would be more than enough for Li Yun to cultivate all the way to the Earthly Core Realm, and perhaps even give him a chance to reach the Heavenly Core Realm.
"Not for sale."
Under everyone’s incredibly fervent and jealous gazes, Li Yun remained calm and refused flatly without the slightest hesitation.
One million high-grade spirit stones.
This number was indeed massive, and the temptation it carried was not small. If it had been an ordinary cultivator, they would likely have agreed without even needing to think twice.
However, Li Yun understood this matter very clearly.
So-called spirit stones were only a number in the end. As long as one possessed enough strength, obtaining spirit stones would not be difficult. A truly precious inheritance, however, was not something that could be casually found.
Spirit stones were easy to earn, but a powerful inheritance was difficult to encounter. The value of a good inheritance could never be measured by spirit stones alone.
Because of that, although Princess Yuehan’s offer was extremely generous, Li Yun did not consider it for even a moment and directly refused her terms.
"Alright."
Princess Yuehan sighed softly. Although she felt somewhat disappointed, she was not surprised by this outcome.
As long as a cultivator had true ambition on the Martial Dao, they would not make such a short-sighted choice. Giving up a precious inheritance for one million high-grade spirit stones would be the same as picking up sesame seeds while throwing away a priceless jade. Li Yun’s decision was completely reasonable.
At that moment, Princess Yuehan no longer tried to persuade him. Holding her golden token, she turned and directly headed toward the Earth Grade palace.
Li Yun did not mind this either. He immediately walked toward the Heaven Grade palace and stepped inside.
From the outside, the Heaven Grade palace looked colorful, majestic, and magnificent. However, the interior was completely different from what Li Yun had imagined.
Inside the thousand-meter-wide hall, there were only nine Heaven-Reaching Pillars.
Each Heaven-Reaching Pillar was a hundred meters tall. They were pitch-black, dull, and without luster, showing no obvious signs of anything extraordinary.
"This is the inheritance of the Heaven Grade palace?"
Li Yun could not help feeling stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized that these nine Heaven-Reaching Pillars were definitely unusual. They could not possibly be as simple as they looked on the surface.
Sure enough, in the next moment, all nine Heaven-Reaching Pillars lit up at the same time. Then, lines of text and images began to emerge on their surfaces.
"Hm?"
With a thought, Li Yun looked at the Heaven-Reaching Pillar closest to him.
That Heaven-Reaching Pillar was blood-red from top to bottom, resembling a pillar formed from condensed blood. On it were written several words.
"Middle Grade Earth Rank martial skill, Blood Slaughter Sword Path."
Immediately afterward, the images on the pillar seemed to come alive. A gray-haired elder in blood-red robes appeared before Li Yun. His expression was cold, and his hand held a sword.
"My inheritance is the Blood Slaughter Sword Path."
The gray-haired elder spoke indifferently as he brandished his sword. "The Blood Slaughter Sword Path is both a cultivation technique and a martial skill. It enters the Sword Dao through slaughter. The more enemies one kills and the more blood one spills, the more powerful it becomes."
Swoosh!
He swung his sword.
Although it was only a phantom image on the Heaven-Reaching Pillar, an invisible surge of blood-colored qi still erupted with towering momentum. That dense bloody aura made even Li Yun feel a slight chill in his heart.
"This Heaven Grade palace truly deserves its reputation. Any random inheritance here is actually at the middle grade Earth Rank."
Feeling the overbearing power of that strike, especially the terrifying blood qi fluctuations that could affect a cultivator’s mind, Li Yun could not help feeling slightly moved.
A middle grade Earth Rank martial skill would be extremely precious even in the Heavenly Sword Sect. Ordinary Inner Sect Disciples would not even have the qualification to cultivate it. Yet in this Heaven Grade palace, a single Heaven-Reaching Pillar already held a martial skill of this level.
However, Li Yun had no interest in the Blood Slaughter Sword Path.
He already possessed the Slaughter Sword Path, so there was no need for him to cultivate a lower variation of the slaughter path.
After withdrawing his gaze, Li Yun looked toward the second Heaven-Reaching Pillar.
The second Heaven-Reaching Pillar contained a top-grade Earth Rank martial skill.
Its name was the Four Seasons Sword Technique.