I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 408 - 257: Living Creature
The fourth store treasure was unveiled, and the rich spiritual energy once again astonished everyone present.
However, the final result was somewhat disappointing. It was not a great treasure but rather a large face basin-sized piece of pure wood attribute spirit stones at the center.
Nevertheless, compared to top-grade spirit stones, the value of the five-element spirit stones is a hundred times more valuable. This large piece nearly consisted of two hundred wood attribute spirit stones, with an overall value of two million middle grade spirit stones, which turned out to be a substantial increase compared to the selling price.
Li Jizhou’s heart settled; it turned out to be precisely wood attribute spirit stones, and there were as many as two hundred. This was almost as if it was custom-made for him.
Ever since Fang Qingwei in Yunzhou City casually gifted him a raw stone, which upon unveiling contained third-grade celestial and earthly spiritual objects, Li Jizhou began to suspect whether his fortune was unusual.
Over the following days, he gradually became convinced.
Reflecting on his current life after being reborn and awakening his innate wisdom, his luck had always been very good.
The Saint Emperor gifted him a seventh-grade cyan lotus, the Ninth Prince gave him a Bodhi fruit, and the Crown Prince presented a Soul Condensing Pill… then in Liangzhou, he acquired a Celestial Venerable Dao Fruit, leading up to now…
It was evident that his fortune was extraordinary.
“What could have accumulated such good fortune in my previous life for this life?”
“Congratulations, Great Ancestor!”
“Congratulations to the Seventh Prince!”
After a moment of silence, Li Qingyun took the lead to offer congratulations, and the others quickly followed suit.
Li Jizhou ignored them and once again handed the Stone King to the stone appraiser.
“?” The crowd, watching Li Jizhou’s attitude of indifference after his fortune increased dramatically twice, earning him at least several million middle grade spirit stones, was puzzled as they saw him finally bring out such an ordinary-looking raw stone.
“Could this raw stone possibly surpass those two store-treasuring gems?”
“Spirit marrow, wood attribute spirit stones… can’t this piece possibly unveil a treasure greater than the other two?”
“Let’s wait and see!”
At this moment, the shock from the previous two spirit stone ores had subsided, and everyone was more eagerly anticipating this final piece.
But, to the crowd’s confusion, after handing the head-sized raw stone to the stone appraiser, Li Jizhou retreated a hundred feet away, standing at a distance.
“…” The crowd looked at each other in confusion and then quickly retreated decisively behind Li Jizhou.
Li Jizhou couldn’t help but shake his head with a light smile.
Only the stone appraiser was left behind, holding the carving knife with a trembling hand as he looked at the scene.
What’s going on here?
“What does the Seventh Prince mean by this? Could he see there is danger in this raw stone?”
“My goodness, is it truly about to unveil a great treasure?”
“If it came from the raw stone ore and could threaten us… could it be a Profound Celestial Treasure?”
“An ownerless Profound Celestial Treasure wouldn’t have such power; it would take a Quasi-Immortal Artifact!”
“A Quasi-Immortal Artifact?”
Thud~
The scene once again fell silent, everyone instinctively took three more steps back.
Li Qingyun moved unobtrusively behind Li Jizhou for cover.
The Seventh Prince’s trump card, why doubt it?
The stone appraiser grew even more nervous.
But under Li Qingyun’s pressure, he could only gather all his magical power and brace himself to appraise.
“Great Ancestor, what’s inside?” Li Qingyun probed.
Li Jizhou shook his head slowly.
He truly wasn’t sure what was inside.
Then why did you retreat so far? Li Qingyun internally grumbled, but he didn’t dare to show any dissatisfaction.
“Boom~”
The Stone King was small; before the stone appraiser made more than a few cuts, a corner of the outer stone shell had already peeled off, unleashing a surge of unparalleled spiritual energy.
The stone appraiser bore the brunt, blasted a hundred feet away by that spiritual energy.
Fortunately, the power bore no killing intent, merely pushing him back without causing harm.
At the same time, sensing the spiritual energy from inside the stone, everyone on the scene let out a sigh of relief.
Not to mention a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, even a Profound Celestial Treasure would probably emanate a murderous aura, being a weapon after all.
Yet there was none of this aura inside the stone, saying it was safe.
The stone appraiser also sighed in relief and returned to the Stone King to continue appraising.
Time ticked by second by second.
Thud~
Suddenly, as a corner of the inner stone shell was removed, the shape of something within became visible.
The stone appraiser froze for a moment.
“What is this…”
The surrounding people, eager and unable to wait, released their divine senses to check.
“How could this be? The outer layer spirit stone seemed to be of middle-grade quality, but the core inside is nearly pulverized.”
“What’s that shadow in the core? It doesn’t look like a weapon.”
“Oh no, the core doesn’t even have spiritual energy left. Even if it was a spiritual treasure, it’s probably degraded now.”
…
Did the Great Ancestor misjudge? Li Qingyun slowly eyed Li Jizhou’s expression.
But he saw Li Jizhou’s demeanor unchanged.
“Hmm, it seemed that shadow inside moved?”
“Did my friend overdo dual cultivation last night?”
“Did we see it wrong?”
“Ah!” Suddenly, an exclamation rang out.
The stone appraiser retreated abruptly.
The not-yet-fully-unveiled spirit stone ore began to move by itself.
Soon after everyone saw the shadow inside move.
“Did it really move?”
“What is this?”
“A living creature inside the spirit stone ore?”
“Legend has it that the tidal waves of the Ancestral Spiritual Sea may encase some slumbering creatures and carry them out of the spirit sea, and this turned out to be true?”
The movement of the shadow within the spirit stone ore instantly shocked the whole scene, all were roused.
It was as if witnessing the birth of a Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
“Be careful! One does not know how many years ago this creature was slumbering and preserved by spiritual liquid, and any creature capable of surviving within the Ancestral Spiritual Sea won’t be simple!” Someone suddenly shouted a warning.
“It’s so small, what ancient creature could it be?”
“Legend states that tens of thousands of years ago, someone unveiled a raw stone, and the internal creature caused a catastrophic disaster, unsure if it’s true.” The onlookers discussed fervently.
…
“Great Ancestor, do you need your great-grandson to find someone to subdue it?” Li Qingyun inquired timely.
Li Jizhou replied with action; a long blade radiating with blood fiend appeared in his hand.
It was indeed the Profound Celestial Treasure, the Blood-Drinking Saber.
“As expected, it is the Seventh Prince!”
“Tsk tsk, he’s using the Profound Celestial Treasure while only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment!” Many cultivators around felt a bit sour, but no one dared have any thoughts.
“Boom!” At this moment, the outer stone shell had completely opened, and there was no longer the situation of a broken spiritual eye.
Moreover, it was clear that the creature inside had revived, and with a single swipe from Li Jizhou’s blade, the outer spirit crystal exploded into fragments.
“Zhi~”
In the next instant, as spirit crystals flew everywhere, a crisp chirping sound echoed out.
A Six-winged Golden Cicada flew out bewilderedly.
Its pair of jet-black eyes rapidly scanned its surroundings.
Seeing so many people, it trembled instantly and hurriedly sought a place to hide.
“!!!” Li Jizhou’s eyes widened instantly as he looked at the Six-winged Golden Cicada before him.
This Six-winged Golden Cicada was almost identical to the one he had seen next to the Qilin Immortality Pill in the Moon Worship Dynasty in his previous life.
Even its timid demeanor was exactly the same.
What is going on here?
For a brief moment, Li Jizhou was both amazed and suspicious.
Simultaneously, he thought of that Golden Cicada Gu from his past life that had stubbornly refused to recognize him as its master.
That Golden Cicada must still be parasitizing below the Qilin Immortality Pill, absorbing its energy.
What connection is there between these two identical Gu insects?
