Chapter 515: Chapter 338: Lu Yuru’s Excitement! Unique "Wisdom Eye"! While Others Are Drunk, I Alone Am Sober!_2
But below the Innate level, there are quite a few whose combat power surpasses theirs.
It sounds incredible.
But in fact——
"Every generation has its Heavenly Pride. The individuals on the ’Earthly List’ of their times were just as flamboyant. Perhaps, when they were young, they weren’t any worse than us, and after another ten, twenty, or even thirty years of cultivation, what do we have to compare?"
Peng Fannian shook his head, accepting the truth.
Even someone as accomplished as Situ Fei with her Three Absolute Skills couldn’t make it onto the ’Earthly List,’ which shows what it’s worth.
This is normal——
"People naturally become stronger with more practice."
Lu Yuru laughed and said, "If I were to practice for another thirty years, even if I didn’t reach Innate, I’d still be able to beat ten of my current selves in martial arts and actual combat, no problem."
It is said that time is merciless, but enduring through it can make today’s Heavenly Pride fall far behind.
The ’Earthly List’!
This is not the ’Heavenly Pride List,’ but rather the ’Time List’!
Yan Chuan and others are not qualified yet to be on the list.
"Ranked 108th on the ’Earthly List,’ ’Iron-Armed Golden Ape’ Long Zhenfang, from ’Eight Phases Mountain,’ is listed among the ’Eight Great Vajra,’ along with ’Wind God’ Lv Xuan, and ’Stone Breaking Hand’ Xin Zhuang, all of whom are Innate Grandmasters, with Heavenly Ladder points of 705. We’re still far from that," Wei Lingshan smoothly transitioned from the topic of the ’Earthly List’ to ’Heavenly Ladder Points,’ and then went straight to the point: "I heard the court’s first batch of Essence Stones has been distributed, Yan Chuan, hurry up and share the Essence Stones, we’re waiting to enter ’Heavenly Ladder City’ to earn more points!"
Heavenly Ladder City!
Heavenly Ladder Points!
Among the present Heavenly Pride, besides Yan Chuan’s side, only Wei Lingshan had been to ’Heavenly Ladder City,’ but in these few days, others also more or less understood some concepts about ’Heavenly Ladder City’ and ’Heavenly Ladder Points.’ Hearing that the city has over fifteen million Limit-breaking Masters available for matching and dueling anytime, everyone was eager and restless.
The Cang Mountain Sword Discussion was exhilarating!
But this ’Heavenly Ladder City’ is where true masters gather, and after the Sword Discussion, everyone’s strength increased significantly. Apart from the ’Hidden Dragon’ and ’Chufeng’ two lists, they were eager to measure their exact level.
Heavenly Ladder City!
Heavenly Ladder Points!
It’s a great channel, a great method.
Everyone has been longing for it.
To open the ’Earth Gate’ and enter ’Heavenly Ladder City,’ you need ’Essence Stones.’
Therefore, their visit here was for ’Heavenly Ladder City,’ and also for ’Essence Stones.’
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"Emperor Yan, that old rascal!"
Yan Chuan cursed under his breath.
He was certain that Emperor Yan must have planned this long ago. On one hand, distributing only six thousand catties of Essence Stones monthly for his free allocation, and on the other, rewarding the Fourth-Rank exotic treasure ’Treasure Gathering Basin,’ with an interest of ten catties of Essence Stones daily for storing ten thousand.
Holding the ’Treasure Gathering Basin,’ would Yan Chuan be willing to distribute the six thousand Essence Stones, or keep them for himself to earn interest earlier?
This is a true test of one’s character!
Besides, enduring the temptation of the previous monthly interest of three hundred was still an ordinary test; with gritted teeth, one could resist it.
But Yan Chuan had upgraded the ’Treasure Gathering Basin’ to the Fifth-rank, causing daily interest to soar tenfold, resulting in a monthly interest of three thousand catties of Essence Stones. Who could resist that?
On one side is high-interest income.
On the other side is the hope of the Heavenly Pride.
How to choose?
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Yan Chuan wasn’t greedy: "The court only distributes six thousand catties of Essence Stones monthly, and has put me in charge of allocation to let me better control everyone through these stones."
"But there’s no need."
Yan Chuan smiled, waved his hand, and six boxes of Essence Stones landed in the tent: "I did the math, our sixteen teams’ prizes together exactly amount to six hundred thousand catties of Essence Stones."
Six hundred thousand catties!
Among them, just Yan Chuan’s team took up 186,500 catties, with 180,000 being a First Tier and two Second Tier grand prizes, and the remaining 6,500 catties as ’Performance Awards’ for Yan Chuan, Wang Zhengyi, and others.
The Seven Absolute teams each had a share of over 40,000, among which 40,000 was the ’Second Tier’ prize of the ’Twelve Strong,’ with the rest being ’Consecutive Wins Awards,’ ’Victory Awards,’ ’Performance Awards,’ etc.
Just these eight teams together had already exceeded 500,000 catties.
The remaining 100,000 catties were for Ma Hongniang and other eight teams.
According to the shares, Yan Chuan’s team still held the major portion, and 6,000 catties of Essence Stones could be divided into 1,865 catties.
Other teams received various amounts ranging from hundreds of catties to tens of catties.
"Here is the detailed account."
Yan Chuan handed over the details to Peng Fannian and others: "Essence Stones are not easy to store in the Mountain and Sea Realm, so if anyone needs, you can store your Essence Stones with me. I won’t hide it; I’ve got a new treasure called ’Treasure Gathering Basin,’ which contains a ’Mustard Space’ that prevents the leakage of Essence Energy in the Essence Stones. If you store up to ten thousand catties of Essence Stones, it can generate an additional ten catties of daily interest. Keep the stones with me, and it’s a win-win. You can come to retrieve them anytime."
As the saying goes, sincerity is the ultimate killing skill.
Yan Chuan did not hide his new acquisition of the ’Treasure Gathering Basin’ and its functions from everyone. This was granted by Emperor Yan, given by Minister of Revenue Linghu Gan, passing through countless procedural steps and officials, typical of the court’s nature, he probably wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret for long.
Instead of covertly hiding it, it was better to be open about it. In Tan Valley Royal City, with Jiang Bianliu and Chen Ze, two Innate level figures present, there was no fear of anyone attempting to steal a mere Fourth-Rank exotic treasure.
Of course.
Yan Chuan wasn’t foolish either; he did not mention upgrading the ’Treasure Gathering Basin’ to the Fifth-rank, not even telling Chen Ze, Jiang Bianliu, Wang Zhengyi, and others.
However, there was one person on site——
"Treasure Gathering Basin?"
"Fourth-Rank?"
"Who would believe that!"
Lu Yuru widened her eyes, closely observing the faint orange glow around Yan Chuan, and was convinced: "Fifth-Rank Orange Equipment!"
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"Yan Chuan already had a Fourth-Rank Purple Equipment."
"Ignoring the three Third-Rank Blue Equipment that he now possesses."
"This Fifth-Rank Orange Equipment is most likely the newly acquired ’Treasure Gathering Basin.’
"However, since Yan Chuan claims it is a Fourth-Rank exotic treasure, he must not fear being exposed, and the court wouldn’t bestow a Fifth-Rank Orange Equipment upon him either."
"Therefore, two possibilities——"
Lu Yuru brainstormed: "One, Yan Chuan possesses another Fifth-Rank exotic treasure; two, this ’Treasure Gathering Basin’ was likely underestimated, for the treasure light doesn’t deceive!
Lu Yuru’s heart pounded. She glanced at Yan Chuan full of curiosity: "Treasure Gathering Basin! What a treasure! Brother Yan, could you take it out for us to see?"
Want to see the exotic treasure?
No problem.
But what can be deduced from just looking?
"This is the ’Treasure Gathering Basin.’" Yan Chuan took out a clay basin and, imitating Linghu Gan’s demonstration from the previous days, grabbed a handful of soil, picked a weed, made the soil and grass grow, turned gold and silver, and showed it to everyone.
Everyone watched in amazement.
But after hearing the full explanation of the effects of the ’Treasure Gathering Basin,’ earning ten catties of Essence Stones daily wasn’t something that made the present Heavenly Pride overly envious or greedy.
It was still Lu Yuru!
Only Lu Yuru!
"Orange Light!"
"Fifth-Rank!"
"It really is the one!"
Lu Yuru got excited.
This is clearly a Fifth-Rank exotic treasure, but Yan Chuan said it’s Fourth-Rank, and everyone believed it. The court also granted it, obviously, none of them knew the real tier of this treasure. Only Lu Yuru, with her ’Wisdom Eye,’ can recognize its true value.
"Scooping a hidden value!"
"With my ’Wisdom Eye,’ I can scoop hidden values!"
Lu Yuru was thrilled, thinking of acquiring the Fifth-Rank Treasure Gathering Basin from Yan Chuan at a Fourth-Rank exotic treasure price, but she held back: "Firstly, I don’t have enough Essence Stones to impress Yan Chuan, secondly, I don’t have an equivalent exotic treasure for exchange. Rashly offering the deal might scare the snake."
Wait for now!
Can’t rush!
But also need to hurry!
"After all, this treasure is Fifth-Rank. The court hasn’t discovered its peculiarity, but to Yan Chuan, with his great fortune, he might find its secrets at any time."
"By then, hoping to catch an advantage would not only be hopeless but offend people."
Lu Yuru was anxious but knew she couldn’t be too hasty, yet couldn’t not rush.
In short——
"A massive amount of Essence Stones, the more the better!"
"Fourth-Rank exotic treasures, the sooner the better!"
Lu Yuru’s mind in recent days would likely be entirely on this matter.
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