Thirty billion points now hung at the very top of the Prodigy Stele. Their golden radiance nearly overwhelmed every name beneath them, yet the entrance to the Myriad Dao Ancient Realm had fallen into an eerie silence.
Everyone had originally thought that eighteen billion was already absurd enough. No one had expected Ye Chuan to simply switch regions and send his score soaring by another twelve billion!
While the other prodigies were still fighting tooth and nail for a few million points, Ye Chuan had already begun using hundreds of millions as his smallest unit—and each increase amounted to a full twelve billion!
An Immortal Sect elder tilted his head back and stared at the stele for a long while before suddenly asking a question no one had ever considered before.
“How many points can the Prodigy Stele display at most?”
The white-haired elder beside him paused, then shook his head uncertainly. “The ancient texts contain no record of it. But since it was crafted by an Immortal Emperor, there should be no upper limit.”
It was only natural that there were no records.
In the past, the highest score ever achieved in the Myriad Dao Ancient Realm had been just over three billion. When the Immortal Emperor who created the Prodigy Stele had forged it, he had probably never imagined that something so unreasonable would one day enter the realm.
Besides, no one knew what kind of reward such an astronomical score would ultimately bring.
Gu Wufeng had just broken through the three-billion mark and still firmly occupied second place on the Prodigy Stele. Yet between first and second place lay exactly a hundredfold difference.
Looking at those two numbers, someone could not help but ask in a low voice, “Looks like there’s no need to keep competing for first place in this trial of the Myriad Dao Ancient Realm, is there?”
No one around him answered.
What was there left to compete for?
Even if all the points held by every other prodigy were added together, they probably would not be enough to touch Ye Chuan’s heels. At this point, the only thing the others could truly compete for was second place.
Fa Wuxiang stood before the entrance to the seventeenth Dao Hall. He saw the thirty billion points as well, and the hand he had been preparing to place on the door stopped in midair.
Before entering the Myriad Dao Ancient Realm, he had believed that the gap between himself and Ye Chuan lay only in their combat strength. As long as he relied on the Pure Heart Immortal Art and the Myriad Laws inheritance to keep advancing, he might not be unable to catch up enough to see the other man’s back.
But now it seemed…
He had simply been thinking too much.
Fa Wuxiang quietly withdrew his gaze and continued pushing open the door before him. His heart did not even stir much.
Very good.
This was all tempering for him. All of it was tempering for his dao heart.
Every time Ye Chuan increased his score, Fa Wuxiang’s Pure Heart Immortal Art would become steadier. If this continued, perhaps he really could achieve true composure, remaining as unmoved as an ancient well.
Beneath the Desolate Village, Lin Fan also looked up at the Prodigy Stele. Emperor Cangxuan had just been about to remind him not to compare himself with others when Lin Fan had already shifted his gaze away.
Whether it was thirty billion or three hundred billion, no matter how far Ye Chuan went, he could not walk the path before Lin Fan in his place. The opportunity that truly belonged to Lin Fan was still waiting for him ahead.
Seeing this, Emperor Cangxuan’s eyes showed a hint of approval. “Not bad. You’re finally no longer allowing Ye Chuan’s score to affect your dao heart.”
Lin Fan was silent for a moment, but he still could not resist saying, “Master, mainly because the gap is so huge now that there doesn’t seem to be much point in comparing myself to him.”
Emperor Cangxuan: “…”
The reason was somewhat off.
But the result was the same, so that was all that mattered.
On the Heavenly Beast Plains, Ye Chuan had no idea that everyone outside had begun studying the upper limit of the Prodigy Stele’s display. He merely lowered his head and looked at the Heavenly Beast Emperor Seal in his hand.
The surface of the dark-gold seal was carved with a nine-tailed heavenly beast gazing up at the starry sky. Sealed within it was a portion of the Great Dao authority belonging to the entire Heavenly Beast Plains.
The Ancient Desolation Bone Token, the Myriad Laws City Lord Token, and the Heavenly Beast Emperor Seal resonated within his body at the same time. Three entirely different powers intertwined, ultimately pointing together toward the northwest of the Myriad Dao Ancient Realm.
That was precisely where Sword Burial Valley lay.
Ye Chuan put the three seals away again. The remaining two core seals were not going to grow legs and run off on their own, so there was no need to hurry there immediately.
Compared with him, Lan Xiaoke was clearly more concerned about something else.
Holding the white giant egg in her arms, she walked up to the Heavenly Beast King. Then she extended a small, snow-white hand, her expression as serious as if she were discussing an extremely important matter.
“Child support.”
The Heavenly Beast King lowered its head to look at that hand. For a moment, it even wondered whether it had heard correctly.
“What?”
Lan Xiaoke hugged the white giant egg a little higher and spoke with complete justification. “Blue Eggy is going to follow me from now on. Food, sleep, clothes—all of that costs money. You can’t just leave us to handle everything ourselves, can you?”
The Heavenly Beast King glanced at the starry-sky patterns on the eggshell and tried its best to keep its tone calm. “The Young Master feeds on the power of the stars. It does not need ordinary food, nor will it consume many of your resources.”
Lan Xiaoke blinked and quickly seized upon the most important part. “Are stars worth money?”
The Heavenly Beast King did not answer for a moment.
But Lan Xiaoke had already continued following her own logic. “My family doesn’t have any stars. We can’t just let Blue Eggy go hungry every day, can we?”
The Heavenly Beast King fell silent for even longer. It had lived for countless years, yet this was the first time it had discovered that it could not quite keep up with a little girl’s way of thinking.
The Starry-Sky Beast Emperor Egg could absorb the origin of the stars throughout the heavens and myriad realms on its own. It fundamentally did not need anyone to prepare food for it. But according to Lan Xiaoke’s reasoning, as long as stars were worth money, they should likewise be converted into child support.
It turned toward Ye Chuan, trying to get this person—who looked at least somewhat more normal—to manage her.
Ye Chuan thought seriously for several seconds before finally nodding. “She has a point.”
The corner of the Heavenly Beast King’s eye twitched slightly.
These two really were on the same side.
Ye Chuan was not genuinely worried that he could not afford to raise Blue Eggy. The Heavenly Beast Plains had handed them an egg with the potential to become an Immortal Emperor, so preparing sufficient resources for its growth was only natural.
Besides, Lan Xiaoke had finally found a perfectly legitimate opportunity to fleece someone. If he let her leave empty-handed, she would probably toss and turn all night, unable to sleep.
The Heavenly Beast King had already given up on trying to reason with them. It looked directly at Lan Xiaoke. “How much do you want?”
Lan Xiaoke’s eyes lit up at once, and she held up five fingers.
She had only just arrived on the Tianxuan Continent and was not yet very familiar with the currency system of Old Tianxuan. But that did not matter. Asking for money was all she needed to do!
The Heavenly Beast King merely glanced at her hand before naming a figure that was utterly ordinary to it.
“Five million Great Dao Immortal Crystals?”
Lan Xiaoke’s movements visibly froze.
She had originally only wanted to ask for five spirit stones.
It seemed her horizons had been far too narrow.
Afraid that the other party might change its mind, Lan Xiaoke immediately nodded hard. “Yes, five million!”
The Heavenly Beast King did not haggle. It simply raised a hand and gave a gentle wave toward the depths of the plains. An ancient treasury surrounded by mountains slowly rose from the ground.
With a thunderous rumble, its massive stone doors opened to either side. Blinding treasure-light shot into the sky from within. Immortal crystals, beast bones, starry-sky ores, and all kinds of heavenly treasures nearly filled the entire valley.
Lan Xiaoke stared blankly at the dazzling treasure-light. Only two words remained in her mind.
I’m rich!
Super rich!
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