Chapter 31: Fragments of Treasures

After a moment.

After letting Fire Fairy Su Youji enter the cave-heaven treasure, Ji Ning alone entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Palace.

"What does the Daoist friend wish to buy?" As soon as Ji Ning entered, a purple-robed female immortal with the aura of a Patriarch Immortal asked with a smile.

Ji Ning swept his gaze around.

At a glance, the purple-robed female immortals and male immortals within the Ten Thousand Treasures Palace were all at the Patriarch God or Patriarch Immortal level, showing the scale of the Great Mo Institute! Treasures were displayed on tables, from innate spirit treasures up to Dao weapons, covering everything. At a glance, there were over a thousand tables, each bearing numerous treasures.

The purple-robed female immortal followed Ji Ning.

"Selling treasures," Ji Ning transmitted. "Dao weapons."

"Dao weapons?" The purple-robed female immortal glanced at Ji Ning in surprise and also transmitted, "It seems the Daoist friend had a good harvest adventuring outside. Please follow me."

Soon, Ji Ning was led into a side hall.

"My senior uncle will be here shortly," said the purple-robed female immortal. In the vast Great Mo Domain, there were still some Patriarch Gods and Patriarch Immortals who got lucky and obtained Dao weapons while adventuring. Out of thousands who died, occasionally one would be fortunate enough to obtain a Dao weapon; that was normal. Across the entire Great Mo Domain, such Patriarch Gods and Patriarch Immortals were not few.

These Patriarch Gods and Patriarch Immortals usually came to the 'Ten Thousand Treasures Palace' to sell Dao weapons in exchange for treasures they needed. The Ten Thousand Treasures Palace was opened by 'Great Mo Daolord', so they had no need to worry about safety.

"Senior uncle." The purple-robed female immortal bowed respectfully.

A white-robed, white-haired old man walked in. His aura fluctuations were completely different from those of Patriarch Gods and Patriarch Immortals—ethereal and elusive. Ji Ning guessed he should be a Chaos Immortal.

"Senior." Ji Ning quickly bowed respectfully. Most Chaos Immortals who could join the Great Mo Institute were extraordinary.

"Show me the Dao weapons," said the white-robed Chaos Immortal with a smile.

Ji Ning waved his hand.

Whoosh.

Instantly, four Dao weapons floated out: a warblade, a writing brush, and a long shuttle.

In fact, Ji Ning had obtained five in total, but he found the 'soft sword' very handy and didn't plan to sell it for now. After all, even if sold, it would probably be worth about ten square chaos liquids.

"This warblade..." The white-robed Chaos Immortal's eyes lit up as he looked at it. He nodded slightly. "Not bad."

He didn't pay much attention to the other three.

"And this Patriarch God Formation." Ji Ning also produced the Patriarch God Formation he had obtained from Heavenly South Patriarch God.

"Mm." The white-robed Chaos Immortal glanced at the Patriarch God Formation and couldn't be bothered to look further. At his level, a 'Patriarch God Formation' of a thousand Patriarch Gods would attract him; this formation of a hundred Patriarch Gods was too ordinary for him. In fact, even Ji Ning looked down on it. With his 'Blue Flower Space', Ji Ning could now fight head-on against a hundred Patriarch Gods, so it wasn't much help.

"This blade, nurtured with sin, is quite good," the white-robed Chaos Immortal nodded. "The others are average. All together, they can be counted as one hundred and five square chaos liquids."

Having said that, the white-robed Chaos Immortal glanced at Ji Ning and then turned to leave.

What status did a Chaos Immortal have? Only pricing Dao weapons required his presence; normally, he wouldn't come out to deal with a mere Patriarch God or Patriarch Immortal.

"As my senior uncle said, one hundred and five square chaos liquids is the highest our Ten Thousand Treasures Palace can offer," said the purple-robed female immortal, looking at Ji Ning.

"Alright, one hundred and five squares it is." Ji Ning nodded. The Ten Thousand Treasures Palace generally offered fair prices; they disdained to bully weak cultivators in this regard.

"I also have some chaos treasures... too many, so I'll sell them too." Ji Ning waved his hand, and instantly, over three hundred chaos treasures floated out.

The purple-robed female immortal remained calm; she had seen too many chaos treasures. She smiled and glanced at them, then looked at Ji Ning. "Count them as three square chaos liquids."

"Alright." Ji Ning nodded.

The price for chaos treasures was about what he expected. The offer for the Dao weapons was a bit higher than he anticipated. It was probably due to that warblade. Ji Ning himself estimated it was worth over fifty squares, but he wasn't sure exactly. After all, among such top-grade Dao weapons, some might cost fifty squares, others a hundred square chaos liquids.

"That's one hundred and eight squares in total. Do you want chaos liquids, chaos crystals, or would you like to buy some treasures from our Ten Thousand Treasures Palace?"

"No need." Ji Ning shook his head.

Among the over three hundred chaos treasures he had obtained, there was also a chaos treasure-level 'Five Elements Divine Cauldron'. In terms of treasures, Ji Ning indeed lacked nothing.

That soft sword was enough for his use.

"Please keep it safe, Daoist friend." After a moment, the purple-robed female immortal handed Ji Ning a storage bottle. Inside the bottle was a space containing bottles of chaos liquids and a large amount of chaos crystals—both were hard currency. The storage bottle itself was given for free.

Ji Ning accepted it and then turned to leave.

...

"Now I need to buy treasure fragments." After leaving the Ten Thousand Treasures Palace, Ji Ning pondered.

...

Yibo City was extremely prosperous. Moreover, fighting was prohibited here, protected by Great Mo Daolord and ancient formations and restrictions, making it the safest place in the entire Great Mo Domain. Thus, many cultivators who disliked conflict and wished to cultivate in peace liked to live here. World-level cultivators, Patriarch Gods, Patriarch Immortals, True Gods, True Immortals... there were many residing here.

But they also needed to cultivate and required resources and treasures.

Some World-level cultivators had their disciples or servants open shops, selling their spoils of war. This was quite common.

Among the shops,

the three most bustling types were: those selling treasures, those selling divine abilities and secret techniques, and those selling slaves. These were the three largest industries. Although there were also shops for formations, elixirs, and other items, they were less bustling.

Within Yibo City, there were over eight hundred shops selling treasures. Some were opened by World-level cultivators living here, others by forces such as Misty Rock Star or Black Lotus God Emperor, who had established branches here.

...

On the sixth day of Ji Ning's stay in Yibo City.

Fenghua Tower was a treasure shop opened by the Fenghua Chaos Kingdom.

A black-clad child walked in.

"Senior." Immediately, a female True Immortal greeted him. Cultivators could not judge by appearance; although the newcomer appeared as a child, his aura was that of a Patriarch God.

"Do you have treasure fragments here?" asked the black-clad child.

"Yes," said the female True Immortal, looking at the black-clad child. "But not many; only three squares in total."

"I want to buy six hundred bottles of chaos liquids' worth," said the black-clad child.

"Alright."

The female True Immortal remained calm. Treasure fragments were not often sold, but when someone came to buy, the quantity was usually not small. Sometimes, certain forces would come to purchase in bulk; sometimes, individual cultivators who had obtained damaged powerful treasures would come to buy.

...

Jiuming Hall.

"Senior." A white-clad female Celestial Immortal greeted him.

The burly man glanced at her. Celestial Immortals were rare in Yibo City; she might have come with her master or elder.

"I want treasure fragments, eight hundred bottles of chaos liquids. Do you have them?" The burly man transmitted.

"Yes." The female Celestial Immortal quickly replied.

...

Sometimes a child, sometimes a strong man, sometimes an alien form, sometimes an old man.

Ji Ning changed into various forms, using some minor techniques taught by Northrest World God to conceal his aura and disguise himself. With his strength, Chaos Immortals and World Gods could see through his disguise if they looked carefully, but ordinary Patriarch Gods and Patriarch Immortals could not.

The shops where Ji Ning went to buy treasures were generally staffed by True Immortals greeting customers.

Within half a day,

he visited one hundred and eighty shops, buying at least five hundred bottles of chaos liquids' worth from each, up to eight hundred bottles, spending all one hundred and eight squares.

...

Great Mo Eternal World, spacetime teleportation array.

"Going to Dongcan Star?" Ji Ning arrived at the teleportation array and asked a nearby Patriarch God.

"Yes, teleporting soon."

"Mm."

Paying one bottle of chaos liquid, Ji Ning entered the teleportation array.

After a moment, the spacetime teleportation array activated, and spacetime teleportation occurred.

...

Arriving at Dongcan Star.

Ji Ning immediately teleported through the void, found a desolate star, and went into seclusion there for three years. After three years, Ji Ning took the spacetime teleportation array from Dongcan Star directly to Qishui Star.

Then Ji Ning returned to the sphere of influence of Misty Rock Star, went back to the nameless star where he had hidden the World Prison, and entered the World Prison.

Inside the World Prison.

"Back." Ji Ning smiled.

He had stayed in Yibo City for five days and only bought treasure fragments on the sixth day so that he could immediately take the spacetime teleportation array. He had long memorized the activation times of the spacetime teleportation array, making it impossible for any 'interested parties' to track him. In truth, Ji Ning was overly cautious. He had changed forms and bought from over a hundred treasure shops, causing no stir; no one noticed him among the sea of cultivators.

But Ji Ning knew well.

On the path of cultivation, one must be careful. A single carelessness could cost one's life. It didn't matter if his true body was killed, but if the treasure fragments worth one hundred and eight squares were lost because of it, Ji Ning would regret it deeply. After all, he had been lucky in the ancient ruins before; who knew how long it would take to obtain so many treasures again.

"Whoosh."

Standing on a mountain peak, Ji Ning gazed into the distance.

In the distance, a black-clad Ji Ning flew over—it was his true body's clone.

"Here it comes." Ji Ning showed an expectant look.

After landing, the black-clad Ji Ning produced a blood-colored divine sword and tossed it to the true body. It was the divine sword Violetjade. When Ji Ning had gone to explore the ancient ruins, he had left this sword here and hadn't taken it to the Great Mo Eternal World. This was his most important treasure.

Whoosh. Ji Ning waved his hand, and a huge Five Elements Divine Cauldron fell to the side, causing the rocky ground to tremble.

The white-clad Ji Ning looked at the divine sword in his hand, which appeared intact on the surface but was almost completely damaged inside, leaving only its essence. He said softly, "Divine sword Violetjade, with so many treasure fragments to extract the essence of the five elements, it should be enough, right?"

He was so looking forward to it.

Ji Ning really wanted to know what kind of power a divine weapon with an essence, as legend had it, possessed.