Kneel Before Me

"That's right—one billion top-grade immortal stones," Liao Jing declared with ringing force.

Everyone's expressions changed dramatically.

Not even Ao Qishan, Undying Heaven, Red Buddha, and the patriarchs of numerous ancient aristocratic families were exceptions.

One billion top-grade immortal stones were not one billion high-grade immortal stones. Even to people like Ao Qishan, Undying Heaven, and Red Buddha, one billion top-grade immortal stones were an enormous sum—an amount enough to make everyone's hearts pound.

Even Zhou Cheng was astonished.

He had not expected Liao Jing and the Treasure Tower to be so lavish.

Back when he had participated in the immortal sect competition on the Stellar Continent, the reward had only been ten thousand high-grade immortal stones.

Those had been high-grade stones, not top-grade ones.

Yet even so, to the disciples of sects such as the Nine Cauldrons Immortal Sect, Shadow Tower, and Myriad Stars Immortal Sect on the Stellar Continent, ten thousand high-grade immortal stones had already been an immense sum.

Liao Jing took in everyone's expressions, then stepped forward and placed the pearl on the table prepared beforehand.

"Everyone may now come forward and examine it freely," Liao Jing said as she returned to her seat.

She was not afraid that anyone would dare to snatch the pearl away.

Unable to restrain themselves, Ao Qishan, Undying Heaven, Red Buddha, and several patriarchs of ancient aristocratic families rose first and came before the pearl, beginning their examination.

However, after studying it for a long time and employing all manner of methods, the pearl remained utterly unresponsive.

In the end, they could only shake their heads and return to their seats.

After Ao Qishan, Undying Heaven, and Red Buddha, experts and disciples from the other sects also stepped forward in succession, surrounding the pearl and studying it. Yet no matter who