The eight disciples of the Source King Lineage were known in the Divine City as the Eight Madmen. Clearly, they were no law-abiding sorts, and their arrogant, overbearing natures were on full display.
Now that Lu Chen had injured one of them with his Source Arts, the eight madmen understood that their opponent was no one to trifle with either.
"Hmph, we'll settle the winner by cutting stones!" Chu Xiong snorted coldly, leading his junior brothers away to continue choosing stones.
Lu Chen made his way through the entire stone garden before finally settling on three extraordinary stones.
The first resembled a crouching ox and rested in a small pool of water. Its listed price was sixty thousand jin of source.
The second was the tower-shaped stone he had first discovered among the flowers. It resembled a natural stone pagoda and was priced at a hundred and fifty thousand jin of source.
The last was the crowning treasure of the Wang Family Stone Workshop, named the Divine Moon. Shaped like a full moon and roughly two meters across, it was as black as ink and deeply eerie. Its surface was bitterly cold to the touch, as though it could freeze everything.
As Lu Chen confirmed the stones he would buy, cries of astonishment rose throughout the Heaven-Class Stone Garden, causing a tremendous stir.
"Lu Chen actually bought the Divine Moon!"
"They say that stone was brought out of the Forbidden Zone of Absolute Beginning. Many people suspect it holds a priceless treasure, but even Source Arts Grandmasters have examined it without reaching a conclusion!"
"That's why it's been sitting in this stone workshop for centuries. Today, it'll finally be cut open, and its secrets will be revealed."
Many elders who had spent years frequenting the Holy Lands' stone workshops were