Not to mention, the Eastern Emperor had only just cut out a marvel like Eternal Blue Gold.
The Jade Lake Holy Maiden was composed and gracious, showing neither the slightest nervousness nor the air of someone facing a formidable enemy. Smiling, she led the Eastern Emperor and his companions into the Jade Pool Holy Land's Heaven-Class Stone Garden.
Several prominent figures and young prodigies followed them over.
"What a pity... There are plenty of good things, but ultimately, none of them are what I want!" Taiyi walked through the courtyards, examining one unusual stone after another.
From time to time, he used his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and Source Heaven Divine Sense, or directly employed a dazzling array of Source Arts such as the Touchstone-to-Gold Hand to investigate. He discovered quite a few stones containing rare treasures of astonishing value.
But none particularly moved him.
"That truly is a pity..."
The Jade Lake Holy Maiden smiled warmly.
With those words from the Eastern Emperor, business at the Jade Pool Holy Land's stone workshop clearly would not suffer much.
After all, everyone knew the Eastern Emperor's standards were too high. Not only Divine Source, but even rare treasures like Human Origin Fruit failed to catch his eye.
But most people came to the Heaven-Class Stone Garden to make a fortune, or even gamble for a future.
Peerless Immortal Treasures like the Nine Immortal Golds-
Were simply far too rare.
"A pity indeed!"
Taiyi nodded.
He shifted his gaze from an unusual stone and straightened to his full height.
A gleam of purple flashed through his eyes as he gazed at the Jade Lake Holy Maiden's peerlessly beautiful figure, transcendent and unworldly, hazy yet perfect, captivating all who beheld her.
He wondered whether she had heard that he had cultivated Source Heaven