Qin Yu carried the ancient box to the counter. Behind the counter, an elderly shopkeeper with white hair and beard was flipping through the ledgers. Hearing footsteps, he habitually looked up. However, as soon as he looked up, the jade pen in the old shopkeeper's hand suddenly stopped, and his gaze was fixed on the ancient box in Qin Yu.
A hint of undisguised surprise flashed across his previously calm face; he even instinctively stood up. "Esteemed guest..." The old shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then examined the antique box carefully before slowly speaking, "You've chosen this antique box?"
Qin Yu gently placed the ancient box on the counter and nodded slightly. "Hmm." "How much?" The old shopkeeper was silent for a moment, his brows furrowing slightly as if he were pondering how to explain. After a while, he sighed. "Sir." "This item is somewhat special. This ancient box has been placed in my Myriad Medicine Immortal Court for hundreds of years. It was obtained by a great figure of our court from an ancient medicine garden, but for hundreds of years, no one has been able to open it."
At this point, the old shopkeeper gently tapped the ancient box, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. "Our Myriad Medicine Immortal Court once used a magic artifact of the Medicine Immortal to investigate and confirmed that there was indeed the aura of a medicinal pill inside, but we still couldn't know what kind of divine pill it was, or even determine its grade. Therefore, before that esteemed person left, he personally left a price."
The old shopkeeper looked up at Qin Yu intently. "Ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal, the same price as the highest-level Free and Unfettered Ultra Instinct Pill in my court. Sir... are you sure you want to buy?" As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings quieted down a bit, and many cultivators subconsciously looked over. Ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal, for most people...
It was already an unimaginable number, yet Qin Yu merely glanced down at the ancient box, as if listening to a trivial matter. He then casually said, "Okay, I'll buy it." These simple words silenced the entire hall for a moment, followed by gasps of astonishment.
"What?" "Ten million?" "He bought it without even knowing what was inside?" "Is he crazy?" "Holy crap!" "That's ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal!" "An Ancient Clan might not have that much in millions of years!" "Just who is he?" "Could he be from the Chi Lineage?" "But he's not wearing Chi Lineage attire..."
Countless gazes fell upon Qin Yu, some with shock, some with jealousy, and some with disbelief. Even the old shopkeeper was visibly taken aback. He had originally thought that the other party would hesitate after hearing the price, or even give up directly, but he did not expect that the other party would agree so readily. The old shopkeeper coughed lightly, and his expression became much more solemn.
"Sir, I must remind you, once this box is sold, it cannot be returned or exchanged. If it contains only ordinary Heaven-Opening Origin Pill, then these ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal will truly be wasted." After saying this, he looked at Qin Yu, seemingly waiting for the other party to change his mind, but Qin Yu had already raised his hand and taken out a storage bag.
He placed it directly on the counter, his movements as calm as if he were merely paying a few Origin Crystals. "There are exactly ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal inside. Take a look." The entire hall fell silent again. The old shopkeeper's eyelids twitched violently. He slowly took the storage bag, and as he probed it with his divine sense, his breathing noticeably paused for a moment.
Inside the storage space, countless Supreme Transformation Source Crystal were neatly piled up, their silvery-white radiance almost forming a sea—ten million crystals, no more, no less, not a single one missing. The old shopkeeper's hand, which was gripping the storage bag, tightened slightly. After a long while, he slowly exhaled, put the storage bag away, and then pushed the ancient box back in front of Qin Yu.
His gaze was extremely complex. "Fellow Daoist, I hope your luck is good enough to at least get a Great Dream Fleeting Life Pill or Free and Unfettered Ultra Instinct Pill, otherwise these ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal..." will truly be a huge loss.
As he said this, a hint of regret even appeared on his face, because he knew all too well what ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal meant. In the entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, there were only a handful of people who could casually produce such wealth. They were either local overlords, direct descendants of the Ancient Clan, or... some truly unfathomable beings.
The old shopkeeper looked at Qin Yu with a completely different expression, even a hint of respect. Meanwhile, at the second-floor railing, the two cultivators had witnessed everything. The fat cultivator's legs went weak, and he stammered, "Big... Big Brother..." "This... this..." "Ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal..." "He actually took them out..."
The fat cultivator swallowed hard, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets, as if he were seeing a walking treasure mountain. The sharp-mouthed cultivator beside him was also breathing rapidly, but he was ultimately calmer than the fat man. After a moment of silence, he slowly suppressed the greed in his eyes and said in a low voice, "Calm down. The more he acts like this, the more it shows that this person is not simple."
He stared at Qin Yu below, his eyes narrowing and flashing. "Anyone who can produce ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal must have a powerful background, but..." A cold smile slowly crept onto his lips. "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. Now, it seems we brothers aren't the only ones eyeing him."
He looked up at the corner of the hall, and sure enough, quite a few cultivators had already quietly locked their gazes on Qin Yu. Some were calm, while others had shifty eyes. Some had even begun to secretly exchange messages. Clearly, the appearance of ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal was enough to make many people harbor inappropriate thoughts.
The sharp-beaked cultivator sneered, "Let them move first, we'll wait. Like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." Meanwhile, in the center of the hall, Qin Yu had already put the ancient box back into his robes, his expression still calm, seemingly oblivious to the increasingly intense gazes around him. He merely glanced down at the ancient box in his arms. Because just moments after the transaction was completed, the blue light deep within the ancient box seemed to have brightened slightly.
After leaving the counter, Qin Yu did not rush to examine the ancient box. He simply raised his hand and waved it, and the ancient box transformed into a barely perceptible blue light, disappearing into the depths of the Annihilation Devil Pupil - Final Spirit Core. The whole process was extremely fast, and even the few cultivators who were secretly watching nearby did not see it clearly. After doing all this, Qin Yu's expression remained unchanged, and he slowly left the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court.
Not long after he stepped out the door, subtle changes began to appear in the flow of people inside the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court. First, a cultivator at the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage left his seat without making a sound, followed by three more people. Then, several more groups of cultivators walked out of the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court one after another. They seemed to have no connection with each other, but they all left in the same direction.
Everyone headed in the direction Qin Yu had disappeared. Finally, the two Holy Clan cultivators on the second floor slowly descended the stairs. The fat cultivator's face was filled with barely suppressed excitement as he rubbed his hands together, while the sharp-mouthed cultivator squinted, his gaze cold. After the two left, the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court finally returned to calm. The old shopkeeper stood behind the counter, staring at the empty door.
After a long silence, he finally shook his head and sighed. "Sigh." "I hope you're alright..." Outside the Stele Forest Imperial City, the sky gradually darkened, and the setting sun hung in the distance, illuminating the vast wilderness in a dark red hue. Qin Yu flew through the air at a leisurely pace, as if he had no idea that someone was following him.
Within her sea of consciousness, Xiao Yue sat on the edge of the Void Divine Tree, swinging her little legs as she ate a divine fruit she'd somehow found, while gazing back. She couldn't help but chuckle. "Little Qinzi, more than twenty have already caught up, and a few are hiding quite far away. Looks like your ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystal are indeed quite appealing."
Qin Yu remained calm, his gaze fixed ahead, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Come on." "Since you're so eager to follow me, then follow me properly." With that, his figure suddenly changed direction, flying towards a desolate ruin in the distance. It seemed to have once been the site of an ancient sect, with broken stone pillars lying haphazardly on the ground.
The ruined palace was reduced to half an outline. When the wind blew, the whistling sound from the cracks in the stones could be heard. After a moment, Qin Yu slowly landed in the center of the ruins, his hands behind his back. He did not move forward, but just stood there quietly. It was very quiet around him, with only the sound of the wind.
Qin Yu suddenly spoke. "Come out, or I'm leaving." His voice wasn't loud, but it carried throughout the ruins. After a brief silence, ripples appeared in the surrounding void. One, two, three... more than a dozen figures appeared one after another, some at the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage Eternal Silence Realm · Middle Stage. A total of more than ten people surrounded Qin Yu in the center.