I'm Leading the Team? Are You Serious?
Although Yi Xuan could upgrade the already improved Spiritual Power detector, Yi Xuan believed that his master could provide the answer regarding the two Spirit Stones, rather than endless upgrades.
"Master! Your disciple greets you! Master! Master! Are you there?"
Upon arriving at Xiao Anhe's temporary palace, Yi Xuan anxiously called out from outside.
Xiao Anhe, who was cultivating in the palace, was so annoyed by Yi Xuan that he had no choice but to stop cultivating and burst out of the palace with an angry expression.
"Are you trying to wake me up, kid? What's making you so agitated?"
Seeing his master's impatient expression, Yi Xuan knew he had been impolite, so he smiled apologetically at Xiao Anhe and said, "Disciple has been rude, Master. It's just that disciple truly has urgent business to discuss with you!"
After saying that Yi Xuan took out the Spirit Stone from the first test from his Storage Bag and said, "Master, please take a look at this!"
From the moment Yi Xuan took the Spirit Stone out of his Storage Bag, Xiao Anhe's eyes were immediately drawn to Spirit Stone.
Looking at the Spirit Stone Yi Xuan handed him, Xiao Anhe asked in disbelief, "High-Grade Spirit Stone?"
This time, without Yi Xuan to ask, Xiao Anhe took the initiative to tell him the answer.
But Yi Xuan was still a little uneasy and asked, "Master, take another look, is it really High-Grade Spirit Stone?"
"Heh!" Upon hearing Yi Xuan's question, Xiao Anhe sneered, "Your master knows about your business dealings with that brat from the Li Household. You came all this way here specifically to show off your profits over the past few months, didn't you? Although High-Grade Spirit Stone are indeed valuable, I am, after all, a Nascent Soul Ancestor. A single High-Grade Spirit Stone is hardly enough to impress me! You're here to plead for your senior brother, aren't you?"
Seeing that his master seemed to have misunderstood something, Yi Xuan had no choice but to put the Spirit Stone his master had handed back into his Storage Bag, and at the same time take out another Spirit Stone and hand it over.
Now Xiao Anhe's facial expressions became even more varied.
Yi Xuan was about to speak when Xiao Anhe waved his hand to interrupt him.
Xiao Anhe suddenly waved his hand behind him, and the palace's defensive formation was activated, completely enveloping the two of them.
Yi Xuan was somewhat taken aback by his master's move and asked curiously, "Master? What are you doing...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Anhe stepped forward and grabbed Yi Xuan, "Have you gotten yourself into some trouble? Don't try to fool me with your business with Li boy. Even if what you're selling is very profitable, you couldn't possibly earn a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone in such a short time!"
"Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone?" Yi Xuan asked, somewhat surprised.
"You still don't know what this is?"
Now Xiao Anhe was even more certain that Yi Xuan must have gotten into some trouble.
At this point, Xiao Anhe had even begun to imagine a scene where Yi Xuan encountered the heir of a first-rate cultivation sect, the two had some conflict, and Yi Xuan ultimately killed someone to steal the treasure.
Yi Xuan, however, was unaware that his master had already cast him into the life of a protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel.
Just as Xiao Anhe was fantasizing about the enemy sect's army overwhelming the Azure Cloud Sect and annihilating them, while Yi Xuan, after years of dedicated cultivation, would go to seek revenge, Yi Xuan's words interrupted his reverie.
"Master, please rest assured, I haven't caused any trouble. I found this Spirit Stone by chance in a mountain cave!"
Hearing Yi Xuan's words, although he didn't believe Yi Xuan's explanation, Xiao Anhe knew Yi Xuan well enough to know that if his disciple said he hadn't caused any trouble, then he hadn't. As for how he obtained the Spirit Stone, he didn't care.
"You're quite lucky, kid!" Xiao Anhe exclaimed, while inwardly thinking, "Couldn't this kid have come up with a more plausible excuse! Found it in a cave? What cave could possibly yield such Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone so easily? If it were truly found in a cave, I'd be going into Original Self cave I encounter from now on!"
After handing the Spirit Stone back to Yi Xuan, Xiao Anhe said, "Didn't you say you had something to ask me? Go ahead!"
After learning that the Spirit Stone was Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, Yi Xuan became even more cautious and quickly put it into his Storage Bag.
He then said, "Master, I didn't know this was Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone before, which is why I wanted you to help me appraise it. Now that I know it's Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, I have no problem with that. Since its grade is higher than High-Grade Spirit Stone, the exchange rate should be the same—one stone should be worth ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stone, right?"
With this, Yi Xuan was no longer worried about the use of the laser emitter. He could easily exchange a top-grade Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone for a High-Grade Spirit Stone, which meant that Yi Xuan had the ability to eliminate ten thousand Nascent Soul Ancestors.
This number is terrifying in the Cultivation Realm; for the entire Cultivation Realm, there are definitely more than ten thousand Nascent Soul Cultivator.
However, for the entire Southern Frontier, the number of cultivators is at least ten thousand.
Unexpectedly, just as Yi Xuan was about to leave, Xiao Anhe called him back.
"Who told you that one Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone can be exchanged for ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stone? You're so arrogant! One Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone can only be exchanged for a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stone at most! Ten thousand? You really dare to dream!"
Xiao Anhe looked at Yi Xuan with annoyance and said.
After listening to his master's explanation, Yi Xuan finally understood that the Spiritual Qi content of a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone was only equivalent to that of one hundred high-grade Spiritual Qi High-Grade Spirit Stone, so the exchange ratio between the two was one to one hundred.
It seems that the idea of eliminating ten thousand Nascent Soul stage cultivators has been shattered.
Fortunately, for Yi Xuan, the Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone were already a great surprise, and the exchange rate was not something he could decide. Therefore, Yi Xuan was still satisfied and prepared to go back.
"By the way! Cui Yan seems to need to see you. You'd better go!" Xiao Anhe reminded Yi Xuan as he was about to leave.
Although he didn't know why the sect leader had summoned him, Yi Xuan went to the sect's main hall since his master had spoken.
At that moment, Cui Yan was in the sect's main hall. Seeing Yi Xuan enter, he smiled and said, "It seems Grand Elder Xiao has persuaded you, Junior Brother Yi. I knew you wouldn't refuse!"
Upon hearing the sect leader's words, Yi Xuan suddenly realized that he might have been betrayed by his master again, so he cautiously asked, "Master only mentioned it briefly, and told me to ask Senior Brother Cui for details! Senior Brother, is there anything you need to instruct me?"
Although somewhat surprised, Cui Yan still smiled and explained it to Yi Xuan.
After hearing the explanation, Yi Xuan looked at Cui Yan in disbelief and said, "Me, leading the team? Senior brother, are you serious?"
It turns out that after heated discussions among the sect's higher-ups regarding the previous incident at the Artifact Ruins, they decided to send Yi Xuan to lead the team. However, considering that Yi Xuan was Rootless Person, they consulted the former sect leader Xiao Anhe, for his opinion.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Anhe readily agreed, patting his chest to assure Yi Xuan that there would be no problem.
At this moment, Yi Xuan felt extremely exhausted. He had heard of people selling out their teammates, but he had never heard of selling out their apprentices!