Chapter 0958: I Want It All!

Over three years, Huang Long found quite a number of fragments of the World Tree—though not as large as the previous three pieces, they were still numerous. In total, there were over fifty pieces! The smaller ones were only a dozen meters in size, while the larger ones stretched six to seven thousand li. When the World Tree merged these fifty-plus fragments, it underwent another astonishing transformation: its trunk diameter reached a hundred li, and its height soared to 220,000 zhang. Previously, the World Tree would emit spiritual energy, allowing one first-class spiritual vein to form every five thousand years; now, it only took three thousand years, and the spiritual energy was even purer, reaching the king-class level. In other words, one king-class spiritual vein could be formed every 300,000 years. The Sacred Cauldron, on the other hand, could produce one king-class spiritual vein in just ten thousand years—equivalent to a month outside. After these three years of searching for treasures, the number of spiritual veins within the Sacred Cauldron had also reached an astonishing amount: over 5,210 first-class spiritual veins, over 12,320 king-class spiritual veins, and 85 supreme-class spiritual veins! This was almost double compared to before! Over these years, Huang Long had also found three mid-class great path artifacts, including the green cauldron and the long sword from before, bringing the total to five. By practicing the Supreme Artifact Refinement Technique, his strength had increased further, and his true form was now comparable to that of artifacts ranked 4,200 or higher. Huang Long could break through nine eras at any time! Of course, he no longer worried that the World Tree wouldn’t be able to absorb the power of destruction when he reached those nine eras. As for Huang Yi and the other nineteen people, they had all broken through to the early stage of the fourth era. More than two months after leaving the Ruins Continent, Huang Long led them to the World of Chaotic Demons. “Such strong demonic energy!” Pi Long exclaimed in astonishment as they stood before the World of Chaotic Demons. Within that world, powerful waves of demonic energy surged into the cosmic space above it, forming layer after layer of demonic clouds. These clouds remained condensed and eternal. “Let’s go!” Huang Long led Huang Yi and the others through the World Crystal Wall and entered the World of Chaotic Demons. He activated his Heavenly Eye and proceeded cautiously. Although the World of Chaotic Demons ranked fifth among the 3,000 great worlds, it was the most chaotic one—more chaotic even than the World of Ten Thousand Demons. Therefore, Huang Long and his companions had to be extremely careful. After passing through the World Crystal Wall, Huang Long led them straight to the headquarters of Tianyi Mansion. The headquarters of Tianyi Mansion was located in the Tianyi Divine Realm of the World of Chaotic Demons, with the entire divine realm serving as its base.

A few hours later, when Huang Long arrived in the Tianyi Divine Realm, there was constant movement of people, clusters of palaces, and numerous treasure towers. On the plains, mountains, and seas, everywhere was a bustling market filled with trade and cities.

“So many people! The scale of trade in this Tianyi Divine Realm must be comparable to that of the World of Heavenly Treasures!” Huang Liang exclaimed in awe.

Huang Long nodded.

“Let’s go!” Huang Long led everyone toward the main headquarters of Tianyi Mansion.

The main headquarters of Tianyi Mansion was built on a vast ocean to the east of the Tianyi Divine Realm. With roaring waves, palaces floated atop it, surrounded by abundant spiritual energy.

Huang Long could tell that there were at least a hundred king-grade spiritual veins suppressed beneath the sea—hence the intense spiritual energy.

The main headquarters of Tianyi Mansion was actually a huge city on the sea. However, to Huang Long’s surprise, everyone who entered had to pay one million innate divine pills!

Although one million innate divine pills wasn’t much for Huang Long, considering how many people entered and left the headquarters every day—millions? Tens of millions? Just that income alone would be an astonishing fortune for an ordinary half-saint.

After paying the innate divine pills, Huang Long and Huang Yi along with the others walked along the streets, passing shop after shop.

These shops were all properties of Tianyi Mansion, run by its direct descendants or elders.

Among the ten major merchant guilds, aside from their direct descendants who could open shops in their headquarters, only the guild elders had this privilege. Of course, a portion of the income from these shops had to be paid up as well.

After visiting over 300 shops, Huang Long bought one great path artifact each for Huang Yi and the other nineteen people. They were all at the peak of lower-grade artifacts, close to middle-grade, with an average price of over three thousand first-grade spiritual veins per artifact. In total, more than seventy thousand first-grade spiritual veins were spent.

Seventy thousand first-grade spiritual veins was nothing for Huang Long at this point. But what frustrated him was that after visiting over 300 shops, he still hadn’t found the middle-grade great path artifact he needed, let alone any sky soul stones or demon-devouring fruits.

Yet Huang Long wasn’t discouraged. He didn’t believe that the main headquarters of Tianyi Mansion wouldn’t have sky soul stones, demon-devouring fruits, or middle-grade great path artifacts. After all, there were over a hundred thousand shops in the entire headquarters!

Moreover, besides these shops, there was also the Tianyi Hall—the main store of the Tianyi Mansion headquarters.

“Is this the Tianyi Hall?” A few days later, Huang Long and the others arrived at the main store of the Tianyi Mansion headquarters.

The Tianyi Hall had a total of 999 floors! Each floor had different goods for trade. The great path artifacts were sold on the 99th floor.

Upon reaching the 99th floor, Huang Long took in the sight ahead and saw one after another great path artifact floating in the air—various kinds of great path artifacts: knives, swords, spears, cauldrons, fans, halberds—more than a hundred in total! Although Huang Long had expected that as the leader of the top ten merchant guilds, Tianyi Mansion would possess many great path artifacts, he never imagined there would be so many! One hundred and fifty-three! It was the first time Huang Long had seen so many great path artifacts at once. Aside from the lower-grade ones, there were also middle-grade and highest-grade artifacts! Sixteen middle-grade artifacts, and three highest-grade ones! “Tianyi Mansion even has highest-grade great path artifacts for sale!” Huang Yi exclaimed in shock. Huang Long was also surprised. However, he could tell that these three highest-grade great path artifacts did not have strong attacking power; in terms of overall strength, they could at most compare to the peak middle-grade great path artifacts. “How much are these sixteen middle-grade great path artifacts?” After a while, Huang Long called over the elder of Tianyi Mansion who was guarding the 99th floor and asked. This elder of Tianyi Mansion was also a semi-saint-level warrior, but his strength was not great—only three eras. Seeing Huang Long ask questions, the elder did not dare to neglect him and replied, “Which one are you interested in?” Although they were all middle-grade great path artifacts, each of the sixteen had a different price. “I want them all!” Huang Long said calmly. His voice was not loud, but when it rang out, it sounded like thunderous booms, shocking the elder of Tianyi Mansion and the surrounding warriors. “Sir, friend, do you really want to buy them all?!” the elder’s voice trembled. “Indeed!” Huang Long nodded. He ignored the shocked and puzzled looks around him. “Sir, please wait a moment. I’ll go consult the grand elder!” After confirming this, the elder quickly crushed a jade talisman to report to his superiors. Sixteen middle-grade great path artifacts! He really couldn’t make a decision on this!