Chapter 399: Fang Zhuo

After leaving the Flowing Crown Hall, Ye Feng put on the detector again. After checking for the fastest route, he rushed toward the exchange platform following the detector’s guidance.
Along the way, he encountered no further obstacles. Even when he occasionally ran into one or two magical beasts, they were instantly killed. In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ye Feng arrived at the platform.
Seeing Ye Feng wearing sunglasses, many semi-godly powerhouses glanced at him curiously.
“Is that Daofeng? What’s that thing in front of his eyes?”
“It must be some special type of divine artifact…”
“Sigh, it’s frustrating to compare oneself to others. That guy has such unique divine artifacts, while we can only strive for a top-grade divine crystal…”
Ye Feng ignored the murmurs around him and stepped straight onto the platform. “I want to exchange for points!”
After a ripple in space, the bronze door opened again, and Ye Feng stepped in without hesitation.
“It’s only been a dozen days, and you’re here to exchange again?” The short man climbed onto a chair and looked up at Ye Feng.
“Mm!” Ye Feng nodded and took out a storage ring—something left from previous loot. The items inside had long been taken out, leaving it as an empty ring. After pouring all the crystal cores into it, Ye Feng handed the ring to the short man.
The short man took the ring, remained silent for a moment, then raised his head in surprise. “345,426,163 points… How did you do that?”
“Luck!” Ye Feng’s answer was simple.
The short man had only asked casually, not expecting Ye Feng to reveal the answer. Seeing that Ye Feng refused to speak, he didn’t press further. “Do you want to exchange them all for points?”
“Yes!” Ye Feng nodded.
“It’s already added. The total number of points is 345,426,163,” the short man said slowly, spelling out the number. “What do you want to exchange for?”
“How many points are needed for an Imperial Divine Essence?” Ye Feng asked.
“50 million per piece. I have two in stock,” the short man replied before looking at Ye Feng. “Do you want one or both?”
“Both!” Ye Feng’s lips curled slightly. He had been worried earlier that his points wouldn’t be enough, but it seemed the Imperial Divine Essence wasn’t the most valuable item among these treasures.
“Alright.” The short man casually took out two Imperial Divine Essences from his ring and handed them to Ye Feng.

Two divine entities emitted a faint purple glow in Ye Feng’s palms. Ye Feng knew this was the Emperor Divine Entity—divine entities were ranked by color. Above the orange Primary Divine Entity was the golden Imperial Divine Entity, and even higher was the purple Emperor Divine Entity. All this information was contained within the divine entities Ye Feng had absorbed.

“The points have already been deducted from you. Is there anything else you want?” the short man asked casually.

“I’ll take another look at the list!” Rather than wanting to buy other items, Ye Feng was more interested in knowing what he couldn’t afford with his remaining 200 million points.

After storing the two Emperor Divine Entities in his ring, Ye Feng took the list from the short man.

“1. Legacy of the Secret Realm!”
“2. Eye of Truth!”
“3. Heart of Molten Fire!”
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“8. Purple-Striped Golden Dragon Egg—240 million!”
“9. Temple of the Ultimate God—220 million!”
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“The Purple-Striped Golden Dragon seems to be a super divine beast in the divine realm, right?” Upon seeing this name, Ye Feng immediately felt a sense of familiarity. It wasn’t that he had seen it before, but rather that there were records related to it in the memories of the divine entities he had obtained, though only basic information. This divine beast was extremely famous in the divine realm; it was said that one of the ancestral gods there was a Purple-Striped Golden Dragon, whose power ranked among the top among all ancestral gods. However, that was many years ago, and there had been no news of that dragon for a long time.

Ye Feng had been more focused on the Emperor Divine Entities earlier, so he hadn’t paid much attention to the eighth-ranked Purple-Striped Golden Dragon Egg. Now that he saw it, he remembered it. But he didn’t intend to buy it, even though he had enough points at the moment. As for pets, he already had Xiao Yu and Xiao Bei, so having more wouldn’t make much sense.

“The Temple of the Ultimate God must be a palace, but I don’t know what rank it is.” Ye Feng extended his mental energy toward the ninth-ranked Temple of the Ultimate God.

“The Temple of the Ultimate God is a palace of top-tier divine artifact quality, with astonishing defense capabilities that can withstand attacks from ancestral god-level beings.” After reading the relevant description, Ye Feng just shook his head and smiled. With the Flowing Palace he already possessed, he could ignore any other palace-type magical artifacts.

“Over 200 million points, yet it only buys the eighth-ranked item. What else are the top seven items?” Ye Feng became even more curious. “What exactly are the second-ranked Eye of Truth and the third-ranked Heart of Molten Fire? Their prices must be second only to that of the Secret Realm…”

After reviewing all the other items again, Ye Feng returned the list to the short man and shook his head, “Come back next time!”
“Make sure to bring enough crystal cores next time!” the short man called out before seeing Ye Feng off.
Back on the platform, Ye Feng thought to himself, “It seems unnecessary to come back if my points aren’t at least a billion. I should use this place’s environment to train properly over these ten years.”
Just then, a white dot appeared on the detector, moving steadily toward his location.
“It’s that Celestial God-level guy!” Ye Feng wasn’t in a hurry to leave. Learning that the other party hadn’t come from the divine realm, he became curious—why, having reached the Celestial God level, did this guy still remain in the divine realm?
In just a few breaths, a figure with a powerful aura landed on the platform. After standing still, he glanced at Ye Feng and smiled slightly. “Blade Edge?”
Ye Feng nodded with a smile. Although the other man’s aura was strong, it was suppressed at the peak of the True God level. His own aura was also concealed by a special technique, showing only his peak True God level cultivation.
The man introduced himself, “I’m Fang Zhuo. You’re much stronger than I expected!”
“You too!” Ye Feng said this clearly to let the other man know he was aware of his cultivation level. But without the help of the detector, it would have been very difficult for him to detect the secret of this man before him.
“Actually, I’ve always had a question for you,” Fang Zhuo said, raising his eyebrows slightly. He knew Ye Feng had discovered his secret, but he didn’t care.
“Go ahead and ask!” Ye Feng found it strange—this stranger he’d never met before said he had a question for him, which piqued his curiosity about what it might be.
“Are you really only at the peak of the divine realm?” Fang Zhuo asked after seeing that Ye Feng wasn’t upset.
“For now, yes!” Ye Feng nodded with a smile. “Let me ask you something too!”
“What do you want to ask?” Fang Zhuo wasn’t expecting Ye Feng to have a question for him and asked curiously.
“Why haven’t you ascended to the divine realm?” Ye Feng voiced his own confusion. In his view, a Celestial God-level person wouldn’t be easily humiliated even in the divine realm.

Fang Zhuo shook his head with a bitter smile. “It’s not that I don’t want to ascend—it’s that I can’t! Do you think I want to stay in this realm? My cultivation relies entirely on divine crystals. If I don’t explore these secret realms, I won’t even have the divine crystals needed for cultivation.”

“Can’t ascend?” Ye Feng found this statement rather strange. “Just open up your aura and let the divine light descend naturally—why can’t you ascend?”

“I haven’t gone through the heavenly tribulation, so I haven’t received the divine light…” As soon as Fang Zhuo said this, he seemed to realize he had blurted out too much and added, “You wouldn’t understand anyway. Just think of it as my constitution being special!”

“Are you a Void Walker?” Ye Feng asked in a low voice.

“What?” Fang Zhuo was slightly shocked. “How do you know… Could it be you’re also…”

“I never expected to meet a Void Walker in a place like this,” Ye Feng said with a smile. “But Brother Fang, you were joking earlier, right? Saying you don’t even have divine crystals for cultivation…”

“I’m not joking!” Fang Zhuo shook his head seriously. “My guide just gave me a cultivation technique and a long sword, then disappeared. It’s as if he never existed.”

“You don’t know… Ever since I learned his technique, my strength has indeed improved a lot, but I always feel unlucky. No matter what happens, when I get involved, I can only watch others reap the rewards while I’m left with just the leftover bone broth…” Fang Zhuo complained to Ye Feng.

“Uh…” Ye Feng was also speechless.

“You say that in the same secret realm, those weaker than me can obtain top-grade divine artifacts and top-grade divine crystals. Even those less lucky get mid-grade divine artifacts and mid-grade divine crystals. But when it comes to me, I only get low-grade divine artifacts and low-grade divine crystals…” Fang Zhuo, as if finding a kindred spirit, poured out his misfortunes.

“Like this time—after finally entering the secret realm, I was told I needed to kill late-stage divine beasts to earn a few points, with peak divine beasts yielding ten points. That’s one thing, but once I entered the forest, I found that all the beasts came in groups, usually no fewer than twenty. It took me over ten days to gather just a few hundred points, enough to exchange for a few mid-grade divine crystals to use temporarily…”

Hearing his story, Ye Feng felt even more sympathy for him. “Brother Fang, I do have some top-grade divine crystals. Why don’t you take some of them?”

Ye Feng took out ten top-grade divine crystals and handed them to Fang Zhuo.

Fang Zhuo was momentarily stunned. “How can I accept your things?”

“Take it; I have plenty of these around.” Ye Feng shook his head. “If you feel guilty, don’t forget to include me when you come across anything good in the future to appreciate together!”
Fang Zhuo saw that Ye Feng didn’t seem to be pretending, so he stopped refusing and took the ten top-quality divine crystals. He bowed slightly to Ye Feng and said, “Brother Dao Feng, I will remember your kindness today…”
“What kindness? Hurry up and exchange the points for something!” Ye Feng laughed and shook his head. “I’m leaving first!”