Chapter 387: Lion's Big Mouth

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master continued, "Additionally, using Evil Qi Crystal Stones for cultivation not only enhances your physical body, but the Evil Qi domain it forms will also give your overall strength a massive boost."

"Even when you use Laws, your strength will skyrocket the moment you activate the Evil Qi domain!"

The Evil Qi Crystal Stones clearly did more than just enhance one's physical body.

After all, for someone overwhelmingly powerful, an enhanced physique might not contribute much to their overall strength, but the Evil Qi domain would provide a massive boost to it.

Hearing what the Blade Slaughter Sect Master said, Li Yang was inwardly shaken.

The simple fact that even Emperors used Evil Qi Crystal Stones to cultivate their Evil Qi domains was enough to tell him just how precious these stones were!

'And just by fully absorbing a single Evil Qi Crystal Stone, without using any other techniques, one could crush an ordinary Deity?'

'The resulting domain could cause one's overall strength to skyrocket?'

"So, Li Yang, since you have this opportunity, you must do your best to obtain the Evil Qi Crystal Stones. If you want to cultivate your physical body in the future, just use them for that. Twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones are enough for you to cultivate all the way to the Emperor Level."

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master smiled. "If you don't cultivate with them, you can also just sell the Evil Qi Crystal Stones. Our Human Race's Eternal Saint Hall doesn't have any for sale, but the official market price is ten billion contribution points per stone."

"What? Ten billion contribution points for one?" Li Yang was floored by the price.

Among the Fire Nether Divine Beast race, their precious Fire Spirit Pearls only sold for two million contribution points each, and that was secondhand.

He had passed the twelfth step of the Path of Deities and was judged a monstrous genius the likes of which the Human Race sees only once every hundred billion years, yet his reward from the Human Race's Eternal Saint Hall was only one hundred million contribution points!

'And now, a single Evil Qi Crystal Stone is worth ten billion contribution points?'

'And that's just the official market price.'

'In reality, treasures like this were never for sale. If someone truly wanted one, the price they'd have to pay would likely be even higher.'

The contribution points from the Human Race's Eternal Saint Hall held more value than those from practically anywhere else.

The Star Moon Race's contribution points couldn't even compare.

Li Yang was stunned. He now had an even better sense of just how precious the Evil Qi Crystal Stones were.

"Haha, Li Yang, just use this as your negotiating point."

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master said with a laugh, "The Spirit Pool Token is valuable enough to be worth this much. It's not like you're making an outrageous demand."

"I understand, Teacher." Taking a deep breath, Li Yang nodded.

He now knew what to do.

After talking with the Blade Slaughter Sect Master for a while longer, Li Yang logged out of the Virtual World.

...

While Li Yang was consulting with the Blade Slaughter Sect Master, the Emperors of the Thunder Spirit Race were also in discussion on the other side.

"Li Yang will definitely find out about the Spirit Pool Token."

"So what if he knows? It's our Thunder Spirit Race's ultimate treasure, the Spirit Pool Token. Is he really going to just keep it?"

"That's right. The Spirit Pool Token is useless anywhere else. It's only useful to our race. The human Li Yang will definitely choose to make a trade."

"I'm not worried about him trading. I'm worried he'll demand harsh terms."

The Emperors were discussing amongst themselves.

Just then, their leader, Wuxu Emperor of the Thunder Spirit Race, spoke up. "Back with the Star Moon Race, the human Li Yang obtained a part of that Sacred Artifact, the Sword Net Array. The final terms of the trade were three years of inheritance access, one hundred million contribution points, and a high-grade Divine Artifact. The value of both sides was equivalent. This time, within our Thunder Spirit Race, the human Li Yang won't go so far as to make an outrageous demand."

If Li Yang had wanted to make an outrageous demand, he could have easily done so with the Star Moon Race and asked for all sorts of benefits.

Therefore, judging from the Star Moon Race incident, they didn't need to worry too much.

Hearing Wuxu Emperor's words, the other Thunder Spirit Race Emperors fell silent, especially Emperor Xu Lun, who was filled with indescribable feelings.

Previously, when they were discussing Li Yang, they had mocked the Star Moon Race, saying they would absolutely not fawn over or curry favor with Li Yang. But now, weren't they here discussing how to trade with him?

This sudden reversal, like a slap to the face, made them all feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, only a few members of their race knew about this matter; the news hadn't spread.

"Xu Lun, you go talk to the human Li Yang. As long as the terms are something our race can bear, we must get that Spirit Pool Token back."

After speaking, Wuxu Emperor looked at Emperor Xu Lun and said in a grave voice, "For a long time now, the rate at which our race produces new powerhouses has been incredibly slow. This might very well have a connection to the Spirit Pool."

Because they lacked the Spirit Pool's tempering, the bodies of the Deities who appeared afterward always had a slight imperfection in their refinement.

The stronger one became, the greater the potential impact of this slight imperfection.

"Understood." Emperor Xu Lun nodded solemnly.

...

Inside the palace, Li Yang waited in silence.

SWOOSH!

Suddenly, Emperor Xu Lun's figure appeared. He gave Li Yang a complicated look.

"Li Yang, have you made a decision? What will it take for you to hand over the Spirit Pool Token in your possession?" Emperor Xu Lun asked, looking at Li Yang.

'With the means of Li Yang's teacher, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master, investigating the Spirit Pool Token would be child's play. I don't expect Li Yang to not recognize the token. If he really hadn't investigated it and couldn't recognize it, he probably wouldn't be trading with us for the time being anyway. After all, who would be foolish enough to trade away a treasure without knowing its true value? If it came to that, we would probably have to tell Li Yang the specifics of the Spirit Pool Token ourselves. So there's no need to hide anything. The most crucial thing now is, what conditions will Li Yang propose?'

Looking at Emperor Xu Lun, Li Yang smiled. "Your Excellency, I was very fortunate to obtain your esteemed race's Spirit Pool Token, and I am willing to trade. However, I have two conditions."

"Name them," Emperor Xu Lun said directly with a nod.

Li Yang didn't waste any words either, getting straight to the point. "The first condition is that when your race's Thunder Pool opens, I get to enter it alone."

"Agreed," Emperor Xu Lun replied without any hesitation.

In his view, this was a trivial matter, not even worth mentioning.

However, Emperor Xu Lun didn't relax. Since Li Yang knew the value of the Spirit Pool Token, his conditions couldn't possibly be that simple.

The first condition was so easy, which meant the crux of the deal lay in the second one.

Under his gaze, Li Yang continued, "The second condition is, I want twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones."

As his words fell, Emperor Xu Lun's expression changed slightly.

"Twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones?"

Evil Qi Crystal Stones were one of their race's most precious treasures. Even they, the Emperors of the Thunder Spirit Race, needed them for their cultivation.

The Thunder Spirit Race had no Overlords; Emperors were their strongest. Every single Evil Qi Crystal Stone was precious.

This was the very reason why the Thunder Spirit Race could completely crush opponents with an equivalent level of Law comprehension!

Even when some of the Human Race's Emperors came to their race to trade, they had to pay a considerable price just to obtain a single one. And now Li Yang was directly asking for twenty?