Chapter 388: Got It

Li Yang stated his conditions.

The other Emperors of the Thunder Spirit Race had also extended their consciousness to the area, hearing Li Yang's words.

'Twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones! This human, Li Yang, sure has the gall to ask!'

'It takes our Thunder Spirit Race ten billion years to obtain one Evil Qi Crystal Stone! Twenty of them would take our race two hundred billion years to get!'

'The moment he opened his mouth, the human Li Yang demanded two hundred billion years' worth of our race's harvest!'

'What a huge appetite! He's just one human; what does he need so many Evil Qi Crystal Stones for? Even among the Human Race's Emperors who cultivate their physical bodies and Evil Qi domains, most only refine a few. I doubt more than three people could refine all twenty.'

'Even if the human Li Yang can't refine them all, he can sell them.'

'Hmph! The Spirit Pool Token belongs to our race in the first place. It was just lost in the outside world. Now this human, Li Yang, brings our own property back to us and wants to make a deal.'

The Emperors of the Thunder Spirit Race grew furious.

The Thunder Spirit Race cultivated their physical bodies, and their tempers were naturally direct. They couldn't be as patient and forbearing as the Star Moon Race.

After all, the Spirit Pool Token was theirs to begin with.

But for the human Li Yang to hold their race's Token and propose such harsh terms for a trade... how could they possibly feel good about it?

'I say we just don't make a deal. When the human Li Yang leaves, I'll ambush him and snatch the Spirit Pool Token from his Spatial Ring!'

'Great idea! I have a treasure that can change my form. If I do it, the success rate will be one hundred percent!'

The Emperors of the Thunder Spirit Race said, one after another.

"Silence!"

Hearing the Emperors get more and more absurd, even suggesting they ambush Li Yang, Wuxu Emperor, their leader, could no longer hold back and barked.

"Do you take the Human Race for fools?"

He snorted coldly. Seeing that he had spoken, none of the other Emperors present dared to say another word.

Wuxu Emperor looked at them and sighed internally.

His Thunder Spirit Race was a strange one. Their physical bodies were all exceptionally powerful, making them nearly invincible against those of the same realm. Some outstanding geniuses at the Peak of World Realm could even use their Evil Qi domains to clash head-on with Deities—and even defeat them!

Their bodies were so strong, yet their race's temperament had a flaw. Even after cultivating to the Emperor Level, they remained hot-tempered, quick to fight, and fond of relying on brute force to solve problems.

Wuxu Emperor sighed to himself, his gaze sweeping over everyone present. He said, 'While twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones is a lot, it's not an amount our race cannot produce. At most, it means we won't trade Evil Qi Crystal Stones with anyone else for a hundred billion years.'

'Xu Lun, accept Li Yang's terms. No matter what, we must get the Spirit Pool Token back. Our race absolutely cannot afford to lose the Spirit Pool.'

'Yes, Brother.'

Inside the palace, Emperor Xu Lun and Wuxu Emperor conversed via voice transmission.

Afterward, Emperor Xu Lun looked at Li Yang and said, "Li Yang, I accept your terms."

With a flicker, his figure vanished.

A few seconds later, he reappeared. This time, he was holding a number of strange stones in his hand.

The stones were black, each one like a Crystal Stone, gleaming with a faint luster.

At first glance, they seemed ordinary, but by extending a sliver of one's consciousness into them, one could feel the astonishing Evil Qi contained within!

"Evil Qi Crystal Stones!"

Looking at these Crystal Stones, Li Yang's heart pounded with excitement.

Twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones... Even if he only refined a single one, his physical body alone, without using any laws, could crush an ordinary Deity!

Even an Emperor of the Human Race would have to pay a considerable price to obtain just one.

"Human Li Yang, these are now yours." Emperor Xu Lun said little. With a wave of his right hand, the Evil Qi Crystal Stones flew into Li Yang's grasp.

"Thanks," Li Yang said with a smile as he accepted the Crystal Stones.

With a wave of his right hand, a Token appeared.

With the Evil Qi Crystal Stones in his possession, he naturally had to return the Spirit Pool Token.

Emperor Xu Lun looked at the Token. With a grasping motion of his right hand, the Token flew into his palm.

"The Spirit Pool Token." Gazing at the Token, an indescribable excitement filled Emperor Xu Lun's eyes.

This single Token... their race had lost it for five quadrillion years! For all those five quadrillion years, their race had been unable to open the Spirit Pool!

And now, that very Token was back in their hands.

Putting the Token away, Emperor Xu Lun looked at Li Yang and said, "Human Li Yang, prepare yourself. Yuan Ye will now take you to the Thunder Pool."

"After you emerge from the Thunder Pool, you can also enter the Spirit Pool to stabilize yourself."

With the Spirit Pool Token returned and their race's Spirit Pool now accessible, they wouldn't be so petty as to forbid Li Yang from entering.

"Good." Li Yang nodded.

WHOOSH!

After speaking, Emperor Xu Lun's figure flickered and vanished completely.

Elder Yuan Ye of the Thunder Spirit Race was left, and he looked at Li Yang with a clear trace of shock in his eyes.

'The Spirit Pool Token?' He hadn't known about the Token before, but now he did.

'No wonder it alarmed seven Supreme Elders earlier!'

As a member of the Thunder Spirit Race, he of course knew about the Spirit Pool.

But in his lifetime, he had never seen the Spirit Pool open. Five quadrillion years ago, most of the Deities in the Thunder Spirit Race hadn't even been born yet.

But when he thought about what the race had paid, Elder Yuan Ye felt a mix of emotions.

'Twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones...'

He was a high-ranking member of the race, so he naturally had an Evil Qi Crystal Stone, but the race had only granted him a single one.

Of course, he still hadn't fully refined even that one—he was only halfway through.

'Twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones... their value was immeasurable.'

Despite his thoughts, Elder Yuan Ye put on a smile and said, "Haha, Li Yang, please follow me. I will take you to the Thunder Pool."

"Thank you," Li Yang said with a slight smile.

He was now filled with anticipation for entering the Thunder Pool!

'Once he condensed an Evil Qi domain, he could use the Evil Qi Crystal Stones to cultivate. Of course he was looking forward to it!'

The group left the palace and headed outside.

The Thunder Pool was a ten-minute walk from here. In this core region, there were no Space Teleportation Arrays, so Li Yang and the others had to walk. Of course, Li Yang was in no hurry.

Along the way, they occasionally encountered other members of the Thunder Spirit Race. These people would look at Li Yang, clenching their fists with unconcealed resentment in their eyes.

"The Thunder Pool has been opened. The elders just gave the order: the human, Li Yang, gets to enter first. Only after he comes out can the few geniuses selected by our race go in!"

"The clan is giving that human, Li Yang, such preferential treatment!"

"Hmph, it must be because of that Token."

"That's right! The Token on the human Li Yang caught the attention of seven of the clan's Supreme Elders!"

"I heard that the Token is the Spirit Pool Token, which has been lost for countless years. Because it was lost, our clan's Spirit Pool couldn't be opened."

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