Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2287: 163: Redemption_2

It was no surprise that the Chongyuan Patriarch once resorted to having a mere Refining Void Cultivator reincarnate back into the Little Cang World; evidently, there were no superior alternatives, and the choice was dictated by pure necessity.

Bypassing that peculiar skill, he scanned the remaining cultivation methods and secret techniques within the inventory. He eventually picked out several unfamiliar spells, intending to use them to diversify his personal combat arsenal.

Following these selections, he turned to the spirit beast category and opted for more than ten divine beasts at the Unification stage. Although he coveted those at the Crossing Tribulation stage, the treasury unfortunately held none; even these Unification-level beasts represented nearly the entirety of the current stock.

As he browsed through the miscellaneous section after securing the divine beasts, his eyes suddenly lingered on a specific entry, a look of astonishment crossing his face:

“Nine-Colored Divine Soil… to think such a legendary treasure still exists.”

The description indicated that this soil was the very first handful of spirit earth formed during the creation of numerous great realms. It had been collected and refined by a Great Cultivator of the Spirit Plant Dao, imbued with mystical rules and sustained by Chaos Origin Substance.

Its benefits for the growth of spirit plants were immense; a single day of growth within this soil was equivalent to a hundred days under normal conditions.

“This is truly a magnificent find! Both Junior Sister and Wang Liu will find great use for it.”

Since Bu Chan utilizes the Nine-colored Gourd Seed as her lifebound spirit plant, accelerating its growth would directly speed up her cultivation progression, effectively making up for her lack of natural talent.

Furthermore, the Wang Liu—the form his disciple, Imperial Willow, has taken—would also be able to flourish rapidly with the help of this treasure.

“The supply is quite limited, however; only four portions remain.”

Unlike the Treasure Basin of Immortal Essence, this Nine-Colored Divine Soil cannot be used indefinitely without pause; it requires ample Chaos Origin Substance and time to recharge its efficacy. Nevertheless, its value remained extraordinary.

Wang Ba did not hesitate and immediately moved to claim all four portions of the Nine-Colored Divine Soil.

To his surprise, he found that only two portions were available for selection, as the other two had already vanished from the list.

“Has someone else already claimed them?”

“What a shame.”

Though Wang Ba felt a pang of regret, he still added the remaining two portions to his list of acquisitions.

Once he finalized his choices, a staggering total price of sixteen billion eight hundred forty million Cloud Shells manifested in the air. This figure made his previous balance of two hundred seventy million seem trivial by comparison.

“Is the cost truly that high?”

Wang Ba was momentarily stunned by the sheer magnitude of the number.

While picking these items, he hadn't bothered to check the individual price tags, unconcerned with the cost and simply choosing whatever caught his fancy. Yet, the final tally was immense.

Upon closer inspection, he realized the bulk of the expense stemmed from the elixirs and spirit materials.

In the elixir category, he had completely bought out the stock of ‘Tribulation Crossing Divine Pills,’ taking all twenty-five remaining in the treasury.

This single purchase alone accounted for two billion five hundred million Cloud Shells.

The rest of the medicinal supplies, including those for healing and boosting cultivation, added another billion to the debt.

As for spirit materials, he had selected rare eighth and ninth-tier items essential for raising divine beasts, nearly stripping the section bare and adding another two to three billion to the total.

The Nine-Colored Divine Soil was the most expensive among these, with each portion costing a hefty two billion.

Beyond these, the costs for array plates, rare spirit plants, and spirit beasts had also piled up significantly.

“Ah, I almost forgot about this...”

Wang Ba scrolled to the end of the inventory and found the ‘Realm Remains’ listed there.

There was a generous supply available, totaling eight pieces.

The price was quite reasonable at ten million Cloud Shells per piece, roughly the cost of a high-quality upper-grade Dao Treasure.

“Only ten million... that is remarkably cheap.”

Without a second thought, Wang Ba snatched up all the available Realm Remains.

The floating price in the air ticked upward, reaching seventeen billion six hundred million.

Wang Ba remained unfazed. After a moment of thought, he pulled several middle and upper-grade Dao Treasures from his sleeve. These were items with fewer Innate Cloud Bans, limited power, or single-use traits, which he placed at the top of the list for trade-in.

The list scanned the items, rapidly calculating the value of these Dao Treasures.

The evaluation took a considerable amount of time.

With a total of seventy-six upper-grade and one thousand six hundred eighty middle-grade Dao Treasures, the list offered a combined price of roughly seven billion Cloud Shells. This was a substantial amount and an extremely fair offer, considering Wang Ba viewed them as surplus items ready to be discarded.

A faint glow emanated from the list as it absorbed the pile of Dao Treasures into its pages.

His personal balance of Cloud Shells instantly surged to nine billion seven hundred million.

“I am still eight billion short.”

Wang Ba’s brow furrowed slightly.

He had amassed this collection of Dao Treasures when the Sea Market collapsed, taking advantage of the chaos to buy them from merchants in exchange for spirit food and low-level materials. He had kept some for the Little Cang World’s treasury and carried the rest for emergencies.

Now, except for a few middle and upper-grade Dao Treasures he considered uniquely valuable, he had cleared out nearly his entire hoard.

Despite this massive liquidation, an eight billion deficit remained.

As he weighed his options, he remembered the Ruyi Dao Treasure he had seized after defeating the three Bodhisattvas, along with the bangle from the Female Bodhisattva and the precious mountain belonging to Bodhisattva Qinglan.

These three items were all top-grade Dao Treasures, likely sourced from the Sea of Chaos Realm.

They were probably treasures that cultivators had managed to nurture through sheer luck.

Consequently, these treasures only possessed twenty-eight Innate Cloud Bans, barely meeting the requirement for the top-grade Dao Treasure classification.

Even so, they were still top-tier artifacts.

Top-grade Dao Treasures provide significant combat advantages even for Perfect Practitioners facing their tribulations.

After a brief moment of hesitation, he decided to part with the Female Bodhisattva’s bangle. It was a treasure of extreme sharpness but lacked versatility, making it rather unremarkable among top-grade Dao Treasures. He placed it at the top of the list to be appraised.