Chapter 643: The Reward Is Snowgrass, Jiang Chen Farms Gear

In the garden, Tianshan Snowgrass is planted, countless in number, totaling over ten thousand stalks.

Each stalk is full of vitality, and within that vitality there is a familiar scent.

This vitality comes from the force of life, which in turn originates from a formation outside the instance, from the countless Human Professionals who have arrived at the Tianshan Mountains.

With a casual finger, the Great Deity of Tianshan summons a formation outside the garden.

Threads of life force flow from the void into the formation, where the law‑energy of the formation converts it, stripping dross and retaining essence, which is finally poured into the garden as nourishment for the snowgrass.

"So the life force has arrived here."

Jiang Chen then realized his earlier assumption was wrong; the life force absorbed by the formation was not taken away by the Great Deity of Tianshan.

Instead, it arrived here and became nourishment for the Tianshan Snowgrass.

The Great Deity of Tianshan said, "You probably thought those life forces were absorbed by me, right?"

Jiang Chen openly admitted, "That's right. I also inferred from the absorbed life force that a deity must be sleeping."

The Great Deity of Tianshan chuckled, "Your judgment is correct; my true form is indeed sleeping, and has been for a long time. When I will awaken, even I do not know."

"These life forces are of little use to me."

"Moreover, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg; not only the formations on the outer Tianshan peaks, but the entire Tianshan Mountains are riddled with countless formations."

"The absorption isn't limited to the professionals' life force; all living beings in the Tianshan Mountains, including plants, have their life force continuously drawn in."

"However, this level of absorption causes no harm to them."

Jiang Chen understood this principle.

Such a small amount of life force, even if not siphoned by the formation, will dissipate silently and eventually vanish.

The formation merely gathers this surplus life force to cultivate Tianshan Snowgrass.

Within the garden, the Tianshan Snowgrass varies in height and size.

Among them, one particularly robust stalk stands over three times taller than the others, truly a king among the snowgrass.

Jiang Chen asked, "Is the Tianshan Snowgrass useful to you?"

The Great Deity of Tianshan shook his head, "Useless; the Tianshan Snowgrass was not prepared for us."

The implication is obvious: if it isn't for the deities, it must be for the Human Race.

Yet among the Human Race, no one has ever been said to obtain Tianshan Snowgrass; Jiang Chen is the first.

The Great Deity of Tianshan explained, "These things were once very useful, and may be useful in the future, but I hope we never have to use them."

"This Snowgrass King, a one‑in‑ten‑thousand marvel, is my reward to you."

"If you can obtain my wife's divine rank, I will trade the Snowgrass King for it."

Jiang Chen asked, "What use does the Snowgrass King have?"

He did not employ the Detection Technique to inspect, first because it would be impolite in front of the Great Deity of Tianshan.

Second, a formation shrouds the garden's exterior, and Jiang Chen is unsure whether the Detection Technique would work.

The Great Deity of Tianshan said, "If you wish to break through to Half-step Super God in the future, the Snowgrass King will be of great use."

"Besides that, the Snowgrass King has another function; after you retrieve the divine rank, I will tell you."

Jiang Chen pondered for a few seconds and made up his mind.

"Fine."

In the end, Jiang Chen accepted the Great Deity of Tianshan's request.

It was called a request, but in fact it was merely a transaction.

Only that the Great Deity of Tianshan, in demeanor, is asking a favor and is very courteous to Jiang Chen.

Otherwise, given his status, he is a rank above Jiang Chen and would not need to be so polite.

After Jiang Chen left the instance, the Divine Palace vanished again into the wind and snow.

The gale howled as the Great Deity of Tianshan stood in the garden, murmuring, "After waiting so many years, I finally got one."

"I hope he can succeed, Yin'er, your husband misses you dearly."

His voice was ultimately swallowed by the wind and snow, disappearing.

Outside the instance, no one was present; only the howling wind, making the scene extremely silent.

The Tianshan Divine Palace, a high‑tier instance, lies at the Tianshan summit as seen by most people.

But Jiang Chen knows this is still far from the true summit.

The real summit lies within the instance, another thousand meters upward.

The location of the Tianshan Divine Palace is the summit.

Moreover, one can imagine that the former Tianshan Divine Palace was certainly not on the ground, but floating in the air.

Because of the Great Deity of Tianshan's slumber, it descended.

The feeling of just entering the Tianshan Divine Palace still lingered; upon reflection, he realized the palace itself is a massive killing weapon, very powerful.

He is bold enough; if the Great Deity of Tianshan truly harbors malice toward him, the trouble would certainly not be small.

Jiang Chen did not immediately set out for the Ancient Battlefield; the matter is not urgent.

He has no appointed time with the Great Deity of Tianshan; having waited so many years, he does not mind waiting a bit longer.

Jiang Chen plans to farm the instance first; although experience gains are modest, it yields abundant equipment.

This equipment is useless to him, but extremely useful to the entire Human Race.

Li Xueru and Hong Jishi both come from the military; in the Shenlong Empire, the majority of the army is under their command.

With so many people under them, and so many Elite Professionals, they also urgently need large quantities of Quasi‑Mythic‑grade Equipment.

Moreover, there is the Tianshan set; Jiang Chen also wants to equip Li Xueru and a few others with a set.

If anyone in the world is most likely to collect a complete set of same‑attribute Tianshan gear, Jiang Chen knows it can only be himself.

After resetting the instance cooldown, Jiang Chen teleported into the instance again.

The moment he entered the instance, he was hit by a fierce attack.

The instance's rules did not change; they remained the same.

Four elemental fortresses, with hordes of monsters above Level 75, launch a ferocious assault on anyone who enters the instance.

This is the first wave of attack; if you can't survive this wave, there's no point in continuing.

Many practitioners die in the first wave of attack.

It's not a game; it's real death.

Their corpses remain in the instance forever.

Among the Human Race, deaths in instances happen every day.

But instances as brutal as the high‑level Tianshan God Palace are rare.

To reap rewards, a price must be paid.

While people attack instances to gain experience and gear, some instances also weed out unqualified practitioners.

Someone has tallied that the higher the instance level, the higher the Difficulty, and the death rate climbs accordingly.

Conversely, the lower‑level instances are relatively safe, one after another.

Jiang Chen bore the attack as the Undead Legion answered his call.

He swiftly cleared the surrounding monsters, then shattered the shields of the four elemental fortresses and slew the commander inside each fortress.

When he saw the formation light sphere in the second segment, Jiang Chen gave it no chance to evolve into a snowman of light; he directly summoned Ku Lou Wang and cut him down with a single sword.

He then opened the four passages and entered the third stage.

Jiang Chen has always been accustomed to challenging above his level; even before reaching Level 70 he was already confronting deities.

Instances of his own level are trivial and lack any Difficulty.

Letting the Undead Legion eliminate the monsters, Jiang Chen walked alone along the mountain path to the end of the third stage.

This time there was no formation to block him; the end of the third stage truly became the end of the instance.

Jiang Chen pressed against an invisible wall, feeling the power of the law.

Looking up, he saw only Void and could not see the Tianshan God Palace.

He knew that this was the normal state, the form most practitioners see in an instance.

Accompanied by a rumble of elements, a Tianshan Giant Eagle descended from the sky.

Awaiting it was the white‑boned Great Sword of the Tianshan King.

From start to finish Jiang Chen never lifted a finger; the Undead Legion and Ku Lou Wang alone cleared the instance with ease.

After eliminating the Tianshan Giant Eagle, the Dungeon Exit revealed itself.

Jiang Chen did not hesitate and swiftly passed through the exit.

The next second, he was back in the instance, continuing onward!

Again and again, Jiang Chen repeatedly ran the instance back and forth.

Each run took less than half an hour.

Since the Tianshan God Palace Dungeon appeared, no one has ever run it as Jiang Chen does.

He harvested dozens of Quasi‑Mythic‑grade Equipment in one go, plus four pieces of the Tianshan set.

If it were anyone else, they would surely shout, "I'm getting rich!"

Jiang Chen felt nothing about it; he just kept running the instance over and over.

In his storage, various pieces of gear multiplied rapidly.

In just half a day, Jiang Chen had already run it a full twenty times.

The Quasi‑Mythic‑grade Equipment he gathered exceeded a hundred pieces.

Jiang Chen truly worries that if he keeps running like this, the instance might be emptied by him alone.

Gear doesn't appear without cause; it must have a source.

Yet across the world, every major instance produces gear.

What is the source of the gear?

Jiang Chen could not figure it out after endless contemplation.

He asked Antares, who replied: "You have no right to know."

Antares clearly knows something, but refuses to tell him.

As for the elderly man suspected of being "the old man," he didn't even dare to ask.

Another huge mystery, one he must solve himself in the future.