Chapter 142: Careful not to let mature vegetables be stolen

Dao Yi Sacred Land, Heaven-Rank Stone Workshop.

As the highest-grade stone workshop, it is not a place that just anyone can enter at will.

After all, in a stone workshop like that of Dao Yi Sacred Land, every single stone inside is valued at ten jin of Source for every one jin of stone.

Some have special value and are even more expensive, with prices calculated by the thousand jin of Source, far exceeding the imagination of ordinary people.

Therefore, those wishing to enter such a stone workshop must pass strict verification procedures; one must possess sufficient reputation and sufficient assets to even have a chance of entering.

Simply put, one needs to verify their assets.

It is just like the area in Kyoto on Earth where Zhang Xuan is currently located; if you want to buy a house, you must verify your assets in advance. Without a net worth of ten million, you don't even have the qualifications to go look at the property.

It can be said to be extremely special; of course, to Zhang Xuan and Kongque Wang, this is nothing.

It is mainly not an issue for Kongque Wang; he does not even need to produce corresponding valuable items, as his face alone is enough to shock a group of people.

It makes a group of people retreat repeatedly. A person's name is like the shadow of a tree; Kongque Wang is no ordinary person. As a top Demon Race titan who has been famous for hundreds of years, he can make people feel fear wherever he goes.

In any case, Zhang Xuan stands before Kongque Wang, and Kongque Wang steps back slightly. Just by this posture alone, the person in charge of the Dao Yi Sacred Land stone workshop comes over to welcome them immediately upon seeing it.

From beginning to end, no one mentioned verifying Zhang Xuan's assets.

What is called having face? This is what is called having face!

In the current era, figures who can reach the Immortal Second Realm are called Great Power. Those who reach the middle to late stages of the Immortal Second Realm can be called Saint Master level figures, dominating the world with no one able to contend with them; this is the ceiling of the current realm.

Occasionally, if one goes higher and reaches the Zhandao Realm, they can be called peerless in the world, and can be called a Great Accomplishment King or a Severing Dao King.

It is difficult to find anyone in heaven or on earth who can contend with them.

As for Saints, or figures at the level of Ancient Saint, they basically cannot appear in this current era.

This era is not suitable for cultivation, and such figures simply cannot appear.

Occasionally, the appearance of one or two can shake the entire world. The Old Madman of the Heavenly Profound Holy Land, whose coattails Ye Fan held onto in the early stages, and Jiang Taixu, who protected Ye Fan in the middle stages and opened up the situation for him, both made the entire world tremble.

Of course, none of these figures have truly appeared yet. Most of the world's power peaks at figures of the Immortal Platform Second Layer, and Kongque Wang is a true peak power.

That person in charge of Dao Yi Sacred Land is quite respectful to the two.

And Zhang Xuan is not overly polite; walking into the Heaven-Rank Stone Workshop of Dao Yi Sacred Land, he first looks at the Nine-Orifice Stone Man that is only about a foot long.

It already has the appearance of a human and possesses nine apertures.

Except for its body being too petite, it is already quite similar to a person. Of course, the time it has been gestating is still too short, and being placed in the Heaven-Rank Stone Workshop, it is feared that it will have no way to truly gestate successfully in the future; it is basically fated to be cut open by someone.

Zhang Xuan feels a stir in his heart after one look, and without acting further, he just points at the Nine-Orifice Stone Man, and Kongque Wang nods directly: "Pack it up for me!"

In the Dao Yi Sacred Land stone workshop, the Supreme Elder specifically responsible for this matter takes a look and asks proactively: "These are top-tier strange stones from the Taichu Ancient Mine. Opening them requires quite professional techniques, otherwise, it might cause disaster. Does it need to be cut open?"

"The stone workshop has the most professional masters for opening them, guaranteeing it can be cut open completely."

It is mainly because the people in Dao Yi Sacred Land are also curious about what kind of treasure can be opened from the most valuable strange stone in this Heaven-Rank Stone Workshop.

Therefore, the stones placed in the Heaven-Rank Stone Workshop have basically already been seen by the top Origin Masters of various sects and have been prospected in advance, so there are basically no oversights, but what if there are?

They are still curious.

Kongque Wang looks at Zhang Xuan and finds that Zhang Xuan has already shifted his gaze to other locations, having no intention of opening the stone at all, so he waves his hand directly: "Just pack it up!"

The old Daoist of Dao Yi Sacred Land nods, and lets people pack this stone up to be taken away.

As for the price of this stone, it is only ninety thousand; neither of them cares. For ordinary rogue cultivators, this is an astronomical price, but for Kongque Wang and the Sacred Land, it is nothing too special.

The person in charge of Dao Yi Sacred Land has more thoughts turning in his heart.

"Kongque Wang is already the top figure among the Demon Race, traversing the world for nearly a thousand years. What kind of person could make Kongque Wang stand behind them and be so respectful?"

First, he thinks without a doubt of the descendants of the Demon Emperor; those who can have a lofty status among the Demon Race are undoubtedly the descendants of the Demon Emperor, but the descendants of the Demon Emperor are not a secret nowadays, and they are clearly a woman, not a man.

And what is even more peculiar is that the man in front of him, who does not look very old, has strength and blood energy approaching that of the older generation, almost reaching the level of a Supreme Elder of a Sacred Land.

At this very moment, he is already at the peak of the Dragon Transformation Realm, and his blood energy is very active and vigorous, clearly a figure among the younger generation.

"Could it be that the Demon Emperor has new descendants?"

The old Daoist of Dao Yi Sacred Land is puzzled, but such words cannot be asked directly, so he can only hide them in the bottom of his heart, feeling more curious.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan is still searching everywhere in the grounds of Dao Yi Sacred Land.

Dao Yi Sacred Land is the first place where Ye Fan seriously gambled on stones in the Holy City. Here, he not only opened a Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword but also opened an Undying Divine Medicine.

That Undying Divine Medicine is the Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine that grew up alongside the Emperor, and it can be said to be a quite special one among the Undying Divine Medicines.

What makes people feel even more peculiar and critical is that this Undying Divine Medicine has quite a bit to do with Ye Fan living out his second life later on.

This Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine currently only has its roots left, and it is not certain it can be planted to live; it was only later that a great price was paid to make it live again, so it is very special.

Of course, the most special thing is that the entire Covering the Sky does not describe it in great detail, and does not say which famous stone this Undying Divine Medicine originated from.

The only thing that has a little bit of a marker is that the stone was very, very huge, basically the largest stone in this Heaven-Rank Stone Garden.

Zhang Xuan looks carefully and finds that four stones belong to his target, all of which are the largest chunks in the Heaven-Rank Stone Garden.

And they all belong to the kind where one jin of stone is worth ten jin of Source, which happens to be the floor price.

Compared to that small Nine-Orifice Stone Man a foot long, it is good value for money.

Zhang Xuan does not say much, just gives a slight signal, and Kongque Wang directly has people pack those four stones together to take away.

The whole matter goes more smoothly than Zhang Xuan imagined.

"It is so smooth that it makes one feel a bit uneasy; all of this is just too smooth!"

Zhang Xuan cannot help but raise his eyebrows. When Ye Fan was here, he encountered many people provoking him and met many problems, having to change his name before he could gamble on stones here publicly.

At the same time, it also stirred up great Wind and Cloud, with a group of people surrounding Ye Fan. By comparison, after Zhang Xuan came here, the whole thing was very low-key.

However, Zhang Xuan thinks that the current situation is better.

He prefers a more low-key life.

"Improving oneself safely and steadily is definitely better."

At nightfall, Zhang Xuan has already checked into the most luxurious restaurant in Shencheng.

Standing on the suspended palace, looking up at the firmament, the moonlight is like water.

The entire deep layer lies before the eyes; blood and Qi like dragons appear everywhere in this city—that is a special phenomenon of Shencheng.

Any character at the Saint Master level will manifest their aura upon entering Shencheng, with streaks of blood-Qi true dragons piercing the sky, revealing the terrifying foundation of Shencheng.

Zhang Xuan gently clenched his fist, the collision of his knuckles producing the sound of metal striking metal.

Kongque Wang lives right next door to him, and the five stones are placed just like that in the courtyard of the house where Zhang Xuan resides.

Yes, it is said that every inch of land in Shencheng is worth an inch of gold; staying in a small inn for one night requires several pieces of Source.

And in the most expensive restaurants, there are not only courtyards but also spacious pavilions; the price for staying one night is an astronomical figure, but Zhang Xuan does not need to care—sheltered by the Demon Race, all of this is very easy.

Kongque Wang is right next door, entirely responsible for guarding Zhang Xuan's safety.

And at this moment, Zhang Xuan excitedly rubbed his hands together; first, he did not rush to open the stones, but instead touched the Nine-Orifice Stone Man in his hands.

At this moment, the Nine-Orifice Stone Man is flowing with radiance, with strange colors flickering; the flowing light above the firmament sinks into the nine apertures of the Nine-Orifice Stone Man, nourishing the body of the Nine-Orifice Stone Man and revealing the uniqueness of this strange stone worth ninety thousand Source stones.

Zhang Xuan's fingers touch the spot between the eyebrows of the Nine-Orifice Stone Man; he cannot feel anything special, but he knows that a Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword is gestating right within the stone man's brow—that is an exclusive holy object belonging to an Ancient Great Emperor.

He did not rush to open it, but instead conducted a round of testing first.

"Plantation, can I plant the seed of this Nine-Orifice Stone Man?"

The Chat Group paused for a moment, making Zhang Xuan's heart feel somewhat lifted; the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword within the brow of the Nine-Orifice Stone Man is of course very important, but its volume is too small, only a very short inch or so in length—using it to forge the most top-tier artifacts would inevitably seem a bit too small.

Taking it out directly to use would barely work, but if one could plant the Nine-Orifice Stone Man like a seed and rapidly ripen it in the Plantation to raise a perfect Saint Spirit, that would be a huge harvest.

A perfect Saint Spirit is comparable to a Great Emperor, completely inferior to no one, not even a Great Accomplishment Saint Body; it is a top-tier figure between this heaven and earth.

If one could really raise one, then truly, the world is vast and one could go anywhere; on the current Beidou, one could walk sideways.

"Ding, it can be planted; estimated maturity time: two thousand years."

Zhang Xuan was happy at first, then could not help but let his mouth droop.

It can be planted, which means the Plantation really treats a heaven-nurtured spiritual object like the Nine-Orifice Stone Man as a seed, or rather, as some kind of strange creature that can be planted and can even grow.

But this growth time is inevitably too long.

Two thousand years is already countless times shorter relative to the growth time of a Saint Spirit; after all, a normal Saint Spirit requires millions of years to grow.

That is already a shortening of nearly ten thousand times, which can be said to be the top-tier location under heaven, but it still requires two thousand years; after two thousand years, the daylily would have already wilted.

"Sigh, forget it, I'll just barely plant it!"

Zhang Xuan sighed leisurely and directly chose to sow it in the Plantation.

Maturity after two thousand years is too late for him; after all, two thousand years later, to say nothing else, the Darkness has already subsided, and Ye Fan has already become an invincible force of heaven and earth, roaming between heaven and earth with no one to oppose him.

At that time, having this so-called Nine-Orifice Stone Man wouldn't be of much use... my ass.

A Great Emperor-level henchman is still very useful; it is very useful at any time, even if it is just placed in front of the door as a facade, it is very useful.

However, Zhang Xuan was still somewhat unwilling and could not help but ask:

"Can you make its growth speed faster? Are there any other ways?"

This was just a grievance in Zhang Xuan's heart; he himself did not hold much hope, but he did not expect that the Chat Group's corresponding rules still gave him a relevant response.

"In the current spiritual land, the growth speed has already reached its limit!"

This sentence means it is impossible to be any faster, but Zhang Xuan keenly grasped another meaning from it.

"In other words, if I change to a different spiritual land, the growth speed could be faster?"

"Indeed."

The Chat Group's response was cold and emotionless, but Zhang Xuan could not help but become excited; currently, the spiritual land in the Plantation is Tier 8.

That is because the highest level in the Zhetian World where Zhang Xuan is located is Tier 8, and that likely includes the fragment of the Immortal Domain next to Zhetian.

But if he were to go to other worlds, the corresponding maximum level of the spiritual land should not just be Tier 8; it is very likely to reach Tier 10 or Tier 11, and at that time, the growth speed might be lightning fast.

"Is it possible to move the Plantation to other places to grow and plant? For example, Chang Sheng Jie, or the world of Yi Shi Zhi Zun."

The Chat Group's response was still very cold, only providing a long string of rules, but in fact, Zhang Xuan understood it very easily.

"It is possible, but because the Group Owner's strength level is too low, if it is placed for a long time in a high-level world like Yi Shi Zhi Zun or Chang Sheng Jie to plant, it is very likely to be observed and noticed by some top-tier figures; at that time, the matured spiritual medicine might be stolen by others."

Ah, this?

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and it took a turn in his head before he reacted.

"Simply put, if I plant in other high-level worlds, the related plants might be secretly harvested by others when they mature; in other words, it's about the same as the original farm function—when they mature, they might be stolen."

Zhang Xuan used his own understanding to respond to the Chat Group, and the Chat Group responded to Zhang Xuan, equally calm.

"Indeed so."

"Damn, so this whole thing is still a farm; if you don't pay attention when the crops mature, they really will be secretly harvested by others."

(End of this chapter)