Chapter 483

"That matter is settled. When do you intend to proceed with refining the 'Bone Tempering Art'?"

Long Xuan asked while flipping through the "Bone Tempering Art" in his hand.

"I am in urgent need of going down into the tomb to find the Heavenly Spirit Tree and don't want to waste time. There is no time like the present; let's do it now!"

As she finished speaking, Di Xin stood up and walked toward a mountain cave not far away.

Long Xuan nodded, put away the "Bone Tempering Art", and hurriedly followed.

At the same time, he sent out his Flame Clone, ordering it to run toward the direction of Xuan Yuan City.

He hadn't forgotten about the Western Region Genius Competition. This event was precisely a good place to find people of destiny, and he didn't want to miss it.

Since his main body needed to assist Di Xin in cultivating the "Bone Tempering Art", the matter of finding people of destiny could only be left to his clone.

As for the matter of participating in the Western Region Genius Competition, he had never had such thoughts from beginning to end.

A competition as large as the Western Region Genius Competition naturally could not be held in an ordinary city.

The largest city in the Xuan Yuan Empire was undoubtedly the imperial capital of the Xuan Yuan Empire, Xuan Yuan City.

The Western Region Competition was naturally to be held in Xuan Yuan City. It was worth mentioning that Xuan Yuan City was not far from Saint Gu City.

At this time, it was still early for the competition, with more than a month left, but there were quite a few geniuses who had rushed over in advance to grab inns.

Many geniuses had already arrived two months ago.

At this time, Xuan Yuan City was already crowded with geniuses. Earth-Grade geniuses and Heaven-Grade geniuses, who were rarely seen in ordinary times, could now be seen everywhere in the city. It could be said that Earth-Grade geniuses walked everywhere, and Heaven-Grade geniuses were as common as dogs.

Even if one threw a stone casually on the street, they could hit a genius.

After Long Xuan arrived in Xuan Yuan City, he walked to the market and found a random place to start setting up a street stall.

Most geniuses who entered the city would stroll through the city's market in their spare time. Setting up a street stall in the market would naturally lead to encountering many geniuses preparing to participate in the competition.

In order to attract as many geniuses as possible, Long Xuan boldly placed many items on his stall that were rarely seen in the outside world. Of course, most of them were things he didn't need.

For example, Tears of the Moon. Tears of the Moon was a material for the second transformation of the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, and the cost was expensive; the main material was even based on the leaves of the Heaven-Grade spirit medicine, the Moon Tree.

But to this day, he was already at the peak of the Spirit Sea Stage, and his Heavenly Mechanism Eye used Tears of the Moon to wipe his eyes every day; the medicinal power had long since reached saturation.

To date, Tears of the Moon had no use for him, but he had a large inventory. This thing could not be preserved permanently, and if it wasn't used for a long time, it would only spoil.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to set up a street stall, Long Xuan suddenly had the thought of disposing of all the Tears of the Moon; rather than wasting them, it was better to exchange them for some resources.

However, not long after he took the small bottle containing the Tears of the Moon out of his storage ring and placed it on the stall, a burly man walked over and stood in front of the stall. After scanning all the treasures, he finally let his gaze linger on the small bottle containing the Tears of the Moon. After seeing the handwriting on the bottle clearly, his interest increased greatly.

"Tears of the Moon? Wiping one's eyes with Tears of the Moon can grant immunity to all illusions, and it is also effective against those of higher realms. This eye drop can be called heaven-defying."

Zhang Renshan picked up the Tears of the Moon eye drops from the stall and checked them carefully. The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became; he was clearly extremely fond of this treasure.

As a pure body cultivator, what he feared most was the illusion techniques that were impossible to guard against. Illusion techniques were simply a natural nemesis for body cultivators like them.

This genius competition gathered geniuses from the entire Western Region; how could there not be geniuses proficient in illusion techniques? And the number was absolutely not small. Once he encountered an opponent skilled in illusion techniques, the possibility of his defeat was very high.

But now that he had this treasure, it was different. This treasure could allow him to ignore any opponent's illusion techniques.

As long as illusion techniques no longer became his weakness, he had the confidence to reach the top three in this Western Region Genius Competition.

Zhang Renshan clenched his fists, his eyes releasing a powerful sense of confidence.

He was determined to obtain this treasure, even at all costs.

Long Xuan raised his head to look at this person, and after carefully examining him from head to toe, inside and out, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.

Good heavens, this was actually a body cultivator, and a terrifying monster whose muscle density was much higher than that of a Gu King.

Body cultivators were common, but they were not common in high-end matches. The vast majority of body cultivators didn't even have the qualifications to exchange blows with Gu Cultivators. In this genius competition, this person was probably the only body cultivator participant, right?

And a body cultivator who had the courage to participate in the Western Region Genius Competition naturally could not be an ordinary person. Long Xuan concluded that he had encountered an extraordinary genius.

However, whether or not he should play chess with this person, he was troubled in his heart and had to struggle with it.

In his impression, body cultivators had always been weak. To date, he had never seen a powerful body cultivator, and this person was not famous; he had never heard of this person's great name. Playing chess with this person was truly a bit risky, making it difficult for him to choose.

"Your eye drops are not bad. I have never heard of eye drops called Tears of the Moon before; they should be prepared by yourself, right?" "I am very interested in your Tears of the Moon. What do you intend to exchange them for?"

Zhang Renshan suddenly spoke, interrupting his train of thought.

After sobering up, Long Xuan said: "The cost of my Tears of the Moon is very expensive. The main material even uses the leaves of a Heaven-Grade spirit tree, and the remaining auxiliary materials are all things of immense value."

"Moreover, the medicinal effect of one bottle of Tears of the Moon eye drops is minimal. You must use at least one hundred bottles to bring the illusion-breaking ability to its extreme."

"If you want one hundred bottles of Tears of the Moon, then produce treasures worth over one billion to exchange with me," Long Xuan said.

He wasn't asking for an exorbitant price; his Tears of the Moon were truly worth this price. He believed that there were many people willing to exchange one billion spirit stones for the ability to be immune to all illusions; the price he offered might even be on the low side.

"By the way, I have one more requirement. If you intend to exchange for my Tears of the Moon eye drops, you must also play a game of chess with me. To tell you the truth, I have refined a Chess Gu, and I am very optimistic about your future," Long Xuan added.

In the end, he chose to trust his ability to judge people. The Chess Gu tested one's ability to judge people. He believed that a person with such exaggerated muscle density could absolutely not be a person of mediocrity and would surely make a great name for himself in the future.

"Hahaha! Your judgment of people is truly accurate! To be able to see my extraordinariness at a glance, I am destined to be one of the top ten strongest in the Gu World in the future. You finding me is finding the right person; consider you to have a good eye!" Zhang Renshan laughed proudly and loudly.

Hearing this, Long Xuan couldn't help but twitch his mouth twice. One of the top ten strongest in the Gu World? He really dared to think it.

Was he bragging? Or did he really have that strength?

Long Xuan did not choose to use the Honesty Gu to test what he said, because for a person with mysterious confidence who bragged until even he believed it himself, the Honesty Gu truly could not test whether such a person was lying.

"This is a top-grade Gu worm, the Boundary-Breaking Gu. Its value is enough to exceed one billion. I, a body cultivator, have no use for it, so I will just use it to trade for the Tears of the Moon with you."

Zhang Renshan laughed and threw a Gu canister toward Long Xuan.

Receiving the Gu canister, a bright light flashed in Long Xuan's eyes.

A Gu worm like the Boundary-Breaking Gu was truly a good thing. The ability of the Boundary-Breaking Gu was similar to the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Bead; both possessed the ability to shatter space and travel through worlds, but it was limited to small worlds with weak spatial barriers and was ineffective against large worlds like the Spirit Realm or Divine Realm.

During the Alchemy Competition, the Four Great Evils used the Boundary-Breaking Bead to shatter the space of the Medicine Realm. The Boundary-Breaking Gu could do the same, but the Boundary-Breaking Gu was a one-time use item and only possessed the ability to shatter space once.

However, even so, the ability of the Boundary-Breaking Gu was heaven-defying enough. Everyone wanted the ability to enter a small world at will, and this ability was enough to be worth one billion spirit stones.

Long Xuan nodded, put away the Boundary-Breaking Gu, and prepared to study the Boundary-Breaking Gu when he had time to see if there was still room for improvement. If he could improve the Boundary-Breaking Gu to make it possess the ability to travel through the Spirit Realm, that would be even better.

This Gu had a great use for him.

"We have a deal. You go first!"

Long Xuan did not take out the one hundred bottles of Tears of the Moon immediately; he first took out the chessboard and placed it horizontally between the two of them.

Zhang Renshan was not polite either; he inserted two fingers into the chess canister, fished out the brightest black chess piece, and placed it heavily in the very center of the chessboard—the Heavenly Origin position.

The corners of Long Xuan's mouth twitched twice; this big guy didn't seem to know how to play chess...

Time flew by, and a month passed. Long Xuan had stayed in the market for a month. During this month, he had conducted countless transactions and seen countless geniuses, but the number of people who could truly play chess with him could be counted on one hand.

Long Xuan was simply too picky. Even in Xuan Yuan City, where geniuses walked everywhere, the geniuses who could catch his eye were few and far between.

To date, the geniuses he had played against in this month were only three.

One of them was a super genius possessing the Ten Thousand Poison Body, whose ability was somewhat similar to the Calamity Poison Gu, needing to search the world for poisons to strengthen his Ten Thousand Poison Body.

The Ten Thousand Poison Body was one of the ten great odd bodies and completely satisfied Long Xuan's requirements. For geniuses who established a connection with the Chess Gu, the stronger their combat power, the greater the benefit to him. Thus, Long Xuan did not begrudge taking out the radioactive metal toxin.

Such a deadly poison that had never appeared in this world naturally seduced this genius possessing the Ten Thousand Poison Body. Upon seeing this poison, his eyes immediately lit up, and he could no longer move his legs.

Long Xuan also successfully used this poison to trade for five of the ten great odd poisons of the Gu World from this person. After the Calamity Poison Gu swallowed the five great odd poisons, its combat power more than doubled.

This transaction was completely profitable for him.

However, this genius who was immune to ten thousand poisons had already been poisoned into a coma in the inn and had yet to wake up. It was unknown whether he would be able to make it to the subsequent competition.

The second genius Long Xuan had met a few times was precisely that young girl of the Wine Clan who possessed the Wine King Gu.

The more types of fine wine the Wine King Gu collected, the stronger it became. For this young girl who established a connection with the Chess Gu, Long Xuan naturally did not begrudge cultivating her. Long Xuan was eager for her to be as strong as possible. In the end, he also successfully traded for quite a few treasures that were helpful to him using various types of distilled spirits.

This last one was that body cultivator who liked to brag; his chess was terrible, not worth mentioning. (End of chapter)