Chapter 178: The Value of Divine Crystals

Virtual Universe, Rain-Phase Mountain, Primitive Zone, Manor No. 114.

Quiet inside.

Xiao Yu tallied the total haul from the Viscara Star expedition. First, he obtained three Realm Lord Level servants, all of whom had contemplated the origin of time.

Next, he gathered a total of 131,689 time crystals, 168,954 void crystals, 35,982 divine crystals of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, etc., amounting to 336,625 in total.

Finally, the beast cores: Fifth Tier beast cores reached 92,546 pieces, Fourth Tier beast cores up to 2.4 million pieces, Third Tier beast cores over 1 billion pieces, and Second Tier beast cores 10 billion pieces.

Second Tier beast cores were the most numerous, but unfortunately their purity was poor; they were all stellar-level ferocious beasts, so he tossed them all to Wu for him to absorb.

"Ha ha, Xiao Yu, after absorbing the soul power in these beast cores, I estimate my strength can ascend to Realm Lord Level." Wu was very pleased, gladly took the Storage Ring, and stored all 10 billion Second Tier beast cores into his storage space.

Earlier, when Xiao Yu forged a magical artifact, he created a soul-type auxiliary artifact—a Storage Ring that can merge directly with the soul—and handed it to Wu for him to use.

"The cultivation task on Viscara Star must be confirmed as completed before it counts as finished," Xiao Yu thought, "and also see how many points these divine crystals can be exchanged for."

"Please, Prince Xiao Yu, wait a moment. A spacecraft will soon arrive at the Manor No. 114 territory where you reside, to conduct a real‑world verification. Once verified, you will receive point rewards," a gentle voice said.

A gray, sword‑shaped spacecraft only a hundred meters long hovered before Manor No. 114 on Wuchen Continent, and Xiao Yu, leading Immortal Military Lord Nick and others, went personally to greet it.

Xiao Yu placed a divine crystal on the alloy table.

"First task: obtain one divine crystal, completed, reward 10,000 points," the electronic voice said.

The electronic voice sounded: "Xiao Yu, please take out a time crystal and place it on the table before you."

"Yes," Xiao Yu nodded.

Xiao Yu opened the 'Backend Management' file, selected the 'Cultivation' option, quickly entered the cultivation task page, and chose 'Apply to confirm task completion'.

A cold female voice said, "Since you've been on Viscara Star for 40 years and have submitted a time crystal, we routinely ask whether you have obtained more time crystals or other divine crystals?"

"Hmm," Xiao Yu nodded.

Approximately nearly five hours.

"Hello, Prince Xiao Yu," a gentle voice came from the screen, "are you applying to confirm your task completion status?"

…

"First task completed," Xiao Yu said.

"Hello, Prince Xiao Yu," three men and women in silver uniforms emerged from the cabin door, the leading silver‑uniformed man said, "Please enter the spacecraft; your guards need not come in."

Wuchen Continent, Manor No. 114, the only manor within a radius of one million kilometers.

"Prince Xiao Yu." A cold female voice suddenly rang, "I am communicating via the Virtual Cosmic Network system, and the information I am about to tell you will involve my Virtual Universe Company's confidential matters; please do not leak it."

"Alright," Xiao Yu nodded.

"May I ask, Prince Xiao Yu, how many of the two Viscara Star missions have you completed?" the gentle voice continued.

"Various divine crystals are a uniquely mysterious type of stone on Viscara Star, of immense importance. Among our human race, divine crystals are classified as 'prohibited items'—that is, absolutely forbidden to trade… If anyone is found selling them, the Virtual Universe Company, Great Axe Battle Arena, Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Cosmic First Bank, and Cosmic Star River Bank will all intervene, confiscate the divine crystals and impose severe punishment."

Xiao Yu stepped into the testing chamber and followed the intelligent prompts.

Xiao Yu was startled; in his view, divine crystals are merely a speed boost to the sensing law, but such a boost at the Realm Lord Level seems negligible.

Now his World Tree Clone permanently resides at the Universe Origin site, and the amplification gained by merging time crystals and void crystals appears to have little effect.

It now seems Xiao Yu has underestimated the value of divine crystals.

"Your acquisition of various divine crystals is through legal means; we will not seize them," the cold female voice said, "However, first, you may never sell divine crystals to others; you may only use them yourself. If you wish to give them away, submit an application to the Virtual Universe Company, and only after approval may you gift them. Second, if you want to sell divine crystals, our Virtual Universe Company will purchase them: a time crystal fetches 4,800 points, a void crystal 4,500 points, and all other divine crystals 1,200 points each."

"Do you wish to sell divine crystals?" the cold voice asked.

The purchase prices offered by the Virtual Universe Company also reveal the preciousness of time crystals and void crystals.

4,800 points shows that divine crystals are not cheap; for an Immortal, exchanging 1 point costs 1 Mixed Yuan Unit, so 4,800 points equals 4,800 Mixed Yuan Units.

Xiao Yu's haul of 336,625 pieces can be exchanged for over 1.4 billion points.

That is certainly a huge sum.

Moreover, fusing divine crystals demands a very high level of soul will; even if Xiao Yu ascends to Immortal Level, it is hard to fuse more than ten thousand of them, so the remaining ones must either be gifted to others or sold to the Virtual Universe Company.

Furthermore, Xiao Yu is now about to contemplate the fifth diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele, which requires the fifth layer of "Universe True Explanation," costing up to 1,000 points to exchange.

"Universe True Explanation"'s first six layers require 100 million points.

Xiao Yu currently has just over 7.78 million points, lacking more than 92 million points.

For Xiao Yu now, any action that slows his cultivation is unacceptable, so using some void crystals for exchange is also advisable.

"Do you wish to sell divine crystals?" the cold voice asked again.

"Hmm, my opportunities on Viscara Star have been good; I unexpectedly obtained over 30,000 void crystals and plan to sell 30,000," Xiao Yu thought.

"Is that so?" the voice was no longer cold, but rather a bit excited, "Please place the items you wish to sell into this Space Ring."

On the desk before Xiao Yu, a Space Ring suddenly appeared; he picked up the Space Ring, placed 30,000 void crystals inside, and set it back on the desk.

A laser beam swept across.

"Confirmation complete, transaction possible," a mechanical voice sounded.

"In a moment, 135 million points will be transferred to your account," a gentle voice said, "Prince Xiao Yu, today's conversation is confidential; please do not disclose it."

"Hmm," Xiao Yu nodded, stood up and left the testing chamber.

…

Virtual Universe, Rain-Phase Mountain, Primitive Zone, Manor No. 114.

Xiao Yu sat at his desk, opened the 'Treasures' on his notebook screen, and saw that his personal points displayed at the bottom had become: 142,784,012.

"Now it's finally enough."

Previously lacking the fifth volume of "Universe True Explanation," Xiao Yu's speed in contemplating the fifth diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele had greatly slowed; now his points are sufficient.

Xiao Yu quickly opened the 'Secret Arts' category, soon found "Universe True Explanation," and directly clicked to purchase the first six volumes.

"Transaction successful!"

"Deducted 100 million points, remaining balance 42,784,012 points."

"Please wait, someone will deliver the secret arts shortly."

Three prompts appear consecutively on the page.

Purchasing secret techniques within the Virtual Universe Prime Zone still enjoys very high delivery efficiency.

(End of chapter)