Chapter 259 - 256: Mediate Into A Wager

Chapter 259 - 256: Mediate Into A Wager

Tuo Bihan remained quiet, his expression was the only one that was calm. ’Idiots!’ Despite his internal curses, he decided to take the lead to speak with Qingye Yun. "Qingye Yun, you wish to mediate our dispute?"

Qingye Yun lightly nodded, turning towards a woman of the Elemental Heaven Pavilion. She was a beautiful human with a sharp chin, limpid eyes, and a shapely figure. When she stepped forth, her short white hair and blue eyes were dazzling and attention-grabbing. This was the one and only Elemental Heaven Pavilion’s Pavilion Master, Lin Ruyan.

This was beyond shocking, her actions of arriving on the Junia was tantamount of an act of aggression. But with the Alchemist Association acting as the in-between, this could be mildly dismissed as long as they didn’t act too impudently. This was the face that must be given to the Alchemist Association.

While they weren’t individually powerful, they controlled the market for sixth-grade and seventh-grade products. If there was a force that had the most wealth, it was the Alchemist Association. While their tributes to the San Clan were far more massive than the four hegemonic forces, they still can be said to contain the most wealth and second most influence.

The San Clan only exceeded them due to their two Realmlords, purely through strength. If they wanted, they could gather the experts of the starfield into an impressive line-up to assault any single force. They could, in theory, do what Wei Wuyin had done to the Grand Axis Faction on a much larger scale.

While the Alchemist Association’s strength wasn’t centralized, focused, they had connections with nearly every force on the starfield, remaining neutral and active. There wasn’t a single force that wanted to have them as enemies.

Tuo Bihan’s eyes shifted between Lin Ruyan and Qingye Yun. As he did, he couldn’t help but think about Wei Wuyin. In a moment of impulse, he sent a message via transmission crystal. He didn’t know why he did so, but he felt that this matter wasn’t simple.

The Alchemist Association had requested to observe the Monarch Spirit Trials. Not expecting them to pull a stunt like this, the Grand Imperial Sages unanimously permitted them to open a small-sized Void Gate within Junia. This temporary authorization led to them bringing along the youths and elders of the Elemental Heaven Pavilion.

As for acting as meditators, they clearly wanted to settle the allocation of spots for the Gateway to the realm they located. It was located on their borders but had been discovered also by the Elemental Heaven Pavilion’s subordinates. Due to this, a fierce debate had ensued which was still ongoing. After all, the Myriad Monarch Sect didn’t have to share, but if they did, they didn’t want to share too much.

The Elemental Heaven Pavilion was quite demanding, wanting half the spots. Their unyielding tact led to unending arguments.

Lin Ruyan seemed to have expected Qingye Yun, clearly they had coordinated previously as she hadn’t skipped a beat before she responded: "Grand Association Master Qingye is right. It would be a little unfair to intrude abruptly, so how about my Elemental Heaven Pavilion places a drop of Spiritual Mana."

"What?!" The elders of the Myriad Monarch Sect were in shock. Spiritual Mana? A single drop of Spiritual Mana was beyond rare! That was because it was man-made. Liquid Mana can be produced by refining mana through unique formations over decades or by a natural process through various special circumstances. Liquid Mana can help enhance a Natal or Astral Soul’s Mortal State, even produce Mana Essence to reach the Zenith Mortal State.

But Spiritual Mana was different, far, far more special, and endlessly beneficial to all cultivators. The difficulty was in the time to produce and the man-made component. It required liquid mana to be refined constantly for at least a century in spiritual energies of a dozen Soul Idol cultivators. After it was produced, it was said that it can increase the Soul Rings around an Astral Soul by at least a ring, at most two rings.

While this might seem small for such a sacrifice, if someone like Tuo Bihan could obtain it, he could retroactively increase his Soul Idol from six to eight-ring, the resulting strength might give him sufficient confidence to ascend the Seventh Astral Tribulation. Each ring of a Soul Idol essentially doubles the innate spiritual qualities of a cultivator and having a higher quality of spiritual energies also enhances the quality of one’s Astral Force.

It was boundlessly useful.

If someone at the Sky Ruler Phase were to obtain it, they could amplify their innate spiritual qualities to attempt to obtain a seventh, eighth, or even ninth-ring Soul Idol!

While the shock of this gamble hadn’t left their faces, Qingye Yun added with a calm voice: "Since a Spatial Spirit Pill was the first place prize, I’ll add a Soul-Spirit Pill."

"...!"

A Soul-Spirit Pill was similarly an eighth-grade pill, but it can increase the spiritual qualities of one’s Astral Soul. Be it strength, aura, sense, or energies, it was beneficial to those at all phases. This was especially so for Sky Rulers, giving them the confidence to assail the Soul Idol Phase and reach the five-ring Soul Idol at minimum.

Given to a talented genius, even a six-ring Soul Idol could form! If these three treasures were used by one talent, if they were properly nurtured, their chances of ascending to the Realmlord level would be the highest in the starfield!

Tuo Bihan frowned, even his heart was moved by this!

Just as he was about to deliberate with the other Grand Imperial Sages, after all...this was a matter of utmost importance. But a voice resounded, cool and calm as the vast blue sky, "We accept."

Everyone turned to see a figure flying over!