Chapter 528 - 524: The Truth

Chapter 528 - 524: The Truth

"Welcome to the Elementus Cache!"

In utter awe, Lin Ming was observing this large, miraculous space that held seemingly endless treasure. Was this the final cache left behind for the Chosen of this trial? Was the True Element Sect truly so terrifyingly wealthy?! Some of these resources were extremely rare, almost extinct within the starfield, yet there were some that had a small mountain pile.

"Incredible!" Lin Ming exclaimed, walking around and allowing his feet to carry him forward with eyes of amazement. In comparison to those other caches, they were almost insignificant before this one. With this, with all these resources, his journey as a cultivator seeking the peak can officially begin!

Wei Wuyin, however, reacted very differently. He was extremely calm, not shaken or disturbed by the glamorous wealth before him. As a Mortal Sovereign Alchemist with a stellar concoction rate of ninth-grade products, the contents of his spatial ring might rival this entire space in value or eclipse it by an unfathomable amount.

How could he possibly be shaken or awed? Most of these resources were extremely volatile to refine or had barely any uses unless it matched your cultivation method or foundation. For example, there were quite a few Pure Yin Light Pearls, the natural forming equivalent of the Primal Yin Dark Pearls that used hundreds of thousands of female virgins to create via Evil Methods. The former was almost entirely extinct, but the uses were only for female cultivators or those who cultivated Yin-based methods.

Just a glimpse of this vault of resources allowed him to determine that roughly seventy-percent wasn’t suitable for his cultivation in their raw state. This was considering his four Astral Souls! If one considered it from Lin Ming’s position, likely less than five percent was usable.

Still, they could be traded off or used for others to be nurtured, which was likely the whole point of this vault—to provide a Chosen with the means to form their own faction. A cultivator could not just rule the world themselves, it is exhausting and unrealistic, no matter how strong they become.

"Isn’t this amazing!" Da Shan exclaimed, but when she saw Wei Wuyin’s calm eyes that harbored no amazement or excitement, her heart shivered slightly. Was there something wrong?

Wei Wuyin turned to her with a smile, "It is." But as someone who slept in his bed, saw a wide range of Wei Wuyin’s emotions, she realized that those words did not reflect his inner thoughts. Was it really not amazing? When she first arrived here, her jaw was dropped for at least an entire day.

But how could she know that Wei Wuyin was a Mortal Sovereign Alchemist? That he could turn a fraction of a percentage of these resources into usable alchemical products and their value would exceed this entire cache.

To add, his main focus was on another purpose as his Celestial Eyes inspected every corner of this cache.

"You used some of these resources?" Wei Wuyin asked, bringing Da Shan to explore the cache.

"Mhm. The spirit said that you’ll own this cache so it was okay if I used resources here. I even cultivated in the environment for an entire year. It’s the best environment I’ve ever cultivated in!" Da Shan excitedly said. But she pouted after a while, feeling like the spirit should’ve allowed her to cultivate longer.

"Hm," Wei Wuyin nodded. His silver eyes flicked from one pillar to the next. "You’ve reached the nine-ripple Spatial Resonance and White Primary Light?"

Da Shan’s eyes brightened. She started to not only detail her cultivation achievements, but what resources she used, and even what had happened that led her here. She was hunted by a group of cultivators in a snowy environment shortly after arriving. She was forced to use the ninth-grade pellet that Wei Wuyin left her, and she was whisked away alongside the pellet.

Wang Yutian didn’t hold back, "Have you stopped to ask yourself if you’re even worthy of being Chosen? Your entire journey as a Chosen, even your survival in the trial, was due to the help of others. You didn’t claim a single token of your own strength, with your own intelligence, or using your own means.

"While Wei Wuyin, from day one, has been making calculated moves to seize resources and positions, and rightfully earned his Elementus Token through the impossibly difficult trial. He seized the other tokens using intelligent moves, well-timed schemes, and his own overwhelming strength. As for you? You?!

"You used a backdoor to become a Holy Son. You were spared after losing a Chosen Challenge. Then your woman, or at least that woman that has feelings for you, had her Ascended act to halt his rightfully gained Chosen title due to you, for you. Even before another Ascended, he fearlessly killed that little shit without a single hesitation. The amount of courage and willpower needed to do that...

"You sacrificed the life of a little girl to find a loophole to become Chosen, and none of it was gained through any of your own struggle, strength, or means! A defeated loser with some determined cheerleaders, that’s what you are. That’s the truth.

"Why did I use my right as the Primary Overseer to allow his woman to survive breaking the rules, to enjoy resources that others of her cultivation and status could only dream of? It was because he, Wei Wuyin, was the only one that had the potential to become Chosen, and even if he didn’t, I prefer him to you. You’re just a pathetic leech with a little bit of luck, charm, and talent." Wang Yutian’s voice became colder and colder with every spoken word.

The more he recalled the events of the trial, the more he felt that Wei Wuyin deserved to be here, and Lin Ming simply didn’t. However, he couldn’t act against the rules of the trial in accordance to his oath.

"..." Lin Ming was rendered speechless. His pride felt impacted by every sentence, and a fierce burning flame ignited within his heart. "Someone who uses self-harming methods for strength, nearly sending themselves to death’s door, he’s more worthy than ME?! What nonsense is that?"

Wang Yutian felt it beneath him to respond to this ignorant junior with selective hearing. He hadn’t even noticed that Wei Wuyin was faking this all to position himself to gain after facing the immovable wall that was an Ascended. For the life of him, Wang Yutian did not understand why Wei Wuyin didn’t just kill this petulant child when he had the chance. Could it be because they belonged to the same starfield?

He no longer bothered with Lin Ming’s ignorance, speaking his final words: "You can only obtain resources that match your cultivation level. If you wish to exceed that limitation, you can reach the predetermined exceptions or forcefully shatter the pillar. The pillars have restrictions of various strengths. This token will allow you to enter and exit this space from any location within this stellar region after a ten minutes of non-stop channeling Elemental Origin Intent inside." A ray of light fell from the sky like a raindrop and halted directly before Lin Ming’s chest.

While Lin Ming was still a little angered, he looked at the drop of light and grabbed it out of curiosity. It formed a complete nonagon Elememtus Token, but it lacked any Origin Essence or Apex-level Intent Aura within.

Lin Ming looked at the pillar that once stored the Liquid Light Essence and saw a series of characters:

"Base Requirement: Spatial Resonance Phase.

1st Exception: Two Centimeter-sized Astral Core."

He turned to the largest pillar on this space which held the Combat-Type Voidship. It had large, bold letters that stood out:

"Base Requirement, Temporal Eye Phase.

1st Exception: Eighteen Centimeter-sized Astral Core.

2nd Exception: Nine-Ringed Soul Idol, Nine-Ripple Spatial Resonance, White-colored Primary Light, & Gravity Emission Phase."