Chapter 449 Purchasing the Water Vein Spirit Jade

Upon seeing these treasures, Eldrin's face lit up with ecstasy. While the 5 Elements Spirit Fruit and the Demon Refining Talisman were impressive enough, that ice-blue jade was truly a rare treasure seldom seen in this world.

This object is known as the Aqua Vein Spirit Jade. Like the Fire Vein Spirit Jade, such a supreme treasure is 1 of the 5 Vein Spirit Jades.

It can assist water spirit root cultivators in breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and can also be used to forge the ultimate demon-refining treasure.

Lyra's external incarnation was forged using an Aqua Vein Pearl. Once integrated with the Aqua Vein Spirit Jade, it could ascend to the rank of a spiritual treasure foundation, elevating her cultivation and magical power to the Nascent Soul realm.

Although this avatar could only utilize water-attribute magical treasures and supernatural powers, and was incapable of integrating innate grand divine abilities, its magic power was equivalent to that of a Humanity Realm Nascent Soul cultivator. Its strength was roughly on par with Crimson Flame the Blazing Lord (Person Name).

At that thought, Eldrin turned to Lyra and said, "This item is of extraordinary value. We must acquire it no matter the cost."

"Hmm."

Lyra also nodded in agreement. The combat prowess enhancement brought by a Tier-5 external incarnation would surpass even that of a supreme treasure forged for vanquishing demons.

However, the Aqua Vein Spirit Jade must gestate for 1 1000 years within a fifth-order water vein. Due to its broader applications and profound mysteries, its value far surpasses that of the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object), likely requiring a substantial amount of Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object) to acquire.

The starting bid for such a supreme treasure is no less than 600,000 spirit stones, often stirring even Nascent Soul True Monarchs with profound desire. The final selling price typically soars significantly higher than the initial valuation.

Although they had 70 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object) in their possession, acquiring this Aqua Vein Spirit Jade would still prove exceedingly difficult.

With that thought, Lyra sent a direct voice transmission to Ji Xuanming: "I am willing to offer 70 Heavenly Crystals to purchase this Aqua Essence Jade."

Ji Xuanming glanced at Lyra (Person Name) and promptly smiled, "So it's Immortal Jiang. Since you desire this item, I naturally won't offer it to anyone else."

"However, our clan leader urgently requires the source Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object), otherwise I would have been willing to offer you the absolute lowest price."

Ji Xuanming had not yet reached the Nascent Soul realm, so he couldn’t be considered a high-ranking member of the Ji Clan. He roughly understood that Lyra (Person Name) came from the Jiang Clan, but he was unaware of her true identity. Nevertheless, he took the initiative to grant them 5 5 Elements Spirit Fruits (Spiritual Object).

Lyra did not decline the offer. With the additional gift of several 5 Elements Spirit Fruit (Spiritual Object), her clan might potentially gain 1 or 2 more Golden Core cultivators—undoubtedly a profitable bargain.

After completing this transaction, the Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object) in their possession were nearly depleted, and only a handful of spirit stones remained.

Though there were many precious treasures behind them, and they coveted the invaluable fifth-order spirit talismans, they no longer had the strength to purchase any more.

After the trading assembly concluded, Eldrin did not linger at the Ji Continent Trading Post. After bidding farewell to Liu Rumeng, he returned directly to the Chu Kingdom.

"You've finally returned."

Upon returning to Yu County, the old clan leader immediately sought out Eldrin.

Over the years, with Eldrin and Lyra absent from the Chu Kingdom, the family's strongest pillars had dwindled to only the old patriarch and Kael.

Between the 2, Kael possessed a cultivation at the Golden Core, 5th Tier realm. Yet, bolstered by the foundation of a superior golden core and 3 powerful innate magic treasures, his strength surpassed even that of ordinary Golden Core, Late Stage cultivators by a noticeable margin.

The old clan leader's cultivation had long reached the sixth level of the Golden Core realm. With the foundation of a mid-grade Golden Core, his spiritual power was comparable to that of a seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.

In truth, his spiritual power had long brushed against the threshold of the seventh level of the Golden Core realm. However, due to overseeing his clan’s relocation over the years, he had remained exceedingly occupied.

Moreover, he was concerned that the family would lack a strong presence while he was in seclusion, which prevented him from finding the time to retreat and make a breakthrough.

The moment he saw Eldrin return, the old clan leader breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now that you're back, I can finally enter seclusion to attempt my breakthrough to the Golden Core, Late Stage."

"Uncle, you've toiled these many years."

Eldrin nodded, his expression tinged with emotion as he said.

The old clan leader shook his head and said helplessly, "I've had it relatively easy. Your Uncle Lior and Aunt Qingwan are the ones truly overwhelmed with work."

Listening to his account, Eldrin finally understood that Chen Qingwan should have broken through to the Golden Core realm years ago. Yet she had delayed her advancement to acquire the 5 Elements Essence for him, planning to complete her breakthrough only after settling his affairs.

Eldrin felt a wave of speechless frustration. Refining a demon-subduing treasure consumed an overwhelmingly vast amount of 5 Elements essence. Calculating carefully, they had already forged 2 Natal Spirit Treasures within a mere 20-some years.

Now, he still needed to consecrate his third life-bound spiritual treasure, the 'Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void (Magic Treasure).' Such an immense workload would likely consume a vast amount of time and energy, even for a Nascent Soul immortal from an esteemed lineage.

Because the acquisition of 5 Elements Essence involved dealing with tens of thousands of low-level cultivators, it would take several decades' worth of 5 Elements Essence produced by all the low-level cultivators in an entire nation to refine a single Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure.

This did not even account for the 5 Elements essence consumed in their cultivation of divine abilities. Over the years, the value of 5 Elements essence Eldrin (Person Name) had expended while cultivating various supernatural powers also exceeded 10 million spirit stones.

The Chen Clan now possessed 9 fourth-order spirit mountains, along with a fourth-order spirit stone vein. They controlled extensive businesses including numerous shops, marketplaces, tax collections, ferry operations, and elixir trade.

The annual income combined had approached nearly 1 million spirit stones, yet after deducting various expenditures and costs such as stipends, the accumulated savings over every 100 years still amounted to tens of millions of spirit stones.

However, the Chen family had only truly risen to become a Golden Core Immortal Clan for less than 2 100 years, and the foundation they had accumulated remained limited.

A single Aqua Vein Spirit Jade alone had nearly depleted their family's income accumulated over 2 100 years of operation.

Were it not for Eldrin's 3 Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots and the gains from numerous major battles, he would likely be living hand-to-mouth by now.

Because the amount of 5 Elements essence he consumed for cultivating divine abilities and magic treasures was truly immense, over the years, the majority of his family contributions had been spent on this 5 Elements essence.

This was still the Golden Core realm, and his grand supernatural power had only reached the minor mastery stage. If he were to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, the amount of 5 Elements essence required to cultivate a single grand supernatural power to great mastery would be an astronomical expenditure.

At this thought, Eldrin said, "You have worked hard these years. From now on, leave minor matters to the Elder Council. Your focus must remain on cultivation."

"There must always be someone to take charge."

The old clan leader shook his head with a faint smile. The trade of 5 Elements Essence had grown far too vast—to prevent any clansmen from lining their own pockets, it required someone of considerable prestige to oversee it all.

Within the family, aside from Eldrin and the old clan leader, the others still fell somewhat short in terms of prestige.

Both Kael and Lila had formed superior-grade Golden Cores, while Silas, having forged a mid-grade Golden Core, had also gained some potential to reach the Nascent Soul stage. Over the years, his prestige had gradually risen. By all reasoning, they could barely shoulder this great responsibility.

They were still young, and the old clan leader hoped they could venture even further. Thus, he proactively shouldered the heavy responsibilities—overseeing the clan’s relocation while managing the trade of the 5 Elements’ Essence.