Chapter 689 Replacing Treasures

Riverlord Chang (Person Name), the Starlord of Radiance, and Dorian (Person Name) remained silent by the side.

A figure like the Dao Lord was a supreme existence even in the Violet Realm. Such individuals all valued their dignity immensely; an ordinary person, even if harboring resentment, would never act in such a manner.

Only a being of such battle prowess that could startle immortals like Lin Tianqi could regard them with such utter disdain.

"Alright, alright." Only after Lin Tianqi had vented his frustrations did Riverlord Chang (Person Name) speak again. "The Drifting Snow Palace needs the Wang Clan to share their burden. As for Lu Jiuyuan, he remains 1 of the foundational pillars supporting the southern cultivation world."

"An open conflict with them would likely undermine the unity of the righteous path in the Violet Realm."

At this point, Riverlord Chang (Person Name) cast his gaze over the assembly and distributed an ancient jade slip to each person before continuing, "These are your Meritorious Service Registers, along with the Compensation Ledgers. Please review them first."

"Many thanks, Ancestral Elder."

Everyone received the jade slip and immediately extended their spiritual sense to probe its contents.

Eldrin’s divine sense swept through the compensation issued by the Eastern Desolation Immortal Alliance. It was indeed distributed in full, exactly as agreed upon.

According to their compensation standards, the death of a Nascent Soul, Early Stage (Cultivation Realm) cultivator entitled the bereaved to receive 2 Nascent Soul Formation Pills (Spiritual Object). For a Mid Stage cultivator, an additional 1 100 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object) were provided, while for a Late Stage cultivator, the compensation increased by 3 100 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object).

In addition, an Earth Path Nascent Soul would be replenished with a strand of Earth Path Qi, while a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul would be replenished with a strand of Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root).

This compensation is by no means meager, for in the wake of such a calamity, being able to gather this much in reparations already counts as going above and beyond in fulfilling 1's moral obligations.

Compensation for those below the Nascent Soul stage was distributed in spirit stones and equivalent resources. Eldrin calculated and discovered the Chen Family was eligible to receive compensation valued at over a dozen 100 million spirit stones.

This sum, combined with the vast quantities of war supplies requisitioned earlier by the Chen family, should barely suffice to distribute the compensation for the cultivators who fell in battle during this war.

After reviewing the compensations, Eldrin (Person Name) breathed a slight sigh of relief before shifting his gaze to the military merits register.

In this battle, the Chen family achieved a level of military merit that could be called unprecedented in its brilliance.

Throughout the entire battle, Eldrin led the group to first shatter the 6-Winged Demon Race, then successively annihilated formidable foes, ultimately slaying the Lord of Flame Demons who had reached the Half-Step Primordial Spirit realm.

While still beyond Zhen Water Island, he completely annihilated Demon Lord Galo who possessed the Heavenly Demon's Immortal-Slaying Sword (Magic Treasure), ultimately leading his army to decisively turn the tide for humanity at the White Tiger Star Palace.

It can be said that in this battle, Eldrin’s contributions were second only to those of the various Nascent Soul Dao Lords, making him the foremost among Golden Core True Monarchs.

According to the current tally of military merits, the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) had actually accumulated as many as 68 high-level war merits.

With a single point of high-level merit being equivalent to 1 100 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object), the value of these high-level merits alone amounted to several 1000 Heavenly Crystals (Spiritual Object). Few at the Half-Step Primordial Spirit (Cultivation Realm) could boast such wealth.

After confirming the amount of his military merits, Eldrin exchanged a glance with Lyra before turning his gaze toward the treasures recorded in the merit registry.

The treasures recorded in this military merit ledger were exceedingly numerous, and even the lowest among them were astonishingly valuable fifth-rank spiritual materials.

At the very top of the treasures rested something truly extraordinary—it actually contained a full 10 strands of Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root).

This Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root) was a rare encounter beyond mere seeking. Even a late-stage Nascent Soul mighty figure would require 10 years to gather a single strand. Though the Chen family possessed considerable heritage, they too were in dire need of this treasure.

However, the price of Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root) was exorbitantly high, with each piece valued at 10 merit points. Even Eldrin could only obtain a few.

After several rounds of deliberation, Eldrin simply replaced 3 Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root), intending to preserve them as foundational reserves for his clan.

After replacing 3 Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root), Eldrin (Person Name) shifted his gaze to other treasures. Among the numerous artifacts, he discovered 10 priceless 5 Elements Divine Jade (Magic Treasure).

The 5 Origins Divine Jade was of immense value. After a True Monarch formed their Nascent Soul and refined it for the first time, it could increase their spiritual power by 30 percent, and there was even a chance to comprehend the legendary power of the 5 Elements.

Eldrin's secret power of heavenly fire was comprehended only after refining the Fire Source Divine Jade among the 5 Elemental Divine Jades.

However, this 5 Origins Divine Jade, ranked alongside the Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root), is the foremost treasure for the Nascent Soul Realm. Its value is such that it requires 10 high-level merit points to exchange for.

Such a treasure could only be nurtured by a fifth-grade superior earth vein, and even then, only 1 would form every 1,000 years—it was truly rare. Now that they had encountered the Fire Source Divine Jade again, they naturally had no intention of letting it slip away.

After a moment of contemplation, Lyra transmitted her voice to Eldrin, "In recent years, a Fire Source Divine Jade has been gestating within the earth veins of the Flaming Prison Sea. It could indeed be exchanged for other 5 Elements Divine Jades."

Eldrin nodded, noticing that among the 5 Origin Divine Jades, aside from the 3 Fire Origin Divine Jades, there were also 4 Water Origin Divine Jades. The remaining 3 were all Metal Origin Divine Jades, with only 1 of each.

Within the ancestral veins controlled by the human race in the Eastern Wastelands (Location), there exist no sixth-stage wood or earth attribute ancestral veins. Such scarcity of treasures was only to be expected.

"Rarity begets value," the young man in blue robes declared, his tone resolute. "I offer 1,200,000 spirit stones for this Golden Abyssal Python's inner core." A sudden hush fell over the auction house, followed by waves of astonished gasps. "1,200,000! That's enough to purchase 3 high-grade magic treasures!" "Who is this youth? Such extravagance!" The auctioneer's eyes gleamed as he swiftly brought down his gavel. "Sold! To the gentleman in blue!" The young man calmly retrieved a storage pouch, counted out 1,200,000 spirit stones, and received the shimmering golden inner core. He examined it briefly before storing it away, then turned to leave. "Fellow daoist, please wait!" A white-robed cultivator hurried over, clasping his hands in salute. "I am from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. Might you be willing to exchange that Golden Abyssal Python's inner core? We can offer rare materials or divine abilities in return." The blue-robed youth paused, his gaze sweeping over the other. "Do you have Golden Abyssal Python blood essence?" The white-robed cultivator hesitated. "We do not, but..." "Then there's no need to continue." The young man waved his hand dismissively. "Unless you have Golden Source Divine Jade, don't waste my time."

Eldrin pondered for a moment, about to exchange for the Golden Source Divine Jade, when Riverlord Chang reminded him, "The Gengjin Treasure Banner from the 5 Directional Treasure Banners of the Featherflight Pavilion Master was destroyed. This item should be reserved for him to repair the banner."

"Thank you for the reminder."

Seeing Riverlord Chang say this, Eldrin had no choice but to exchange for 2 Water Source Divine Jades.

After exchanging for 5 priceless treasures, they were left with only 18 high-level merit points in their possession.

After pondering for a moment, Eldrin directly exchanged for some precious fifth-tier spiritual materials, healing pills, and 3 invaluable strands of authentic Dao Qi.

In this battle, the Chen Clan suffered severe losses, with even multiple fifth-level spirit treasures destroyed, including Lila's superior-grade spirit treasure, the Frostjade Pagoda.

These external items were 1 thing, but the crux of the matter lay with Lyra's 5 innate spiritual treasures. Most had been severely damaged in order to rescue Eldrin, and would require precious fifth-tier spiritual materials to restore them.

The injuries sustained by the Chen family's several Nascent Soul cultivators also required precious healing elixirs to recover swiftly.

After this series of exchanges, Eldrin's military merits were completely depleted, but he had gained quite a few extraordinary and precious items.

Seeing this, the others also stepped forward 1 after another, exchanging all their military merits. Each of them clearly reaped substantial gains.

After exchanging their treasures, the crowd gradually dispersed. Eldrin and Lyra were about to depart from the cavern abode when Dorian stopped them, inviting them into his temporary cultivation quarters.

Dorian glanced at Eldrin and said with a faint smile, "You have performed admirably in this battle. Were it not for you, humanity would have suffered tremendous losses."

He spoke thus, not waiting for Eldrin to respond, then continued gravely, "However, there is 1 matter you must heed—the Demon Lord Nagara is the legitimate son of the Garuda Heavenly Demon."

"You have slain the Demon Lord Jialuo, I'm afraid you'll face no small trouble."

At this point, Dorian took out a jade pendant and handed it to Eldrin, then said: "This treasure is named the Heaven's Secrets Guardian Jade, capable of defending against attacks from demonic path curses and supernatural abilities."

"Keep these on your persons, and guard against the covert curses of the demonic path's primordial souls."