Chapter 709, The Sinister Heavenly Meteor

Translator: Silavin

 

One must understand that even when cutting open a Peak Grade Spirit Seed, its value was determined by how much Spirit Liquid was contained within the Peak Grade Spirit Seed.

 

One drop of Spirit Liquid equals one million gold coins!

 

One billion gold coins was a staggering one thousand drops of Spirit Liquid.

 

Ordinary Peak Grade Spirit Seeds typically contain approximately one hundred drops of Spirit Liquid each. In other words, one would need to extract ten Peak Grade Spirit Seeds to potentially obtain the VIP status at the Gathering Space Crystal House.

 

This was clearly an almost impossible task to accomplish.

 

Peak Grade Spirit Seeds were extraordinarily rare. Even at the Gathering Space Crystal House, several years might pass without a single Peak Grade Spirit Seed being extracted.

 

Qin Yichen was also troubled. The gold coins he currently possessed were actually quite limited, only around several million. As for those valuable Medicine King Grade herbs, he was reluctant to sell them.

 

Moreover, most critically, his Spiritual Energy had not yet reached Earth Grade.

 

Without activating his Divine Eyes, his probability of extracting a Peak Grade Spirit Seed was less than ten percent!

 

“Make way! Make way!” Just as Qin Yichen was about to make his selection, a commotion arose outside the Crystal House.

 

Immediately after, a group of people dressed in Gathering Space Tower attire entered, carrying several Shooting Star Spirit Crystals. Among them, the most attention-grabbing was an enormous black metal chest.

 

“Wow, such a massive piece!”

 

“Looks like the Gathering Space Tower had quite the harvest this time!”

 

“Of course. In this entire region, only the Gathering Space Tower can have a harvest like this. What other Forces could possibly compete with them?”

 

When everyone’s attention fell upon those Shooting Star Spirit Crystals of varying sizes, they could not help but express their admiration.

 

The smallest of these Shooting Star Spirit Crystals was approximately half the height of a person, while the largest resembled an artificial mountain.

 

Measured purely by the value of Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, these pieces alone could be worth several hundred million!

 

This was no small sum.

 

Moreover, no one knew what was contained within that black metal chest, though it was assumed to be Shooting Star Spirit Crystals as well.

 

However, the crowd quickly fell silent.

 

The reason? These Gathering Space Tower experts all bore injuries of varying severity.

 

“*Siii…* Who on earth would dare to be so ruthless against the Gathering Space Tower’s people!”

 

“That person… isn’t that Master Chang from the Gathering Space Crystal House? How did he get injured too?!”

 

When everyone saw an elderly man being carefully carried in by several experts, they all gasped in shock.

 

This elderly man was quite renowned in this region. He was also the Chief Divine Appraiser of the Gathering Space Crystal House. The number of Peak Grade Spirit Seeds he had extracted for the Gathering Space Tower exceeded ten!

 

Therefore, this Master Chang held an extremely high position within the Gathering Space Tower.

 

This time, when a meteor had fallen, Master Chang had led a group of Gathering Space Tower experts out to retrieve it. Unexpectedly, he had returned unconscious.

 

Consequently, these Gathering Space Tower experts showed no joy from their harvest on their faces. Instead, their expressions were dark as they swiftly carried Master Chang upstairs.

 

“Something’s not right. Even if there was competition over Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, why would anyone attack a Divine Appraiser?”

 

Qin Yichen was puzzled.

 

This indeed did not make sense.

 

The Gathering Space Tower had certainly dispatched the most people. After all, in this region, they possessed such a huge power and influence.

 

As for Master Chang’s status, that went without saying. If anyone dared to harm him, they would certainly incur the Gathering Space Tower’s frenzied retaliation. In the end, they would definitely suffer more than they gained.

 

“Do you know? I heard from the mercenaries who returned that the Shooting Star Spirit Crystals that fell this time are different from usual…”

 

A faint voice entered Qin Yichen’s ears. His eyes narrowed slightly as he inconspicuously moved closer to that direction.

 

“Hey, why aren’t you choosing yet?” Long Qingyao, who had come with him hoping to witness his supposedly miraculous abilities, urged him on. Her bright eyes scanned across the Shooting Star Spirit Crystals one by one, appearing eager to try.

 

“Wait, there’s no rush.” Qin Yichen smiled faintly. While conversing with her, he simultaneously listened to the conversation nearby.

 

“What’s different about them?”

 

The people gathered around that person asked curiously.

 

“You don’t know, do you?”

 

Seeing that he had attracted many people’s attention, that person immediately became smug. Then, with an air of mystery, he said, “I heard that this particular Shooting Star Spirit Crystal is sinister!”

 

“Sinister?”

 

The surrounding people listened with complete bewilderment.

 

What could possibly be sinister about a meteor?

 

“Hehe, let me tell you, although they found that fallen meteor, no one could approach the central area…”

 

That person smiled mysteriously and continued, “It’s very likely that the Gathering Space Tower’s people weren’t injured by others, but rather by that meteor itself!”

 

“A meteor that can injure others? You’re talking absolute nonsense.”

 

“What rubbish…”

 

No one around him believed him. The man’s ears turned red and his eyes bulged as he argued, only to be met with even more ridicule.

 

“A bunch of ignorant fools!”

 

With a flick of his sleeve, the man was about to leave when he saw a young man standing before him with a smile.

 

“Uncle, I believe what you’re saying is true.” Qin Yichen’s first sentence immediately earned the man’s goodwill.

 

“Hey, you’re not a bad kid.” The man patted his shoulder, seeming quite pleased.

 

“Uncle, how exactly is that meteor sinister?” Qin Yichen adopted an innocent expression, playing the role of a curious child as he asked.

 

“Well, I’m not entirely clear on the specifics, but the Forces that went this time all lost many people. I heard that the Gathering Space Tower even dispatched a Peak Stage Martial Emperor…” The man frowned, speaking vaguely. After all, he had only heard this second-hand and hadn’t personally experienced it.

 

Qin Yichen’s eyes flickered with uncertainty.

 

His curiosity stemmed from the fact that when he had extracted that Shooting Star Spirit Crystal seized from Liu Yun and his companions, something inexplicable had drilled into his Dantian. Yet now, within his Dantian, he could not find that thing at all.

 

It was as if that thing had never existed in the first place.

 

However, what surprised Qin Yichen was that the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl in his Dantian, which had previously been dim, seemed to have become much brighter. This left him somewhat perplexed.

 

[Could it be that what’s inside that black chest is that meteor?] Qin Yichen’s eyes suddenly narrowed.

 

He very much wanted to examine that sinister Heavenly Meteor. However, it was obvious that the Gathering Space Tower would not allow an outsider like him to observe something they had fought desperately to obtain.

 

“Master Chang won’t make it…”

 

Just as he was pondering this, suddenly a commotion erupted from upstairs.

 

“Master Chang won’t make it?!”

 

Everyone was shocked.

 

Master Chang was the only High Earth Grade Divine Appraiser in this entire region!

 

As a Divine Appraiser, Master Chang’s Alchemy Skills were no less formidable than many Alchemists devoted to the Dao of Alchemy.

 

If Master Chang were to die, it would absolutely be a tremendous loss for the Gathering Space Tower!

 

Therefore, the faces of the Gathering Space Tower experts hurrying down from upstairs all looked grim.

 

Clearly, they had already administered the finest Pills to Master Chang, yet they seemed to have no effect on his injuries.