"He is indeed worthy of being a rare genius of the Golden Lion Race. Once he regains his true form, his strength will increase by several folds. Hong Aokun can be considered a powerful half-step King, but he was actually bitten in two."
Everyone was already used to the tragic death of a half-step King. In Richlight Oceanography, experts died every day. They were happy to watch the show.
"This is already the second half-step King Shi Shaobao has killed in this month. Tsk tsk, this Golden Lion is indeed brave and fierce."
The luxuriously dressed youth said arrogantly with battle intent rising in his heart.
"Let's go!"
The battle had already ended, and Golden Lion Shi Shaobao had the last laugh. Ye Chen also gained a new understanding of this peak high-grade Demonic Beast.
"En!"
Murong Qingcheng followed behind Ye Chen.
"What's going on? A lackey actually wants the master to follow him?" The luxuriously dressed youth was displeased, but he couldn't say anything. After all, even Murong Qingcheng didn't object, so why should he?
"Miss, this one is Lin Yuxuan. Remember me."
The luxuriously dressed youth Lin Yuxuan sent a Zhen Yuan transmission to Murong Qingcheng.
Murong Qingcheng paused for a moment, but didn't say anything. She followed behind Ye Chen, flying toward the nearby Four Square Island.
The top of Four Square Island was very flat, and a huge city was situated on it, spanning several dozen li in both length and width.
Landing on a long street, Ye Chen casually glanced around and found a map shop.
"Boss, give me a map of Four Square City."
Ye Chen arrived in front of the shop counter and knocked on the counter with his finger.
"Alright, here's your map. It's worth ten upper grade spirit stones."
The shop owner took out a folded map from the counter drawer and placed it on the counter.
Ten upper grade spirit stones for a map of a city?
Ye Chen's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything.
Walking out of the shop, Murong Qingcheng laughed, "The people who come here are all experts with a net worth of millions. They don't care about a mere ten upper grade spirit stones."
"Every place has a price, and it varies from person to person. However, compared to other places, it's a bit too ruthless." In an ordinary city in a small country, a city map would only cost a few taels at most. Even those super cities like the Martial City would only cost a few low-grade spirit stones. Compared to this place, the difference was too big.
Of course, such a high price was understandable. The people here were all almighty Sea of Soul realm experts and half-step Kings. If one were to ask for a few low grade spirit stones, some of them would not be able to take it out. After all, everyone had only upper grade spirit stones, and mid grade spirit stones were rare.
The map of Four Square City was very detailed. What was on each street was clearly marked.
"Let's go to the material store first. Maybe I can find what I need."
Breaking through to half-step King realm was not without shortcuts. According to Battle King's memories, there was a kind of half-step extreme grade spirit plant called Heart Protecting Flower that could protect the heart. If it could be refined into a Heart Protecting Pellet, the effect would be doubled. With the Heart Protecting Flower, Ye Chen would be able to increase the speed of his blood flow several times when breaking through to half-step King realm. As long as the speed did not reach a certain level, he would not have to worry about his heart not being able to bear it.
The material shop was on the third street next door. This street was filled with material shops and grocery stores. Most of the things inside were not of much value, but it was possible to find priceless treasures. It depended on whether one had luck and good eyesight.
Arriving at the first material store on the street, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng walked in.
"Two guests, feel free to look around. Our store's goods are guaranteed to be cheaper than other stores." The store owner greeted them warmly.
Ye Chen faintly nodded.
In this material store, most of the materials were of the middle grade. There were very few high grade materials. As for the semi supreme grade materials, they were all locked in the counters and could only be seen through the crystal. In some corners, there were some materials of unknown grade and function. Because they had been piled up there for many years, some dust had already fallen on them, making them look even more ancient.
"This place actually has soul stones! But, there aren't many of them."
On the wooden shelf on the east side, Ye Chen saw a few silver-black soul stones. He extended his soul power, but it was immediately blocked by the faint silver light outside the soul stones. Although it could not block all of them, it could still somewhat limit the soul power. Moreover, there were only a few of them. Only when there were enough of them could one's soul power be blocked.
Without a doubt, these soul stones were genuine.
"A fist-sized soul stone would be worth about five thousand upper grade spirit stones on the market. These soul stones are all half the size of a fist. So, four thousand upper grade spirit stones would not be too much of a scam."
Ye Chen sized them up, then turned around to look for something else.
"Boss, do you have any more soul stones?" Right at this moment, a man walked over, picked up a soul stone from the wooden shelf, and asked the boss.
Seeing that business had come, the boss smiled and said, "Yes, yes, there are some in the inventory. But, they are for my own use. Look at the price …"
The boss rubbed his hands.
"Don't worry, I will take as many as you have. In addition, I will add five percent to the price." This man was wearing a white robe and had a graceful bearing. It was obvious that he was a high level figure in a sect. Collecting soul stones was probably a sect's mission. A powerful sect must have a protective formation that could block soul power. Therefore, soul stones were quite necessary. Therefore, soul stones were generally useless for individuals. But, they were very useful for a sect.
"Alright, follow me. Xiao Fang, help me look after the store."
The boss smiled and led the white-robed man into one of the rooms in the store.
"Let's go and have a look at the other stores."
After walking around the store, Ye Chen did not see anything good. He left the store with Murong Qingcheng and returned to the street.
Next, Ye Chen visited seven or eight stores in a row. Finally, he found three Heart Nourishing Grass, two Spirit Melting Grass, and one Ice Spirit Flower.
Heart Nourishing Grass was a top rank spirit plant. It had the same effect as the Heart Protecting Flower. However, the difference between the two was that the Heart Protecting Flower was that the Heart Protecting Flower emphasized the word 'protect'. For a certain period of time, the Heart Nourishing Grass had an extremely powerful protective effect. On the other hand, the Heart Nourishing Grass was used to nourish the heart and strengthen it. After a long time, the heart would naturally be able to withstand more pressure.
The three Heart Nourishing Grass could increase Ye Chen's chances of breaking through to half-step King realm to a certain extent. But, whether he would succeed or not, Ye Chen did not know for now.
As for the top rank spirit plant, Spirit Melting Grass, it was an extremely special spirit plant. This kind of spirit plant could allow Zhen Yuan and blood to fuse for a longer period of time. When this period of time was considerable, Ye Chen would be able to fuse his Zhen Yuan with his blood and successfully enter half-step King realm without the Heart Protecting Flower and Heart Nourishing Grass. Unfortunately, two plants were still too little.
As for the last one, the Ice Spirit Flower was used as a precaution. When the pressure on the heart was too great and could not be reduced in a short period of time, the Ice Spirit Flower could be swallowed to freeze the blood flow and reduce the pressure on the heart, preventing the blood from necrosis.
Using these three spirit plants together would undoubtedly increase the success rate. But, in truth, the effect was still not as good as the Heart Protecting Flower. After all, although the effect of the Heart Protecting Flower was very short, only lasting for a week or so, it still had a very powerful protective effect on the heart during this period of time.
The three Heart Nourishing Grass cost Ye Chen eight hundred thousand top rank spirit stones. The Spirit Melting Grass cost two hundred thousand, so two would be four hundred thousand. The Ice Spirit Flower was a bit cheaper, costing eighty thousand each. The total cost was one million two hundred and eighty thousand top rank spirit stones, which was several times more expensive than other spirit plants of the same rank.
The reason why it was so expensive was because everyone knew that it was a supplementary item for breaking through to half-step King realm. Once one broke through to half-step King realm, why would they care about one million top rank spirit stones?
"Let's wait and see. The Heart Nourishing Grass has a nurturing process, so it won't help me break through to half-step King realm in a short period of time. Once I find the Heart Protecting Flower, I will be able to do so soon. "
Ye Chen sighed. According to the map, he and Murong Qingcheng went to another street and entered one material store after another.
The sun was setting in the west, and a day passed by quickly.
Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng had visited almost all of the material stores in Four Square City, but couldn't find a single Heart Protecting Flower. However, they heard from a material store owner that a trace of a Heart Protecting Flower appeared in an auction half a year ago, and was sold for a high price of five million top rank spirit stones.
No matter where it was, the Heart Protecting Flower was a rare treasure. It was even rarer than some of the top rank materials, and had a price but no market.
After all, there were a lot of peak level Late Sea of Soul realm experts in fifth rank and even fourth rank sects. Once there was a Heart Protecting Flower, they would go crazy over it. It was impossible for it to be found in the outside world. Therefore, there were a lot of people who had heard of the Heart Protecting Flower, but very few who had actually seen it.
After walking around with Ye Chen, Murong Qingcheng also had some small gains. What she bought were all spirit plants with demonic nature. Their value was not high, and there were even some suspicions that it was a buy one get one free deal. In the Elysium, there were very few people who cultivated demonic arts, and not many people who cultivated demonic arts. After buying dozens of materials, they only spent a hundred thousand top rank spirit stones, which was a free deal.
After finding a restaurant with a courtyard, the two checked in.
Night fell, and the cold wind whistled.
Ye Chen was meditating in a special secret room in the restaurant. On the walls of the secret room, there were a few lamps, which were very bright and not dazzling.
After a while, Ye Chen opened his eyes and took out three stalks of Heart Nourishing Grass from his storage ring.
These three stalks of Heart Nourishing Grass had different maturity levels. The most mature one was five thousand two hundred years old, while the least mature one was only three thousand three hundred years old.
Picking out the least mature one, Ye Chen opened his mouth and inhaled. The medicinal power inside the Heart Nourishing Grass turned into a sparkling blood light and was sent into Ye Chen's mouth.
Gulp!
Once the sparkling blood light entered his body, it immediately stuck to the surface of his beating heart. Under his inner vision, Ye Chen could see that his heart was covered with a layer of blood clothes. This blood clothes kept on wriggling, and some of the blood strands seeped into his heart, nourishing it.
After about half a cup of tea's time, Ye Chen felt a chill in his heart, which was then followed by a wave of heat. The cold and heat kept on coming, and it was hard to tell whether it was the cold or the heat. In the end, Ye Chen decided to just ignore it and let the Heart Nourishing Grass nourish his heart.
Time passed by day after day. In the blink of an eye, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng had stayed for three days.
In these three days, the three thousand three hundred years old Heart Nourishing Grass had already absorbed half of its medicinal power into Ye Chen's heart. Ye Chen could clearly feel that his heart had become a lot stronger. Although its beating frequency did not change, it was more powerful than before.
On this day, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng came to a teahouse in the central square of Four Square City. This teahouse was very unusual. The people who came to drink tea were all experts who wanted to form a team. As for why they wanted to form a team, it was naturally to explore the ruins.
There were too many dangers in the ruins. If they went alone, they would most likely die in there.
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