Swallowing the Stars: Becoming a God Starting with a Hundred Generations of Talent

Chapter 44 The Exorbitant Price of Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass [Second Update]

Lu Yun looked deeper into the mountains.

"If you're not going, I'll go and see for myself."

Upon hearing this, Raymond was the first to laugh.

"Haha! Well said! I, Raymond, am no coward!" He patted his chest. "So what if there are a few thousand cosmic-level enemies? What's there to be afraid of!"

A faint smile appeared on Ling Xue's usually cold face.

"Let's go together," she said simply.

Xu Yao looked at the three of them, and finally his gaze fell on Lu Yun.

"Alright, it's just a cosmic-level threat, we're not that afraid."

Lu Yun nodded, but he was thinking to himself.

It seems that each of these people has their own trump card.

He remained so calm in the face of thousands of cosmic-level powerhouses, and even had the idea of ​​finding out what was going on.

This hastily assembled team seemed more interesting than he had imagined.

Once the four reached an agreement, they no longer hesitated.

They concealed their presence and stealthily ventured deeper into the mountains.

The further in you go, the more firestones are scattered on the ground.

From a few scattered patches at the beginning, it gradually spread to large areas, like red wild grass by the roadside, visible everywhere.

"There's a patrol team fifty kilometers to the left ahead. We'll go around them from the right," Xu Yao whispered, holding a detector.

The four immediately changed direction and silently bypassed a hill.

Throughout the journey, Raymond was like a mouse that had entered a rice barn, his eyes shining.

He swiftly collected every single Heavenly Fire Stone he saw into his spatial ring.

"I've struck it rich! I've struck it rich! Haha!" Raymond was overjoyed, but dared not utter a sound.

Although these firestones were nothing to them, there were so many of them that they added up to a considerable fortune.

And so they evaded patrols while frantically looting.

They probably traveled several hundred miles further.

The terrain here became more complex, and damp soil began to appear among the black rocks.

A faint, pleasant fragrance filled the air.

Stop.

Ling Xue, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

Her gaze fell on a depression in front of her, surrounded by several huge rocks.

The three of them followed her gaze.

In that small depression, a small tree about half a meter tall was growing quietly.

The small tree was crystal clear, as if it were not a plant of flesh and blood, but rather composed of some kind of energy crystal.

Its branches are pale silver, and each leaf is like a piece of the purest blue ice crystal, radiating a soft halo and a life force that brings peace to the mind.

"What is this?" Raymond asked, his eyes wide with curiosity.

Lu Yun and Ling Xue also looked at the strange plant, their eyes filled with a hint of doubt.

Only Xu Yao, upon seeing the plant, shuddered violently, his breathing becoming rapid.

His face showed an unprecedented look of shock and ecstasy.

"Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass!" Xu Yao lowered his voice, but the excitement in his tone was impossible to hide.

"What is it?" Raymond pressed.

Xu Yao took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. "This thing, the value of a single plant is at least over 100 billion cosmic coins! It would be of immense benefit to the plant life accumulated by Domain Lords and World Lords!"

One hundred billion cosmic coins!

Raymond and Ling Xue both gasped.

This price is enough to drive most universe-level powerhouses crazy.

"Most importantly," Xu Yao's gaze swept around, "the Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass never appears alone."

"Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass has a unique characteristic. Wherever it grows, there will always be a mother plant."

"The mother plant and these ordinary daughter plants are indistinguishable in appearance, making them extremely difficult to tell apart."

"Once the mother plant is destroyed, or uprooted and taken away, all the daughter plants in this area will wither and turn to ashes in a very short time, losing all value."

"The mother plant of this Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass is renewable." Xu Yao's voice trembled slightly. "As long as the environment is suitable and the root system is not completely destroyed, it can continuously hatch offspring plants every once in a while."

Upon hearing this, Raymond and Ling Xue's eyes widened in even greater shock.

Renewable treasures are of immeasurable value!

"Most importantly, it's valuable. A single mother plant of Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass, in a public auction across the universe, would fetch at least 100 Chaos Units!"

100 Mixed Yuan Units!

Raymond's breath caught in his throat, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

For the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared on Ling Xue's perpetually icy face.

What does 100 Mixed Yuan Units mean?

Even for most powerful beings at the realm lord level, their entire fortune amounted to only a few Chaos Units!

"I understand—" Raymond swallowed hard. "Those thousands of cosmic-level powerhouses outside, laying a trap, they're not after the Heavenly Fire Stone at all—"

"Their target is the mother plant of this Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass!" Ling Xue continued, her usually cold voice now carrying a hint of seriousness.

"That's right." Xu Yao nodded emphatically. "That's definitely it. Finding the mother plant is like possessing an inexhaustible gold mine!"

However, just as the three of them fell into a brief silence, each with their own thoughts, they were lost in thought.

Lu Yun made a move.

Whoosh!

He's too fast!

The pupils of Xu Yao, Raymond, and Ling Xue all contracted sharply in that instant.

They only felt a blur before their eyes, and Lu Yun had already appeared next to the Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass.

A storm raged in the hearts of all three.

They were all top geniuses among the stars, but the speed that Lu Yun had just unleashed gave them the illusion that they could hardly react!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Yun reached out and quickly put a Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass into his spatial ring.

After doing all this, he turned around and looked at the three people who were in shock.

Why should we care about the mother plant?

"Each of these seedlings is worth 100 billion cosmic coins, which is an enormous benefit for us."

Lu Yun carefully put away the Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass and turned around.

"Lu Yun, your speed—" For the first time, pure shock was revealed in Ling Xue's cold eyes.

Xu Yao's pupils contracted. He stared intently at Lu Yun, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke in a deep voice, "Dual Domains?"

"A first level of the Water Domain, plus—a third level of the Space Domain?"

Raymond also realized what was happening. He looked at Lu Yun and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Old Lu, you're awesome! That speed is inhuman!"

Seeing the three people's shocked expressions, Lu Yun calmly said, "How about we take turns, one plant each?"

He knew it very well.

Although I am fast, I can plunder a lot without anyone noticing.

But after all, the detector in Xu Yao's hand is their biggest guarantee for safe operation here.

Being able to foresee danger is far more important than taking a few more offshoots.

Upon hearing Lu Yun's suggestion, all three of them were taken aback.

Xu Yao gave Lu Yun a deep look and was the first to nod: "Okay."

"Haha, that's how it should be! Let's share the good times!" Raymond grinned, having no objection to Lu Yun's suggestion.

Ling Xue nodded slightly in agreement.

Lu Yun directly fed the Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass to the sixth-level Universe Realm expert, Jian Shou Qing.

boom!

The aura of the herb *Berberis vulgaris* began to surge wildly.

Peak of Universe Level 6 — Universe Level 7 — Peak of Universe Level 7 — Universe Level 8!

In just a few breaths, the aura of the blue-handed herb stabilized at the eighth level of the universe.

This is a treasure meant for use by lord-level plant life forms. Using it to feed a cosmic-level plant would naturally produce astonishing results.

This behavior can be described as the epitome of extravagance.

Outside, the four of them were not greedy and strictly adhered to the agreement of one plant per person, carefully traversing this mountain range.

The detector in Xu Yao's hand became their greatest asset.

Each time, he could predict the patrol team's route in advance and lead everyone to a safe gap.

At first, they were quite nervous.

But as he succeeded more and more often, his movements became more and more skillful.

One plant.

Two plants.

Five plants.

One day later.

The four of them hid in the shadow of a mountain wall and stopped for the time being.

They looked at each other and saw an overwhelming excitement and shock in each other's eyes.

At this moment, each of them had about a dozen Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grasses lying quietly in their spatial rings.

Each one is worth 100 billion cosmic coins!

In total, that's more than one Mixed Yuan Unit!

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"That's about enough," Xu Yao was the first to speak. "This will get us a lot of points at the dojo; passing the fifth level shouldn't be a problem."

His hands were trembling slightly with excitement and nervousness.

His father was a ninth-level Domain Lord.

They don't even have that many assets.

"It's too dangerous to stay any longer."

Raymond nodded emphatically, forcibly suppressing his greed. "That's right, it's time to retreat. We should take what we can get!"

With such immense wealth on their person, they felt only fear and trepidation, and all they wanted was to leave this dangerous place immediately and find a safe place to hide.

No matter how many treasures you have, you still need to be alive to enjoy them.

While Xu Yao and the others were discussing how to evacuate safely, Lu Yun's mind was not on wealth at all.

All of the dozen or so Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grasses were fed to the See Hand Blue.

The price of this Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass is indeed far less than that of the Fruit of Life.

However, they have different uses.

The Fruit of Life is primarily for human use; it contains immense life energy and can be used to heal injuries.

This Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grass is truly a great tonic for plant life.

The aura of the Bodhi seed began to surge wildly at an alarming rate!

The pinnacle of the ninth level of the universe—the bottle—breakthrough!

Domain Lord level!

The energy from over a dozen Soul Crystal Blue Leaf Grasses finally enabled the See-Hand Blue to complete a leap in its life level, successfully advancing to the Domain Lord level.

After being promoted, Jian Shouqing underwent a dramatic transformation.

[Plant Life Breakthrough to Domain Lord Level, Achievement Points +400]

[In the next reincarnation, one can choose to become a plant life form with the potential to become a domain lord.]

Its height increased dramatically to 200 kilometers!

The diameter of the cap also reached an astonishing fifty kilometers!

It is like a giant mountain towering between heaven and earth.

What's even more terrifying is its power.

The range of toxins it can release directly covers an area of ​​100 kilometers.

And the silent, hallucinogenic range even spread to a thousand kilometers away!

Even a powerful expert at the ninth level of the Domain Lord realm would never dare to provoke it easily once trapped in its hallucinatory domain.

Moreover, it can also be used as a blood pack.

In critical moments, it possesses itself, providing a continuous source of vitality.

However, Lu Yun subconsciously touched the top of his head.

If it involves possession.

It looked like a giant green mushroom head that was simply placed on his head.

This feeling—

Why does it look a little off?