Chapter 70: Heavenly Spirit Stone

In the world of Yuan Shen Realm, even a casual attack from someone at that level could shake the heavens and move the earth. With a single strike, a mountain peak could be turned to dust. With their swift movements, they could traverse vast distances in the blink of an eye.

After Mu Xuyang agreed to accompany Zhong Xiaoyun, he felt his body being bound by an earth elemental force. He was forcefully dragged out of the palace gate, crossing vast expanses of space in the blink of an eye, and landing on a platform in front of another palace gate.

Mu Xuyang and Zhong Xiaoyun revealed their figures, and the eight female disciples who were on guard duty at the palace gate hurriedly saluted Zhong Xiaoyun respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Elder Zhong!"

"No need to be polite," Zhong Xiaoyun replied with a smile. Without paying any further attention to the eight female disciples on guard duty at the palace gate, he led Mu Xuyang into the palace.

"Elder Zhong, it's truly a rare visit from you. It's not often that you come to my palace," said Liu Lingmei, the elder in charge of the treasury, who was busy in the study connected to the main hall. Upon hearing footsteps, she looked up and saw Elder Zhong entering the room. She immediately set aside the account book in her hands and greeted Elder Zhong, but her gaze remained fixed on Mu Xuyang, carefully assessing him, hoping to find the reason why Zhong Xiaoyun took Mu Xuyang as his disciple.

Her gaze lingered on Mu Xuyang for quite some time, but she gained no insight. She found his aptitude to be average, with nothing extraordinary about him. Feeling somewhat perplexed, she thought to herself, "Is it because my abilities are limited, and I can't discern the secrets within him? Or did Elder Zhong simply misjudge him, and he's just an ordinary person with average aptitude?"

"Well, have you discovered any secrets about my disciple?" Zhong Xiaoyun noticed Liu Lingmei's gaze had been fixed on Mu Xuyang all along, and he smiled amiably as he spoke.

"I trust Elder Zhong's judgment. Perhaps it's my limited abilities that prevent me from discerning what sets him apart from ordinary people," Liulang Mei responded, then smiled and said, "Elder Zhong has come to exchange spirit stones, right?"

"Yes," Zhong Xiaoyun nodded, then pointed at Liulang Mei and introduced her to Muxuyang, saying, "This is the renowned beautiful and wise Elder Liulang Mei of the Qingyun Sect. Her beauty and intelligence are second to none, even within the Qingxuan Sect. Hurry up and go greet Elder Liulang."

"Yes, Master," Muxuyang responded, then stepped forward and respectfully bowed to Liulang Mei, saying, "Disciple Muxuyang pays respects to Elder Liulang. I have only recently entered the sect and am not familiar with the customs. If I have been disrespectful in any way, please forgive me. I hope Elder Liulang can guide and mentor me in the future."

"Mm," Liulang Mei nodded with a smile, and instructed a female disciple working under her to pour a cup of hot spirit tea for Zhong Xiaoyun and Muxuyang. After seeing the master and disciple sit down and drink tea, she continued, "Elder Zhong, what grade of spirit stone do you want to exchange?"

"Do you still have Heaven-grade spirit stones?"

"Yes, we do, but the quantity is limited. Elder Zhong, you are really good to this newly accepted disciple, directly exchanging Heaven-grade spirit stones for his cultivation."

"Elder Liulang jests. In recent years, I have rarely ventured outside for training. The contribution points I accumulated before have long been spent. To be honest with you, the contribution points I have left on the books are probably less than what my disciple is about to receive."

After Zhong Xiaoyun finished speaking, he turned to look at Muxuyang and said with a smile, "Go ahead, give Elder Liulang the demon pill you obtained during your training, and ask her to directly exchange it for Heaven-grade spirit stones."

"Understood, Master." Muxuyang nodded respectfully, put down his teacup, and then quickly walked to Liulang Mei's desk. He took out his storage pouch and handed it to her, saying, "Elder Liulang, please help me calculate how many contribution points I can obtain for these, and then exchange them all for Heaven-grade spirit stones."

At first, Liu Lingmei didn't believe that Mu Xuyang could really produce a large number of items to exchange for sect contribution points, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

But when she reached out and took the storage pouch handed to her by Mu Xuyang, and glanced inside, she immediately froze, secretly astonished in her heart. "Demon pills! He actually obtained so many demon pills, and among these pills, many of them are of higher quality. Only the demons with the strength to rival those in the later stage of the magical realm can produce such pills within their bodies. Could it be that he already possesses the power to easily kill someone in the later stage of the magical realm? Is that possible? Remember, he is still someone who hasn't crossed the threshold of the magical realm!"

"Elder Liu, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with these demon pills?" Mu Xuyang noticed that Liu Lingmei was staring blankly at the storage pouch in her hand and quickly asked with confusion.

"No problem, no problem. I'll take care of this for you. Quickly give me the sect token," Liu Lingmei replied with a smile, realizing that she had acted out of character and quickly concealed her surprise.

"Okay." Mu Xuyang nodded and quickly took out his identity token, respectfully handing it over.

Liu Lingmei received Mu Xuyang's identity token and swiftly counted the number of demon pills he had given her. She used a technique to condense information runes into the identity token, recording the sect contribution points to be given to Mu Xuyang. Then, she took out ten high-grade spirit stones from her own storage pouch, performed a spell to mark the account on Mu Xuyang's sect token, and finally handed the spirit stones and the sect token back to Mu Xuyang, saying, "One high-grade spirit stone equals ten thousand sect contribution points. The demon pills you handed in amount to over three hundred thousand sect contribution points. After deducting the number of spirit stones required, there are still tens of thousands of sect contribution points left, all stored in your identity token."

"Thank you, thank you, Elder Liu," Mu Xuyang said with a smile as he accepted the spirit stone and sect token handed to him by Liu Lingmei, expressing his gratitude to her.

At this moment, he faintly sensed that as he grasped the Tianpin spirit stone brimming with spiritual energy, the vortex of power that existed in his sea of consciousness spontaneously started rotating, releasing threads of suction force, directly absorbing the energy from the spirit stone in his hand.

"What's going on? Previously, when using demon pills or inferior spirit stones as auxiliary cultivation materials, I had to activate my techniques to extract the energy from the demon pills or spirit stones. But now, how come the vortex of power in my sea of consciousness is automatically absorbing the energy from this Tianpin spirit stone? Could it be that the accumulated power, in addition to cultivating the 'Tempering Spirit Scripture,' can directly absorb the energy from higher-quality spirit stones?" Mu Xuyang pondered.

Startled by the vortex of power in his sea of consciousness autonomously absorbing the energy from the Tianpin spirit stone in his hand, Mu Xuyang was at a loss for how to explain it, fearing that the two formidable experts present might notice. He quickly stuffed the ten Tianpin spirit stones directly into his storage pouch, severing direct contact with them. As a result, the vortex of power that had just begun rotating immediately ceased all activity.

After securing the storage pouch and sect token, Mu Xuyang breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that Liu Lingmei had not detected the vortex of power operating in his sea of consciousness. He bid her farewell directly and left with Zhong Xiaoyun.