Chapter 204: Cutting Stones

Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu left the hall of stones soon after.

Although Tan Cheng tried to keep them, the two didn’t agree.

On one hand, they didn’t want to draw more attention to themselves and on the other, they were eager to examine their loot.

After returning to the Shenzhen pills and formations shop, the two didn’t linger around and directly entered the space.

“How many stones do we have?” Shen Xu excitedly asked.

“Fifty-two uncut stones.” Zhen Yuan chuckled, looking at his lover with a teasing face.

“Which one do you want to open first? The worst or the best?”

Shen Xu was a little conflicted.

He immediately wanted to see the best treasure but he also wanted to savour the process of cutting the stones.

However, after thinking about it, he finally decided to start from the worst and slowly cut to the best.

“I will start with the worst.” He said.

“Are you sure?”

Shen Xu gritted his teeth when he heard the question but still nodded in determination.

“Okay.” Zhen Yuan said.

Soon after, fifty-two stones appeared before the couple.

After glancing at their laws, Zhen Yuan picked a stone and looked at Shen Xu.

“Open it.” The double said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

In Two-Reeds town, the two used a blasting talisman to open the gambling stones.

But this time, they bought a cutting machine and Zhen Yuan readily set it up and began cutting the first stone.

Thirty breaths later, the stone crumbled and an ore was revealed.

“It’s a level four vajra black iron ore.” Shen Xu happily exclaimed.

He originally refined his hammer using a piece of level two vajra black iron as the main material.

When he advanced, he upgraded the hammer but was forced to use other materials because he didn’t have higher level vajra black iron.

“Brother Yuan, I can use this to upgrade my hammer.” The double said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

He was happy for his wife.

Because Shen Xu had the chaos fire root, it was difficult to find a refining material that perfectly suited his spiritual root and physique.

As a result, Shen Xu could only make do with ordinary weapons and didn’t have a natal weapon.

“I am glad you like it.” Zhen Yuan said with a doting look.

“I like it very much.” Shen Xu said, storing the ore in his space ring.

“Let’s open the second stone.” He said and Zhen Yuan chose another stone.

Water orange fruit, level four ancient teleportation talisman, level five flying boots, level five protective robe, …

The two unveiled one treasure after another and Shen Xu couldn’t stop smiling.

’We are rich.’ He thought.

Although they couldn’t use most of the things they unveiled, these things were valuable and could be sold for a lot of spirit stones.

“That spirit grass…” Shen Xu suddenly stood up when he saw the newest treasure.

“Do you know it?” Zhen Yuan asked.

Although he could recognise many spirit grasses and spiritual fruits, he was after all not an alchemist.

Looking at the spirit grass in front of him, he could only tell its level but not its name or use.

“It’s a level four blood awakening grass.” Shen Xu couldn’t help but be excited.

“Blood awakening grass…” Zhen Yuan was also excited.

From what he knew, the blood awakening grass was extinct in both the Canglan and Tianqi continent.

Unexpectedly, they discovered such a treasure in a gambling stone.

“Yang Shi can grow his second head if he absorbs blood awakening pills refined from this grass.” The double said while looking at the spirit grass.

“Brother Yuan, I want to plant this spirit grass. After Xiaoren gets seeds, I will refine the original plant for Yang Shi to take.”

“What about the bees?”

Shen Xu sighed when he heard this.

He and Zhen Yuan had been cultivating the honey bees since the Demon plants Forest.

Unfortunately, the process was harder than expected.

Although they had produced several bees with high bloodline, the quality was not enough for Shen Xu to contract.

“The bees can’t take the blood awakening pills for the time being. They can only take the pills after their blood becomes purer.” Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded before continuing.

“What about the auxiliary materials for the blood awakening pills?”

“Most are common and the remaining are rare but not precious or extinct. Don’t worry.”

“Good.”

After Shen Xu put away the blood awakening grass, Zhen Yuan chose the next stone ad soon opened it.

Ice silk, Wood crystal, level five earth fire, lightning liquid, …

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were ecstatic when they saw these rewards.

“Brother Yuan, we are so lucky.” Shen Xu said.

Forget the ice silk and wood crystal, the earth fire and lightning liquid were very useful.

“Xiaomu will be able to advance to level five if he refines the earth fire. As for the lightning liquid…” Shen Xu looked at Zhen Yuan before he spoke.

“Brother Yuan…” He started but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

“Keep it for yourself.” He said.

“But…”

“Use the lightning liquid to improve your physical strength and stabilise your cultivation.”

Hearing this, Shen Xu shook his head and smiled.

“Brother Yuan, I like the lighting liquid but I think you should have it.” He said and quickly continued before Zhen Yuan could interrupt.

“When the time comes, I can use mutated blue ferns and other things to cultivate my body but you have limited options. Most importantly, lightning is good for body refining but you don’t experience lightning tribulation. This is a shortcoming and this lightning liquid can just make up for it.”

“Xiaoxu…”

“There are many lightning places in the Tianqi continent. When the time comes, you can get me a few more drops of lightning liquid.”

Zhen Yuan smiled when he heard this.

“It’s a promise.” He said and carefully put away the lightning liquid.

As the number of stones diminished, the quality of treasures became better and better.

Soon after getting the earth fire and lightning liquid, the two got a high-grade spirit stones vein.

With this vein, the Chaos Flame Space would become partially self-sufficient and they wouldn’t need to lose too many spirit stones to it.

Most importantly, the aura in the space would become better and when they reached the Tianxuan continent in the future, they could dig out some high-grade spirit stones to support their life.

In addition to the spirit stones, they also got a mid-grade spiritual spring eye.

Seeing the eye, the two were extremely excited.

When the space first upgraded, the two thought the quality of spiritual lake water would also improve.

However, that didn’t happen.

Although the space aura increased, the spiritual water stopped improving after reaching a certain point.

With the new spring eye, the spiritual lake water would achieve a qualitative leap and upgrade from low grade to mid-grade.

“There are only five stones left.” Shen Xu said, looking at the five stones.

“Do you want to open them or leave them for later?”

“Open.” The double immediately said.

How could he leave them for later?

What about his curiosity?

Thinking that the remaining five stones were the best among the fifty-two they brought back, Shen Xu couldn’t help but excited.

“Open them quickly.” Shen Xu emphasised and Zhen Yuan chuckled before picking a stone.

Sixty breaths later, the stone crumbled and a tower was revealed.

“This tower…” Shen Xu couldn’t help but frown when he looked at the rusty tower.

“Contract it.” Zhen Yuan said, handing over the tower.

Although Shen Xu didn’t like the ugly tower, he trusted Zhen Yuan.

Since the person asked him to refine it, it was undoubtedly a good thing.

After Shen Xu refined the tower, its appearance changed.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the rust fell off and a bronze-reddish tower appeared before the two.

“It’s called the Nine Heavens Tower, it’s an immortal weapon.” Shen Xu happily exclaimed.

“Brother Yuan, we will no longer have to sleep outside when we go out.”

“Okay.” Zhen Yuan chuckled.

In fact, even without the tower, they no longer needed to sleep outside or in tents.

After all, portable caves were common in the Tianqi continent.

Even if they couldn’t buy one, Shen Xu could easily refine one since the materials were not hard to find.

“I will put it away first. We can explore it after we open all the stones.”

“Okay.” Zhen Yuan said and opened the fourth stone.

This time, he unearthed a silver-grey guan.

“This is yours.” Shen Xu said, admiring the hair accessory.

“Good.” Zhen Yuan didn’t refuse.

Normally, he wasn’t able to contract ordinary things but he felt he could contract the guan.

’It shouldn’t be ordinary but now is not the time to explore its mysteries.’ He thought, put away the guan, and began opening the third stone.

From a law perspective, the value of the items in the fourth and third stones was about the same.

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