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At a quarter to noon, the gathering of funds was finally coming to an end.

As long as they came out, and gathered all of the spirit stones and handed them to Chi Dan, the gathering would be completed. This was the ideal way for high-level cultivators, and it was not known what would happen.

Of course, things would not be so simple. It was a rare opportunity to pluck a hair from a high-level cultivator, and Chi Dan would definitely not miss it.

Finally, under everyone's supervision, they gathered all the spirit stones together and stored them in a high grade storage necklace.

There were different grades of storage spirit artifacts: low grade, intermediate grade, high grade, and top grade.

When it came to high-grade storage pendant, Zhang Xuan had no choice but to mention a few unlucky fellows.

The original owner of the Spatial Necklace was a merchant. The merchant had seen many bloody incidents and was quite willing to cooperate. As such, he didn't dare to hide anything from Zhang Xuan after handing over all of his spirit stones.

The spirit stones he handed over contained one top grade spirit stone, hundreds of high grade spirit stones, thousands of middle grade spirit stones, and tens of thousands of low grade spirit stones.

Other than spirit stones, the Spatial Necklace also contained many rare treasures, making one salivate.

The cultivator that collected the spirit stones was a rogue cultivator. Seeing the huge amount of wealth in front of him, he couldn't help but feel greedy and extended his hand to grab at the merchant.

Someone who could afford a high grade storage necklace, top grade spirit stones, and an innumerable amount of treasures like this must be someone of status.

Most merchants would have a few cultivators with higher cultivation to protect them. This merchant had a lot of money, and the cultivators he protected were also of decent cultivation.

However, after the plan to raise funds appeared, everyone became worried for themselves. This merchant's bodyguard cultivator didn't have the time to care about him and could only watch as he was killed by the rogue cultivator.

A rogue cultivator who obtains the high-grade storage necklace and the wealth within is extremely excited.

He had seized all the unexpected wealth, but he didn't expect that it was only for the sake of others.

The high-level cultivator used the excuse of intentionally causing a malicious incident to forcefully take away the high grade storage necklace, and even the treasure inside the necklace was taken away. Not only that, but as punishment, he took away the rogue cultivator's storage bag.

The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole, so the high-level cultivators weren't complacent for long.

The spirit stones he had collected were like mountains, and as such, there wasn't enough low-grade storage spirit stones for him to use. As such, he could only store high-grade storage spirit stones.

High-grade storage spirit artifacts were priceless. The Sect Leader and Elders might have one, but it was extremely difficult for an itinerant cultivator to take it out, even if they had a high-grade storage spirit treasure. Not to mention that not everyone had a high-grade storage spirit treasure.

After all, they had to store all the spirit stones, and no one was willing to take out a high grade storage bracelet. Therefore, the only high grade storage necklace that they had been able to collect became everyone's target.

Under the pressure of the high level cultivators, the cultivators who had obtained the high level storage necklace did not dare to offend the masses, so they had no choice but to give it up.

The mountainous pile of spirit stones was stored in the storage necklace and temporarily kept by Shang Ming. After all, he was the temporary representative of the team leader chosen by everyone, so his safekeeping was the most suitable.

Twenty-eight top top grade spirit stones

High grade spirit stones, one hundred twenty-five thousand three hundred and sixty-five.

Intermediate Spirit Stones 1,680,972

As many as thirty million low-grade spirit stones

All the Spirit Stones added together were worth far more than fifty top grade Spirit Stones.

"Your Highness, the total value of the spirit stones has exceeded 50. I wonder if Your Excellency can..."

With this batch of spirit stones, it would be enough to make up for the lack of guidance from the immortal master.

To advance from an ordinary animal to the peak of the Greater Demon level in five years' time. Once outsiders found out, there would definitely be people who believed that it had eaten Shentu Shun in order to achieve such incredible speed.

Only Chi Dan knew that all of this was due to the immortal master, and it had nothing to do with Shentu Shun.

Although the realm of the demon king was different from that of the lesser demons and greater demons, he believed that within ten years, if he followed the immortal master, he would definitely break through to the realm of the demon king.

Now that the immortal master had left, there was no way he would be able to break through to the realm of Demon King within ten years. Luckily, if he accidentally obtained this batch of spirit stones, it would allow him to shorten the time needed to advance to the realm of Demon King.

"Haha …"

"Good, good, good!"

Watching the mountain of spirit stones being kept in the Spatial Necklace, Chi Dan's eyes lit up, and saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth. His body trembled involuntarily, and he wished that he could pounce over and grab it.

Looking at the Spatial Necklace, it was clear that it was filled with spirit stones. It tried its best to suppress the thirst and urge to act.

The Monster King knew that he was not one of them, yet he had always been doing something that only the Monster King would dare to do.

It didn't dare to act rashly. The moment it made a move to snatch the Spatial Necklace, others would know of its true cultivation. If their cultivation were to be exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Besides, the mountain of spirit stones would belong to him sooner or later. There was no need for him to do anything unnecessary.

In comparison to a Scarlet Pill, Heaven's Gift was completely dumbfounded.

To him, thirty high-grade spirit stones, thirty high-grade spirit stones, and sixty high-grade spirit stones were already a huge fortune. He had never imagined that one day he would see a mountain of spirit stones.

A single spirit stone and a mountain of spirit stones were the same in his eyes. They were just exchange currency. His eyes were clear and devoid of greed. His face was filled with shock, and he was only astonished at how many spirit stones he had.

With the spirit stones, how could he not be moved?

Yes, among everyone present, only two people weren't moved, and he was one of them.

His senior brother often taught him to dress and eat, to not starve, to not freeze to death. Under his senior brother's tutelage, he had always been strict with himself.

In front of such a mountain of spirit stones, only a Heaven's Mandate disciple would be willing to obey his senior brother's teachings. Who would have thought that there would be someone like him who would be able to guard their own hearts and remain as unmoving as a mountain?

This person was none other than Huo Luan.

Looking at the mountain of spirit stones, there was no desire in his eyes. He didn't know why, but there was no greed in his eyes, but he could vaguely see hatred.

He had lived in the sect since he was young, so whenever he needed cultivation resources, people would immediately send them to him.

He had never lacked spirit stones before. On this trip down the mountain, he had ten top grade spirit stones and high grade spirit stones with him.

At 20 years old, his cultivation was only a step away from reaching the Divine Tribulation Realm. Now that he had reached a bottleneck in his cultivation, the spirit stones were no longer of any help.

As for the hatred in his eyes, could it be that the spirit stones had enmity with him?

No matter what, no one cared about what he thought or cared about him.

It was probably only the two of them who would not be tempted by these spirit stones. It was unavoidable for others to be tempted by them.

It was worth far more than fifty top grade spirit stones. It was the equivalent of five years' worth of income to the five great sects. Even the leaders of the five great sects would be tempted if they were here.

Lu Ding's eyes were glued to the Spatial Necklace, and that gaze told him everything.

Even people from the five great sects would be moved, let alone those from small sects or small sects. There were even worse rogue cultivators.

The sect that Shang Ming belonged to had been established for over a thousand years, and had only accumulated a hundred top grade spirit stones in a thousand years.

Just by collecting money, the value of the spirit stones collected would far exceed fifty top grade spirit stones, which was equivalent to the sect's income of at least five hundred years.

Perhaps he would not be tempted by fifty top grade spirit stones. After all, he had brought a hundred top grade spirit stones with him.

In peaceful times, it would only take five hundred years for the sect to accumulate enough wealth. The value of the spirit stones would probably far exceed that of the spirit stones they would accumulate. However, they might not even have the time to accumulate spirit stones in these troubled times.

"Xin Dong, let's move then. Take the Spatial Necklace and run."

Shang Ming did not dare to act rashly as he could only hide behind fifteen years of age. This was because in front of hundreds of high-level cultivators, he could not even dodge a single move.

A moment of greed and greed. Even if he was lucky enough to escape, his life would be saved, his sect would be destroyed, and he would become a sinner of history. He did not dare to imagine that.

With the Spatial Necklace in his hand, Shang Ming did not dare to act rashly, let alone any other cultivators.

The spirit stones collected by the various sects could increase the overall strength of the sect's disciples in the shortest amount of time. How could those Sect Leaders and Elders not be moved by such a huge temptation?

Hundreds of eyes were staring at the necklace. Anyone who tried to snatch it would be attacked.

Hundreds of people attacked at the same time, and the power was far stronger than a tribulation stage cultivator's attack. If one were to be hit, one would not even be able to leave behind a corpse.

Besides, they weren't the only ones. Like Shang Ming, they had their own sects behind them, and they didn't want to become sinners throughout the ages.

The difficulty in cultivating as a rogue cultivator was mainly manifested in the lack of cultivation resources.

There were a lot of high-level rogue cultivators present, and they were only half a step away from the tribulation stage. Being able to reach such a level in a difficult situation meant that they weren't ordinary people.

When a person eats his fill, his family would not be hungry. When one cultivates to their level, the relatives and friends who are still alive would either have the same level of cultivation as them, or have long turned into dirt and stolen the spirit stones.

He didn't take action to snatch the spirit stones because he didn't want to face the combined attack of hundreds of cultivators.

High level cultivators were so afraid that even cultivators with lower Cultivation bases would not dare to act rashly in the face of such pressure.

No one was unmoved, but no one dared to move.

The Spatial Necklace was like a hot potato. Whoever obtains it, they will be attacked by everyone else. No one is sure if they can escape alive, unless a cultivator of the tribulation stage appears.

Would cultivators appear during the tribulation stage?

No one could be sure. Perhaps he had already come, or perhaps he would not come at all.

As far as one could see, one's accomplishments would be great, or as far as the sects behind him could go. One would only be able to stop in their tracks.

The main reason they were tempted and didn't move was because they wanted to know where Shentu Shun was.

The amount of Spirit Stones one could gather would not be small. After obtaining it, one could break through the tribulation stage and enter the ranks of experts, or increase the cultivation of the sect's disciples as a whole. That was all.

After obtaining Shentu Shun, one would become an immortal, live forever, and dominate the world.

If one's cultivation base was high enough, they could dominate the entire world. However, it was up to them to decide how many spirit stones they wanted. By then, their horizons would be high, and they wouldn't be interested in spirit stones at all.

Hundreds of high-level cultivators knew very well which was more important in the long term.

Perhaps their chances of obtaining Shentu Shun were less than one percent, but they would still use their 100% chance to obtain Shentu Shun.

The greedy eyes of the hundreds of cultivators did not stay on the necklace for long as they turned around and stared at the Scarlet Core.

"Your Highness, please inform me of Shentu Shentu's whereabouts."

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