Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1893 - 1891: Everyone Wants It
Earlier, although Chen Xuanhai had advised Lu Ye on many matters, Chen Xuanhai didn't understand Alchemy, so he hadn't mentioned it because he himself wasn't familiar with this area.
But soon Lu Ye stopped feeling frustrated, because Gui Yi said that this method of earning Asura Stamps also had many restrictions, not those of the Asura Field, but due to the insufficient number of tasks. Too many healing cultivators wanted to use this method to earn Asura Stamps, so they needed to queue up to receive tasks, and might get a chance only after a long while.
In this way, even if he brought the pill gourd over, it wouldn't be very effective.
Helping the Asura Field to refine elixir pills is one way for healing cultivators to earn Asura Stamps, and there are many other ways that don't involve combat, like unlocking the restriction lock on a storage ring.
After a cultivator dies, the storage ring left behind generally has a restriction lock, which the Asura Field can't unlock themselves, so they have to invite cultivators to do it. If successful, there are Asura Stamps to be earned.
Inside a cultivator's storage ring, elixir pills are essential items, so even after countless years, the treasure vault is still inexhaustible in elixir pills.
In the Asura Field, there are many opportunities to earn Asura Stamps with little risk, more than just these two methods. ๐ฏ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ต.๐๐ค๐ข
There's even an Asura Hall, where cultivators independently post bounties, like hunting down a certain cultivator or inviting cultivators with special abilities to participate in a specific exploration scenario. The Asura Field evaluates the difficulty of these bounties, and if someone completes them, they can naturally obtain corresponding benefits.
Of course, in these methods, the Asura Stamps the cultivators earn aren't provided by the Asura Field, but by the cultivator who posted the bounty. The amount of Asura Stamps as a reward is also determined by the Asura Field, not given arbitrarily; the only autonomy the cultivators have is posting the bounty.
This is the only way for Asura Stamps to circulate between cultivators; aside from this, no cultivator can exchange their Asura Stamps.
The two continued talking while moving forward, when suddenly, they heard loud, hearty laughter coming from nearby.
Lu Ye turned to look and saw a large group of cultivators gathered together, and one of them, looking unkempt with sunken eyes and red eyeballs, was laughing nonstop: "This overwhelming fortune has finally come to me, hahahaha!"
The other cultivators beside him looked at him with eyes full of envy.
Lu Ye couldn't help but curiously watch the scene.
Gui Yi hesitated briefly, then finally advised: "Try to visit this area as little as possible in the future."
"Why?" Lu Ye asked, puzzled, as someone there was clearly experiencing something good.
Gui Yi sighed and said: "This is a place to gamble on fortune. Haven't you noticed that all placed here are storage rings?"
Lu Ye looked around and found it to be true, and the columns here were undoubtedly smaller and thinner than in other areas, arranged very densely, only allowing one or two cultivators to pass through them.
And on each of those columns was a storage ring.
Lu Ye glanced at one of the storage rings and quickly gained Insight.
Storage Ring: Origin unknown, value unknown.
The Asura Stamps required to redeem this storage ring weren't much, only thirteen thousand Asura Stamps, if using spirit jade for a simple conversion, it would be one hundred thirty thousand spirit jade.
"When cultivators die during exploration, some storage rings are collected by the Asura Field and assigned as tasks. If someone successfully unlocks the restriction lock, the treasures inside the storage ring enrich the treasure vault. Others are directly placed here for redemption."
Lu Ye instantly understood.
In this Asura Field, there are millions of cultivators, including Constellations, Moon Jades, and Sun Blazes. No matter what kind of cultivator they are, they all risk their lives to explore here, even Sun Blazes face risks of falling.
Thus, the value of these storage rings is unpredictable. If someone spends Asura Stamps to redeem a storage ring belonging to a Sun Blaze, it would be undoubtedly valuable, but if it's a Constellation Realm storage ring, then who knows what the result would be.
The crazily laughing cultivator's cultivation wasn't low, obviously a Moon Jade cultivator, so him being so excited clearly meant he redeemed something good.
This really was a place to gamble on fortune, if you're lucky, getting rich overnight isn't out of the question, but if unlucky, all the Asura Stamps you've painstakingly acquired could go down the drain.
Turning to look at Lu Ye, Gui Yi earnestly advised: "Although some people get benefits here, many become bankrupt, so try to visit this area less often."
She was paid for her services, so she just advised Lu Ye without saying too much.
Lu Ye nodded; his luck had never been great, and he didn't have any intention of getting rich this way, so he wasn't very interested in this place.
Gui Yi led him around for a while longer, but Lu Ye stopped himself: "Fellow Daoist, let's end here."
The treasure vault was large, and if he continued to explore it, even months might not be enough to finish. Although he paid five hundred thousand spirit jade, Gui Yi was diligent in her duties, so there was no need to waste her time.
Now that he was mostly familiar with this place, if he wanted to go somewhere, he could do it himself.
Gui Yi stopped and nodded, saying, "Alright." Saying this, she took out a jade slip and handed it over, "This is what we agreed upon earlier, it's some intelligence about the Asura Field that I compiled myself. I hope it can help you."
"Thank you." Lu Ye received it and planned to read it thoroughly when he had time.
Gui Yi then handed over her Asura Authority Token to Lu Ye, "Let's exchange marks. If there's anything in the future, feel free to ask me anytime."
Lu Ye was eager for this.
In the outside world, cultivators mainly use audio talismans for communication, as long as the distance between each other is not too far, they can generally communicate.
Audio talismans can also be used in the Asura Field, but it's better to use Asura Authority Tokens for contact, because sometimes one party might be in a particular training scenario, and if the other party uses an audio talisman, they can't be reached.
Using Asura Authority Tokens for contact does not have this restriction. As long as both parties are still within the Asura Field, they can communicate with each other regardless of whether they're in the same training scenario or not. Therefore, in the Asura Field, cultivators generally exchange marks from their Asura Authority Tokens, rather than audio talismans.
After exchanging marks, Gui Yi nodded, "I'll be leaving now."
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."
Gui Yi turned around, ready to leave when she suddenly remembered something, looked back at Lu Ye, and said, "By the way, when you're training, if there are suitable methods for healing cultivators, don't hold back. The Asura Field seems to have given healing cultivators some special preferential treatment in recent years. If you can heal and save lives, you'll receive more Asura Seals."
Lu Ye understood, this was something Chen Xuanhai hadn't mentioned to him, it was evidently a change in recent years. As for the reason, Lu Ye couldn't speculate.
However, he was not skilled in healing and saving lives; killing was more his forte.
Gui Yi left, she had her own things to do on this visit, even if Lu Ye didn't mention it, she couldn't stay to idle with him.
After Gui Yi left, Lu Ye wandered around for a while, only to be dazzled. Although the All Phenomena Ocean is all-inclusive, containing any material imaginable, besides the Asura Treasure Vault, there's really no other place in the world that directly displays countless treasures for cultivators to observe and examine.
Lu Ye was only glad he was a combat cultivator, having a Boulder Mountain Saber was enough. If a magic cultivator came here for the first time, they would probably see many desirable items.
An hour later, Lu Ye stood still, holding the Asura Authority Token, murmuring a phrase, and abruptly disappeared from where he stood.
Reappearing, he found himself in another area of the treasure vault.
The layout of the entire Asura Treasure Vault is basically similar, except that each type of resource is concentrated in specific areas.
This area is dedicated to resources that can enhance the quality of a cultivator's Magic Source!
There are quite a few cultivators moving around here, and upon Lu Ye's observation, these cultivators are undoubtedly mostly Moon Jade cultivators, because only Moon Jade cultivators possess Magic Sources, while Constellations do not and naturally wouldn't come here.
Lu Ye even saw a plump person who seemed to be a Sun Blaze cultivator... Although the person exhibited no oppressive aura or mana fluctuation, Lu Ye had dealt with numerous Sun Blaze cultivators before, and naturally had some ability to discern.
Turning his gaze to the closest pillar, he immediately saw a green fruit, resembling an unripe apple.
Green Moon Spirit Marrow: Consuming or using it in Alchemy can slightly enhance the quality of Magic Source, 228,000 Asura Seals.
Looking to another side.
Infant Soul Flower: Consuming it can slightly enhance the quality of Magic Source, 354,000 Asura Seals.
And there's also the Taiyi Xuan Ginseng, Green Moon Spirit Marrow... all are rare treasures in the outside world, causing Lu Ye's eyes to shine, feeling this place is truly a wonderful place, he wanted all these treasures.
The number of treasures that can enhance the quality of Magic Source here is not just a thousand types, there are probably thousands. Not to mention too many, if he could exchange just one-tenth of them, the problem with his Magic Source would no longer be an issue. The ultimate Moon Jade Realm would certainly have hope of being achieved.
But one-tenth of the resources requires an enormous number of Asura Seals.
Although it's not actually a lot when converted into spirit jade, in the Asura Treasure Vault, even if a cultivator has a large amount of spirit jade, there's no place to spend it.
Most of the cultivators scattered in this area are like him, walking around and looking, needless to say, they're just indulging their eyes without sufficient capital to exchange.
Moreover, other cultivators have different circumstances from his. Other people may have some demand for these treasures, but not as large and urgent as his.
Gradually, Lu Ye discovered a pattern, that is in the annotations of the Asura Field, treasures marked with the term "slight" generally are valued below 500,000 Asura Seals, but if lacking the term "slight," they're priced above 500,000.
If a certain treasure is said to "significantly" enhance the quality of Magic Source, the price has to be at least a million Asura Seals. For instance, that piece of Zixia ice crystal is worth over 1.6 million Asura Seals, making it the most valuable resource Lu Ye saw in this area.
There's also the White Moon Crystal he once refined, also valued at over a million Asura Seals.