Chapter 468: Origin Source Stone
Originally, Yu Nianzhen only wanted a reason to justify his acceptance of her life-and-death challenge.
However, when he saw what she held in her hand, his heart skipped a beat.
"You should know what I have in my hand." She said and chuckled coquettishly.
"Is this enough reason to risk your life? Additionally, if you defeat me, everything on my body will belong to you." The female demon continued.
In the audience, everyone was in an uproar.
"Is that an origin source stone?" Someone asked, their voice a little sharp due to excitement.
"Even from this distance, I can see a trace of heavenly laws on the stone. It’s definitely an origin source stone." Another said.
"Why does she have an origin source stone?" A female cultivator asked in confusion.
In the heaven and earth, there were many precious and unique treasures.
However, only the origin source stone contained the sound of the dao.
The so-called sound of the dao was a set of laws directly extracted from the Great Dao.
Although the completeness of the laws depended on the grade of the origin source stone, even a low-grade origin source stone was extremely precious.
In low-grade and mid-grade worlds, origin source stones were basically extinct and not even a small piece could be found.
As for high-grade and top-grade worlds, origin source stones were also rare.
When a piece was discovered, it caused a bloody storm and it was never the turn of low-level cultivators to get a share.
At this time, the appearance of this piece of origin source stone was equivalent to throwing a stone in a calm pond.
The originally excited crowd became more excited and many cultivators narrowed their eyes in calculation.
"This female demon is too vicious." Someone said and sighed.
"What do you mean?"
"When I was in the Burial Province a few years ago, I heard a rumour that the female demon found several pieces of origin source stones. Because of this, many cultivators pursued her but she managed to escape." The knowledgeable person explained.
"If what you said is true, there is not a shortage of people who know she has the origin source stones. Now that she has taken them out, Cangxing mountain master Yu will be in trouble even if he wins the life and death gamble."
Hearing this, several people nodded in agreement.
"For the female demon, taking out the origin source stone has only compounded an existing trouble but not created a new trouble. However, the mountain master is different. The origin source stones are a new and sudden trouble."
What the spectators could think about was also clear to Yu Nianzhen.
If he defeated the female demon and got the origin source stone, other cultivators would not let him go.
Unlike the high-grade mine which could barely interest the high-grade and top-grade worlds, the origin source stone was guaranteed to arouse their fighting spirit.
At that time, the situation may become uncontrollable.
However, Yu Nianzhen did not intend to take a step back.
In cultivation, if one did not advance, they would regress.
Since he had already decided to stand with Jiang Yue at the highest peak, Yu Nianzhen would not allow other people to grab the initiative and control the momentum.
"What does Cangxing Mountain master Yu think?" The female demon asked.
Hearing the question, Yu Nianzhen looked at the woman and made a decision.
"I will accept the challenge." Yu Nianzhen said and the female demon sneered.
Although it was troublesome to expose the origin source stones, she wasn’t too worried.
During her previous trip to the Burial Province, the female demon was blessed by the goddess of luck.
Not only did she find the origin source stones but also found a variety of other treasures including an extremely precious teleportation talisman.
The teleportation talisman could teleport through most formations and the teleportation distance was not small.
Since she had the teleportation talisman, the female demon was not worried that she would be unable to escape when the situation turned bad.
Unfortunately, the teleportation talisman could only be used twelve times.
To escape from the Burial Province, she used it once and she expected to use it again to escape from the main stage.
Although the female demon was confident in herself, she wasn’t sure about defeating Yu Nianzhen.
After all, the person had seen through her charm and disguise as soon as they met.
Considering that, she made a plan.
Since she couldn’t defeat the person, why not let other cultivators do it for her?
As long as the terms of the life and death contract were flexible enough, she could get away with not killing him personally.
Satisfied with her plan, the female demon smiled and threw the origin source stone.
"I will let the mountain master hold the origin source stone. If you win, the stone will belong to you, and if I win, I will take the stone from your body." The female demon said and chuckled.
However, Yu Nianzhen was not incited.
He looked at the woman and a trace of mockery flashed in his eyes.
"Shall we make the life and death contract?" He suggested.
"Good." The woman said and began to outline her conditions.
Originally, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t see through her little tricks but when she mentioned her terms, he directly understood.
’This woman wants to escape and leave other cultivators to deal with me.’ He thought and his lips twitched a little.
’Since she wants to escape, I will cooperate with her.’
Instantaneously, he nudged the soul contract between himself and Jiang Yue.
A moment later, an invisible butterfly flew over from the first small stage and entered the main stage.
Without anyone’s notice, it sprinkled some powder on the female demon before it hurriedly returned to the small martial stage.
After that, Jiang Yue nodded and Yu Nianzhen heaved a sigh of relief.
’You can leave this stage but you can’t hide from us. Since you were the one who provoked me, don’t think about escaping.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and directly agreed to the woman’s terms.
Hearing his agreement, the female demon smiled.
’Although he is handsome, he is just a small character from a low-grade world. He can’t even recognise the trick in the life and death contract.’ She thought and couldn’t help but feel complacent.
Seeing the barely hidden complacency, Yu Nianzhen secretly sneered.
However, he didn’t say anything to her.
Instead, he used his qi to transmit his voice to every corner of the arena.
"The origin source stone is a rare treasure and a lot of you are not convinced. I will give everyone a chance to obtain the treasure." He said and the audience became excited.
"In addition to the three mines, I will add the origin source stone as a gambling item. However, the origin source stone is precious and the current challenge fee is not enough. If you want to challenge for the origin source stone, the fee is a treasure."
"If you defeat me, your treasure and the origin source stone will be given to you but if you lose, your treasure will belong to me. What does everyone think?"
When Yu Nianzhen finished speaking, the audience broke into an uproar.
"This Cangxing mountain master is too arrogant." Someone said.
"He hasn’t defeated the female demon but he has already made plans for the origin source stone. I have never seen a more arrogant first-level reincarnation realm cultivator."
"Such an arrogant and handsome man is too attractive." A female cultivator couldn’t help but say.
"The female demon doesn’t look good." Another female said and chuckled.
At this time, the surrounding people saw that the female demon looked like she was forced to eat flies.
Her face was pale and her eyes were filled with anger.
"Who can feel good after being disregarded so much?" Someone sighed.
"The Cangxing mountain master didn’t give her any face."
"Why should he give her face? She was the one who provoked him and then used the origin source stone to drag him into muddy waters. If it was me, I would have already killed her ten thousand times."
"Are you putting gold on your face? With your little strength, can you still kill the female demon?"
"Don’t underestimate me. My strength has improved a lot since I broke through to the second level."
"What is the second level? The female demon has already defeated a third-level reincarnation realm cultivator."
"You..., is this the time to talk about that? Do you think the origin source stone will cause a fuss?"
"Of course, it will cause a fuss." Someone sneered.
"Some of the high-grade and top-grade worlds that have been watching a good show will start moving. I expect the next duels will be a little more interesting."
"Can the Cangxing mountain master survive? I don’t know how long he can hold on." Someone muttered but had no basis to speculate.
At the same time, several high-grade and top-grade world cultivators began to move.
