Chapter 362 (1/2)

Inside a special chamber located underground of the Imperial Palace that managed to survive the previous devastation, Duan Li, Shen Lu, Liu Sheng Duhai and the Liu Emperor sat together face to face.

”Do you know the true value of this Superior quality spirit stone that you just gave us?” said the Liu Emperor with a somber look on her as she stared at the spirit stone in question floating slowly on the coffee table.

”Eh? Isn't it just another bigger currency like the High quality spirit stones? Like one of them is equal to a few thousand of High quality spirit stones or something?” Duan Li casually replied.

His answer made Liu Sheng Duhai agitated to the point where he wanted to sprawl on him and strangle his neck for being so clueless!

”You... superior quality spirit stones are not that simple!” He said in exasperation and stood up.

With his hands clasped behind his back, he looked towards the ceiling with a deep look before he started explaining.

”Normal spirit stones from Low quality up to the High quality spirit stones are usually used as a form of currency for trading between cultivators. I am sure that you both at least know that this was because the spirit stones are extracted from deep underground cavern close to the numerous spirit veins spread across the underground system of the Tian continent, fossilized into crystals due to the tectonic activities for several millenniums and was thus considered as valuables according to their rarity!”

Duan Li and Shen Lu both nodded as this was common knowledge for cultivators.

”As for their quality, the higher the concentration of the spiritual Qi crystallized, the higher their rarity. For example, Low quality spirit stones could be found easily in any deep underground caverns where the air was trapped for a long time causing the spiritual Qi to condense into small crystals the size of a fingernail.”

”Middle quality spirit stones on the other hand, are formed from the forceful natural synthesis of multiple Low quality spirit stones together, compressed into the size of a finger!”

”As for High quality spirit stones, these could only be found very close to the source of a spirit vein and only lucky or fated encounters could unearth them, thus their utmost rarity. Their sizes was about the size of one's palm!”

”As for Superior quality spirit stones...” Liu Sheng Duhai paused with a dramatic look on his face, causing both Duan Li and Shen Lu to be on their tenterhooks.

”They are the amalgamations of the spirit vein themselves!!”

BOOMMM!!

Duan Li and Shen Lu felt goosebumps on their back upon this revelation!

For people like them, just knowing that spirit stones came from underground cavern was already enough and they really couldn't be bothered to know more where each really came from.

However, even they knew that the value of pinpointing the exact location of a spirit vein that was always on the move every few years due to the tectonic plate movements was as difficult as scaling the heavens, and was therefore a priceless information, not to mention that now, one was right in front of them!

”To think that Brother Duan Li had been brandishing his Superior quality spirit stones as if they were cabbages, no wonder the Jiu Emperor decided to store all of it for him!” Shen Lu sighed.

Still, he couldn't help but to wonder on why Liu Sheng Juan and their Emperor did not tell them about this.

”Could it be that they didn't know?”

Shen Lu shook his head.

It would be impossible for Liu Sheng Juan, the director of the Jiu Bank company to not know of this information at least when these people knew about it..

”Amalgamation of the spirit vein? But I always thought that the spirit vein was only a pathway and was never the origin of spiritual Qi. How could a spirit vein amalgamate and crystallized into a spirit stone?” Shen Lu asked doubtfully.

He then added, ”Furthermore, if that was really the case, then why didn't our emperor, Jiu Xian Ping and Liu Sheng Juan, the director of the Jiu Bank company did not tell us about their actual value beforehand?”

Liu Gongsun Xiaojian sighed before she answered, ”It's not that they don't want to tell you. They simply can't and I understand why.”

”The existence of Superior quality spirit stones has always been a secret and was known only to a few people. Like you said, it should be impossible for a spirit vein to amalgamate and crytallized by itself. After all, they are similar to the meridians in our body where they only exists as gateways to channel spiritual Qi for the many Qi pathways in our body. They in itself does not produce spiritual Qi, but our dantian!”

”This impossibility is exactly the reason why even a single Superior quality spirit stone is priceless! They are unique! Only fools would want to trade them for High quality spirit stones! The two of them couldn't even begin to compare!” the Liu Emperor scoffed as she explained this, causing Duan Li to nearly choke himself silly.