778 Eastern Amethyst – Ladder to Heaven! (2/2)

Yun Yang nodded seriously to mean that he indeed still had more and that scarcity meant rarity was not just his smokescreen of an explanation.

While he did so, he thought that if he had honestly told them that he still had a few hundred thousands of such crystals, would he be robbed on the spot? It was a sign of brotherhood to give a piece or two to bosom friends when one had a dozen of such items, but it would be an absolute scrooge to give one piece to others when one had hundreds of thousands in his possession; no matter how rare or precious, it would sound ill to the ears. Wherever one could be, this was an undeniable truth!

”Actually, I've already distributed these crystals. Not only to the both of you, King Yun, Bai Yixue, Lao Mei, Fang Mofei and the rest…”

Yun Yang grinned. ”Everyone will have one. I will keep two for myself, so there's really no need to be polite over it.”

This was how Ling Xiaozui and Dugu Chou accepted the gift rather abashedly. Just as they received the crystals, they stored them in their spatial ring hurriedly. Bagging the items, they still felt as if they were dreaming.

How could they receive something so precious so easily? It felt unreal… It was said that whenever such an item appeared, there should be some sort of bloody fight or martial world battle over it.

Should thousands or hundred thousands of lives not be drained first before a result or an end could be reached?

Even a piece of such a crystal might very well compare to the Seventeenth Master of the Ninth Abyss' secret treasure map!

That martial world fight had previously taken hundreds of thousands of lives! Yet, what was happening before their eyes?

This was probably what people called a bonus – no, a godsend!

”Yun Yang, you must be careful in the future!” Ling Xiaozui reminded him seriously, ”Don't act in haste and don't let anyone know that you have something like this. Even more so when you've gone to the Bound of Universe. Use them as soon as possible, if you can… Really. What these crystals contain are the traces of Dao and even the secret of the very universe! You must remember to be careful.”

”Don't worry, I understand!”

…

Ling Xiaozui and Dugu Chou did not say more as they acted swiftly to search for the School of Kismet State's quarters and annihilate everyone in the school. They did not wait for Yun Xiaoyao and others mainly because Yun Yang's generous gift had still baffled them; so much so that they were still dazed, and plenty thrilled. This caused them to slip out of the city in the night and massacre the School of Kismet State. Even when they were seven thousand miles away from Tiantang City, they still felt their minds buzzing.

”Did he – did he just give them to us like that?” Dugu Chou felt his mind working at an incredible speed. He was in an inexplicable ecstasy, so much so that he dared not quite believe that the reality was true.

”Ye- yes…” Ling Xiaozui who could thoroughly empathize with the former had an impulsive need to retrieve the crystal and hold it in his hand to feel its actual presence.

”Regardless, the both of us have accepted quite a huge favor,” Dugu Chou sighed. Despite his sigh, his tone was one of thrill and delight; the joy was uncontainable.

”Precisely,” Ling Xiaozui sighed as well, ”I feel the same. Firstly, I'm shocked by his generosity. Then, I'm floored by Supreme Cloud's way of carrying himself. How truly extraordinary…”

”Hmm? Would you care to elaborate?” Dugu Chou said.

”You feel like you're closer to him, do you not? Furthermore, I believe you actually don't feel too much in debt?” asked Ling Xiaozui.

”Correct, naturally,” said Dugu Chou, ”There's also the feeling of surprising favor. What you said about feeling indebted truly doesn't exist.”

”Naturally? How so? You've accepted a mythical item that only appears in legends out of the blue, yet you feel at ease. Other than surprise, your state of mind is at peace without much thought. Why do you think this is so?” questioned Ling Xiaozui.

Dugu Chou was stunned then.

That was right – why did he not feel indebted despite accepting such stroke of luck? Reconsidering it, this did not make any sense!