Chapter 1: The Wedge Seeking Collection

  "That's right, that's right!" Hearing the black-clad man's response, Lei Hu was overjoyed.

  "No way! The royal family behind Wang Yu has some connection with my sect, I don't dare to kill him." When he heard that Lei Hu wanted him to take action and kill Wang Yu, he was also taken aback. This Wang Yu cannot be killed, the royal family behind Wang Yu has a deep connection with his own sect, his sect supports the royal family, in exchange for the royal family providing spirit stones for the sect, if he kills Wang Yu for Lei Hu, it will make the sect and the royal family turn against each other, and his next move won't be good either.

  "Ah! Master, you must help me! Considering our ten-year relationship and the fact that I've searched for crystal stones for you, please lend a hand! I don't want you to kill him, just restrain him for me. If you do this, I'll offer you 100 high-quality crystal stones!" Lei Hu begged desperately. The high-quality crystal stones he mentioned were actually low-grade spirit stones, but in this mundane world where spirit stones were scarce, even low-grade ones were extremely precious.

  Of course, this is for low-level cultivators. For those in the Tianyuan realm, lower-grade spirit stones are just ordinary currency, middle-grade ones are luxury items for consumption, and high-grade spirit stones are exclusive to some sects' leaders. Top-grade spirit stones can be used to power the sect's grand array of eternal life. (Top-grade spirit stones can automatically absorb and filter the five elements' spiritual energy to replenish their own consumption.)

  Top-grade spirit stone is a treasure that is hard to find in the world, and can be said to be a pseudo-immortal crystal. One top-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for hundreds of extreme-grade spirit stones and several top-grade life artifacts. Because top-grade spirit stone can be said to be the source of power for a world, it continuously supplies spiritual energy to the world. This top-grade spiritual energy also has its strengths and weaknesses, with the size and strength of the world determining the spiritual energy index of the top-grade spirit stone.

  "This is indeed true! As long as I go and hold him back, I can get a hundred pieces of low-grade spirit stones?" The man in black exclaimed, seemingly moved.

  "That's right, if Master is willing to lend a hand, this bag of spiritual stones can be used by Master first." Lei Hu stretched out his hand and took out a bag of spiritual stones from his bosom. The black-clothed man beckoned with his hand, and the bag flew out of Lei Hu's hand and landed steadily in the black-clothed man's hand. This was precisely the legendary technique of Cultivation - Object Control Technique.

  The man in black opened his pocket and took a look, fifty pieces of spiritual stone were lying steadily inside. "I've taken your matter, prepare the remaining fifty pieces of spiritual stone, after helping you with this matter I will leave Langya City. Here I won't be able to make progress, I need to go back to the sect for a while, it's possible that I won't return in tens or hundreds of years."

  "Ah! Master is leaving? Your cultivation has already reached the pinnacle, the realm of martial artists and the realm of mages. Is there still room for improvement?" Lei Hu exclaimed.

  "Hmph! Ignorant mortals, how dare you stand alongside me? I am a cultivator of the truth, borrowing from the false to cultivate the true. The strongest in the mortal world are nothing but ants at the lowest level when they enter the heavenly realm. Someone like me is merely a slightly stronger outer sect disciple within my sect. Being able to enter the inner sect in one's lifetime is already a great fortune... Alas, what's the point of saying so much to you? Mortals are just mortals..." The black-robed man let out a long sigh and fell silent.

  Lei Hu listened quietly to the black-clad man's words, his shock growing more and more, the master who had easily defeated him with a single move was just an outer sect disciple in his own sect, equivalent to a peripheral thug in his own gang.

  In his heart, he yearned for Xiuzhen's guidance, and at this moment, Leihu knelt down again. "Master, please accept me as your disciple!" Before he could finish speaking, he knocked his head three times with a loud "thud! thud! thud!".

  "Do you want to follow me and cultivate?"

  "Yes! Master, accept me!"

  "Do you know how many cultivation resources a cultivator needs? How important is innate talent? I've been cultivating for fifty years, but I'm still stuck at the first hurdle of becoming a True Immortal. I've been stuck in this bottleneck for decades!" The black-robed man sighed again.

  "The disciple is not afraid of hardship, only willing to have the master teach him the cultivation method and common sense! If the master is willing to accept me as a disciple, I am willing to offer 500 crystal stones as a gift for becoming a disciple!"

  "Five hundred coins?! Tuzi, you're quite wealthy, aren't you? In the past, you never gave me more than a few hundred each year. So it was you who had been secretly hoarding them!" The black-clad man's voice suddenly turned gloomy.

  "Master, don't mention it. Once Master teaches me the cultivation method, I'll give all the crystal stones to Master except for those needed for daily cultivation." Lei Hu's body was constantly emitting a cold aura. With Hei Yi Ren's strength, he could kill him and take away his spirit stone with just a flip of his hand. Lei Hu wasn't stupid. He didn't bring all the spirit stones on him, only taking more than 50 pieces. He gave 50 to Hei Yi Ren and kept a few for emergency use.

  "Good! Good! Good! My good disciple, kind-hearted. You take care of the Wolf Tooth Gang and let them continue to search for crystal stones. After dealing with Wang Yu, I will bring you back to the sect to cultivate." The man in black suddenly shouted loudly.

  At once, Lei Hu was frightened, but when he heard the black-clad man's words, he was overjoyed. "Thank you, Master! I will never forget your great kindness. I will follow you to the ends of the earth, through mountains and seas, without hesitation!"

  "Alright, stop flattering. Go and arrange it quickly!" The man in black said somewhat impatiently.

  "Yes, yes, yes. I'll go and make arrangements now. I won't let anyone disturb you, elder." Lei Hu retreated respectfully.

  "Haha! I can become a true cultivator too!" Leihu was overjoyed and returned to his residence, still unable to calm down the excitement. However, he hadn't become so arrogant as to forget about arranging an assassination, after all, he was a leader of one side, having been in charge for many years, and was still very cautious in his dealings with others.

  At the same time, Wang Yu was also preparing. He was cultivating in his quiet room and had Pu Tianyi send over a batch of spiritual stones, but they were all very low-grade. Wang Yu was worried, raised his hand, and fixed his gaze on his wrist. "Damn it, how could I have forgotten you!" Wang Yu's eyes lit up when he saw the storage bracelet, and he cursed out loud with an old habit. Habits like this are hard to change.

  During his time at Jiangjun Fu and Longxiang Academy, Wang Yu would often deliberate for a long time before speaking, fearing that he might accidentally reveal something.

  "With this thing, it's much easier. Father won't be so stingy that he doesn't even have a single spirit stone for cultivation, right?" Wang Yu said with excitement as he probed his divine sense into the storage ring, which he hadn't carefully examined before.

  Now taking a closer look, the storage bracelet actually has hundreds of cubic meters of space inside, and it's fully stocked with all sorts of everyday items, cultivation tools, everything is complete.

  Wang Yu searched carefully and found a pair of high-quality spirit stones on the bracelet, with lower-grade spirit stones being more common, mid-grade spirit stones making up a portion, and only a few hundred high-grade spirit stones. Wang Yu was disappointed, as the few hundred high-grade spirit stones could only sustain the awakening of the Supreme Armor and give it some defensive capabilities. (High-grade spirit stones are generally not accessible to ordinary disciples in the Tian Domain, and Wang Zhen Tian's accumulation of several hundred over decades is already remarkable. The fact that he gave them all to Wang Yu shows his extraordinary affection for him.)

  "Alright, take these several hundred spirit stones and use them for now... I'll think of a way later..."