Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 570 - 556 Xuan Kong Marquis Department Heaven-grade Spirit Rice!_1

Chapter 570: Chapter 556 Xuan Kong Marquis Department Heaven-grade Spirit Rice!_1

After confirming multiple times, Xiao Chen finally picked up the stone tower in front of him, placing it in his hand for a closer inspection.

The entire stone tower was only the size of a palm, and it was carved rather crudely. The various marks were clearly exposed, and there was an uneven pattern of bronze rust stains covering it. Some areas were even completely black.

The stone tower had three layers. Under the roof of the top layer, chunks of Qing Stone tiles were roughly carved out. Under the eaves, there was even a plaque, with some blurred characters on it.

What was strange about the lower level was that this tower did not have a door, just a mottled wall.

Xiao lightly knocked the stone tower in his hand, and a fine dust fell off, revealing a touch of black marks. It seemed that the tower was indeed a bronze artifact, but it was wrapped in a thick layer of rock patina on the outside.

"What is this?"

Xiao Chen asked immediately thereafter.

Seeing Xiao Chen playing with the tower in his hand, the middle-aged stall owner casually said, "I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s an antique, or a treasure, or a toy made by a craftsman."

Hearing this, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but glanced at the warrior in front of him. He perceived that this tower was not ordinary, but the stall owner didn’t know this. Yet, he displayed it so casually for trade, intending to make a big profit as if it were an antiquity.

Perhaps sensing that such words might scare off the easy target that was hard to come by, this middle-aged warrior added, "This antique was acquired from the relics of the Xuan Kong Marquis Department. This ancient item has existed for tens of thousands of years and has not decayed, it is certainly not an ordinary object, perhaps a treasure, but its function is just not discovered yet."

"Oh." Xiao Chen’s mind turned. He was aware of Xuan Kong Marquis Department, a marquis-level battle division of the human race that had existed in the Border Wasteland Region tens of thousands of years ago. It was extremely powerful, even more so than the present Bai Ze Marquis Division.

What made Xuan Kong Marquis Department famous was not martial arts, but Formation Way. It was rumored that during the peak period of its tribe, there were ten Array Dao Grandmasters in the tribe. With the outbreak of Terrestrial Arrays, even the formidable experts of the Towering Seventh or Eight Stages would have to retreat.

Even rumors said that there was the existence of Void Movement Formation in the tribe. That was a genuine Celestial Array, capable of void teleportation, opening channels in the void to connect two places.

It was said that Void Battleships, capable of tearing through the void and traveling in it, existed because there was a void array on them.

After the fall of the Xuan Kong Marquis Department, its tribal relics became a secret place for the human race. Until now, countless warriors have entered it to treasure hunt and explore.

The Xuan Kong Marquis Department was a large tribe that dominated the domain internally and externally ten thousand years ago. It had countless treasures. I got this stone tower from the nest of a peak level three-star beast, otherwise, it would have been discovered by someone else."

Seeing that Xiao Chen did not speak, the middle-aged stall owner started to talk quickly, "For this stone tower, that three-star beast chased me for several days in the relic. I gave all I had to kill it, and I barely made it out of the barrier. How could something treasured by a three-star beast be simple?"

The Xuan Kong Marquis Department was destroyed ten thousand years ago. something unknown happened to its great protective formation, wrapping a mountain range with a radius of a thousand miles. It formed a protective layer similar to a barrier, just like a small world. There were many beasts in it, and even rumors of the existence of four-star beasts.

Seeing that this middle-aged stall owner also did not know what the stone tower was, Xiao Chen lost interest in asking further. He took out a three-turn spirit plant and gave it to the stall owner, and then put away the stone tower.

A three-turn spirit plant, perhaps for other warriors, they need to go deep into the Desolate Ancient Forest, some dangerous area, and maybe even fight with powerful guardian beasts to get it. But for Xiao Chen, it was almost negligible.

With the Mountain and River Seal World, a space specifically for cultivating spirit plants, and convenience like accelerating the growth of spirit plants, not to mention ordinary one-turn thousand-year spirit plants, three-turn and four-turn spirit plants are also countless in the Mountain and River Seal World.

Xiao Chen casually looked around at the stalls and shops, checking the goods on the stalls. Some items were also valuable, but for him, they were not indispensable.

Just like that, Xiao Chen walked several streets in a row and even entered several shops. But when they found out that Xiao Chen wanted to exchange for top-grade spirit stones, they all declined, which left Xiao Chen helpless.

Top-grade spirit stones, even if they have them, they are the power behind the big shops, as a kind of existence to show off their wealth. If you want to exchange, you have to make an equal exchange, and you have to see if they are willing to trade with you.

In a flash, Xiao Chen came to the front of a stone tower. At the moment, the stone tower was bustling with noise and excitement. Many warriors continuously entered and exited the tower, and even on the outside, Xiao Chen could hear the sound of trading in the tower.

The stone tower was directly overhead, with a stone plaque on top. There were three ancient seal characters on the plaque, Spirit Rice Pavilion.

Stepping into the stone tower, Xiao Chen found that this externally modest size stone tower was more than two hundred feet deep. At the moment, this space was constantly filled with various colors of bright light, with a strong fragrance assaulting his nose. Upon further identification, there were slight differences within the scent.

As soon as he stepped into the Spirit Rice Pavilion, a servant-like warrior approached Xiao Chen, bowed to him from a distance, and asked, "Sir, what kind of Spirit Rice would you like?"

"What types of spirit rice are available for purchase in this shop?"

Spirit rice is a type of spirit plant. In some powerful tribes, fields would be cultivated in areas rich with Primal Energy to cultivate spirit rice for consumption.

The Spirit Rice contains traces of Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy; although not abundant, martial artists who consume it over an extended period could reap surprising benefits for their martial arts cultivation.

Even some precious types of Spirit Rice carry significant benefits for high-level warriors. Rumors have it that there exists Spirit Rice named "Nine-Colored Emperor Rice," which is a highly valuable spirit item even for emperors.

"Our shop has ordinary, ningen-grade, terrestrial-grade, and heaven-grade spirit rice. Regular quality spirit rice is effective for Bone-Tempering Realm Warriors, long-term consumption helps greatly with bone tempering and tendon refining."

"The ningen-grade spirit rice is efficacious for Blood Refining Realm Warriors, the terrestrial-grade spirit rice is beneficial for massive Towering Realm martial experts, and the heaven-grade spirit rice has noticeable benefits for venerable experts."

As he spoke, the attendant had already brought Xiao Chen before the spirit rice. There were baskets full of spirit rice - each basket was only about a foot in size.

Each grain of spirit rice was the size of a date, and each basket contained merely about a hundred grains of spirit rice.

These grains of spirit rice had all been hulled, revealing clear, glistening grains that emitted a crystal-like light. Each grain seemed to exhibit a next-level mystery and emit an intoxicating aura; they were full of spiritual energy and round and full.

The spirit rices arrayed before Xiao Chen were all different, each exuding a distinct aura. When gathered together, they vied for attention.

Some radiated a faint blue divine brilliance; their gentle aura was crystal clear and refreshing. Others were as red as a flame, like a fiery red haze, projecting a hot current. Some shone with a dazzling gold, exuding an aggressive aura. Some were as translucent as emerald jade, they were lush and dripping wet while some were covered with specks of starlight, twinkling like stars.

"Sir, this is the terrestrial-grade Spirit Rice, it works wonders for Towering Realm martial artists."

Next to each basket was a nameplate indicating the name of the spirit rice. Xiao Chen’s gaze swept over these plates, and he couldn’t help but be amazed.

Although the current Gu Yuan Clan has a little cultivation of spirit rice, they are all accidentally obtained from the Great Wasteland. Not only were their quality mixed, but they were also of an ordinary grade, somewhat useful for the common tribe people in the clan.

However, they were of no use to some warriors above the rank of a thousand-man commander in the clan.

The inscription on these nameplates clearly marked them as terrestrial-grade spirit rice: Five Element Rice, Raging Sea Rice, Red Flame Fire Cloud Rice, Golden Sharp Edge Rice, Jade Rice, and MountainYellow Jade Rice.

There were also other types of spirit rice: Star Pearl Rice, Blood Jade Rice, Frost Rice. Just for the terrestrial-grade level, there were already over ten types.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Chen looked at the spirit rice in the baskets in front of him, his heart pounding violently. These spirit rice were clearly extraordinary. The gleam in his eyes revealed that they were treasures, and the effects of some high-grade spirit rice could even be compared to Spirit Medicine.

"Sir, the spirit rice in our shop is cultivated by dedicated Spirit Plant Masters. The quality is absolutely top-notch."

Xiao Chen understood that Spirit Rice was not something that could be cultivated casually. The higher the grade of Spirit Rice, the more demanding conditions they required for cultivation. It would need a dedicated Spirit Plant Master to cultivate them, and only some powerful tribes with long histories would have dedicated Spirit Plant Masters to cultivate Spirit Rice.

The Gu Yuan Tribe was just getting started, and some things could not be rushed. Everything needed time to build, and since there was a shop selling spirit rice today, he could not miss the opportunity.

Although spirit rice is excellent, the price is indeed astounding. Based on the introduction from the attendant, this terrestrial-grade spirit rice is sold by the grain, one grain of spirit rice worth’s one middle-grade spirit stone.

The ningen-grade spirit rice is ten grains for one lower-grade spirit stone; the corresponding ningen-grade rice is only half the size of terrestrial-grade rice and its spirit quality is nowhere near. The ordinary-grade spirit rice is sold by the peck; it’s ten lower grade spirit stones per peck.

Those rare types of Spirit Rice with specific effects often have a higher value. In this spirit rice shop, the only heaven-grade Spirit Rice - Green Jade Bodhi Rice - was priced at ten high-grade spirit stones per grain.

Except for the ten grains of the Heaven-grade Green Jade Bodhi Rice, Xiao Chen wanted a peck (approximately a hundred grains) of each kind of the ningen-grade and terrestrial-grade spirit rice.

This spirit rice will be used as seeds, planted in the Mountain and River Seal World. Once cultivated in large quantities, it will be given to the tribe for planting.