Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates
Chapter 311 - 309: Soul Crystal Obtained

Chapter 311: Chapter 309: Soul Crystal Obtained

"Contribution points for the hidden mission!" Upon hearing Lord Jiu Zhu’s words, everyone fell silent, then turned their gaze towards Xiao Ye, with looks of envy, jealousy, and resentment in their eyes.

Every time a hidden mission appears in the Genius Camp, the corresponding contribution points are always substantial, and now they were completed by a newcomer.

"Xiao Ye, you did very well this time. King Xingyun made a significant discovery in the Space Ring you submitted. You have earned a chance to receive guidance from King Xingyun himself. If you want to use this opportunity, come find me," Lord Jiu Zhu said with a hint of a smile on his face.

Guidance from King Xingyun himself?

Everyone was stunned.

It was well known that King Xingyun, as a super strong martial artist of the King Martial Realm who controlled the power of mysterious Law Profound Mysteries, rarely granted audience with others in the Xingyun Kingdom. It was considered an honor just to be able to see him, much less to receive his guidance.

In Genius Camp, only the three legendary ’monsters’ had been granted an audience with King Xingyun himself.

A throb of excitement raced through Xiao Ye’s heart. The benefits of receiving guidance from King Xingyun were enormous.

At the very least, he could listen to some secrets of the mysterious Law Profound Mysteries from King Xingyun himself, paving the way for his future. Not to mention the other influences it would have.

"These hidden mission contribution points..." Lord Jiu Zhu paused before going on slowly, "total three million!"

Three million!

Upon hearing this number, Xiao Ye’s sight went dizzy. So many contribution points almost matched the overt rewards of the mission and could exchange for a large amount of treasures in the Exchange Hall.

"Damn it!"

Ding Yi and Guo Tao clenched their fists in anger, glaring at Xiao Ye with pure rage in their hearts, struggling to contain their fury.

"Qing Wu, Xiao Ye, hand over your identity tokens to me, and I’ll allocate the contribution points. Mo Ye Team’s contribution points will be set off against what you’ve submitted to me. As for Xiang Nan’s Team, you need to hand over fifty thousand contribution points," Lord Jiu Zhu instructed.

The identity tokens of the Genius Camp were very practical; not only could they form a defensive armor, but they could also record an individual’s contribution points.

"Lord Jiu Zhu!"

Qing Wu and Xiao Ye stepped forward, taking out their identity tokens.

Swoosh!

With a wave of Lord Jiu Zhu’s hand, a light screen enveloped the identity tokens. Almost immediately, Xiao Ye saw a row of numbers appear on his token, increasing rapidly—in a few breaths, three million contribution points for the hidden mission were recorded on it.

Qing Wu’s identity token also received three million two hundred and fifty thousand contribution points.

Guo Tao walked up with gritted teeth and watched as Lord Jiu Zhu deducted fifty thousand contribution points from his token.

"With the time ahead, I hope you all cultivate well. In three months, the Genius Camp’s assessment will take place. Here, we don’t distinguish between newcomers and veterans; if your strength isn’t sufficient, you’ll be eliminated!" After allocating the contribution points, Lord Jiu Zhu said, looking around the room.

Everyone’s expression became serious.

"Only three months?" Xiao Ye was slightly startled, not expecting the time pressure to be so imminent.

The mission they were on had almost taken three months, so this made sense.

Moreover, he knew that Genius Camp held assessments every six months, setting up myriad challenges to test the members’ progress. Any member who hadn’t significantly improved in strength during this six months period would be eliminated.

In Genius Camp, no one wanted to be eliminated; under these circumstances, they had no choice but to cultivate desperately.

Yet, Xiao Ye wasn’t the least bit worried; ever since he joined Genius Camp, his strength had been increasing rapidly. Moreover, he had a Treasure Core in his possession, making it unlikely for him to be the one eliminated.

Having finished speaking, Lord Jiu Zhu ascended towards Heaven and flew off to the Exchange Hall.

"Hmph, Xiao Ye, you’ll definitely be eliminated in three and a half months," Guo Tao said with a cold look, leaving the Central Square together with Ding Yi.

This mission had left them empty-handed. They could only wait for the next mission.

Members of the Dragon Hunting Team, however, were extremely excited. Qing Wu’s identity token had three million two hundred and fifty thousand contribution points waiting to be distributed.

"I suggest taking one million out of the three million two hundred and fifty thousand contribution points for Xiao Ye, and we can discuss how to allocate the remaining two million two hundred and fifty thousand," Qing Wu suggested after a moment’s thought.

The members of the Dragon Hunting Team exchanged glances, then nodded in agreement.

Without Xiao Ye’s exploration, they wouldn’t have been able to attain these three million two hundred and fifty thousand contribution points, so giving one million to Xiao Ye was unquestionable for them.

Xiao Ye was rather surprised; he hadn’t expected to easily earn one million contribution points.

After some discussion among the remaining members of the Dragon Hunting Team, they were satisfied with their division of the contribution points, with each person receiving a considerable amount.

Before long, Qing Wu allocated a portion of her token’s contribution points.

"Captain, I’ll take out half of the three million contribution points from the hidden mission. Please help divide them among the teammates," Xiao Ye said, activating the secret technique from the Genius Camp manual and transferring one million five hundred thousand contribution points to Qing Wu.

After the allocation, Xiao Ye’s total contribution points, including the one hundred thousand he had before, reached two million six hundred thousand.

"Wow, I’m tempted to rob you. Many who have been in Genius Camp for a long time don’t have so many contribution points," Kuang Dao exclaimed admiringly.

Xiao Ye smiled lightly, exchanging a few words with everyone, and then couldn’t wait any longer to head to the Exchange Hall.

"Soul Crystal!"

Xiao Ye’s eyes were filled with excitement.

He could not forget the time when the thirteen Kings of the Yulan Domain descended upon the Xiao Alliance, and Bing Ya resolutely stood before the Xiao Alliance, shielding it from all the storms.

Yet, he could not provide any aid to Bing Ya when her special constitution was awakening. Until Bing Ya left the Yulan Domain, he did not even see her for one last time.

This regret had always been buried deep in Xiao Ye’s heart, and now it erupted all at once, causing his breathing to become rapid.

"Yaya, are you really in Central State? How are you doing now?" Xiao Ye’s heart trembled as the cold yet saintly figure emerged in his mind.

"Got Contribution Points and couldn’t wait to squander them?" When Xiao Ye stepped into the Exchange Hall, Lord Jiu Zhu’s words snapped Xiao Ye back to reality.

"Lord Jiu Zhu!" Xiao Ye hastily bowed respectfully.

He noticed that Lord Jiu Zhu’s attitude towards him seemed to have improved a lot.

"Let’s dispense with formalities. Take a look at what you want to exchange on your own," said Jiu Zhu, who then, just like last time, caused a giant stone wall to rise in the Exchange Hall, with the light screen flickering as the catalog and introductions of various treasures appeared.

Yet, Xiao Ye did not even glance at it and said to Jiu Zhu: "Lord Jiu Zhu, I need a Soul Crystal."

Jiu Zhu slightly furrowed his brow upon hearing this: "I’ve said it before, your soul is not damaged, and Soul Crystals are utterly useless to you. Moreover, the Contribution Points needed for exchange are not few, why do you insist on exchanging for this item?"

Xiao Ye shook his head: "Soul Crystals are very important to me, so I want to exchange for them."

Seeing Xiao Ye’s insistence, Jiu Zhu said helplessly: "Alright, a Soul Crystal costs eight hundred thousand Contribution Points per piece, and there are six pieces left in the National Treasury. How many do you want to exchange for?"

Xiao Ye was silent for a moment: "Then let’s just exchange for two pieces for now."

After saying this, he handed over his own Identity Token.

He had no choice, the value of Soul Crystals was too high, just exchanging for two pieces with the current amount of Xiao Ye’s Contribution Points was already quite extravagant.

"Wait here for me." After Lord Jiu Zhu deducted one million six hundred thousand Contribution Points, he turned and walked into the inner part of the Exchange Hall.

Moments later, Jiu Zhu came back holding a brocade box and handed it to Xiao Ye.

"Here are the two Soul Crystals," said Jiu Zhu.

Xiao Ye hurriedly took it and opened it to see two blood-red stones inside the brocade box, only the size of a fingernail, but inside there was Divine light pulsating, extremely astonishing.

"Soul Crystals!" Xiao Ye was thrilled and quickly put them into his Space Ring.

"Lord Jiu Zhu, I also need a Bodhi Leaf, can I exchange for that?" Xiao Ye asked.

Jiu Zhu was stunned and said with a bitter smile: "Bodhi Leaf? Do you really regard this place as a common shop? Clearly, there are precious treasures to be exchanged for, yet you insist on exchanging for some things of no use."

Bodhi Leaves are known to increase the comprehension of Sixth Grade Battle Techniques and the Martial Arts True Intent tenfold, but once a Martial Artist advances to King Martial Realm and cultivates Sixth Grade Battle Techniques, it naturally has no effect.

The reason why Xiao Ye wanted to exchange for Bodhi Leaves was that he had used a Treasure Core last night. The fourth Martial Arts True Intent he had comprehended had reached two parts substantiation.

To rapidly bring the fourth Martial Arts True Intent to perfect completion, Bodhi Leaves were the top choice.

Of course, Xiao Ye would not tell Jiu Zhu this and just gave a dry laugh while looking at him.

His biggest concern was that Bodhi Leaves were too low-end, and the Exchange Hall might not have them.

After confirming again, Jiu Zhu began to frown and ponder.

Xiao Ye watched Jiu Zhu nervously. If there were no Bodhi Leaves here, he would have to look elsewhere.

"There are indeed no Bodhi Leaves in the National Treasury, but I suddenly remembered that when I was still in the Innate Realm, I used a Bodhi Leaf and had one left over, stored in a Space Ring. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it."

Jiu Zhu flipped his palm, showing a purple leaf in the center of his palm, which was a Bodhi Leaf.

"I don’t need this Bodhi Leaf, so I’ll give it to you," said Jiu Zhu as he flicked his finger, sending the Bodhi Leaf flying towards Xiao Ye.

"Thank you very much, Lord Jiu Zhu." Xiao Ye’s face was full of excitement as he reached out and caught the Bodhi Leaf.

Although there was only one Bodhi Leaf, it was better than none.

"Do you need to exchange for anything else?" Jiu Zhu asked.

Xiao Ye’s gaze flickered. In terms of Combat Techniques, Blood Battle Eight Directions and Domineering Dragon Suppressing Sky Fist were enough for his use.

What he lacked now was strength; he needed to improve his Cultivation.

"Lord Jiu Zhu, I won’t exchange for now, I will come again if needed."

Thinking of the Soul Crystal in the Space Ring, Xiao Ye no longer had the mood to exchange for anything else and after saying goodbye to Jiu Zhu, he quickly returned to his own palace.

"This kid..." Jiu Zhu was slightly startled. Xiao Ye came to the Exchange Hall and only exchanged for two items, which in his eyes, were utterly useless.

"Ocean Chain!" Xiao Ye sat cross-legged in his palace, taking out the bracelet and Soul Crystal.