Simultaneous Transmigration: Inheriting the Legacy of Myriad Worlds

Chapter 108 An Earth-Shattering Showdown
The layout of the Four Symbols Heavenly Stone Garden is already unique. The stones from the Primordial Ancient Mine are perfectly integrated with the formation, making the place even more mystical.

It felt like stepping back into the ancient, primordial era.

On a millstone-shaped source stone sat an old man with white hair and beard. Qin Sheng glanced at him.

"The powerful beings of the Four Symbols Sacred Land..."

The stone archway of the Holy City is extremely important and cannot be lost. Almost all the noble families of the Holy Land will station their top combat forces here.

Anyone who dares to cause trouble will immediately suffer a powerful attack, offending this sacred land to the point of death.

Among them, the already extinct Tianxuan Holy Land is the most prominent, as it directly appointed an unparalleled expert from the Holy Path realm to oversee it.

Tianxuan Leather!

"Hey, I made it! I made it! It hasn't even started yet."

"Such a gamble only happens once every few decades, we absolutely cannot miss it."

Just then, a group of old men with beards that could drag on the ground walked in from outside, all of them beaming with joy.

Qin Sheng glanced at them and then paid them no further attention.

Needless to say, these are all elderly folks from the Holy City's old folks' street, some a thousand or two years old, with nothing to do all day, just lounging around the various stone archways, touching this and looking at that.

They always rush to the scene as soon as there's something exciting to see.

"Everyone, if you don't work hard now, you'll end up like these old men, just wasting your days when you're old."

Qin Sheng spoke earnestly to Yao Yuekong and the others.

"Hey, kid from Yaoguang, we can hear you!"

"Slandering the elderly behind their backs is not a good habit."

"I am the Supreme Elder of Yaoguang, Holy Son. I supported you back then, so be careful!"

"..."

"Ahem," Qin Sheng said again.

"But then again, after working hard for half a lifetime, it's only natural that we should enjoy ourselves in our old age and live the life we ​​want."

These people were very influential; they were either the supreme elders of this family or the younger brothers of the holy masters of that family, so the Four Symbols Stone Archway couldn't stop them.

At this moment, Nangong Wentian spoke.

How to compare them?

“If a single source stone cannot distinguish between high and low quality, it is difficult to demonstrate the level of each individual. So let’s each select three source stones and see whose cuts have the highest combined value,” Qin Sheng replied.

If a single stone determines the outcome, it relies too much on luck, which is too hasty.

"it is good."

Nangong Wentian agreed, "Treasures below the level of rare and precious items don't count. Whoever loses must not only give the other party what they cut out, but also give them another million catties of source!"

The so-called rare treasures must at least be of divine origin. In other words, if an ordinary alien source is cut out from the stone, then the achievement will not be counted.

"Do you dare?!"

"Wow, that's a big move! Betting a million catties of Yuan right off the bat!"

"A million catties of raw materials, I would have to work for a hundred lifetimes without eating or drinking to earn that much."

"It seems the rumors are true. The Source Arts Clan has several holy land families supporting them this time, otherwise they wouldn't be so generous."

"Can the Holy Son of Yaoguang produce one million jin of source energy?"

"An epic battle! I'm trembling with excitement!"

"One million catties of Yuan?" Qin Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Nangong Wentian sneered, "If you can't produce it, you can use something else as collateral."

"Let's wager your Mother of All Things Banner and that coffin!"

The entire audience erupted in uproar. The fact that Qin Sheng possessed a weapon forged from a sacred artifact exclusive to the Great Emperor had already spread far and wide, and countless people were secretly coveting it.

But since he had a special status, no one would openly jump out to snatch him, unlike Ye Fan who had no background or power when he came out to make a living.

Looking at it now...

"So you were still thinking about that." Qin Sheng laughed and said:

"Here's what we'll do: you go to the Yao Guang Holy Land and collect one million catties of source stones, then give me a weapon forged from Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold."

One million catties of Yuan in exchange for a single immortal gold weapon?
I'll give you a different egg!

"You don't need to worry about whether I can produce a million jin of resources," Qin Sheng said.
"If I lose, you can go to the Yao Guang Holy Land to retrieve the source. The Yao Guang Holy Land is not going to renege on your debt."

Those around him nodded in agreement, showing their strong approval of this point.

"As for you, I have my doubts about whether the Nangong family can produce that many resources."

"Young man, consider defeat before you consider victory," said an old man with a kind face.
"If you want to get a million catties of source, defeat Wentian first."

"It's Nangong Qi. He was already known as a master of source arts more than ten years ago. Even without the master of source arts, he was enough to be the supreme master in the field of source arts."

"A showdown between young people, why is this old guy here?"

"There's something good to watch."

Through the explanations of passersby, Qin Sheng learned the old man's identity.

"So you're a grandmaster from the Nangong family." Qin Sheng raised an eyebrow.

"If I had known you were here, I would have had a competition with you."

Nangong Qi was not angry. He said, "I am waiting for the day when Qin Shengzi will challenge me."

"If I lose, I will offer you a million catties of Yuan or something of equal value!" Nangong Wentian said defiantly.

"Let's choose a stone."

Qin Sheng and Nangong Zheng separated and wandered around the Tianzi Stone Garden. Each of them was accompanied by a Source Master who explained the situation of each Source Stone to them.

“Sage Qin, the source stones here must be cut open on the spot and cannot be taken away,” Master Yuan reminded him.

"I understand the rules," Qin Sheng nodded.

He had taken a piece of Originium from the front courtyard to cut outside, but the stone here couldn't be cut like that anymore.

Because the Holy Land family wanted to observe and learn how they selected stones, and to gain experience to help them judge other stones in the future.

Qin Sheng arrived at the lush eastern district and stood in front of a source stone that looked like a tree stump.

At the very top of the stone is a smooth cut surface, engraved with patterns resembling tree rings.

Approaching this stone, one can sense an aura of desolation, as if it could shorten one's lifespan.

"This is a Divine Tree Stone, a rare stone truly from the Primordial Ancient Mine, priced at 120,000 jin," Master Yuan said.

"My God, it's so expensive?"

"Where did this bumpkin come from, begging for food in the Holy City? Tens of thousands of kilograms of stone are common in the Tianzi Stone Garden. You have no knowledge."

120,000 jin of raw materials—this price shocked many people.

It's worth noting that many people work hard their whole lives and still can't save up this much money; it's an astronomical sum.

However, everything is subject to comparison.

If this amount of energy were placed on the Ancient Sacred Body of the Gold-Devouring Beast, it would be nothing, merely causing a ripple.

The Ancient Sacred Body requires ten times the source energy for each breakthrough in the Dao Palace Secret Realm.

"The Divine Tree Stone, though named God, is actually a demon. It is said that the person who brought it out of the ancient mine lost a full three hundred years of his lifespan!"

"This stone contains an aura of annihilation. Even if there is something inside, it's hard to say whether it's good or bad."

"Indeed, I feel there's a high probability we'll cut out a malevolent creature; it's hard to say whether it will bring good or bad fortune."

The passersby, accustomed to exerting their strength, possessed an unparalleled understanding of these stones.

Qin Sheng ignored the passersby, his eyes brightening slightly as he activated the Heavenly Eye recorded in the Origin Emperor's Origin Technique.

At the same time, his hands tapped the divine tree repeatedly. With each tap, a faint light flashed and the runes pulsed, outlining strange Dao patterns.

During this process, the specific information within the Divine Tree Stone was relayed to Qin Sheng, gradually giving him a clearer understanding. "The stone material from the Primordial Ancient Mine is indeed mysterious. Not only is it affected by Primordial Qi, but its outer layer can also block ordinary source techniques, leaving one helpless," Qin Sheng thought to himself.

If it were in the front courtyard, his Source Technique Heavenly Eye could determine what was inside the stone with just a glance.

"What kind of technique is this? Could it be the Origin Heaven Divine Sense of the Origin Celestial Master lineage?"

"It doesn't seem like it. The source techniques he used are not from the source master lineage. What kind of style is this?"

"It seems that Qin Shengzi is truly capable. Heavens, could he be a genius?"

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, and Nangong Qi, the master of Origin Arts, narrowed his eyes to slits.

Young people these days can't see through things.

On the other side, Nangong Wentian was examining a stone that looked like a tortoise.

He formed a mudra, and finally an eye appeared in his palm, sticking to the surface of the source stone. The eye shone brightly, as if it could see the secrets hidden within the stone.

"The secret source techniques of the Nangong family are no less powerful than the Crimson Gold Divine Hand and Source Heaven Treasure Wheel of the Tuoba family."

"Nangong Wentian is indeed a genius of the Origin Art generation."

"His stone is a corpse turtle stone, which is said to have been found in a burial pit in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and it suppressed all the evil spirits and misfortunes there."

"It sounds like an auspicious omen, so why don't the people from the Four Symbols Holy Land cut it open?"

"When it was discovered, there were nine human heads growing on its shell, and even the people of the Four Symbols Holy Land were unsure."

Nangong Wentian finally shook his head and left the Corpse Turtle Stone.

The stones from Tianzihao Stone Garden are all rare treasures, and everyone knows how precious they are, so the chances of them being successfully sold are not small.

But the problem is, it's too expensive.

If you cut out a rare treasure, you're selling it; if you cut out a pound of pure essence, you're also selling it, but the latter will result in huge losses.

Furthermore, the Primordial Ancient Mine is very eerie; the stones that come out of the ancient mine are very deceptive, and what you see may not be the truth.

Even if there is something inside, it may not necessarily be good or beneficial.

If a scourge were to emerge from this mess, losing money would be a minor issue; one could even lose their life.

After tapping the Divine Tree Stone, Qin Sheng left and went to the western district paved with gold sand, where he found a blue stone that looked like a lotus flower.

It has long, thumb-thick rhizomes and palm-sized lotus pods.

"Azure Lotus, the Four Symbols Holy Land has released a message that this is a stone that fell from the sky."

"Apart from its appearance, this stone is very ordinary and too small. Many experts in Source Arts have seen it and think it's impossible to cut out anything good. Yet it's being sold for 150,000 catties of Source, which is practically robbery."

"The two stones that Qin Shengzi examined closely both resembled plants."

Qin Sheng gently stroked the Azure Lotus, not missing a single inch, and he was amazed.

"This thing... is a bit eerie."

Qin Sheng extended a finger, and a drop of blood automatically seeped out. He then wiped it off between his eyebrows.

The bloodstain was long and thin, resembling a vertical eye.

His eyes gleamed with a dark light, which then flowed into the bloodstain between his eyebrows, causing it to begin to move.

Qin Sheng gained another perspective; the world was filled with the color of blood, but the Azure Lotus had changed, its layers of stone skin seemingly becoming ethereal.

A moment later, the bloodstain between his eyebrows disappeared. Qin Sheng closed his eyes to rest for a while before opening them again.

Upon witnessing this scene, Nangong Qi closed his eyes completely. At the same time, Nangong Wentian's body suddenly stiffened, then returned to normal, and he continued selecting stones.

However, his style has changed, becoming more skillful and experienced.

"Sage Qin, what have you discerned?"

"It's hard to say about this stone," Qin Sheng shook his head.

Even if I did see something, I might tell you!

Qin Sheng then went to other areas to take a look and carefully examined the various stones.

He was taking this jade gambling seriously, after all, the stakes were high. Even if he lost, it wouldn't be a financial loss, but it would still be difficult to explain to the Holy Land, and...

Qin Sheng also had no habit of losing.

"Nangong Wentian chose the White Tiger Head, which is worth 180,000 jin of Origin!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Sheng turned his gaze towards him.

It was a stone shaped like a tiger's head, about the size of a millstone, and snow-white. It had been placed in the Four Symbols Stone Archway for five hundred years.

"interesting."

Unaffected, he made his first choice.

"I want the Azure Lotus."

"Nangong Wentian has made another move, buying 110,000 jin of Yuantian Feather Stones..."

"My God, for his third stone, he actually chose a Flying Phoenix worth 250,000 catties of Origin!"

A Source Stone resembling a phoenix spreading its wings was taken away by Master Yuan.

Two hundred and fifty thousand catties of source material is absolutely among the top in the Four Symbols Holy Land, and is considered a great treasure.

Seeing this, Qin Sheng was somewhat puzzled. How could the Yuanshu family be so carefree as to let a young man squander such a massive amount of Yuan?

Even if he only demonstrated his Source Technique once in the Holy City, is he really not afraid of losing?

Nangong Wentian is not a master of Origin Arts.

"Qin Sheng, what's wrong? Can't you make a choice?" Nangong Wentian said calmly.

"You don't need to worry about that. You should worry more about yourself." Qin Sheng was unaffected and selected the Divine Tree Stone again.

He had one last stone left.

"I thought the people from the Source Arts families would use Source Arts to harm me during the duel..."

For experts in the field of Origin Arts, gambling on stones can be a matter of money, but it can also be a matter of life and death.

Transforming the source within the stone into a deadly force, and controlling it with source magic, its power is surprisingly great.

Qin Sheng was prepared for bloodshed, but to his surprise, nothing like that happened.

"That's true. The Source Arts families aren't stupid. Taking on commissions from other holy lands and dampening my spirits is fine, but if they actually kill a Holy Son of Yao Guang, that would be serious..."

The clash between two elites, where one kills the other, is a completely different matter from killing the other party in a gambling match.

As his thoughts raced, Qin Sheng made his final choice. He stood before a stone that resembled a scripture, covered with many strange carvings.

"It is the Heavenly Codex, which is said to record the secrets of the heavens. It shines when the sun and moon alternate, absorbing the purest and gentlest essence of the sun and moon."

"Legend has it that when it was discovered, there were chanting sounds, as if a deity was preaching, but this is only the one-sided account of the Four Symbols Holy Land."

"There have been legends since ancient times about cutting out immortal scriptures from source stones. I heard that a sage of the Great Xia Dynasty once did it."

"This is also an unparalleled rare stone, worth 200,000 jin of Yuan."

"I choose the Heavenly Canon," Qin Sheng said.

Qin Sheng didn't have that much source energy on him; no one would carry hundreds of thousands of kilograms of source energy with them. However, given his status, he could keep accounts.

At this point, both sides have made their choices.

Qin Sheng: Divine Tree Stone, 120,000 catties of source; Azure Lotus, 150,000 catties of source; Heavenly Canon, 200,000 catties of source.

A total of 470,000 jin of raw materials.

Nangong Wentian: White Tiger Head, 180,000 catties of source; Heavenly Feather Stone, 110,000 catties of source; Flying Phoenix, 250,000 catties of source.

A total of 540,000 jin of raw materials.

The stones they selected were worth over a million catties of raw materials, not to mention their bets...

Even some living fossils couldn't help but feel their hearts pound and their mouths go dry at this moment.

Playing that big?

(End of this chapter)