Covering the Sky: A Guide to Proving the Dao Without Cheats

Chapter 119 The Origin of the Trading System

"I would like to ask Master Duan to help me collect the essence of some special physiques. I can exchange it for source stones, divine materials, or even ancient scriptures."

Upon hearing this, Duan De's expression changed, and he abruptly took a step back, staring at Luo Heng with a wary look: "What do you want the origin of the special physique for? You—you have cultivated the Devouring Heaven Demon Art?" His voice trembled slightly as he finished speaking.

Luo Heng, however, seemed unconcerned, rolling his eyes. "What's so strange about that? Ever since I was able to snatch the lid of the Devouring Demon Jar from you, you should have realized I possess a legacy related to the Ruthless Great Emperor. Is it so strange to learn the Devouring Demon Art?"

"Besides," he paused, "since I'm making a deal with you, I want the essence of the corpse, so I have no intention of harming the living."

Duan De's expression softened slightly, but his vigilance remained: "You're just telling me this so directly? Aren't you afraid I'll go around spreading it around? At that point, even your Yao Guang Holy Land might not be able to protect you."

Luo Heng laughed: "Go ahead and spread it around. You're just a grave robber, a tomb raider. Do you think ordinary people would believe you or me, the Holy Son of Yao Guang, a top-tier power in the Beidou system?"

Duan De's expression stiffened, then his eyes darted around before he said, "Fine, I agree to the deal. But you have to finish trading the blood you brought today with me first."

Upon hearing this, Luo Heng felt a slight pang in his heart. Since the Blood Deity had already been extracted, one or two more transactions should, probably, not be a problem, right?

Comforting himself with this thought, Luo Heng gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

After the two parties exchanged money and goods, Duan De brought up the previous topic again: "As for the physique and origin, no problem. But this time I don't want the source stones—I want the ancient scriptures and secret techniques."

Having anticipated this, Luo Heng smiled and tossed out a piece of paper: "Take a look at what's on this. The prices are all marked. Bring the corresponding physique essence over, and we'll exchange them according to the table."

Duan De caught it, looked down, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

It was clearly written on the paper:

[Top-tier physique = 50000 points]

[Wang Ti Ben Yuan = 5000 points]

[Ordinary Treasure Body Origin = 500 points]

Below is the redemption list:

[Immortal Emperor - Heavenly Emperor Level "Ancient Scripture of Gods" - 60 Points] (Can be redeemed in volumes)

【The Nine Netherworlds Immortal Scripture - Emperor-level - 50 points】(Can be redeemed in separate volumes)

[Emperor-level Daoist Scripture - Sea of ​​Wheels Scroll - 10 points]

[Emperor-level Ninth Secret - Military Secret - 10 points]

[Emperor-level Ninth Secret - Dou Zi Secret - 10 points]

Further down were cultivation techniques and secret arts of sages and even great sages, as well as various rare and precious materials—the Primordial Qi, the Jade Pool Divine Spring Water, the tea leaves of the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and the trunk of the Enlightenment Tea Tree.

As Duan De looked around, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

His pupils suddenly contracted when he caught sight of the two lines at the very bottom.

[Ruthless Emperor-Level "Devouring Heaven Demon Art" - 60 points]

[Ruthless Heavenly Emperor-level "Undying Heavenly Art" - 100 million points]

If the previous items surprised him, the last two almost made his eyes pop out of their sockets.

"No—Saint Son Luo Heng," Duan De's voice trembled slightly, "you're also willing to trade the Undying Heavenly Art and the Devouring Heaven Demon Art?"

Luo Heng smiled slightly and said slowly, "Master Duan probably didn't look carefully, did he? There are small print below those two items."

Duan De was taken aback and quickly looked down to examine it closely.

Sure enough, two notes were found at the very bottom:

[Note 1: The Devouring Heaven Demon Art and the Undying Heaven Art are exclusive redemption items for members.]

[Note 2: You must accumulate 100 million points through transactions before you can become a member]

Duan De's smile froze.

"No way—" he couldn't help but complain, "What kind of unfair terms are these? If you can trade, then trade. Why bother with memberships? 100 million points—I'd have to dig up forty bodies of that Ancient Sacred Body level for you! This is just too much!"

Luo Heng rolled his eyes: "You can choose something else. Isn't the Nine Secrets good enough? Two Ancient Saint Body level origins are enough."

Duan De muttered, "That's hard to find too—Emperor level? Heavenly Emperor level? Is the Heavenly Emperor being counted as a separate realm? The Undying Emperor and the Ruthless Great Emperor, if counted that way, would make sense—"

As he spoke, his eyes darted around, and he leaned closer again, his face beaming with smiles.

"Um—Holy Son, given our relationship, could you make an exception? Forget the membership, just let me exchange it for the 'Devouring Heaven Demon Art' or the 'Undying Heaven Art,' okay?"

His response was Luo Heng's two cold laughs.

"If Master Duan were to learn the Devouring Heaven Demon Art or the Undying Heaven Art, would you still obediently trade the essence of your physique that you've unearthed to me?"

Duan De was speechless, muttering under his breath, "How do you know I can't?" But he knew no one would believe him, so he wisely stopped arguing.

Looking at him like this, Luo Heng sighed inwardly:

That's how people are.

When someone cheats, people curse them, saying their whole family will die.

If I want to use cheats but am stopped, then I'll kill anyone who tries to stop me from using cheats, and their entire family will be killed.

Duan De examined the list in his hand more carefully, becoming increasingly satisfied with each look. Finally, he raised his head, his face beaming, and said, "Since the Holy Son treats me with such sincerity, this humble Taoist will naturally not disappoint him—just you wait and see!"

"I've excavated quite a few ancient tombs before, and some of the tomb owners had special physical conditions, but I didn't pay attention to them at the time."

"When I return and search again, I will surely find the source you need for the Holy Son."

Luo Heng nodded in satisfaction.

Upon seeing this, Duan De turned to leave.

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Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Fellow Daoist, please wait."

Duan De shivered for no reason and turned to look at Luo Heng in confusion.

With a smile on his face, Luo Heng casually drew a few lines in the air. Ripples, as if spatial fluctuations, spread throughout the Holy Son's Hall.

Immediately afterwards, a soft popping sound came from Duan De's sleeve.

"Ouch!" Duan De cried out in pain, and hurriedly swung his arm. A small array plate flew out from his sleeve, landed on the ground, and shattered into pieces.

Luo Heng glanced at the array plate and smiled at Duan De, saying, "Daoist Duan, I just activated the array in the Holy Son Hall specifically designed for recording images and audio. It can destroy all recording or audio artifacts currently in use within the hall."

"I never expected to accidentally injure Master Duan. How rude of me."

Duan De cursed the little fox inwardly, but his face showed just the right amount of surprise: "Eh? I don't even know when I accidentally activated this image-recording array plate—how rude of me. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave?"

Luo Heng raised an eyebrow and gestured outwards, saying, "Master Duan, please feel free to go ahead."

After that, Luo Heng's life returned to normal.

Every day is just about spiritual practice, spiritual practice, and more spiritual practice.

However, although they are all cultivating, they are different in their own way. Sometimes he fights and spars with Ye Fan, sometimes he secludes himself to cultivate the "Undying Heavenly Art", and sometimes he cultivates with Yao Xi, Hong Ling, Zi Yuan and other girls.

More than a month later, Duan De finally reappeared, bringing with him dozens of royal body origins and hundreds of other unique body origins, a truly astonishing number.

His contribution alone was no less than the total number of Holy Son-level physiques cultivated by the Yao Guang Holy Land over the years.

Luo Heng was naturally overjoyed and generously handed over the two kinds of Nine Secrets that Duan De needed, as well as some rare and precious materials. Both parties were delighted.

Luo Heng then went into seclusion again, devouring all the essence of these physical constitutions, bringing himself one step closer to becoming a Chaos Body.

After leaving the pass, Luo Heng, having nothing to do, once again gathered the treasure-hunting team and headed straight for the Dragon Nest.

In Luo Heng's view, retrieving the treasure from the Myriad Dragon Nest would be a piece of cake. Not to mention the ancient clans inside, even if the Myriad Dragon Emperor dared to emerge from the forbidden zone, he was confident he could force him back in.

As expected, with Xiao Yinyin accompanying him, everything went smoothly. He successfully obtained the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality and the Immortal Treasure Map left in the coffin by the ruthless man.

Before leaving, he also took the old man, the demon, with him.

However, Luo Heng did not unseal him. This old man's mind is not quite right, who knows what will happen after he comes out? It's better to keep him sealed with divine source and leave him for now.

It was by virtue of the True Dragon Immortality Elixir he planted that he was able to push the Great Luo Heaven back to the Saint King level.

The trip went exceptionally smoothly, and they returned to Yaoguang in less than half a month.

But when he returned to the holy land, he encountered an unexpected guest—Jiang Taixu, the God King of the Jiang family.

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This time, Jiang Taixu concealed his identity and mingled with the Jiang family's delegation attending the Yao Guang Grand Gathering. Apart from the Supreme Elder of the Jiang family who was leading the delegation, no one else knew that such a powerful figure was hidden in the group.

Inside the Temple of the Holy Son, the two sat facing each other.

"Senior God-King, why did you come in person?" Luo Heng was somewhat surprised. "What if someone recognizes you?"

Jiang Taixu waved his hand: "It's alright, I deliberately concealed my identity, outsiders won't notice."

He paused, looked at Luo Heng, his gaze somewhat complicated: "Actually, I had recovered well a few days ago and was planning to implement that plan soon, pretending that I had just escaped from Zishan and returned to the Jiang family to lure those villains into making a move."

"But just at this time, such an extraordinary phenomenon occurred in the Yao Guang Holy Land. After inquiring, I learned that it was you. You used the blood of nine ancient emperors to refine a new top-tier physique and are going to hold a grand gathering in Yao Guang."

His tone was calm, but his expression was somewhat subtle.

"At this time, the Eastern Wilderness is almost a gathering place for the entire Beidou Holy Land and aristocratic families. If I were to appear at the Jiang family at this critical juncture, it would only make those who want to take action hesitate. I have no choice but to postpone the plan."

I might as well come to Yaoguang first and discuss it with you.

Upon hearing this, Luo Heng's expression twitched subtly.

So it turns out I made too much noise and ruined their fishing plan?

He coughed dryly and said awkwardly, "This—please forgive me, senior. I didn't expect it to cause such a big commotion."

Jiang Taixu's lips curled up almost imperceptibly, but he didn't say anything more.

"So, what does that mean, senior?"

"Let's postpone the plan," Jiang Taixu said calmly. "I'll make my appearance when your Yao Guang Gathering has ended and all the forces have dispersed. The timing will be perfect."

Luo Heng nodded; this was indeed a safe approach.

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