bookbashuk Chapter 267 The people of the Heaven-Covering Realm are still too easy to feed.
Chapter 267 The people of the Heaven-Covering Realm are still too easy to feed.
Chapter 267 The people of the Heaven-Covering Realm are still too easy to feed.
"Heh, strength is strength, and life essence is life essence. These two cannot be confused." Xu Qing shook his head with a smile, lightly tapping the void with his fingertip, as if dispelling the confusion of the Qilin Ancient Emperor. "Let me give you an example. If there is someone who, without relying on any supernatural powers or secret techniques, can lift a trillion jin of weight solely with his physical strength, what level do you think he should be ranked in?"
Upon hearing this, the Ancient Emperor of Qilin subconsciously frowned.
Based on his initial understanding of the hierarchy within the Heavenly Pavilion, he immediately replied, "Trillion catties? That would be at least at the seventh-tier Saint level, right?"
In his understanding, such terrifying pure physical strength was something that low-level cultivators could not possess; even a Dao-Slaying King might not be able to achieve it.
Xu Qing shook his head again, a smile playing on his lips: "No, you're mistaken. In reality, an existence that relies solely on pure strength is at most ranked third."
"How is this possible? Only at level three?"
The Qilin Ancient Emperor was shocked. His eyes widened suddenly, and his voice involuntarily rose a few decibels, filled with disbelief.
He hurriedly sorted through the cultivation system in his memory and pondered what Xu Qing had said.
"But even according to the cultivation system of the Chaotic Ancient Era or even more distant times, the first realm of the ancient ancestors had a divine strength of 100,000 jin. Even if they broke through to the Divine Fire Realm and became true gods, their strength would never exceed one million jin."
"Even a Dao-Slaying King at the third realm of the Secret Realm Immortal Platform possesses a strength of at most a million jin. According to the classification of the Heavenly Pavilion, this is already the sixth rank. But Pavilion Master, you just said that a trillion jin is only—the third rank?"
In his view, the third tier was at most the level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, which was three major realms lower than the Dao-Slaying King.
But why is there such a big difference in strength?
Even those with an ancient holy body might not be able to achieve this level.
The Ancient Emperor Qilin, recalling Xu Qing's earlier statement about not using supernatural powers, asked in doubt, "Could it be that these people truly have no supernatural powers whatsoever, reaching the third or even sixth level solely through physical strength? Does such a cultivation method even exist in this world?"
"That's exactly right." Xu Qing nodded. "In the countless universes of this world, there are always unique methods."
While the Swallowed Star World may excel in other areas, its immense power is undeniable.
"So it's a cultivation method from another universe?"
The Ancient Emperor Qilin suddenly realized, and the confusion in his eyes gradually faded. He murmured, "So that means that the sixth-grade pills you gave me, Pavilion Master, were actually refined by beings whose physical bodies had reached the power of a Dao-Slaying King? No wonder their life essence is so abundant."
Upon understanding this matter, the Ancient Emperor of Qilin couldn't help but feel excited.
Even if his entire fortune couldn't be exchanged for immortal cultivation and eternal life, judging from what this Lord of the Heavens said, there should be many beings with such powerful life essence in other worlds.
"Master, how many of those pills you just gave me can I exchange for?"
Xu Qing smiled and glanced at him, asking, "How many billions do you want?"
"How many billions—billions—billions?!!!!!"
Xu Qing spoke calmly and without emotion, but it made the Qilin Ancient Emperor's eyes widen and his heart surge with tremendous waves.
"Lord Pavilion Master, did I hear that right? Are you sure you meant one hundred million?"
Even the ancient Qilin Emperor, who once ruled the nine heavens and ten earths and wiped out billions of star systems with a wave of his hand, found it hard to believe.
This being possesses vitality comparable to a Great Sage; even by rank, it is a Dao-Slaying King.
And this Pavilion Master of the Heavens Pavilion actually uses hundreds of millions to measure such beings?!
Can I really buy that much with the assets I have?
"Otherwise what? You think it's not enough?" Xu Qing raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone still calm, but he threw out an even more astonishing statement, "You want a trillion? I can give it to you, it just depends on whether you dare to bid."
Upon hearing this, the Ancient Emperor of Qilin was completely stunned, with only the words "one trillion" echoing wildly in his mind.
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
One trillion pills that could rival the life essence of a Great Sage—this was beyond his comprehension of quantity. Even in his millions of years of life, he had never heard of such a terrifying number.
Ordinary life-bearing planets mostly have only a few billion inhabitants, while those are life-source planets with the lineage of ancient emperors and celestial beings.
Even most life-bearing planets with the lineage of Great Emperors do not have such a large population.
"—One trillion?!"
Even those Dark Sovereigns who devoured life through Dark Turmoil did not reach this number.
An ordinary Dark Sovereign can only devour a few hundred billion living beings at a time, and there are very few cultivators like Saints or Great Saints.
Let alone a trillion-dollar Great Saint, even a trillion-dollar King, if he were to actually bring it out, would be enough to frighten any ancient emperor or ancient celestial being.
For a moment, the Ancient Emperor Qilin really wanted to see if the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Pavilion could produce one trillion.
But after standing there dumbfounded for a long time, the Ancient Emperor of Qilin still didn't dare to say it.
He always felt that such a massive amount of resources would require him to skin himself alive to afford them.
After a long pause, the Ancient Emperor Qilin finally managed to find his voice, which was somewhat hoarse: "Sect Master is too kind to me—one trillion is too much, ten thousand would be enough." He paused, then added, "I would like to trade a Quasi-Emperor artifact at the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor realm. I wonder how much I can get in return?"
The Qilin Staff is his imperial weapon, related to his hope of becoming an immortal. He absolutely cannot lose it and can only exchange it for other quasi-imperial weapons.
Xu Qing took in his reaction and chuckled to himself: "Sigh, it's easy to feed the people of the Shrouding Heaven. I wonder what kind of life they lived before. They were at the limit level of Void True Gods, capable of destroying billions of star systems and annihilating small universes. Yet they were frightened by a peak of one trillion World Lords."
"This is just the beginning! I haven't even mentioned that the divine kingdom opened up by a Great Sage (Cosmic Venerable) contains hundreds of billions of people!"
"If I tell him, won't he be scared to death?"
The thought flashed through his mind, and Xu Qing replied, "Of course, you can trade me a quasi-Emperor artifact, and I will give you one million pills."
"One million?!" The Ancient Emperor of Qilin was initially delighted, but the next second he heard Xu Qing change the subject: "But I have a request."
"Please speak, Lord Pavilion Master!" The Qilin Ancient Emperor's heart jumped instantly, and his tone became uneasy.
"The quasi-emperor weapon I want doesn't need any supernatural powers, laws, or runes. It only needs to contain the purest weight and power, and it must be usable even by a saint. Can you meet that requirement?" Xu Qing said slowly.
"My lord, what's so difficult about this!" Upon hearing this, the Ancient Emperor Qilin breathed a sigh of relief and disappeared from the pavilion in a flash.
He returned shortly afterward with an inkstone.
The inkstone was only the size of a palm, but its surface was dotted with a few glittering lights. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that those glittering lights were not just points of light, but rather strings of condensed starlight!
This was actually a quasi-Emperor artifact containing countless star systems and of terrifying weight!