Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 52 Jiang Family Stone Archway
If they were to go to another gambling stone shop to cut stones, it was impossible for just the two of them to go alone. At least one half-step master would need to accompany them to intimidate the others.

This task undoubtedly fell to Yun Shang. After the three of them left Yaoguang Workshop, they headed straight for Jiang Family Stone Workshop.

Jiang Family Market is filled with palaces and halls. As an ancient family that possesses imperial weapons, the Jiang family has a considerable territory in the Holy City, even larger than that of the Yao Guang Holy Land.

Although both possess supreme imperial weapons, the Jiang family is undoubtedly slightly stronger than the Yao Guang Holy Land in terms of foundation, after all, they are descendants of the Great Emperor.

Its ancestral scripture, the Hengyu Scripture, possesses unfathomable power and is known as the foremost scripture in the Four Extremes Secret Realm. It also contains forbidden secret techniques recorded in the Emperor's Scripture.

When Jiang Yi went on a killing spree in the Yao Guang Light Zone, his Eight Gods' Brute Force left the experts of the Yao Guang Holy Land speechless. The Holy Light Technique and Hunyuan Holy Light Technique, which were usually invincible, were clearly inferior when facing the Eight Gods' Brute Force.

It can be said that Jiang Yi also deserves credit for Li Yao's hard work in cultivation, because the other party clearly showed him that weakness is the original sin in the cultivation world.

The number of Yao Guang disciples who died that day was no less than 100. They died silently, becoming just one small part of Jiang Yi's terrifying record of robbing the Holy Land Origin Zone.

Li Yao wasn't trying to defend them; once you embark on the path of cultivation, life and death are in the hands of fate. It was just that this incident kept reminding him and spurring him to cultivate diligently so that he wouldn't become one of them.

"What are you thinking about?" Yao Xi asked curiously when she saw Li Yao staring blankly at Jiangjia Market.

"Thinking of Jiang Yi, if it weren't for Zhang Taishang sending me away with one palm strike, I might have died in the aftershocks long ago." Li Yao still felt the danger when he thought of that scene.

At that time, he was only at the Life Spring Realm, while that group of knights numbered over eighty, with the weakest among them being at the Dao Palace Realm. Now, he might be able to exchange blows with the weakest among them, but back then, he would probably die if he encountered them.

“Then junior brother should vent his anger properly, treat the Jiang family stone archway as Jiang Yi, and make a killing off him.” Yao Xiyu clenched her fist and gently waved it in front of her full chest.

Looking at the sulking Yao Xi, Li Yao chuckled and said, "Alright, let's pack up all the good stuff from the Jiang family's stone workshop and take it with us."

In the past, he might not have dared to make such a boast, but now, a Saint-level Source Technique is no joke.

Perhaps, in terms of comprehensiveness, his Source Techniques cannot be compared with the Source Heavenly Book, but if we're just talking about gambling on stones, then there's almost no difference between the two.

For the past month or so, Li Yao has imprinted the Origin Technique into every inch of his flesh and blood. Even when he is not cultivating, he is constantly pondering it.

It can be said that his source techniques have reached an astonishing level, which can be seen even in stones containing divine source.

As long as the Source Book is not born, Li Yao's Source Techniques will be number one in the Big Dipper. Even if he is a master of Source Techniques, Li Yao will not take him seriously at all.

"Lord Yun, I'm entrusting this matter to you this time." Before entering the Jiang family's stone archway, Li Yao solemnly said to Yun Shang.

"Don't worry, the Jiang family stone workshop is open for business. They won't, and can't, do anything outrageous," Yun Shang said, his gaze secretly drifting towards a point in the void.

Yao Xi, standing to the side, added, "That's right, Junior Brother, don't worry. Our Yao Guang Holy Land isn't one to be trifled with. If the Jiang family dares to bully us like this, even the Holy Lord won't sit still and will inevitably leave the Holy Land."

Li Yao nodded, completely relieved, and walked towards the Jiang family's stone archway.

It wasn't because of Yao Xi's words—who can say for sure what will happen afterward? What truly put his mind at ease was Yun Shang's subtle glance just now.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Li Yao guessed Yun Shang's meaning: there was a peerless expert from Yao Guang lurking in the shadows, and if things really escalated, that expert would step forward.

There were many people at Jiang Family Stone Archway, but the outer area was mostly filled with independent cultivators. There were no precious stones there, so the prices were naturally very cheap. They couldn't possibly stay there and didn't even look at them.

Of course, it was also because Li Yao had casually glanced around and found nothing of value; the best item he had was a small, finger-sized piece of fiery red source. The cobblestone path was quiet and secluded. Passing through a large complex of palaces, they arrived at a lush and verdant garden.

Upon arriving here, Li Yao stopped, and Yao Xi, who was beside him, also stopped and asked, "Junior Brother, did you see something good?"

"Hmm, I saw a few decent source stones." Li Yao said, taking the lead and walking over.

Behind him, Yun Shang stood still, while Yao Xi followed closely, looking around curiously like a child.

To Yao Xi, the source stones here were not much different, at most differing in appearance and color, but she couldn't tell which source stone could yield a treasure.

The two moved through the source stones, and soon Li Yao stopped next to one of them.

"Junior brother, is this the source stone?" Yao Xi looked at the brown source stone in front of him with curiosity, trying to figure out how it was different from other source stones, but in the end, he couldn't see anything.

“This is the source stone, let’s buy it.” Li Yao said, reaching out to pick up the source stone and then walking towards the next one.

Soon, Li Yao selected four source stones from the sixth source area, a move that attracted a lot of attention.

The Jiang family's jade gambling market was frequented by cultivators, and many people looked over. Some cultivators who had seen Li Yao at the Yao Guang jade gambling market couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"It's Li Yao, a disciple of Yao Guang and a master of Origin Arts. I didn't expect him to come to the Jiang family's stone gambling den."

"What's so strange about that? Don't you know about the feud between the Yao Guang Holy Land and the Jiang family?"

"It's mostly because of what happened with Jiang Yi."

"Since they couldn't find Jiang Yi at the Yao Guang Holy Land, they decided to try and save face from the Jiang family. This is going to be interesting."

The crowd gathered around, eager to see how many good items Li Yao would get next.

Li Yao had few battle records, but he became famous overnight. The items he obtained were things that many masters of Origin Arts could not obtain in decades.

Now that he has appeared at Jiang Family Stone Archway, many people are curious about the level of his Source Technique.

Soon, Li Yao began cutting the stone, and as the first piece of source stone was cut open, the exclamations never stopped.

All four source stones yielded valuable items, including an egg-sized amethyst source stone, a fist-sized ice and snow source stone, a fiery red source stone, and a nine-leaf red lingzhi mushroom.

"We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich! Just these things alone are worth more than 10,000 jin of Yuan."

"A piece of amethyst source the size of an egg! Even if you offered four or five thousand catties of source for just this one, I reckon someone would still want it."

"And that nine-leaf red Ganoderma lucidum is a rare material. It can be used to refine pills, which can accelerate the cultivation speed and break through the cultivation bottleneck. Its value is at least three thousand catties of Origin."

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