Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

"Alright, everyone, I won't say anything more."

Monarch Lei Xiao glanced around and said, "A Thousand Dreams Fruit is worth 15 billion merit points. I think giving them 35% of the corpse material would be sufficient, to prevent them from using it to enhance their strength. What do you all think?"

In fact, emperors and monarchs don't care much about such things.

After all, the rare treasures were ultimately given to the Thunder Ancestor, and the rewards given to them were only a tiny bit. So why should they care?

However, Lord Lei Xiao said this mainly to prevent the subsequent progenitors from having no corresponding explanation.

As soon as I dozed off, someone brought me a pillow.

One of the monarchs said, "Lei Xiao, I think 30% is enough. After all, those three alien races faced many difficulties transporting resources from other source worlds to our Origin Continent. They must have brought secret treasures that surpassed the God-King level, or refined peak God-King Chaos Origin Bloodlines, or at the very least, a complete corpse of a peak God-King Chaos Origin Bloodline. Even if they have stockpiles of such low-value corpse materials, they definitely won't have many."

"Yes, 35 percent is still a bit too much. The remains in the hands of those three alien races are generally the remains of low-level Chaos Origin life forms, while the black-robed man wants incomplete corpses of Chaos Origin bloodline materials at the peak of the God King level. They can't give too many."

In fact, in the eyes of many monarchs of the Thunder Kingdom, their main counterpart in this transaction was the Flame Wind Kingdom.

After all, the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom also had an ancestor who could refine the Hunyuan Bloodline. He should have a lot of incomplete materials on hand, since these small amounts of corpse materials could not be refined into complete bloodlines and could only be left in the treasure vault.

Given Difu's personality, he might actually put these materials from the Hunyuan bloodline corpses up for trade.

After some thought, Lord Lei Xiao decided that it was still necessary to be wary of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, while also preventing the black-robed, golden-masked expert from increasing his strength significantly. Therefore, he ultimately decided, "Let's stick with 35%!"

"We can't let the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom get such a big advantage."

Most importantly, their Thunder Kingdom's treasury now contains the remaining fragmented corpses of three different peak-level God-King level beings with Hunyuan bloodlines. One of them occupies about 15% of the complete corpse, while the other two corpses occupy 12% and 0.8% of the corpse respectively, which together are equivalent to 35% of the materials of a corpse.

So he simply took out all of it and traded it with the black-robed, golden-masked expert.

As for more, Lord Lei Xiao was also unwilling. He couldn't just let that black-robed expert benefit from the conflict with the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.

Like the three alien races and the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, the twelve emperors of the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom, apart from Emperor Qing, were also discussing the trade.

"As expected, the Thousand Dreams Fruit was indeed obtained by the black-robed man."

Di Jiufeng gritted his teeth and said, "This guy is already extremely strong. Now he wants to use the Thousand Dream Fruit to exchange for materials from the corpse of a peak God King level Hunyuan Bloodline. He definitely wants to continue to improve his body. Even if we are going to exchange, we can't give him too much."

"He wants it, so let's give him a smaller amount!"

Emperor Wu chimed in, "That's right, it's just a Thousand Dreams Fruit. The Ancestor won't value it too much."

"snort!"

Di Xi, standing to the side, said, "Who told you the Ancestor didn't value them? Those four treasures were all needed by the Ancestor. Although the Thousand Dream Fruit is of slightly lower value, it can be decided collectively by us Emperors. However, the Ancestor will eventually investigate every collective decision we make!"

"If you are so careless now, what if the Ancestor withdraws his attention from the Chaos Origin Space and learns of this? Who will bear the consequences when the Ancestor is enraged?"

"Then just give us a condition that won't enrage the Ancestor," Di Chu said. "One Thousand Dreams Fruit and two or three tenths of a corpse with the peak level of a God King and a Chaos Origin Bloodline are enough. Even if we're competing with the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, we don't need too much. This condition isn't too low."

"Emperor Chu is right."

Di Xi, who was standing to the side, unusually agreed with Di Chu's suggestion, saying, "Moreover, we must choose materials from different corpses to avoid the possibility that he has a special secret method to extract a complete bloodline."

Each emperor offered their opinion, which was quickly revised, and the final opinions were presented to the emperor.

Emperor Fu watched the actions of the remaining eleven emperors without saying a word.

In fact, when there are no conflicts of interest, all twelve emperors could offer their opinions fairly. However, once their own interests are involved, everyone will focus on their own interests.

After glancing at the opinions finally gathered by the various emperors, the Emperor's husband finally spoke.

"Gentlemen."

"Currently, there are four incomplete materials of the peak God King Hunyuan bloodline in the treasure vault. The proportion of materials from each corpse is 13%, 15%, 16%, and 0.7%, respectively, which adds up to a little over 50%."

Upon hearing the Emperor's words, all the emperors turned their gazes to him, listening to what he would say next.

"I've decided to use all of it to buy this Thousand Dream Fruit."

"Emperor Husband!"

"Emperor, this is unreasonable!"

"Yes, Difu, even if they come from different corpses, trading with 50% of the corpse material from a peak God King Hunyuan bloodline is too much. Why don't we reduce it and give away all but 15% of the corpse material?"

Whether they were close to the Emperor's husband or had conflicts with him, all of them were trying to dissuade him.

The emperors actually had a general understanding of the value of the Thousand Dream Fruit. Although the Thousand Dream Fruit, which was worth 1.5 billion merit points, was precious, it was not unobtainable. Generally speaking, giving it two or three tenths of the material from the corpse of a peak God King with Hunyuan bloodline would be enough.

Even if it's just to compete with the Thunder Ancient Kingdom and vie for a share of the Thousand Dreams Fruit, 35% is already the limit.

Difu's direct proposal to trade 50% of the Hunyuan bloodline corpse materials was really hard for everyone to accept.

"Difference, 50% is too much, I disagree."

As the first emperor to be promoted in the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, Di happy held a high position among the emperors. More importantly, he had helped Di Fu a great deal, so it was naturally best for him to speak first.

Although the other emperors did not speak, their attitudes could be seen from their eyes.

"Fifty percent is not much," Difu smiled slightly.

"Emperor Husband!"

Di Yuan, whose relationship with Di Fu had always been tense, frowned as he looked at Di Fu. He didn't understand why the other party was acting this way; he was completely different from the Di Fu he remembered. He said, "Trading 50% of the materials from a peak-level Divine King-level Chaos Origin Bloodline creature for a Thousand Dream Fruit—you're deliberately betraying your clan's treasure! Does that black robe have anything to do with you?"

Upon hearing this, Difu's expression also turned cold.

Seeing the Emperor's husband's expression, Di Xuan quickly spoke up, "Di Yuan, what are you saying? This meeting was a collective discussion among the Emperors, and each Emperor has the right to express their opinion. The Emperor's husband only offered one opinion, and you're already saying he deliberately gave the treasure to the Black Robe? The Emperor's husband's character is well-known. What evidence do you have to say such a thing!"

"That's right, Di Yuan. Di Fu is just offering his opinion; the final decision still needs to be made collectively."

Di Jiufeng was also somewhat dissatisfied with Di Yuan's words, and bluntly said, "Although there are conflicts between you, you can't say such cold words just because of Di Fu's suggestion."

Being refuted by both emperors at the same time, Di Yuan was also a little embarrassed. He snorted and said, "Fine, fine, since you all defend him, then I'll listen to what reason this Emperor has to convince us to exchange 50% of the Hunyuan bloodline corpse materials for a Thousand Dreams Fruit."

Di Fu glanced at Di Yuan and snorted, "Di Yuan, I can patiently explain myself to others, but you, hmph, among the thirteen emperors, you've caused the most trouble. How many times have we cleaned up your messes? You have the least right to question me."

Di Yuan's expression changed, and he angrily retorted, "Emperor's husband, that's because you've targeted me time and time again."

"What happened today is clear to everyone; you are targeting me."

Di Fu stared coldly at Di Yuan and said, "Furthermore, you say I'm targeting you. As the current ruling emperor, shouldn't I give everyone an explanation? Besides, which of your messes wasn't cleaned up by us?"

Di Yuan's face darkened, and he sneered, "Hmph, no matter what you say, if you don't explain why you're offering half of the corpse materials as a return for one Thousand Dream Fruit, I'll take this to the Ancestor and ask him to judge."

Upon hearing that the matter would be taken to the progenitor, all the emperors except for the Emperor's consort changed their expressions.

"Di Yuan, why make such a fuss over such a trivial matter with the Ancestor?"

"That's right, Di Yuan. The Ancestor is currently busy fighting in the Chaos Origin Space. If you anger the Ancestor, you'll be in for a world of trouble."

"Why are you doing this when Difu hasn't even explained yet? Let's hear Difu's explanation first."

All the emperors present tried their best to dissuade him.

Even if the Emperor were to use half of the corpse to trade with that black-robed expert, it would only be a slight overpayment, which wouldn't be a big problem. However, if this matter were taken to the Ancestor, even if they were Emperors, they would not escape the Ancestor's punishment.

When Di Yuan heard everyone's advice to stop him, he also felt a little regretful.

He wouldn't dare to take it to the ancestor, after all, everyone knows that among the thirteen emperors, he has caused the most trouble. If the ancestor really blames him, he will probably be the first to be punished. However, he is holding his anger in his heart, so he doesn't say anything and just waits to see if the emperor will give him a way out.

Emperor Emeritus, being the emperor of his time, listened for a moment and, seeing everyone looking at him, knew it was his turn to speak.

He then glanced at the people around him.

He cleared his throat and slowly began, "Then I'll explain briefly. But before that, I'd like to ask you all, are you genuinely interested in buying this Thousand Dreams Fruit, or are you just going through the motions?"

All the emperors were taken aback.

Just putting on a show?

Are you genuinely interested in buying?

What's the difference between the two? Didn't they offer the price and let the man in black compare them? Why are we bringing up these irrelevant things again?

Seeing that no one spoke, Difu continued, "I'll ask you another question: If we only offer 20-30% of the corpse materials, do you think we can buy the Thousand Dream Fruit? To be precise, do we think we can snatch this Thousand Dream Fruit from the three alien races?"

"Let's leave aside the Thunder Kingdom for now. Just consider the three alien races. Their offers are generally higher than our two ancient kingdoms. Is 50% of the corpse materials enough to snatch the Thousand Dream Fruit from them?"

Seeing everyone deep in thought, Di Yuan forced himself to say, "Those three alien races probably don't have that many corpses on hand."

"But they have other materials, such as a small amount of remains of low-level Chaos Origin life forms!"

Difu said, "Given everyone's understanding of the three alien races, their offer will definitely be higher than that of the two ancient kingdoms. Is my statement correct? So, do you all think that if we really want to buy the Thousand Dream Fruit, is 50% of the corpse materials too much?"

All the emperors present remained silent.

This includes Di Yuan as well.

Because it has always been this way.

After all, the homelands of the three alien races do not have rare treasures of the Thousand Dream Fruit level, so they are willing to pay a higher price for every rare treasure.

The ancestors of the two ancient kingdoms, as beings from the Origin Continent, had experienced several cycles of reincarnation and had obtained far too many treasures like these. Therefore, they were actually indifferent to rare treasures like the Thousand Dream Fruit.

This is why they previously chose to quote 30% of the corpse's material.

In fact, within the Hunyuan Space, the price of rare treasures like the Thousand Dream Fruit would only be higher. If it weren't for the gift left to them by Yuan, they would never have been able to obtain such a treasure in any Origin World.

"Therefore, everyone knows that even with 30% or 35% corpse materials, the chances of success are extremely low."

Difu glanced at the crowd, his gaze piercing their hearts like sharp arrows: "At most, the Ancestor won't blame you, but if you sincerely want to buy this Thousand Dream Fruit for the Ancestor, the price must exceed forty percent of the corpse material, or even higher!"

Why did I offer 50%?

"It's because I know that the success rate of using 40% corpse materials is still not high, since the three major alien races generally bid in this range, and if a particular alien race has a need, the bid will only be higher. So I chose to bid 50% corpse materials, which is the safest option."

Many emperors, such as Emperor Xuan and Emperor Chu, nodded in agreement.

With 50% of the corpse materials, the success rate of bidding is indeed relatively high. If the price exceeds this, there is no need to continue.

"But that's just a Thousand Dreams Fruit, made from 50% corpse materials, and the price is already nearly 50% higher."

Di Yuan sneered.

Emperor Fu ignored Emperor Yuan's sarcasm and simply looked at Emperor Mie and the other emperors, saying, "Let me remind everyone that this Fangyuan World has entered its final stage."

Upon hearing this, all the emperors present felt a sudden chill.

"The Origin World is entering its final stage, which means that the number of top-tier treasures produced in treasure lands such as the Dream Domain will decrease sharply and become increasingly rare. Moreover, apart from Di Qing, none of us have comprehended a complete Origin Great Dao. Therefore, this means that before the end of this cycle of reincarnation, everyone must leave the Origin Continent."

"While the Thousand Dream Fruit may not be of high value, and perhaps not very useful to the Primordial Ancestor, it is of much greater value to us!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Mie's heart stirred.

"It seems like Tiff's words had a hidden meaning. Could he be referring to me?"

Emperor Xi couldn't help but ask, "Emperor, what do you mean by that? We can use these top-tier treasures too?"

If it were for the progenitor, they wouldn't be too concerned, since such top-tier treasures are beyond their reach. But judging from Emperor's words, it seems there's a possibility this thing might fall into their hands, which would be a completely different story. (End of Chapter)