Chapter 975: Chapter 85-86: Possessing 1,000,000 Divine Crystals (Double-Length Chapter)

"Elder Xie, I appreciate your kindness, but this Disciple has no plans to exchange for racial faith for the time being. If there’s nothing else I can trade for, then I’ll trouble Elder to convert all the remaining battle merit into an equivalent amount of Divine Crystals for me!"

"You want to exchange battle merit for Divine Crystals?"

Zhongshan Ling’s expression froze; he almost thought he had misheard.

Only when he saw the serious look on Shen Changqing’s face did he realize he hadn’t.

The other party really did intend to convert battle merit into an equivalent amount of Divine Crystals.

He lightly coughed twice.

Zhongshan Ling couldn’t help but advise, "Converting battle merit directly into equivalent Divine Crystals is far too wasteful. If you truly have nothing you want to redeem, why not give the battle merit to me instead? I can pay Divine Crystals at a price fifty percent higher than the Internal Affairs Hall."

What he wanted was battle merit, and a lot of it.

It was just that battle merit couldn’t be traded, nor could two different Battle Merit Tokens be used together to redeem the same treasure.

So—

That was the only reason he hadn’t gone around collecting battle merit.

But now Shen Changqing’s battle merit was recorded on his own Battle Merit Token, which meant there was room to maneuver.

At first—

Zhongshan Ling had thought the other party would exchange everything for items he needed, so he hadn’t brought up purchasing the battle merit.

But now—

He realized he had guessed wrong.

This Direct Disciple Qiu seemed a bit too fond of Divine Crystals.

Fifty percent higher than the Internal Affairs Hall?

Shen Changqing’s Heart also gave a jolt, but he reacted quickly.

Fifty percent higher.

In other words, one point of battle merit could be exchanged for one and a half Divine Crystals.

Ten thousand battle merit—

That would mean fifteen thousand Divine Crystals.

He had seventy thousand battle merit in Zhongshan Ling’s hands. Thirty thousand of that had been exchanged for three bottles of Blood King Elixir; the remaining forty thousand battle merit could be turned into sixty thousand Divine Crystals.

With that thought—

He immediately nodded in agreement.

"Since Elder has spoken, how could this Disciple refuse? I’ll hand the remaining forty thousand battle merit over to Elder."

"Good."

Zhongshan Ling nodded in satisfaction.

He didn’t waste words. He took out an empty storage ring, transferred the corresponding Divine Crystals into it, then handed the storage ring over.

"There are sixty thousand Divine Crystals inside. That’s for purchasing your remaining forty thousand battle merit."

"Also—"

"If you really don’t want racial faith, you can first use the battle merit to redeem racial faith, and I can then trade Divine Crystals with you for that as well."

Once racial faith was redeemed, it could be disposed of at the redeemer’s discretion.

Hearing this, Shen Changqing quickly understood what Zhongshan Ling meant.

With the other party’s status, he naturally wouldn’t be lacking in faith himself.

However—

Just because this Elder wasn’t lacking didn’t mean others weren’t.

Every Elder had quite a few ordinary Disciples under him, as well as Direct Disciples. If those Disciples wanted to advance to the God Realm, they would have to possess racial faith.

In that case—

Racial faith was naturally in considerable short supply.

Once he figured out the underlying link, he nodded.

"No problem."

——

After leaving the Internal Affairs Hall again, Shen Changqing’s storage ring now held three bottles of Blood King Elixir and nearly one hundred and sixty thousand Divine Crystals.

All of those Divine Crystals—

Had been obtained via trade with Zhongshan Ling.

If he’d exchanged directly with the Internal Affairs Hall, he would have gotten just over a hundred thousand at best.

"The Divine Crystals from last time were really wasted!"

Thinking of how decisively he’d exchanged for Divine Crystals at the Internal Affairs Hall last time, Shen Changqing felt a pang of heartache.

If he’d traded with someone, he could have made at least a few thousand more Divine Crystals.

However—

The heartache only lasted a moment.

A few thousand Divine Crystals was a lot, but for someone whose total assets exceeded a million, it was already somewhat negligible.

A million Divine Crystals—

That wasn’t some wild fantasy on Shen Changqing’s part.

Leaving everything else aside—

Just the Divine Kingdom Fragments on him, if converted to Divine Crystals, would be worth several hundred thousand at the very least, not to mention the resources inside those twenty-nine storage rings.

Those things—

If all converted into Divine Crystals, a million would only be the starting point.

As for how much they could actually be worth, Shen Changqing had no way of estimating.

Returning to Qiu Peak—

He directly stepped onto the Teleportation Array and arrived within the Qingfeng Clan.

Light flashed.

The scene before his eyes shifted.

In an instant, a familiar sight appeared before Shen Changqing.

The Qingfeng Clan!

The Imperial City!

A Saint Cultivator guarding around the Formation sensed the disturbance and hurriedly turned around. When he saw who had arrived, his face immediately showed a respectful expression.

"Supreme!"

"Where is the Qing Emperor?"

"Our Emperor is in the Palace. If Supreme wishes to—"

Before that Cultivator had finished speaking, he saw Shen Changqing’s figure vanish from atop the Formation.

Seeing this—

He immediately took out a Messaging Jade Token and sent news of Shen Changqing’s arrival to Qingyang.

At the same time—

Shen Changqing formally stepped into the Imperial City Palace of the Qingfeng Clan.

From beginning to end—

The Cultivators defending the Palace sensed nothing at all.

——

Inside the main hall.

Qingyang had just received the news and was about to make preparations when he saw that, in the middle of the previously empty hall, a person had appeared at some unknown time.

Seeing who it was—

His Heart trembled; neglecting the demeanor of an Emperor, he took three steps in two to come forward, then bowed deeply.

"Qingyang pays respects to Supreme!"

"Rise, Qing Emperor."

"Thank you, Supreme!"

Only then did Qingyang straighten. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

He then looked at the other party with a solemn expression, the awe in his eyes still present.

"I do not know what instructions bring Supreme here so suddenly?"

"We can set instructions aside for the moment. It’s been some time since we last met; you’ve already advanced to the God Realm, and the Qingfeng Clan can now be considered to have formally stepped into the ranks of Power Clans. After accumulating for a period, it may not be impossible to regain your former prosperity."

Shen Changqing looked at the man before him, as if he could see straight through him with a single glance.

Compared to last time—