559: Chapter 559 The Light at the Summit

Xiao Weiqing did not answer immediately; instead, he glanced at his Wristband.

"Five days?!"

Xiao Weiqing was startled. He hadn't deliberately checked the time while he was Cultivating, but he could feel that this Purple Sea storm had lasted for a long time; he hadn't expected five days to have passed.

"Yeah, the Purple Sea will only be open for one more day. Instead of drifting in the Purple Sea, we might as well explore this mountain."

"Let me tell you, mountains in the Purple Sea usually don't yield any goods. But once they do, the treasures are at least of Red Rank quality."

"Red?"

Xiao Weiqing's expression shifted slightly. Red treasures were worth at least 10,000 credits.

"That works."

Xiao Weiqing nodded.

Ji Sheng was delighted and quickly said, "Great, then without further ado, let's set off now."

"Alright, let's go."

The three of them walked out of the cave.

Pushing off with their feet, they leaped a dozen meters at a time and began to climb up the mountain.

This mountain was larger than they had imagined. The group jumped for nearly half an hour and still hadn't cleared this cliff face.

"Go this way."

Xiao Weiqing called out, then changed direction and climbed diagonally upward.

Ji Sheng raised an eyebrow. Without hesitation, he followed, and Jate followed closely behind.

Sure enough.

In less than a quarter of an hour.

They arrived at a winding path.

"There are traces of human activity, but it looks like it's been hundreds of years," Ji Sheng judged. "Let's go, let's follow this path and see."

Along the way.

Ji Sheng took the initiative to talk to Xiao Weiqing about things in the Purple Sea, sharing quite a bit of experience, which Xiao Weiqing found very useful.

As an old member of the Sixth Heaven.

Both Ji Sheng and Jate had entered the Purple Sea more than once; Ji Sheng had even been here no less than ten times, so he could be considered an expert.

"Sixteen years ago, I remember I was also avoiding a Purple Sea storm and came to a mountain, but it wasn't as big as the mountain under our feet right now."

"That mountain was only a thousand meters high. I encountered a ball of light at the summit, defeated a few opponents, and finally obtained that ball of light."

"Guess what that ball of light I obtained contained?" Ji Sheng asked Xiao Weiqing.

"A flower, worth 180,000 credits," Jate said coldly.

Ji Sheng: "..."

Xiao Weiqing: "..."

"Why did you say it again? I was letting Xiao Weiqing guess."

Jate rolled his eyes. "You've been talking about this for over a decade. Who in the entire Sixth Heaven doesn't know? Aren't you sick of it?"

"Heh, you're just jealous of me, jealous that I made it onto the Purple Sea Treasure Ranking."

Jate clenched his fists. "I'm jealous of your big head! A lousy flower, ranked 95th, barely making it into the top hundred—what's there to be proud of?"

"You're jealous of me."

"Get lost."

Jate really wanted to punch Ji Sheng in the face.

Xiao Weiqing spoke up, "What is this Treasure Ranking you're talking about?"

Ji Sheng said, "It's the treasures that have appeared in the Purple Sea throughout history."

"Where can I see it?"

"It's on..."

"I forgot you just entered the Holy Land. What's your virtual ID? Add me as a friend, and I'll send it to you."

The two added each other as friends, and Ji Sheng sent Xiao Weiqing an email.

"This isn't actually official; it's compiled spontaneously by people watching the fun. But it's basically accurate, and everyone generally accepts it."

Xiao Weiqing opened the email, and a page popped up.

It was a very simple leaderboard with four columns and one hundred rows.

The first column was the name of the treasure, the second was the value, followed by the year it was obtained, and finally, the owner.

When he saw one row, Xiao Weiqing's pupils constricted.

"Law Imprint, value 1.32 million credits, year obtained..."

"15.31 million credits?"

Xiao Weiqing gasped.

"Shocked, right? This is why everyone flocks to the Purple Sea."

"Ji Sheng, what is this Law Imprint? It's actually worth 15.31 million credits, a full 14 million credits higher than the second-place treasure," Xiao Weiqing asked, looking at the leaderboard.

The treasure ranked second on the leaderboard was a stone, worth 1.2 million credits.

Ji Sheng explained, "Law Imprint, as the name implies, is an imprint left behind by the Law of the Universe."

"When the Universe first opened, or when it is destroyed, the Law is chaotic, and it leaves behind marks visible to the naked eye. This is called a Law Imprint."

"Fifty thousand years ago, the Law Imprint obtained by Lord Colin was inscribed on an ordinary stone."

"Billions of years have passed, and the imprint has mostly dissipated, which is why it's only worth 15.31 million credits. If it were inscribed on some special Materials, its value would at least multiply several times over."

Xiao Weiqing suppressed his shock. If it multiplied several times, wouldn't that be tens of millions of credits?

The three of them followed the rugged mountain path, walking up the mountain.

Xiao Weiqing was multitasking, looking down at the leaderboard. Starting from third place, the value of the treasures dropped off a cliff, falling to less than 500,000 credits.

At the bottom of the leaderboard, Xiao Weiqing saw the achievement Ji Sheng was so proud of.

"97th place, Three-Colored Sandalwood Flower, value 180,000 credits..."

However, this ranking didn't seem right.

"Ji Sheng, the treasure you obtained is the Three-Colored Sandalwood Flower?"

Ji Sheng lifted his nostrils, saying proudly, "That's right, jealous, aren't you?"

"A little," Xiao Weiqing nodded. "But, didn't you say it was ranked 95th?"

"Yeah."

Xiao Weiqing shook his head. "But on the leaderboard, it's ranked 97th."

"Impossible."

Ji Sheng waved his hand.

Xiao Weiqing didn't speak, and the scene fell silent.

Ji Sheng stopped, quickly opened the leaderboard, and looked straight to the bottom.

"Damn it all."

Ji Sheng wailed.

"Who was it?"

Ji Sheng's fingers moved slightly, and the page refreshed, leaving only two rows—these were the treasures obtained during this opening of the Purple Sea.

"89th place, 91st place..."

"My ranking..."

It was obvious.

During this opening of the Purple Sea, two people had obtained treasures that made it onto the leaderboard—one in 89th place, and one in 91st.

"Hahahaha~~~"

Jate suddenly laughed out loud. "That's what you get for showing off. Let's see how many more times you can show off."

"Hmph!"

Ji Sheng glared at Jate and quickened his pace. "There's still one day left. It's not impossible for me to obtain a treasure worth over a million credits. Just you wait and see; I have a feeling the treasure is waiting for me up ahead."

"If you obtain a treasure worth a million credits, I'll fly the aircraft and take you on a tour around the entire Sixth Heaven," Jate taunted.

At this moment.

Xiao Weiqing's expression changed. "There's a treasure."

"Huh?"

"Over there?"

Xiao Weiqing pushed off with his feet and sprinted in one direction. "This way!"

Ji Sheng and Jate exchanged a look.

"Let's go!"

A few minutes later.

The three of them arrived under a tree.

This tree was growing in a crevice in the rocks. It had no leaves, and on its bare branches were six balls of light—two large and four small. The four small balls of light were very faint; if you didn't look closely, you couldn't even see them.

"There really is a treasure."

Ji Sheng exclaimed.

Xiao Weiqing stared at the six balls of light and said softly, "What do you say?"

Ji Sheng laughed, "What do you mean, 'what do you say'? We didn't discover it; you discovered it, so naturally, they are all yours."

Jate also said, "Take those two big ones, leave the small ones. The small ones are at most Green Rank."

Seeing that the two of them weren't joking.

Xiao Weiqing didn't stand on ceremony anymore. He leaped up and took the two balls of light into his hands.

"What Rank?"

Ji Sheng asked quickly.

Xiao Weiqing sensed them and said, "Blue."

"That's at least 2,000 credits."

Xiao Weiqing nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

Just then.

Swish~ Swish~~

Several soul-cleaving rafts, each as big as a basketball court, flew toward the summit.

At the same time.

A streak of white light on the summit pierced through the nebula dust and bloomed in the Purple Sea. Even Xiao Weiqing and the others, deep on the mountainside, could see it with their naked eyes.

"A treasure!"

Xiao Weiqing and Jate said in unison.

"No, it's a giant object!"

Ji Sheng said excitedly.