No hope for eternal life

Chapter 385 Ao Yuan’s Gift

When Mu Changsheng heard this, he immediately knew that he was receiving special care. He was touched and curious about the purpose of the Seven-Star Dragon Ball, so he asked again: "I wonder what the wonderful use of this thing is?"

"As for its uses, this bead can be used for both attack and defense, but for you, the greatest effect of this bead is that it can help you speed up your cultivation." Ao Yuan said slowly: "I see that you have already reached the early stage of tribulation at such a young age, and you must have used a lot of top-grade spirit cores for cultivation. You will be able to cultivate faster with this seven-star dragon bead than with a top-grade spirit core."

"Faster!" Mu Changsheng's eyes widened, feeling too surprised. After he broke through the Tribulation Realm, even though he still used the best spirit core to practice, his practice speed was still far slower than that in the Spirit Transformation Realm. If he wanted to break through to the middle stage of the Tribulation Realm, it would take at least several years of hard work. Perhaps this speed was fast enough for others, but for Mu Changsheng, it was not fast enough.

Ao Yuan saw Mu Changsheng's surprised expression and smiled with satisfaction, then dropped another bombshell: "Not only that, the vast amount of pure spiritual power stored in this seven-star dragon ball is enough for you and your two clones to practice throughout the entire tribulation realm. Of course, the thunder tribulation is an exception. If you consume the spiritual power of the dragon ball to cross the tribulation, it would be too wasteful. It is more cost-effective for you to use the best spirit stones when crossing the tribulation."

"Junior understands." Mu Changsheng nodded, and then said firmly: "Junior doesn't want anything else, just this seven-star dragon ball."

Mu Changsheng felt that it was worthwhile to exchange two hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones for a seven-star dragon ball. Didn't he hear what Ao Yuan just said? A seven-star dragon ball represented the life of a dragon cultivator in the Divine Sea Realm. Outside, even if one spent a million top-grade spirit stones, he would never be able to buy such a seven-star dragon ball.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Ao Yuan smiled and said: "Although this seven-star dragon ball is precious, I gave it a price of 150,000 top-grade spirit stones. You still have a reward share of 50,000 top-grade spirit stones. You can pick a few more treasures. If you really don't like anything, you can just take 50,000 top-grade spirit stones."

"Thank you for your kindness, senior. I should not accept any reward without merit. I have already gotten a great deal this time. A seven-star dragon ball is enough for me." Mu Changsheng declined.

"That's being too formal. The Dragon Palace was opened to give away treasures. To be honest, instead of giving these treasures to those speculators, it would be better to give more to you, my friends. It would also make me feel more at ease." Ao Yuan insisted.

Mu Changsheng felt even more ashamed after hearing this. Before he met Ao Yuan, he could be classified as a speculator. But now, after chatting with Ao Yuan, his opinion of the dragon clan has completely changed.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng was slow to choose treasures, Ao Yuan took the initiative to grab two divine fruits and said, "My friend, you have broken through so quickly, and there should be another clone who remains in the Divine Transformation Realm. These two divine fruits can just help you."

Mu Changsheng's black-clothed clone's cultivation was still at the initial stage of transformation. These two divine fruits were indeed very necessary things for him, so Mu Changsheng did not refuse.

After receiving the two divine fruits, Mu Changsheng bowed again to express his gratitude and said, "I will definitely remember the kindness of the dragon clan in giving me the treasures this time, and I will definitely help to promote friendship between our human race and the dragon clan in the future."

"That's great." Ao Yuan said with a smile. This was exactly what he wanted. A seven-star dragon ball plus two god fruits were extremely precious in Mu Changsheng's eyes, but they were just a drop in the bucket for the dragon clan.

Afterwards, Ao Yuan reminded Mu Changsheng: "After you go out, remember not to leak the content of this final test."

"I am willing to swear a great oath to destroy my inner demons." Mu Changsheng immediately promised.

Ao Yuan smiled and waved his hand, saying: "No, no, I trust you, my friend."

Finally, Ao Yuan took action and sent Mu Changsheng away from the Dragon Palace, and said in a voice transmission: "My friend, you can come to me anytime in the future."

Mu Changsheng left the Dragon Palace and saw many people coming in and out, some happy and some sad.

Mu Changsheng turned around and looked deeply at the Dragon Palace before turning around and leaving.

In the Dragon Palace, the Dragon Palace Spirit who had been silent beside Ao Yuan finally spoke: "Are you optimistic about that little guy Mu Changsheng?"

"You have lived here for a long time, so you may not know that Mu Changsheng has no life character." Ao Yuan said slowly. The Dragon Clan and the You Clan were on good terms, and the news that Mu Changsheng had transcended the calamity of immortality had already spread among the You Clan, so he naturally learned about it.

"No life character?" The Dragon Palace Spirit frowned even more upon hearing this, and asked in confusion: "Mu Changsheng has no life character, and his achievements in this life are only the highest level of the eighth realm. Is it worth trying to win him over?"

"Who says that without life character, one cannot reach the ninth realm?" Ao Yuan asked back, and then said: "Besides, what's wrong with the eighth realm? Aren't Yang Wuji and You Wushuang also in the eighth realm? Aren't they still unparalleled in the world?"

Ao Yuan himself is also in the eighth realm, so he can feel the gap between himself and You Wushuang and Yang Wuji better than others. That gap is even greater than the gap between the eighth realm and the ninth realm.

"Don't just look at the surface of things." Ao Yuan taught the Dragon Palace Spirit: "I have a feeling that cultivators without life characters are very special. This kind of cultivator will die, but if they don't die, their future achievements will be limitless."

Then, Ao Yuan seemed to be lost in some memories. He said in a daze, "Many years ago, I met another cultivator with an inanimate personality. After so many years, she has never died. Although she is not well-known now, I believe that when she shows her brilliance, the entire Nine Realms will look at her with admiration."

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On the other side, Mu Changsheng was speeding all the way. Although he had spent several years in the illusion, in reality only less than three days had passed.

A day later, Mu Changsheng came to Xiawei Island again, this time naturally to deliver the divine fruit to his black-clothed clone.

Although the black-clothed clone's cultivation level is still in the early stage of the God Transformation at this time, it is not far from the middle stage of the God Transformation. Once he enters the middle stage of the God Transformation, he can use the two divine fruits to quickly break through to the peak of the God Transformation. By then, he will be only one step away from the Tribulation Realm. In this way, his black-clothed clone will be able to catch up with the original body and the white-clothed clone in cultivation level.

After delivering the divine fruit, Mu Changsheng boarded the ferry back to the Tianyou Realm.

Inside the ferry compartment, Mu Changsheng began to plan his next cultivation plan: "Now that I have the Seven-Star Dragon Ball, I no longer need the best-grade spirit cores. More than 300 best-grade spirit cores can all be used to refine the sixth-grade top-level Zhoutian Talisman. With a sufficient number of Zhoutian Talismans, I won't have to worry about my tribulation. My next focus will be to earn the best-grade spirit stones."

From the initial stage of tribulation to the peak of tribulation, and then to the Divine Sea Realm, one needs to go through four more levels of thunder tribulation. The power of each level of thunder tribulation will increase exponentially, and the number of top-grade spirit stones consumed will also double.

Now Mu Changsheng only has more than 20,000 top-grade spirit stones on hand. He needs to use up 20,000 top-grade spirit stones to pass the tribulation. When he passes the tribulation again, he will need to consume at least 40,000 top-grade spirit stones. If he reaches a certain realm by then and does not have enough top-grade spirit stones to pass the tribulation, it will be fatal.

A month later, Mu Changsheng returned to the Tianyou Realm and gave 20,000 top-grade spirit stones to his original body. He also used 270 top-grade spirit cores to refine ten sixth-grade top-level Zhoutian Talismans. According to the experience of the white-clothed clone in surviving the tribulation, ten sixth-grade top-level Zhoutian Talismans would be enough for his original body to survive the tribulation.

After doing all this, Mu Changsheng's real body and his clone in white separated again. The real body stayed in the Tianyou Realm to transcend the tribulation, while the clone in white rushed to the Sub-Sage Realm to carry out his plan of refining talismans and formation plates to earn top-grade spirit stones.