I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 734: Chapter 735: This Poor?
 

“Has that guy named Li Xiaobai gone mad? Not only is he not trying to figure out a way to deal with the upcoming crisis, but he’s actually preparing to head to the Upper Realm?”

“Such a person is simply courting death. Being as poor as he is, emitting a stench of poverty, going to the Upper Realm is a road to certain death.”

“Isn’t that obvious? Now all five gateways are controlled by disciples from the great dynasties. If they really go, they’re just walking into a trap and heading for a dead end!”

The Upper Realm disciples whispered among themselves, clearly overwhelmed by Li Xiaobai’s plan.

This man’s thought process was entirely different from ordinary people. As an Earth Spirit Realm boor, he actually wanted to strike back at the Central Origin Realm. Was he not content with dying quickly enough?

It was truly incomprehensible, but if they knew that there was a sixth gateway on the Immortal Spirit Continent, they probably wouldn’t think that way.

This was Li Xiaobai’s trump card. As long as he controlled the sixth altar, he could jump back and forth between the two realms.

Everyone went back to their own homes, making final preparations for the storm that was coming.

Li Xiaobai dismissed everyone and sat alone on his bed, checking his property panel in front of him.

The data was all normal, but the items in the store had been updated quite a bit. The items were still the same ones, but their prices and effects had suddenly increased a lot.

For instance, Godzilla now had a section, which detailed the summoning prices corresponding to different cultivation levels.

For a Heavenly Immortal Realm Godzilla, the price had increased to ten million Lower Grade Immortal Stones each.

For an Earth Immortal Realm, it was ten million Middle Grade Immortal Stones each, for a Heavenly Immortal Realm, it was ten million Superior Grade Immortal Stones each, and for a Half-Saint Realm, it was ten million Top Grade Immortal Stones each.

As for the higher Saint-level tiers, perhaps because his defensive power hadn’t met the requirements, they were currently greyed out and inaccessible.

Divine Artifacts like the Sea-Calming Divine Needle underwent the same changes.

“The System has become more human-friendly. As long as I have money, even if I’m at the Human Immortal Realm, I can summon Godzilla from the Heavenly Immortal Realm or even the Half-Saint Realm to fight for me. As expected, having money means I can do whatever I want.”

“However, these Immortal Stones must be the common currency of Upper Realm cultivators. The wool comes from the sheep, so I need to pluck some wool from these rich second-generation kids!”

Li Xiaobai muttered to himself.

He dragged out all the Upper Realm disciples, gave them a good beating without explanation, and then frisked them for Immortal Stones.

However, after searching for a while, his brows furrowed because he had only found three Immortal Stones. These stones were pure white, like they had been soaked in milk, pure and flawless, radiating dense Immortal Spirit Qi, serving as currency and cultivation resources for Upper Realm cultivators.

These were good items, but the quantity was much too scarce. He had found only three Immortal Stones from dozens of Upper Realm disciples, which was clearly not right.

Even ordinary poverty-stricken cultivators should have been able to have more than ten or even more Immortal Stones, not to mention that all of these guys here were rich second-generation kids.

“Spit it out, where have you all hidden the Immortal Stones? Come clean and receive leniency, resist and face severity!”

Li Xiaobai said indifferently.

“Cough cough, I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Haven’t you robbed all the Immortal Stones from us already?”

Prince Yan’s eyes were filled with rage as he spoke, believing they had managed to conceal something from Li Xiaobai during the previous interrogation. They had thought the incident would be forgotten, but the very thing they feared had come to pass—this young man was now set on plundering their treasures.

It was simply madness!

“Do you take me for a three-year-old child? Tens of Princely Heirs and a mere three Immortal Stones to show for it? Which backwater kingdom’s descendants are you? Beggars are richer than you! Spit it out, where have you hidden everything!”

Li Xiaobai spoke fiercely, with a hint of confusion also flickering in his heart. He was certain these Princely Heirs didn’t possess items like Space Rings, so how were they storing their possessions?

“Actually, there is something this humble girl forgot to mention to you before, Young Master. In the Central Origin Realm, cultivators only use Storage Bags and similar Magic Treasures for trading. The resources for our daily cultivation are all stored within our Dantians. Therefore, Young Master must have overlooked the goods earlier.”

“Since Young Master desires Immortal Stones, we will willingly hand them over.”

“These are all the Immortal Stones I have brought on this journey. Young Master Li, newly ascended to the Human Immortal Realm, these stones should be more than enough for you.”

Li Shuangning spoke indifferently, brushing her hand over her lower abdomen, and a massive pile of Immortal Stones, as white as ivory, rolled onto the ground, amassing right in front of Li Xiaobai—easily numbering in the hundreds.

“So that’s it, hiding treasures within the Dantian, no wonder there’s no need for Space Rings.”

Li Xiaobai had an epiphany, his gaze towards the surrounding disciples now amiss, with a green light flickering in his eyes—greedy and desirous. To him, these disciples had transformed into walking treasure troves.

Hiding treasures within the Dantian—whoever thought of that was a genius. Wouldn’t it make robbing someone of their treasures much simpler?

Just kill the person, and the treasures inside their Dantian would burst out instantly, far more convenient and straightforward than outwitting someone to locate a hidden Space Ring.

The Upper Realm Princely Heirs were oblivious to his inner thoughts, but seeing the greedy gleam in Li Xiaobai’s eyes, they felt deeply unsettled.

Without hesitation, one after another, they followed Li Shuangning’s lead and extracted all the Immortal Stones from their Dantians, laying them before Li Xiaobai.

Prince Yan and Prince Li contributed the most, each carrying as many as eight hundred stones, while the remaining Princely Heirs had only two to three hundred stones each.

Li Xiaobai briefly counted and waved, gathering all the Spirit Stones into his bag—a total of ten thousand Lower Grade Immortal Stones.

It sounded like a lot, but for a Divine Artifact produced by the System, it was merely a drop in the bucket.

“How are you so poor? Aren’t you all Princely Heirs? Why do you carry so little with you? Don’t tell me you are deceiving me?”

“I think it might be better for me to burst open each of you and dig the treasures out of your bellies!”

At these words, everyone was so scared they frantically shook their heads, “No, no, no, Young Master Li, you are mistaken. Although we are Princely Heirs, we are among the weakest in terms of cultivation level in our kingdoms. Those with poor power won’t be allocated Immortal Stones.”

“The major resources are all in the hands of brothers with profound cultivation levels.”

What they said was true, as could be inferred from the rankings. These Princely Heirs were generally ranked lower than the tenth in their respective kingdoms. Considering the number of Princely Heirs in a kingdom, it was natural that the kingdom would not shower resources on those with weak cultivation levels.

“Damn, this is too little. What can I do with ten thousand Lower Grade Immortal Stones?”

Li Xiaobai curled his lip, “It really shames the Central Origin Realm!”

The disciples from the Upper Realm were filled with shame and anger but dared not voice their outrage—having been robbed and then insulted for being poor. Was this the behavior of a decent human being?