Submissive Above, Unrestrained Below

Chapter 86 I’m Going to Get Rich

Noticing this change, Chen Ansheng discreetly took a few drops of liquid for examination.

“Absorbed!”

With a slight manipulation of his blood energy, the drops transformed into something akin to celestial spiritual energy and were absorbed into his body.

“It’s not so uncomfortable anymore!”

Chen Ansheng was overjoyed and hurriedly absorbed some more.

In just a matter of breaths, all the negative sensations caused by the loss of celestial power disappeared.

However, although the negative sensations vanished, Chen Ansheng tried activating that power within him but found he could not manifest any combat ability.

“So this means this stuff can substitute celestial spiritual energy to keep me alive, but cannot be used to restore my strength?”

This made Chen Ansheng ponder.

After a moment, he formed a hypothesis in his mind.

The transformation of this blood water should be due to the change in the laws of heaven and earth!

Under the normal celestial realm laws, it couldn’t be absorbed by regular cultivators. But now, under the alien world laws, it had returned to its original state.

In other words, this liquid is actually spiritual liquid from another world! Only under the appropriate laws of heaven and earth could it exhibit its intended effects.

But why could it only ensure survival and not be used to manifest combat ability?

Chen Ansheng thought for a bit and had his answer. It was related to the cultivation methods.

The cultivation methods of celestial realm cultivators do not align with the laws of the alien world; hence they cannot harness the celestial spiritual power that arises under those laws.

“Regardless, being able to survive is good enough!” Chen Ansheng decided not to delve deeper into the root cause; after all, surviving was more important than anything else.

What should he consider after ensuring his life was safe?

Of course, it was to acquire resources!

“I have ten vats of spiritual liquid that I can’t possibly use up. Once the alien laws disappear, it will become worthless to me, so I need to think of a way to sell it for a high price and monetize it!”

Chen Ansheng thought to himself that he still owed Yao Jianyuan several large pieces of ink crystal and needed a lot of resources to improve his qualifications. If he didn’t take the opportunity to make some profit now, he wouldn’t even be able to pay off his debts, let alone improve his situation!

However, bringing it out boldly wouldn’t conform to common sense and would likely attract trouble.

“Li Xiuyuan! Let this guy sell it. Even if something goes wrong, at worst, I’d lose a puppet.”

Since everyone was experiencing a loss of celestial power and various abilities were severely diminished, Chen Ansheng wasn’t worried that anyone would discover that Li Xiuyuan was a puppet.

Moreover, this type of spiritual liquid could only ensure survival and could not restore combat ability. Even if some bigshots wanted to monopolize the liquid, others would surely not agree.

Everyone lacked combat ability; if they rushed in together, even if you were at the peak of the Xuanxian stage, you wouldn’t necessarily gain any advantage!

“Hmm, that’s settled!”

Once he had made up his mind, Chen Ansheng controlled Li Xiuyuan to come over.

Then he quietly set aside some spiritual liquid into an empty storage bag and secretly handed it to Li Xiuyuan.

Now, everyone was seated cross-legged and focusing inward, recovering their energy, so no one would notice what anyone was doing.

“Wow, this mountain spring actually replenishes physical strength! This is amazing!”

Moments later, Li Xiuyuan’s exclamation shocked everyone awake.

“What?”

“It can replenish physical strength!”

“Who? Where?”

All eyes converged on Li Xiuyuan.

Several cave masters and some elders immediately dragged their weary bodies over to Li Xiuyuan.

“Little brat, what mountain spring? Let me have a look!” The one who spoke was Mo Wu, who had been injured and brought back.

Mo Wu initially thought he could remain safe by hiding in a celestial treasure, but the alien laws quickly eroded the treasure, forcing him to confront the giant bird. Eventually, he was defeated and injured, taking refuge in this ancestral land.

Immediately, Chen Ansheng controlled Li Xiuyuan to extract a few drops of transparent liquid.

“Lord Mo, this is spring water I obtained from a cave in my hometown, and it’s been in my storage bag for a long time. I didn’t expect it to have the effect of replenishing physical strength!” Li Xiuyuan said with a look of amazement.

“Let me try it!”

Mo Wu was the first to grab it and absorbed all the drops.

“Ah! Indeed!”

After absorbing it, Mo Wu’s complexion flushed, and he appeared much more invigorated.

“Hahaha! Good! Little brat, how much spring water do you have? Hand it over to me!”

“I… I don’t have much,” Li Xiuyuan said timidly. “Lord Mo, this is my life-saving treasure. Are you going to take it all without reason?”

Upon hearing this, Mo Wu was initially taken aback, but then his expression darkened.

“Hmph! In such a perilous time, how dare you be selfish and not hand over the spring water?” Mo Wu said coldly.

“I’ll hand it over, of course. But now that everyone’s life is in danger, who are you asking me to give it to? I can’t let a single person take it all!” Li Xiuyuan argued.

At this, the cave masters and elders couldn’t restrain themselves; this spring water was a matter of life and death for everyone, how could they let Mo Wu monopolize it?

At this moment, Nan Gong Xiu, seeing Li Xiuyuan as her disciple, weakly said, “You are my disciple. Our ancestral instruction states that in all matters, one must prioritize the sect. Do you understand?”

Li Xiuyuan nodded and replied, “Report to the cave master, I naturally remember the ancestral teachings. But the teachings also state that as cultivators, we must prioritize the wellbeing of all living beings. Now, over a hundred thousand lives are at stake; if the ancestor were to witness this, surely they would not permit a disciple to be selfish and ignore the lives of others!”

This speech made Nan Gong Xiu feel quite uncomfortable, secretly cursing the foolish donkey, who actually believed in the nonsense of prioritizing all living beings, what sheer ignorance!

“This young friend speaks quite rightly!” Another cave master with the surname Yu stepped forward and said, “The spring water belongs to this young friend. He can give it to whoever he wants; anyone who tries to pressure him or even forcibly seize it is an enemy of us all. Isn’t that right, everyone?”

“Right, right, right! Master Yu speaks correctly!”

“It’s up to this brother whom he wishes to save; no one should force him based on status!”

“Master Yu is right!”

Almost all the disciples expressed their support. The reason was simple; if the spring water was monopolized by the higher-ups, they would be the ones losing their lives. If they did not fight back now, would they not be foolish?

“Everyone, please quiet down.”

Li Xiuyuan raised his voice, and the venue fell silent instantly. His influence was now stronger than that of any cave master.

“I have quite a bit of spring water here. Let’s set a rule. No matter if you are an elder or a disciple, we’ll treat everyone equally and limit purchases. This way, it’s fairer for all. What do you think?”

As soon as he said this, everyone supported him!

Hearing the overwhelming wave of support, Mo Wu didn’t dare to offend the crowd any further. He was already severely injured, and his celestial power had almost completely faded; even if he was physically strong, he couldn’t stand up to the strength of over a hundred thousand people.

“Alright, alright, you’re right, little brat. Then let’s buy in order of status. You name a price; I’ll be the first to come,” Mo Wu said.

“One drop for ten thousand purple crystals.”

Li Xiuyuan announced the price, leaving everyone, except those wealthy higher-ups, stunned.

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