Chapter 433 - 432: Mysterious Breakthrough
Qin Ya gazed at the thirty Void Spirit Treasure Beads in his hands and smiled faintly. He then used his remaining ten-thousand-some points to exchange for several top-tier medicinal herbs. Kunyun Palace’s reserves were incredibly vast; it had many herbs that were impossible to find in the outside world.
Soon, his seventy thousand Points were completely gone.
The onlookers’ eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, their hearts aching as if bleeding.
This was arguably the most sensational exchange in Kunyun Palace in over a decade. Never mind the thirty Void Spirit Treasure Beads; he had also acquired a huge pile of medicinal herbs.
’Who does he think he is, a top Alchemist?’
"What a spendthrift. An absolute spendthrift."
"Thirty Void Spirit Treasure Beads, and twenty-nine of them are considered useless. Why did he also get so many high-grade medicinal herbs? Does he think he’s a Pill King?"
"Even a Pill King wouldn’t dare to use those herbs casually. But he’s so extravagant, directly exchanging for a whole pile. It’s impossible to guess what he’s thinking."
"A full seventy thousand Points, gone just like that."
Qin Ya took out two Void Spirit Treasure Beads, handing one each to Ling Zhan and Xue Qianlong. "Here, these two are for you," he said. "They’re useless to me anyway."
"Huh?"
Ling Zhan and Xue Qianlong were stunned. ’What is happening?’
"Brother Qin, you exchanged for these Void Spirit Treasure Beads just to give them away?"
"Don’t waste time with nonsense. Just take them."
Holding the Void Spirit Treasure Bead, Ling Zhan’s expression was a bit odd. ’This Brother Qin really is a strange one,’ he thought. The other onlookers who saw this were already completely stunned.
"He exchanged for the Void Spirit Treasure Beads just to give them away."
"Gods, is he out of his mind?"
The crowd erupted into another round of heated discussion. Soon after, Qin Ya returned to the Seven Peaks.
After gifting one Void Spirit Treasure Bead each to Wang Huang, Lü Xin, and Muh Qing, he was left with twenty-five. Lü Xin and the others were, naturally, moved beyond words.
Qin Ya’s actions weren’t a way to buy people’s loyalty.
Rather, it was to strengthen the Seven Peaks. He knew he wouldn’t be the Master of Seven Peaks for long, so he wanted to cultivate the next one.
After finishing his preparations, Qin Ya spent about half a month with Jing’er. He then found a secluded spot within the Seven Peaks to begin his closed-door cultivation. It was then that he finally understood why Ting Xiao had told him to exchange for so many Void Spirit Treasure Beads.
"The Void Spirit Awakening God Array?"
"That’s right, the Void Spirit Awakening God Array. It uses Void Spirit Treasure Beads as the array’s eyes, supplemented by ten million Primordial Stones, to create an environment where one’s Divine Thought becomes extremely active. In this environment, a Martial Artist’s efficiency in comprehending Mysteries will increase by tens, or even hundreds of times!"
"It’s that powerful?"
"Heh, when have I, Ting Xiao, ever lied to you? It’s just that the Void Spirit Awakening God Array is an Ancient Array from tens of thousands of years ago. I don’t know if anyone even knows how to set it up anymore. If I hadn’t seen the Void Spirit Treasure Beads on the Golden List, I wouldn’t even have remembered it."
Following Ting Xiao’s guidance, Qin Ya used twenty-four of the Void Spirit Treasure Beads as the array’s eyes and ten million jin of Primordial Stones as its foundation. After three days, he finally finished setting up the Ancient Array. The moment the Grand Array activated, Qin Ya shuddered, a peculiar light flashing in his eyes.
The air filled with an incomparably cool sensation. It could actually penetrate his True Essence and enter his Divine Acupoints, stimulating his Divine Thought. The fluctuations of the mysteries he was trying to comprehend—Mysterious Speed, Destruction, and Nature—became tangibly clear.
’What a magnificent Ancient Array.’
’I can feel that cultivating inside this Ancient Array will greatly enhance my comprehension of the Mysteries. I can even feel the bottleneck of my Mysteries approaching.’
At that moment, Ting Xiao said, "This array is powerful, but its consumption of Primordial Stones is also extremely fast. These ten million jin of Primordial Stones can only sustain it for a month at most."
Qin Ya nodded, not too concerned.
Over the past several months—in the Celestial Dragon Sea Region, Yun Province, Shuo Province, and from taking down the Blood Nether Association’s stronghold—he had accumulated an unimaginable amount of Primordial Stones. Ten million jin was just a small fraction to him. His current fortune had long ago reached a level that ordinary Martial Artists could never dream of.
After setting up the Ancient Array, he began his closed-door cultivation.
For several days in a row, he focused on comprehending the Four Symbols Mysteries. With the help of the Void Spirit Awakening God Array, his comprehension efficiency was multiplied, and he quickly reached a bottleneck.
「Half a month later...」
On this day, Qin Ya’s eyes suddenly snapped open. The wind ceased, the clouds stood still!
An incredibly profound fluctuation immediately radiated from his body. In that instant, frost condensed in the air and dead wood burst into flame. In the distant sky, the wind whipped up, gathering dark clouds as muffled thunder rumbled. Then, two beams of brilliant light shot from Qin Ya’s eyes.
All the strange phenomena vanished as if they had never existed.
However, a ball of multicolored energy now rested in his hand, illuminating the surroundings. It was both violent and gentle, both scorching hot and ice-cold...
It embodied all sorts of contradictions, yet they existed in perfect harmony.
But anyone who saw it would be awed by the powerful energy it contained. It felt as if a single strand was enough to shatter mountains and crack the earth!
"Four Symbols Mysteries, Second Heaven!"
The corners of Qin Ya’s mouth lifted into a slight smile. Breaking through in a Top Profound Mystery would be a huge boost to his combat power. Next, he began to comprehend the Mysteries of Destruction.
However, comprehending the Mysteries of Destruction was more than a level harder than the Four Symbols Mysteries. For three consecutive days, his progress was slow, even with the help of the Void Spirit Awakening God Array.
"Destruction, Destruction..."
Qin Ya muttered to himself, completely clueless for a moment.
’If only I had a reference object...’
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Qin Ya. As if remembering something, he retrieved a black stone from his Storage Ring. It was the size of a human head and emitted a faint glow.
’Heh, I almost forgot I had this thing.’
This black stone of unknown origin was filled with a destructive fluctuation. It would be a great help for Qin Ya’s comprehension of the Mysteries of Destruction, and now was the perfect time to use it.
Comprehending the black stone immediately boosted the efficiency of his efforts to grasp the Mysteries of Destruction. Soon, he reached a bottleneck, just one step away from a breakthrough.
Time slowly passed. Only one day of the Void Spirit Awakening God Array’s effective time remained, and Qin Ya’s comprehension of the Mysteries of Destruction had reached its final, critical stage. On this day, the Grand Array’s effects slowly faded. Countless Primordial Stones lost their luster and crumbled to ash.
The effects of the Void Spirit Awakening God Array had vanished.
And at the very moment the array disappeared, Qin Ya suddenly awoke. Two faint black lights flickered in his eyes, and a destructive urge rose in his heart.
"Kid, snap out of it!"
At that moment, a thunderous beastly roar exploded in his ear, striking his mind. The destructive desire instantly receded like a fast-ebbing tide.
Qin Ya took a deep breath, a lingering fear washing over him.
At the final moment, he had indeed comprehended the Mysteries of Destruction to the level of the Second Heaven, but he had nearly lost his mind and descended into madness because of it.
Thankfully, Ting Xiao’s furious roar had saved him. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Thank you."
"Kid, these Mysteries of Destruction are incredibly powerful, but if your mind isn’t strong enough, it’s easy to fall into madness. You’ll have to be more careful from now on."
"Mm, I didn’t expect the breakthrough would cause this. I’ll be more careful in the future," Qin Ya said, still shaken. The thought of himself descending into madness, becoming a monster that knew only Destruction, sent a chill down his spine. ’And in Kunyun Palace, of all places... If that really happened, I’d probably have been annihilated with a single palm strike.’