I Have an Omen System-Chapter 106 - 103: Foundation Establishment and Chaos Suppression 2
Wei Qingyi was slapping his thighs raw with regret. "Junior Brother Qin, I was blinded by greed! I should have listened to you from the start!"
And Wei Qingyi wasn’t the only one.
The other Incense Masters who had made a small profit earlier now found themselves spitting it all back out.
With the price limits removed, the Celestial Pride Wagering was still in a free fall.
Some people couldn’t even get their sell orders to go through; before the transaction could complete, they would receive a notification that the order had failed because the price was too high, making it impossible to sell.
For a time, a chorus of wails echoed among the Foundation Establishment Incense Masters of the Inner Sect.
...
「Deep within the Blood Loan Money Shop」
In a dark, deathly still Cave Mansion, a Demon Monarch in a green robe, reeking of decay and old money, sat upon a simple meditation cushion.
His title—[Pure Yang Soul Capturing]!
The Pure Yang Soul Capturing Demon Monarch was draped in a Daoist Robe of greenish-gold, its wide sleeves pooling on the floor.
"Jie jie jie... after all my long-laid plans..."
His hoarse voice let out a strange, eerie laugh.
"Your losses, you ants, though but a drop in the bucket, have finally reignited this Monarch’s Great Dao True Gold!"
At first glance, the Pure Yang Soul Capturing Demon Monarch’s face was as gaunt as an ancient pine, with slightly prominent cheekbones and a hard, cold jawline.
A closer look at his eyes, however, revealed that deep within their sockets were not orbs of flesh and blood, but two ancient, slowly rotating bronze coins that held an endless, dark light within them!
At this moment, his pair of bizarre copper-coin eyes were staring intently at a ball of green light in the palm of his hand.
Upon inspection, this ball of green light was a fist-sized, golden-hued copper coin covered in an ancient bronze patina.
This was the wisp of an unorthodox Positional Divine Technique he had spent three hundred years of meditation forcibly extracting and refining from the depths of the Blood Loan Money Shop—[Falling Gold Copper]!
This art did not follow the Five Elements, nor did it rely on yin and yang. The root of its power lay not in one’s own arduous cultivation, but in the "loss" of others.
When others cut their losses and fled the market, the copper light in his palm solidified a little more.
When others went bankrupt, the phantom image of the copper coin swelled in size.
The more miserably and painfully others lost, the more the "power of loss" conducted through the endless karma and sinful obstacles would become blazing fuel, feeding the "Golden Copper Furnace" and causing its power to skyrocket.
"Drain all profit from the world to nurture a single Falling Gold Copper. The wealth of all the heavens is but fuel for my furnace."
"Falling Gold Copper—manifest!"
SHIIING!
Within the Cave Mansion, a mountain-sized torrent of tens of thousands of Bronze Coins suddenly rained down from thin air.
Incredibly, every single bronze coin carried a strand of Demonic Essence.
The Pure Yang Soul Capturing Demon Monarch threw his head back and laughed.
...
As the scythe of the Blood Loan Money Shop continued its relentless harvest...
Woeful cries echoed throughout the Blood Demon Sword Sect.
No one knew how many Incense Masters had thrown themselves from the cliffs of June Valley.
However, Qin Xuan, who was busy raking it in, had just discovered something even more amusing.
’The Holy Sect Black Market, anonymous posting?’
This was another project launched by the Blood Loan Money Shop, specifically to serve Demon Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage and above.
It cost one hundred Contribution Points to post once, and the browsing fee was 10 Contribution Points per two hours.
All identities were virtual, and the Blood Loan Money Shop guaranteed with a Heavenly Dao Oath that no one could view the backend data.
’Let’s see if there’s any information on the Foundation Establishment and Chaos Suppression Conference.’
The moment Qin Xuan clicked on it, he saw the Contribution Points in his account balance begin to drop at a visible rate.
’The Holy Sect really is ruthless!’
All sorts of information were available.
Qin Xuan felt as if he had opened the door to a new world, his eyes dazzled by the sheer variety.
There were even Demon Cultivators selling Righteous Furnace Cauldrons!
[A Demon Cultivator Who Clings to Life]: "Qingyin Sect Saintess, Primordial Yin intact, Purple Mansion Peak cultivation. Ten thousand Merit Points. Door-to-door delivery available. First come, first served."
[Iron-Forging Qingshan]: "Nine Dragons Devouring Heaven Sword Stele Fragment, 200 Merit Points apiece. Price is firm."
Besides selling items, there were also people seeking to purchase things they needed.
[Ninety Glorious Years, Master of Sword and Scroll]: "Buying bones and human skins at high prices. Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivator for 1000 Contribution Points, Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment First Level for 100 Merit Points, Second Level for 200 Merit Points..."
[Joy Altar Regular]: "Seeking a male Furnace Cauldron. Must be a virgin, handsome, with cultivation at Foundation Establishment Fifth Level or higher. Price negotiable."
His eyes scanned line after line of information.
Qin Xuan’s heart was pounding with a mix of shock and excitement.
Damn, the vast majority of posters in here were Purple Mansion Altar Masters!
A Foundation Establishment Incense Master like him could only afford to look; he didn’t even have the confidence to make a post.
’No wonder the Holy Sect Altar Masters rarely appear. They must be conducting all their trades through the black market!’
In the black market, it was impossible for others to know who was on the other side.
The flow of funds was also untraceable.
Qin Xuan gave himself a nickname: "An Unnamed True Inheritance of the Cyan Cloud Sect."
Then he began to happily surf the forums.
And he actually managed to find quite a lot of information regarding the Foundation Establishment and Chaos Suppression Conference!
"The East Sea Demon Race and the Southern Border Gu Race are all participating... So the waters of the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea cannot be touched, and even the Golden Core Families of Daqian are sending people?"
"Wow, there’s even a bizarre item like a Soul Lamp tied to a family name..."
Qin Xuan read with great relish, gradually forming a clear picture of the situation in the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea.
...
As time passed...
The time for the Foundation Establishment and Chaos Suppression Conference finally arrived.
On this day, ten majestic Demon Boats, named after the ten Celestial Stems—Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui—floated in mid-air like ten enormous islands.
The three hundred Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Holy Sect all boarded the majestic Demon Boats.
The Demon Boats flew at incredible speeds, covering vast distances in an instant.
As the Demon Boats sailed through the sea of clouds, the scenery on the ground below grew smaller and smaller.
Several days later, a Foundation Establishment Incense Master pointed below the Demon Boat and shouted, "We’ve arrived at the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea!"
The scene before them constantly shifted as they passed through the boundary of the void.
The azure sky turned a leaden gray.
A boundless ocean stretched out before the eyes of the assembled Demon Cultivators.
"It seems we’re not the only ones. The Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Cyan Cloud Sect and the other Nascent Soul and Golden Core Sects arrived long ago."
On the surface of the sea, countless small islands were scattered about in a Starry Array.
Flickers of spiritual light of various colors glinted like fireflies before a great storm.
The cultivators of the Righteous and Demon Paths, some on flying vessels, others hovering using Escape Lights, occupied the sky above the sea, clearly divided.
There were nearly ten thousand of them, with cultivation levels ranging from the Foundation Establishment Third Level to the Eighth Level.
Chen Xuanba stood at the prow of the Demon Boat and laughed boisterously. "The Bone-Eroding Demon Sea is an Outer World Celestial Realm. The highest cultivation level within is only Golden Core, and they have already been cleared out by our Holy Sect’s Pure Yang Soul Capturing Demon Monarch."
"However, the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea contains Spirit-Eroding Weak Water, which no creature not native to this place can touch. You must all remember this at all times. Do not enter the sea unless absolutely necessary!"
The surface of the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea was grayish-black and emanated a cold, sinister aura.
In contrast, the numerous islands scattered like a Starry Array had a faint golden light glimmering over them, seemingly unaffected by the Weak Water.
"Shortly, the damned official from the Daqian Imperial Observatory will send down the Purple Mansion Star Orders. Pay close attention to the direction they fall."
Chen Xuanba declared, "Once you enter, you are to slaughter with abandon and seize as many Star Orders as possible. I will take responsibility for everything!"
"We obey the Demon Child’s command!" the Incense Masters roared in unison.
Chen Xuanba nodded in satisfaction.
Meanwhile,
Dressed in the standard uniform of the Cyan Cloud Sect, a group of cultivators in pale blue Daoist robes with cloud and Sword Patterns on their cuffs gritted their teeth. Their eyes burned with a deep-seated hatred for the Demon Dao, and their fists were clenched so tightly their knuckles cracked.
"These Sinful Demons from the Blood Demon Sword Sect are so arrogant."
"We must enact justice on behalf of the heavens and rid the world of this evil!"
And at the very periphery of the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea...
A large number of cultivators from small Golden Core Sects, a mix of Earth Dao Foundation Establishment and Human Dao Foundation Establishment, gathered in small groups of three to five.
They either clung to the edges of the Nascent Soul Sects’ formations or hid in remote corners, their eyes glinting.
The few Fake Pill Cultivators leading them, their Magical Treasures glowing faintly and their auras deep and condensed, gave instructions:
"If any of you encounter the Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Cyan Cloud Sect or the Blood Demon Sword Sect, regardless of whether they are from the Righteous or Demon Path, do not fight them. Avoid them at all costs."
"In a one-on-one fight, you are no match for those monstrous freaks."
The disciples from the smaller sects cupped their hands and mumbled deferentially, "We will obey the Elder’s command!"
...
Seeing that everyone had arrived...
High above the clouds, a Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch with a magnificent aura, his body surrounded by points of starlight like a swirling galaxy, slowly raised his hand.
VMMMM—
Space rippled like the surface of water.
A dazzling point of violet-gold light suddenly flared to life!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
The violet-gold light abruptly exploded, transforming into thirty-six hundred meteors!
Each meteor contained a palm-sized purple Token that was neither gold nor jade.
The surface of the Tokens was inscribed with profound celestial runes, and a deep purple light flowed across them. The moment they appeared, a pure and vast aura of stellar essence spread out.
The spirits of the cultivators below were lifted, their eyes erupting with greed.
The [Purple Mansion Star Order]!
The Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch in the clouds, who was presiding over the event, gently pressed his palm downward.
"Go!"
The thirty-six hundred violet-gold meteors tore through the void of the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea and rained down upon the waters below!
"I declare that the Foundation Establishment Chaos War has officially begun!"
BOOM!
The disciples of the Blood Demon Sword Sect and the Cyan Cloud Sect were the fastest to react.
In an instant, six hundred Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators descended upon the demon sea like a torrential downpour.
