"Artifact Spirit, my name is 'Qian Yue', and I have collected only five thousand eight hundred and sixty-three Golden Light Beads. I would like to exchange them for one Small Spirit Pill, please!"
"Very well," said the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact, and as the youth spoke, a fierce wind swirled around him. In the midst of this tumult, the Ethereal Spirit Ring on the youth's hand flew up, and the small pile of Golden Light Beads on the ground also levitated, finally all entering into the ring.
"Indeed, it is five thousand eight hundred and sixty-three Golden Light Beads. Your performance is quite average; here is your Small Spirit Pill," the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact confirmed, winding the youth's Ethereal Spirit Ring back to him while a small box flew over to the youth.
The youth caught the small box, opened it, and saw a milky-white round pill inside, surrounded by a faint glow.
This pill was none other than the Small Spirit Pill, capable of enhancing the cultivation of a martial artist in the True Qi Realm by one level!
After inspecting the collection results of the first youth, Qian Yue, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact turned to the next youth.
One by one, each youth released their collected Golden Light Beads.
As the Golden Light Beads were continuously presented, all the youths realized that the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact could apparently sense the approximate number of Golden Light Beads they had collected. The first ones to be called were the ones who had collected the fewest.
The ones called later had collected more and more Golden Light Beads!
When the ninth youth called by name brought out his Golden Light Beads, the number he had collected finally broke through ten thousand.
When the fifteenth called by name, who was none other than Qian Yuan, ranked tenth in the tri-clan competition, it turned out he had collected over thirty thousand Golden Light Beads.
Qian Yuan directly exchanged for two sets of low-tier Xuan-level martial arts techniques and spent ten thousand Golden Light Beads for the opportunity to be transported to the central area of the Ancestral Land Secret Realm.
When the twenty-seventh called by name, who was none other than Ye Xue, ranked fifth in the tri-clan competition, and Ye Chen's cousin, stepped forward, her collection of Golden Light Beads had shockingly surpassed a hundred thousand!
She had collected over ten thousand more Golden Light Beads than Qian Feng, who had ranked fourth in the clan competition.
At this point, the only ones not yet called were the top three from the clan competition: Ye Chen, Bai Xiaodie, and Qian Ming.
Everyone was eager to find out how many Golden Light Beads the last three had collected.
So far, no one had collected over two hundred thousand Golden Light Beads, and no one had managed to exchange for one of the four great treasures on the Myriad Treasures Stele.
Now, the twenty-eighth to be called was Qian Ming.
When his name was called by the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact, Qian Ming glanced at Ye Chen and Bai Xiaodie, knowing in his heart that he had lost to them once again in the collection of Golden Light Beads.
In the end, the number of Golden Light Beads Qian Ming had collected reached an astounding fifty-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-two!
After Qian Ming exchanged his treasures, only Ye Chen and Bai Xiaodie remained to be called.
Ye Chen and Bai Xiaodie, the two genuine young talents who entered the Ancestral Land Secret Realm, everyone else wanted to know who had collected more Golden Light Beads between them.
"Little girl, it's your turn. Bring out the Golden Light Beads you've collected!"
The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact looked directly at Bai Xiaodie.
"Ye Chen, I really didn't collect as many Golden Light Beads as you!"
Bai Xiaodie said with a light smile, and with a flick of her finger, a huge pile of Golden Light Beads, like a small mountain, appeared before her.
"Must be over a million!"
Seeing the gigantic pile of Golden Light Beads before Bai Xiaodie, even taller than a small mountain, all the youths' eyes widened.
Just from this mountain of light, it was clear how incredible the number of Golden Light Beads Bai Xiaodie had collected was.
And when the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact collected all the beads, everyone heard that Bai Xiaodie's count of Golden Light Beads was an astonishing two million and seventy thousand!
Two million and seventy thousand!
Such a massive quantity of Golden Light Beads allowed Bai Xiaodie to exchange for two Creation Yuan Pills, a superior-grade spiritual weapon, two Small Spirit Pills, as well as one transportation opportunity to the central region.
Impressed by the number of Golden Light Beads Bai Xiaodie had collected, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact exclaimed with rare praise: "Not bad, the number of Golden Light Beads you've collected has already surpassed those from the previous five times, including all your ancestors who have come here!"
"This could rank second in the six explorations of the Ancestral Land Secret Realm!"
After Bai Xiaodie also completed her exchange, the only youth left in the field who had not been called was Ye Chen.
The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact was calling names based on the order of the amount of Golden Light Beads collected.
Looking at it this way, it was obvious that Ye Chen had collected the most Golden Light Beads among them all!
That's why he was the last to be called by the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact!
The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact said that Bai Xiaodie could rank second in the six journeys into the Ancestral Land Secret Realm, which clearly meant that the amount of Golden Light Beads Ye Chen had collected had reached the top position among those six adventures!
"Bai Xiaodie has already collected twenty million and seventy thousand Golden Light Beads!"
"Ye Chen is even stronger than Bai Xiaodie, just how many Golden Light Beads did he manage to collect?"
Everyone's gaze turned towards Ye Chen.
At that moment, rather than directly taking out his Golden Light Beads, Ye Chen looked towards the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact and asked, "Artifact Spirit, I can give my Golden Light Beads to others to use, right?"
The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact paused slightly, then gave Ye Chen a deep look and smiled, "Of course, after collecting the Golden Light Beads, you are free to use them as you wish."
Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, the other youths were stunned.
They didn't have enough Golden Light Beads for themselves, with many treasures left unclaimed; was Ye Chen actually thinking of giving his Golden Light Beads to others?
Give Golden Light Beads to whom?
How many Golden Light Beads?
The youths were guessing when Ye Chen directly said, "Since that is the case, I will provide ten thousand Golden Light Beads for every brother and sister of the three tribes who hasn't collected enough to make up ten thousand, so they can exchange for a chance to enter the central region!"
Provide us with ten thousand Golden Light Beads to exchange for an opportunity to enter the central region?
When eight youths in the field were downcast at not being able to enter the central region, Ye Chen's words immediately made them exclaim in surprise.
Just as they were about to thank Ye Chen, he spoke again, "Then, I will give each brother and sister an additional one hundred thousand Golden Light Beads each, so they can exchange for the treasures they like!"
If Ye Chen's previous statement had only brought immeasurable joy to the eight youths who had not collected enough Golden Light Beads, this declaration of giving one hundred thousand Golden Light Beads to each caused everyone to go wild!
This meant that Ye Chen was about to give away twenty-nine million Golden Light Beads to them.
Even Bai Xiaodie, who was in second place, had only collected twenty million and seventy thousand Golden Light Beads.
Was Ye Chen really going to give away twenty-nine million Golden Light Beads?
Together with the eighty thousand Golden Light Beads spent to exchange the opportunities to enter the central region for another eight people, the number of Golden Light Beads Ye Chen was giving away was as much as twenty-nine million and eighty thousand!
Then how many Golden Light Beads did Ye Chen keep for himself?
Ye Chen, just how many Golden Light Beads did you collect in total!
Just as everyone was overwhelmed with shock and crazy about Ye Chen's generosity, Ye Chen finally said, "Apart from those mentioned, Myriad Treasures Stele, please help me calculate how many Golden Light Beads I have left."
"I'll see what treasures I can exchange for."
As Ye Chen finished speaking, his Ethereal Spirit Ring on his thumb shone brightly, and suddenly, a tumultuous roar swept across like a tsunami.
All the youths saw countless Golden Light Beads pouring out from the Ethereal Spirit Ring on Ye Chen's hand, piling up on a vast ground before them.
The endless stream of Golden Light Beads piled higher and wider, until at last, it looked like a massive mountain!
All the youths in the field had their mouths agape, watching the rising tide of beads.
At a rough glance, they could feel that the number of Golden Light Beads Ye Chen had collected was surely more than twenty million!