"You're too amazing!"
"How did you manage to collect so many Golden Light Beads?!"
Looking at the mountainous pile of Golden Light Beads, Bai Xiaodie's pretty face was filled with astonishment.
She had guessed that Ye Chen would rank first in the trial of Collecting Golden Light Beads, but she never imagined that he could gather such an enormous number!
Over twenty million Golden Light Beads, perhaps even reaching thirty million—the quantity had completely stunned Bai Xiaodie!
It wasn't just Bai Xiaodie; none of the others had anticipated that Ye Chen could instantly raise the number of collected Golden Light Beads to tens of millions!
This was well beyond their imagination!
Bai Xiaodie managed to collect over two million beads, surpassing the pioneers who had ventured into the Ancestral Land Secret Realm during the previous five expeditions, which was already a miracle.
Now, Ye Chen had collected ten times more Golden Light Beads than Bai Xiaodie!
Even though Ye Chen had defeated Bai Xiaodie and was stronger than her, the gap shouldn't be this big!
However, these youngsters were unaware that, although Bai Xiaodie, like Ye Chen, had also comprehended Sword Intents, which could be used to collect Golden Light Beads.
Aside from Sword Intents, Ye Chen possessed a unique sensitivity to his surroundings cultivated through the Primordial Star Scripture. His Divine Sense could radiate hundreds of zhang, allowing him to effortlessly and instantly locate Golden Light Beads within that range.
Moreover, Ye Chen had mastered the profound-tier movement technique "Wind Movement Skills," significantly increasing his flight speed and the area over which he collected Golden Light Beads.
By relying on Sword Intents, Bai Xiaodie surpassed those predecessors who entered the Ancestral Land Secret Realm before her.
But Ye Chen, with Sword Intents, Divine Sense, and movement technique at his disposal, left Bai Xiaodie far behind!
The performance of Bai Xiaodie in collecting Golden Light Beads delighted the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact with unexpected joy.
However, Ye Chen's performance gave the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact an even greater surprise!
That's why, during these ten days, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact focused entirely on Ye Chen.
Even the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact was left speechless by the quantity of Golden Light Beads Ye Chen had collected!
When Ye Chen took out all the Golden Light Beads, his Ethereal Spirit Ring flew directly towards the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact.
"Let's see your final count of Golden Light Beads!"
The voice of the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact trembled with excitement.
Left in this three-tribe realm by Heavenly Saint Di Kong, besides continually providing trials and opportunities to the three tribes, it also bore a great responsibility—a responsibility that only a true genius could undertake!
Now, in Ye Chen, it saw that hope.
It was very likely that Ye Chen was the genius it was searching for, the one who could bear that great responsibility!
Looking at Ye Chen and thinking about that newborn creature in the core area of the Ancestral Land, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact's breath grew somewhat quick.
"Could all this be preordained by fate? Just as that little one is born, a formidable young man directly enters our midst!"
"I hope he can make it into the core area!"
"I hope he can pass the ultimate challenge and meet the little one left behind by the old master."
"At that time, he will realize what truly amazing fate this Secret Realm holds!"
Suppressing a myriad of thoughts, after all, Ye Chen was still in the outer area, having not even entered the middle zone yet, and whether he could pass the subsequent trials remains unknown.
It was too early to think so far ahead.
"First, let's see just how many Golden Light Beads there are!"
With that in mind, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact directly swept up the Ethereal Spirit Ring toward the mountainous pile of Golden Light Beads collected by Ye Chen, beginning the collection process.
The Golden Light Beads in the gigantic pile, under the pull of the Ethereal Spirit Ring, started to fly up one by one, rushing in like a torrential river, continuously entering the ring.
After all the Golden Light Beads had been tallied, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact announced an astonishing number.
"Twenty-eight million, three hundred and ninety-seven thousand, six hundred and thirty-two Golden Light Beads!"
Over twenty-eight million Golden Light Beads!
The number spoken by the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact left all the other youngsters from the three tribes dumbfounded.
There really were over twenty million Golden Light Beads!
Ye Chen really had collected over twenty million Golden Light Beads!
On the Myriad Treasures Stele, the number one treasure "Heavenly Saint Di Kong's Innate Essence Map" could be exchanged for a set with ten million Golden Light Beads.
At the time, this number directly scared off the young contestants.
Now it seems that the Golden Light Beads Ye Chen collected are more than enough to exchange for two complete sets of the first Treasure, with plenty to spare!
More than twenty-eight million Golden Light Beads can exchange for all the precious Treasures on the Myriad Treasures Stele!
"No wonder Ye Chen said he had collected enough Golden Light Beads earlier."
"This is indeed more than enough!"
Bai Xiaodie gazed at Ye Chen, her beautiful eyes shining brightly.
Ye Chen had defeated her in the grand competition among the three clans, filling the young girl with immense admiration for Ye Chen, and now that Ye Chen had given away more than two million Golden Light Beads to the young ones of the three clans, she thought even more highly of him!
Now, the miracle Ye Chen had created with the number of Golden Light Beads he collected had completely captivated the young girl.
In a single moment, Bai Xiaodie even thought of her mother going to find Ye Chen's mother, and her little face turned crimson.
Bai Xiaodie, who had always been diligently focused on her cultivation, had never felt such closeness to any young man, but when her mother suggested going to see Ye Chen's mother, she surprisingly didn't have any aversion to the idea.
Now, she was even less inclined to resist…
Unaware of Bai Xiaodie's girlish thoughts, Ye Chen smiled when he heard the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact mention the number of Golden Light Beads collected, thinking to himself, "I didn't estimate wrong before, it seems I can select a few more Treasures!"
At that moment, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact collected the Ethereal Spirit Ring and looked towards Ye Chen again.
"Ye Chen, you said earlier you would give away two hundred and ninety-eight million Golden Light Beads, are you sure you want to give them away?" the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact asked Ye Chen for confirmation.
Ye Chen looked at the young ones from the three clans who were watching him and smiled with a nod, "Of course, I'll give them away!"
These were the young ones from the three clans who had entered the Ancestral Land Secret Realm with him, his clan brothers and sisters.
Having collected so many Golden Light Beads, Ye Chen certainly wouldn't stand by and watch any of them miss the opportunity to enter the central area of the Ancestral Land Secret Realm to seek their fortune!
He wouldn't let them gaze at the Treasures on the Myriad Treasures Stele with regret and disappointment!
Ye Chen couldn't forget the shame felt by the three old clan chiefs over the clan's gradual decline and their hope for the clan's rise to power.
The young ones in the Ancestral Land Secret Realm were the future hope of the clan; Ye Chen would certainly help as much as he could.
Giving each person one hundred thousand Golden Light Beads was enough for them to exchange for a set of Profound Grade Cultivation Techniques or a high-quality Spiritual Artifact, and even many other Treasures!
Ye Chen had even planned in advance to exchange for some additional Treasures beyond what he needed for himself, to be distributed to the three clan chiefs after leaving the Ancestral Land Secret Realm!
Hearing Ye Chen once again confirming that he would give away Golden Light Beads to everyone, the young people from the three clans all felt a lump in their throats.
They were both surprised and moved.
Having a powerful prodigy in their clan felt so wonderful!
This is the strength of the clan, the cohesion of the clan!
"Ye Chen, thank you!"
Even though one hundred thousand Golden Light Beads were of little use to Bai Xiaodie, she still thanked Ye Chen solemnly.
"Ye Chen, thank you!"
"Ye Chen, thank you!"
The other young ones also spoke out one after another.
Watching this scene, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact also nodded silently.
Ye Chen was so young yet so powerful and had such a noble heart, truly rare!
"This time, your batch of people is really going to create a miracle in exchanging for Treasures!"
"When you all go out, the members of your clans will probably be overjoyed."
The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact said with a smile.
The young ones from the three clans also smiled upon hearing the words of the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact.
They looked forward to leaving the Ancestral Land Secret Realm with countless secret Treasures and seeing the proud and joyous expressions of their clan relatives.
The pride of the clan made all their efforts in the Ancestral Land Secret Realm worthwhile!
"Come up one by one for the exchange."
"Ye Chen, after deducting those two hundred and ninety-eight million Golden Light Beads, you still have twenty-five million four hundred seventy-one thousand six hundred thirty-two Golden Light Beads left."
"What do you plan to exchange for?"
The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact asked Ye Chen with a smile.
More than twenty-five million left?
Ye Chen nodded and then looked towards the Myriad Treasures Stele, turned his gaze to the countless Treasures listed upon it.