LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 197
Chapter 197: One Million Krypton Gold Points Obtained
Looking at Qin Bei, who was making quite a scene inside the royal tomb, Emperor Xia felt very pleased. It turns out he had not misjudged this rebellious son after all.
Although his personality was a bit eccentric, his abilities were nothing to scoff at.
As he eyed the spirit stones and soul beads in Qin Bei’s hands, Emperor Xia couldn’t help but let his imagination wander.
‘These soul beads are all royal property. Once this rebellious son comes out, I’ll have them transferred to the national treasury. That doesn’t seem excessive, does it?’
These soul beads were of little use to Emperor Xia personally.
But they were certainly valuable to the royal family.
So, seeing Qin Bei with so many soul beads made Emperor Xia ponder more than he should have.
‘But to take these soul beads away outright, wouldn’t that be just a tad too harsh on him?’
After thinking it over, Emperor Xia recalled how last time he seized Qin Bei’s belongings, it turned into a huge comedy of errors.
The boy ended up stealing back his own items just to sell them!
This time, with soul beads worth a staggering ten billion, who knows what tricks this rebellious son might pull if they were snatched away?
“Why should I be afraid of this?”
Suddenly, Emperor Xia found himself a bit dazed.
As an emperor, why should he worry about such trivial matters?
Confiscate them!
And the spirit stones for sale? Just take those as well!
At most, he could give a token gesture of compensation, like granting him an imperial seal and making him a ‘Prince of Four Seals’ or something.
‘What a bargain for you!’
The more he thought, the further astray his thoughts wandered.
He was already considering promoting Qin Bei’s status as a prince.
But promotions aren’t as simple as a snap of the fingers.
Emperor Xia was only able to come to such a decision because, deep down, he felt Qin Bei deserved a higher title.
He just couldn’t find a suitable excuse for it, which is exactly what he was searching for.
If it were Qin Xiu with that many soul beads, he would surely be willing to trade them for a ‘Prince of Four Seals’ title.
However, for Qin Bei, nothing was more straightforward than spirit stones.
A ‘Prince of Four Seals’?
What is that, anyway? Even a ‘Prince of Five Seals’ wouldn’t do him any good!
No, even the title of Crown Prince wouldn’t be worth his time!
To Qin Bei, spirit stones equate to justice.
Everything else is just fluff.
As long as nobody touches his spirit stones, everything’s negotiable.
But whoever dares to harbor ill intentions towards his spirit stones, they’d better brace themselves for Qin Bei’s ruthlessness.
Of course, this includes Emperor Xia himself.
Emperor Xia likely hadn’t even considered how closely his thoughts aligned with Qin Bei’s on this matter.
Qin Bei had already guessed there might be a possibility like this.
So ultimately, Emperor Xia’s plans were destined to go down the drain.
Qin Bei had no intention of bringing those soul beads out of the royal tomb.
He needs those soul beads to enhance his spiritual power.
In fact, he didn’t even plan to take the spirit stones in his hands out of the tomb.
With no more Krypton Gold Points available in the current system, Qin Bei needed to spend spirit stones to acquire them.
The only thing he could take with him were the IOUs in his hands.
……
“Alright, all the gains have been tallied. Next, we should get down to business.”
Qin Bei stood up casually as he said this.
Everyone around him was puzzled about what he meant by “business.”
Wasn’t getting so many soul beads enough satisfaction?
Did he want more substantial gains still?
Just as everyone was lost in confusion, Qin Bei strolled over to a nearby stone tablet.
This stone tablet wasn’t a gravestone; it was a boundary stone.
It marked the dividing line between the outer and inner areas of the royal tomb.
Everyone was perplexed.
Could there be precious hidden treasures lurking at this boundary stone?
For a moment, curious heads were turned toward Qin Bei, even those who weren’t quite in the loop were fixated on him.
They just wanted to see what he was up to. If they could snag some fortuitous opportunities, that would be ideal!
To everyone’s surprise, as soon as Qin Bei reached the boundary stone, he knelt down.
And that left the crowd utterly dumbfounded.
Qin Bei didn’t seem like someone who’d kneel!
‘Wait, did he earn all those soul beads through kneeling? Like, impressing the ancestors by bowing like this?’
While the spectators were lost in their thoughts, Qin Bei’s voice rang out.
“Junior Qin Bei, since entering the royal tomb, I have been favored by all the ancestors and have received many opportunities…”
Qin Bei went on and on, his gratitude pouring forth like a waterfall.
Everyone around was taken aback.
Could it be that the spirits of these ancestors were still present? Was that why Prince Bei was talking to thin air?
Just as they began to think it was working and felt inspired to imitate him…
Qin Bei’s next line made them burst out laughing.
“Junior Qin Bei is here to offer spirit stones; ancestors, feel free to take them yourselves!”
After that, Qin Bei pulled out tens of thousands of spirit stones and smashed them.
In an instant, all the spiritual energy within those stones erupted forth.
The spiritual energy around Qin Bei became immensely denser in an instant.
Once he did this, Qin Bei checked his system and discovered that, indeed, this could earn Krypton Gold Points.
After shattering those tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones, Qin Bei scored hundreds of Krypton Gold Points.
‘Hey~ Who would’ve thought this approach would really work?’
Qin Bei was a bit surprised himself.
After all, this method could really only be considered destroying spirit stones and letting the energy return to the world.
Strictly speaking, it didn’t count as spending spirit stones.
Yet even so, he was still able to rack up Krypton Gold Points.
Perhaps sensing Qin Bei’s confusion, the system chimed in.
“Spending spirit stones, destroying spirit stones, or returning the spiritual energy within spirit stones to the world can all be exchanged for Krypton Gold Points.”
‘Well, that clears things up!’
Qin Bei beamed with delight. Since this trick worked, he had no intention of wasting more time.
In the astonished eyes of those around him, Qin Bei proceeded to pull out more spirit stones.
He returned all the spiritual energy from the spirit stones back to the universe.
At first, no one thought much of it.
After all, Qin Bei had amassed plenty of opportunities within this royal tomb, so it made sense he’d thank everyone this way.
But as the consumption of spirit stones grew, confusion spread among the onlookers.
Was this a sacrifice? Or plain waste?
“Is all this spiritual energy really being wasted? That’s just excessive, isn’t it?”
“Actually, it doesn’t have to be a waste. If we train nearby, then it’s not wasted, right?”
“What a brilliant idea!”
…….
Once one person thought of it, it set off a chain reaction, sparking ideas in others.
At first, everyone was hesitant.
They feared Qin Bei would object to their using the abundant spiritual energy for training.
But gradually, as more people began to cultivate, they discovered that Qin Bei still showed no signs of intervening.
So everyone became more daring and started focusing on their practices.
Qin Bei noticed this too.
However, seeing these people absorb the energy being released and realizing he could still earn Krypton Gold Points, he felt no need to fuss over them.
After all, most of the energy just dissipated into the royal tomb anyway.
Even if these folks only got a smidgen of benefit, that was all.
If they wanted to, he wouldn’t stop them.
Perfect! This way, they’d owe him a favor instead.
Gradually, the majority began their training.
Only Qin Xiu, watching from a distance, wore a disdainful look.
“Hmph! Wasting wealth like this after getting lucky! I wonder what you’ll have to report back to the Emperor when we exit this royal tomb.”
Qin Xiu sneered before leading his entourage to another corner to wait quietly.
Although Gu Chuan wanted to sit down and cultivate too, he just couldn’t bring himself to lose face.
…….