Chapter 356

Chapter 356: Fake Death to Escape

Just as Yan Qingling initiated the trade with Liu Hongxia, a message from Liu Hongxia quickly came through.

“How many trading opportunities do you want to sell?” Liu Hongxia asked.

“Senior, I want to sell all my opportunities,” Ye Jian replied eagerly to Liu Hongxia.

Upon hearing Ye Jian’s words, Liu Hongxia continued, “Are you sure you want to sell all your opportunities to me? Won’t you keep some for trading with others?”

Hearing Liu Hongxia’s words, Ye Jian quickly shook her head, “No need to keep any; I don’t need trading opportunities.”

Her current situation was that she was in a barren prison without any spiritual energy or resources, and there was nothing to trade with others.

Moreover, even if she traded with others, the value of the exchanged resources might not surpass the price of a single trading opportunity.

Right now, one trading opportunity could be sold for ten thousand superior grade spirit stones, equivalent to one hundred billion low-grade spirit stones; even selling the entire barren prison wouldn’t be enough.

At this moment, spirit stones were the cultivation resources Ye Jian desperately desired.

Hearing Ye Jian say this, Liu Hongxia nodded and said, “In that case, let’s proceed with the trade. You know that trading requires deducting one opportunity from both sides, so your ten trading opportunities will only count as eight this time. If you agree, we can trade.”

“I agree.” Ye Jian thought for a moment and quickly nodded in agreement.

For her, obtaining spirit stones was more important than any trading opportunities.

Having been in the barren prison for hundreds of years, her lifespan was nearly up. If she couldn’t absorb spiritual energy to cultivate and break through, she would die soon.

So, she believed spirit stones were far more important than mere trading opportunities.

Seeing Ye Jian agree, Liu Hongxia asked her, “Do you want immortal essence stones or superior grade spirit stones?”

“I want superior grade spirit stones,” Ye Jian replied without hesitation.

“Okay.” Liu Hongxia agreed and quickly initiated the trade with Ye Jian.

Soon, the trade was completed. Liu Hongxia gained eight additional trading opportunities, while Ye Jian received eighty thousand superior grade spirit stones.

“You’re almost six hundred, right? Why are you only at the early Golden Core stage? You should have good talent if you’ve joined this group!”

After the trade was completed, Liu Hongxia’s curious voice came through.

Hearing this, Ye Jian thought for a moment and said, “It’s because I’ve been trapped on a planet without any spiritual energy or cultivation resources. I haven’t cultivated in hundreds of years.”

Now that she had obtained the spirit stones, Ye Jian didn’t hide her situation.

“I see.”

Liu Hongxia nodded.

She wasn’t too surprised about a place lacking any spiritual energy because the world is full of wonders. She knew that the Earth used to be a place without spiritual energy.

She also wondered how Earth suddenly became infused with spiritual energy later; it might be related to her biological father, but she didn’t know the specifics.

Then, Liu Hongxia said to Ye Jian, “Let’s be friends. If you want to sell next year’s opportunities, you can consider selling them to me, and I will purchase them at the highest market price.”

“Alright,” Ye Jian quickly agreed.

Soon, they added each other as friends.

After adding each other as friends, their conversation came to an end.

Abandoned Prison Star, Li Hua Village.

Ye Jian flipped her right hand, and a crystal-clear superior grade spirit stone, about the size of her thumb, appeared in her palm.

Feeling the immense energy contained within the superior grade spirit stone, Ye Jian’s expression instantly burst with joy.

Now, she had over eighty thousand superior grade spirit stones in her system space.

With so many superior grade spirit stones, she could cultivate for a very long time.

Having these spirit stones meant she could practice even in the barren prison.

Her talent was a Yang spirit root, so as long as she had enough cultivation resources, she could cultivate to the Great Ascension stage without any bottlenecks, and she was very confident about breaking through to the great emperor realm.

Once she reached the Great Ascension stage or even the Late Tribulation stage great emperor realm, she could take her family out of the barren prison and avenge the clan members who had been killed.

“Hahaha!”

Thinking of this, Ye Jian suddenly laughed wildly, her joy spilling out like a flood.

The hundreds of years of pent-up frustration quickly faded away with her hearty laughter.

However, her three-year-old little granddaughter was frightened by her grandmother’s wild laughter.

“Grandmother, what’s wrong? Waaa, Grandmother, please don’t laugh, Shan Shan is scared~”

Hearing the child cry, Ye Jian came back to her senses.

“Don’t be afraid, Shan Shan. Grandmother is just happy, very happy,” Ye Jian quickly comforted her granddaughter.

Before long, the commotion drew others over, who rushed to the scene.

“Ancestor, what is going on?”

An older man asked Ye Jian, as the recent noise had alarmed them, and they thought something was wrong.

These people were all descendants of the Ye family.

Ye Jian had chosen to pass on her legacy a hundred years ago because her lifespan was nearing its end.

So, her generation was the highest in the entire Ye family, even the three-year-old child in her arms belonged to the generation of the family’s ancestor.

“Nothing is wrong; you can all go back,” Ye Jian waved her hand at the crowd, signaling them to leave.

“Understood.” Upon hearing Ye Jian’s words, everyone quickly exited the courtyard.

Once everyone left, Ye Jian took the child to the neighboring courtyard and handed her back to the child’s mother.

Afterward, she returned to her room to cultivate.

One superior grade spirit stone was equivalent to one million low-grade spirit stones.

So, after a night passed, Ye Jian discovered that the spiritual energy she absorbed from the spirit stones was merely a drop in the bucket.

Time flew, and half a month went by.

After half a month, Ye Jian restored her entire cultivation level.

If she wanted to, she could easily transform into the appearance of a young man, but she chose not to, as that would draw too much attention.

Although most of the people on the Abandoned Prison Star were ordinary, it did not mean there were no cultivators here.

Many cultivators recently exiled to the Abandoned Prison Star might possess considerable strength.

If they found out she had spirit stones, they would undoubtedly take action against her, and the Ye family’s disastrous fate could be replayed.

Thus, Ye Jian felt that until she had the ability to protect herself, she must not let anyone discover that she could still cultivate.

A few months later.

The entire Ye family was draped in white mourning garments, with cries echoing throughout.

Because the eldest ancestor of the Ye family, Ye Jian, had passed away after accompanying her clan for hundreds of years.

Days later, the coffin of the ancestor, Ye Jian, was buried in the family ancestral grave.

With the burial of the ancestor’s coffin, the atmosphere of grief within the Ye family gradually lessened.

Under such circumstances, on this day, a woman who appeared to be in her twenties gazed longingly at everything in Li Hua Village before finally turning away without looking back.

This woman was, of course, Ye Jian.

After restoring her cultivation level, she chose to fake her death to focus on her cultivation.

In the future, even if someone discovered she had spirit stones and could cultivate, she wouldn’t have to worry about being tied to the Ye family, which would prevent the catastrophic disaster from happening again.

After leaving the Ye family, Ye Jian chose a secluded place more than a hundred kilometers away from Li Hua Village, deep in the mountains, to enter seclusion and cultivate.

Months later, Ye Jian successfully broke through to the mid Golden Core stage.

Her lifespan also truly exceeded six hundred years.

She had previously lived to over five hundred and eighty years due to taking an elixir that extended her life by a hundred years.

Now, having reached the mid Golden Core stage, she could live over a hundred more years.

Clearly, reaching the mid Golden Core stage did not satisfy her, so she chose to continue in seclusion.