"That's right, how did I forget about that?"
At Egg's reminder, Chu Feng snapped back to reality and hurriedly pulled up one of his sleeves. What he saw was shocking — even to himself. His left arm was covered in densely packed martial runes, a full three thousand of them.
And that wasn't all. When Chu Feng pulled up his other sleeve, he was completely stunned. His other arm was equally covered in densely packed martial runes — another three thousand.
"Six thousand martial runes! Oh my god, Chu Feng, you've struck it big this time!!!" Even Egg couldn't help but let out a cry of astonishment at the sight. Clearly, even this well-informed Queen had been caught off guard.
A hundred martial runes were already enough to exchange for a Human-tier Forbidden Martial Art. So what kind of martial art could six thousand runes get you?
Meanwhile, on the mountaintop, no one knew that Chu Feng was not only alive but had obtained six thousand immortal runes.
All they knew was that once Chunwu stepped out of the Martial Rune Wonderland — where one could exchange runes for Human-tier Forbidden Martial Arts — the outcome of this once-every-six-years grand event had been decided.
And so it had come to the final order of business: the prize ceremony. The master of the Ethereal Peak, the Ethereal Fairy herself, would now present the reward to the first-place winner.
The Ethereal Peak was home to countless rare treasures, so everyone present was curious about what the Ethereal Fairy would give Chunwu.
The Ethereal Fairy seemed to understand what they were thinking. A faint smile graced her face, exuding the unfathomable aura befitting a supreme, top-tier powerhouse — truly a sight to behold.
Then, with a gentle flick of her sleeve, a Universe Bag materialized in her palm.
"Chunwu, since you've taken first place, these are yours." As the Ethereal Fairy spoke, the Universe Bag in her palm rose into the air on its own and drifted slowly toward Chunwu.
Chunwu was a clever girl. She immediately understood her Master's intentions. As a figure of noble status, the Ethereal Fairy didn't wish to openly show off the treasures she was rewarding others in front of the crowd. But Chunwu was different — if Master couldn't show off, she certainly could.
So right then and there, Chunwu opened the Universe Bag in full view of everyone. With a flash of light, a palm-sized, brilliantly multicolored mushroom floated out. The moment it appeared, an intense fragrance enveloped the entire mountaintop, and everyone present felt a wave of refreshment wash over their minds and bodies.
"An upper-grade martial medicine — the Immortal Mushroom of Martial Power!" Many faces registered shock at the sight of the strange mushroom.
Martial medicine was already precious, but upper-grade martial medicine was exceedingly rare — a treasure hard to come by even across the entire Eastern Ocean. As for this Immortal Mushroom of Martial Power, it was considered the pinnacle among upper-grade martial medicines.
Not only did it contain incredibly dense martial power, but it was also easy to absorb with no backlash whatsoever. For anyone below the Martial Lord realm, consuming it could raise their cultivation by several stages in a short time — that was no pipe dream.
For a cultivator at the ninth level of Heaven Martial, consuming one before attempting to break through to Martial Lord could significantly boost the chances of success. Even a Martial Lord who consumed it would benefit greatly.
Most importantly, the Immortal Mushroom of Martial Power couldn't be found anywhere else. No one knew how to cultivate it — only the Ethereal Peak possessed them. And even on the Ethereal Peak, they were exceedingly rare.
So when it appeared, everyone was stunned, their faces filled with longing. Even Xiayu, Dongxue, and Qiuzhu — the three who had grown up on the Ethereal Peak from childhood — looked on with envy. The Immortal Mushroom of Martial Power was simply too precious; even they didn't get to enjoy it freely.
*Buzz.* But right then, the Universe Bag in Chunwu's hand flashed repeatedly, and five more upper-grade martial medicines — five more Immortals Mushrooms of Martial Power — drifted out.
Six Immortal Mushrooms of Martial Power. A full six of them. At that moment, forget the younger generation — even the elder powerhouses present couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath, their faces overwhelmed with shock.
A single Immortal Mushroom of Martial Power was already this valuable, and the Ethereal Fairy had awarded six. One had to admit, that was a grand gesture.
Yet while everyone looked on with a mixture of envy and jealousy, Chunwu herself wasn't particularly happy. She knew that these didn't rightfully belong to her — they should have been Chu Feng's.
At this very moment, inside the Martial Rune Wonderland, Chu Feng was delighting in the six thousand martial runes he had obtained.
"Time to head back. I should hide my true cultivation, though."
Chu Feng's current cultivation was at the eighth level of Heaven Martial. If he activated all three layers of Thunder, he would be a second-rank Martial Lord. But he didn't want to draw too much attention, so he only activated two layers of Thunder, restoring his cultivation to the first-rank Martial Lord level he had shown everyone before.
Sensing the cultivation he could now control at will, and thinking about the six thousand martial runes on his arms, Chu Feng couldn't help but grin with satisfaction. This trip to the Martial Rune Wonderland had truly been worth it.
*Boom!*