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Originally, the Thousand Stars Vine would create 1,000 flowers upon full maturity, enough for 1,000 people to make use of it.

However, this particular Thousand Stars Vine could only create three to five flowers, enough for three to five people to use…

Even more dastardly was the fact that the amount of resources required to nourish this flawed Thousand Stars Vine to full maturity was not any smaller than usually.

Originally, Thousand Stars Vine would require 1,000 years to reach full maturity if it were left to grow normally, but if the environment which it was grown in was different, its growth speed would naturally be different as well.

For instance, in places with extremely dense and abundant Ling Qi, it might only need several hundred years to reach full maturity as compared to places with normal Ling Qi.

If huge amounts of high energy resources were used as fertilizer, its growth would be greatly accelerated as well.

It would even be possible to let it reach full maturity in a few tens of years. To Ten Thousand Year Realm experts, those few years were as insignificant as the time it took to snap a finger.

But, if they spent huge amounts of resources only to discover that they"d grown such a weak Thousand Stars Vine that only had a few flowers, what would their reaction be?

… What did that have to do with Demon Venerable?

Under the heated gazes of the crowd, a little stalk of a sapling appeared in the Demon Venerable"s hand, s.h.i.+mmering with pale blue Star Light.

It was three chi tall, with only three leaves. The entire sapling was wrapped within a colorless crystalline material.

This material was formed with liquidized Ling Qi from peak-grade spirit stones.

It was sufficient to retain the life force of this Thousand Stars Vine.

The instant Bei Feng saw it, he lost his interest.

Tens of years was too long. Right now, he was only interested in fighting for the present. Moreover, this thing needed large amounts of resources to nurture it before reaching maturity. To Bei Feng, it was undoubtedly a loss.

The Demon Venerable directly handed the Thousand Stars Vine to Qing Ruyu, while the bunch of Ten Thousand Year Realm experts conversed quietly among each other.

"Brother Qing, the amount of resources that this Thousand Stars Vine will require won"t be a small amount, huh… My s.h.i.+ Family is willing to help with a portion of the resources."

"Haha, our 12 factions are like one family. My Yin Family is also willing to contribute our little bit of strength."

All the Ten Thousand Year Supremacies laughed and joined in, each wis.h.i.+ng to take a share of the loot.

"Everyone, please stop making fun of me… Although my Qing Family is not all that strong, we still have the ability to nurture a single Thousand Stars Vine."

The Qing Family Elder knew very clearly what kind of intentions those bunch of people had. Their words sounded nice as if they were willing to freely a.s.sist him in nurturing the Thousand Stars Vine. However, that was just an excuse to have a share of it when it matured.

As soon as his words rang out, a murderous silence permeated the area, and the atmosphere turned weird.

The Qing Family Elder cleared his throat uneasily, and quickly said, "However, as Brother Yi had said, all of us are practically as close as a single family. If everyone is willing to contribute some resources to help nurture this Thousand Stars Vine, your help will definitely be welcome. As for the share of the Thousand Stars Vine, our Qing Family will take 30 percent, while everyone else can split the rest. What do you think of this?"

"Haha, that is naturally good."

"In the next few days, I"ll pay a visit to your Qing Family and bring my portion of the resources."

The atmosphere became much lighter as soon as the Qing Family Elder"s words rang out, just as if the uneasy atmosphere earlier was but an illusion.

However, the Qing Family Elder himself did not feel too happy. He"d fully intended to devour all the benefits by himself earlier. The resources needed for nurturing the Thousand Stars Vine were also not something that the Qing Family couldn"t afford.

When the Thousand Stars Vine fully matured, their future descendants would all grow to become incredible geniuses who could allow the Qing Family to leap over everyone else, becoming the top power among the 12 factions!

If their luck was good, it wouldn"t be an impossibility to devour the other 11 factions.

Unfortunately, he"d revealed his arrogance too quickly just now, and the strong sense of animosity woke him up quickly enough.

If it was something that he could think of, could the rest not think of it as well?

Right now, anyone with eyes could easily see how volatile the relations.h.i.+p really was between the 12 factions.

None of the 12 factions would want to see the other families grow strong.

The reason for this was because the territories of these 12 factions changed hands frequently among each other. There was only that much land in their area, and that many resources.

If one family among them grew much stronger suddenly, the others would definitely join hands to eliminate the danger.

There were only so many resources available. If you had more, others would have less.

The Qing Family Elder did not doubt that these people, who were so animatedly professing everyone to be one big family right now, had only formed the thought of annihilating his entire family only a few seconds ago!

If he hadn"t said the second sentence just now, he might not have been able to walk out of here alive!

It was either everybody prospering together or the rest sending him to the Yellow Springs first before splitting the profits among themselves.

Although the Qing Family was unable to monopolize everything, they"d still gained a large advantage. Furthermore, it was by an amount that the other 11 factions could accept.

He"d just pa.s.sed right by the gates of h.e.l.l a moment ago.

The moment he thought of how close he had been to death, the Qing Family Elder could not help but shudder with some fear.

Individually, his cultivation did not lose out to that of the other Ten Thousand Year Realm experts of the other 11 factions. However, that was only by a tiny margin. The moment two Ten Thousand Year Realm experts joined forces against him, he would definitely be unable to fight back, and could only run.

… If three Ten Thousand Year Supremacies joined hands, he might not even have the ability to escape!

Right now, the 12 Ten Thousand Year Realm experts were discussing heatedly the allocation of the Thousand Stars Vine.

Their expressions were normal, but the Qing Family Elder knew that all of these old b.a.s.t.a.r.ds were a bunch of hungry wolves. The moment he made a wrong decision, they would not hesitate to jump on him and tear him to shreds!

Bei Feng looked intently at the eight people that"d entered the ruin. Their auras were now st.u.r.dy and heavy, and their eyes were electrifying. They were like powerful beasts in hibernation, capable of erupting with great power at any time.

"Not bad. It"s good that they"ve returned alive."

Bei Feng nodded his head as a trace of a smile appeared on his face.

From the looks of it, these eight had profited greatly. Their foundations were now several times stronger than those of regular peak Hundred Year realm experts!

The eight of them together would not be afraid of meeting a regular First layer Thousand Year King realm expert, and could even kill the latter!

With Bei Feng"s abilities, he could naturally see that the eight"s cultivation had already reached a new extreme. Their potential among the Hundred Year realm had been completely uncovered. They could break through to the Thousand Year King realm at any moment.

After all, there was a limit to everyone"s potential. Some people could be tens of times stronger than other normal peak Hundred Year realm experts when they were within the same realm, while some could only be three or five times stronger than their counterparts even when their potential had been fully uncovered.

However, most people could only reach an average standard.

Cultivation Techniques, martial techniques, resources, and the guidance of famed teachers. All these conditions could help a person uncover their greatest potential as quickly as possible.

One"s innate talent couldn"t be changed, but their environment while growing up could.

"Family Head, these are the things we"ve gained from the ruin."

Lu Wei went up and respectfully handed over a spatial ring.

"En. Apart from any Cultivation Techniques, which you must make a copy of and give to the Lu Family, you may keep everything else."

Bei Feng nodded, satisfied with Lu Wei"s initiative. However, he did not take the spatial ring.

Lu Wei"s actions had proven his sincerity, but Bei Feng did not need to use such methods to validify the loyalty of his subordinates.

Bei Feng had no interest in the opportunities that his subordinates had gained. He already had a sufficient pool of skills and techniques for himself.

But, while he didn"t need Lu Wei and the rest to prove their loyalty, he was still satisfied with their handing him the spatial ring.

"Yes!"

Lu Wei was somewhat stunned. Following that, incredible zeal appeared on his face. The other seven were also the same.

Bei Feng did not lack in terms of his cultivation technique. The Heavenly Laws Embodiment Technique took a long time to cultivate, and the amount of resources required to train in it was huge as well. However, the blood Qi that was cultivated with it was incredibly pure, so Bei Feng felt that it was very much worth the effort.

He did not lack resources, either. With the Myriad Heavens Fis.h.i.+ng System, it was actually what he did not lack the most.

The same went for his martial techniques. Just the Form and Will Fist was enough for him to train for a long time.

Not to mention, he was also cultivating the Yin-Yang School"s unique techniques.

His attention could already be said to be extremely split right now. If he was still greedy for more, he would not be able to obtain significant success in any of those techniques.

Bei Feng did not wish to become a jack of all trades but master of none.

Raising his eyes, he looked at the madly howling Hole Void Beast. The world was so large, abound with all kinds of wonders.

Such creatures that traveled through s.p.a.ce and fed on the spatial flows were truly rare.

That kind of species was simply too well endowed by nature. They did not need to do anything, and they could still grow into terrifying beasts at full maturity even without any sort of cultivation.

This Hole Void Beast in front of their eyes appeared so gigantic, but it was merely a child that"d just started growing. When it reached adulthood, its power would rival the extreme limits of the Ten Thousand Year Realm.

It would be capable of stepping into the next realm at any time.

Such naturally powerful creatures were much stronger compared to the weak humans, who were born much frailer and untalented.

However, powerful species had their own limitations as well.

The stronger a species was, the more difficult it would be to produce offspring!

Take the true dragons, phoenixes, Xuanwu, and other G.o.d beasts for example—it would be difficult for a new one to be born without harsh conditions being met!

Although a Spatial Void Beast like the Hole Void Beast was far from being comparable to a G.o.d beast, they were also very rare.

Most people would find it difficult to see one throughout their entire lives. But, one of them was floating right in front of everyone now.

The gigantic Hole Void Beast was looking at the stone bridge in front of it with fear. It seemed like it wanted to step onto the stone bridge and make its way through to this world. However, it was also hesitating endlessly.

The previous times, it"d wanted to come out as well, but it was completely suppressed by this stone bridge, causing it to suffer greatly. This time, it was most likely going to be the same.

At this moment, the cultivators that"d come out all took out their Form Transformation Pills and stood behind their family elders.

The Demon Venerable nodded with satisfaction, deciding in its heart to gather more Hundred Year realm geniuses next time to enter the ruin.

The number of Form Transformation Pills they would be able to bring back should be more than this time.

It was unknown how many tens of thousand of years this ruin had existed for. There were many Form Transformation Pills inside it, and from the accounts of those people that"d stepped into it in the past, the Form Transformation Pills were just supplementary resources that the disciples in the sects of that world used to train their war beasts.

That knowledge caused the old Demon Venerable to feel like spitting out a mouthful of blood in anguish. Right now, there were many pill alchemists that could refine Form Transformation Pills. However, there were never enough ingredients.

One main ingredient required for refining the Form Transformation Pills had become more and more scarce until it was quite rare to find even one right now. However, the sects inside that s.p.a.ce had so many resources that they could even use Form Transformation Pills to train their war beasts.

They were slogging so hard out here to sc.r.a.pe a few Form Transformation Pills, but the sects in there used to produce these things in tonnes…