CHAPTER 287: CHAPTER 272 WU MENG DIVINE STONE

"Upon entering the Wu Meng Divine Hall, an invisible ’Wu Meng Battle Seal’ will be imprinted within your body, making you a true ’Divine Hall Warrior’," Lu Chen said.

When Wang Xu probed his body, sure enough, a faint yellow Light Seal inexplicably appeared within him.

"Don’t worry, the Wu Meng Battle Seal was set up by the Holy Queen, giving every Wu Meng Warrior a slight boost. She left many Law Eras ago, and besides her, no one in the entire Wu Meng Divine Hall can discover we are from the outside, so we need not worry about identity issues."

Lu Chen skillfully led Wang Xu, turning left and right, traversing through the Wu Meng Divine Hall. The passing Wu Meng Warriors were all silent, never communicating with each other.

A moment later.

The three arrived before a magnificent jade door, intricately carved with gemstones that reflected little rays of light.

And in the doorway, there was a faint watery light screen, with many Wu Meng Warriors emerging from it and entering.

"Let’s go in."

Elder Brother Lu Chen led the way, and the three entered.

"Wow... so many stones, all floating in the air! These stones can fly!" Ai’ai’s small mouth opened slightly, her crystal-like eyes shone brightly.

In the sky, peculiar stones of varying sizes hovered.

Some stones were only the size of a palm, radiating a gentle glow.

Some stones were as tall as a person, engraved with symbols unique to the Wu Meng Sacred Cosmos, yet devoid of any light, resembling an ordinary stone.

Some stones were entirely red, flickering intermittently, pulsating rhythmically...

Various stones filled the entire sky, densely packed, as countless as the stars in the heavens.

"This is the Divine Stone Square, the place from which we’ll gain the most on this trip," Elder Brother Lu Chen’s eyes shimmered, "Each stone here was left by a former super powerhouse of the Wu Meng Divine Hall. They contain unique battle methods, combat skills, Law Insights, or personal secrets—a true treasure trove... However, if we wish to gain insights, we must pay a price."

"A price?"

"Look over there." Elder Brother Lu Chen pointed, a blue rhombus stone as tall as a person was emitting light, with many Wu Meng Warriors surrounding it, closing their eyes, seemingly sensing something.

"There is the ’Summoning Stone’ of the Divine Stone Square. Inside is a virtual system that releases all tasks of the Wu Meng Divine Hall. Once tasks are completed, Wu Meng Warriors can earn corresponding Contribution Points, which are used to exchange for time to comprehend the Divine Stones."

"One hundred Contribution Points can be exchanged for one day’s time. A usual task provides about a thousand Contribution Points upon completion, harder ones provide three thousand, extremely difficult ones provide six thousand, and only a nightmare task gives ten thousand... You can only accept one task every ten years, and choosing between usual, harder, or extremely difficult depends on your own strength."

Wang Xu nodded.

The Wu Meng Divine Hall was very fair. Taking on a task every ten years prevents the phenomenon of infinitely grinding Contribution Points through tasks, making the time to gain insights even more precious, ensuring Divine Hall Warriors truly concentrate on comprehension, using the limited time to enhance their strength.

"Aside from completing tasks, donating Wu Meng Crystals can also earn Contribution Points, but the exchange rate is too high, reaching 10000:1. Most Divine Hall Warriors can’t afford it."

A million Wu Meng Crystals can only exchange for one day of insight time?

Wang Xu shook his head. It was too expensive; doing tasks was still more cost-effective.

"Elder Brother Lu Chen, how does the competition for Wu Meng Divine Stones work?" The competition for Wu Meng Divine Stones involves risks of falling, matters of life, which Wang Xu was most concerned about.

"The Divine Stones hover in the sky, but they’re not eternal. Every long period, some will fall, escaping the Law Imprisonment. At this time, anyone can become the Divine Stone’s owner!" Elder Brother Lu Chen’s eyes flickered, "At that time, the Divine Stone Square will no longer prohibit fighting, and the Divine Sect will close, allowing all Wu Meng Warriors to attack anyone!"

"The preciousness of the Wu Meng Divine Stones will spur a vast battle, only the truly powerful can emerge victorious and become the Divine Stone’s owner."

Wang Xu was shocked, so this was the truth of the competition for Wu Meng Divine Stones!

Completing a task every ten years grants enough points to comprehend Wu Meng Divine Stones for only a few days. If one could obtain a Wu Meng Divine Stone, the time for insights would be limitless.

Wu Meng Divine Stones are beyond precious, a chance encounter rather than a search!

However, everyone who enters the Wu Meng Divine Hall is an elite among elites, a genius among geniuses, whose Life Index and Life Level allow them to increase their strength much faster than ordinary people... This group of geniuses launching a battle, fighting desperately, it’s no wonder even Elder Brother Chi Xu would fall.

"Remember, once a Divine Stone falls, we must leave as quickly as possible before the Divine Sect closes. Otherwise, even if you don’t compete, you’ll be killed like a fisherman," Lu Chen said gravely.

Wang Xu nodded.

Spectators, whether genuinely not wanting to compete or deliberately waiting for an opportunity, will be considered by competing Wu Meng Warriors as wanting to reap the benefits without effort, and they will join forces to kill you.

No one wishes to let someone else take advantage after fighting to the end.

"Let’s go, let’s take on a task first."

The three moved forward, drawing sideways looks from many Divine Hall Warriors. After all, Ai’ai’s presence was too conspicuous, a young girl still at War Master Level appearing at the Divine Stone Square, which was a rare sight even once in a millennium.

But these Divine Hall Warriors had no interest in managing such trivial affairs. Coming to the Wu Meng Divine Hall, their greatest goal was to enhance their own strength. They didn’t want to care about, nor did they have the time or energy to care about, anything else.

"Huh? That’s a disciple from our Heaven-Reaching Pavilion, I’ve seen him at the Teleportation Array," Wang Xu noticed several familiar faces near the blue diamond-shaped stone.

"Not just Heaven-Reaching Pavilion, the Cosmic Alliance, Mercenary Martial Arts Hall, Dark Holy Banquet, and the geniuses from several Immortal Cosmic Countries are all here; we just haven’t recognized them yet," Brother Lu Chen said in a low voice.

Standing in front of the Summoning Stone, Wang Xu closed his eyes, and his spiritual consciousness easily entered it.

"Welcome to the ’Divine Stone System’, you are a new fighter, ID 00254158, please name yourself," a mechanical female voice sounded.

Name?

"Gaia," Wang Xu said.

Gaia is another name for Earth, something Wang Xu once learned from textbooks years ago.

"The name is available, character creation successful. For your first entry into the Divine Stone System, the system gifts you 1000 Contribution Points, please select a system service," the mechanical female voice responded.

"1000 Contribution Points, enough for ten days of Divine Stone Insight time, Wu Meng Divine Hall isn’t too bad," Wang Xu thought to himself.

A light screen popped up, and Wang Xu selected the "Task List" option and entered it directly.

"There are quite a variety of tasks," Wang Xu muttered.

Tasks with an ordinary difficulty level mostly involve errands, purchasing certain items, or hunting some weak Star Giant Beasts; nothing difficult or challenging, virtually any Wu Meng Warrior can complete them easily.

Tasks with a higher difficulty involve going to fairly distant locations to gather specific intel, or assassinate a criminal, resembling Heaven-Reaching Pavilion’s evil missions, or seeking a specific treasure, divine medicine, or divine ore among others.

As for the extremely difficult ones, the danger level greatly increases, requiring entry into places already marked as forbidden, finding an item and bringing it back, or engaging in the "alien battlefield," akin to the border wars of the external cosmos, only more brutal, with no so-called Black Hole Level or White Hole Level battlefields, even Celestial God Realm participants would join in.

Regarding the nightmare tasks, Wang Xu took a look and gasped.

"Infiltrate the alien imperial palace and assassinate the prince!"

At the other end of the Wu Meng Sacred Cosmos is the desolate, treacherous, constantly threatened desolate land.

Nobody wishes to live there, as the survival conditions are too harsh, cosmic energy is scarce, law insights are weak, advancing is exceedingly arduous.

However, the lifeforms that do survive in such perilous lands are often extraordinarily powerful, capable of sweeping away their peers invincibly.

These lifeforms are known as "aliens," unacknowledged by the people of the Wu Meng Sacred Cosmos.

The aliens covet the rich star domains within the Wu Meng Sacred Cosmos, its abundant cosmic energy, vast law insights, everything is infinitely better than in the desolation... So they waged war, intending to seize the star domains of the Wu Meng Sacred Cosmos.

"To grow in such land and become strong, the resilience of the mind and the tenacity of life create terrifyingly powerful beings," Wang Xu lamented, "Especially the prince of the alien imperial palace, his ordeals are even more horrific, each one is incredibly strong, and if they rise in the future, it will be an indelible disaster for the Wu Meng Sacred Cosmos."

Thus, the Wu Meng Divine Hall issued a nightmare task, to assassinate the prince of the aliens.

"In such a long stretch of time, no one has been willing to take it?"

Wang Xu shook his head; indeed, such a difficult task giving only ten thousand Contribution Points, who would be willing to take it!

"Forget it, the harder tasks are more suitable for me at this stage," Wang Xu picked out a task to "search for Innate Qi-Combining Grass" and took it.

He exited the Divine Stone System.

"Are you done choosing, Junior Brother Wang Xu?" Brother Lu Chen asked.

"Yes, a harder task, I need to head to the Western Regions to complete it," Wang Xu replied.

"Western Regions?" Lu Chen frowned, "The Western Regions are near the alien battlefield, you need to be a bit careful, I have taken on a task to head to the Eastern Domain to hunt a Wu Meng Warrior, we might need to separate."

"No worries, we still need to return to the Wu Meng Divine Hall after completing the tasks," Wang Xu laughed, "And the system gifted 1000 Contribution Points, I plan to use them first before going to complete the task."

"True, some enhancement in strength is necessary," Brother Lu Chen nodded.

Subsequently, they both spent 1000 Contribution Points to exchange for ten days of insight time.

Upon entering the Divine Stone area, Wang Xu’s spiritual consciousness suddenly expanded.

"Let’s search and see which Divine Stone really suits me best."

Wang Xu inspected block after block of Divine Stone.

Soon, Wang Xu locked onto one particular Divine Stone.

"This one is good, left behind by a super strong fighter who practiced a sword-shaped Secret Technique, it should be tremendously beneficial to me," Wang Xu chose a red palm-sized stone, then stepped forward, sat cross-legged beneath the red stone, and let his spiritual consciousness enter it. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)