Chapter 412 - 413: A Prodigal Hoard

Chapter 412: Chapter 413: A Prodigal Hoard

After flying for an hour, Andre saw a black dot in the sky.

Andre flew toward it. The dot quickly grew larger and larger, finally transforming into a mountain peak.

"So this is the Moon God Giant Infant’s lair!"

Andre landed on the peak. The moment his feet touched down, faint, silver-white streams of moonlight instantly burst forth from deep within the mountain, shooting straight for his face.

Before Andre could use Witchcraft to defend himself, a thunderclap from a clear sky instantly blasted a cave into the mountain peak.

With the formation of this deep cave, all the wards the Moon God Giant Eagle had previously placed on the peak were nullified.

From that point on, the entire mountain peak was open to Andre.

"Thanks!" Andre said, glancing up at the sky. He then began to loot the Moon God Giant Eagle’s lair.

Soon, Andre arrived at the tree where the Moon God Giant Infant usually perched.

When Andre reached the tree, his eyes widened, and he gasped.

"Holy crap! How is this Moon God Giant Eagle so rich?"

"Using Starry Sky Floating Wood to build a nest!"

Deli looked at the Moon God Giant Infant’s lair, and a fire of furious jealousy began to burn deep in his eyes.

’Starry Sky Floating Wood... This is actually Starry Sky Floating Wood.’

’A special Magic Plant that grows in the Star Realm.’

The name alone wouldn’t have been enough to make Andre curse.

What truly made him curse was the value of the Starry Sky Floating Wood.

Judging by its name, most people would think that Starry Sky Floating Wood could, at most, allow one to fly through a starry sky.

But that is its most minor function. Its true power lies in the two parts of its name: ’Star’ and ’Sky’.

’Star’ refers to the myriad worlds within the Star Realm, while ’Sky’ refers to space itself.

In other words, Starry Sky Floating Wood is a special Magic Plant that combines the powers of worlds and space.

A Potion made from its branches and leaves could turn a common mortal, who knew nothing of magic, into a Wizard proficient in the Path of Space.

And now, here was half a tree’s worth of Starry Sky Floating Wood.

’If I sold this, how much fucking money would it be worth?’

Andre circled the Starry Sky Floating Wood.

After measuring its circumference, Andre even let slip a curse from his past life.

This was because Starry Sky Floating Wood grew with excruciating slowness; its diameter increased by only one centimeter every ten thousand years.

And the Starry Sky Floating Wood before him had a diameter of three meters.

This meant that this Starry Sky Floating Wood had been growing in the Star Realm for at least three million years.

And that was only a part of its value. Its greatest value was that the Starry Sky Floating Wood was still alive.

At the very top of the Starry Sky Floating Wood, there were still a few pale green leaves.

’What a blasphemous waste. A truly monstrous waste.’

’A Starry Sky Floating Wood this large... if you just maintained its vitality and let it keep growing, once it fully matured, you could harvest its leaves and branches little by little. You could grind them into Potions or even eat them raw to continuously gain insights into space.’

’It might even be possible to become a Level 7 Creature in one fell swoop by relying on this tree.’

After confirming the diameter of the Starry Sky Floating Wood, Andre was beside himself with frustration.

Any Magic Plant becomes more valuable the longer it grows, and this Starry Sky Floating Wood had grown for a full three million years. Its value was unimaginable.

But fortunately, he hadn’t arrived too late. The Starry Sky Floating Wood was still alive.

After calming himself, Andre immediately approached the Moon God Giant Eagle’s lair.

Arriving at the nest, Andre’s heart ached even more. The Moon God Giant Eagle had actually built a nest out of twigs on top of the priceless Starry Sky Floating Wood.

And these twigs belonged to another incredibly precious Magic Plant: Moon Source Wood.

Their primary source was the ancestral land of the Moon God Giant Eagle, the base of Moon God Mountain.

According to the ancient legends of the Star Realm, Moon God Mountain was a unique mountain range that floated independently within the Star Realm.

It was called Moon God Mountain because many unique moons were born within this mountain range.

In ancient legends, the moons of many worlds had flown away from Moon God Mountain, and some worlds were even said to have evolved from these moons.

The reason Moon God Mountain could continuously give birth to moons was because of the Moon Source Wood.

Ancient legends even claimed that moons were the ripened fruit of the Moon Source Wood.

That sentence alone was enough to convey just how precious and special Moon Source Wood was.

And yet, that bastard Moon God Giant Eagle had used branches of Moon Source Wood to build a nest.

Looking at the nest, Andre was so pained he could barely breathe.

’If he took this nest made of Moon Source Wood and had Antaromen sell it, he could easily trade it for a Red Sun Throne.’

’And a fully-loaded one at that, complete with all the various Servant Legions.’

The reason Moon Source Wood was so expensive was that there were many paths to power in the Star Realm related to the moon.

Therefore, the prices of magical resources like Moon Source Wood, which were related to the moon, were pushed exceptionally high.

That was why this nest could be exchanged for a Red Sun Throne.

’With this much Moon Source Wood, you could even track down the long-lost Moon God Mountain. This is like a brat selling off his inheritance without a second thought.’

’Using so many branches of Moon Source Wood to make a nest... what a complete waste.’

Andre stared at the nest, taking a long moment to calm himself before closing his eyes and opening them again.

This time, he activated his Pupil Technique, the Eye of Space.

He quickly discovered a spatial passage within the Moon Source Wood nest.

Andre immediately used his Pupil Technique, the Eye of Space, to open the passage.

The moment the spatial passage opened, a huge vat slid out.

Andre quickly caught the vat and looked at the liquid inside.

Upon seeing the liquid, the temper Andre had just managed to suppress flared up once again.

This liquid was a specialty product of Moon God Mountain: Moon God Dew.

In the Star Realm, Moon God Dew was a peerless treasure used to nourish one’s Spiritual Roll. Only seven or eight other treasures were comparable, and every single one was exceedingly rare.

And now, an entire vat of Moon God Dew sat before him.

The vat was two meters in diameter and one and a half meters tall.

’If I absorb all this Moon God Dew, my Soul should reach the standard of a Red Sun Great Wizard.’

Andre looked at the Moon God Dew, then "reluctantly" stored it away in his Secret Realm before widening the spatial passage.

As the spatial passage opened wider, more and more items appeared before Andre.

Moon God Stones, Moon Demon Grass, Luminous Stones...

All of these were specialty products unique to Moon God Mountain.

Initially, these specialties weren’t considered very valuable in the Star Realm. However, after Moon God Mountain vanished, their prices soared as supplies dwindled from continued consumption.

At their peak price, a thumb-sized piece of Moon God Stone could allow a mortal to smoothly advance to become a Level 2 Wizard.