To exchange or not to exchange?
Ye Chen hesitated in front of the Dark Divine Stone Statue.
One had to know that the Dark Crystals were not only related to one's fortune, but more importantly, the Dark Crystals could affect one's chances of survival here.
The more Dark Crystals one had, the stronger one's perception and survival ability would be. One would also be able to plunder more Dark Crystals. On the contrary, if one had very few Dark Crystals, the situation would be completely opposite. The situation would worsen.
As such, it was a difficult choice to choose whether to exchange for treasures at this moment.
Ye Chen believed that the majority of the people here would definitely choose to keep their Dark Crystals and exchange them for treasures at the last moment. Only in this way would they be able to maximize their benefits.
However, in this way, if they were not strong enough, they would be easily hunted down by others. The Dark Crystals that they had painstakingly accumulated would instead be used by others.
Both choices had their pros and cons.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Chen's gaze immediately became firm.
"Exchange!"
"Now is the time to exchange all the Dark Crystals. Although keeping the Dark Crystals will allow me to gain more in the end, there is also the possibility that all my efforts will go to waste. Right now, I should use the Dark Crystals to increase my strength and advance step by step."
Ye Chen placed his palm on the Dark Divine Stone Statue and carefully sensed the various treasures that could increase his strength.
There were many treasures that Ye Chen coveted. However, his thousand Dark Crystals were unable to exchange for those precious treasures.
The Lonely Sage Path Pellet's medicinal effect was extremely strong. Unfortunately, it was useless to the current Ye Chen.
After eliminating most of the treasures that were worth more than a thousand Dark Crystals and those that were useless to him, there were only three treasures left in front of Ye Chen.
The first one was the Yellow Spring Flaming Water. Continuous consumption could strengthen one's physical body and strengthen one's physique.
The second one was the Crystal Evolution Ancient Shield. Second-rate Grandmist Spiritual Treasure. It was a defensive treasure. When worn, it could block all attacks below the Saint realm and weaken the attacks of Saint realm experts.
The third one was the Cultivation Secret Room. It was a secret room specially used for cultivation. It contained all kinds of cultivation aids. The time inside the secret room was dozens of times faster than the outside world. A day in the outside world was a few months in the secret room. Cultivating in the secret room could greatly save one's cultivation time.
Three treasures, three choices, and each one was very useful to Ye Chen.
The Yellow Springs Flaming Water could improve the strength of Ye Chen's physical body. However, this process would take a very long time. Therefore, it could not affect Ye Chen's strength in the short term.
The Crystal Derivation Ancient Shield was probably the most helpful treasure for Ye Chen right now. As long as he wore it, it would immediately increase Ye Chen's defensive capabilities.
As for the last secret cultivation room, its existence was somewhat special. Entering it to cultivate could greatly save one's cultivation time.
However, no one could be sure that they would be able to increase their strength during this period of cultivation. After all, the effects of this secret cultivation room could not be compared to the Sun God Clan's Cliff of Time.
"I can exchange for the Flaming Netherworld Water in the future. This Crystal Evolution Ancient Shield isn't of much help to me. Since that's the case, I'll choose the secret training room." After a brief consideration, Ye Chen immediately made his decision.
He chose the secret training room that could accelerate time.
If others entered the secret training room, they might not be able to increase their strength in a short period of time. However, Ye Chen was different. Before participating in the Dark God Clan's Festival, Ye Chen had just received guidance from Sword God Ye Kuang and was also taught the method of communicating with the weapon spirit.
Ye Chen had only grasped the basics of all this.
If he had enough time, he would be able to digest what Ye Kuang had taught him and make himself even more powerful.
"Exchange for the secret training room!"
Just as this thought appeared in Ye Chen's mind, the Dark God Stone Statue immediately sent out the number of dark crystals needed to exchange for the secret training room.
The secret training room was an extremely special existence. The longer one stayed in it, the more dark crystals would be consumed. Therefore, the number of dark crystals needed to enter the secret training room for the first time was only ten. These ten dark crystals could be exchanged for a month's time in the secret training room.
In this one month's time in Dark God City, there were only six hours. After that, if one wanted to exchange for a month's time in the secret training room, the number of dark crystals needed would increase to one hundred.
And so on. In the next month's time, one would need one thousand dark crystals to exchange.
In the following month, one would need ten thousand dark crystals to exchange.
The further one went, the more terrifying the number of dark crystals needed to exchange for a month's time in the secret training room.
"What an unconventional exchange method. However, this exchange method is very beneficial to me."
Ye Chen currently had a total of one thousand three hundred dark crystals. If he exchanged all of them for a month's time in the secret training room, he would be able to exchange for three months' time.
Three months' time was very useful to the current Ye Chen.
After these three months, Ye Chen did not intend to continue exchanging for a month's time in the secret training room. This was because the price was too high. If he continued exchanging for a month's time, it would not be worth it.
"Secret training room, exchange."
As Ye Chen's consciousness flickered, the Dark God Stone Statue in front of Ye Chen immediately shot out a beam of light that enveloped Ye Chen.
Immediately, Ye Chen felt the space around him shatter inch by inch. The feeling of time changing appeared on Ye Chen's body.
When he came back to his senses, he had already appeared in a secluded secret room. This secret room did not have any doors or windows. It seemed to be made of a special material and the walls emitted a faint glow.
The secret room was empty. Besides some human-shaped puppets standing at the edge of the walls, there was nothing else.
"This is the secret training room?"
Ye Chen scanned his surroundings. At the same time, he felt that the number of dark crystals between his eyebrows had decreased by ten.
Ten dark crystals in exchange for a month's time. This trade was not considered a loss. However, Ye Chen knew that if he wasted time here, it would be a huge loss.
Hence, after entering the secret training room, Ye Chen immediately immersed his consciousness into the Budur Ancient Pagoda and tried to communicate with the Weapon Spirit of the Budur Ancient Pagoda.
The method of communicating with the Weapon Spirit that Ye Kuang had taught him required the martial artist to have a sincere heart to sense the Weapon Spirit. Although Ye Chen's heart was firm, it was not sincere.
Hence, in the previous period of time, he had been sharpening his state of mind so that it would become pure and sincere to the Budur Ancient Pagoda and the Monarch Sacred Sword.
Ye Chen was almost able to achieve this state of mind. The only thing he lacked was to use this state of mind to carefully sense the Weapon Spirit's presence.
In the following period of time, Ye Chen stayed in the secret training room. Other than communicating with the Weapon Spirit of the Budur Ancient Pagoda, he would also do other things.
Occasionally, he would also get up and use the puppets beside him to practice his moves.
The puppets in the secret training room were almost never damaged. They were set up there as sparring partners to help the martial artist in the secret training room study his moves.
Time passed day by day. In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
At that moment, only six hours had passed in Dark God City.
"Not enough, not enough. Just a little more, just a little more. Continue to exchange for more time!"
In the secret training room, Ye Chen, who had been sitting in the same spot for two consecutive days, had a hint of madness in his eyes.