Chapter 353: Chapter 338: Sudden Wealth at This Moment [Second Update, Seeking Subscription!]
While searching through other rooms in the "Cyan Cloud Garden," Zhouyang and his companions made further discoveries.
In the underground cultivation chamber beneath the main hall, the two of them found a thousand-year Cold Jade Bed, two zhang long and half a zhang wide, and on the bed was placed a piece of "Jade Essence" as big as a human head.
This piece of "Jade Essence" belongs to a Tier Five Spiritual Object, and placing it on a Tier Five Spirit Vein can at least increase a Golden Core Stage cultivator’s cultivation speed by half, making it invaluable.
Besides the thousand-year Cold Jade Bed and the "Jade Essence," the two also found half a box of "Calming Incense" in the cultivation chamber.
This "Calming Incense" can be used to restore Divine Sense and prevent qi deviation, and it’s a high-end consumable that only high-tier cultivators can afford to use.
In the study, the two also discovered a large number of low and middle level cultivation techniques, as well as books and jade scrolls containing information on legends, folklore, and customs of the Cultivation Realm.
As for other places like the Artifact Refining Hall and Alchemy Hall, they were rather empty with no significant finds, presumably because the valuable items had already been stored in the owner’s storage ring.
After this round of looting, the two returned to the main hall and began to sort through their booty.
This haul naturally included the items left behind after Duanmu Yong, Lin Ruihua, and Li Zhengwei’s deaths.
There were indeed quite a few good items among these remnants.
Both Duanmu Yong and Lin Ruihua used storage rings, whereas Li Zhengwei still had a storage bag, but inside it was a Tier Five Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact "Ice Chi Dragon Sword".
After tallying everything, they found that they had acquired two storage rings from the three’s remnants, a Tier Five Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact "Ice Chi Dragon Sword", a Tier Five Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact "Purple Gold Demon Slaying Saber", a Tier Four Top-Grade Alchemy Furnace "Black Gold Hundred Treasures Burner", a Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifact "Mountain and River Cauldron", and other Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts, five or six in total.
Additionally, Zhouyang discovered two Core Formation supporting spiritual objects on Duanmu Yong, namely "Condensing Pill Grass" and "Jade Juice Fruit".
Both "Condensing Pill Grass" and "Jade Juice Fruit" have effects similar to the "Ice and Fire Spirit Liquid" he holds, but these three spiritual objects can all be used together during Core Formation.
If a Ninth-Layer Purple Mansion Cultivator uses these three spiritual objects together during Core Formation, the success rate can reach at least 20%, second only to the "Jade Liquid Golden Pill"!
Duanmu Yong’s cultivation was already at the Ninth Layer of the Purple Mansion, and acquiring "Condensing Pill Grass" and "Jade Juice Fruit" was obviously to prepare for an attempt at the Golden Core in the future, but now, due to his greed, it all ended up in the hands of his enemies.
Besides these precious Core Formation spiritual objects, as a Tier Four High-grade Alchemist, Duanmu Yong’s storage ring also contained over a dozen pill formulas, various Tier Four Spirit Pills five or six bottles, Tier Three Spirit Pills a dozen bottles, with just Foundation Establishment Pills alone numbered up to twelve!
Moreover, in the storage rings of Duanmu Yong and Lin Ruihua, Zhouyang and his companion also found five Tier Four Demon Pills, two Tier Four Barbaric Beast Hearts, eight Tier Three Barbaric Beast Hearts, four types of Tier Five Spirit Elixirs, more than a dozen types of Tier Four Spirit Elixirs, and a pile of various Tier Four Demon Beast and Barbaric Beast materials.
These demon pills and barbaric beast hearts, as well as spirit elixirs and demon beast materials, were evidently harvested by the two during their foray into the Wilderness Jungle.
Lastly, there were Spirit Stones.
Though the number of Spirit Stones carried by the three Purple Mansion Stage cultivators wasn’t overwhelming, it wasn’t insignificant either, totaling over 300,000, including four top-grade Spirit Stones.
In terms of Spirit Stones alone, Zhouyang and Jiang Fengxian could each receive over 400,000, plus nine top-grade Spirit Stones per person.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, how should these treasures be divided?"
In the main hall, after sorting through all the treasures, Zhouyang struggled to contain his excitement as he sought Jiang Fengxian’s opinion.
He couldn’t help but be excited.
Even with a conservative estimate, sharing this haul equally would mean each of them would receive treasures worth over two to three million lower-grade Spirit Stones!
With such a substantial fortune, how can Zhouyang not be excited?
Jiang Fengxian’s stunning face also blushed slightly, equally thrilled.
After hearing Zhouyang’s question, she lowered her head in thought for a while, then looked at Zhouyang and said, "How about this, let’s each choose the treasures we find useful first, then compare their overall value to exchange evenly, and the remaining secondary treasures can be converted into Spirit Stones and distributed in batches."
"That’s a great idea, let’s do it."
Zhouyang’s eyes lit up and he immediately agreed to Jiang Fengxian’s suggestion.
Then both of them began to choose their desired treasures.
Zhouyang first took into his possession the Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifact "Black Gold Hundred Treasures Burner," intending to gift it to his Dao Companion, Xiao Ying.
He also took away the Core Formation supporting treasure "Golden Juice Fruit," as well as a Tier Four Barbaric Beast Heart and those twelve Foundation Establishment Pills.
He then glanced at Jiang Fengxian, seeing her first take the "Ice Chi Dragon Sword" and then a Spirit Beast Bag, containing the Golden Spiritual Monkey Zhouyang had previously seen in Duanmu Yong’s cave dwelling.
After Duanmu Yong’s death, the "Demonic Soul Contract" with the Golden Spiritual Monkey automatically expired. With Jiang Fengxian’s beast taming skills, she might be able to use traditional beast taming methods to tame the highly intelligent Golden Spiritual Monkey for her purposes.
Yet, Jiang Fengxian’s next moves puzzled Zhouyang.
She did not take the auxiliary Core Formation Treasure "Condensing Pill Grass" that he intentionally left behind. Instead, she stowed away four of the five Tier Four Demon Pills into her pouch, and took the remaining Barbaric Beast Heart to her side. Finally, she selected one of the Tier Five Spirit Elixirs, the "Golden Dragon Ginseng," from among the four types available.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, are you sure you don’t want this [Condensing Pill Grass]?"
Zhouyang looked at Jiang Fengxian with deep suspicion in his voice, filled with disbelief.
It was the first time he had seen a Purple Mansion Stage Cultivator uninterested in an auxiliary Core Formation Treasure!
Moreover, even if Jiang Fengxian currently had these treasures in hand, she couldn’t guarantee that she would succeed in Core Formation on her first try, could she?
If she failed the first time, she could still use these items for a second attempt at Golden Core Formation!
"If Fellow Daoist Zhou wants this [Condensing Pill Grass], feel free to take it; I have no need for it,"
Jiang Fengxian slightly shook her head, indeed not planning on taking the "Condensing Pill Grass."
No need for it?
Zhouyang was stunned for a moment, then looking at Jiang Fengxian’s young and beautiful face, his heart stirred, and he couldn’t help blurting out, "May I boldly ask Fellow Daoist Jiang, what is your age?"
Realizing how abrupt his question was immediately after speaking, he quickly clasped his hands in apology, "My apologies, apologies, Zhou misspoke. Since Fellow Daoist Jiang does not want this item, Zhou will accept it."
Jiang Fengxian did not respond, but widened her beautiful eyes to glare at him fiercely, angrily turned her head away, refusing to look at him.
A woman is still a woman; even through cultivation, she still cares about her age and appearance.
Therefore, a female cultivator’s age is generally not known to outsiders, except by her parents and childhood friends, and not even necessarily known by her Dao companion.
And because the Cultivation Realm has many Spirit Elixirs that enhance beauty and techniques with cosmetic effects, no one can determine a female cultivator’s actual age from her appearance.
The only thing Zhouyang could judge was that from Jiang Fengxian’s youthful appearance, she was definitely not older than two hundred and fifty years.
However, he had a more terrifying speculation in his heart, which was why he impulsively asked that bold question.
But since Jiang Fengxian was unwilling to disclose, whatever speculation he had in his heart, he certainly couldn’t bring it up again.
So, he said nothing further irrelevant and focused on discussing the allocation of battle spoils with Jiang Fengxian.
After a friendly negotiation, Zhouyang only took the Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifact "Mountain and River Cauldron" and three bottles of Tier Four Spirit Pills that enhance the cultivation of Mid-Stage Purple Mansion cultivators.
However, all the Artifact Refining, Alchemy, and Array Materials were entirely given to him.
After dividing these items, the two of them then equally split the items from the storage ring of the cavity owner.
In this division, Zhouyang took a piece of "Jade Essence," a piece of Tier Five Spirit Talisman, a set of Tier Four High-grade Arrays, three sets of Tier Four Middle-Grade Arrays, a Tier Five Spirit Pill, the lifebound spiritual artifact of the cave owner, and most of the Tier Four and Tier Five Artifact Refining Materials.
Jiang Fengxian, however, took the Thousand-Year Cold Jade Bed and half a box of "Calming Incense," along with the remaining two Tier Five Spirit Talismans, one Tier Four High-grade Array, and three Tier Five Spirit Pills.
Finally, the two divided the spiritual herbs they had previously gathered outside the yard. When distributing these spiritual herbs, aside from the few Jiang Fengxian required, Zhouyang exchanged all the remaining herbs for spirit stones in his hand and a previously lesser share of treasures.
The ultimate outcome was that over ninety percent of the spiritual herbs and artifact refining and talisman materials went into Zhouyang’s pouch, for which he paid Jiang Fengxian over forty thousand spirit stones!
Since the haul was so plentiful, two of the three storage rings obtained in the trip ended up in Zhouyang’s possession, which he used to store various treasures.
After spending two days allocating all the treasures, Zhouyang took some time to inquire about the method to restart the guardian array of the valley basin from the owner of the cave, as told by the "Spiritual Treasure Token."
He spent six or seven days figuring it out, and restarted the Tier Five Middle Grade Array "Ice Wind Array" guarding the valley basin.
After restarting the array, it was still stabilized with the "Ice Chi Dragon Sword" contributed by Jiang Fengxian, using nine Upper Grade Spirit Stones and over a thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones as the power source.
The spirit stones were provided by Jiang Fengxian, considering the cave’s ownership had been transferred to her.
After restarting the array, Zhouyang, as a guest, resided in the cave dwelling, closed in intense cultivation alongside her.
Both of them harvested many spiritual objects beneficial for cultivation on this journey. Naturally, after dividing the treasures, they needed to swiftly transform those gains into substantial cultivation.
Moreover, for Zhouyang, he needed to oversee the transformation of the cave owner’s Yin Soul and Primordial Spirit into a Ghost Cultivator, then establish a "Nether Contract" with it, allowing it to lead him to find that piece of "Nine Heavens Profound Gold."
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