On the table, countless High Grade treasures, High Grade Spirit Medicine, and spiritual ores were piled up into small mountains.
A treasure bell carved from mysterious jade bone, with ancient Divine Beast patterns on its body, was full of spirituality, emitting a buzzing bell sound that drew in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. A golden pagoda, inlaid with countless gems on its body, each containing rich Buddha Power, made people feel peaceful.
A cyan Spirit Cauldron, a Sharp Weapon for Alchemy, was dripping with cyan liquid, engraved with mysterious runes, and enveloped by a faint cyan mist, exuding an endless sense of mystery… A purple Jade Slip, seemingly ordinary, actually contained profound mysteries, with streaks of hidden lightning snakes flashing and disappearing, as if suppressed by a powerful and mysterious force, unable to display their full glory.
Swords, blades, and various High Grade Spiritual Artifacts were mixed in, some incomparably sharp, others extraordinarily divine. Each of these High Grade Spiritual Artifacts represented the painstaking effort and wisdom of a craftsman, and contained powerful spirituality. There were also large quantities of High Grade Spirit Medicine and High Grade spiritual ores mixed in, piled up like mountains, a dazzling array.
Some more dangerous Demonic Artifacts had been collected by Li Mu in advance, such as: the weapons of two Demon Ancestors, a Demonic Blade, a Blood Origin crystal, a Myriad Ghost Banner, a Demonic Essence Diagram, and so on.
At this moment, Xue'er held a golden crystal in her hand. The crystal was about the size of a peach pit, shimmering with golden light, and seemed to contain a mysterious power within. Xue'er's eyes sparkled, seemingly very curious about this mysterious golden crystal.
“Lord Li, what is this? It’s so divine!” Xue'er handed the golden crystal to Li Mu and asked.
Li Mu was focused on counting his gains, his face beaming with joy. The loss of a large number of High Grade Spiritual Plants no longer seemed important at this moment. The wealth carried by the two Void Refining Demon Ancestors was several times his own. No, the value of a few seven-Rank spiritual Materials could not even be measured by value.
A lump of seven-Rank zhen huang armor earth, a seven-Rank purple mother thunder wood, a bottle of seven-Rank formless true water, a seven-Rank demon emperor pill… There were more than ten seven-Rank spiritual items alone, and over two hundred six-tier spiritual Materials, including three thousand-year-old six-tier Nine Yin Spirit Grass, and over forty Nine Yin Spirit Grasses ranging from one hundred to eight hundred years old…
In addition, there were more than a dozen kinds of six-tier spiritual seeds, Yan Yuan Spirit Grass, Mou Xing Spirit Grass, Netherworld Ghost Ganoderma, and other such six-tier Spiritual Plants and spiritual seeds, as well as dozens of five-tier spiritual seeds… These were what Li Mu focused on.
Of course, the two Void Refining Demon Ancestors, who primarily Cultivated Blood Origin and Soul Cultivator, had the most blood-stained and defiled Demonic Artifacts, various essence blood, ghostly entities, and Demonic Artifacts stored in their Storage Ring space.
These High Grade Spiritual Plants, High Grade spiritual ores, High Grade Spirit Treasure Magical Artifacts, and dozens of Legacy Cultivation Techniques were mostly their spoils of war, stored in their Storage Ring as hidden treasures. However, now they all fell into Li Mu's hands.
Li Mu was completely focused, examining each High Grade spiritual item, and storing them in the nine storage spiritual pearl by category, not paying any attention to what Xue'er said to him.
Seeing Li Mu acting like a money-grubber, completely engrossed in counting the spoils, Xue'er was both annoyed and amused. She handed the crystal to him, pouting, and asked, “Lord Li! I’m asking you a question! What is this crystal? It’s so beautiful!”
“As You Wish Crystal Core. It’s a High Grade six-tier spiritual Material refined from a large quantity of 5th Order As You Wish Stone. It contains powerful As You Wish Divine Ability, making it a supreme product for refining High Grade As You Wish Spirit Treasure. If this spiritual Material is utilized well, it’s enough to refine ten As You Wish Spirit Treasures!” Li Mu looked up, glanced at it, and introduced.
“Oh! So this is the As You Wish Crystal Core.” Xue'er suddenly understood and exclaimed, “Lord Li, you know so much! You even recognized this.”
After speaking, Xue'er sighed and handed the beautiful crystal back to Li Mu. She had thought this beautiful crystal wasn't worth much and wanted to keep it to make a piece of jewelry later!
Seeing this, Li Mu casually put the As You Wish Crystal Core into the nine storage spiritual pearl. This As You Wish Crystal Core, along with the spoils of war obtained this time, could be used to refine many six-tier spirit treasures. At that time, his combat power would be able to increase by another Rank.
Soon, the large pile of High Grade spiritual items on the table were all put into Li Mu's Magic Treasure one by one. Not long after, with a “whoosh,” another large pile of miscellaneous spiritual Materials appeared out of thin air on the table.
Li Mu frowned, and took out a blood-colored secret tome from the pile of Spirit Treasures.
【Myriad Blood Scripture (Incomplete)】
【Rank: seven-rank dao tool】
【Characteristics: Myriad Blood Compatibility, Myriad Blood Incarnation, Myriad Blood Unification, Blood Origin Condensing Spirit, Blood Origin Traceless】
【Status: Tool spirit remnants, records a Saint-Grade blood Law Legacy】
【A blood Law Legacy Dao Artifact refined by melting the blood of myriad spirits with the heart of a seven-Rank Vicious Beast Taotie. This Artifact has suffered damage, and its tool spirit is less than one-tenth of its original. Collecting the blood of myriad spirits (ten thousand kinds of spiritual blood) can help it recover and obtain a complete set of Saint-Grade Legacy Cultivation Technique.】
Under Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, the information of the blood-colored secret tome appeared in Li Mu's eyes.
Li Mu frowned, hesitating whether to Cultivate this blood Law.
This was a Saint-Grade Law book!
After many years of Cultivation, Li Mu was no longer the novice Immortal Cultivator he once was. He fully understood the importance of Legacy Cultivation Techniques. Cultivation Techniques are mainly divided into: Yellow-Grade, Profound-Grade, Earth-Grade, Heaven-Grade, and above Heaven-Grade, there are also Saint-Grade and Dao-Grade.
Dao-Grade Legacy Cultivation Techniques are the foundation of Immortal Sects and great Sects, capable of achieving Dao Lord existence, and are almost non-existent on the market.
Unless one is extremely lucky, discovers an ancient ruin, gets incredibly lucky, and unexpectedly obtains a Dao-Grade Cultivation Technique Legacy, otherwise, one can only try to find a way to enter an Immortal Sect or great Sect, undergo thousands or even tens of thousands of years of loyalty tests, and then there might be a small chance of obtaining a Dao-Grade Cultivation Technique Legacy.
Next, there are Saint-Grade Legacy Cultivation Techniques, which are also capable of Cultivating to an extremely profound Realm, with the possibility of Breakthrough to Body Integration and even reaching Mahayana.
Heaven-Grade Cultivation Techniques are different; they can generally only Cultivate to the Late Stage of the Void Refining Realm, Void Refining Major Achievement, and comprehend the Law Domain, making it very difficult to progress further. Heaven-Grade Legacy Cultivation Techniques rarely have Legacy methods for the later Realms of Body Integration and Mahayana enlightenment.
Li Mu frowned and pondered for a long time, hesitating whether to Cultivate this blood Law Legacy.
“Lord Li, is there anything special about this Law book?”
Seeing Li Mu stop counting the spoils and hesitate over the blood-colored Law book, Xue'er couldn't help but ask curiously.
“This Cultivation Technique is very powerful! I’m considering whether to Cultivate it.” Li Mu looked up at Xue'er and asked.
“Of course not! This Law book looks like that red-robed old man’s Cultivation Technique. What’s so powerful about it! He was still defeated by you anyway! Why Cultivate his Cultivation Technique! This must be a Demonic Technique, which would require slaughtering a large number of living beings.” Xue'er replied without thinking, rejecting it with disdain.
Upon hearing this, Li Mu suddenly realized that what Xue'er said seemed to be correct!
Although this blood Law Legacy was High Grade, it was ultimately a Demonic Technique, and its power was not that great. Instead, Cultivating it would require a large number of slaughtering living beings to obtain essence blood, which was not good!
On the contrary, he could absorb plant spirits and improve his cultivation by planting, so Cultivating this blood Law would be putting the cart before the horse!
The Heaven-Grade High Grade Cultivation Technique he Cultivated, the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, was not bad either! With Five Elements Spirit Treasure, he could Cultivate the Five Elements Law Domain in the future, and with the Five Elements Formation, its power would be infinite. When he had the opportunity to obtain a more Advanced Legacy Cultivation Technique in the future, he wouldn't have to bother with re-Cultivation. The characteristic of the Five Elements Technique Legacy was its strong compatibility, making it suitable for Cultivating many Advanced Legacies.
Having understood this, Li Mu smiled in relief, put the Law book into his Storage Ring, and looked at Xue'er, praising, “You really see things clearly. I was almost blinded by it.”
Xue'er giggled, with a hint of smugness, and said, “I would never Cultivate someone else’s Cultivation Technique. This time, with the Bloodline sharpening, I received a Bloodline Legacy. Lord Li, do you want to see it? I can find a Jade Slip to record it for you.”
Li Mu waved his hand and smiled, refusing, “No need. Bloodline Legacy is only suitable for you. I won’t look at it! You should just Cultivate well.”
“Oh!” Xue'er responded disappointedly, then helped Li Mu organize the spiritual ores and Spirit Treasures, and busied herself with full concentration.
...
Time flew by, and three days passed in a blink of an eye.
The Earth Element Spirit Ship, with its Earth Element Shield activated, was slowly moving through the clouds at a speed of a thousand miles per hour. After three days of navigation, it finally arrived in the Barren Ancient City area.
During these three days, Li Mu and Xue'er were incredibly busy. They had been organizing the spoils of war, classifying and storing those precious Materials and spiritual ores.
As for the other Demonic Artifacts and some unneeded Spirit Treasures, Spiritual Artifacts, and Legacy Cultivation Techniques, Li Mu planned to deal with them at the Wanbao Pavilion to exchange for other Cultivation supplies, in preparation for his upcoming long journey.
Soon, Li Mu and Xue'er flew out of the Earth Element Spirit Ship, then put away the Spirit Ship and flew towards Barren Ancient City on their swords.
At Barren Ancient City - Floating Air Port, thousands of Spirit Ships and merchant ships, large and small, were constantly taking off and landing, a bustling scene that seemed even livelier than usual.
Among them, dozens of large warships of the Xuantian Sword Sect, along with the warships of the Taiyi Sect and other allied forces, looked poised for departure, ready to set sail, a truly magnificent sight.
“Wow! How majestic! Those large warships are even bigger than our Earth Element Ship!” Xue'er squinted her small eyes, looking at the many large warships in an orderly and imposing manner in front, and whispered in surprise to Li Mu.
“Those are the six-tier warships of the Xuantian Sword Sect. Our Earth Element Ship can’t compare to them! Keep your voice down.” Li Mu grumpily pulled Xue'er closer, increased his sword-flying speed, and quickly flew towards the Floating Skyport with Xue'er.
Wanbao Pavilion!
Upon learning of Li Mu's arrival, Lin Baoqing immediately left his other clients and rushed to the inner hall to meet him.
“Master Li, it’s good that you’re alright! After going to Yin Yang Valley, I couldn’t find any trace of you, which scared me terribly these past few days! I couldn’t eat or sleep. It’s good that you’re alright, good that you’re alright!”
As soon as Lin Baoqing entered the door, he wanted to grab Li Mu's arm, looking him up and down with concern, as if afraid he had been hurt somewhere.
Xue'er vigilantly pulled Li Mu's arm close to herself, not allowing the greasy fat man to touch him.
Manager Lin grabbed at thin air, and his enthusiastic smile inevitably revealed a hint of awkwardness.
“Manager Lin, no need for that, I’m fine!” Li Mu said with a smile, indicating.
“That’s good, that’s good. And this young lady is?” Lin Baoqing eyed Xue'er, only feeling that this thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl looked a bit familiar.
Xue'er was wearing a Spirit Fox mask at this time, and with her powerful Heavenly Fox Illusion Technique, she disguised herself as a young maiden in the prime of her youth.
“My little maidservant - Xue'er!” Li Mu introduced her with a smile, then, looking at Lin Baoqing, he went straight to the point: “This time, I have a large batch of Spirit Treasures to sell. In addition, I also need to exchange for a batch of High Grade spiritual seeds and spiritual Materials.”
Hearing this, Lin Baoqing's spirits lifted, and he asked with concern, “Master Li, may I have a look at the Spirit Treasures? The seventy-third Auction is about to begin. Can they be put up for Auction?”
“Uh! The quantity might be a bit much. You can arrange it as you see fit! Sell them as soon as possible if you can.” Li Mu nodded, and directly handed a Storage Ring to Lin Baoqing.
Lin Baoqing took the Storage Ring with a puzzled expression and probed it with his Divine Sense, immediately becoming dumbfounded. He finally understood what Li Mu meant by ‘a bit much.’
Lin Baoqing took the Storage Ring with a puzzled expression and probed it with his Divine Sense, immediately becoming dumbfounded!
This was not just a little bit!
This was like robbing the treasure vault of a major Sect!
Under the sweep of his Divine Sense, Lin Baoqing was startled to find that the Spirit Treasures piled in the Storage Ring numbered at least a thousand! And their Ranks were not low either! The number of six-tier spirit treasures far exceeded before.
How was this just ‘a bit much’? It was simply too much! He finally understood why Li Mu would say ‘a bit much.’
Lin Baoqing was overjoyed.
With so many Spirit Treasures, it would be enough for him to shine brightly at the upcoming Auction. At the same time, he also felt some doubt. With so many Spirit Treasures, even if the treasure vault of a major Sect was robbed, it wouldn't be this much!
Wait, isn’t this the Legacy Magic Treasure of the Myriad Buddha Temple - Myriad Buddha Pagoda! Also, isn’t this Venerable Spirit Crane’s famous Magic Treasure - Thousand Mechanism Exquisite Umbrella…
Recognizing some familiar, well-known six-tier spirit treasures, Lin Baoqing was immediately startled.
“Master Li, these, these Spirit Treasures, where did you get them from! This, this, they, they all seem to have owners!”
Lin Baoqing suddenly woke up, looked at Li Mu cautiously, and asked hesitantly.
“These are my spoils of war, obtained from several Demonic Cultivators. In addition, there’s also a batch of Demonic Artifacts and Demonic Cultivator supplies. You can also help me dispose of them as soon as possible!” Li Mu explained, and before he finished speaking, he took out another Storage Ring and handed it to Lin Baoqing.
“So that’s how it is!” Lin Baoqing understood as he took the Storage Ring, probed it with his Divine Sense, and was immediately shocked again!
It took Lin Baoqing quite a while to recover, then he looked up, asking Li Mu in shock, “Master Li! You’ve really stirred up a demon’s den! How, how can there be so many!”
“More or less!” Li Mu smiled slightly, unsure how to explain, and replied perfunctorily.
“To deal with so many items used by Demonic Cultivators in a short time, this, alas, Master Li, you’re really putting me in a difficult position!” Lin Baoqing held the Storage Ring, feeling like he had taken on a hot potato.
Currently, the Profound Heaven Sword Formation, Taiyi Sect, and other surviving allied Sects in the Southern Barrens were on the verge of launching an expedition against the Nine Demon Sect. Selling a large quantity of auxiliary Cultivation items used by Demonic Cultivators at this time would be going against the current and aiding evil!
He originally thought it was just a few Demonic Artifacts, which would be easy, but he never expected such a huge quantity!
If this were discovered, how could Wanbao Pavilion fare well!
Lin Baoqing was on pins and needles, as if being roasted over a fire, and looked at Li Mu, profusely sweating, as he politely refused, “Master Li, at this time, it’s really inconvenient to sell items used by Demonic Cultivators!”
“It’s alright! If it’s not possible, then forget it! Just help me sell the other spiritual items as soon as possible, and also, bring the inventory book.” Li Mu nodded understandingly, took back the Storage Ring containing the Demonic Artifacts, and gestured.
“Thank you for your understanding, Master Li. I’ll have my subordinate bring it over right away.” Lin Baoqing returned the Storage Ring with a sigh of relief and quickly got to work. (End of this chapter)
