Chapter 62: Innate Spirit Treasure Offspring, the Heavenly Ghost that Fishes in the World (Seeking Monthly)

Inside the car,

Jiang Yan paid no mind to the activity outside. At this moment, he was closing his eyes to rest, organizing the gains from this trip.

The first was the mission's point reward.

Because one was a private bounty mission, and the other was the fifty points for the mission to find the child.

Because he had blocked the sacrificial event of the Divine Cherry Biotechnology, it was raised to six hundred points.

Jiang Yan took two hundred, and the remainder belonged to Zhao Yan, who had come to provide support.

After all, it was she who had taken down the Dharma Seed stage Kurokawa Sosuke.

The second gain was a Calamity Lotus he had created by throwing himself into the tribulation.

Because he had the external support of Zhao Yan, he had not suffered much tribulation force himself, so only a small flower bud had bloomed.

He had planted it on Kurokawa Ryuji.

As a descendant of the Old Records, this guy barely counted as having a little bit of fortune.

This was also the first time Jiang Yan had acted as an angler, guiding the fish into the net step by step, opening the sacrificial space, and finally harvesting everything he had.

Even though he had managed to "pluck the goose" clean, because Kurokawa Ryuji was truly too weak, and because the harvest had come too early, the bud had barely bloomed, birthing a Calamity Lotus only the size of a thumb.

It looked like it was stunted.

"Forget it, small is also cute."

Upholding the principle that even a mosquito is meat, Jiang Yan comforted himself. He was in no rush to absorb it, waiting to give it as a gift to other geniuses next time.

As long as it was carefully cultivated, he would eventually reap a full harvest!

Although Kurokawa Ryuji was dead, he had also presented him with a grand gift.

A bronze mirror containing a fragment of the Eight-Span Mirror, and the corpse of a Heavenly Ghost.

The former originated from the Sun Goddess of the White Cherry mythology and possessed the ability to open space; it was the storage item he needed most right now.

But it could only store things in a fixed location, which was a bit of a letdown.

As for the latter, Jiang Yan did not know much, only that the earliest concept of the Heavenly Ghost came from "Heaven," commonly known as the Old Heavens.

"Mozi: Exalting Worthy (Middle)" records:

[Leading the ten thousand people of the world to exalt the heavens and serve ghosts, loving and benefiting the ten thousand people; therefore, the Heavenly Ghost rewards them and establishes them as the Son of Heaven.]

The earliest Queen Mother of the West was also called the Fierce Ghost of Heaven.

Of course, the Heavenly Ghost corpse before him did not have such a high status, but it could still show that its origins were extraordinary.

It was a type of high-level life form that was formless and intangible, capable of traveling through different sickness domains, peeking into fate, and deducing the future.

It was similar to a Heavenly Demon, but higher-level than a Heavenly Demon.

It was just that it had died while still in its larval state, was not tolerated by the world, and was obtained by Kurokawa Ryuichi.

"This Kurokawa Ryuichi really has flourishing fortune, obtaining so many treasures one after another."

Jiang Yan rubbed his chin, very much wanting to send the other party a flower.

The rate of return would definitely be super high.

He only hated that his own strength was insufficient.

Like this time blocking the Divine Cherry Building, if he were at the Dharma Seed stage, he wouldn't need to make such a big fuss at all; he would only need to gently flick the causality.

Kurokawa Sosuke would die without a burial place before he could even see his face.

"These two items—one requires collecting the remaining fragments, and the other must be refined through a ritual. To most people, they are both useless, but I don't need to go through such trouble."

Jiang Yan chuckled. The dark roots in the Chaos Sea spread out, nurturing the [Eight-Span Mirror Replica] and the [Heavenly Ghost Corpse] together, transforming them into a golden fruit.

Crack, crack!

The fruit hatched, and from it appeared a crystal-clear dark golden little skeleton, with black flames burning in its eye sockets and two small horns on its head.

It didn't look terrifying; instead, it was somewhat simple and honest, like a Q-version little skeleton.

It held an ancient bronze mirror in its two hands, the surface of which presented a void color, as if reflecting an endless void.

"Gulu!"

After it was born, it looked around at the pitch-black Chaos Sea, somewhat fearfully hugging the mirror in its hands tightly.

"Gulu!"

Only when it felt Jiang Yan's will did it happily stand up and wave its little skeleton claws to say hello.

"What a cute little guy."

Jiang Yan smiled, and relevant information appeared in his mind.

[Heavenly Ghost Treasure Mirror]

[Spirit Treasure-type Offspring]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Description: The Heavenly Ghost possesses the ability to travel through worlds and steal the origin of planes. It matches the spatial path of the Eight-Span Mirror fragment, successfully gestating into a brand-new Innate Spirit Treasure. It has broken free from the source control of the Eight-Span Mirror, stolen a portion of the [High Plain of Heaven] path, and can shield against fate deductions below the [Heavenly Official] level.

Inside the Heavenly Ghost Treasure Mirror, a one-cubic-meter treasure space can be opened to store items, which will continue to expand as strength increases.

A fifteen-cubic-meter fixed space can be opened, but it requires the Heavenly Ghost Treasure Mirror to maintain it; otherwise, it will be annihilated by spatial turbulence. Living things can be placed inside.

The Heavenly Ghost Treasure Mirror can use spatial abilities to perform short-range teleportation, spatial slashes, and trapping enemies within the mirror. The consumption is huge; please use it with caution.

By feeding it treasures with spatial path, starry sky, fate, and causality attributes, the Heavenly Ghost can be made to search for sickness domains through the mirror in its hands, and through its own concealment ability, analyze the rules of the sickness domain and deploy sub-bodies in advance—[Mirror of the Heaven-Stealing Ghost].

After absorbing enough plane origin, it can lock onto coordinates, construct a Heavenly Ghost Bridge, and enter through the river of history.

Collecting enough plane origin and Eight-Span Mirror fragments can promote the larval form to grow into a true Heavenly Ghost.]

[Angler, you need a suitable fishing rod.]

"With it, I can lay out plans for sickness domains in advance, gestate many Calamity Lotuses, and promote my own growth!"

Jiang Yan's eyes were pleasantly surprised. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but this delivery of a pillow just as he was getting sleepy was just too...

Coincidental.

Was it his own flourishing fortune, getting exactly what he wished for?

Jiang Yan frowned. After experiencing the Monkey King Temple dungeon, he was always a bit suspicious.

But thinking carefully, he didn't find anything abnormal. After all, he had only chosen to do this mission because of his grandfather.

Being able to have such a harvest was purely accidental.

Grandfather was his lucky star!

Thinking of this, he looked at the requirements for the [Mirror of the Heaven-Stealing Ghost], and his teeth felt a bit sour.

"Gulu!"

Especially when the little Heavenly Ghost held up the mirror in its hands as if offering a treasure, seemingly wanting its creator to use it to his heart's content.

Jiang Yan coughed lightly, very much wanting to say...

I can't afford to use it!

Which of the treasures of the spatial, stellar, or fate categories wasn't ridiculously expensive?

Another gold-devouring beast had come into the family this time; the God of Poverty was following him like a shadow.

'If you don't lose the bait, you won't catch the wolf. If I can successfully harvest a sickness domain, the gains will only be greater!'

Jiang Yan comforted himself; no matter how bitter things are, you can't let the child suffer.

He would save up points to buy them when he got back!

Tap, tap, tap!

A knocking sound came from the window glass of the speeding car.

Jiang Yan opened the window. The wind whistled, and the Shadow-Winged Snake retracted its wings, crawling in while holding an exquisite jade box in its mouth.

After dropping it, it turned into a shadow and disappeared.

He opened the box. Inside was a magical plant that was ink-green all over and looked like a porcelain doll, bound with a red string.

A faint fragrance wafted out, filling the car; just smelling it made one feel invigorated.

Zhao Yinman glanced at it, then withdrew her gaze.

Life extension—a useless thing.

As long as her soul was not worn down by time, she would be ageless and immortal.

Jiang Yan examined it closely and found a note tucked on the side, which read: If you untie the red string, it will run around. Grind it into juice and take it to extend life.

The side effect is that it will disrupt the five internal organs; it needs to be taken with medicine that regulates the five internal organs, which is placed in the interlayer of the box.

Jiang Yan chuckled: "Gong Yuntao is indeed a clever man."

Before leaving Divine Cherry Biotechnology, he had received a message from Gong Yuntao thanking him for saving his grandson, saying that a banquet had already been prepared and was just waiting for his arrival.

One does not hit a person who is smiling.

Jiang Yan was still in a rush to use it for his grandfather and didn't want to participate in useless socializing, so he politely declined, telling Gong Yuntao to take care of his grandson first and that the banquet could wait for another time, and that he would send troops to pick it up.

Gong Yuntao was also a shrewd person and immediately said no problem, telling Jiang Yan to just set a code for the meeting.

After all, anyone looking for life-extension items must be in urgent need.

Being long-winded would only invite annoyance.

"The Ginseng Man Grass is already so magical; I wonder what the Ginseng Man and Ginseng Horse would look like?"

Jiang Yan was curious in his heart. Two hours later, he returned to Pan'an County.

Taking advantage of the time his grandfather was asleep, he ground the Ginseng Man Grass into juice and quietly fed it to him along with the pills.

Watching his life lamp flame gradually grow stronger, he used the Longevity Green Lotus to comb through the old couple's conditions.

"Finally, the urgent need is resolved."

Jiang Yan let out a long breath. Although two years was not much, but...

The Ginseng Person Herb, once its life-extending properties are removed, is merely an extraordinary item nurtured by an ordinary Turbid Flow Sickness Domain.

He has only been an extraordinary individual for a week, yet he can already face a Dharma Seed head-on.

"There is no need to wait two years; in a few days, I can attempt to scavenge resources from the Sickness Domain."

Jiang Yan’s gaze was deep; once he purchased the materials from the headquarters mall, he could attempt to deploy the [Heaven-Stealing Ghost Mirror],

to begin...

the path of the mastermind behind the Heavens' Sickness Domains!

Two chapters totaling nearly six thousand characters; continuing to ask for monthly tickets, follow-up reads, and recommendation votes.

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