Chapter 106: Superior Spiritual Treasure Dragon-Slaying Sword, Cultivating the Dragon-Tiger Dao Pill [4k] (Seeking subscriptions, see

Fang Longye walked through the Dao Palace, passing through the Bright Hall and along the corridors, moving in a zigzag pattern and entering various chambers from time to time; he collected everything he saw along the way, leaving nothing behind.

Finally, he arrived at the Treasure Vault.

Before his eyes, colorful lanterns hung high, as large as peck-measures, illuminating the pavilions and towers, beautiful as a painting.

Upon closer inspection, they were hung with pearls and agates; when the wind blew, they chimed with a rhythmic sound.

The sound carried far away, possessing a brilliance like pearls and jade.

"Is this the treasure vault of this Cave Abode ruin?" Gu Huojin followed closely behind and also arrived at the door of the Treasure Vault to regroup.

"Naturally, as you say, Fellow Daoist." Yunque Wang arrived with her sleeves fluttering, surrounded by rising clouds.

Her face was flushed with excitement and she wore a smile, clearly having gained quite a bit on the way to the Treasure Vault.

Although the group distributed their shares according to an agreement, each person had different cultivation paths and different racial Bloodlines, so the resources they craved most were also different.

Therefore, when distributing the harvest later, they had agreed to determine the value first and then make trade-offs based on their own needs.

If there was a treasure one desperately craved, they could also exchange it with their own treasures after obtaining the consent of the others.

Clearly, while collecting the various spoils, Yunque Wang had discovered a treasure that would be of great help to her cultivation.

Fang Longye looked at the shimmering treasure vault and laughed: "It seems this is the place with the greatest value in this Cave Abode ruin!"

Gu Huojin shook his head: "Dragon Lord, do not forget, there is still a Pill Room waiting for us to explore!"

Hearing this, Fang Longye's thoughts turned, "True, although I don't care much for immortal pills or miraculous medicines, others may not necessarily have my means in this regard."

However, he remained somewhat indifferent to the harvest in the Pill Room.

Possessing the Refining Immortal Pot, a strange treasure capable of refining even a Golden Immortal into a divine pill, he truly did not care about immortal pills or miraculous medicines at the moment.

With his secret technique of smelting spiritual objects into his body to enhance himself, as well as the Pure Lotus Divine Ability that could absorb the fortune of others into himself, he did not value immortal pills or miraculous medicines refined by those in the Taiyi Realm too highly.

Unless it were pills refined by an existence like Laojun, or at the very least a divine pill refined by a Daluo, otherwise, while not exactly like passing clouds before his eyes, he would not take them too much to heart.

Furthermore, so many years had passed; who knew how many immortal pills and miraculous medicines remained intact? Compared to the Pill Room, this Treasure Vault held greater value in his heart. Although he knew his thoughts were somewhat unrealistic, what if there really were Innate Spiritual Objects left inside? Thinking this, he immediately cast aside distracting thoughts and focused his mind on the Treasure Vault.

Using his Dharma Eye to peer through barriers, he meticulously investigated the Restrictions of the Treasure Vault; the various arrangements and combinations of Restrictions, along with the profound Dao Patterns and seal scripts, came into view.

"Does Yunting Xianzi have any proper means to crack the secret techniques of this Treasure Vault?" Gu Huojin also opened his Dharma Eye to investigate for a while, then turned his head and asked Yunque Wang with a smile.

Yunque Wang shook her head; that Jade Talisman Sword Order could only be of help when they were breaking through the formation to enter the ruins. The Restrictions inside would have to be broken by their own efforts.

Fang Longye finished his investigation and said in a deep voice: "Since there is no special key to open this treasure vault, then let us break it open by force!"

After all, this vault was located deep within the mansion palace, and the Restrictions on it were not as dense as the formation outside; they were merely set down casually by that predecessor of the Taiyi Realm.

The two agreed.

Thus, each employed their own means, attacking the bronze gate of the vault.

Divine Abilities were displayed and weapons clashed, striking at the nodes of the Restrictions they had identified, wearing down the power of the vault's Restrictions.

The group's attacks did not bring about earth-shattering sounds, but instead caused layers of colorful halos to emerge.

Varying in size and linked together, they rotated like gears—*crack, crack, crack*—grinding against each other as if they lacked oil.

The sound was thin and noisy, extremely uncomfortable, yet to the ears of the three, it sounded incredibly pleasant.

A long time passed.

More and more halos appeared, and the sounds converged, seemingly unable to bear the burden and on the verge of collapse.

With a final explosion, it shattered with a boom.

An unimaginable destructive force permeated the area; even though the bronze gate was covered in restrictive formations, with no one to maintain them, it could not hold out and exploded in all directions.

The three dissipated the aftermath, exchanged a smile, and then stepped into the vault.

All around was a glowing white light, with pearls and jade hanging within.

It was incomparably vast.

There were sprawling wooden shelves, iron trees in various postures, strange and peculiar cabinets, and so on; without exception, they were either hung with pills and treasures, placed with spiritual objects and divine materials, or filled with all kinds of weapons and armor.

There was no end to them.

This predecessor of the Taiyi Realm was, after all, not in Beiju Luzhou to sightsee, but was a great general leading the Immortal Qin army to conquer in all directions.

This treasure vault naturally contained many military supplies.

Fang Longye picked up a gourd containing pills; upon touching it, he knew the situation—the medicinal efficacy had dissipated, leaving only pill dregs.

Fortunately, these spiritual objects, divine materials, weapons, and armor had not been eroded by time and remained intact.

The three moved inward; wherever they went, piece after piece of weaponry and armor, and batch after batch of spiritual objects and divine materials, were all swept clean by them.

At the end of the vault was a white jade platform. The platform was nine feet high and over ten zhang in diameter, carved with fine patterns of birds, flowers, and leaves, glowing with a soft light.

There were not many items, and they were placed casually.

Five Superior Spiritual Treasures: a hammer, an axe, a pearl, a sword, and a rope.

Then there were various sundries piled up in twos and threes, mostly animal horns and furs, which still maintained their luster as if new.

"This—"

Yunque Wang's gaze swept over them and fixed tightly on one object, her expression slightly fanatical.

This object was four or five feet long, appearing like a piece of rotten wood from the forest; its color was dull, without spiritual energy or radiance, looking gray and dusty.

On the wooden block, there was a streak of scarlet, from top to bottom, which was shocking to the eye.

Other than that, it had no other wonders.

Yunque Wang moved her Dharma power directly, took it over, and gripped it tightly in her hand, saying with a firm tone: "The five Superior Spiritual Treasures can only be obtained by the three of us. I will use this Phoenix Blood Wood as a pledge; just give me one more Superior Spiritual Treasure."

Fang Longye and Gu Huojin nodded upon seeing this, indicating their consent.

"Then please, two Fellow Daoists, choose first!" Yunque Wang let out a breath and gestured.

Fang Longye's gaze was fixed on the sword and the rope on the platform.

He looked at the divine sword first; the thin blade was like a cicada's wing, embroidered with strange patterns, and between the patterns were spots of blood. It stood quietly, naturally possessing a ferocity and killing intent that filled the surroundings.

More crucially, he felt the immense threat this baleful sword posed to himself.

Its edge, seemingly choosing a person to devour, appeared to lock onto him faintly, as if it might leap up at any moment to execute him on the spot.

Likewise, that long cord of gold and silver, shimmering with five colors and shaped like a coiled dragon, also faintly locked onto him, as if it intended to capture him in an instant.

He also sensed an inexplicable, intertwined sorrow and indignation surrounding these two Spirit Treasures.

His Bloodline surged, and an impulse to destroy the sword and cord before him arose from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, he now naturally understood the reason. Just as Fang Longye suppressed the desire for destruction rising in his heart, he heard Gu Huojin chuckle.

"It seems I can only take advantage of the Dragon Lord. As a member of the Dragon Clan, you naturally cannot allow this sword and cord to flow outside."

Amidst his smile, he waved his hand and took away an axe and a bead. "As compensation, I shall not claim a share of the remaining materials!"

Fang Longye put away the sword, the cord, and the remaining sundries, shaking his head as he said, "At the very least, this sword and cord are both Superior Spiritual Treasure grade. Although they clash with me, after some refining and adjustment, they can still be made my own."

Gu Huojin spoke thus naturally because this sword and cord were not ordinary.

The sword was named Zhanlong, and the cord was named Fulong; both were Spirit Treasures that countered the dragon kind.

In Honghuang, there is an unwritten rule: when traveling abroad, one must exert all efforts to secure items that counter or are related to one's own race, so as to prevent outsiders from using them against one's kin.

For instance, if Yunque Wang encountered items that countered the Feathered Tribe, such as a Spirit Treasure like a Prison Phoenix Cage, she would inevitably make the same choice.

Just as if Gu Huojin were to encounter a Spirit Treasure or divine weapon refined from the living souls of the Human Race, he would likewise strive to obtain it, not letting it fall into the hands of an outside race.

Gu Huojin did not know that Fang Longye possessed the Equivalent Balance, so he naturally assumed that by following the rules and choosing these two Spirit Treasures that clashed with himself, Fang Longye had suffered a loss.

Gu Huojin spoke up to remind him: "This stone platform is clearly a display area for some of the spoils of this Honghu senior. But this sword and cord are clearly not what one would call spoils."

"This sword and cord are very likely the Spirit Treasures that senior used personally before joining the First Emperor's command."

"I imagine that because he considered the Dragon Clan members who also joined the First Emperor's command at that time to be colleagues—people who would see each other constantly—he abandoned them."

"Looking at the condition of that divine sword, it won't be easy to refine."

Fang Longye bowed in acknowledgment and said, "Many thanks for the reminder, Brother; I am well aware."

The relationship between the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan is intricate and deeply resentful; it is not something that can be easily erased just because both sides have become losers.

Especially since Yinglong Laozu, a figure who sought to be the ancestor of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, emerged, the relationship between the Dragon and Phoenix clans goes without saying.

This Taiyi Realm Honghu certainly had many dragon lives under his belt.

Just looking at the baleful nature of that Zhanlong Sword and the intensity of the killing intent it held toward dragon-kind, one could not know how many of the Dragon Clan had perished under this sword.

It might even have been 'passed down through three generations'! Its restraint and lethality against the Dragon Clan could absolutely not be underestimated.

Of course, having the Equivalent Balance, he naturally did not care about this.

What's more—he had another vague idea regarding this Zhanlong Sword, which could almost threaten his own life.

Yunque Wang, standing to the side, had remained silent ever since she took the remaining divine hammer Spirit Treasure.

She stood by and waited quietly, like a well-behaved quail.

There was no helping it; who told her to be of the Feathered Tribe!

It was better to stay safe and sound, lest she suffer the fate of the fish in the moat.

Fang Longye glanced at her secretly; seeing this, she revealed a faint smile to show her innocence.

Fang Longye chuckled, "Yunting Xianzi, rest assured, I am not one to vent my anger on others~"

The three of them walked out of the treasure vault they had swept clean and headed toward the Pill Room.

……

With a shift of thought, the scenery changed as they moved.

Because they had a specific target, the three of them didn't walk many steps before, amidst flowing halos of light, they arrived before the door of the Pill Room.

There were no Restrictions; they pushed the door and entered.

The Pill Room was not very large, and it was deathly silent.

The surrounding walls were lined with wooden shelves three zhang high, carved with different frames—some bird-shaped, some fish-shaped, some lotus-like—on which were placed numerous gourds and jade bottles, all covered in the aura of dust and age.

Inspecting them one by one, they found that most were completely empty; even the gourds and jade bottles that still contained pills had lost the ability to preserve the medicinal properties of the pills due to the erosion of time, and inside were nothing but dregs.

After all, this was not a true Daoist temple, merely a stopping point for that Taiyi Realm Honghu, so it had not been maintained with such care.

However, following the aura, the three of them still found the treasures left behind in this Pill Room.

They saw that in the very center, quite conspicuously, sat a bronze pill cauldron half a person's height.

The pill cauldron had a round body, two handles, and three legs, with a lid on top.

The body and lid of the Bronze Pill Cauldron were engraved in relief with countless patterns of beasts and divine birds, plants, insects, and fish, and even wind, rain, thunder, and lightning—all things in heaven and earth.

This was a decorative style that all pill cauldrons favored, expressing the idea and philosophy that 'all things in heaven and earth are contained within the Dao of Pills'; it was nothing strange.

The furnace fire at the base of the cauldron looked as though it had been extinguished for a long time, but when touching the body of the cauldron, the sensation was still warm, as if there were residual heat.

More crucially—

"This pill cauldron was previously a Superior Spiritual Treasure. But now, all its treasure aura is gone, and its essence no longer exists. The Creation Spiritual Essence of the entire Spirit Treasure has been absorbed by the treasure pills within this cauldron," Gu Huojin said after an inspection.

"It is precisely because of this that the treasure pills within this cauldron have been nourished until now and preserved perfectly," Yunque Wang said with a look of joy.

Fang Longye nodded in agreement: "Not only that, originally there were only some Dragon Tiger Treasure Pills in this cauldron; although they could have an effect on Golden Immortals, it was almost negligible."

"But now," he paused, "after absorbing the entire essence of this Superior Spiritual Treasure, these Dragon Tiger Treasure Pills have undergone the baptism of time and creation, and have already transformed into Yin-Yang Dao Pills!"

Dragon Tiger Treasure Pills were merely pills that could slightly increase a Golden Immortal's cultivation.

Whereas Yin-Yang Dao Pills were divine pills that could allow a Golden Immortal to undergo a transformation and take great strides toward the Taiyi Realm.

Golden Immortals of the 'Heavenly Immortal Path' who consume Yin-Yang Dao Pills can even refine their primordial spirits, thereby easily passing the Fire Calamity that targets the primordial spirit.

This was not something that Honghu had specifically arranged; it was purely a coincidence.

The owner of this residence had only intended to refine Dragon Tiger Treasure Pills.

However, by a stroke of fate, the great war arrived, and he left this residence.

He had intended to let the treasure pills be nourished in the cauldron and retrieve them upon his return, but as it stands now, he likely never returned~

Under the mysterious influence of creation, these Dragon Tiger Treasure Pills miraculously absorbed the essence of the cauldron, a Superior Spiritual Treasure.

After being nurtured and refined through the passage of time, they transformed into the even more precious Yin-Yang Dao Pill.

Gu Huojin nodded in agreement and added, "This is something that can be called a Great Medicine even for a Golden Immortal. A single one is enough to easily cleanse the essence, energy, and spirit of us True Immortals, completing the cultivation of the Three Treasures before stepping into the Golden Immortal realm, with even a great surplus remaining."

He changed the subject and warned, "However, the Dao Pills in the cauldron have been nurtured for so long that they have already developed spirituality. It is only because no one has opened the cauldron to disturb these Dao Pills."

"Otherwise, this cauldron, which has already been reduced to a mundane vessel, would not be able to contain them. I ask the Dragon Lord and the Fairy to be careful; when the cauldron is opened and unsealed in a moment, do not hesitate, and collect them as quickly as possible."

"You must not let these Dao Pills interact with heaven and earth for too long, otherwise, in an instant, these Dao Pills will transform into pill spirits and lose their divine medicinal efficacy!"

"Alright, now, let me open the cauldron—"

Seeing that the two were already prepared for battle, Gu Huojin stepped forward and struck the side of the cauldron heavily with his palm.

"Clang—"

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