Chapter 278: Precious Materials

Blue-gold glass, giant clam white jade, agarwood for pillars, sandalwood for beams—

The decorations and furnishings in the hall, as if from a picture in a book, fully displayed an air of overwhelming wealth.

And on a low desk not far away, there were three jade boxes shining with brilliant light, their luster mesmerizing and eye-catching.

The precious items in the three boxes were:

Cloud Beam Gypsum, a Shou-Chun peach seed that could gather spiritual energy and restrain Qi, and Mulberry Dew.

Cloud Beam Gypsum needs no further explanation, as the Rouxuan Mansion needed this item to repair a Longevity Yin Puppet in the mansion, and it was now hard to find even a trace of it on the East Sea market.

In the past few days, Chen Hang had lingered in the Rouxuan Mansion, and Chen Lu had been very hospitable, with endless banquets every day, telling him many secrets of the East Sea during the feasts.

The matter of the Longevity Yin Puppet and the Cloud Beam Gypsum was naturally among them.

The Longevity Yin Puppet was a heavy treasure of the Rouxuan Mansion, and it would not be an exaggeration to say it was the foundation of this Xuan Sect, extraordinary indeed.

For Chen Lu to be able to spare a portion of Cloud Beam Gypsum from the Longevity Yin Puppet at such a time showed his painstaking efforts; he had truly put in the work.

And with the added strength of the Cloud Beam Gypsum as an external medicine, Chen Hang could not only enter the threshold of the Luo-An Black Water.

In the cultivation of the Yin-Erosion Yin Shi Hong Shui, there would be no more obstacles!

Given time, he would naturally reach the Ultimate Great Completion Realm.

His combat power would increase again.

Truly a joy!

And that Shou-Chun peach seed for gathering spiritual energy and restraining Qi was specifically for guarding the mountain gate and Daoist grounds.

One must know that there were a total of 129,600 types of spiritual energy in this world, totaling the number of one Yuan, and with the Spirit Cave as the ultimate repository of spiritual energy in the world, it could not be surpassed, truly reaching the peak!

It swallowed the void and encompassed the five colors, a supreme treasure basin for gathering spiritual energy, a pure and subtle place for immortals to refine Qi and ascend!

Even in the Xu-Du Heaven, one of the sixteen great heavens.

There were only fourteen Spirit Caves, occupied by the Eight Sects and Six Schools, and no more could be found.

As for below the Spirit Caves, there were Spirit Veins.

Spirit Vein grades were divided into Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, secretly matching the number of the Ten Heavenly Stems.

Once a Fan Dongtian was opened by someone with great magic power from the Hong-Meng void, Spirit Veins would naturally be born, unless they had been worn down by time and were on the verge of sinking.

Otherwise, the Spirit Veins of Cave Heavens were usually of the Jia, Yi, and Bing grades.

The Jia, Yi, and Bing grade Spirit Veins were also known in ancient Daoist books as the "Three Noble Grades," difficult to destroy even by heavy tribulations, and impossible to wear down by blades.

Solemn, beautiful, inconceivable, and hard to describe in words!

The Ding, Wu, Ji, and Geng Spirit Veins below the Three Noble Grades were called the "Four Proper Grades," and although they were inevitably inferior to the "Three Noble Grades," they were also the creation of pure Yin and pure Yang, formed by the natural transformation of mysterious Qi.

Mysterious and profound, they were excellent Daoist grounds for returning to the root and restoring life!

In this Xu-Du Heaven, any place with a "Four Proper Grade" Spirit Vein could be called a Xuanzhu Fudi.

For example, Jin Tingshan, where the Chang-Ying Courtyard was located, was one such case.

And the remaining Xin, Ren, and Gui were considered the "Three Lower Grades," not entering the ranks...

As for this Shou-Chun peach seed, once planted, its roots would merge with the underground Spirit Vein, thereby subtly improving the grade of the Spirit Vein.

According to the "Secret Instructions of Qi Lingzi," a small sect cultivator in the Dong-Mi Continent once relied on this peach seed to forcibly promote his Xin-grade Spirit Vein to Geng-grade, advancing from the "Three Lower Grades" to the "Four Proper Grades," truly making his Daoist grounds a Xuanzhu Fudi, which was envied by everyone and was a beautiful story at the time!

From this point of view.

This Shou-Chun peach seed was truly a heavy treasure that could benefit future generations.

However, although this Shou-Chun peach could promote the grade of a Spirit Vein, it had its own upper limit.

Barely nourishing a Spirit Vein to the "Geng" grade was its full strength.

And if one wanted to make one or two breakthroughs above the "Geng" grade, that was absolutely impossible...

Chen Hang was still cultivating in the Lower Courtyard and had not yet been initiated into the Yuchen Upper Sect, so he naturally had no Daoist grounds bestowed upon him.

Therefore, although this Shou-Chun peach seed was good.

It had no use for the moment and could only be left for future consideration.

And the three jade boxes gifted by Chen Lu, whether it was the Cloud Beam Gypsum or the Shou-Chun peach seed, were all immortal treasures, extremely precious.

But compared to the final Mulberry Dew.

They were far inferior...

"Essence of the Innate Five Elements... I didn't expect there to be an unexpected joy in the Rouxuan Mansion.

Now that I have obtained this item, among the Five Elements, I only lack the Metal and Fire attributes; it can be said that more than half the work is done!"

He stared for a moment, smiled slightly, picked up the item in the box, and placed it in his palm.

Unlike the Yellow Dragon Gall and the Xuan-Que Mushroom.

This Wood-attribute Essence of the Innate Five Elements looked like a pale green dewdrop, about the size of a thumb, with nothing unusual, making it impossible to see any divinity.

Rather than saying it was Wood-attribute, it would be more appropriate to say it was a Water-attribute spiritual material.

However, when placed in the palm and touching the skin, there was no warm and soft feeling; instead, it was extremely rough, as if holding a hard piece of wood or stone, and it was not light in weight.

At the same time, a refreshing Qi of growth slowly spread from the "Mulberry Dew."

Before long.

It flowed through his entire body and blood.

Even without deliberately activating his profound arts, he felt refreshed and calm, as if he were about to forget his physical form and float away like an immortal...

Chen Hang closed his eyes slightly, and after carefully feeling this change, he stopped looking, put away the Mulberry Dew and the Shou-Chun peach seed, and then flicked his hand to open all the restrictions of the hall, isolating the inside from the outside.

After doing all this, he sat on the jade couch in the hall and closed his eyes to regulate his breath.

Only after his spirit was fully restored did he sink his mind into the True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie, following the usual practice, first walking through the key points of the Luo-An Black Water in the True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie several times.

This time.

Three days passed.

Chen Hang slowly returned his spirit to the present world, exhaled a long breath, and a look of emotion appeared on his face.

"Luo-An Black Water... it is another kind of torture; compared to the cultivation of the Yin-Erosion Yin Shi Hong Shui, it is quite different."

He thought to himself, pinched the magic seal, and in an instant, a stream of true Qi flew out from the top of his head like white smoke, rolled up the box of Cloud Beam Gypsum on the low desk, and with his thought, the true Qi slowly stirred; the box of Cloud Beam Gypsum, smooth and white like cream, trembled and dropped tiny specks of debris.

Within a few breaths, a turbid black spiritual energy manifested from the white smoke transformed by the true Qi.

It was lively and active, not like a dull dead object, but more like some kind of natural creature that had gained intelligence.

This turbid black spiritual energy was the true appearance of the Cloud Beam Gypsum; that clean, white, and gentle quality was just an outer shell used to cover it.

However, once it appeared, the cultivator needed to trap it with true Qi; otherwise, in an instant, the Cloud Beam Gypsum would escape with the Qi of Water and Wood and disappear.

Chen Hang opened his mouth and inhaled, and a tiny, imperceptible wisp of that turbid black spiritual energy was swallowed into his abdomen.

And at this moment, following the method recorded in the Luo-An Black Water.

A heart-tearing pain exploded within his body, causing Chen Hang's brain to feel as if it were splitting, and his vision to blur for a moment.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 279 =====