Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Rare Treasures Record and the Tree Seed

"Time to take stock of my haul!"

Instead of returning directly to the Cangwu Sect, Zhang Chi found a spot midway through his journey. He laid out a protective array, stepped inside, and began to sort through his recent spoils.

Soon, he had found a vast quantity of various Tier Three resources inside the numerous Storage Bags.

Many were valuable items that had appeared at the auction he had attended.

Conveniently, many items were crucial materials he had been looking to collect for refining Magical Treasures and Puppets.

He had even obtained two Core Formation Spiritual Objects: a stalk of Blue Crystal Grass and a piece of Deer Horn Ganoderma.

Next were the Magical Treasures, Golden Cores, and Divine Souls.

All the Magical Treasures were worth a small fortune, especially the dual swords of the Cyan Cloud Elders.

They were both Middle Grade Magical Treasures, and when used in tandem, their power was at the peak of the Middle Grade.

There was also the Middle Grade Magical Treasure Shield from Yu Wan. It was equally precious, its defensive power immense.

Otherwise, the shield would have been shattered by his Star Sword Array long before.

For now, however, he couldn’t sell these Magical Treasures, as the Cyan Cloud Sect could easily recognize and track them.

Fortunately, this wasn’t an issue. He could simply alter the Magical Treasures’ appearance before fencing them.

However, he decided to hold onto the Magical Treasures and deal with them only after leaving the Great Abyss.

That would certainly be safer.

After all, with the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master and the Cyan Cloud Sect likely hunting for him, a visit to the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower was out of the question.

The cultivators’ Golden Cores and Divine Souls were equally precious.

Especially the Golden Cores of the Cyan Cloud Elders, which contained a vast amount of Spiritual Power.

’I need a tremendous amount of Spirit Stones to upgrade my Corpse Puppet. Even after selling those ten drops of Spiritual Liquid, it’s probably still not enough.’

’Selling just ten drops attracted the attention of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master. Selling more would be even more dangerous.’

’But these Golden Cores change everything. They can save me a fortune in Spirit Stones.’

Gazing at the Golden Cores, Zhang Chi immediately decided on a plan: he would use them to power up Corpse Puppet No. 1.

He then summoned Corpse Puppet No. 1 and fed all the Golden Cores to it.

Next, Zhang Chi performed a Soul Search on all the Golden Core Cultivators’ Divine Souls before feeding them to his Demon Souls.

’So those two old geezers were actually famous?’

The Soul Search immediately yielded a great deal of useful information.

The memories of the Cyan Cloud Elders, in particular, contained a wealth of Cultivation Experience and Secret Techniques.

This even included some of the Cyan Cloud Sect’s most closely guarded secrets, all of which Zhang Chi now possessed.

Of course, the cultivators’ Divine Souls were protected by Restrictions designed to resist a Soul Search, as well as Spirit Contract constraints to prevent their Secret Techniques from being leaked. Against Zhang Chi, however, these measures were completely ineffective.

After devouring the cultivators’ Divine Souls, the Demon Souls had clearly grown stronger. Three of them even broke through directly to the Tier Three Late Stage.

The final part of his haul was Spirit Stones, which totaled over fifty thousand Middle Grade spirit stones.

Naturally, the Cyan Cloud Elders had contributed more than half of that sum.

After all, as long-renowned top experts from a Major Sect, they were both quite wealthy.

Of course, if he sold off all the miscellaneous items he didn’t need, he could surely obtain even more Spirit Stones.

By his estimates, he could get at least another sixty to seventy thousand Middle Grade spirit stones.

And that didn’t even include the Cyan and Red Dual Swords or the Magical Treasure Shield.

’Not bad. These Tribulation Cultivators and the Cyan Cloud Elders were really good people, in a way. This is certainly a fast way to get Spirit Stones; no wonder they all wanted to be Tribulation Cultivators. But there’s no need for me to follow their path. Sooner or later, it would all come crashing down.’

Zhang Chi was overjoyed, but he didn’t let the success go to his head.

Afterward, he retrieved his array, destroyed the Storage Bags and other useless junk, and then returned to the Cangwu Sect.

He had originally planned to upgrade Corpse Puppet No. 1 before returning.

But with those Golden Cores, he was no longer in a hurry.

After all, Corpse Puppet No. 1 needed time to digest so many Golden Cores. It would be far more efficient to use Spirit Stones for the final upgrade after that process was complete.

Back in his Quiet Chamber at Nine Peaks Lake, Zhang Chi finally took out the Beast Bone and began to examine it carefully.

Zhang Chi soon discovered that the object was indeed a legendary Bone Scroll.

He knew the specific method for opening a Bone Scroll from the memories of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect cultivator.

But Zhang Chi discovered he didn’t need it at all. He placed the Bone Scroll against his forehead and could directly use his Divine Thought to read its contents, just like reading a normal Jade Scroll.

This was possible for two reasons. First, his Divine Thought was exceptionally powerful.

Second, the Restriction within the Bone Scroll—which sealed the information and prevented cultivators from probing it—had been absorbed by his Jade Pendant.

"Immortal Cultivation Treasures Record?"

Zhang Chi, sitting cross-legged on the floor, read the information within the Bone Scroll and was pleasantly surprised.

The Bone Scroll didn’t contain any Secret Techniques, but in many ways, it was far more valuable than most.

This Immortal Cultivation Treasures Record documented countless natural treasures of the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Many entries included detailed descriptions, such as methods for collection, cultivation, and use.

It even included some Pill Formulas and Artifact Refining Diagrams, and each treasure was accompanied by an illustration.

For example, items like the Earth Milk Spirit Liquid, Bone Scrolls, and Star Divine Iron were all described in detail.

With decades of Immortal Cultivation under his belt, Zhang Chi was no longer a novice. He had learned even more after performing the Soul Search on the Ten Thousand Laws Sect cultivator.

The recent Soul Search on the Cyan Cloud Elders and the others had also broadened his horizons.

But his own knowledge base was a mere drop in the ocean compared to the Rare Treasures Record.

He had been able to acquire the Bone Scroll for a bargain precisely because of an information gap.

In the future, with this Rare Treasures Record, he would be even less likely to miss similar opportunities.

There was also another benefit.

He could use the Rare Treasures Record in conjunction with his Dream Space, manifesting the various materials within it to practice the Hundred Skills of Immortal Cultivation.

’Right, I once obtained a seed in the Heaven Mending Celestial Monarch’s Cave Mansion, but I never knew what it was. Now I can use this Rare Treasures Record to look it up.’

The thought struck him suddenly as he was reading.

He immediately began to scan through the record.

The contents of this Rare Treasures Record were extremely vast, and even as a cultivator, he couldn’t finish reading it in a short time.

However, the contents were well-organized, with a searchable index.

Therefore, Zhang Chi spent only an hour before he found several similar Spiritual Objects.

Zhang Chi then took out the seed to compare it more carefully and soon arrived at a single, definitive result.

"Heaven-Reaching Tree Seed?"

Zhang Chi was startled by the result.

According to the Rare Treasures Record, the Heaven-Reaching Tree was one of the Divine Woods. Once mature, its roots, branches, and leaves could even connect to the Upper Realm.

Even as a sapling, it could absorb the Power of Primordial Essence from other worlds.

For a cultivator, possessing a Heaven-Reaching Tree brought infinite benefits.

However, the Heaven-Reaching Tree was one of a kind in all the heavens, and it took an eternity to mature.

Even for the seed, making it sprout and take root required multiple conditions to be met.

The first was that no other World Tree could exist anywhere in the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

The second was nine specific High Tier Spiritual Objects.

Zhang Chi had not even heard of many of these Spiritual Objects.

With the Rare Treasures Record, however, he would eventually be able to identify them. The real difficulty lay in finding and collecting them.

Moreover, Zhang Chi already possessed two of the required Spiritual Objects, and a third that would soon meet the criteria.

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