Chapter 46: Treasures Within the Secret Realm
The stone door before the Spirit Disk remained motionless.
“Why didn’t the door open?” Chu Huaixu frowned.
Han Shuangjiang stared at the stone door, then turned to look at Chu Huaixu, who was still soaking in the pool. They looked at each other in disbelief.
“It doesn’t make sense.” He looked up at the tall stone door.
“This person clearly discriminates against Spiritual Embryos; otherwise, why place a Spirit Disk here?”
“You have the Profound Yin Physique, a rare and top-grade Spiritual Embryo, on par with the Dao Ancestor’s Pure Yang Physique!” Chu Huaixu’s frown deepened.
Could it be that this Spirit Disk was broken?
“Wait for me here.” He said to Han Shuangjiang, “I’m almost done absorbing.”
There wasn’t much body-tempering medicinal liquid left in the pool, and the water blades that had been polishing his flesh had also disappeared. The growth rate of [Cultivation Technique Experience] had slowed down considerably.
After about five more minutes, the experience value stopped increasing altogether.
Chu Huaixu checked his character panel. The experience value for the Sword Refining Art cultivation technique had reached 2131 points!
Just another 200 points would be enough for him to level up twice.
He climbed out of the pool with some regret, casting a thoughtful glance at the four holes at the bottom before doing so.
Chu Huaixu was quite sure that there were definitely body-tempering spirit medicines inside.
“After all, this is a ten-player instance, and only the two of us have entered this area,” he thought to himself.
But there were more important things now; it wasn’t the time to study this.
“Splash!” Chu Huaixu performed a handsome man emerging from water.
Han Shuangjiang glanced at him and immediately averted her gaze.
His clothes were too tattered.
Fortunately, the cuts left by the water blades were not very long, allowing his robes to barely hold on.
But judging by the situation, if Han Shuangjiang were to walk over and pull hard, they would definitely rip completely, and all the subtle connections would break.
Even so, many places, both exposed and unexposed, were now clearly visible.
Seeing Han Shuangjiang quickly glance at him and then immediately look away, Chu Huaixu muttered to himself, “Oh, she’s seen my good physique now.”
“Alright, it’s even.”
“No one saw for free; no one saw for nothing.”
With that thought, Chu Huaixu also took out a spare robe from his Storage Token and put it on.
He walked to the Spirit Disk and looked down at it.
“I was planning to exchange this for contribution points; I can’t let it break,” he said.
In the Daoist Sect, disciples could obtain cultivation techniques for the Meridian-Opening Stage and the First Realm for free.
However, [Spells] were not.
Moreover, higher-level cultivation techniques also needed to be exchanged with contribution points.
Han Shuangjiang immediately leaned closer upon hearing this and said, “It shouldn’t be broken.”
“The pointer landed on the tenth mark, proving you are a top-grade Spiritual Embryo, right?” Chu Huaixu looked at the stone door and said, “Could it be that the stone door’s opening is unrelated to the Spirit Disk?”
At this moment, the flush on the cold-faced girl’s face had completely disappeared, and she had returned to her usual icy demeanor.
She turned to look at Chu Huaixu and suggested, “Why don’t you try?”
Chu Huaixu: “?”
You want me to take out my embarrassing low-grade Spiritual Embryo for you to appraise?
He was thick-skinned anyway and didn’t care at all.
This brother was all about the path of the weak!
“Snap!” Chu Huaixu placed his large hand on the Spirit Disk.
A mysterious aura spread, the pointer on the Spirit Disk returned to its starting point, and then with great difficulty, it moved forward one mark.
However, the next moment…
—The door opened!
“Rumble!”
Amidst a roaring sound, the stone door slowly opened.
Chu Huaixu looked at the Spirit Disk again, realizing he might have been mistaken.
He had been through too many instances, and sometimes he fell into habitual thinking.
Many inheritance-type instances were selective about the participants’ aptitude.
This was one of the reasons players were enthusiastic about improving their Spiritual Embryo Attributes.
But he didn’t expect this somewhat perverted senior to have no favoritism towards Spiritual Embryos?
“That’s not right either; a top-grade Spiritual Embryo can’t open the stone door, but a low-grade Spiritual Embryo can?”
Thinking of this, Chu Huaixu’s gaze sharpened, and he already had a guess in mind.
His heart began to heat up slightly, filled with anticipation for the treasure that might exist inside.
Chu Huaixu glanced at Han Shuangjiang. She was still staring at the Spirit Disk, at the first mark.
“What are you looking at?” He was displeased.
He directly picked up the Spirit Disk and put it into his Storage Token.
Han Shuangjiang was somewhat surprised; she hadn’t expected their Spiritual Embryos to be so diametrically opposed.
Recalling carefully, she hadn’t actually had a very precise understanding of Chu Huaixu’s Spiritual Embryo before.
“Then his cultivation speed…” the cold-faced girl secretly marveled.
She began to reflect on herself, wondering if she wasn’t working hard enough.
When she returned, she would definitely cultivate even more diligently!
“Let’s go take a look,” Chu Huaixu said, pointing forward. “There shouldn’t be any more trials.”
“Okay.”
They walked forward side by side, entering the stone door.
“Rumble.” The stone door immediately closed by itself.
This was a secret chamber with only a stone table and a stone stool inside.
A wooden box was placed on the stone table, with a scroll laid out in front of the box.
Chu Huaixu first glanced at the wooden box.
The wooden box was rectangular, about thirty centimeters long, twenty centimeters wide, and about twenty centimeters high.
It was carved with complex patterns, and the wood was dark red.
“Spirit Pill Treasure Box?” He recognized it at a glance.
Under normal circumstances, Spirit Pills would be stored in ceramic or jade bottles.
Like the Qi Gathering Pill that Liu Tianfeng had given him, it was like that.
However, top-grade Spirit Pills were usually stored in Spirit Pill Treasure Boxes.
Array formations were carved inside to ensure that the medicinal efficacy would not be lost, and they could be stored for years or even decades without any impact.
Spirit Pill Treasure Boxes were not cheap to make, and using them to store ordinary pills would be a pure waste.
Seeing this item, Chu Huaixu’s heartbeat quickened slightly.
This further validated his previous guess.
He looked up at Han Shuangjiang and said, “There’s likely a top-grade Spirit Pill in here. Are you sure that everything in this Secret Realm belongs to me, and not shared?”
The Cold Ice Block’s cold face showed a hint of seriousness in her eyes, and she nodded forcefully.
“Good, then I’ll take it. We’ll split the contribution points obtained from the Spirit Disk equally,” he made the arrangement directly.
Chu Huaixu opened the Spirit Pill Treasure Box. Such a large box contained only one pill the size of a longan.
A line of small text was carved inside the wooden box.
—[Profound Heaven Fetal Respiration Pill]!
Chu Huaixu’s breath hitched. Everything was as he had expected; there was indeed a top-grade Spirit Pill inside, the [Profound Heaven Fetal Respiration Pill]!
A level seven Spirit Pill, capable of healing damage to a Spiritual Embryo, and for a low-grade Spiritual Embryo, it even had a very high chance of improving its grade.
And if nothing unexpected happened, this Spirit Pill was personally refined by a Pill King of his!
After creating this pill’s formula, he refined one for each of his formal disciples.
“Did this senior not take it before their passing?”
“Was there no opportunity to use it?” Chu Huaixu thought.
He immediately closed the Spirit Pill Treasure Box to preserve its efficacy.
“It’s the Profound Heaven Fetal Respiration Pill that Deacon Tian Niu mentioned,” he said to Han Shuangjiang.
The cold-faced girl’s beautiful eyes lit up: “Then it’s exactly what you greatly need.”
“Yes.” Chu Huaixu hadn’t expected this instance to yield such a great reward.
He picked up the scroll in front of the box and opened it.
Inside, there was no inheritance, only lines of small text:
“First trial: testing fortune. Those with deep fortune can pass within two hours; those who exceed the time limit will be expelled from the Secret Realm.”
“Second trial: testing intellect. Those with keen intellect can discern it within two hours; those who exceed the time limit will be expelled from the Secret Realm.”
“As for the third trial, it tests one’s disposition, testing one’s Dao Heart.”
“Only those whose Dao Heart is as firm as a rock can pass the trial.”
“My name is Lei Wenyan. With a mere level three low-grade Spiritual Embryo, I achieved the realm of a Great Cultivator.”
“The hardships and tribulations I endured, only I know.”
“I met my esteemed teacher, the Pill King, and created the formula for the Profound Heaven Fetal Respiration Pill, which can change the grade of a Spiritual Embryo.”
“However, my time is short, and my lifespan is nearing its end.”
“Youngster, since you possess fortune, intellect, and a firm Dao Heart, even with just a low-grade Spiritual Embryo, you can achieve something.”
“But the path to the Dao is long and arduous, and I have many insights on this.”
“Therefore, I have placed this Spirit Disk here and have not taken this pill.”
“Descendants, the Great Dao lies at your feet. I hope you will not lose the courage to move forward just because of insufficient Spiritual Embryo aptitude.”
“I grant you a great fortune!”
