Translator: Seventh Peril Editor: Anuvrat
The four people’s gaze simultaneously landed on an ancient and elegant pavilion situated right in the middle of the bamboo forest. The pavilion can not be considered big and was constructed of green bamboo, letting one vaguely see some ancient items inside. Obviously, this should have been the residence of a rather important person in the Innate Temple, back then. Otherwise, the scenery wouldn’t be this beautiful.
The most troublesome thing was that at the moment, a faint light barrier was covering the exterior of the Wave Listening Pavilion, isolating everyone’s sight, perception, and movements. Obviously, in order to enter, one had to first break this light barrier. However, the existence of this light barrier meant that the items inside hadn’t been taken yet, so the early bird caught the worm.
As he thought about this, their eyes, including Ye Zhong’s, burned with passion.
“*Clang—*”
With a flick of his finger, a strong wind landed on the light barrier. Immediately, the light barrier was just like the surface of the water, with a trace of ripple appearing on it. But it did not appear to be about to break in the slightest.
“What is this?” Xiang Qiyu frowned as she looked at the front of her. She could see that this light barrier was definitely not easy to deal with.
“This is a Spiritual Talisman Array.” Ye Zhong squinted at the light barrier and spoke plainly.
Hearing his words, the three girls looked back at Ye Zhong with a strange look, especially Qu Xuan, her eyes even flashed with a glint.
“Ye Zhong, you actually know about the Spiritual Talisman Array? I didn’t expect you to also be a Spiritual Talisman Master?” Xiang Qiyu stared at Ye Zhong in disbelief. This fellow was already heaven-defying, if he was also a Spiritual Talisman Master, wasn’t it a bit too much?
“I am not a Spiritual Talisman Master. It’s just that I have coincidentally come into contact with some Spiritual Talismans before.” Ye Zhong spoke blandly, “This Spiritual Talisman Array should have been set up by a Level 1 Spiritual Talisman Master. With our current condition, it would not be easy to break it.”
Spiritual Talisman Masters were also divided into different levels. Generally speaking, there were levels from one to nine. Although the Level 1 Spiritual Talisman Masters were only a first step of being a Spiritual Talisman Master, their strength was terrifying. It was equivalent to the first small realm after successfully breaking into the Innate Martial Dao Realm — the Spiritual Energy Boundary.
At the moment, Ye Zhong was barely able to craft a few types of Spiritual Talisman. He could not be considered a Spiritual Talisman Master, at most he was just a Spiritual Talisman Apprentice.
“This array was set up by a Level 1 Spiritual Talisman Master.” Hearing that, Xiang Qiyu’s expression darkened.
“Then what should we do now?” You Siling’s small face whose expression was slightly uneasy. If she painstakingly arrived at this place and left because she was unable to break this Spiritual Talisman Array, she would probably be depressed to the point of vomiting blood.
“I can’t do anything about it, but I think Miss Qu Xuan should have a solution, right?” Ye Zhong glanced at Qu Xuan with a faint smile. This matter was originally pushed forward by Qu Xuan. If she didn’t foresee this and was well prepared, no one would be able to do anything about it.
“Little Xuan, do you really know how to break this Spiritual Talisman Array?” Xiang Qiyu turned to look at Qu Xuan with an astonished expression.
“I’m not too sure either, but when I got that letter, I also got something with it. As for whether or not that thing could open this place, I won’t know until I try.” Qu Xuan spoke with slight hesitation. Then, with a wave of her small white hand, a translucent amber bead appeared in her palm.
The amber bead was glowing like the moonlight, and when it appeared, it made Ye Zhong’s pupils constrict. The other three girls might not have been able to tell, but he could tell that this amber bead was actually one type of Spiritual Talisman. It was just made to look like a bead. If one opened the bead, one would be able to see the numerous runes inside it clearly.
Holding the bead in her hand, Qu Xuan hesitated for a moment. Then, she flicked her finger and the bead instantly soared up, landing on top of the light barrier.
The light barrier flickered rapidly as the bead landed on top of it. A moment later, it turned into numerous light spots that swiftly disappeared into the air.
“*Creak—*”
At the same time, the ancient and unadorned penthouse’s door slowly opened inward. The Wave Listening Pavilion that had been sealed for countless years was once again seeing the light of day!
The moment the door was pushed open, a powerful medicinal scent emanated from within, causing one to be filled with reverie.
“Medicinal Pills?”
Ye Zhong’s eyes lit up, the familiar smell made his eyes burn a little. Alchemy Masters were not as rare as Spiritual Talisman Masters, but the value of Medicinal Pills with good properties was also extremely high. He did not expect that there would be pills hidden in the Wave Listening Pavilion. It seemed the harvest of this trip would be beyond his expectations.
Ye Zhong smiled at the thought, then his body moved, he slowly and cautiously walked in.
Ye Zhong stepped into the Wave Listening Pavilion and did not sense any movement. He then waved to the three girls, and slowly scanned the interior.
This was an ordinary room. The first floor didn’t have any special items, only a table, chairs, and tea set.
After a moment of hesitation, Ye Zhong and the rest walked up to the second floor.
The moment they arrived at the second floor, their eyes lit up at almost the same time.
On the west wall of the floor, there was an exquisite bamboo shelf, on top of the bamboo shelf, there were big and small jade medicine bottles placed on top of it. The mouth of the bottles were sealed with beeswax, but even so, there was a faint medicinal scent in the room that was being emitted. Clearly, these Medicinal Pills did not lose effect due to the passage of time.
“Body Tempering Pill, Spirit Condensation Pill, Blood Replenishing Pill…” Ye Zhong narrowed his eyes. It was precisely from this that he was able to identify a few extremely important pills to the Nine Layers of Body Tempering cultivators. As for the other supplementary pills, their value was also extremely high.
Ye Zhong chuckled as he looked at the items. Even without the high-grade Spirit Vessel, he had earned enough from this trip.
The three girls’ eyes lit up as they looked at these pills, but a moment later, Qu Xuan said softly, “Ye Zhong, according to our agreement, these pills will all be yours.”
Hearing this, Ye Zhong nodded his head. He was not polite and directly walked forward, and after collecting almost all the pills, he smiled and looked at the other areas on the second floor.
Unfortunately, although there were some bamboo shelves in the other areas, they were all alchemy ingredients and weren’t of much value.
“Let’s go to the top floor to take a look.” Ye Zhong took a glance at the stairs, his eyes burning with passion. He then walked up carefully.
When they arrived at the top floor of the Wave Listening Pavilion, they glanced around and were stunned at the same time.
On the top floor of the Wave Listening Pavilion, there was only a prayer mat placed in the center. In front of it, there were three translucent jade plates.
On the middle plate, there was a small jade token with a faint halo flickering inside. The word ‘Innate’ (先天: xiān tiān) on the jade token was somewhat dazzling.
“Innate Command Token…”
Qu Xuan looked at the token with a strange expression.
“This thing is yours.” Ye Zhong shrugged and said as he observed the scene. Although he knew that the Chiyun Martial House most likely looked for this object as well, he didn’t have any greed for it. No matter what, he could not do something like snatching things from these three girls for the time being.
Qu Xuan gave Ye Zhong a deep look. Her orchid-like aura seemed to fluctuate for a moment. She nodded and bent down to pick up the Innate Command Token.
Upon seeing her action, Ye Zhong curled his lips, and his gaze fell upon the other two jade plates. On one of them, there was a Jade Scroll, while on the other, there was a Universe Ring.
After a moment of contemplation, Ye Zhong took the Jade Scroll and looked at it carefully, before tossing it over to Xiang Qiyu, saying indifferently, “This is a high-grade Common-rank Spiritual Secret Art of Body Tempering. Although it is not the inheritance of the Innate Temple, it is still quite good. You three can take it.”
“High-grade Common-rank?” After glancing at the Jade Scroll, a trace of astonishment flashed across their eyes. Evidently, they had never expected that they would be able to obtain this kind of Spiritual Secret Art of Body Tempering.
“You don’t want this Spiritual Secret Art?” After a moment of hesitation, Xiang Qiyu looked at Ye Zhong and said.
“I’m not suitable for this kind of Spiritual Secret Art.” Ye Zhong smiled but did not explain any further. “Alright, let’s see if this last item is the so-called high-grade Spirit Vessel.”
As he spoke, Ye Zhong carefully took the Universe Ring and scanned through it. He then casually waved his hand, and a three-foot-long sword appeared in his palm. The long sword was simple and delicate, as if it was entirely made of soft jade. However, a faint stream of light flickered inside it, causing one to be unable to shift their gaze for a moment just by glancing at it.
On the body of the sword, there were ancient rune engraving, two letters ‘Kong Ming’ (空冥: Empty Darkness). Feeling the aura emanating from the sword, Ye Zhong’s eyes lit up. This was indeed a high-grade Spiritual Vessel!
“Kongming Sword? Good name!” Ye Zhong was not polite, caressed the blade lightly, and could not help but laugh. Under Xiang Qiyu and the other’s gazes, his fingertip dripped a drop of the essence blood and pressed onto the blade. The next moment, a sense of connection between Ye Zhong and the sword was established.
After putting away the Kongming Sword with a flip of his hand, Ye Zhong smiled, stretched his waist, and spoke with a strange tone, “Alright, now that you have your Innate Command Token, and I have my high-grade Spirit Vessel, our cooperation has come to an end. What do you plan to do next? are you really going to ascend the Nine Stairs to Heaven?”