Chapter 380: Chapter 192: Beidou Spirit Fire: Obtaining a Spiritual Object, Part 3

Come to think of it, the three Golden Core cultivators from the Azure Flame Sect had also used Storage Bags, and he hadn’t yet had the chance to refine them and take inventory of his gains.

His main concern had been that if he had arrived late, the Scripture Pavilion or the Sect’s Warehouse would have been emptied by the cultivators left guarding the Azure Flame Sect.

Now that he had everything in hand, he could crack open the Storage Bags without any worry.

Although they were all Storage Bags, those belonging to a Golden Core True Man clearly had an extra layer of True Essence Restriction compared to those of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

This made them significantly more difficult to refine.

On his first attempt, it took Xiao Chen a full hour to open the first one.

After gaining some experience, he spent another hour and a half to successfully open the remaining two.

Unlike in the Sect’s Warehouse, the three Daoists’ Storage Bags combined only contained 113,200 low-grade Spirit Stones.

However, they did contain a full 3,800 middle-grade Spirit Stones.

He figured that if not for the high consumption of the array at the front lines, they likely would have carried only middle-grade Spirit Stones.

Furthermore, the contents of the Storage Bags were much more refined.

One obvious difference was the disappearance of the various odds and ends one might typically find.

For example, things like low-tier Spirit Grass and strange ores were nowhere to be seen.

Nor were there any traces of the spare Magical Artifacts and Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals that were usually so common.

Instead, there were three top-grade Magical Artifacts housed in Yellow Flower Wood Gift Boxes, seemingly prepared as gifts for subordinates.

This didn’t mean their Storage Bags were empty, however.

On the contrary, inside were many complete sets of implements.

For example, there was a complete tea set made from upper-grade Magical Artifacts, including a teapot, teacups, a teaspoon, a tea scoop... fifteen items in total.

Then there was a complete set of talisman-making tools, also made from upper-grade Magical Artifacts, including a Talisman Brush, Talisman Ink, Talisman Paper, a Talisman Seal... eight pieces in all.

There were even four musical instruments: a sheng, a guan, a di, and a xiao.

This set of instruments was even more outrageous. Each one was of top-grade Magical Artifact quality and required at least twenty wisps of Magical Power or four wisps of True Essence to activate.

’Do Golden Core True Men have this much free time?’

Such pursuits would undoubtedly waste a great deal of a cultivator’s time.

However, on second thought, Xiao Chen understood the reasoning behind it.

Other Golden Core True Men had long lifespans, and their cultivation was not nearly as fast as his. It was only natural that during times of boredom, they would try other things for relief, thus developing personal hobbies.

From this perspective, choosing featherweight opponents had another, hidden benefit.

It allowed him to get rapid positive feedback and feel his own improvement in a short period of time.

This, in turn, would prevent a lack of self-discipline during cultivation.

It might even make him grow to love the feeling of cultivating at such a rapid pace, allowing him to effortlessly become an ascetic cultivator in the eyes of the world.

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Aside from the items mentioned, the Storage Bags also contained nine booklets, six Jade Talismans, four bottles of Elixirs, and three storage boxes.

Xiao Chen gave them a quick look. The nine booklets contained four Earth Level Magic, three Mystic Level Magic, one Earth Level inheritance, and one Mystic Level inheritance.

They were of little significance to him now, so he tossed them directly into the Storage Bag where he was keeping the Cultivation Techniques from the Scripture Pavilion.

The six Jade Talismans were all offensive-type talismans.

Given his current circumstances, he didn’t really have a use for them.

Clearly, these ordinary talismans were far inferior to him casting Magic himself.

As for the four bottles of Elixirs, the first two were Essence Replenishing Pills, which could rapidly restore True Essence, and the last two were Replenishing Essence Pills, which provided a slight boost to True Essence.

They were all the most common type of Tier Three Elixir—better than nothing, but not by much.

’I hope there’s something useful in these storage boxes.’

Having received one thing after another that he couldn’t use directly, Xiao Chen was feeling a bit exasperated.

Although he couldn’t use them himself, he could trade them with other Golden Core True Men or sell them all for Spirit Stones.

But the former involved an extra step, while the latter was even more of a hassle.

There was no market for them here in the Southern Domain. After all, which Foundation Establishment Cultivator would go bankrupt just to buy a top-grade, Dharma Artifact Level bamboo flute?

Thus, any attempt to sell them would either become a gift in disguise or fail completely.

He still hoped to get his hands on a more practical Spiritual Object directly.

Fortunately, the very first storage box held a pleasant surprise.

’A Guiyuan Divine Stone!’

There in the box sat a special, grayish-brown Spirit Stone. It had twelve faces, each a perfect pentagon.

It weighed approximately five thousand, five hundred and fifty-five pounds in his hand.

It was an exact match to the description Xiao Chen had read in the *Memories of Rare Treasures*.

Probing it with his Divine Sense, he indeed felt a trace of Earth Source Qi within, as if it contained an entire expanse of land.

’I knew it. There was no way they didn’t have at least one good thing.’

The Guiyuan Divine Stone was a top-tier Tier Three Earth Spiritual Object, on par with the Central Qihuang Sand.

The Refinement of this object could be a great aid to a cultivator’s comprehension of the Path of Earth.

Alternatively, it could be used as one of the key materials for crafting a Defensive Spiritual Artifact.

Tier Three Spiritual Objects were scarce in the Southern Domain, so typically, when a Golden Core Cultivator from Li State obtained one, they would use it themselves within a few days.

The reason this Guiyuan Divine Stone had been saved was, most likely, to use it for crafting a Spiritual Artifact.

And now, it had conveniently fallen into Xiao Chen’s lap.

He moved on to open the second storage box.

’This is... Seven Fragrance Green Treasure Silk?’

Before him lay a fine thread shimmering with seven colors—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet. In total, it was four feet and nine inches long.

Each inch was a different color, and the seven-color sequence repeated seven times.

Xiao Chen extended his index and middle fingers, carefully picked up the fine thread, and brought it to the tip of his nose. With a gentle sniff, he was immediately met with a faint, elegant fragrance.

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