Immortal of the Nine Realms

Chapter 539: Bountiful Harvest

There were a total of five cultivators from the Innate Dao Sect. Yu Donglai had been at the Fusion Realm, while the others ranged from the Enlightenment Realm to the Soul Splitting Realm.

It took Fang Chen five days to completely refine their storage rings and retrieve Yu Donglai and the others' belongings.

His harvest was rich. There were over two hundred mid-grade spirit stones alone. Besides the spirit stones, there were six identical porcelain bottles. Fang Chen opened one and saw inside sixty pills enveloped in golden mist.

"Little Mirror, what kind of pills are these?" Fang Chen asked casually.

Little Mirror explained, "These are Feather Spirit Pills, most favored by Middle Three Realms cultivators. You can only buy these pills with mid-grade spirit stones. Every Feather Spirit Pill is refined from thousands of rare spiritual herbs through a complex process.

"The value of these sixty Feather Spirit Pills exceeds those two hundred mid-grade spirit stones you just got. Each pill is equivalent to five years of progress for a Soul Splitting Realm cultivator."

Five years of cultivation for a Soul Splitting Realm cultivator? These sixty pills would be equivalent to three hundred years of cultivation progress for a Soul Splitting Realm cultivator?

Fang Chen's eyes lit up. Though he found cultivation relatively easy with his practices, the addition of these pills to his regimen promised significantly accelerated progress.

"Since it's equivalent to five years of cultivation for a Soul Splitting Realm, then would one pill be equivalent to a Foundation Building Realm cultivating for a hundred and eighty years?" Fang Chen speculated.

"Given the cultivation base of a Foundation Building Realm cultivator... you can probably only absorb one percent of the medicinal power, wasting the remaining ninety-nine percent. However... you do have an extremely solid foundation. You have the Immortal Sword Vein, with majestic spiritual energy. You should be able to absorb ten percent of the medicinal effects, which could equate to ten years of arduous cultivation."

"Ten years? That's not bad." Fang Chen smiled. "What rank are these Feather Spirit Pills?"

"They are high-grade, profound-rank pills. If a few more rare spiritual materials were added, they would be elevated to the peak of the Profound rank. These pills are extraordinary. One pill could boost cultivation by ten years for a Soul Splitting Realm cultivator."

Fang Chen nodded lightly. Even for Middle Three Realms cultivators, pills of this rank and tier were extraordinary. The fact that Yu Donglai and the others had sixty of them likely stemmed from their prestigious backgrounds.

Putting away the Feather Spirit Pills, Fang Chen's gaze fell on five neatly arranged treasures.

"One hundred and eight Soul Imprints are the limit for peak-grade, yellow-rank artifacts. Beyond this limit lies Profound rank artifacts," mumbled Fang Chen.

Strangely, however, Fang Chen couldn't see any trace of Soul Imprints on these five profound rank artifacts.

"Little Zhou, are there no Soul Imprints on profound rank artifacts?"

"There are, but the Soul Imprints have merged into Dao Imprints, where one hundred and eight Soul Imprints become one Dao Imprint. Brother, if you use spiritual energy to stimulate them, you'll be able to see the Dao Imprints."

Spiritual energy, huh.

Fang Chen waved his hand and infused spiritual energy into the five artifacts. Sure enough, with the infusion of spiritual energy, their aura immediately became extraordinary, and soon, Dao Imprints emerged from each of them.

Yu Donglai's artifact was a flying sword with four Dao Imprints condensed on its blade.

Among the remaining four artifacts, the lowest had one Dao Imprint, while the highest had three Dao Imprints.

From this, it was clear that Yu Donglai's flying sword was of the peak Profound rank.

Sensing their aura, Little Sword got very excited, flying around the artifacts eagerly and awaiting Fang Chen's command to begin devouring this feast before it.

Glancing at Little Sword, Fang Chen smiled. "You're in luck. You have to thank that spy from the Killing Spiritual Division. If it weren't for him, it would have been hard to encounter an opportunity like this even in a hundred years."

If it hadn't been for that spy from the Killing Spiritual Division, Yu Donglai and the others wouldn't have been so badly injured and he wouldn't have been able to take advantage of their moment of weakness.

"Little Chen, if I can devour these five artifacts, I can advance again," Little Sword exclaimed, full of excitement.

Fang Chen nodded. "Go ahead. But take it easy."

Receiving Fang Chen's approval, Little Sword began to devour Yu Donglai's flying sword. However, this time was different from before. It ate much slower, and the process wasn't as smooth as before.

Fang Chen didn't rush it. He shifted his gaze to several jade slips in his hand, all obtained from Yu Donglai and his companions.

When Fang Chen's divine sense entered one of the jade slips, he found that a force had blocked him from accessing it, leaving Fang Chen puzzled.

"Brother, these are Transmission Jade Slips with restrictions. Without corresponding techniques to prove you're a disciple of the Innate Dao Sect, you can't see the contents inside," Mirror of the Universe revealed. "You could try using the Introduction to the Three Thousand Daos...”

Curious, Fang Chen followed Mirror of the Universe's advice.

To Fang Chen's surprise, using the Introduction to the Three Thousand Daos really opened the jade slip he tried it on, revealing its contents.

This jade slip belongs to Yu Donglai and records three techniques:

Scrunching his brow, Fang Chen asked, "Little Mirror, why can the introductory level of the Three Thousand Daos open the Innate Dao Sect's jade slips?"

Glancing at the other jade slips, Fang Chen tried to open them too. Without surprise, their contents were revealed too. Inside were recorded completely different techniques.

Mirror of the Universe chuckled. "Maybe the overall outline of the Innate Dao Sect's techniques is somewhat similar to the Introduction to the Three Thousand Daos."

"Maybe?" muttered Fang Chen, his eyes flickering.

Not dwelling on this point any further, he began to meticulously study the techniques recorded in the jade slips.

The Destiny Flying Sword Refinement Technique was almost identical to what he had obtained from Mi Sheng of the Chaoxiang Temple, so he didn’t need it.

However, the rest were quite useful, especially the Spiritual Attachment Technique and the Innate Five Lightning Art.

He could use the former to deal with the nine consciousnesses in the blood of the immortal. As for the latter....

It wasn't difficult to see how rare and precious lightning and thunder techniques were by looking at the Purple Lightning Talisman.

All Things as Soldiers and Earth Escape Technique were pretty good too, primarily focusing on the application of the Five Elements' power.

Fang Chen's Radiant Divine Eyes enhanced any technique requiring the use of the Five Elements, significantly increasing their effectiveness. However, time was limited, so Fang Chen could only choose one to study first.

One month later, Fang Chen slowly opened his eyes. Golden veins shimmered within them.

He had gained some understanding of the Spiritual Attachment Technique, marking his entry into it. This technique required the use of the divine soul, so it was a technique that could only be wielded by Middle Three Realms cultivators.

Fortunately, Fang Chen's divine soul far surpassed ordinary people's, allowing him to attempt to use the Spiritual Attachment Technique against the nine consciousnesses in the blood of the immortal.

However, Little Sword was in an unusual state at this moment, so dealing with the blood of the immortals might have to be postponed.

Finally, after a whole month, Little Sword finished devouring Yu Donglai's flying sword. However, it seemed to be struggling, its sword body swelling like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.

Mirror of the Universe chuckled mischievously. "Heh, that little brat wanted to eat it all in one go but didn't stop to consider whether he could do so. I estimate it will take it at least a year to digest that Profound rank treasure."