Chapter 62: Looking at Treasure

  Xiao Chen had also seen the introduction of 'Seven Flowers and Seven Grasses Dan' in 'Shenmo Zhuan'. This kind of elixir can help people open up their meridians, enhance their spiritual power, break through the bottleneck of cultivation, and its medicinal properties are rich.

  After listening to Ye Liu Xing's words, Xiao Chen secretly felt a pang of regret. What a waste that this bottle of third-grade elixir 'Seven Flowers Seven Grasses Elixir' was ruined like this! This is a third-grade elixir after all! It's one grade higher than the 'Golden Scarlet Elixir'.

  "What's this bottle?" Xiao Chen picked up another small vial and said, the dan medicine inside was also dark and seemed to have been stir-fried in a pot.

  "This is indeed the Bao Xuan Dan, but it's also past its expiration date." Ye Liu Xing said with certainty.

  "What?! Won't he die from eating this expired elixir?!" Xiao Chen suddenly felt sorry for Qian Ming.

  "What about this bottle?"

  "This is Qi Xiang Yu Lu Wan, but it's also expired."

  “……”

  Xiao Chen was speechless to the extreme, he originally thought he had made a fortune this time, and got three bottles of Zidan medicine, but unexpectedly they were all expired goods, which greatly disappointed Xiao Chen.

  Once the elixir expires, it may become a deadly poison. Not to mention third-rate or even ninth-rate, even Xian Chen wouldn't be interested in it at all, it's completely rubbish.

  "It seems that this 'Seventy-two Left Dao Miscellaneous Techniques' still has some use." Xiao Chen flipped his hand and stored the ancient book in his storage ring, and he didn't throw away the other elixirs either, but kept them, saying that they might be useful at some point.

  Then, Xiao Chen took out the "Eight Directions Sky Boundary" that he had obtained from Yao Bu Ping's place. Upon closer inspection, Xiao Chen felt that this broken toy looked exactly like the Bagua mirror he had seen in his previous life. The shape was identical, but the difference lay in the fact that there were no Bagua diagrams engraved on its surface, only eight sword grooves.

  "Night Flowing Star Sister, this thing assembles eight law swords to urge on, can it really compare with a spiritual artifact?" Xiao Chen expressed his skepticism towards the octagonal iron piece in his hand.

  "Of course, as long as you gather eight law swords and insert them into the 'Sword Sweeping Eight Directions' sword array within the internal realm, you can bring out a powerful force like that of a spiritual artifact. However, the 'Eight Directions Heavenly Boundary' is currently damaged, and you also don't have that many law swords to activate it."

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen furrowed his brow and began to calculate how many divine swords he had. "I obtained one from killing Zhao Wumian, Ying Hong Xianzi rewarded me with one, I got one for being first on the Hero's List... adding it up, I only have three divine swords. Even if I pass the inner door assessment and enter Fei Long Institute, I'll get another one at most, which means I'll still only have four divine swords."

  "It seems that the top priority is to figure out how to collect the eight Fa swords." Xiao Chen felt a bit of difficulty, as the Fa sword was not as precious as the Ling instrument in the sect, but it was not something that could be easily obtained on the streets either. Getting eight of them would still be quite challenging.

  "Night Star Sister, what's wrong with this thing? How can we fix it?" Xiao Chen asked again.

  "This treasure must have gone through a great war, the internal sword array has been damaged. But don't worry, as long as you can get the secret silver water, I will teach you how to repair the internal sword array," said Ye Liu Xing.

  "What's going on with the Secret Silver Heavy Water?!" Xiao Chen was slightly startled, his eyebrows instantly furrowed into a '川' shape. The Secret Silver Heavy Water is an essential material for refining equipment, and whenever he forged magical equipment or placed magical treasures on them, he needed to use the Secret Silver Heavy Water to mold the array within the treasure.

  This also makes the Secret Silver Heavy Water very precious, and the higher the grade of the treasure, the more Secret Silver Heavy Water is needed. On the market, one drop of Secret Silver Heavy Water is worth 3,000 Yellow Profound Dan, which means that one drop of Secret Silver Heavy Water is equivalent to 3,000 taels of gold.

  "Fixed perfectly, how many drops are needed?" asked Xiao Chen.

  "Three drops."

  "Three drops is nine thousand Yellow Mystical Pills!" Xiao Chen felt his tongue was somewhat stiff. Originally, Xiao Chen thought he had extorted a fortune from Yao Bu Ping today and became rich overnight, but when it came to using them, they were unexpectedly scarce.

  "It seems that my cultivation is still too low, I must enter the Spiritual Awareness Mirror. Only by entering the Spiritual Awareness Mirror can I stimulate the Triple Yuan True Fire, refine the elixir on my own, and make money."

  Moreover, Ge Xiang was about to recover soon, and I had to enter the Ling Jue Mirror before he recovered. The inner door assessment would also be very difficult, and having the Ling Jue Mirror's cultivation would be even more secure.

  "I now have the 'Golden Scarlet Elixir' and the 'Returning to the Origin Elixir', so entering the Spiritual Awareness Mirror won't be a problem. For now, I'll first refine the 'Golden Scarlet Elixir'."

  Xiao Chen thought of this, only feeling that without entering the Ling Jue Mirror, everything seemed restricted and unable to move forward, so he had to enter the Ling Jue Mirror as soon as possible.

  At this moment, Xiao Chen took out the 'Golden Scarlet Pill' from the storage ring and put it in his mouth. He circulated the Night Flow Star technique taught by Xun Wu to refine it.

  "Xiao Chen, 'Jin Chi Dan' is not eaten like this." However, at this moment, Ye Liu Xing spoke up.

  "What's going on?" Xiao Chen also felt that the 'Golden Scarlet Pill' in his mouth was not moving, like a steel ball, and could not be quickly refined, which was very different from other elixirs.

  "Jīn chì dān is made from the demon core of the Golden Snake Demon General, which was formed by absorbing the essence of the sun and moon with the energy of Gēng Jīn. Therefore, its demon core is extremely hard. Even if it's refined into a pill, it only removes the evil energy inside without changing its nature. Not to mention you, even a warrior from the Líng Jué Mìng couldn't quickly refine the Golden Red Pill."

  "Jin Chi Dan can only be swallowed into the abdomen, using the stomach's acidic liquid and peristalsis to slowly grind and absorb its energy. However, when the body is in intense exercise, such as fighting or fleeing, the refining speed will increase greatly."

  Ye Liu Xing was like a patient mentor, teaching Xiao Chen. As time passed, the relationship between the two became more familiar, and Ye Liu Xing rarely put on airs of seniority in front of Xiao Chen, becoming more and more like a kind and gentle master, with increasing patience and kindness towards Xiao Chen.

  "Oh." Xiao Chen listened and knew that his refining method was wrong, so he immediately followed Ye Liu Xing's instructions and swallowed the 'Golden Red Dan' into his abdomen.

  "Since this 'Golden Scarlet Pill' is a slow-refining type of elixir, I won't rush to refine it. Now that the sky has darkened, I'll take advantage of the starlight to temper my spiritual soul. My spiritual soul is already very powerful and is about to break through the Starlight Refining Soul realm, entering the Purple Qi Refining Soul realm."

  Xiao Chen secretly thought to himself, and thus stopped worrying about the 'Golden Scarlet Pill' matter. He turned over and sat up on his bed, crossed his legs, and using the starlight shining in through the window, began to refine his spirit and soul.

  As the 'Jiǔ Jiǔ Liàn Hún Jué' began to operate, the clear and cold starlight that had fallen from the sky was suddenly absorbed by Xiao Chen. It swirled around his head like clouds and fog, entering and exiting through his seven orifices, churning and surging like smoke and mist, a truly wondrous sight.

  It wasn't until the eastern sky turned a pale white and the red sun rolled over, about to shed its intense brilliance on the earth, that Xiao Chen also withdrew from his meditative state.

  Xiao Chen still can't use the Sun Purple Qi to temper his soul, the Sun Purple Qi is too intense, Xiao Chen's soul can't withstand it.

  Xiao Chen slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were clear as water, occasionally flashing with a sharp gleam, like the lingering light of a cold star, dazzling people's minds.

  "Today I have to go to Feilong Institute for registration." Xiao Chen thought to himself.

  "Beep... beep..."

  A "dudu" cry came from under the quilt, Xiao Chen looked over and saw that Dudu had crawled out of the quilt with his butt in the air, his little butt wobbling back and forth like a spinning top.

  "You little guy, you're really sleepy." Xiao Chen looked at Xiaodoudou's appearance and couldn't help but smile.

  "Beep... beep..."

  Doudou let out a cry, and his chubby little body finally emerged from the quilt, messing up his big bun hairstyle. However, what made Xiao Chen's face turn black was that Doudou's small paws were actually holding a chicken leg, eating it with oil dripping from his mouth.

  A pair of bright big eyes, shining with moving light, looking at Xiao Chen with a nonchalant expression, the pink small tongue happily licking the greasy chicken leg, making a "sizzling" sound that was very flavorful.

  "Glug glug..." Little Glug glugged a mouthful of chicken leg and called out, seemingly saying, "This guy is finally back!"

  Xiao Chen's face turned black, and he snatched the chicken leg from Xiao Tui and threw it away. With a dark face, he said: "Are you dirty or not? Don't be so heavy-tasted, okay? Who taught you to eat chicken legs in bed?"

  "Beep... beep..."

  However, Xiao Doudou was unwilling and cried out in grievance, a pair of bright and moving big eyes showed a hint of resentment, looking at Xiao Chen, his small mouth puffed up high, as if he had suffered great injustice.

  "Eat this." Xiao Chen handed Tudu another chicken leg, which finally made Tudu stop fussing. She stuck out her little pink tongue and started licking again, closing her eyes contentedly and making soft cooing sounds.

  "It's really helpless with you." Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly, feeling that his own mount was very different from others', as if this little guy was going to become a spirit or something.

  Xiao Chen had seen Ling Shuiyan's mount and Ge Xiangjun's mount, but compared to Doudou, those mounts seemed like they were brain-damaged from eating too many snacks, stupid and dull, nowhere near as spirited as little Doudou.

  "Let's go, we won't be living here anymore. Our future residence is at Feilong Institute." After washing up, Xiao Chen picked up Little Doudou and comforted it for a while. In order to avoid Little Doudou getting into trouble, Xiao Chen put Little Doudou into the storage ring.

  For this, Xiao Chen made a promise to Little Doudou that except for the Huang Xuan Dan, it could eat any other demon cores, crystal stones and spiritual grasses in the storage ring. Only then did Little Doudou agree, otherwise, it would have been a big trouble...

  After settling Xiao Dudu, Xiao Chen went to Feilong Institute for registration.

  Feilong Courtyard was the gathering place for inner sect disciples who practiced martial arts, just like Qingyun Upper Court was for outer sect disciples. Xiaochen left Feiyun Bieyuan and walked along the mountain path of Chuyun Peak all the way up towards Feilong Courtyard.

  The Yunjian Sword Sect has five levels of disciples, namely:

  1. Registered Disciples at the outermost periphery

  2. Outer Gate Disciples whose courtyard is located on the mountain waist

  3. Inner Gate Disciples who are at the half-peak summit

  4. Elite Disciples who are at the peak summit

  The core disciples, however, were not on the main peak of Izumo. They had noble identities and each had a mountain peak assigned to them by the sect, with dense yuanqi that they cultivated independently without sharing with others, serving as their own palace, equivalent to establishing their own sect. Each core disciple's strength was comparable to that of the leader of an ordinary small sect, which is why they were qualified to have independent mountain peaks.

  Xiao Chen walked along the stone steps, looking far away, as if walking in the clouds and mist of the sky, between the waist of the mountain, the clouds and mist floated, like a fairy's footprint, like a dream.

  After walking 36,800 steps, Xiao Chen stopped his pace and saw a magnificent crimson gate appearing in the misty clouds.