Nurturing Spirit

Nurturing Spirit

After leaving the VIP room, Sun Jian quickly found one of Yaoguang Holy Land's Supreme Elders.

With only a few days left until Yaoguang Treasure Hall's annual auction, a Supreme Elder had been stationed there to oversee matters.

Sun Jian immediately reported the matter to this Supreme Elder.

"He has a Saint Weapon protecting him? It seems ordinary methods won't be enough to deal with him." The Supreme Elder frowned, his eyes grave. "Could you see through his cultivation?"

Sun Jian shook his head. "He has a secret treasure protecting him. It's impossible to probe his true aura without alerting him. But I can tell that his realm definitely isn't high. He certainly hasn't reached the Immortal Platform Realm."

"If he's a cultivator in the Dragon Transformation Realm, we could barely withstand it even if he fully activated a Saint Weapon. But there is another issue—what if the Saint Weapon on him has already awakened?" The Supreme Elder pondered for a while before finally shaking his head. "Forget it. Do as you suggested."

"Yaoguang Treasure Hall's annual auction is about to begin. This is not the time to invite unnecessary trouble!" the Supreme Elder said calmly. "Besides, the items appearing at this auction will likely remain unsurpassed throughout the Eastern Wasteland for the next hundred years."

"In a few days, the Holy Lord will also come to oversee matters. Everything regarding this auction must be handled carefully; we cannot invite unnecessary trouble! It's only ten million jin of Source. Give it to him. However..."

The Supreme Elder was quite magnanimous. Ten million jin of Source meant nothing to him, but his tone quickly shifted as he continued, "Once that copy of the Di Lan Scripture is handed over, bring it to me for inspection. If there's any problem, Yaoguang Holy Land is not to be trifled with!"

As he spoke, he casually tossed out a token. "Take this token to the treasury and withdraw ten million jin of Source!"

"Yes!" Having received his orders, Sun Jian swiftly withdrew.

Meanwhile, Zhou Tong did not have to wait long before Sun Jian returned once again.

"Little Brother Zhao Hao, here are seven million jin of Source as the deposit!"

With a sweep of his sleeve, divine radiance shot into the sky, dazzling and brilliant. Even Zhou Tong felt a slight sting in his eyes. It was the glow of immense essence. Seven million jin of Source was no small amount.

If not for the formation restrictions within the hall, this essence would have surged into the heavens and shattered the white clouds in the sky.

"It really is seven million jin of Source!" After examining it briefly, Zhou Tong quickly confirmed the amount. A trace of delight appeared in his eyes as he swiftly stored away the Source.

Then, with a casual wave of his hand, a jade book appeared.

Three words were inscribed upon it—Di Lan Scripture.

Even the scripture of a Great Sage could not be borne by ordinary materials. Only spiritual jade like this could serve as a vessel for such a scripture.

The moment the jade book appeared, a vast and majestic aura surged forth.

At a glance, Sun Jian knew that there was probably no issue with this scripture. A faint smile appeared on his face as he accepted it. "Little Brother, please wait here a little longer. Once we verify whether this scripture is genuine, we will immediately present the remaining three million jin of Source."

With that, he swiftly departed from the Secret Chamber.

Zhou Tong remained unhurried, sitting quietly in the Secret Chamber. As he drank tea, he continuously contemplated the scriptures and secret arts he had acquired.

Naturally, the most important of them was the Grass Character Sword Art.

Zhou Tong sank his consciousness into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings. Immediately, he saw a grass seed floating in the void, radiating crystalline light.

Crack!

With a soft sound, a fissure suddenly split open across the grass seed. A vast quantity of sword qi burst from that crack like a storm. What this grass seed released as it sprouted was not Life Essence, but sword qi!

This sword qi was too fierce—nothing could withstand it, nothing could resist it. It could sever all tangible forms.

Then, a tender leaf emerged from the fissure.

This tender leaf was streamlined in shape, its edges incomparably sharp, while its tip resembled a divine sword.

The moment it appeared, it rapidly drew in the sword qi within the void and swiftly grew. Then came the second leaf, the third...

Tender leaves emerged one after another. In the end, it produced nine leaves—silver blades of grass, and also sword leaves. With the slightest flutter, they split the heavens and startled gods and Buddhas!

After contemplating it for so long, I've finally transformed the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass into a "spirit" within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings... Zhou Tong thought silently.

In the cultivation of the Chaotic Ancient Method, Zhou Tong had already reached a peak at the stage of the Ten Heavenly Caves. Although he had achieved it with the Sea of Wheels Realm serving as support and trial, his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings were now comparable to the pinnacle of the Desolate Heaven Emperor's sole Heavenly Cave.

Thus, Zhou Tong began considering the next stage of the Chaotic Ancient Method—Spirit Transformation.

The Spirit Transformation Realm was divided into three stages. The first was Fleshly Body Becoming Spirit, the second was spiritually remolding one's true self, and the third was Cave Heaven Nurturing Spirit.

In truth, the stage of nurturing a spirit in the fleshly body was very similar to the Dao Palace Realm in the Sky Shrouding Method. It could be said that once one cultivated the Dao Palace Realm and nurtured Deities within the Dao Palace, this stage of nurturing a spirit in the fleshly body had already taken preliminary form through another path.

As for spiritually remolding one's true self, that was actually quite similar to the Immortal Platform Realm. Although Zhou Tong had not entered the Immortal Platform Realm, this stage could be carried out simultaneously with the third stage, Cave Heaven Nurturing Spirit.

And the "spirits" Zhou Tong would nurture within his Heavenly Caves were naturally the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and the Thunder Emperor, two of the Ten Fiends.

My Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings can nurture at most ten "spirits." Without question, those ten "spirits" must be the Ten Fiends. Zhou Tong silently contemplated the Chaotic Ancient Method. In fact, after the previous conflict between cultivation systems, my Chaotic Ancient Method has become completely different from the orthodox Chaotic Ancient Method...

I primarily cultivate the Sky Shrouding Method, while cultivating the Chaotic Ancient Method within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings? Zhou Tong hesitated somewhat, but he felt that this too was a supreme path.

Cultivating two methods at once? The more Zhou Tong considered it, the more he felt this was an entirely new path.

He sat quietly in Yaoguang Treasure Hall's VIP room, his mind continuously deducing the Sky Shrouding Method and the Chaotic Ancient Method. However, this was Yaoguang Holy Land's territory, and Zhou Tong was not foolish enough to cultivate openly here.

Zhou Tong waited there for half a day before Sun Jian finally returned to the VIP room with a beaming smile.

"Haha, Little Brother Zhao Hao, your Di Lan Scripture has been verified. There are no problems with it, and I've brought the remaining three million jin of Source!" Sun Jian burst into laughter as soon as he entered. With a flick of his sleeve, another immense quantity of Source essence surged toward the sky.

"Good! The transaction is complete. Payment and goods are settled!"

After checking the amount, Zhou Tong casually stored away the Source.

"I heard that Yaoguang Treasure Hall will be holding an auction in a few days. Could you give me a token?"

"No problem!" Sun Jian nodded. It was a trivial matter.

He casually took out a token and handed it to Zhou Tong.