Secret Realm Treasure Chest

By this point, both brothers, Wu Yun and Wu Feng, had died at Li Chang'an's hands.

Li Chang'an wore a look of emotion.

"Wu Yun, Fellow Daoist, I sent your brother down to reunite with you."

Afterward.

He skillfully searched Wu Feng's corpse.

He took his storage bag.

After giving the items inside the storage bag a rough glance, Li Chang'an immediately beamed.

"There are quite a lot of good things!"

The treasures in Wu Feng's storage bag were in no way fewer than those in his younger brother's.

More than a hundred Spirit Stones.

As well as various common pills, Talismans, and the like.

With a thought, Li Chang'an took out a Jade Slip.

"The Legacy of a Low-grade First Tier Feng Shui technique."

This Feng Shui technique was profound and mysterious, and its difficulty was hardly any lower than that of Talisman Drawing.

Within the Legacy.

There were more than a hundred books just for the introductory material.

Such as the Burial Scripture, Dragon Seeking Technique, and Kanyu Compendium.

"I do have the spare capacity to learn another Legacy now, but I'll pass on this Feng Shui technique."

Li Chang'an pondered.

He had no intention of learning Feng Shui technique.

If he wanted to make money through this craft, he would have to travel around outside year-round.

What Li Chang'an wanted was a skill that could make money while he sat at home.

"I'll keep it for now. Perhaps I'll become interested someday."

Li Chang'an put away the Feng Shui Legacy and continued examining the other items in the storage bag.

Before long.

His eyes lit up, and he took out a jade plate.

"It really is a Minor Spirit Gathering Plate!"

Li Chang'an's face filled with delight.

This Minor Spirit Gathering Plate was a masterpiece of a Formation Master.

The Minor Spirit Gathering Formation had been carved onto a formation plate, turning it into an array that could be carried around.

Its carving difficulty was tremendous.

At the very least, only a High-grade First Tier Formation Master had the ability to carve one.

In the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

A single Minor Spirit Gathering Plate like this sold for more than five hundred Spirit Stones!

The price was steep, but it was completely worth it!

Every ten days, one only needed to inlay a Spirit Stone into the formation plate to keep the array running.

The spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth gathered by the array could make a cultivator's cultivation speed far surpass what it had been before!

"These two brothers really were good people. They gave me exactly what I was lacking."

Li Chang'an silently thanked the two of them in his heart.

At the same time, he could not help thinking.

"They were only the support, yet their pockets were already this stuffed. How rich must the other two Mid Qi Refining Rogue Cultivators be?"

It had to be said.

Being a Rogue Cultivator was indeed profitable.

Every successful job made one's fortune a little thicker.

However, a single failure could bury everything!

"It is still better to honestly practice Talisman Drawing."

In the following months.

The outside world was thrown into turmoil.

News about the Secret Realm flew everywhere, and all kinds of rumors emerged one after another.

The struggle among the three Foundation Establishment families also grew increasingly fierce, with every family losing quite a few disciples.

Meanwhile, Li Chang'an guarded his original resolve and devoted himself to cultivation.

With the help of the Minor Spirit Gathering Plate, his cultivation speed far surpassed what it had been before.

Before he knew it.

His cultivation had already neared the peak Third Layer of Qi Condensation.

"It was quite a bit faster than I expected."

Li Chang'an was thoroughly satisfied.

With sufficient resources supporting him, the road of cultivation was indeed much smoother.

"Fortunately, the three Foundation Establishment families have been fighting around the Secret Realm all this time. Clear River Market has remained fairly peaceful and has not been affected too much."

A stable place of cultivation was also one reason Li Chang'an could advance so quickly.

During this period.

Xu Fugui often came to buy Talismans from Li Chang'an.

He would also casually recount what he had seen and heard in the Secret Realm.

He had entered the Secret Realm several months ago. He had not taken too many risks, instead proceeding cautiously while seeking out various minor opportunities.

"Big Brother Li, I obtained a bottle of pills a few days ago. Although most of their medicinal efficacy has already dissipated, they are still quite valuable!"

Xu Fugui spoke with delight.

Of course.

Opportunities always existed alongside danger.

Relying on the several sets of Talismans Li Chang'an had specially prepared for him, he had weathered danger several times.

"Big Brother Li, some places in the Secret Realm are both dangerous and terrifying. I still feel frightened whenever I think back on them."

"Oh? What kind of places?"

Li Chang'an asked curiously.

Xu Fugui immediately began to recount it.

A few days ago.

While in the Secret Realm, he had passed through a Valley.

The Valley was filled entirely with people turned to charcoal.

Every one of them wore a look of terror as they stared at the sky, as if they had seen something extremely frightening before they died.

Just looking at it made him feel unbearably oppressed, as though something terrifying was about to descend upon him.

So he immediately fled far away.

"Luckily, I ran."

Xu Fugui wore a lingering look of fear.

"Later, I heard that someone went to that Valley to seek treasure, but they all turned into charcoal!"

Besides that.

There were many other strange and bizarre areas in the Secret Realm.

Some places were shrouded in thick fog, and not a single person who entered ever came out.

In other places, earth-shaking cries of slaughter could often be heard, yet when someone approached, there was nothing at all.

In short.

When acting in the Secret Realm, one absolutely had to be exceedingly cautious!

Even so.

Everyone's enthusiasm for the Secret Realm had not diminished. Instead, it had grown ever more fervent.

Large numbers of cultivators entered the Secret Realm to seek treasure every day.

Quite a few treasures were also brought out.

"Big Brother Li, quite a few swindlers have appeared in the Marketplace recently. You must keep an eye out and make absolutely sure you don't get cheated."

At this point, Xu Fugui offered several reminders.

Those Secret Realm treasures could be real or fake.

"The easiest things to forge are the so-called 'Secret Realm Treasure Chests.'"

"There are some special chests, Earthen Jars, bronze cauldrons, and other objects in the Secret Realm. They should be vessels used by Ancient Cultivators to store items. They have never been opened and are protected by restrictions from the Ancient Times."

"As long as the restrictions are not erased, no one knows what is inside."

There might be a priceless treasure.

Or there might be nothing at all!

"Because of this, after many Rogue Cultivators obtain such things, they don't open them. Instead, they take them to the Marketplace to sell and let the buyers judge for themselves."

Some people had indeed opened treasures of immense value, but more had suffered losses.

This kind of transaction had recently become extremely popular in the Marketplace.

And so all kinds of swindlers appeared.

"Many 'Secret Realm Treasure Chests' are fake. Swindlers artificially age them, then imitate restrictions and forge them."

Xu Fugui was somewhat indignant. He had been cheated himself.

More than once!

Li Chang'an was rather interested in this kind of transaction.

"It sounds somewhat similar to 'blind-box openings' from my Previous Life."

He thought secretly.

Blind boxes passed down from the Ancient Times.

Over the next few days.

Li Chang'an went to the Trading Area every day to stroll around and see whether he could find an overlooked bargain.

On the fifth day.

At the Midnight Hour that night, the "Auspicious" Divination Result, which had not appeared for a long time, emerged.

[Divination Result Refreshed]

[Today's Divination Result: Auspicious]

[You go to the Trading Area to seek treasure and buy a Spirit Beast Stone Statue. You unexpectedly discover a Spirit Beast Bag inside the statue]

"Spirit Beast Bag!"

Li Chang'an smiled and reached out to gently pat Da Huang's dog head.

With a Spirit Beast Bag.

It would be much more convenient to bring Da Huang along.

If he encountered danger, he could simply release Da Huang and catch his opponent off guard!

The next day.

Early in the morning.

Li Chang'an arrived at the Marketplace, and his entire person was immediately drowned out by all kinds of hawking.

"The Spirit Beast Stone Statue should be fairly conspicuous."

He threaded through the bustling crowd, his gaze sweeping over stall after stall.

Before long.

He locked onto a relatively large stall.

The stall owner's aura was ordinary. He was a cultivator in the early Qi Refining stage.

Spread across the stall.

There were more than a hundred assorted items, nearly all of them from the Secret Realm.

Among them was a Spirit Beast Stone Statue, placed at the very center of the stall.