Searching the Sect Warehouse

Xiao Chen then patiently searched the entire fourth floor before descending to the fifth floor.

From here on, many rare Third-Order Spiritual Object appeared, along with more than forty Ordinary Spirit Tool.

The most valuable items are the last six boxes, containing a total of twelve Fine Spirit Tool in their Spirit Ascension Form.

Considering that these items are brand new, their total value is at least five million Spirit Stone, almost equivalent to the previous Low-grade Spirit Stone.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Chen let go of those Third-Order Spiritual Object that were neither useful to him nor easy to resell.

He simply put all the Spirit Artifact away.

He wanted to reserve the Storage Space first and see if there was anything more valuable.

Follow the stairs to the last floor.

There were many large wooden boxes at the entrance, which appeared to be made of Spirit-Severing Wood.

Xiao Chen curiously opened it and found that it contained different types of fourth-order spirit ore.

Each box contains the same type of spirit ore to prevent them from affecting each other over time.

However, the ore piled up outside is all Raw Ore, which has not yet been refined and compressed, and contains a considerable amount of Impurities.

This is different from the one above.

The third-tier and Second-Order Spirit Mine that Xiao Chen saw earlier were all refined, square, Refined Spirit Ore Block.

Ordinary Raw Ore simply won't be accepted.

"Hmm, could it be that there's a shortage of weapon refiners within the current generation of the Illuminating Void Sect?"

Although Xiao Chen didn't understand weapon crafting, he had often heard that some independent weapon crafters would earn money by helping to process Low-grade Spirit Ore.

In particular, some Third-Order Artifact Forger, as long as they are willing to work hard, will almost never have to worry about not having work.

This is because many sect weapon refiners don't want to do such hard labor.

However, if the processor's skill level is insufficient or their technique is inadequate, they will be unable to refine Spirit Ore of the same or higher grade with minimal loss.

Therefore, they often outsource the tasks assigned by the sect.

Spend Little Qian to save time, either to rest or to craft Spirit Artifact to earn more Spirit Stone.

If the Illuminating Void Sect has Fourth-Order Artifact Forger who aren't slacking off, then these spirit ores should have been purified.

Xiao Chen guessed correctly on this point; the Illuminating Void Sect had indeed experienced a shortage of Fourth-Order Artifact Forger in this generation.

As a result, the likes of Mirror Reflection True Monarch used Spirit Artifact left behind by their predecessors, rather than their own Custom Spirit Tool.

"This box is full of Raw Ore, this box is too, and this box..."

Xiao Chen inspected the area one by one and found that there were quite a lot of Raw Ore, and he estimated that there were at least a hundred of the same large boxes.

He was initially a little annoyed, since this thing was completely useless to him.

But then a thought struck him: this might not be such a bad thing after all.

As is well known, although Third-Order Artifact Forger can forge Spirit Artifact, only Fourth-Order Artifact Forger can fully develop the potential of fourth-tier spiritual materials.

If the Illuminating Void Sect does not have its own Fourth-Order Artifact Forger.

Then they wouldn't be able to forge Custom Spirit Tool, and therefore wouldn't consume fourth-tier spiritual materials.

Furthermore, the Illuminating Void Sect's relationship with other sects is generally poor.

Therefore, it's highly likely that not many in-depth transactions were ever completed.

In other words, the Fourth-Order Rare Spirit Material they have collected in the last few hundred years, besides spiritual mines, should all be stored in warehouses and not yet used.

This was undoubtedly bad news for the Mirror Reflection True Monarch and the Illusion Breaker True Monarch.

But for Xiao Chen, it was good news.

However, he still searched each of the boxes one by one to make sure that nothing else was hidden inside.

First, from the middle, I saw nine small boxes in a row, each containing eighty-two pieces of refined fourth-order spirit ore.

Xiao Chen noticed that the shapes of these spirit ores were slightly irregular.

Judging from the appearance, it was very likely forcibly extracted by the Mirror Reflection True Monarch using his true essence.

I guess there was something they needed, but they lacked external channels, so they spent a lot of time and effort to create it themselves.

In this respect, the major sects are still better.

Whatever their own prodigy cultivators need, they can obtain support from specially trained personnel in the areas of alchemy, artifacts, talismans, arrays, and even Spirit Pet.

There's no need to waste your precious time on this; you can focus on cultivation and improving your cultivation level.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Chen saw eight large boxes behind him.

It contains a total of thirty-six Array Foundation Blank, which have not yet been fully processed and inscribed with Formation Pattern.

However, precisely because of this, judging from the materials of these semi-finished products that are still easily distinguishable, it is not difficult to recognize that Mirror Reflection True Monarch refined the spirit ore in order to create these Fourth-Order Array Foundation.

"Another Array Master?"

Xiao Chen noticed that the Nascent Soul True Lord was indeed exactly the same as the rumors suggested.

They had ample time to cultivate Dao Arts and martial arts, and most of them were also very interested in formations.

"Should I, like everyone else, try to study formations in detail?"

Xiao Chen felt that since everyone was doing it this way, there must be a reason for it.

If you can obtain a more detailed lineage later, or a better lineage of array techniques in the New Cultivation World, you might as well practice it seriously.

Anyway, I have to start learning from the low-level formations, and it won't cost me many Spirit Stone before I can break through to the fourth level.

Becoming Third-Order Array Master should require accumulating around one million Spirit Stone; if you can't learn it, you're considered to lack talent.

This amount of money might be a lot for others, but it wasn't much for Xiao Chen; he could definitely invest it.

If you happen to be a rare genius in the art of array formations, you shouldn't let that talent go to waste.

Having made up his mind, he continued to look ahead.

We had now arrived at the middle of the warehouse, where a row of upright crates stood.

Xiao Chen opened it and took a look; inside was a finely crafted Formation Flag.

Upon further inspection, he discovered that there was actually a complete Fourth-Order Mountain Protecting Grand Array here.

It consists of eight Core Array Foundation, one hundred and eight Normal Array Foundation, twenty-four Spare Array Foundation, forty-nine Small Array Flags, six Grand Array Flag, five Spare Array Flag, and one Main Array Flag.

A complete set!

With these items, a skilled Array Master can set up a brand-new Fourth-Order Mountain Protecting Grand Array within a single day, relying on the Spirit Vein.

Now all that's missing is the Array Layout Diagram, but I don't know where it's been placed.

If Xiao Chen can find the corresponding Array Layout Diagram, he can use this array to trade resources with other sects.

This thing should be worth at least tens of millions when calculating its value.

It's more valuable than everything he owns right now, including the spiritual items that were just found.

This formation alone can be summed up in two words: wealth!

Xiao Chen didn't even need to worry about not finding a suitable buyer.

After all, the Compassion Sea is currently engulfed in war, and there is a severe lack of suitable large-scale formations to protect important Stronghold located in key areas.

Given the current situation, even if those sects are somewhat reluctant, they should still offer spiritual items of corresponding value in exchange.

After all, making it from scratch is too much trouble; it's better to pay extra to buy a ready-made product that can be used immediately.

If Xiao Chen wanted, he could even negotiate prices with multiple parties and then choose the most suitable buyer to complete the transaction, depending on his mood.

Or perhaps, this thing can be kept for personal use.

After all, if he were to recruit a group of people in the New Cultivation World to help with transactions, he would need a fixed base.

If Fourth-tier Grand Array is set up at the base, it will definitely be several times more effective than Third-Order Array.

However, it seems that things aren't very peaceful in the New Cultivation World either.

Whether or not to establish a permanent base needs further consideration.

However, this is something Xiao Chen will think about later; he doesn't need to think about it too much right now.

Moreover, regardless of anything else, the array he now possesses is undoubtedly a valuable asset.

"Let's search first; there's bound to be other good stuff."

Xiao Chen put away the formation and continued opening the boxes behind him.

Behind the formation, there was a large pile of small Purple Wood Box, each only three feet long and two feet wide.

Upon opening it, they found a box full of Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

"Good heavens, finally Mid-Grade Spirit Stone!"

Xiao Chen had been looking for this ever since he came in, and he finally found it.

Compared to spiritual objects that may not be suitable for their use, Spirit Stone stones are not large in size and are liked by most cultivators, making them undoubtedly a very good form of hard currency.

He scanned it with his Divine Sense.

Surprisingly, there were quite a few of these small Purple Wood Box.

"Oh, could it be that..."

Xiao Chen immediately opened and inspected the boxes of Spirit Stone one by one, then stored them in his Storage Ring.

To his surprise, all the Purple Wood Box here were indeed filled with Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

From beginning to end, the car was packed to the brim.

After careful counting, there were a staggering 388,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stone!

In terms of conversion, that's equivalent to 38.8 million Low-grade Spirit Stone!

Its total value is nearly eight times that of the Low-grade Spirit Stone on the third floor.

It can be described as a truly enormous sum of money.

Xiao Chen truly hadn't expected there to be so many Mid-Grade Spirit Stone here.

It seems that the Illuminating Void Sect doesn't dislike saving money; they just haven't deliberately accumulated Low-grade Spirit Stone.

In fact, most sects are like this.

Normally, the Low-grade Spirit Stone are spent as needed, without being collected specifically, but rather used to incentivize sect disciples to cultivate and work.

When it came to the Flower Spirit Stone, the same principle was followed.

That means that anything that can be purchased with Low-grade Spirit Stone should never be purchased with Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

They stored all the saved Mid-Grade Spirit Stone as war reserves.

When necessary, fully supply the Mountain Protecting Grand Array to play a crucial defensive role.

"Tsk tsk tsk, if you want to wear them down by simply besieging them, it probably won't work in less than three or four years."

Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh.

In this light, it's no wonder that major battles rarely occur between sects unless they can gain an absolute advantage in high-end combat power.

The time frame would be far too long if a war broke out.

Moreover, if the siege drags on, it becomes easy to encounter unexpected external changes during the siege.

It should be noted that the Illuminating Void Sect is actually a sect with a relatively less profound history.

Although they had accumulated wealth from their ancestors, they didn't have the influence of a major sect.

If it were an established sect like the Ink Barrier Sect, their original reserves of Mid-Grade Spirit Stone would be even greater.

However, a significant portion has likely been depleted over the past two years, so the remaining amount may not be as much.

After all, during the period when they were under the protection of the Sea Race, the Illuminating Void Sect had hardly spent any large sums of Spirit Stone.

From this perspective, perhaps Xiao Chen is now truly "rich enough to rival a clan".

I'm not quite sure how many Spirit Stone are stored at Universal Salvation Temple.

Therefore, it's difficult to estimate where it would rank within the entire Compassion Sea.

However, one thing is certain: they have definitely entered the forefront.

"Hiss~, suddenly I don't really want to do business anymore."

It should be noted that Xiao Chen had saved up for several years, and in total, he had only accumulated 96,250 Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

As a result, this time they gained more than four times the amount in one go.

"How about we go and investigate the Yin Corpse Sect's warehouse next?"

Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes; he hadn't forgotten the old scores from before.

It's just that the two sides are far apart, and there are still many things that need to be dealt with here first, otherwise he would have already fought back.

Objectively speaking, the Yin Corpse Sect is far stronger Illuminating Void Sect.

If Xiao Chen were to rush over alone now, he might not be able to take it down in one fell swoop.

The main problem is that even if he wins, it will be difficult to capture all the fleeing enemies, and some will easily escape.

Or perhaps the opponent might retreat into the Mountain Protecting Grand Array and refuse to come out.

Therefore, it wouldn't be easy for him to force his way into Fourth-tier Grand Array, since it was indeed quite powerful.

The best approach is to bring Custom Spirit Tool, a fourth-tier Formation Breaking Talisman or similar means, preferably along with a tracking Secret Method and companions invited to help.

Then, on another auspicious day, they suddenly rushed over and, along with the mountain gate, set off.

Although Xiao Chen didn't know many people, it didn't matter.

Once things settle down at the Compassion Sea, Gang Yuan True Monarch and the others probably wouldn't mind going there to lend a hand.

Then we can unleash a sudden attack, catching the Yin Corpse Sect completely off guard.

Of course, that happened later.

After collecting all the Spirit Stone, Xiao Chen arrived at the deepest part of the warehouse.

At the very back, there was only a large pile of coarse porcelain jars, each with different seals on it.

He leaned closer to take a look and discovered that this was all Spirit Wine stored up by Mirror Reflection True Monarch.

Xiao Chen counted them; there were a total of 506 sealed jars of Spirit Wine.

He reached out and grabbed a jar, weighing it in his hand; each one weighed over two hundred pounds.

Different sealing times are also marked on the seals.

Two of the bottles are the oldest, roughly estimated to be over five hundred years old.

The ten most recent bottles were only put into storage less than six years ago.

The rest are also produced in batches every ten years, with a maximum of ten bottles stored per batch.

In some years, there may be two or three fewer bottles, and the number decreases more as time goes on.

It seems that every ten years, they would use Fourth-Order Spiritual Item to make a batch of Spirit Wine and store it, gradually accumulating this much.

Although the wine was in the jar, Xiao Chen did not open it to check.

However, judging from the quantity alone, this item is not of high value.

After all, if rare spiritual items were used, it would be impossible to maintain such a stable output.

In other words, the cost of the Spirit Wine in the jar is not very high, and the ingredients used are not very precious.

It should be that the Illuminating Void Sect can reliably obtain a batch of ordinary Fourth-Order Spiritual Item every ten years.

However, the value of Spirit Wine depends not only on the ingredients but also on its vintage.

For example, those two bottles of Aged Wine, which have been stored for over five hundred years, are not comparable to top-tier Spirit Wine like Drunken Mountains and Rivers.

However, in the case of the Compassion Sea, it is definitely a top-notch wine.

"Great, now it's all mine."

Starting from the years listed later, Xiao Chen collected all the Spirit Wine that had been stored for more than fifty years.

These five hundred or so large wine jars almost filled the Storage Ring in his hand.

Thankfully, he had reserved some Storage Space on the third floor beforehand, otherwise there definitely wouldn't have been enough room.

"Very good. One shouldn't be too greedy. Taking only a little is enough."

Xiao Chen generously decided to leave all the remaining Spirit Wine less than fifty years old) and fourth-grade Raw Ore, including a large number of low-grade spiritual items on the second and third floors, to the Heavenly Dipper Sect and Ink Barrier Sect cultivators who arrived later.

Actually, just look at those Third-Order Spiritual Object on the third floor, especially that huge pile of Refined Spirit Ore.

Although each item is only worth a few thousand Spirit Stone, all the materials together should be worth around three million Spirit Stone.

If the spiritual items on the second floor are calculated according to market prices, their total value would be close to one million Spirit Stone.

After all, there are just too many of them.

However, if Xiao Chen were to actually move them all out and try to resell them, it would take many years to slowly unload them.

Alternatively, they can have to offer low-price promotions, which would take half a year of hard work, but the Spirit Stone they would actually receive would be reduced by at least half.

Therefore, he was simply too lazy to deal with those miscellaneous items.

"However, isn't something still missing from such a large Sect Warehouse?"

Although Xiao Chen had already obtained a complete Mountain Protecting Grand Array, a massive amount of Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, and a large quantity of Spirit Wine.

But he always felt that there should be something else here.

Especially considering the Core of the Deep Sea that was previously hidden inside the Yuan Magnetic Stone.

He had every reason to suspect that the Mirror Reflection True Monarch was also hiding something good at the bottom.

"So, could there be another Secret Chamber here?"

Xiao Chen released his Divine Sense to carefully explore the surroundings.

After many things were taken away, the sixth floor became relatively empty.

Therefore, he quickly searched back and forth three times with his Divine Sense, but found nothing unusual.

"No? Really not?"

Unable to find anything unusual, Xiao Chen decided to resort to a brute-force method.

It boils down to one word: demolish!

He drew his Wind Thunder Pair Swords after a long absence, walked directly to the back of the sixth floor, and began stabbing at the walls, floor tiles, and ceiling inch by inch.

Although the materials used to build the warehouse were of quite good quality.

However, they were not designed to prevent attacks from Flying Sword.

Therefore, when Xiao Chen wrapped the sword blade with his true essence, stabbing it was as easy as stabbing tofu.

However, after searching the entire rear area, he was surprised to find that there really was no Secret Chamber or Secret Passage.

"Huh, am I overthinking this?"

Xiao Chen frowned slightly, wondering if he was being too sensitive.

Perhaps he was overthinking it; in reality, the Illuminating Void Sect had never prepared Secret Chamber.

"No, something still feels off!"

Xiao Chen felt a strange feeling that he couldn't quite put his finger on at first.

After careful consideration, he finally realized the source of this anomaly. "Right, Mirror Reflection True Monarch is a demonic cultivator."

"Didn't he prepare a secret hideout to store Demonic Path Material?"

"There must be some, after all, his cultivation level seems quite advanced."

Xiao Chen suddenly realized, "I knew something was wrong; that's where the problem lies."

He had dealt with demonic cultivators quite a bit in the past; these guys often employed the strategy of having multiple burrows.

He has a particular fondness for creating Secret Passage; it's almost an instinct.

At the same time, as Yellow Springs Successor, Xiao Chen had also seen the Black Abyss Demon Sect's legacy, so he naturally knew about many of the special materials needed for cultivating Devil Cultivation Method.

This includes how to obtain these items and various clever disguise methods.

He had just subconsciously sensed something was wrong because he hadn't seen those magical items in the warehouse.

So, where could that place be?

Xiao Chen immediately picked up the Wind Thunder Pair Swords and continued to probe forward inch by inch from behind, not missing any corner.

However, after searching all six floors, they found nothing.

"Hmm? I don't believe it. I'll just turn it upside down."

Xiao Chen strode towards the fifth floor, but after taking two steps, he suddenly turned back. "If we're going to investigate, let's investigate thoroughly. We can't overlook this staircase in the middle."

He thrust his sword into the steps, but unexpectedly heard a faint, dull thud.

He swung his sword again in that direction, and the feel of it was noticeably different from before.

It seemed as if there was something particularly solid inside the stairs.

"Sky-rushing Palm!"

Xiao Chen raised his hand and struck out with a palm. He hadn't hit like this before because he didn't want to dismantle the entire sixth floor.

Now that the abnormal location has been discovered, he deliberately concentrated his palm force, blasting a crater about ten feet in size in front of him.

"Boom!"

As a large amount of soil and Spirit-Concealing Ore splashed out, a narrow Secret Passage was revealed below the steps.

Xiao Chen immediately noticed that the walls of the entire Secret Passage were made of a special spiritual mineral called Spirit-Concealing Ore, which could passively conceal Divine Sense.

It led to a smaller, more secluded Secret Chamber further inside.

He wasn't afraid of any traps inside, so he immediately jumped down and followed the Secret Passage into the Secret Chamber.

Pushing open the door to the Secret Chamber, a pungent, foul stench of blood immediately filled the air.

The space inside was actually quite large, but the items were placed very sparsely, with several feet between each other.

Based on the large table in the center, the area can be roughly divided into three sections.

On the far left is the materials area, where many bottles and jars are placed on the ground, each containing different Demonic Path Sacrifice.

Xiao Chen could even recognize most of them.

In the middle stood more than a dozen wooden frames, seven of which had dead cultivators tied to them, while the rest were temporarily empty.

On that large table, there was a Golden Core cultivator was nailed directly to it.

It had already been disemboweled, leaving only an empty shell.

On the far right wall, there hangs a rather conspicuous tooth.

That single tooth was a full ten feet long, and its root was about six feet thick.

Xiao Chen didn't recognize which Spirit Beast's tooth it came from.

However, he could clearly sense a faint pressure emanating from it.

The oppressive aura even made him instinctively feel uncomfortable, and he felt a slight urge to retreat and get away.

That's right, it's a tooth from a Fifth-Order Demonic Beast.

Moreover, it must be a vital area, otherwise it wouldn't have caused him even a slight sense of crisis.

"I knew it! How could a demonic cultivator, a rat in the sewers, not secretly hide things!"

Xiao Chen's lips curled up slightly. "I found it after all."