Mobile Phone Upgrade, Baidu Maps

After the banquet ended, Changyuan Mountain returned to tranquility.

On Changyuan Mountain, where the spiritual energy was at its richest, Lu Xuanji carved out a Cave Mansion, while Ye Feixue carved out another. The two Cave Mansions stood right beside each other.

They settled on Changyuan Mountain, focusing mainly on cultivation while leaving other miscellaneous matters to outsiders.

Although the Lu Clan had declined and lost ninety percent of its holdings, it still possessed a Spirit Ore mine, a Red Iron Ore mine, three Spirit Mountains, and more than a dozen shops.

All these properties were handed over to Late Qi Refining Stage cultivators within the Lineage to manage.

As for the Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Lineage, their main priority was cultivation.

Low-level cultivators worked hard to earn money and support high-level cultivators; high-level cultivators worked hard to raise their cultivation and protect low-level cultivators.

Under the Grand Elder's repeated warnings, Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not to leave Changyuan Mountain lightly, for the sake of safety. Even if they had to leave, they were to depart silently and travel in groups, lest enemies ambush and kill them halfway.

Within the Cave Dwelling, Lu Xuanji opened his storage pouch.

He poured out Spirit Ore, Red Iron Ore, Black Iron Crystal, Mithril, Fine Gold, and dozens of other materials from the storage pouch.

"The phone is going to upgrade."

Lu Xuanji summoned it, and the phone appeared in his palm.

The Xiaomi phone was about the size of a palm. Its screen was black, its body gleamed silver, and it looked both elegant and luxurious, with a simple yet imposing design.

At that moment, the phone screen changed.

Some words appeared.

Phone upgrade in progress. Upgrade now or postpone?

Upgrade now

At that moment, a black vortex appeared on the phone, instantly swallowing all the Spirit Ore and other materials on the ground.

Then the phone changed and entered a powered-down state.

Phone is powering down. System upgrade will be complete in three days.

And so, the phone fell silent.

Time passed. About three days later, the phone began rebooting. A water-bottle icon appeared on the screen, accompanied by numbers: 1%... 4%... 10%... 20%... 89%...

Finally, it reached one hundred percent.

The phone changed, its screen flashing as it upgraded.

A blue lotus appeared, radiating tranquility and peace.

Whoosh.

After a moment, the Xiaomi phone returned to calm, turning into a streak of light and entering his Sea of Consciousness, where it lay dormant.

Lu Xuanji examined the Xiaomi phone.

The phone had upgraded into a Rank 2 Spirit Artifact.

After the upgrade, the phone's storage and calculation functions had increased.

Document Management could now store three hundred thousand books, up from one hundred thousand.

The breadth and depth of Fate Deduction had increased.

In addition, it had gained a new function: Baidu Maps.

Baidu Maps was primarily a map function. With a tap on the screen, a world map immediately appeared.

It displayed a rough outline of the terrain, the distribution of rivers, and the boundless sea.

The sea covered far more area than the land.

Then the map's scale kept shrinking, settling on a continent in the east.

As it shrank further, the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, Chu Kingdom, Yue Kingdom, Endless Forest, and more appeared on the map. Many places had no names marked on them; they were uninhabited regions where demon beasts, insects, and other creatures ran rampant. The areas inhabited by humans occupied only a tiny part of the map.

The map continued shrinking. As it did, the mountains, rivers, terrain, and everything else on it became increasingly precise.

When the map narrowed to a range of one hundred li, it clearly displayed Changyuan Mountain, Spirit Fields, herb gardens, rivers, lakes, walking crowds, and everything else.

A small dot also appeared.

White dots represented mortals.

Red dots represented Qi Refining Cultivators.

Yellow dots represented Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Blue dots represented Purple Mansion cultivators.

Golden Core cultivators could not be displayed.

"Baidu Maps—this lets me know myself and my enemy, winning a hundred battles without defeat. Whether in battle or on the run, I'll have choices."

A flicker of joy passed through Lu Xuanji.

He suddenly recalled his experience entering the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains several years ago.

Back then, after entering the mountains, Fate Deduction on the phone had frantically issued warnings.

That was because demon beasts had come to investigate, and his information had been detected by them.

At the same time, the phone had also detected the demon beasts' information and issued corresponding warnings based on the level of that information.

It had been a passive response.

But now, with Baidu Maps, he could actively investigate and obtain intelligence in advance.

"Will using Baidu Maps to investigate alert those demon beasts?"

Lu Xuanji asked.

No.

Hearing the phone's answer, Lu Xuanji let out a sigh of relief.

As he continued fiddling with the phone, Lu Xuanji discovered that its three functions became even more powerful when used together.

For example, Fate Deduction required a vast reserve of knowledge before deductions could be performed. The strength of a deduction partly depended on how much information was stored in Document Management.

When Fate Deduction and Baidu Maps were used together, he could actively investigate and stockpile information on enemies in advance.

After familiarizing himself with the phone's functions and playing with it for a while, Lu Xuanji began a Fate Deduction.

What Natal Magic Treasure should I forge?

Lu Xuanji entered the question.

During the Qi Refining stage, there was no need to forge a Natal Magic Treasure. One could simply buy Spirit Artifacts from shops.

But upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, many cultivators would attempt to forge Natal Magic Treasures.

Natal Magic Treasures suited cultivators best and could continuously upgrade alongside them. When wielding a Natal Magic Treasure in battle, it consumed two-tenths less true essence than artifacts of the same type while gaining more than two-tenths greater power.

Host, you may attempt to refine a Natal Magic Treasure.

Magic treasures fall into two major categories: attack-focused and support-focused.

Attack-focused treasures can be divided into close-combat types, speed types, strength types, ambush types, and more.

Support-focused treasures can be divided into escape-art types, Fortune types, deduction types, amplification types, healing types, true-essence storage types, insight types, and more. They provide limited increases to the host's combat power, but can improve the host's other attributes.

Suggestion ①: The host may forge a wing-type magic treasure. It can improve the host's escape techniques and preserve the host's life at critical moments. Only by surviving can one have a future.

Suggestion ②: The host may forge a cauldron-type magic treasure. The people regard food as their heaven; cauldrons were originally tools for preparing food, but later became divine artifacts for sacrificing to Heaven. Using a cauldron as a magic treasure can suppress your own Fortune and make you luckier.

Suggestion ③: The host may forge an amplification-type divine artifact. It can briefly increase the host's explosive power and kill enemies.

Suggestion ④: The host may forge a combination-type magic treasure—a complete set of magic treasures. This set can serve for close combat, ambushes, escape, concealing Heavenly Secrets, suppressing Fortune, amplifying combat power, healing, storing true essence, perceiving the heavens, and more.

"Adults make choices. Children naturally want everything. I choose option four..."

Lu Xuanji immediately made his decision.

The deduction continued. It would take about three months.

PS: Updating two chapters at once. It should be more satisfying for everyone to read and can also increase follow-up readership.