After destroying the Sacred Origin Sect, Huang Tian took his spoils and the dozens of "captives" inside the Yuanji Treasure Tree to a valley in the wilds of Dehong Commandery.
There, amid a forest of flowers, he sat down and began taking stock of his gains.
First came the treasures from the Sacred Origin Sect's Sect Treasury.
"Over two hundred bottles of pills. Only three are Violet Palace grade; the rest are all Foundation Establishment elixirs."
There were few Violet Palace pills, but that was only natural. Elixirs of that grade were generally in the possession of the two Violet Palace True Persons. Finding even two or three bottles in the Sect Treasury was rare.
"Of the three bottles of Violet Palace elixirs, two heal injuries, and one helps Foundation Establishment cultivators break through to the Violet Palace. They're basically useless to me.
"The remaining Foundation Establishment elixirs are even less useful. At most, I could take them back to the Lineage to nurture a few cultivation prospects, but that's a matter for later."
His urgent task was to attain the Golden Core, not to cultivate members of the Lineage. Even if they grew strong, they would be of no help to him and would only add to his risks.
"Over twenty kinds of spirit plants, all Foundation Establishment grade. No use to me either. Seal them all away."
Shaking his head, he returned the elixirs and spirit plants to a Storage Bag and continued sorting through the rest.
"Three array plates, over a hundred matching array flags, several hundred jade slips recording cultivation methods and spells, over a hundred kinds of artifact-refining and alchemy materials, and assorted odds and ends—"
The array plates were all Foundation Establishment grade. The methods and spells recorded on the jade slips scarcely touched