Spirit Treasure Pavilion

Feeling the improvement in his cultivation and the power of law suffusing the air around him, Zhao Gongming finally understood how Qiongxiao had fought three members of the Chan Sect single-handedly.

But if it were me now, wouldn't it be a walk in the park too?

At that thought, Zhao Gongming immediately remembered the other disciples of the Interception Sect.

Lu Feng had left them plenty of fortuitous opportunities. Surely every disciple of the Interception Sect had a share, not just him.

But not every disciple knew about this. Those who did would have to notify the others one by one.

Whatever else happened, they all belonged to the Interception Sect. They ought to help one another.

At the very least, they couldn't let that lot from the Chan Sect snatch the opportunities that rightfully belonged to the Interception Sect's disciples.

Having found his own opportunity, Zhao Gongming didn't linger. He immediately rose and departed in a streak of light.

Not long after he left, several streaks of light followed the aura and descended.

"I remember the fluctuations came from right here."

"Yeah, so why is there nothing here?"

"Could that lot from the Interception Sect have already left?"

"Keep looking. The opportunity might be right here!"

"..."

Naturally, Lu Feng knew nothing about what had happened on Zhao Gongming's end.

He did, however, receive the reward for the increase in Zhao Gongming's development progress.

[Congratulations! The host's disciple development progress has reached eighty percent.]

[As the disciple's compatibility with the opportunity is perfect, the host will receive an additional reward!]

A flicker of surprise crossed Lu Feng's eyes when he heard the system notification.

So not every disciple was compatible with the novels he sent out.

And their compatibility could unlock additional rewards?

For a moment, Lu Feng felt a pang of regret.

Had he known earlier, he would have carefully selected a novel for Jinguang Xian.

Perhaps he could have unlocked an additional reward back then.

Still, it wasn't too late to learn this now. At least Lu Feng had a direction for nurturing disciples in the future.

As he was thinking, the system issued his reward.

[Congratulations! The host has obtained the Spirit Treasure Pavilion!]

[Spirit Treasure Pavilion: once a disciple of the Interception Sect comprehends a cultivation technique and their mastery reaches a certain level, the corresponding spirit treasure will be unlocked!]

After reading the description, Lu Feng couldn't help drawing a sharp breath.

Good grief!

So this would tailor a spirit treasure for every disciple of the Interception Sect!

In other words, as long as these disciples' spiritual roots were strong enough, the spirit treasures in the Spirit Treasure Pavilion would be perfectly compatible with them.

But something like the Spirit Treasure Pavilion clearly couldn't stay in the system space.

So Lu Feng could only take it out.

After spending quite some time choosing a location, he settled on a spot three hundred li from his cave abode.

In the blink of an eye, a magnificent golden palace appeared before Lu Feng.

The palace gates were tightly shut, preventing him from peering inside.

Still, the Spirit Treasure Pavilion belonged to him. With a mere thought, Lu Feng could sense whether there were any spirit treasures within.

At present, the Spirit Treasure Pavilion was completely empty.

Once another disciple's comprehension reached the required level, he believed new spirit treasures would appear.

With the additional reward delivered, Lu Feng began looking forward to this round's disciple gift reward.

And the system certainly didn't disappoint him.

[Congratulations! The host has obtained the Flat Peach Tree, one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots!]

Lu Feng froze for a moment, then his eyes widened.

The Flat Peach Tree!

For an instant, Lu Feng wanted to gnaw on it raw.

But after thinking it over, he decided to plant the Flat Peach Tree at the entrance to his cave abode.

Absorbing something like the Flat Peach Tree would indeed benefit his innate foundation.

But an innate spiritual root like this was far too rare. Who knew whether the system would ever offer another?

Rather than wasting it on himself, why not plant it? Perhaps he could taste those legendary flat peaches someday.

Just imagining a tree laden with flat peaches nearly made Lu Feng drool.

Meanwhile.

On a barren mountain.

Mysterious fluctuations of energy spread from the depths of a cave.

Inside the cave sat a monster with a human head and a snake's body.

He, too, was a disciple of the Interception Sect. But as one of those whom Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi scorned as fur-clad, horn-bearing creatures, this snake monster possessed an unremarkable innate foundation and equally unremarkable talent.

Creatures like him were ordinarily a dime a dozen in the Primordial World.

But this snake monster had been lucky. He had encountered Lu Feng and, through a strange twist of fate, ultimately joined the Interception Sect.

He had stayed there for tens of thousands of years.

Now that the Interception Sect had disbanded, creatures like the snake monster were among those least willing to see it happen.

Yet however unwilling he was, the Interception Sect had already scattered. The snake monster could only return to his old lair.

Even so, he hadn't forgotten what Lu Feng had once told them.

Many fortuitous opportunities lay scattered across the Primordial World. If possible, they could seize these opportunities for themselves.

And although he lived deep in the mountain wilderness, he still knew a little of what was happening in the Primordial World.

He had heard that Senior Sister Qiongxiao had fought three disciples of the Chan Sect single-handedly.

The snake monster already had an idea of what had happened. Senior Sister Qiongxiao had probably obtained one of the opportunities Senior Brother Lu had mentioned, which was why she had improved so much.

Fortunately, his own luck wasn't bad either.

Over the past two days, he had planned to cultivate in his cave abode for a while before going out to seek opportunities. Who could have imagined that a streak of light would fall directly into his abode?

The snake monster examined it closely and discovered that it was a Jade Slip.

There was nothing else inside the Jade Slip, only a small world.

That small world was self-contained. Within it, the snake monster witnessed the rise of the divine dragons, then their decline.

After experiencing that world, the snake monster felt his blood and vital energy surge, while golden light enveloped his entire body.

Feeling that hard-won surge of spiritual energy, the snake monster could only keep absorbing the spiritual energy around him.

Yet as he absorbed it, he gradually felt his body beginning to change.

Starting at his head and spreading to his abdomen, a faint tearing sensation emerged.

At first, the snake monster thought this was a change brought on by advancing his cultivation. But as the tearing intensified, he began to realize something was wrong.

It didn't seem like he was advancing his cultivation!

He was evolving!

In the reflection on the water covering the ground, the snake monster saw that two horns had begun growing from his forehead.

And claws had sprouted from his abdomen at some point without him noticing.

The scales on his body were also gradually hardening...

He was clearly transforming into a dragon!

For snakes like him, evolving into dragons was fraught with peril.

First, they had to become flood dragons. Only then could they ascend to become dragons.

But the snake monster had never imagined that merely journeying through that small world would allow him to skip the flood dragon stage and ascend directly into a dragon!