The Mountain Treasure's Legacy

The three returned to Stone Village after nearly a year away. The main reason was that Shi Hao loved eating so much and fought Fierce Beasts every day. He wanted to catch up to Jun Moxiao, which had cost them plenty of time along the way, but their gains had been enormous.

As Jun Moxiao put it, the Desolate Heaven Emperor had started working himself to death to outdo everyone. When this fellow cultivated, he really did put his life on the line.

After a period of arduous cultivation, Shi Hao had opened seven cave heavens, while Shi Qingfeng had reached the late stage of the Blood Moving Realm. Shi Hao had not demanded that Shi Qingfeng break through to a hundred thousand jin of strength. The process was simply too grueling, and he did not want Shi Qingfeng to suffer like that. He only wanted him to live happily in the future, confident that he could protect him.

When old Shi Yunfeng saw the three little fellows return to Stone Village safe and sound, he exclaimed joyfully, "Good! Good!"

After all, the two little fellows had been gone for nearly a year. He had worried about them the whole time, asking the Willow Deity whenever he had a spare moment how they were doing.

Shi Hao introduced Shi Qingfeng to the old chief. "Grandpa Chief, this is Shi Qingfeng, the child who suffered in my place. By the time we reached the Second Ancestral Land, Qingfeng's great-grandfather had already passed away."

Shi Yunfeng took Shi Qingfeng's little hand. "Child, you've suffered. From now on, live here in Stone Village and make this place your home. Everyone in Stone Village is your family."

Shi Yunfeng had everyone prepare a Fierce Beast feast to welcome the three little fellows home and celebrate properly. With the Green-Scaled Eagle helping them hunt, Stone Village now had no shortage of meat.

Seeing that Shi Hao had actually opened seven cave heavens, the Willow Deity praised him. "Shi Hao, very good. Your training journey has ended perfectly."

"Willow Deity! Thank you."

Shi Hao approached the Willow Deity, spoke respectfully, and bowed.

That evening, all of Stone Village was filled with joy. Everyone ate hearty mouthfuls of meat while listening to Shi Hao boast about his training journey. It was a lively gathering.

Jun Moxiao came beneath the willow tree and told the Willow Deity about what they had seen during their travels.

"Sister Willow Deity, we saw a huge tortoise. It was terrifying-probably at the Supreme Realm. It kept crawling underground. Do you know what it was?"

The Willow Deity considered this. "It should be connected to the Supreme Hall's legacy. The Mountain Treasure you seized before was the Supreme Hall's legacy."

Jun Moxiao said, "I felt as though that huge tortoise had a terrifying killing formation on it. It didn't seem alive. It was more like a puppet."

The Willow Deity said, "It was probably a trap laid by some great figure in the Upper Realm to slaughter those who tried to seize the supreme treasure."

Jun Moxiao said, "The Supreme Hall's legacy should have some good things. We can learn the cultivation arts inside."

"This involves grave karmic consequences. It's too risky."

The Supreme Hall's legacy carried grave karma, and the Willow Deity worried that the little fellow would be implicated.

Jun Moxiao said, "It's fine. Let Shi Hao shoulder the karma. He's going to learn it anyway."

Had Shi Hao known what Jun Moxiao was thinking, he would surely have shouted, Xiaoxiao, you really are a sneaky bastard! You're dumping all the karma on me!

Jun Moxiao thought, You're the chosen son of fortune in Perfect World! If I don't dump it on you, who else would I dump it on?

Jun Moxiao took out a large jar of the Spring of Life and handed it to the Willow Deity. "Sister Willow Deity, this is the Spring of Life. It should help you, right?"

The Willow Deity was curious, too. How did this little fellow have so many treasures? Even she could not see through him.

Since the little fellow had brought out so much of the Spring of Life this time, she accepted it without standing on ceremony.

"Xiaoxiao! You really do have plenty of supreme treasures. This is indeed very helpful to me. Now I owe you another karmic debt."

"Sister Willow Deity, there's no need to talk about karma with me. I also have several powerful treasure techniques. I'll pass those on to you, too!"

My treasures and divine abilities all came from the system. What karma could there be? Jun Moxiao directly passed the True Dragon Treasure Technique, Kun Peng Precious Technique, Vermilion Bird Treasure Technique, and Pacifying Chaos Art to the Willow Deity.

Many great sects in the Upper Realm did not even possess supreme divine abilities such as the Pacifying Chaos Art, True Dragon Treasure Technique, and Kun Peng Precious Technique, yet this little fellow was handing them out in batches. The Willow Deity found it amusing.

"Xiaoxiao, it seems the great deity who sent you here prepared everything for you. You even have treasure techniques like these. In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

"I'm relying on Sister Willow Deity to protect me right now, so don't be shy. I'll give Grandpa Chief some of the Spring of Life. Drinking it should make him a little younger."

Jun Moxiao brought out several hundred jin of the Spring of Life for Shi Yunfeng, asking him to distribute it among the villagers and explaining its effects. When the old man learned that it could extend his life and make him around ten years younger, he grinned from ear to ear.

The next day, Jun Moxiao called over Shi Hao, old Shi Yunfeng, and the others, saying that he would open the Mountain Treasure today and let everyone see it.

They came before the willow tree, and Jun Moxiao invited everyone to witness what a truly tremendous blessing looked like. Shi Hao was extremely excited as well.

"Sister Willow Deity, open the Mountain Treasure!"

The Willow Deity examined it, then used six cultivation arts to open the Mountain Treasure. The instant the treasure box opened, a powerful sword intent shot straight into the heavens.

Shi Hao cried out, "What sword art is this?"

"This is the Grass-Character Sword Art, a powerful sword-art divine ability."

The Willow Deity examined the contents and learned the details of the Mountain Treasure's legacy.

"It is indeed the Supreme Hall's legacy: the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art, the Grass-Character Sword Art, the Bian Treasure Technique, the Taotie Precious Technique, and several other Fierce Beast treasure techniques."

The Willow Deity warned old Shi Yunfeng and the others, "The Mountain Treasure is the legacy of a great sect in the Upper Realm. It carries grave karmic consequences, so you must not cultivate it lightly. You cannot bear the karma involved."

Jun Moxiao stared at the treasure box in thought. Wouldn't combining this box with Stone Village's bone cauldron produce the Transcendence Chapter of the Original True Understanding?

He therefore said to Shi Yunfeng, "Grandpa Chief, hurry and bring the bone cauldron from beneath your bed. I think the patterns on this box look somewhat like the ones on the cauldron."

Old Shi Yunfeng went into his house and brought out the bone cauldron. Jun Moxiao placed the Mountain Treasure's box inside it. The next moment, a white light flashed, and a treasure bone appeared.

The Willow Deity took the treasure bone and examined it, then understood. "The Transcendence Chapter of the Original True Understanding. So that's how it works."

Jun Moxiao said, "Sister Willow Deity, let me see."

Jun Moxiao took the Transcendence Chapter and studied it. It could be cultivated all the way to the Mortal World Immortal realm-equivalent to a True Immortal, but stronger.

To Jun Moxiao, however, the Original True Understanding felt too slow. Shi Hao's path to immortality through nine lifetimes might even be faster than cultivating it. Still, to the people of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, this immortal scripture was a heaven-sent blessing.

Jun Moxiao handed the Transcendence Chapter to the Willow Deity. With her current cultivation, she had long since been qualified to cultivate it.

"Sister Willow Deity, you can cultivate the Transcendence Chapter now."

The Willow Deity said, "Yes!"

Jun Moxiao solemnly told Shi Hao, "Cultivating the ancient heavenly art inside the Mountain Treasure will bring grave karma, but I think you should cultivate it. Don't be afraid. Isn't it just the Supreme Hall? Once we go to the Upper Realm, you can repay that karma. I think you can cultivate the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and the Grass-Character Sword Art. As for the other Fierce Beast treasure techniques, Grandpa Chief and the others can cultivate them. That way, Stone Village will have the strength to protect itself. But everyone must keep this secret. To any faction, this kind of legacy is a heaven-sent blessing. If word leaks out, disaster will surely befall Stone Village."

The Willow Deity also found nothing wrong with this arrangement, so she said, "Then let the people of Stone Village cultivate the Bian, Taotie, and other treasure techniques. These are relatively simple. Only when the villagers grow stronger will they be able to protect themselves."

Shi Hao declared, "If it means a chance to grow stronger, I'll shoulder all the karma!"

Jun Moxiao said, "That's the spirit. Cultivation means fighting heaven, fighting earth, and fighting other people. Cultivation itself defies heaven, so just go for it. You can learn the Qilin Precious Technique and Phoenix Treasure Art from the Willow Deity now."

After that, Shi Hao entered a frenzied, cheat-powered cultivation mode. With so many formidable treasure techniques and cultivation arts supporting him, he would probably knock Shi Yi flat with ease during the Battle of the Two Stones!

Under the old chief's arrangements, the people of Stone Village also cultivated several advanced Fierce Beast treasure techniques. He hoped that the villagers would be able to protect themselves after Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao left. Meanwhile, after drinking the Spring of Life, some of his silvery-white hair and beard had begun turning black.

Having gained these legacies, Stone Village was no longer inferior to the great factions of the Lower Realm. The old chief was filled with confidence in its future.

In the end, Shi Qingfeng failed to reach the ultimate limit of the Blood Moving Realm. He had been frail since childhood, and his willpower was not strong enough. He lacked Shi Hao's fierce spirit that feared neither heaven nor earth. Ultimately, he reached his limit at eighty thousand jin of strength and could only break through to the Cave Heaven Realm.

During this time, a band of vicious raiders came near Stone Village, burning, killing, and plundering other villages. Even Stone Village's hunters were injured while out hunting. Shi Feijiao and the others returned and reported that the raiders' leader had Cave Heaven Realm cultivation. Hearing this, Shi Hao's anger blazed three thousand feet high. How could he let that stand? He immediately took Qingfeng along to attack them, saying that he would let Qingfeng witness a real battle.

In the end, Shi Hao wiped out the entire band himself, along with their Sacrificial Spirit, a pangolin. After killing the pangolin, he also obtained a decent treasure weapon: a pair of bone shears.

While Stone Village devoted itself to arduous cultivation, Jun Moxiao lay in the willow tree and examined his gains.

System: Congratulations on checking in at the Supreme Hall's legacy. Obtained the Grass-Character Sword Art and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art. Seal unlocked. Strength increased to nine cave heavens. Obtained ten drops of Supreme Liquid.

Jun Moxiao thought, Holy shit! A jackpot! Supreme Liquid! But Meng Die, why did checking in at the Mountain Treasure's legacy only give me the cultivation arts already inside it? If I'd known these would be the rewards, I wouldn't have fought for the Mountain Treasure. That left me unconscious for half a year.

Meng Die replied, "Master, stop always expecting something for nothing. The Supreme Hall's legacy is one of the great opportunities in Perfect World. You couldn't miss it."

Jun Moxiao said, "Fine! You're the boss. You call the shots."

Jun Moxiao summoned his nine cave heavens and felt quite pleased.

Sensing that the little fellow had reached nine cave heavens, the Willow Deity immediately said, "Xiaoxiao, are you going to leave the other geniuses any room to live? You're only six! And you already have nine cave heavens."

The Willow Deity was deeply gratified. Throughout all her years, she had never encountered such a heaven-defying prodigy. She could not imagine where Jun Moxiao's future limit might lie. She was also filled with hope for the future. For now, she only needed to protect this little fellow well and let him grow up safely.

Jun Moxiao said, "Shi Hao is only a little over eight, and he already has seven cave heavens."

The Willow Deity said, "Since both of you are fairly strong now, I'll send you somewhere with many geniuses."

Jun Moxiao knowingly asked, "Sister Willow Deity, where?"

"The Void God Realm. It is a world created by mighty beings of ancient times. Your physical body does not need to enter; you enter directly as a spiritual body. If you die in the Void God Realm, you won't truly die, but the gains you make while cultivating there are real. And the Void God Realm doesn't just encompass the Lower Realm..."

The Willow Deity explained the Void God Realm to Jun Moxiao, even telling the little fellow in detail about the Upper Realm's Spirit Realm.

"Then I'll go get Shi Hao. We have to take a look at such a fun place."

Jun Moxiao immediately ran off to fetch Shi Hao. The Bear Child known as Loves Drinking Beast Milk was finally about to go online. Just imagining the scene made him laugh.