Treasures, and Revenge Can Wait Ten Years
"We were all tricked and suffered heavy casualties.
Xiao Yao and I were on guard. We noticed something was wrong and ran off ahead of time.
But the Clear Wind Sect still discovered us and sent its elite disciples to hunt Xiao Yao and me down.
It was only thanks to the five Law Artifacts you gave us, Senior Brother, that we managed to escape."
Mo Xuan's eyes were red, and he was clearly furious about what had happened.
Li Yunjing fell silent.
Things had developed beyond his expectations.
The Clear Wind Sect had actually done something like this in secret.
"Senior Brother, let's report them to the Immortal Alliance and have it deal with them!"
Mo Xuan looked at Li Yunjing, his eyes bloodshot.
Li Yunjing shook his head and sighed.
"It's no use. The Clear Wind Sect must have prepared for this long ago."
As a third-grade sect,
if the Clear Wind Sect had made no preparations before doing this,
it would truly have been foolish.
Li Yunjing reckoned that when those Rogue Cultivators accepted the Clear Wind Sect's mission,
they had already been caught in a trap.
Even if the matter came to light afterward,
the Clear Wind Sect would have an excuse: the Rogue Cultivators had all agreed, so what did it have to do with the sect?
As for the Immortal Alliance's attitude...
Li Yunjing couldn't say.
Even if it investigated, the matter would ultimately be settled in haste.
After all, the Clear Wind Sect was not a member of the Immortal Alliance.
Even if the Immortal Alliance wanted to punish the Clear Wind Sect, it couldn't go too far.
It couldn't punish the Clear Wind Sect too severely.
The Clear Wind Sect had probably prepared for that as well.
Once the Immortal Alliance called it to account, paying some Spirit Stones in compensation would likely settle the matter.
None of the dead Rogue Cultivators were members of the Immortal Alliance, either.
Even if Mo Xuan and Shui Yao had been tricked by the Clear Wind Sect,
the two had accepted the mission as Rogue Cultivators.
They hadn't mentioned that they came from the Luozhen Sect at all.
The Clear Wind Sect could find an excuse.
Besides, Mo Xuan and Shui Yao held no great status.
The Immortal Alliance wouldn't deal the Clear Wind Sect a heavy blow for their sake, either.
Getting some compensation from the Clear Wind Sect would be good enough.
"Forget it. As long as you two are safe, that's enough. For now, don't dwell on what the Clear Wind Sect did."
Li Yunjing urged Mo Xuan to set aside his grudge for the time being.
The present Luozhen Sect was still nowhere near capable of dealing with the Clear Wind Sect.
A gentleman could wait ten years for revenge.
Li Yunjing believed that if he developed steadily for a year or two,
the Luozhen Sect would, after all, surpass the Clear Wind Sect in every respect.
When the time came, taking revenge would be simple.
Mo Xuan nodded. There was nothing else he could do.
Just then, a soft moan sounded.
Shui Yao woke from her coma.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw Li Yunjing and Mo Xuan.
Shui Yao struggled to get up from the ground.
Li Yunjing hurried over.
"Junior Sister, don't move. You're badly hurt."
Shui Yao looked at Li Yunjing. Her eyes suddenly reddened, and two clear streams of tears ran down her cheeks.
"Senior Brother, it's so good to see you again."
Li Yunjing patted Shui Yao's back and sighed.
By this time, Mo Xuan had risen to his feet, leaning against a pillar.
"Senior Brother, our trip to the Golden Core cave abode wasn't entirely without gains."
Mo Xuan took a Storage Bag from inside his robes.
"Xiao Yao and I picked up this Storage Bag. There are quite a few spiritual items inside. One treasure might be the diagram for a great formation, but Xiao Yao and I couldn't be sure."
Li Yunjing first helped Shui Yao sit down, then took the Storage Bag.
He sent his Divine Sense inside.
There were no restrictions on the Storage Bag,
so Li Yunjing could easily see what was stored within.
There were many Spirit Stones, over six hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
There were also twelve Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
A single Mid-Grade Spirit Stone could be exchanged at the Immortal Pavilion for a hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Twelve were equivalent to twelve hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Apart from the Spirit Stones,
there were six treasures in the Storage Bag.
Three were vermilion treasure boxes, their contents unknown.
There was a pill bottle, a jade hook Law Artifact, and finally the formation diagram.
Li Yunjing took out all six treasures.
He picked up the pill bottle first, pulled out the stopper, and looked inside.
"Foundation Establishment Pills. A rare find!"
Li Yunjing was astonished.
When Mo Xuan and Shui Yao heard him, their eyes also widened in disbelief.
Although the two had picked up the Storage Bag,
they had only taken a hurried glance at what was inside.
As for the contents of the pill bottle and treasure boxes,
neither of them knew.
"Senior Brother, with these Foundation Establishment Pills, you can reach Foundation Establishment!"
Mo Xuan's face flushed with excitement.
Although they had escaped death by a hair on their trip to the Golden Core cave abode,
it seemed now that the brush with death had been worth it.
Li Yunjing remained calm.
"That would be a last resort. Unless I have no other choice, I don't intend to rely on them for Foundation Establishment."
With Li Yunjing's talent, he could reach Foundation Establishment without relying on external aids.
After all, he had an eighth-grade Root Bone.
Foundation Establishment was divided into three grades: heaven, earth, and human.
The three levels of Foundation Establishment had a tremendous impact on a cultivator's future cultivation.
Li Yunjing had lofty ambitions and naturally sought Heaven-Grade Foundation Establishment.
Given time, he could naturally achieve it.
The problem was that he might not have enough time at present.
But even so, Li Yunjing would not take a Foundation Establishment Pill.
Once he took one, Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment would be forever beyond his reach.
He would only be able to form an Earth-Grade Foundation Establishment.
Mo Xuan and Shui Yao were also well aware of Li Yunjing's talent.
"True. That was a foolish suggestion," Mo Xuan said with a bitter smile.
Li Yunjing shook his head. "It's all right."
"There happen to be two Foundation Establishment Pills here. Once you reach Qi Refining Completion, you can take them."
Mo Xuan and Shui Yao were far less talented than Li Yunjing.
Without relying on external aids for Foundation Establishment,
they might have to grind away for eighty or a hundred years.
Neither of them felt much burdened by the thought.
They knew their own capabilities well.
If they could use Foundation Establishment Pills, they naturally would. There was no need to pursue lofty goals like Li Yunjing.
After putting away the pill bottle, Li Yunjing picked up the jade hook Law Artifact.
He channeled Law Power into it, and the jade hook shot into the air, pulsing with spiritual light.
"A second-tier Spirit Artifact!"
Li Yunjing was surprised again.
He hurriedly cut off the flow of Law Power.
A second-tier Spirit Artifact was a Law Artifact that only a Foundation Establishment cultivator could activate.
With his current reserves of Law Power,
he would probably be drained dry just to barely activate the jade hook.
"Eighteen Law Restrictions. That makes it a superior Spirit Artifact."
Li Yunjing spoke.
A Spirit Artifact could hold twenty-four Law Restrictions.
A Spirit Artifact with eighteen Law Restrictions was considered superior.
One more Law Restriction, and it would be a top-grade Spirit Artifact.
He couldn't use the jade hook for now, so he put it away.
Li Yunjing then opened the three vermilion treasure boxes.
Each of the three boxes was the size of a fist.
When opened, the three boxes contained three spiritual items, one in each.
There was a piece of fiery red jade, a Jade Slip the size of a thumb, and a tree seed.
The fiery red jade was called Crimson Flame Jade,
a second-grade spiritual item and one of the materials used to forge second-grade Law Artifacts.
A Jade Slip, meanwhile, was an object used to record various Law Techniques and Cultivation Methods.
Li Yunjing picked up the Jade Slip and sent his Divine Sense into it.
There were no restrictions placed on this Jade Slip.
Anyone could examine it.
After examining it, Li Yunjing found a second-grade Law Technique called Fire Mysterious Light appearing in his mind.
Fire Mysterious Light could condense a strand of mysterious light within the body, to be controlled at will.
It was suited to both offense and defense.
This Law Technique was just right for Li Yunjing to cultivate.
Li Yunjing specialized in fire techniques.
Fire Mysterious Light was also intended for fire-aspect cultivators.
When fire-aspect cultivators practiced it, they achieved twice the result with half the effort.
Li Yunjing couldn't identify the last item, the tree seed.
He couldn't determine its precise grade, either.
But since it had been stored alongside the Crimson Flame Jade and Fire Mysterious Light,
it had to be a second-grade tree seed at the very least.
Li Yunjing planned to plant it in the cave abode where he would reach Foundation Establishment and try to cultivate it.
Finally, only the formation diagram remained.
The formation diagram was recorded on a sheet of silk.
The silk had been rolled up.
Li Yunjing spread it open.
The silk was covered in tadpole-shaped runes.
Along one side were quite a few ancient characters.
Li Yunjing had studied ancient characters for a time under his master's instruction.
Thus, he understood their meaning at a glance.
"The Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation, formed using seventy-two Law Swords..."
Reading the ancient characters, Li Yunjing sucked in a breath of cold air.
This Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation was indeed a large-scale formation.
Depending on the number and quality of the Law Swords used to set it up, it could form a first-grade or second-grade formation, or a third-grade formation at most...