Chapter 744 - 283: Farewell, We Shall Meet Again
Chapter 744: Chapter 283: Farewell, We Shall Meet Again
’In that case, the Spiritual Objects stored below must be something extraordinary.’
’Otherwise, they wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths.’
At this thought, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but feel a flicker of anticipation for what treasures lay below.
"Ah, wonderful! This is just great. Then let’s go down and take a look together."
Zhang Shouquan smiled, seemingly very happy for Xiao Chen.
At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
’Thank goodness I didn’t try to turn on him using the Evil Qi. Otherwise, I would have suffered a huge loss.’
’Poor me. As a Loose Cultivator, I only just learned what Evil Qi even was in this new Relic.’
’But as it turns out, Xiao Chen had long been cultivating a related Defense Secret Technique.’
’Sigh... No wonder disciples from major powers have a much easier time surviving in the cultivation world.’
’The gap is just too wide.’
Zhang Shouquan now finally, deeply understood that old saying—comparisons are odious.
’There’s no comparison. Absolutely none.’
Though a thousand emotions churned within him, his expression remained as calm as ever.
The two of them descended from the cave together, making their way to the very bottom of the island.
At this point, Zhang Shouquan gave up on any tricks. He directly took out a seal and, channeling his True Essence, sent it hovering in mid-air.
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!
A grinding sound immediately echoed as the ground churned and parted to both sides.
A square platform rose from the middle.
On the platform was a long table, and on it sat a large, square box.
"Go!"
Zhang Shouquan pointed, and the seal in mid-air landed directly on the box.
CLICK! CLACK!
The sound of a mechanism rang out, and the box suddenly opened from the center, its four sides unfolding outwards.
On each side lay a different item.
Interestingly, the number of items on each of the four sides followed a pattern.
They were: one Inheritance Jade Scroll, two Ink-Colored Iron Tokens, three Five-Colored Strange Stones, and four Transparent Jades.
"The map was real!"
Seeing the Spiritual Objects actually appear, Zhang Shouquan’s heart leaped with joy.
His gaze immediately fell upon the sole Inheritance Jade Scroll.
Xiao Chen, however, was instantly drawn to the Transparent Jades on another side.
The four jades were as clear as crystal, almost perfectly pure and free of any impurities.
Yet, upon closer inspection, one could faintly see nine spots glowing softly within them, arranged in a formation like the nine stars of Gouchen in the night sky.
It was the legendary and extremely rare Nine Orifice Clear Jade!
It was also the last item Xiao Chen was missing to set up his Nursery Altar.
He hadn’t found it in the new Relic, nor was it in his Storage Ring.
He had no idea where to even begin searching for it.
He never expected that while originally searching for Evil Qi, he would stumble upon such a Spiritual Object by chance.
It was truly a case of "wearing out iron shoes in a fruitless search, only to find it by chance with no effort at all."
"Xiao, since the Spiritual Objects are real, then... how about we split them fifty-fifty?"
Zhang Shouquan withdrew his attention and began to negotiate the division of spoils.
He was actually a little worried that Xiao Chen might try to take everything by force.
After all, in the cultivation world, even the closest of friends could turn on each other to monopolize a precious Spiritual Object.
"Alright. Since we came here together, let’s split it evenly."
But Xiao Chen didn’t do that. Instead, he proactively picked up two pieces of the Nine Orifice Clear Jade. "Then let’s start with the things that come in pairs. These two are mine, and the other two are for you, Zhang."
Then he picked up an Ink-Colored Iron Token. "Same for this."
Seeing this, Zhang Shouquan also put away his share.
The two then looked at the remaining four items and fell silent for a moment.
The three Five-Colored Strange Stones seemed abundant with Spiritual Power and were likely some kind of rare Curious Stone.
On their own, they could be considered rare Spiritual Objects.
But compared to the Inheritance Jade Scroll, their value was hard to measure.
"Xiao!"
After some thought, Zhang Shouquan decided to be direct. "This Inheritance Jade Scroll is extremely important to me."
"How about I take the Jade Scroll from this side, and you take the Curious Stones from that side? We each take one of the remaining panels."
Xiao Chen now understood that similar Inheritance Jade Scrolls didn’t contain Yellow Level Cultivation Techniques, or even freaking Profound Level ones for that matter.
So, he decisively took the Curious Stones and nodded in agreement. "No problem. It’s a deal."
Zhang Shouquan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
’Great! I finally got my hands on the most important thing.’
’After all, every Loose Cultivator faces the same problem.’
’They lack a complete, systematic Cultivation Technique, let alone a Celestial Level one.’
’Normally, you’d have to sell yourself to one of those major powers and toil away for decades or even centuries just to gain their approval and be allowed to practice their core Celestial Level inheritance.’
’Now that I have this Inheritance Jade Scroll, I can cultivate all the way to the Great Perfection stage of the Nascent Soul realm without worrying about having no path forward.’
’I made a killing on this deal.’
Xiao Chen was also very happy. After all, the other party had made the offer.
’I traded a useless Cultivation Technique for a useful Spiritual Object.’
’I made a killing on this deal.’
For a moment, both of them were quite pleased.
They politely returned to the cave entrance and bid each other farewell.
"Take care, Xiao. Let us part ways here."
"You too, Zhang. May we meet again."
After cupping their fists in salute, one went east and the other went West, parting ways on the spot.
Of course, Zhang Shouquan had said they should part ways here.
’If possible, I hope we never meet again.’