Stronger by Killing

Chapter 574: Chapter 319: Triple Slaying of Golden Core, Nirvana Stage 2_4

He removed Cangsong Zi’s ring, recalling in his mind the spiritual energy path Huang Longzi used with the spatial ring, mimicking it by channeling divine power within himself into the ring.

At that moment,

Gu Zhan’s divine sense perceived a hazy space,

This space was not large, roughly one cubic meter, containing a few weapons made of a special material, several fist-sized transparent stones, some gleaming beads, and a pile of bamboo slips.

Gu Zhan was not unfamiliar with the weapons, as the long swords that Huang Longzi and the other two used were made of the same material, but the transparent stones and beads puzzled him.

With a thought,

The pile of bamboo slips appeared on the ground.

Gu Zhan picked up a scroll and glanced through it; it was a document recorded in ancient texts, and the one he held was titled "Records of the North Wilderness." Then he picked up another scroll, which was titled "Chronicles of the End of the Dharma Calamity."

Immediately, he browsed through it, finding records from an unknown generation of the Sect Leader of Celestial Star Cave regarding the period when spiritual energy vanished. Then he picked up another scroll, titled "Barrier Thousand-Year Record," which was a cultivator’s account of their experiences inside a barrier from the Celestial Star Cave.

Gu Zhan flipped through several more scrolls, all of which were records by various cultivators from Celestial Star Cave.

Gu Zhan squinted slightly and then similarly opened the spatial rings of Huang Longzi and Qingyuzi. The sizes of their spatial rings were about the same, each containing a large number of bamboo slips.

The contents of Qingyuzi’s spatial ring were similar to Cangsong Zi’s, but as for Huang Longzi, being the Sect Leader, his ring contained many more unusual items unfamiliar to Gu Zhan.

"Let’s go!"

Gu Zhan put away the three spatial rings, took back the bamboo slips, and called Sword One and Kou Baimen, saying, "Let’s return immediately to organize these bamboo slips properly. They should record a lot about the cultivation realm!"

"Alright!"

Kou Baimen cheerfully followed Gu Zhan, not forgetting to pick up those long swords on the ground.

They did not return to County City but went straight to the ruins of Sword King City atop Sword King Mountain, which had become a sub-branch of the Martial Arts Alliance since the city’s destruction.

After entering an estate,

Gu Zhan took out all the bamboo slips from the three spatial rings and handed them to Sword One and Kou Baimen. Kou Baimen then notified some confidants from the Martial Arts Alliance, and they began gathering people proficient in ancient texts to study the bamboo slips.

Meanwhile, Gu Zhan sought out a secret room.

Upon reaching the secret room,

The first thing Gu Zhan did was summon the system to check his experience points, which had accumulated to over a hundred billion, then he immediately allocated points:

[Use 100 billion experience points]

[Chang Chun Skill upgraded to the Eighth Floor]

[Current realm advanced to Nirvana Second Realm]

...

In an instant, the runes within Gu Zhan’s body were activated, and spiritual essence from the world surged into him, nourishing his organs and body, making him appear translucent and radiant, with vitality like a mighty river flowing majestically, as though moving the celestial spirits.

He had experienced this feeling once before,

The runes on his bones became clearer and brighter,

His vitality multiplied several times,

His realm naturally advanced to the Nirvana Second Realm!

...

After advancing to the Nirvana Second Realm,

Gu Zhan did not leave the secret room. Instead, he took out the items from the three spatial rings to begin his research.

The first thing he extracted was the transparent stones from the ring,

As soon as he held a transparent stone in his hand, he instantly felt the overwhelming spiritual energy within, not only abundant but also extremely pure, purer than any spiritual energy Gu Zhan had ever experienced.

In that moment, he had a guess,

This must be the Spirit Stone that Baiyun Immortal Child mentioned before.

Feeling the surging spiritual energy within the Spirit Stone, Gu Zhan understood why Baiyun Immortal Child said that the resources cultivation sects compete over are mainly Spirit Stones. This thing absorbs spiritual energy at a rate many times faster than cultivating slowly by oneself.

After putting away the Spirit Stones,

Gu Zhan took out a slightly larger lustrous bead compared to a Spirit Stone. When he held it in his hand, he sensed the intricate and delicate rune power within,

However, this power was negligible against his cultivation in the Nirvana Second Realm. He directly suppressed the rune power with divine power, channeling a thread of divine sense into it,

And in that instant,

The system notification resounded in his mind:

[Detected a deducible magic spell＊1]