DIV Chapter 18: Secret Realm Treasure Chests

At this point, both Wu Yun and Wu Feng brothers had died at Li Chang'an's hands.

Li Chang'an showed an expression of emotion.

"Fellow Daoist Wu Yun, I've sent your brother down to reunite with you."

Subsequently, he skillfully searched Wu Feng's corpse and took his storage bag.

After roughly scanning the contents of the storage bag, Li Chang'an immediately beamed with joy.

"There really are quite a few good things!"

The treasures in Wu Feng's storage bag were no less than his brother's. Over a hundred spirit stones, along with various common pills, talismans, and so forth.

Li Chang'an's mind stirred, and he took out a jade slip from among them.

"A first-tier low-grade feng shui technique inheritance."

This feng shui technique was mysterious and profound, with a learning difficulty no less than talisman crafting.

Within the inheritance were over a hundred introductory books alone, such as "The Book of Burial," "Dragon-Seeking Technique," and "The Classic of Geomancy."

"I do have the spare capacity to learn another inheritance now, but I'll pass on this feng shui technique," Li Chang'an pondered.

He didn't plan to learn feng shui technique. To make money with this skill, one would need to constantly travel around outside.

What Li Chang'an wanted was a craft that could earn money while sitting at home.

"I'll keep it for now. Perhaps someday I'll have some interest in it."

Li Chang'an put away the feng shui technique inheritance and continued examining other items in the storage bag.

Before long, his eyes lit up as he took out a jade plate.

"It's actually a Small Spirit Gathering Plate!" Li Chang'an showed a delighted expression.

This Small Spirit Gathering Plate was a masterpiece of formation masters. The Small Spirit Gathering Formation was inscribed on the magical plate, making it a portable formation.

Its inscription difficulty was extremely high. At least a first-tier superior-grade formation master would have the ability to inscribe it.

In the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, such a Small Spirit Gathering Plate sold for over five hundred spirit stones!

The price was expensive, but completely worth it!

One only needed to embed a spirit stone on the plate every ten days to maintain the formation's operation. The heaven and earth spiritual energy gathered by the formation could make a cultivator's cultivation speed far exceed the past!

"Sigh, these two brothers are really good people, sending me whatever I need," Li Chang'an silently thanked these two in his heart.

At the same time, he couldn't help but think, "These two were just assistants, yet their purses were so full. How wealthy must the other two mid-stage Qi Refining bandit cultivators be?"

It had to be said, being a bandit cultivator was indeed very profitable. Each successful operation could enrich one's wealth.

However, just one failure could result in losing everything!

"It's still better to honestly draw talismans."

In the following months, the outside world was turbulent. News about the secret realm flew everywhere, with various rumors emerging endlessly.

The conflicts between the three major Foundation Establishment families also intensified, with each family losing many disciples.

Meanwhile, Li Chang'an kept to his original intentions and concentrated on cultivation.

With the help of the Small Spirit Gathering Plate, his cultivation speed far exceeded the past.

Before he knew it, his cultivation had approached the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining.

"This is quite a bit faster than I expected," Li Chang'an was very satisfied.

With the support of abundant resources, the path of cultivation was indeed smoother.

"Fortunately, the three major Foundation Establishment families have been constantly fighting around the secret realm. Qinghe Market has remained relatively peaceful and hasn't been affected too much."

A stable cultivation location was also a reason why Li Chang'an could progress so quickly.

During this time, Xu Fugui frequently came to Li Chang'an to buy talismans, casually mentioning what he had seen and heard in the secret realm.

He had entered the secret realm several months ago. Not taking too many risks, he had been cautious throughout, discovering various small opportunities.

"Brother Li, I obtained a bottle of pills a few days ago. Although most of the medicinal efficacy has been lost, the value is still considerable!" Xu Fugui said happily.

Of course, opportunities always came with risks. Relying on several sets of talismans that Li Chang'an had specifically configured for him, he had survived several crises.

"Brother Li, some places in the secret realm are both dangerous and frightening. Even now when I recall them, I feel scared."

"Oh? What kind of places?" Li Chang'an asked curiously.

Xu Fugui immediately began to narrate.

A few days ago, he passed by a valley in the secret realm. The valley was full of people who had turned to charcoal.

All of them had expressions of terror on their faces, looking up at the sky, as if they had seen something extremely frightening before death.

Just looking at it once made him feel extremely depressed, as if some terrifying event was about to befall him.

So he immediately fled far away.

"Fortunately, I escaped," Xu Fugui showed an expression of lingering fear.

"Later, I heard that people went to that valley to search for treasures, but they all turned to charcoal!"

Furthermore, there were many other strange and bizarre areas in the secret realm.

Some places were shrouded in thick fog, and no one who entered ever came out.

Other places often echoed with earth-shaking battle cries, but when you approached, there was nothing there.

In short, when acting in the secret realm, one must be extremely cautious!

Even so, people's enthusiasm for the secret realm had not diminished but had become even more fervent.

Every day, large numbers of cultivators entered the secret realm to search for treasures, and quite a few treasures were brought out.

"Brother Li, there have been many swindlers in the market recently. You must be careful and don't get cheated," Xu Fugui reminded him.

Among those secret realm treasures, some were real and some were fake.

"The easiest to counterfeit are the so-called 'secret realm treasure chests.'"

"There are some special boxes, jars, bronze tripods, and other containers in the secret realm. They should be vessels used by ancient cultivators to store items. They remain unopened and are protected by ancient prohibitions."

"As long as the prohibitions aren't removed, no one knows what's actually inside."

They might contain priceless treasures, or they might be completely empty!

"For this reason, many rogue cultivators who obtain such items don't open them but bring them to the market to sell, letting buyers judge for themselves."

Indeed, some people had opened items of considerable value, but more had lost money.

This type of transaction had become very popular in the market recently, so various swindlers had appeared.

"Many 'secret realm treasure chests' are fake, created by swindlers through techniques to make them appear aged, then imitating prohibitions to forge them."

Xu Fugui was somewhat indignant, as he had been cheated before, and not just once!

Li Chang'an was quite interested in this type of transaction.

"It sounds somewhat similar to 'opening mystery boxes' from my previous life," he thought to himself.

Mystery boxes passed down from ancient times.

Over the following days, Li Chang'an went to browse the trading district daily, looking for opportunities to find bargains.

On the fifth day, at midnight that night, an "auspicious" divination that hadn't appeared for a long time emerged.

[Divination has been refreshed]

[Today's Divination: Auspicious]

[You go to the trading district to search for treasures, buy a spiritual beast stone statue, and unexpectedly discover a spirit beast bag inside the statue]

"A spirit beast bag!" Li Chang'an smiled and gently patted Big Yellow's head.

With a spirit beast bag, it would be very convenient to carry Big Yellow around.

If he encountered danger, he could directly release Big Yellow and catch opponents off guard!

The next day, early in the morning, Li Chang'an came to the market and was immediately submerged by various hawking sounds.

"A spiritual beast stone statue should be quite conspicuous."

He wove through the noisy crowd, his gaze sweeping over stall after stall.

Before long, he locked onto a relatively large stall.

The stall owner had ordinary aura and was an early-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

On the stall were over a hundred items in total, almost all from the secret realm.

Among them was indeed a spiritual beast stone statue, placed right in the center of the stall.

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