Chapter Ch216 - Some Unexpected People
After Gu Zuo had the cloak recognize him as its master, he realized the benefits within it. The cloak’s usefulness was roughly identical to what Ling Ziwei said. It would certainly be very useful to him later on.
For the moment, his heart was very pleased. He stroked his hand along the cloak a little too lovingly.
Afterwards, Gu Zuo suddenly recalled something. He turned to face Gongyi Tianheng: “Big brother, how did you know that this thing could recognize me as its master?”
Generally speaking, spirit weapons were employed by martial artists. They weren’t things that pharmacists could use.
Tianheng smiled: “I only thought of it now. I wasn’t certain.”
Gu Zuo just blinked his eyes.
Tianheng didn’t continue to explain anything.
He really did think of it just then, but it wasn’t done blindly without any rationale. He simply recalled that Gu Zuo also possessed an inheritance. That system in his Tianfu Acupoint… Wasn’t it also a special existence? Since the system could be stored on Gu Zuo’s person for his use, then perhaps there were other things that were equally suitable for pharmacists.
From Ling Ziwei’s words, he knew that these two cloaks were excavated from historical remains, and it was hard to judge the rank. That Human King Yan Ruo wasn’t able to completely figure out the cloaks’ origins, so why not let Gu Zuo give it a try?
Sure enough, the test was a success.
But Tianheng had another notion in his mind… Since the cloak was suited for Gu Zuo’s use, then in all likelihood, pharmacists really weren’t all that simple. In his heart, there was an outrageous conjecture — Thinking back then, he didn’t know that there was a Qingyun Continent when he was in the Cangyun Empire. Was there an even wider world beyond the Qingyun Continent? In Qingyun Sect, the capabilities of pharmacists far surpa.s.sed those of the Cangyun Empire. As such, perhaps pharmacists in the wider world were far, far more than what they were now?
On top of that, Tianheng also recalled the <> that Gu Zuo learned.
He previously believed that perhaps his little pharmacist was relying on the system and cultivation method, or perhaps his own const.i.tution was special. But now he thought that, maybe, it wasn’t just that. Perhaps, if there was a corresponding cultivation method, then all pharmacists could possess the same ability as Gu Zuo?
According to Ling Ziwei’s words just now, Human King Yan Ruo previously had enemies. They were members of a large organization who once hunted her down. Human King Yan Ruo and Huo Zhan had then stirred up a foul wind and b.l.o.o.d.y rain, laying waste to numerous enemies. However, Tianheng had flipped through many ancient records in Qingyun Sect, but had never seen descriptions related to any of this… Naturally, Yan Ruo was a personage from the distant past. It was possible that no one remembered it after countless generations of change. But this matter combined with all kinds of previous signs didn’t necessarily disprove anything.
That’s right. Tianheng became increasingly skeptical. Perhaps Human King Yan Ruo’s former location wasn’t in this region. He suspected that, after Human King Yan Ruo buried countless enemies alive, she intentionally sent this Great Tomb to the Qingyun Continent. Otherwise, if it was still on the original continent, then there probably would’ve been many outsiders coming to disturb her and Huo Zhan’s peace. This would’ve prevented her from pa.s.sing on what she had learned!
Of course, these numerous thoughts flashed through Tianheng’s mind in an instant. While he made some calculations in his heart, he didn’t intend to talk about them one by one at this time.
After all, guesses were only guesses.
Even if he was ninety percent certain, so long as there was only ten percent of uncertainty, he would be even more cautious about it.
However, Tianheng himself didn’t know that while he was in deep thought, Gu Zuo had secretly asked the system in his consciousness about the cloak’s name and history.
However, the results left Gu Zuo disappointed.
— For a very long time, the system would’ve always answered any questions. This time around, he was unexpectedly thrown the frigid and unyielding, four-word response: Insufficient authority, no comment.
Ah, he was a little sullen.
But even though he was sullen, there was nothing to be done. If the system was unwilling to answer, what else could he do with the system?
Without any better option, Gu Zuo’s smile deflated and he gave up on this plan of getting to the bottom of this.
Okay. At least he knew that the cloak was a good thing.
At worst, he could do some more testing on his own.
After this, the two of them took off the cloaks.
In order to make matters easier in the future, these things would be kept away during ordinary times. Gu Zuo put his own cloak into the storage s.p.a.ce. Tianheng handed over his cloak, too.
Gu Zuo abruptly remembered that the cloak’s rank was very high. It might’ve not been possible to put it into an inter-spatial tool! As a result, it was better to put it away for his big brother.
The two part.i.tioned these good things. Off to the side, the Ling Clan siblings let out sighs of relief.
The black cloaks were very good. They were also two individuals, but they didn’t have a single thought of appropriating the cloaks for themselves — On the contrary, because those treasures weren’t inferior to the inheritance, they felt a lot safer.
Within the tomb of the core tomb chamber, there weren’t many things left behind. After everything was distributed just now, the only remaining things were a strange object manufactured from an unknown metal and an old-fashioned, wooden box.
Gu Zuo walked over in curiosity.
That metal ring-like thing was completely jet-black. The surface appeared to have three silver-gray marks, which were presented as vertical lines. The lines divided the metal ring into three sections.
In addition, while one could call it a metal “ring”, the length of its cylindrical wall was actually a little bit more than an inch long. It looked like the wrist protecters he’d seen in the modern era. Only, just by looking at its appearance, one knew that it was far more precious than a wrist protecter.
But in the end, what was this thing?
He didn’t recognize it at all.
Gu Zuo secretly asked the system.
This time, the system didn’t let him down, and answered him straightforwardly.
[s.p.a.ce Bangle.]
Gu Zuo paused.
[I understand a little bit, but not entirely.]
The system explained even more plainly.
[A storage bangle. An inter-spatial tool with a very high rank. The built-in s.p.a.ce is very large, and spirit weapons can be loaded inside.]
After he finished listening to this, Gu Zuo was overjoyed. He hastily turned his head: “Big brother, quickly get this to recognize you as its master!”
Tianheng had just walked over, but he fully trusted Gu Zuo. Upon hearing Gu Zuo speak like this, he neatly dripped some blood, which fell on top of that bangle.
The bangle’s surface flickered with a burst of black light. Soon after, it transformed into a ray of light. In the blink of an eye, it pounced onto Tianheng’s wrist and firmly fastened itself in place.
Tianheng only felt that his wrist was ice-cold. That thing was supple and snug, and it seemed as natural as a layer of his skin. It didn’t cause him any hindrances, and didn’t give him any sense of unease.
Gu Zuo moved closer: “How is it, big brother? Is it useful?” He thought it over and quietly asked, “Is there anything inside?”
Tianheng closed his eyes and made an attempt. Once he opened his eyes, they flashed with a spark of light: “It’s very useful.”
Immediately following which, he told Gu Zuo about the uses of this thing in his consciousness.
As it turned out, the three silver-gray, vertical lines on the surface of the bangle were precisely what divided the bangle into three sections. And each s.p.a.ce inside of the bangle was very large. The internal volumes weren’t measured in meters, but rather in kilometers. Each section could be compared to a small city. It was truly extraordinary.
When Gu Zuo heard this, he was speechless.
Granted that his storage s.p.a.ce seemed so deep that one couldn’t see the bottom, it wasn’t so exaggerated by direct observation…
This still wasn’t the end, though.
Indeed, there were things inside the bangle. However, the stuff was relatively simple. Altogether, it was only divided into three types.
Following that, a piece of crystal appeared in Tianheng’s palm.
Tianyang, the Ling Clan siblings, and Dragon One suddenly sensed a burst of surging power spreading over from Tianheng.
At first, they didn’t have any thoughts of snooping into the things that Tianheng acquired, but now that Tianheng had taken the initiative to bring stuff out, it was clear that he didn’t mind them knowing about it. They no longer restrained their thoughts, and promptly walked over to check it out.
— It was no wonder that they couldn’t control themselves. It was mainly that the thing in Tianheng’s hand was truly too strange.
This was a small and exquisite piece of crystal. The entire body was transparent, and it seemed like pure crystal. It was very limpid and beautiful. It was only about an inch long, and its shape wasn’t particularly uniform. Only, its shape appeared to carry some kind of rhythm, exuding an incomparably pure and formidable power.
Yet, this power was different from the ambient qi that they normally interacted with. It was also different from the Houtian true qi and Xiantian true qi that they circulated in their bodies. But the attractive pull was very strong, which made them want to go and absorb the power. It was to the point that, after seeing this piece of crystal, the true qi within their bodies became restless!
However, the realms of Tianyang and the Ling Clan siblings hadn’t reached Xiantian yet. Although the crystal was very mouth-watering, they also felt that it was very dangerous for some reason. This caused them to feel that if they really absorbed that power, there was a possibility that they wouldn’t be able to control it.
They all expressed these feelings.
Tianheng faintly muttered to himself. His palm flipped over, and the crystal was put away.
In a split second, Tianyang and the others revealed traces of reluctance, but they soon returned to normal.
From this, it could be seen that the attractive force of this thing was too great!
Even Gu Zuo could sense this attractive force!
So to say, its attraction wasn’t limited to martial artists, but it also included pharmacists?
Merely, once Tianheng put it away, he then took out another one.
This time, what appeared in his hand was a piece of black crystal. Its size and shape were just about the same as the previous crystal, and what seemed to be contained within was an explosive power. Compared to that transparent crystal, it wasn’t known how many times stronger the black crystal was. Due to the overflowing threads of radiance, they couldn’t help but hold their breaths!
Everyone looked at it, and their minds felt that this thing was probably the same as the transparent crystal. But relatively speaking, its level was higher… Right?
It was probably like this.
Tianheng put away this black crystal, too. He looked at Ling Ziwei: “Young Lady Ling, you’ve obtained the Human King’s memories. Do you know what these two things are?”
Ling Ziwei slightly frowned while she slowly thought back.
To tell the truth, while she had obtained Yan Ruo’s inheritance and memories, what the memories contained were mainly the martial disciplines that Yan Ruo had learned. As for other things, Yan Ruo didn’t deliberately mention them. Even the knowledge of those sentiments were just because Yan Ruo’s point of view was narrated. As for the ident.i.ties of her enemies and the sect, Yan Ruo didn’t talk about them.
Fortunately, the matter that Tianheng now asked was related to martial disciplines, and did exist in Ling Ziwei’s memories. A short period of time pa.s.sed, and she straightened out these memories.
Then, she said: “The transparent crystal is called a spirit crystal. Within Yan Ruo’s memories, when she was at the Xiantian Realm, she would always absorb the power within spirit crystals to replenish her own true qi. This type of power is very gentle. As far as Xiantian Realm martial artists are concerned, their progress is faster when absorbing the crystals than swallowing ordinary medicinal pills. The black crystal is called a profound crystal, and what’s contained inside is a power of an even higher rank. When martial artists reach the Immortal Realm and above, while they’re capable of improving faster by absorbing spirit crystals, absorbing profound crystals is even better. As for above profound crystals, there’s a type of yellow crystal called a treasured crystal. This can be absorbed upon reaching the…Celestial Realm.”
Ling Ziwei’s words drew everyone’s attention. There were too many unfamiliar names within, which would pique one’s interest.
Gu Zuo couldn’t help asking: “Young Lady Ling, do you already know what realm the Human King had reached?”
Ling Ziwei’s beautiful forehead lowered as she lightly nodded: “In Human King Yan Ruo’s memories, the realm above the Atomic Realm is called the Ascendant Realm. Above that is the Celestial Realm, and above the Celestial Realm is the n.o.ble Realm. When one reaches the high n.o.ble Realm, they’re qualified to be granted the t.i.tle of Human King.”
Gu Zuo first gasped in surprise, but then he startled: “Granted the t.i.tle? Human King Yan Ruo was conferred a t.i.tle by whom?”
Ling Ziwei shook her head: “The t.i.tle granting isn’t conferred by a specific person. Rather, it seems to be through some kind of judgment… But this judgment isn’t anywhere in Human King Yan Ruo’s memories.”
Soon after, she rambled and supplemented a few things.
Hearing all of this, everyone heaved long sighs.
But it was indeed quite insightful.
So to say, if they wanted to have such achievements like Human King Yan Ruo — Firstly, when they were at the Xiantian Realm, they needed to absorb spirit crystals. When at the Immortal Realm, Atomic Realm, and Ascendant Realm, they needed to absorb profound crystals. When they reached the Celestial Realm and n.o.ble Realm, they needed to absorb treasured crystals.
With everything considered, the consumption really wouldn’t be small.
Only, this was indeed the most ideal cultivation plan. But would there be enough of these three types of crystals?
It seemed that there should’ve been at least two types of crystals in the bangle that Tianheng obtained. But how could Ling Ziwei have the audacity to shamelessly go and ask him…
Ling Ziwei lightly sighed, but didn’t act upon those greedy thoughts.
In Yan Ruo’s memories, there was no mention of the bangle. It also didn’t talk about how many crystals were in the bangle. Because, aside from what Yan Ruo herself had collected, there were many crystals that Huo Zhan had given to her to manage. She basically didn’t want to properly count them, and after being granted the t.i.tle of Human King, she was reluctant to use them.
After her death, the bangle was left behind. While this wasn’t necessarily without any intentions of letting the younger generations to rely on the things in the bangle to cultivate, she hadn’t antic.i.p.ated that the person who ultimately obtained the inheritance wasn’t qualified to divide the spoils of war.
Although those crystals couldn’t be used, Ling Ziwei knew that this didn’t mean that she couldn’t cultivate. Once the Moon Siren Body was developed and she was supported by the cultivation method, it went without saying that her progress wouldn’t be slow. If she worked hard with these things and took medicinal pills, it might not be any slower than the effects of absorbing crystals.
Right now, Ling Ziwei didn’t say anything. Ling Ziqi wanted to speak up, but hesitated. In the end, he also didn’t say anything that he shouldn’t.
Gu Zuo glanced at the Ling Clan siblings, and nodded inwardly.
Very good. Their expressions were upright…
Tianheng didn’t mention the amount of crystals in the bangle. He only pulled his sleeve cuff down to cover the bangle. After that, he opened the wooden box. From within, he took out three sheets of yellow, nearly jade-like paper.
Gu Zuo asked: “Big brother, what’s this?”
Tianheng’s complexion didn’t change as he handed over those three sheets of paper.
Gu Zuo took them. He lowered his head to look, and his expression became somewhat peculiar.
These were…pill prescriptions.
It wasn’t strange that there were pill prescriptions. Because the pill prescriptions were found in the Human King’s tomb, it also wasn’t strange that Gu Zuo didn’t recognize them.
However, what really made Gu Zuo reveal this kind of look was due to the system notifying him of its existence once again!
In a split second, numerous beeping noises echoed through Gu Zuo’s mind.
[Hidden mission triggered. Hidden mission completed!]
[The host has obtained the item book <>!]
[The host has obtained the item book <>!]
[The host has obtained the item book <>!]
[The host has obtained the item book <>!]
[The host has obtained the item book <>!]
Gu Zuo felt exasperated.
In other words, he had triggered some kind of hidden mission…when there wasn’t even a hint of a reminder before. Furthermore, at some point in time, he had resolved this hidden mission? He was completely unaware! In addition, the system had unexpectedly flooded him with five item books. It truly caught him off-guard!
En. On the contrary, he had received a mission related to detoxification while inside the Great Tomb, but that item book was about dealing with poisons. It had nothing to do with this hidden mission…
Tianheng discovered that there was something off about Gu Zuo.
Gu Zuo immediately transmitted his thoughts over.
Tianheng raised an eyebrow.
[Ah Zuo, flip through the <> and see if it contains the three pill prescriptions currently in your hand.]
Gu Zuo’s mind shifted. As expected, <> was taken out, and he swiftly flipped through it.
Things weren’t beyond his big brother’s expectations. In this pill catalog, the pill prescriptions for the three types of medicinal pills were really there. One type was for replenishing profound qi — What was profound qi? Whatever. This wasn’t going to be considered first. In any case, helping to stockpile power was good. Another type was for dispelling the impurities inside the meridians. This was also a very good medicinal pill. The final type was used for tempering the body, which was to improve the physical body’s strength.
It could be said that the three types of pill prescriptions were all very useful ones.
Moreover, the three types of pill prescriptions were all suited for Atomic Realm martial artists!
Ah, these were truly very good things…
Of course, there were even more of Gu Zuo’s good things, which were directly turned into an item book. What Gu Zuo was currently looking at was the Golden-Level medicinal pills within the item book. There were many whose effects were even better than the three pill prescriptions.
With such thinking, the interest he had towards the three pill prescriptions in his hand wasn’t that big — It could be said that these three pill prescriptions were top-notch, but they were relatively unorthodox. They didn’t have the best cost-performance ratios. These weren’t the best, and Gu Zuo generally wouldn’t regard them as pill prescriptions that needed to be researched the most.
While Gu Zuo was pondering over the matter of the pill prescriptions, the other people looked at him as if he was reflecting over a problem, and they didn’t bother him. What no one expected was that the sound of an enormous explosion echoed outside of the tomb chamber. At the same time, there were the sounds of hurried footsteps coming in from the outside.
It seemed…that some people had arrived?
Meanwhile, the gazes of this group faced the people outside and looked over.
In the end, who were coming in?
The members of several large organizations had arrived quickly.
Although the continent was huge and the distances in-between were usually vast, which large organizations didn’t have their own methods? When encountering a particularly urgent emergency, they were always able to think of a way to transmit information and transport enough people as quickly as possible.
The events of the Great Tomb couldn’t be concealed from others. And now, this matter definitely couldn’t be covered up by the manpower of mere strongholds. Thus, when the Qingyun Sect stronghold leader saw the Sect’s flying ship arrive like a ray of slashing light and settle above this territory, he heaved a huge sigh of relief.
Among the people who came here, there was a prestigious Elder. Although he wasn’t an Atomic Realm Grand Elder, he was of the Sect Master’s bloodline. He was a half-step Atomic Realm martial artist.
At this moment, a dozen or so men and women were being led behind him. The men were handsome, the women were beautiful, and they all possessed an indescribable presence and charm. It appeared that their existences were for setting apart the powerful Sect’s prestige and foundation. This was to make the countless other martial artists see them and feel a deep sense of inferiority and shame.
Once the members of Qingyun Sect arrived, Danyun City was the second to descend, even though it was obviously the closest. Following that, not much time pa.s.sed before the people of the Qingcang Empire and the City Lord of Queying City, which was the location of the Great Tomb, likewise arrived.
Not long after, three sets of troops descended one after another. In addition, quite a few people of nearby small organizations also came here.
The Great Tomb had already opened for a period of time. The arrivals weren’t in the mood to exchange conventional greetings. They didn’t want to waste any time. The way they talked about handling matters could be rated as swift and decisive. They quickly settled the plans and decisions for the following operation.
Qingyun Sect’s people were divided into two sets of troops.
Mindful people would discover that the members of these two sets didn’t exactly see eye to eye with each other. Among them, it was clear that one group was comparatively powerful. And while the people of the other group were somewhat less powerful, their grandeur didn’t lose out.
This Qingyun Sect Elder explained to them: “There are eighteen entrances here, and it isn’t known how many are real or fake. After a while, you all will follow the intuitions of those two and go into that entrance to protect yourselves. If you guys have selected the same entrance, you will help each other as fellow members of the Sect. You shall not cause harm to your counterparts due to trivial matters. Are we clear?”
The troops of both sides stared at each other, and sincerely agreed.
The members of the other few large organizations also called some younger generations to their sides. It seemed that they were also warning the juniors repeatedly. However, everyone didn’t do so for too long. After a couple short words, they left these young disciples to their actions.
Immediately following this, there was no need for anyone to deliberately mention it. These batches of people looked at those eighteen entrances. After each of them frowned, they all leaped up and dashed towards those entrances.
As for Qingyun Sect’s two sets of troops, they had both unexpectedly entered the same entrance.
T/N: Thanks for the correction, Charysa.
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