Chapter 508 - 501: Bought a Bunch of Scallions and Got 2 Pounds of Fresh Spare Ribs for Free

With no enemies left, Du Youqian could take his time.

His Divine Sense swept through the palace several times, but he found no secret doors or hidden compartments.

’Did I guess wrong?’

The palace had been untouched for thirty thousand years, yet there was no thick layer of dust—a testament to the Cleaning Array.

The disarray in the palace was entirely due to his recent fight with the unknown Kun Cultivator. Du Youqian had noticed when he first entered that all the furnishings had been perfectly neat and orderly.

It seemed no one had set foot here after Fairy Hengguan’s disappearance and before her grotto-heaven concealed itself.

Fairy Hengguan’s servants must have plundered the grotto-heaven before, but they hadn’t bothered with this place. This suggested they all believed nothing of value was hidden here.

This palace also looked quite ordinary, holding no position of importance.

It seemed to be just a place for Fairy Hengguan to rest while strolling through her grotto-heaven.

Logically, such an ordinary palace shouldn’t be used to store a significant Inheritance.

’But that unknown Kun Cultivator wouldn’t have come here to search for no reason, would she?’

So, Du Youqian proceeded with the assumption that an Inheritance was indeed hidden here.

’If something is hidden here, where would it be? Where *could* it be?’

If he were to tear the place apart, Du Youqian was confident he could find it.

However, he couldn’t waste too much time now, or it would affect his contention for the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object. It would be a case of losing the greater for the lesser.

Thus, Du Youqian quickly made a decision: he would make a few more attempts, and if they failed, he would give up.

First, a magic sweep! He would see if there were any small, hidden Arrays in the palace.

But after several rounds of Magic that swept over every corner of the palace, Du Youqian had to admit that this attempt had also failed.

Next, Divination.

The trigrams were in chaos. Perhaps because it involved an Immortal of an extremely high standing, the future was impossible to divine.

’What’s next... Forget it. No more wasting time on minor tricks. I’ll go straight for the ultimate method.’

Du Youqian hadn’t wanted to use it, as it was quite draining.

’But since I’m already here, I might as well give it a real shot!’

His expression turned solemn as a colossal Dharma Aspect with a human head and a serpent’s body materialized behind him.

On the human face, a pair of tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open, revealing vertical pupils. The light in the palace dimmed, and amidst the intersecting shadows, the scenes of Du Youqian’s earlier Divination and magic sweep replayed, but in reverse.

Then came the scene of Du Youqian killing the unknown Kun Cultivator, which rewound to their fight.

Du Youqian walked backward out of the palace, and then the Kun Cultivator jumped from her hiding spot back to a corner of the palace, where she stood muttering something.

In her hand, she held...

A plant!

The Dharma Aspect faded away.

Du Youqian went to that corner and studied it for a moment. He crouched down to look, knocked on the Cyan Jade floor tiles, stared with his Pupil Technique, and even cast a Secret Technique for Eliminating Illusions, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

He thought for a moment, then took out the Storage Treasure Pouch he had looted from the corpse. Using his Divine Sense, which had been strong enough to suppress the unknown Kun Cultivator’s, he spent about the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea to forcefully erase the brand on the pouch and open it.

After a quick search, he pulled out a plant and examined it closely in his palm.

As an Alchemy Master approaching Tier Four, Du Youqian was no stranger to this plant.

It was a Spirit Plant primarily used in refining Tier Five Elixirs, a Sword-toothed Violet.

Although it was used for Tier Five Elixirs, it was mostly an auxiliary ingredient. The Spirit Plant itself wasn’t considered particularly precious.

Du Youqian hesitated for a moment, then channeled his Magical Power into the Sword-toothed Violet, stimulating it with the methods of a Spirit Plant Cultivator.

Three minutes later, under the stimulation of his Spirit Plant Cultivator techniques, the Sword-toothed Violet temporarily regained its vitality for a short time.

But the palace walls and floor tiles in front of Du Youqian still showed no abnormalities.

Du Youqian was a little disappointed.

Just as he was about to give up, he suddenly heard a faint sound from the adjacent palace.

That was a palace he had searched before, one he believed was highly likely to hold the Inheritance of Fairy Hengguan’s arts. However, despite his thorough search at the time, he had found no hidden treasure.

Du Youqian’s figure flitted out of the palace as lightly as a wisp of black smoke and drifted into the other one.

A sweep of his Divine Sense immediately revealed the difference.

He rushed straight into a side hall of the palace. Inside was a worn-out chair, and beneath it, there used to be a foot mat woven from Tier Four Materials—the mat was gone now, safely tucked away in Du Youqian’s Storage Treasure Pouch.

And now, in the place where the foot mat had been, a wooden pedestal had risen.

On the pedestal sat a dark cyan Jade Box.

Du Youqian crossed the distance in a single step and took the Jade Box in his hands.

The Jade Box was heavy, weighing more than ten times its volume in gold. Du Youqian couldn’t identify the type of jade it was made from, but his intuition told him it was a Tier Five, or perhaps even a Tier Six, precious jade.

’So extravagant!’

The surface of the Jade Box was carved with exquisite, ancient cloud patterns. The patterns subtly corresponded with the Great Dao, and staring at them for too long induced a mesmerizing feeling.

Du Youqian believed these cloud patterns held some sort of secret, but now was not the time to study them.

He tried opening the Jade Box and it opened with no effort at all. Inside lay a piece of satin woven from Tier Five Ice Silkworm Silk, upon which were neatly arranged two verdant porcelain vials and five Jade Scrolls as smooth as fine white jade.

Du Youqian picked up the Jade Scrolls one by one, quickly scanning their general contents with his Divine Sense.

His expression shifted from a smile, to being visibly moved, to utter ecstasy.

The complete Spirit Embroidery Art Inheritance from Tier One to Tier Six.

The complete Feng Shui Art Inheritance from Tier One to Tier Six.

And, the complete Spirit Plant Art Inheritance from Tier One to Tier Eight!

The complete Alchemy Inheritance from Tier One to Tier Seven!

A Cultivation Technique suitable for a Wood Attribute Spirit Root: the Cyan Emperor’s Scripture of Eternal Life, with its Inheritance from the Qi Cultivation stage all the way to Harmonization!

Du Youqian’s hands were trembling slightly. He was completely caught off guard.

His goal had been the Inheritances for Spirit Embroidery, Feng Shui, and Spirit Plant Art.

Who would have thought he’d also get the latter two!

It was like going to the market to buy a handful of green onions, only to be told there was a "buy one, get one free" promotion, and they threw in two pounds of fresh baby back ribs as well.

It was simply outrageous!

Whether it was the Alchemy Inheritance or the Cyan Emperor’s Scripture of Eternal Life that could be cultivated to the Harmonization stage, either one was more than enough to trade for a Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object.

Du Youqian composed himself and quickly grabbed the porcelain vials.

Only then did he realize that the two vials were not simple either; they were essentially Tier Six Treasures.

Of course, they were simple Treasures used only for storage, not for Magical Combat.

But they were Tier Six, after all!

The materials were excellent, and their hardness was top-notch.

He could hack at them with his Jinhuan sword for the time it takes an incense stick to burn and not even leave a scratch!

The vials should contain Elixirs.

Du Youqian had planned to inspect them with his Divine Sense to avoid letting the Pill Qi escape by opening the lid.

But now it seemed that even if he advanced to Divinity Transformation, it would be difficult to probe the inside of the vials with his Divine Sense.

’Such precious vials, refined into Treasures... they must have Arrays inside to contain the Elixirs and their Pill Qi!’

He gritted his teeth and uncorked one of the vials.

As expected, no Pill Qi escaped.

Du Youqian peered inside. A round Elixir, glowing with a dazzling, pale green light, was hopping about. It seemed that without the restraint of the Array, it would have immediately leaped out and fled.

Du Youqian’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stoppered the vial.

This was a Tier Seven Elixir!

Although he couldn’t identify its type or effects for the time being.

It was clearly Tier Seven, and it was perfectly preserved.

Thirty thousand years ago, the Spiritual Qi in the Human World was more abundant, Spiritual Materials were richer, and they had more age and greater Spirituality.

Moreover, Fairy Hengguan was an Immortal. It was possible that Immortal Spirit Qi was incorporated into the refining process of this Tier Seven Elixir.

’It’s very likely that the value of this single Elixir is no less than that of the entire Alchemy Inheritance from Tier One to Tier Seven!’

Du Youqian quickly checked the other vial. Inside was another Tier Seven Elixir, but its appearance was even more peculiar. The small pill was wreathed in lightning, seemingly containing an infinite, thunderous killing intent.

Du Youqian felt that its appearance was somewhat familiar.

He thought hard. ’It seems... wait a minute, I’m certain I’ve read a description like this before.’

Du Youqian had been through many great events, but at this moment, his hands were trembling.

’If this Elixir is truly the one I’m thinking of...’

’Then this might just be the most precious item in the entire grotto-heaven!’

Du Youqian carefully placed the vials and Jade Scrolls back into the Jade Box and stored the box in his Storage Treasure Pouch.

He felt an impulse to just forget about the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object. Forget about Ye Rui Master, forget about Zhuge Qing. He should just grab this Jade Box and make a run for it.

As long as he went to the Qingxu Commerce Association and sold one or two items from this Jade Box, how could he possibly fail to trade for a Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object!

But after careful consideration, Du Youqian resolutely started walking toward the living quarters.

Ye Rui Master must die!

And as for the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object, even if he wasn’t going to fight for it himself, he had to lend Jie Yu a hand so she could obtain it and exchange it for the life-saving Celestial and Earthly Spiritual Object.